中央广播电视大学2007-2008学年度第二学期"开放专科"期末考试
英语阅读(2) 试题
2008年7月
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Part I Questions 1--10 are based on Passage 1.
Passage 1
The earliest time when anything like badminton was played was some two thousand
years ago when people in China played a game kicking a kind of shuttlecock around. Much
later, in the nineteenth century, a game called 'Battledore and Shuttlecock' was played
indoors in English country houses. Then, in 1873, some army officers who were staying at
Badminton House, a large country house in the country of Avon in England, named the
game 'Badminton'. When they returned to their duties in India, they continued to play
badminton and produced the first set of rules for the game, which they played out of doors.
Soon, in 1875, an officers' badminton club was started in Folkestone, on the south coast of
England. By 1893, fourteen badminton clubs had been established and together they formed
the Badminton Association of England and agreed on a set of Laws of the Game.
Between 1900 and 1934, the game developed rapidly across Europe, Asia and the USA.
Probably, the most influential figure in the sport at that time was a man called George
Thomas. He won 21 All-England titles and over eighty international titles. He wrote books
about badminton and the laws of badminton for others to use. In 1934, when the
International Badminton Federation was founded, he became its first president.
The importance of badminton as a world sport was recognized first by the introduction
of the World Championships, which were first held in Malmo, Sweden in 1977 and then by
its inclusion in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992.
Read Passage 1 and complete the following table with the information from the passage. Write
answers on your answer sheet.
Part Il Questions 11--20 are based on Passage 2.
Passage 2
The world's only artificially-fed Yangtze dolphin celebrated its 17'h birthday in Wuhan
with a special offeting of his favorite fish.
Qiqi, the dolphin, was caught by fishermen near the mouth of Dongting Lake on the
Yangtze River on January 12, 1980, and was sent to the Wuhan Institute of Biology in Hubei
Province. The date was then chosen as his birthday. He was 1.47 meters long and weighed
36.5 kilograms, and he was estimated to be about two years old. By 1986, he had grown to
over two meters in length and weighed 125 kilograms. Since then, his length and weight
have remained the same.
Qiqi lives a single life. He has three meals a day of over 10 kilograms of fresh fish. He
has received daily training and has participated in scientific experiments of various kinds.
Researchers make regular health checks on him every month. If abnormal indicators
appear, the researchers add vitamins, trace elements, antibiotics or nutritional medicines to
his fresh fish. Between April and July last year, Qiqi contracted a serious life-threatening
liver trauma, hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia. The institute quickly invited experts from the
United States, Hongkong and Taiwan to help save Qiqi. Guided 'by experts from No. 2
Hospital attached to Hubei Medical Sciences University, the researchers applied a drip
method of stomach lavage to treat him, and Qiqi recovered after 100 days of treatment.
The Yangtze River dolphin inhabits the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
It is one of China's most prized species after the giant panda, and it is also one of the
world's most endangered species, with less than 100 remaining. Since 1978, the Chinese
government has spent 40 million yuan (US $ 5 million) on the protection and study of the
Yangtze River dolphin.
Read Passage 2 and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the statements
according to the passage. Write answers on your answer sheet.
