大学英语Ⅰ复习思考题.docx

1、大学英语复习思考题大学英语复习思考题Part I. Reading Comprehension题目答案及解析Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago. The great canal at Babylon was built about 2000 B. C. The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2500 years ago, and took centuries to finish. During the seventeenth cen

2、tury, France built many canals that are still in use today. However, they are not so heavily traveled as they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built. One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea

3、to the North Sea. The Kiel Canal provides a passage way between the North Sea and the Baltic. In America, the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence River to Lake Superior. It is impossible to answer the question, “Who built the fir

4、st canal?” Perhaps some people long ago, living in a dry country, discovered that they could dig ditches to irrigate their fields with river water. And, naturally, in the days when boats were the most important means of transport, canals were the easiest means of reaching a place that was not on a r

5、iver. A canal joining two rivers proved both easy and time-saving for boat travel. Today, most countries is the world have canals, even in the twentieth century, goods can move more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport. Some canals, such as the Suez or the panama, save ships weeks of

6、 time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast. Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.

7、1.Which of the following pairs of places has not yet been connected by canal? A. The North Sea and the Black Sea. B. The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. C. The North Sea and the Baltic. D. The Black Sea and the Baltic. 2. According to this passage, canals in Europe were built primarily for

8、 _. A. transport B. irrigation C. drainage D. electricity3. It is implied in the passage that the first canal was probably built _. A. in China B. about 2000 B. C. C. for irrigation D. for boat travel4. Which of the following statements is not true according to this passage? A. Boats travel faster i

9、n the canal than in the river. B. Canals make the voyage of ships shorter. C. Canals are still used for the delivery of goods. D. Canals provide a means of cheap transportation even today. 5. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is most probably to _ A. discuss the development of c

10、anals in the worldB. introduce the history of important canals in the worldC. illustrate the usefulness of canals D. suggest the necessity to make better use of canalsDACACIn 1933 little had changed in the everyday lives of the vast majority of rural Tennessee Valley people since the turn of the cen

11、tury. Electricity was known on only three farms in a hundred light came from a kerosene (煤油) lamp, refrigeration from a cool spring or cellar, and heat from a fireplace or wood-burning stove. The simple act of getting water required back-breaking labor. The family with a good spring near the back do

12、or was fortunate indeed. Hand-dug wells provided water for many families. Buckets or tubes had to be lowered to the bottom of the well, 30, 40, or 50 feet down, and the water pulled to the surface by rope. Monday was washday, and a busy day it was. Gallons of water had to be carried from the closest

13、 source, often a nearby stream. Fire was mad e under a cast-iron pot to boil the clothes, which were then scrubbed and rinsed by hand before being hung out to dry. The warm, soapy water left over was used to wash the spring house, outdoor toilet, animal quarters, or anything else needing a good clea

14、ning. The rinse water was used on the flowers. Nothing so hard obtained was wasted. Every member of the family, young and old, had work to do. Women were responsible for most of the chores around the house. During peak planting and harvesting seasons, they also joined their husbands and sons in the

15、fields. The well-off and the poor shared in common many of the same chores.1. According to the passage, only three percent of families had _. A. running water B. refrigerators C. electric lamps D. bathrooms2. For many families getting water was _. A. helped by government aid B. a hard job C. easy be

16、cause water was always close by D. helped by the building of a new water system3. The rinse water form the washing of clothes was used on _. A. gardening B. the toilet C. floors D. automobile4. Women were responsible for _. A. the work in the fields during busy seasons B. most of housework during ha

17、rvesting seasons C. both house work and farming during busy seasons D. the hard work in the field all the year round5. “The well-off and the poor shared in common many of the same chores” means _. A. “ The poor had to do more everyday tasks” B. “ Both the rich and the poor had to do the most difficu

18、lt work” C. “ Only the poor had to do as many of the same chores” D. “ Both the rich and the poor had to do as many of the same everyday tasks”CBACDLike most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting .It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery:

19、 giving-away makes life so much more exciting .You need not worry if you lack money .This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving

20、-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my offic

21、e. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the

22、doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到)our conversation .“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home? ” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You dont know what a letter like that

23、means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”1. From the passage, we understand that_. A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirtiesB. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers C. the author received the same educati

24、on as most people during his childhood D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting2. According to the author, _. A. giving means you will have less money B. the excitement of giving can bring you money C. you dont have to be rich in order to give D. when you give

25、 away money, you will be rich3. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper_. A. in writing B. in person C. in the window display D. about the neighborhood4. When the author needed a post-office box, _.A. he had to put his name on a waiting list B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appre

26、ciation C. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him5. In reply to the postmasters question, the author said_. A. it was the special delivery B. it was the post-office box C. it was the note of appreciation he wrote D. it was he who wrote

27、 him a letter a year agoACBCD Is teaching important? Well, of course it is. There was a time when the necessary knowledge could be taught to the young by family members. But as societies became more complex and division of labor more common, it was impossible for family members to teach the informat

28、ion and skills young people needed to become useful members of the society. As the need for specialists appeared, the job of teaching came into being in our country, and teaching as a job has been of increasing importance over the past one hundred years. Today, we have strict rules for teachers. We

29、hope all children can go to school. Many things tell us that teaching is indeed an “important” job. In recent years, there has been an increasing need for teachers to be “responsible”. This means that the public expects teachers to succeed in teaching important information to the young teachers sala

30、ries today, while not much, certainly are much higher than they were in the past. These increases have come about because people have realized that without enough salaries, people who have abilities will not become teachers. Today almost no one says that “anybody will do” for a teacher. The public e

31、xpects “quality people” to teach the young, and progress is being made to give salaries that will make people who have abilities become teachers.1. Before the job of teaching came into being _. A. family members had been responsible for the education of the young B. specialists had been in charge of

32、 teaching young people C. young people had to be self-educated D. the society had played an important role in educating young people2. The job of teaching came into being mainly because of _. A. the development of the society B. the explosion of information C. the need for engineers D. the civilization of human beings3. Teachers salaries are raised today in order to _. A. show the importance of teaching as a job B.