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1、网校 电大 远程教育 继续教育 大学英语b统考 网考大学英语B4全国网络统考计算机应用基础选择题复习第一章 计算机基础知识阅读理解B24、 Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and

2、found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought h

3、e was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa. One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them

4、 all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, “Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir?” “Certainly,” said Mr. Turner. “One day I met a rhinoc

5、eros（犀牛） by a river” “Please wait a minute, sir,” said the man. “There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all!” “Its rare just because there arent any!” (1)、Mr. White was born in a farmers family.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.A：TB：F答案：B (3

6、)、The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、All people believed Mr. White except the children.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong.A：TB：F答案：A 25、 Martin Luther King was a black min

7、ister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of P

8、hilosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his

9、best known speech “I Have a Dream” before the Lincoln Memorial. The “dream” is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Ameri

10、cans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther Kings honor. He lives in peoples hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister o

11、nly.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The underlined word “delivered” in the second paragraph could be replaced by “gave”.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The best title for this passage is “Civil Rights Law”.A：TB：F答案：B 26、 Lets watch the weather f

12、orecast on television. We may go to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast. “Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain wi

13、ll move into Wales and the Midlands during the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰） will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the da

14、y.”(1)、The speaker is planning to go traveling within the country. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it wont be foggy there tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：A (3)、It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The forecast mainly tells us the

15、whole country will have fine weather tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. A：TB：F答案：A 27、 Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning ski trip for this we

16、ekend, but they dont know about the weather. Its 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather forecast for the weekend. “Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but its not going to rain. The temperature is going to be in the thirties. Its

17、going to snow Friday night and maybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny. ” Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains. (1)、Nancy and Peter listened

18、to the weather forecast for the weekend.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The weather will be warm and rainy on Sunday. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Nancy and Peter of

19、ten do sports. A：TB：F答案：A 28、 Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his va

20、cation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary. She said to her, “My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please dont bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back.”

21、After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, “Something terrible happened to your business, but Im not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation.”(1)、Mr. Young was the owner of a private business. A：TB：F答案：A (2

22、)、Mrs. Young worried about her husbands business. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Mrs. Young was afraid that her husbands vacation might be spoilt. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The secretary didnt explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Youngs business, because she didnt want to spoil Mr. Youngs vacation.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、You

23、can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary. A：TB：F答案：A 29、 A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the

24、 bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the

25、 night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that n

26、ight.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Mr. James built the house. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James story. A：TB：F答案：B 30、 After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He

27、 surprised his landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate. It all began a year ago when Albert returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolat

28、e in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend “Bingo”. He never found out the dogs real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoo

29、n and it was quite clear that he preferred chocolate to bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert neglected his duty, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingos mercy and had to bribe

30、 him to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied with that in the end he had to move somewhere else. (1)、Albert lived there for many years. A：TB：F答案：B (2)、Albert was moving because he did not like the place. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Albert and the dog becam

31、e friends a year ago. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The dog visited Albert every day because it wanted the chocolate. A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Albert “had to bribe him” means he had to take care of him. A：TB：F答案：B 31、 Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed. China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned. The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic s