东大大学英语统考在线练习题19客观题.docx

1、东大大学英语统考在线练习题19客观题1.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 the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.Youth is a time when t

2、here are few tasks 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&

3、ndash;—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.      

4、;  When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he br

5、eaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. 1).People can experience happiness if they _ .A. al

6、ways think of the past and regret it B. value the presentC. are no longer youngD. become old and have much experience正确答案：B满分：2分 2).When people were young, they used to _ .A. be in charge of many businesses  B. have few things to think about and take onC. look after their younger sist

7、ers and brothers D. face a lot of difficulties正确答案：B满分：2分 3).The pains of children lie in the fact that _ .A. no one helps them make right decisionsB. they are often beaten by their parentsC. they can not be accepted and praised by othersD. they are not allowed to do what they like to do正确答案：D满

8、分：2分 4).Children are usually happy because _ .A. old people lose interest in themB. they are free to do wrongC. they are familiar with everything going on around themD. things are new to them正确答案：D满分：2分 5).Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?A. Hard work.B. Being free fr

9、om troubles.C. Wealth. D. Health.正确答案：C满分：2分2.If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it and account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the questi

10、on.     It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any writt

11、en record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people w

12、ho lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.     Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about

13、 the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as

14、written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful. 1). Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?A. “Remembered hi

15、story”, compared with written history, is less reliable. B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history. C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions. D. Where there are no written records, there is

16、no history.正确答案：D满分：2分 2).We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because _.A.  there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a recordC. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD.  the people ther

17、e did not know how to write正确答案：D满分：2分 3).“Remembered history” refers to _. A. history based on a person’s imaginationB. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouthC. songs and dances about the most important eventsD. both B and C正确答案：D满分：2分 4).“Remembered history” is regar

18、ded as valuable only when _. A. it is written down B. no written account is availableC. it proves to be true     D. people are interested in it正确答案：B满分：2分 5).The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people ha

19、d _. A. kept a written record of every past eventB.  not burnt their written records in warsC. told exact stories of the most important happeningsD. made more songs and dances正确答案：A满分：2分3.We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was i

20、ntroduced, most people did not like it as well as “regular” coffee, and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity, and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while, people b

21、ecame attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a slight decline（衰退）when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline).     The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call f

22、or different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today w

23、ere originally designed for the military?     Market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections.     Anot

24、her product extension strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. Note, also, how auto manufac

25、turers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling. 1).According to the passage, when people grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will _. A.  decrease gradually   B. become unstable C. improve enormously   &nb

26、sp;  D.  remain at the same level正确答案：D满分：2分 2).The first paragraph tells us that a new product is _. A. usually introduced to satisfy different tastes B. often more expensive than old ones C. often inferior to old ones at first D.  not easily accepted by the public正确答案：D满分：2分 3)

27、.Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to _. A.  work out marketing policiesB. increase its popularity C. promote its production     D. speed up its life cycle正确答案：A满分：2分 4).The author mentions the example of “backpacks” (Line 4, Para.2)

28、to show the importance of _. A. increasing usage among students B. exploring new market sections C. pleasing the young as well as the old D. serving both military and civil needs正确答案：B满分：2分 5).In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are _. A. improving product quality B

29、. modernizing product style C. re-positioning their product in the market D.  increasing product features正确答案：A满分：2分4.The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched（草盖的）roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or wh

30、ite; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings — these are still common sights in parts of England. Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside.Thatching is in fact the oldest of all th

31、e building crafts practiced in the British Isles（英论诸岛）. Although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles and churches, too.Thatching is a solitary（独自的）craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practiced toady has changed very little since the Midd