中央广播电视大学2004-2005学年度第一学期"开放专科"期末考试
英语专业 英语阅读（2）试题
2005年1月
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Part I Multiple Choices
Questions 1-10 : There are 2 passages in this part that are followed by 10 questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Read the passages carefully and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each)
Passage 1
Each morning his radio wakes him up with gentle music; the light gradually becomes brighter; the heater switches on and the coffee-percolator begins to make coffee.
For his cat, Bob has provided a warm mat, which he can switch on by computer system if he thinks it may be a bit cold for the cat while he's out at work. And he's working on an automatic cat feeder.
Needless to say, he has a security system and a video phone as well as lots of TV sets, a mini-cinema and a satellite system, all controlled by computer. As he comes home from work, he uses his cellular phone to contact the central controller in the house to make sure the percolator is switched on so that he can have coffee as soon as he gets in.
He lives alone with his cat, so he doesn' t need the central control to switch off the television or the computer to stop children staying up late or wasting their time when they should be doing their homework!
1. Bob hears gentle music on his radio_________
A. after his work every day in the afternoon
B. while he is repairing his computer at night
C. in order to wake up himself in the morning
D. in order to learn a popular song
2. Bob warms the cat's mat__________when he's out at work.
A. by controlling his home computer system
B. by setting an automatic switch before he leaves home
C. by teaching his cat to use the switch
D. by giving a call to the guard of his building
3. What statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. He has a security system and a video phone as well as a satellite system at home.
B. He has a part-time servant to help him with the breakfast.
C. He has to get up very early to go out to work at weekends.
D. He lives with his children and a cat.
4. Bob uses his cellular phone to check________.
A. whether his supper is ready or not
B. that no other people break into his house
C. whether the coffee percolator is switched on
D. whether his children stay up late or not
5. The central control of his house can be used to switch off the television or the computer________.
A. if he feeds too many cats
B. if he has troubles with his cat
C. if he's working on an automatic cat feeder
D. if children stay up too late or waste their time
Passage 2
For some strange reasons parents insist on taking their children to visit relatives and friends of theirs who are among the most boring people the human race has ever produced. What is worse, parents insist during these visits that their children; (a) dress in `smart' uncomfortable clothes; (b) remain silent during the visit, with only the occasional spot of quiet breathing allowed.
It has always struck us that this is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of parents. They spend years teaching their children to walk and talk, and as soon as they can, they tell them; `Sit down and keep quiet. '
Why do they insist on their children accompanying them on these awful visits? When their child complains, parents say, ` If you don't shut up we'll leave you here and go without you. ' When the child says, `Good, that's what I want. ' The parents ignore this remark and force their offspring into hideous clothes, bundle them into the nearest form of transport, and force them to endure mind-numbing boredom for what seems like two eternities.
6. Parents insist on taking their children to visit relatives and friends who______
A. are from other countries
B. come from the same nation
C. are not interesting at all
D. have so many strange ideas
7. In the third paragraph, the sentence ` If you don't shut up we' 11 leave you here and go
without you' is a(n)______
A. offer B. hospitality
C. suggestion D. intimidation
8. The word "offspring" could be replaced by________
A. relatives B. classmates
C. colleagues D. children
9. The words "force them to endure mind-numbing boredom" could be rewritten as_____
A. ---make children suffer such a boring time that their minds go dead
B. ---not allow children to move that their legs lose consciousness
C. ---make kids remain silence that they fall asleep
D. ---not allow kids to join adults' conversation that they become stupid
10. Which of the following statement is FALSE according to the passage?
A. Children are unwilling to go to the visits of their parents' friends.
B. Parents usually pay attention to their children's remarks.
C. While visiting their relatives, children are asked to keep silent.
D. Parents' hypocrisy is showed during these visits.
Part Ⅱ Multiple Choices
Questions 11-20: There are 2 passages in this part that are followed by 10 questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Read the passages carefully and then choose the best answer to each of the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each)
Passage 3
China has 267 million families. About 10 million newlyweds establish new households every year. Many of these new households differ significantly from traditional families.
