9第2部分1阅读理解1判断题全新版电大英语统考.docx

1、9第2部分1阅读理解1判断题全新版电大英语统考第二部分 阅读理解（1）Passage 1 Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, unc

2、les and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place a

3、s smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families.In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woma

4、n. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other peoples children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. 1.The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. A：T B：F2.Families of the past, t

5、he present and the future are described in the passage. A：T B：F3.People no longer want to have children. A：T B：F4.Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F5.Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F答案：AABBAPassage 2You

6、nger people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in peace. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special wo

7、rk group. Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.There are severa

8、l free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking and singing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.When people live together, rules are always necessary. In this program the teenage

9、rs and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses the problem. They ask, Why did it happen? What should we do about it? One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: You stop thinking only about yourself. Yo

10、u learn how to think about the group. 年轻人和年纪大的人的意见并不总是一致。有时候，他们对生活，工作和学习的理解是不同的。但是，在纽约州一个特殊的项目里，成年人和少年和平共处。每年夏天，200名少年和50名成年人作为特殊工作组的成员生活在一起8周。每个人每天都工作几个小时。目的不仅仅是为了忙碌，更是为了找到工作的意义和乐趣。一些少年在树林里或在附近的农场里工作。一些孩子学做家具和造房子。而成年人叫他们如何做好这些事情。每天都有几个小时的空闲时间。周末也休息。在空闲时间内，一些孩子学习摄影和画画，其他人坐在附近聊天唱歌。每个人尽情的根据自己的喜好来度过空闲时

11、间。没有规矩不成方圆。在这个项目里，少年和成年人一起制定规则。如果有人违反，大家共同面对。通过小组讨论这个问题，他们会问：为什么会发生这样的问题？我们该怎么办？其中一个少年这样描述这个经历：你不再仅仅关注自己，你得站在整个小组的立场考虑问题。1.The passage is mainly about how adults and teenagers live together in a special group. 这篇文章主要是关于成人和青少年共同生活在一个特殊的群体。A：T B：F2.The special program offered every winter in New York

12、city. 这个特别的项目每年冬天都在纽约市举办。A：T B：F3.People will make more rules when someone breaks a rule. 当有人违反了规则人们会设立更多的规则A：T B：F4.To find a way to solve the generation gap is NOT stated directly in the passage as a purpose of the program. 没有说要找到一种方法来解决代沟是该计划的直接目的A：T B：F5.Some teenagers learn photography when the

13、y are free. 一些青少年学摄影时,他们都是免费的A：T B：F答案：ABBAAPassage 3When Li Chen got married, his wifes mother came to live with them. She was not an easy woman to live with. She was always complaining and never seemed to stop talking.Li Chen loved his wife but her mother was making his life miserable. Unfortunate

14、ly, his wife would not listen to any criticism of her mother. She is my mother, she said. I must respect her and so must you.As the months passed Li Chen became more and more unhappy. If only, he thought, there was some way of stopping his mother-in-law from talking all the time. Then one day she wa

15、s ill. She complained, of course. She was hot. She was cold. Her head ached. She couldnt eat. She couldnt sleep.At last, Li Chen sent for the doctor. The doctor arrived. He examined her and then put a thermometer in her mouth. He wanted to take her temperature. Sit quietly, he said, and dont open yo

16、ur mouth. Li Chen watched with surprise as his mother-in-law lay in bed with the thermometer in her mouth closed.For the first time since his marriage, he could not hear his mother-in-laws voice.He walked up to the doctor, pointed at the thermometer and whispered in the doctors ear.How much do you w

17、ant for that thing? he asked.李成结婚时，岳母和他们一起居住。岳母可不是容易相处的人，她总是在不停的唠叨，从来没有要停止说话的迹象。李成爱他的妻子，可是岳母使他的日子变得很难过。 糟糕的是，他的妻子毫不理会李成的抱怨，她说：“她是我妈，我必须尊重她，你也一样”。几个月过去了，李成越来越不开心。他想：要是要是有什么办法能让岳母不再唠叨该有多好！ 有一天岳母病了，她唠叨着:好热啊，好冷啊，腿疼啊，头疼. 李成请来了大夫，大夫做了检查，把温度计放进岳母的嘴里，说：安静不要张嘴。李成看到岳母躺在床上不再说话，他很惊讶。自从结婚以来，他第一次听不到岳母的声音。 他走近大夫，指

18、着温度计小声对大夫说，你这个温度计卖多少钱？1.His mother-in-law was making Li Chens life miserable. 李琛的岳母使他的生活痛苦A：T B：F2.Li Chens mother-in-law came to live with him and his wife after she got ill. 李琛的岳母在她生病后来跟李琛和他妻子一块住。A：T B：F3.Li Chens wife was respectful towards her mother. 李琛的妻子尊重她的母亲。A：T B：F4.The mother-in-law conti

