大学英语统考在线练习题14客观题.docx

1、大学英语统考在线练习题14客观题请同学及时保存作业,如您在20分钟内不作操作,系统将自动退出。大学英语（统考）在线练习题14(客观题)试卷总分：100 测试时间：-阅读理解 单选题 完型填空 、阅读理解（共 4 道试题，共 40 分。）1. People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many

2、 people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or s

3、he has a private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.People usually like to mark their space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread you

4、r books around you.Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my side of the table at all. I was unhappy. I thought he thought that he owned the whole tab

5、le. I had been reading a book about nonverbal munication so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his case! When I did this he suddenly became angry and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had taken up his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off in order to read them. He

6、immediately moved his case to his side of the table.1). What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A. The home matters greatly to Englishmen.B. The castle is more important than the home.C. The home is more important than the castle.D. Englishmen usually live in homes instead of castles. 满分：2

7、分2). Which of the following is NOT the reason for most British to live in homes?A. They can make changes in houses in which they live.B. They love houses more than gardens.C. They can own private space like the house and the garden.D. They can keep the private space to themselves and friends. 满分：2 分

8、3). According to Paragraph 2, if you spread your books around you in a library, it means _ .A. you want to spread your towels around you furtherB. you want to put your coat on the tableC. you can find no space for your books on the seatD. you want to tell others the space belongs to you 满分：2 分4). Ho

9、w did the man opposite to the writer show he owned the whole table?A. He sat in a section for four people. B. He placed his briefcase on the tableC. He was traveling on a train to London.D. He was reading a book. 满分：2 分5). The writer tried to get back his space by _.A. moving the case off the tableB

10、. taking all his papers outC. taking up the space of the man oppositeD. showing the books concerned to the man 满分：2 分2. Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely and urban society. Less

11、than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry (林业) , and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted vie

12、w of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas (large cities with their suburbs) of more than a million people each - a larger proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statistics (统计) of ur

13、ban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to s

14、ay at what moment a piece of country bees a suburb. But most and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment. 1). If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?A. About 25 million.B. More than 25 million. C.

15、 Less than 25 million.D. Less than 225 million. 满分：2 分2). Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?A. United States. B. Germany. C. France.D. England. 满分：2 分3). Whats the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?A

16、. Of a large city with its suburbs.B. Of small and large towns. C. Of urban areas.D. Of rural areas. 满分：2 分4). According to the passage, what can we learn about small towns in the United States?A. Most small towns bee gradually crowded. B. Small towns are still similar to each other. C. As the tradi

17、tional picture is changing, towns are different. D. Small towns are turning into large cities. 满分：2 分5). Why is it hard to say when a piece of country bees a suburb?A. Because they are the same. B. Because the rush takes place too quickly. C. Because the process is gradual. D. Because more and more

18、Americans live in metropolitan areas. 满分：2 分3. 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 mented that Einstein had created a new outlook, a new view of the universe. It may be some time before

19、 the average mind understands fully the identity of time and space and so on-but even ordinary men understand now that the universe is something larger than ever before.By 1994 the young Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to bee a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Be

20、rlin. He had few duties, little teaching and unlimited opportunities for study, but soon his peace and quiet were broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. The misery of war affected him deeply, and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only whe

21、n peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.In the years following World War I honors were increasingly heaped on him. He became the head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. In 1921he won the Nobel Prize, and he was honored in Germany until the rise of Nazism when he was

22、driven from Germany because he was a Jew.1). The main idea of Paragraph 1 is _.A. the time when people know EinsteinB. the feeling of an American college presidentC. the change in human thought produced by EinsteinD. the difficulty facing teachers in understanding Einsteins thought 满分：2 分2). Accordi

23、ng to the American university president, _.A. everyone understands Einsteins theory todayB. Einstein achieved more than any other scientists in historyC. the theory of relativity can be quickly learned by everyoneD. our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein 满分：2 分3). Accor

24、ding to Paragraph 2, Albert Einstein _ .A. was a famous chemistB. headed a research instituteC. was famous in the worldD. enjoyed reading about war 满分：2 分4). According to the passage, Einstein did his greatest work _ .A. during World War IB. when he was youngC. when Nazism roseD. between 1906 and 19

25、15 满分：2 分5). It may be concluded that _.A. Albert Einstein was forced to serve in the German armyB. Albert Einstein had no other interests besides scienceC. Germans usually have a high respect for scienceD. his reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I 满分：2 分4. If you have been jo

26、ining chat room conversations, or trading with net pals, you have bee one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are talking online-many of them are talking at the same time.Its fast: trying talking to six people once

27、. Its convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.And it requires very simple language. There is neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste precious time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brot

28、her when BRB (=be right back) will do?Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI(=pardon me for jumping in).Interested in whom youre talking to? Type A/S/L, the mon request to know your pals age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.If something makes you laugh, say your

29、e OFT (=on the floor), or LOL (=laughing out loud), or joining the two into ROTEL (=rolling on the floor laughing).And when its time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later).People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas acr

30、oss as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feelings, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and use capitals.1). When people are online, they talk by _.A. using body language B. drawing simple picturesC. making phone calls . D. using especial

31、ly short form of English 满分：2 分2). The Internet makes many people in the world _.A. talk at the same time B. discover their friendsC. pick out good things to buy D. find out social problems 满分：2 分3). The sentence “There is neither time nor space for explanations” means _.A. people should use words p

32、roperly B. people should know the time while talkingC. people online have to express themselves in a simple way . D. people should talk in a funny way 满分：2 分4). If you get 15/M/HK as an answer to your A/S/L, it means _.A. the person who is talking to you is 15 from Hong Kong B. you are talking to a boy who is 15 years old and lives in Hong KongC. you