Today women play a major role in the family. The old patriarchal family is being replaced by a more or less equal spousal relationship. This change was not simply a result of Chinese laws that stipulate men and women are equal. Chinese women are receiving more education, are actively employed and are making significant contributions to family incomes. Their financial contribution has increased from 20 percent in the 1950s to 40 percent today. In some families it is even higher.
Two national studies on the status of women reached similar conclusions: Women have more power in the family. In cities, more women make decisions on family matters, a change many Chinese men are happy with.
The concept of marriage is changing so that people now marry for happiness rather than to carry on the family line. In choosing a spouse, many will marry someone they love; otherwise they may choose to remain single. Most people hope to find a spouse who is welleducated and considerate. While they value love in a marriage, most people also consider the material well-being of a potential spouse. In both rural and urban areas, people have more say about who they marry.
China is rapidly changing from the traditional belief that more childreir means more happiness to the modern concept of fewer and healthier births. In less than two decades, China's fertility rate has dropped by more than 50 percent. Increasingly, young couples are postponing having a child to allow for their own personal growth and enjoyment. Some couples are declining to have children. In these cases, women generally play a pivotal role; this situation is most common in large cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Starting a new household is replacing the tradition of marrying into the man's family. In a traditional marriage, the wife became a member of the husband's family. It was even stipulated by law that a wife must make her husband's home her legal residence, This meant that a woman was transferred from her parent' home to her parents-in-law's home, where she assumed a subordinate position.
After the new law was enacted in 1980, traditional marriages began disappearing in cities. Today, about half of all households are nuclear families; these households promote equality between men and women. In rural areas it is still common for a woman to move into
the man's home when she marries.
Chinese marriages are still relatively stable even though people's ideas and conduct have changed significantly since China' s reform and opening to the outside world. The average
age at which Chinese people first marry is between 22 and 23, this age being somewhat lower in rural areas and somewhat higher in the cities. China's marriage rate is high; very few people remain single in their entire lives. Most women marry between the ages of 20 to 24.
In recent years the divorce rate has slowly climbed, but it is still only one-third to onefifth that of developing countries such as India and Thailand. The divorce rate in European and American countries is 10 times that of China. This indicates relative stability even
though Chinese marriages and families are changing.
11. In choosing their spouse, people usually consider__
A. love
B. material wealth
C. educational background
D. all of the above
12. In the last two decades, the fertility rate has dropped sharply because_____.
A. most couples are unwilling to have children
B. the traditional belief of more children meaning more happiness has changed
C. most urban couples care more about their personal happiness
D. many women are becoming economically independent
13. One of the features of nuclear families is that___
A. husband and wife are equal to each other
B. the wife listens more to her husband
C. the wife normally moves to her husband's home
D. the wife identifies herself as a member of the husband's family
14. The article states that "China's marriage rate is high", which implies that____
A. people in rural areas get married earlier than people in cities
B. most people get married at the age of 24
C. men marry later than women do
D. most people get married sooner or later in their lives
15. The divorce rate in China is_______
A. one of the lowest in the world
B. ten times that of the European countries
C. one fifth of the marriage rate in the country
D. ten times higher than it was ten years ago
Passage 4
Most CHINESE in inland China did not know that Hong Kong residents preferred fresh seafood until the end of the 1980s, when Cantonese restaurants appeared in inland areas. However, as early as the 1960s, most fresh seafood consumed by Hong Kong residents was transported from inland areas by three express trains, which first came into use in 1962.
Hong Kong has many people but little land. It lacks resources and has no agricultural base. Non-staple foods needed by more than 6 million Hong Kong residents have been supplied predominantly by Chinese inlanders.