19、nued complaining when she was ill. 李琛的岳母在她生病的时候继续抱怨。A：T B：F5.Li Chen wanted to buy the thermometer because he saw this thing for the first time since his marriage. 李琛想买的温度计，因为他婚后第一次看到这个。A：T B：F答案：ABAABPassage 4 There was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big co

20、mpany and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon as he got home on Fridays, his wife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living

21、-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolates there. Youll never guess what happened to me today, dear, he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added, I won ten thousand pounds on the lottery!Thats wonderful! said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a few seconds

22、and added angrily, But wait a moment! How could you afford to buy the lottery tickets? 从前有一个很胖的女人，却有一个很瘦小的老公。他在一个大企业工作，每周五都会发工资。周五他一到家，她的老婆就会让他交出所有的钱，然后给他一小部分，仅仅够他买他每天在办公室的午饭。有一天他回家的时候非常激动，他冲进了卧室，她的老婆正在那里一边听收音机一边吃巧克力。“你绝对猜不到今天我发生了什么事，亲爱的”他说他停顿了几秒然后补充说“我买彩票中了一万英镑”“太爽了！”他的老婆高兴地说，但是接下来她思索了几秒之后又生气地补充说“但

23、是，等一下，你是哪来的钱买彩票呢？！” 1. The small man was allowed to keep just enough to buy his lunch in the office every day. 小男人被允许保留一点足够的每天在办公室吃午饭的钱。 A：T B：F 2. The man won a lottery one day. 小男人一天赢得了彩票 A：T B：F3. The woman is good-natured. 女人脾气很好。 A：T B：F4. The woman was pleased yet suspicious when her husband w

24、on a lottery. 这位妇女还没怀疑的时候，很高兴她的丈夫赢得彩票。 A：T B：F5. The man had to give almost all his money to his wife every week. 该名男子，每星期几乎把他所有的钱都给了他的妻子。 A：T B：F 答案：AABABPassage 5Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its wa

25、y into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music.To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing （舒适的） atmosphere. Recently, ho

26、wever, its becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost（提升） sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts（收入） by 34%. This is probably b

27、ecause shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isnt always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to

28、 play faster music to keep the customers movingunless, of course, the resulting indigestion（消化不良） leads to complaints.背景音乐看上去没什么坏处，但实际上它对于听到的人会有很强的影响力。在美国刚录制完成的背景音乐会先放在工厂车间，商店和饭店里播出，但很快就会迅速流行到世界的每个角落。现在在购物和吃饭的时候想要没有那些背景音乐几乎是越来越困难的事了。起初，缪扎克音乐(一种通过线路向机场、商场、餐馆等播放的背景录音音乐) 仅仅是为了营造欢乐的气氛。然而，最近，它也成为一宗大产业，一部

29、分原因有赖于最近的研究。美国一位市场专家，Ronald Milliman博士，就证明了音乐可以提高销售额或提高工厂产量达三分之一。但是，必须是轻音乐，快节奏的音乐对提高销售额毫无作用。音乐如何使销售额增长38%呢？很可能是由于购物者可以放缓脚步，花更多时间徘徊于他们想买的商品前。但是，慢节奏音乐也并不总奏效。比如，Milliman博士发现，餐馆里放慢节奏音乐就意味着顾客会延长用餐时间，从而导致营业额降低。因此，建议餐馆老板放一些快节奏的音乐，以使顾客快速用餐，当然，由此引发的消化不良就会招致诟病了。1.Background music was first used in the factori

30、es, shops and restaurants in the USA. 在美国背景音乐最初会被放在工厂，商店和饭店播出。A：T B：F 2.An American marketing expert has found background music can increase sales or factory production. 美国市场专家发现背景音乐可以增加销售额或提高工厂产量。A：T B：F 3.Slow music has no effect on sales. 舒缓的音乐不影响销售。A：T B：F 4.Slow music is useless in factories in

31、 increasing sales.舒缓的音乐对提高工厂产量是没效果的。A：T B：F 5.Restaurant owners are advised to play lively music to increase overall sales.建议餐馆老板放轻音乐从而提高销售额A：T B：F答案：AABBBPassage 6A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good disposition, intelligence,

32、 physical fitness and sense of responsibility. At the age of fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts three to five months. It becomes accustomed to the leather harness and stiff leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner. The dog learns to watch the traffic and to cross the street safely. It also learns to obey such commands as forward, left, right and sit and to disobey any comma