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1、英语阅读一1英语阅读一作业第1次作业论述题 0051第1次作业;大家也可下载附件查看作业，将答案按I；II; III; IV 标题提交I. Text Comprehension Direction: Each of the following comprehension questions, based on the texts you have learned, is provided with 4 possible answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.1. The boy in A Da

2、ys Wait is probable _ years old.A. 5 B. 9 C. 12 D. 202. In A Days Wait, the father and the son had different understanding about _. A. death B. kilometers C. thermometer D. miles 3. In A Days Wait, the boy had a fever because of _. A. influenza B. heart disease C. inflammation D. headache4. In A Day

3、s Wait, the authors purpose in writing about the doctors visit is to _.A. create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story B. show that the father was very much concerned about the boys illnessC. show the doctors knowledge about influenza and its treatmentD. show that the boys il

4、lness was quite serious5. The tile of the story A Days Wait probably means that that the boy _. A. waited a whole day before the medicine took effect B. waited a whole day before his father returned home from hunting C. had been waiting a whole day to recover D. had been waiting all day to die II. R

5、eading ComprehensionDirection: There are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of the questions there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Please decide on the best answer.Passage 1 A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Te

6、aching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us c

7、onfused. “Wait a minute,” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mi

8、rror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. Im Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old

9、 boy.I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I requi

10、red.“All right then,” I said. “Okay, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at t

11、he edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, youll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!”A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to th

12、e theme of deep disappointment.1. The author took the job to teach writing because _.A. he wanted to be expectedB. he had written some storiedC. he wanted to please his fatherD. he had dreamed of being a teacher2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?A. He would be aggressive in his f

13、irst class.B. He was well-prepared for his first class.C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.3. Before he started his class, the author asked the students to _.A. write down their suggestions on the paper cardsB. cut maple leaves o

14、ut of the construction paperC. cut some cards out of the construction paperD. write down their names on the paper cards4. What did the students do when the author started his class?A. They began to talk.B. They stayed silent.C. They raised their hands.D. They shouted to be heard.5. The author chose

15、the composition topic probably because _.A. he got disappointed with his first classB. he had prepared the topic before classC. he wanted to calm down the studentsD. he thought it was an easy topicPassage 2 Expecting a baby?HEALTHY BABY: Manitobas Prenatal(怀孕) Benefit and Community Support ProgramsI

16、ts whats inside that counts.When youre pregnant, its important that you eat well to help you and your growing baby. Thats why if you live in Manitoba and your net family income is less that $ 32,000 a year, the Manitoba government offers you a monthly cheque during your pregnancy to help you buy hea

17、lthy foods and prepare for your babys arrival.How to applyPick up an application form from medical offices, Healthy Baby community programs or by calling the number below. The application form must include a medical note indicating your babys due date, so see your health care provider early.More sup

18、port for you and your babyThrough Healthy Child Manitoba, Healthy Baby also offers community programs which help you to learn more about nutrition, health and parenting a baby.For more information, please call:945-1301(in Winnipeg)1-888-848-0140 (at no cost)945-1305 TDD (Telephone Device for the Dea

19、f)1. What program is this passage about?A. Baby food. B. Low-income families.C. Womens health. D. Birth and growth of healthy babies.2. Who can enjoy the benefits of the program?A. Pregnant women of high risk.B. Pregnant women of first child.C. Pregnant women in good health.D. Pregnant women with lo

20、w income.3. The most important information to be filled in the application forms is _.A. the pregnant womans nameB. when the baby is due to arriveC. the pregnant womans medical historyD. in which hospital the baby is to be delivered4. Healthy Baby will also provide more help in all aspects but _.A.

21、baby education B. baby nutrition C. baby parenting D. baby health5. For further information, the deaf can _.A. call 945-1305TDD B. dial 1-888-848-0140C. visit their health care provider D. send email to a medical officePassage 3 Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good br

22、eakfast is one of lifes essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.But for many people the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So de

23、spite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of people who didnt have breakfast increased by 33 percentfrom 8.8 million to 11.7 millionaccording to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America. For

24、 those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arnold E. Bender, fo

25、rmer professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most, of the recent work involves children, not adults. “The literatu

26、re,” says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor.”1. The latest year for which figures could be obtained is _.A. the year the author wrote the article B. 1977 C. any year between 1977 and 1983 D. 19832. For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _.A.

27、 several studies have been done in the past few years B. the omission of breakfast does no harm to ones health C. adults have especially made studies in this field D. eating little in the morning is good for health3. “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance” (in Para. 3) means _. A. any

28、one without breakfast does improve his performance B. not giving people breakfast improves performanceC. having breakfast does not improve performance, either D. people having breakfast do improve their performances, too4. The word “literature” in the last sentence refers to _. A. stories, poems, pl

29、ays, etc. B. written works on a particular subject C. any printed material D. the modern literature of America5. What is implied but NOT STATED by the author is that _.A. breakfast does not affect performance B. Dr. Pollitt is engaged in research work at an institution of higher learning C. not eati

30、ng breakfast might affect the health of children D. Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in LondonPassage 4 How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is

31、 the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too we