Before the three express trains were operational, fresh commodities to Hong Kong and Macao were transported as common goods. Because of the long time spent in transit, many goods spoiled and livestock injury and death rates were high. One train of pigs had 70 percent die on the trip, and only one chicken survived in one shipment of poultry to Hong Kong. Therefore, Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade decided to use express trains to supply fresh goods to Hong Kong and Macao.
In 1962, train Nos. 751, 753 and 755 began operation from Wuhan, Shanghai and Zhengzhou respectively, to Hong Kong and Macao. By now, China has made 36, 100 such shipments, covering 52, 47 million kilometers.
Over the 34 years, the three express trains have transported 85 million pigs, 5 million heads of cattle, 1 million tons of frozen food, several billion chickens, ducks and geese, and innumerable fish, fresh eggs, fruits and vegetables.
During the past 34 year, the three express trains never stopped running, even though many freight trains were unable to operate normally when famine struck China from 1959 to
1961, or during the cultural revolution when railways were unable to function properly.
At present, the Ministry of Railways operates 100 cars for live cattle, 1000 refrigerated cars. There are more than 7000 escorts for the three express trains from inland foreign trade departments, and twelve service centers have been set up with facilities to feed and water animals.
Wu Yi, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, praised the three express trains as creating a miracle in the foreign trade history'. 16. It can be judged from Paragraph 1 that____
A. most inland Chinese learnt about Hong Kong residents' preference for seafood in the late 80's
B. Hong Kong people didn't like fresh seafood until the late 80's
C. Cantonese restaurants started to serve seafood at the end of the 80's
D. Hong Kong people gave up their liking of fresh seafood about ten years ago
17. The three express trains_______
A. transported most fresh seafood from Hong Kong to inland areas
B. provided a passenger transportation service to Hong Kong residents
C. were presented to Hong Kong residents by the Chinese government
D. started to operate in the early 60's
18. The three express trains came into operation because_______
A. trains at the normal speed would be too slow to supply enough goods for Hong Kong people
B. fresh goods transported at a normal speed suffered severe losses
C. 70 percent of the pigs would die on a normal train before reaching their destination
D. sending chickens by ship would be too costly
19. Over three decades, the three express trains have transported____________ to Hong Kong.
A. 85 million ducks and geese
B. 5 million heads of sheep
C. 1 million tons of frozen pigs
D. an enormous amount of fish, fresh eggs, fruits and vegetables
20. The `escorts' in Paragraph 7 refer to_____
A. experts on express train transportation
B. government officials in charge of the work
C. workers who accompany and look after the livestock
D. customs officials who inspect the goods
Part Ⅲ Cloze
Questions 21 - 30: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to complete each gap from the choices provided. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each)
Passage 5
Public buses running on Beijing's streets are more eye-catching compared with their former dull color. 21)____ , five or six years ago, when many other Chinese cities began to decorate their public buses with colorful 22)____ , Beijing remained unmoved, allegedly out of consideration for maintaining the stately grace of the capital.
But Beijing's `lofty posture' did not 23)__________ long under the pressure of the market
economy. Since 1993, most public buses have been wrapped in brightly colored ads, 24)_____
featuring striking images.
Public transportation companies were the first group benefiting from the move. The No. 300 Bus alone annually turned over 4 million yuan of ad earnings to its company. At the same time, business people are happy to find a 25)_________________cheap, yet widely influential,
advertising medium.
Advertising on buses, a form quickly accepted by Beijing residents, adds a new scenic
line to the city, 26)________ damaging the capital's image.
The Chinese attitude towards advertisements has changed greatly. Having vanished from sight for a long period, commercial ads reappeared in 1979, but they were coldshouldered.
Today, however, advertisements are increasingly entering daily life. More and more urban residents are becoming accustomed to acquiring shopping information in this way. In recent years, the Beijing TV Station 27)_______an advertising program, TV Market. The diverse, lively forms and practical contents have enahled it to gain high ratings.
Advertising 28)________ no longer________ non-essential. It is now a major part of the
tertiary sector, receiving special government attention. Advertising has even become one of
the top 10 29)______ in China.
The Chinese advertising industry has maintained first place worldwide in terms of growth over the past 17 years. Advertising turnover has soared to 40 percent on a yearly biasis, and the 1996 figure of over 30 billion yuan was more than 200 times 30) ________of 1982.
21. A. Meanwhile B. Whatever
C. Although D. However
22. A. advertisements B. messages
C. pictures D. slogans
23. A. reject B. last
C. criticize D. use
24. A. more B. few
C. many D. little
25. A. firstly B. differently
C. comparatively D. economically
26. A. because of B. instead of
C. along with D. towards
27. A. was launching B. had launched
C. launches D. has launched
28. A. is considered B. was discussed
C. are considered D. will be discussed
29. A. factories B. transportation companies
C. occupations D. striking images
30. A. these B. that
C. this 1). those
Part Ⅳ True or False
Questions 31-40; Read the passage below and then judge whether the statements after the
passage are true or false according to the passage. Mark the statements as T for True and F for False. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each)
Passage 6
The first job I ever had was as a waitress. I did it the summer before I started at university, when I was eighteen. I was working in a very nice hotel in a small town in Scotland where there are a lot of tourists in summer so they were taking on extra staff. I arrived there in the evening and met some of the other girls who were working at the hotel -we all lived in a little house opposite the hotel. Anyway, they were all really friendly and we had dinner together and then sat around chatting and drinking coffee - I didn't go to bed until after one o'clock in the morning. I had to be at work in the dining room at seven thirty in the morning to start serving breakfast. Well, I didn't wake up till seven fifteen! So I threw my clothes on and rushed over to the hotel. I must have looked a real mess because the headwaiter just looked at me and told me to get to the bathroom to tidy myself up - I was so embarrassed!
The first thing I learned was that there were two heavy swing doors into the kitchen from the restaurant - one for going into the kitchen and one for going out, so that the waiters coming in didn' t bump into the ones going out. Anyway, that morning I was so frightened of the headwaiter that I didn't listen properly to what he was saying, so when one of the waiters asked me to give him a hand and take two plates of eggs and bacon and an orange juice out to the restaurant, I went straight towards the wrong door and collided with another waiter coming in! You can't imagine the mess - eggs, bacon and orange juice all over the floor, the door, the waiter and me. The other waiter thought it was quite funny, but the headwaiter was furious and made me clear everything up straight away in case someone slipped and fell.
After serving breakfast, at about ten o'clock, we had our own breakfast. I was starving by then, and just wanted to sit down and eat quietly. But some of the waiters started making fun of my English accent -- they were all Scottish. I thought they were just trying to cheer the up arid have a joke, but 1 was so upset and hungry that I just rushed off to the bathroom in tears! I thought everybody hated me! By the time I came back, they had cleared up all the breakfast things, and I hadn't had a chance to eat anything!
Well, straight away we started getting the dining room ready for lunch - cleaning the silver, setting the tables, hovering the floor. The room had a beautiful view over a river with the mountains behind, but of course, as soon as I stopped work to have a look out of the window, the headwaiter spotted me and told me off again.
I didn't make too bad a job of serving lunch - one of the waiters looked after me and showed me how to do things. One of the customers ordered some expensive white wine, and I gave him a bottle from the cupboard, not from the fridge, so it wasn't cold enough. But fortunately the other waiters hid the bottle I'd opened wrongly and I gave him another bottle from the fridge so the headwaiter didn't find out. I would have been quite happy, but I had another problem, which was that I'd got up in such a hurry I just put on the shoes I'd been wearing the night before. Well, these shoes looked quite smart but they had really high heels, and after a few hours on my feet I was in agony and there was nothing I could do about it, there was certainly no time to go and change them. I can tell you I never wore those shoes to work again!
