新视野大学英语第三册阅读题Word格式.docx

1、1. Which people are having trouble with language? A. Natives. B. People of the 2nd generation. C. People when born. D. Immigrants. 2. Why are children ignoring their parents? A. Children have lost their identity. B. Parents cause children to suffer. C. They speak different languages. D. They have di

2、fferent job levels. 3. The authors aunt taught Korean _. A. so she could preserve her language B. so she would have a job in America C. to help children succeed in their new country D. to help children keep their Korean identity 4. The authors cousins felt _. A. they were not similar to people in Ko

3、rea B. they could not get a job in America C. it was all right to look and feel different D. it was important to keep their identity 5. A proper title for this passage is _. A. The Identity of the Second Generation B. Korean Problems in America C. Learning a New Language in the US D. Keeping Your Cu

4、lture in a New Land Two similar-sounding English words caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, California. His problems began at the airport in Los Angeles. He thought he heard his flight announced, so he walked to the gate, showed his ticket, and got on the plane. Af

5、ter flying for twenty minutes, the man began to worry. Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean. Is this plane going to Oakland? he asked the flight attendant （服务员）. The flight attendant was shocked. No, s

6、he said. Were going to Auckland-Auckland, New Zealand.English is not the only language with similar-sounding words. Other languages, too, have words that can cause mistakes, especially for foreigners.Auckland and Oakland. When similar-sounding words cause a mistake, probably the best thing to do is

7、just laugh and learn from it. Of course, sometimes its hard to laugh. The man who traveled to Auckland instead of Oakland didnt feel like laughing. But even that mistake turned out all right in the end. The airline （航空公司） paid for the mans hotel room and meals in New Zealand and for his flight back

8、to California. Oh well, the man later said, I always wanted to see New Zealand.6. The main topic of this passage is _. A. mistakes made by people in airports B. troubles experienced by foreigners in a new country C. difficulties had by people when taking a plane D. problems caused by words that soun

9、d alike 7. She told him the plane would arrive in _. A. Oakland B. Auckland C. Los Angeles D. California 8. The man realized something was wrong when _. A. he landed in Oakland, California B. he saw that the flight attendant was shocked C. he noticed the direction of the plane D. he walked up to the

10、 gate 9. The sentence Oh well, I always wanted to see New Zealand. reflects _. A. the mans sense of humor B. the mans frustration C. the mans disappointment D. the mans despair 10. According to the passage one proper way to deal with a mistake caused by similar-sounding words is _. A. to have a shar

11、p ear B. to learn a good pronunciation C. to speak clearly and slowly D. to laugh and learn from it Yinlan looked at the people sitting around the table and smiled with satisfaction. Everyone in her family was thereher children, her grandchildren, and her new great-grandson, just one month old. Her

12、whole family had come to celebrate the Harvest Moon Festival （节日）.Two days after the Harvest Moon Festival, Yinlan died peacefully in her sleep. Her family was sad but at the same time grateful. They felt happy that they had been able to celebrate the Harvest Moon Festival with her one last time. Ev

13、eryone said it was remarkable that Yinlan had died just two days after the holiday.Actually, the timing of Yinlans death was not remarkable at all. Recently sociologists （社会学家） studied the death rate among elderly Chinese women in California. They discovered that the death rate drops 35 percent befo

14、re the Harvest Moon Festival and then rises 35 percent. Sociologists believe that these changes in death rate show the minds power over the body. The Harvest Moon Festival, when families gather, is important to elderly Chinese women. Apparently some women are able to postpone （推延） their deaths so th

15、at they can celebrate the festival one last time.The idea that people can postpone the time of their deaths is not new. Many families tell stories of a relative who held on to life until after an important event. The stories people tell, however, are just that: stories. They are not proof that peopl

16、e can postpone their deaths. The sociologists work is important because the sociologists studied facts, not stories. The factsthe drop and rise in death ratesprove that people really can postpone their deaths.11. When did Yilan die? A. During the Harvest Moon Festival. B. Before going to sleep. C. J

17、ust before the Harvest Moon Festival. D. A couple days after the Harvest Moon Festival. 12. The writer tells us the story of Yilan to let us know that _. A. the Harvest Moon Festival is important to elderly Chinese women B. Chinese families get together to enjoy the Harvest Moon Festival C. families

18、 are often sad during the Harvest Moon Festival D. people may be able to put off death for an important event 13. Where did the study take place? A. China. B. Yilans home. C. Festival grounds. D. California. 14. What does the author describe as not new? A. The work of sociologists. B. Proof of postp

19、oning death. C. The Harvest Moon Festival. D. Stories of putting off death. 15. What provides us with proof? A. The stories of family members. B. The numbers showing death rates. C. The important events. D. The postponing of death. Unit 3 （BABAC ABCDB BBACD）So long as teachers fail to distinguish be

20、tween teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake things for children that children can only do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that reading cannot be taught d

21、irectly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible.Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system f

22、or teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: it can be seen and observed.Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open

23、 to public examination.If teacher and learner roles are distinguishable, how can teaching aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for c

24、hildren.When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are give

25、n the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading. 1. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that _. A. it is one of the most difficult school courses B. too much time is spent in teaching about reading C. students spend endless hours in readin

26、g D. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance 2. The teaching of reading will be successful if _. A. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading B. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable 3. The word examination at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably m