2023年电大英语网考阅读理解.doc

阅读理解
1、（治理运用） As long as the sun shines, the earth will not run out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is
(1)、What form does most of solar energy take to reach us? D：both A and B.
(2)、Where does the word "solar" come from? B：Roman.
(3)、Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy? C：It may cause pollution to the air.
(4)、What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy? D：both A and B.
(5)、What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?A：To give a brief introduction to solar energy.
2. Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history, greater than what only a few other men have achieved. An American university president once commented that Einstein had created a new (1).The main idea of Paragraph 1 is ______.答案(C)C. the change in human thought produced by Einstein
(2).According to the American university president, ______.答案(D)
D. Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein
(3).According to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein ______.答案(C) C. was famous in the world
(4).According to the passage Einstein did his greatest work ______.答案(B)B. when he was young
(5).It may be concluded that ______.答案(C)C. Germans usually have a high respect for science
3、(体力旳) A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man － the man who has risen to the top through his own
(1)、From paragraph 1, we know that in America __A_______.
A：people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
(2)、According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ____B_____.
B：she takes pride in what she can do herself
(3)、The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means "____D_____".
D：serve customers in a restaurant
(4)、The author's attitude towards manual(体力旳) labor is __A_____.A：positive
(5)、Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? ___B_____.
B：American Attitude toward Manual Labor
4、 A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They want to see Antonio Gaude's church. This unusual church has a strange history. Gaude was born in Spain in 1852. (1)、Which of the following titles best fits the passage?
C：A Poor Architect's Unusual Works
(2)、Which of the following is NOT true?
B：Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church
(3)、Gaudi sometimes missed classes because ____ B：he had to work at the same time
(4)、The church is unusual because ______. D：all of the above
(5)、According to the passage, Gaude ______. D：both B and C
5. A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present (1).The story took place ______.答案(B) B. in England
(2)Which of the following is true?答案(A)
A. The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich.
(3).Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?答案(C)
C. Her birthday was coming soon.
(4).Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?答案(B)B. He looked pale and sad.
(5).On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because ______.答案(D)
D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through
6、（任务） A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where
(1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? ____D____
D：Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.
(2)、In the fourth paragraph, "a high priority" means ____B__ B：a first concern
(3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague _D_
D：by learning about their past performance
(4)、This passage mainly talks about ___A__ A：how Americans treasure their time
(5)、We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is _C C：appreciative
(5)、The story tells us __A____. A：how zero came to be used
7、（明星） By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others
(1)、The passage mainly deals with __C______. C：heroes and icons
(2)、Heroes and heroines are usually __D______. D：all of the above
(3)、Which of the following statements is wrong? __D______
D：Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times.
(4)、Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love __C___ C：just before her death
(5)、What is more likely to set an icon's status? _B__ B：Tragic and early death.
8、（周年龄念） Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries
(1)、For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ___D_____.
D：a mixture of love and hate
(2)、The war in Iraq does ___D_____ to the relationship between France and Britain.
D：both good and harm
(3)、The British are not so friendly to __A______ and the French are not so friendly to ________. A：Germany; America
(4)、____D____are more interested in having holidays in ________.
D：British people … France
(5)、What does the last sentence mean? __C______
C：France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them.
9、 Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early children, elementary, secondary and higher education. School attendance is.
(1)、What topic does the passage mainly discuss? B：The four levels of American education.
(2)、Is school attendance required in the USA?A：Yes, it is required in the whole country.
(3)、At what level(s) are programs of technical and vocational courses offered?
C：The 3rd and 4th levels.
(4)、How many grades is the second level of the education divided into?A：Six or eight.
(5)、What would most probably be talked about in the next paragraph?
B：Post-graduate（硕士）education.
10、 How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented
(1)、The origin of language is ___D_____. D：problem not yet solved
(2)、What is true about words? ___C_____ C：They are simply sounds.
(3)、The real power of words lies in their ___D_____.D：representative function
(4)、By "association", the author means _B___.B：a joining of ideas in the mind
(5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? ___A_____
A：He is no more than a master of words.
11. If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.
(1).When people are online, they talk by ______.答案(D)
D. making use of an especially short form of English
(2).The Internet makes many people in the world ______.答案(A) A. talking at the same time
(3).The sentence “There's neither time nor space for explanations” means that ______.答案(C)
C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way
(4).If you get 19/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______.答案(B)
B. you are talking to a boy 19 years old and he lives in Hong Kong
(5).Which of the following is a way to save online time?答案(A)
A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks.