Anyway, after .lunch we had our own lunch - I managed to get something to eat this time, and we were free in the afternoon. I went for a walk with one of the other girls and we got a bit lost so I didn't have time for any rest before we went back to work at six. By the time we finished serving dinner at about ten thirty I was completely exhausted. I' d never worked so hard in my life, I think. Of course, I stayed, up chatting with the other girls that night too, and most of the other nights I was there. I fell into bed at night and out of it at seven the next morning, but I loved the job after a while, believe it or not, and I even went back to work there the next year! I never got on very well with the headwaiter, though.
31. She had a big breakfast that morning.
32. She couldn't bear being laughed at so she burst into tears.
33. Together with others, she started getting the dining room ready for lunch, having little time to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window.
34. She started doing everything all by herself.
35. The headwaiter found out she had opened a bottle of wine wrongly.
36. Her shoes looked smart and were very comfortable.
37. In the afternoon she didn't take much rest even though she was free.
38. She hated her job and never did it again.
39. Actually she got on quite well with the headwaiter.
40. She worked very hard and was exhausted that day.
Part V Short Answer
Questions 41 - 45 ; Read the passage below and then answer the questions after the passage briefly. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20 points, 4 points each)
Passage 7
Los Angeles police yesterday added a new name to the list of victims of what they believe is a new serial killer. Like the first four victims Joseph Griffin was a homeless man shot in the head while sleeping alone. NPR's Salas Wason reports from Los Angeles.
Early this month the police department sent notices to every homeless shelter about the transient killer. Staff member Marcotte Tears reads from the Xerox post near the check-in window at the Union Rescue Mission downtown.
`Four men have been shot in the head in the last three weeks. The men were all transients and sleeping alone at the time of the killings. Please tell everyone in this chapel and those along the streets to come indoors at night to any of the missions or shelters. '
When they are full pleased to tell the men to group together, not to be alone at night, but huddle for safety. The lives of the men may depend upon their following these instructions.
Since that notice was distributed, police have searched their records and added five more victims to the list. Except for the victim added yesterday they were not transients, but they were all shot while out on the streets in the early morning hours. Commander William Booth, a spokesman for the police department, won't confirm it, but reportedly all the men were shot with a small caliber gun. So far Booth said the task force working on the case didn't have many clues and only a little bit of information about the murderer.
`Frankly not nearly enough. We have a brief description; a male black, who is tall, slim, a hundred fifty to a hundred and seventy pounds, twenty-five to thirty years old. With a medium to large Afro haircut. '
The first victim was shot on September 4`" , the most recent on October 7`". The crime took place in several Los Angeles neighborhoods. All five homeless men killed were sleeping outside downtown. Not in the skid road area, but nearby. Although the city's transients have been urged to sleep in shelters, there are thousands more men than beds are available. And not all the homeless choose to stay in the shelters. Still most of the men at the Union Rescue Mission know about the transient killer and admit to some concern.
Los Angeles police are still looking~for another serial murderer.
41. When was the first victim shot?
42. When did the most recent killing occur
43. What were the five homeless men doing when they were killed?
44. Why do many transients still sleep outside
45. What are Los Angeles police still looking for?
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中央广播电视大学2004-2005学年度第一学期"开放专科"期末考试
英语专业 英语阅读（2）试题答案及评分标准
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2005年1月
Part 1 (20 points, 2 points each)
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D
6. C 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. B
Part II (20 points, 2 points each)
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. A
16. A 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. C
Part III (20 points, 2 points each)
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25.C
26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B
Part IV (20 points, 2 points each)
31. F 32. T 33. T 34. F 35. F
36. F 37. T 38. F 39. F 40. T
Part V (20 points, 4 points each)
41. On September 4th.
42. On October 7th.
43. They were sleeping.
44. Because there are thousands more men than beds available. And on the other hand, not all the homeless choose to stay in shelters.
45. Another serial murderer.
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