12.（拱门） In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses (1).We may infer from this passage that _______.答案(D)D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman
(2).The passage suggests that _______A. creativity is an important element of business success
(3).In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means _____A. special
(4).This passage mainly talks about _______.答案(C)C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald
(5).Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _______.答案(B)B. a cinema
13、 In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast,
(1)、What is the main idea of this passage? __B______
B：The role of time in social life over the world.
(2)、What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? ___B____ B：A matter of life or death.
(3)、Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? B：at 4:00 pm.
(4)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? __D______
D：Promptness is valued highly in American life.
(5)、From the passage we can safely infer that __B_____.
B：the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world
14、 I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of (1)、This passage is about ___D___ D：Why the writer likes Pisa
(2)、The writer used to think Pisa ___D___. D：the same as pizza
(3)、The Leaning Tower of Pisa is ___C___. C：600 years old
(4)、The writer ___B___. B：likes what the tower looks like
(5)、The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because ______. D：it's imperfect
15、 It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become "in". Between the hours of 11 a.m.
(1)、What is soap opera? ___C_____ C：The daytime serial dramas on TV.
(2)、What can be the best title of the passage? __C______ C：Soap opera fans.
(3)、Which are not the reasons why the soap opera suddenly becomes "in" according to the passage? ____D____
D：Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.
(4)、What can we learn from the passage? ___C_____
C：Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now.
(5)、What message does the author want to convey to us? ___B_____
B：The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times.
16、 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that.
(1)、Someone can't have a good memory if ______. B：he doesn't use his memory
(2)、If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, ______.
D：they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again
(3)、Which of the following is true?
B：Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.
(4)、Few people know that it is only __if a friend has a poor memory.B：his parents' fault
(5)、The writer wants to tell us ______. C：how to have a good memory
17、 In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring.
(1)、Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A：Because they may have four seasons in one day.
(2)、From the story we know that when __B____ come, there is a heavy rain.
B：black clouds
(3)、The sentence "People can also have summer in winter." means "it is sometimes too ____A__ in winter." A：warm
(4)、In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ___B___. B：it often rains in England
(5)、The best title for this passage is __C____. C：The Weather in England
18、 Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3.The space between six and three
(1)、Long, long ago people didn't know how to _B_____. B：write zero
(2)、Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote __B____. B：2 8
(3)、Later ___D___ was used to mean space. D：a dot
(4)、People used circles __C____. C：not to forget the space
(5)、The story tells us ___A___. A：how zero came to be used
19、(药量) Look at the instructions on the bottle of the medicine and then choose the right answers.
(1)、John should take __B____ a day. B：3 teaspoonfuls
(2)、The medicine should be kept in ___A____. A：a fridge
(3)、John should __A____ before he takes it. A：shake the medicine well
(4)、When kids are __C____ years old, they cannot take this medicine.C：two
(5)、John will __A__ the medicine when it is left after Dec.1st, 2023. A：throw away
20 Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag. Custom has also governed the common practice in regard to (1)、How do Americans ensure proper respect for the national flag? __A_A：By making laws.
(2)、What is the regulation regarding the raising of the American National Flag? ___B______ B：It should be raised quickly by hand.
(3)、How should the American National Flag be displayed at an unveiling ceremony? ____D_____ D：It should be carried high up in the air.
(4)、What do we learn about the use of the American National Flag? ___C______
C：There are precise regulations and customs to be followed.
(5)、How are Americans towards their National Flag? ___B_____ B：Respect.
21、（每秒六便士） Linda and David have traveled by air from London to Sydney, Australia．Linda has promised her mother that she will ring her to let her know that
(1)、Linda is telephoning home to ___B___. B：say that she and David have arrived safely
(2)、Linda does not think it expensive to ring, because ___D___.
D：she will speak from one side of the world to the other
(3)、David says, "Nearly four pounds," because __A____.
A：he wants to remind Linda of the cost of the call
(4)、Mrs. Lee goes on talking for so long because __B___ B：she likes talking
(5)、Linda stopped her mother by __D____.D：promising to write, and ringing off
22、 Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to
(1)、Which of the following statements is NOT true? ___B_____
B：All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.
(2)、With the same money needed for____C____, one can buy a little house with a garden in the country. C：renting a small flat without a garden
(3)、When the garden is in blossom, that one __B______ has been rewarded.
B：having spent time working in the garden
(4)、People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that ____A___ if they had to live outside London. A：their life was meaningless
(5)、The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to C：escape from
23、 Mr Perkin stood at the bus-stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the