1I. The Yangtze dolphin, Qiqi, was artificially fed, which is to say
A. he was an artificial dolphin
B. he only ate artificial food
C. he was fed by man
D. he only ate a special kind of fish
12. Qiqi was caught
A. in Wuhan
B. near the mouth of Dongting Lake
C. in Taiwan
D. in Hongkong
13. Which day was chosen as Qiqi's birthday?
A. 7/12/1980.
B. 6/12/1980.
C. 12/12/1980.
D. 1/12/1980.
14. Which one of the statements below is True?
A. Qiqi lives in Wuhan Institute of Biology in Hunan Province.
B. When people caught Qiqi, he was three years old.
C. After 1986, Qiqi's length and weight have remained the same.
D. Qiqi's favorite food is vegetable.
15. In his daily life, Qiqi's main job is
A. participating in experiments of various kinds
B. working with researchers from many countries
C. helping to test the effect of many kinds of medicines
D. receiving training for performance
16. When Qiqi was ill, researchers added to his food.
A. vitamins and trace element
B. antibiotics
C. nutritional medicines
D. all of A, B and C
17. When Qiqi got a serious liver trauma, researchers
A. gave him more fresh fish
B. didn't notice it at all
C. invited experts from other countries and areas to save him
D. gave him some vitamins with fresh food
18. In the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, the phrase "attached to" can be
replaced by
A. belonging to
B. added to
C. put together with
D. loved by
19. The Yangtze River dolphin
A. can be found in every part of the river
B. is one of the most dangerous animals in the world
C. is regarded as one of the most precious animals in China
D. is more precious than panda
20. Which one of the statements below is False?
A. The Chinese government has spent 40 million yuan on the protection and study of the Yangtze River dolphin.
B. The Yangtze River dolphin lives along the middle and lower reaches of the
Yangtze River.
C. The Yangtze River dolphin is in danger of extinction.
D. Many of the dolphins have been caught for experiments.
Part Ill Questions 21---30 are based on Passage 3.
Passage 3
"Great Britain" has several different names. Some people say "Britain", or "the United
Kingdom", or just "UK". There are four different countries in the United Kingdom:
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Everyone from Britain is British, but only people from England are English. People
from Scotland are Scottish, people from Wales are Welsh, and people from Northern Ireland
are Irish. Don't call a Scottish or Welsh person English. He won't like it!
Altogether more than 56 million people live in Britain, many of them in big industrial
cities like London, Liverpool and Manchester, but people are often surprised By how much
of Britain is open country, with lovely hills and woods, quiet rivers, lakes and farmlands.
Everyone in Britain speaks English. But in some parts of Scotland and Wales people
speak an older language as well. The Welsh are especially proud of their language, and you
can see road signs in Welsh all over Wales. Everyone speaks English, but they do not' all
speak itin the same way. A Scottish person has to listen carefully if he wants to understand
a Londoner. And when a Welsh person speaks, everyone knows at once where he comes
from !
Many people think that the weather is cold and Wet in Britain all the year round. But it
isn't! True, it sometimes rains and even snows for days and days, but every year there are
weeks of beautiful sunny weather.
Britain is only a small country, but every part is different. Scotland is a land of
mountains, lakes and romantic castles. The winters are cold, with plenty of snow, but the
summers are often warm and sunny. Northern Ireland is beautiful too. In the warm, wet
climate, the grass grows a brilliant green, and much of the land is farming country. The
centre of England (the "Midlands") is also an important industrial area, especially near the
huge cities of Coventry and Birmingham, the centre of the car industry. But everywhere,
even in the heart of a modern city, there are buildings from an older Britain -- cathedrals,
castles, and houses built hundreds of years ago. Wales is a special place, a country of high
mountains and pretty valleys. But Wales has plenty of industry too, with many factories and
coal mines. The people of Wales are very musical. The west of England is rich farming
country. It produces milk, cream, butter, cheese and apples, which go to make cider, a
popular drink. In the villages, country people often grow their own fruit, vegetables and
flowers.
Some areas of Britain are very crowded. Around Manchester, in northwest England,
and Glasgow, in Scotland, are large city areas of houses and factories. The southeast of
England, too, has many towns and cities, including London, the capital. But quite near
London there are still some quiet villages and peaceful farms.
Britain is an island, of course, and you are never far from the sea. Some of the coast,
especially in the west, is wild and rocky, with small, sandy beaches, and romantic old
harbors. Other parts are industrial. The east coast of Scotland, for example, is busy with oil
rigs and fishing boats. The most popular beaches are near the many holiday towns on the
south coast, where the weather is usually warmer. It is here that Londoners come to relax.
Read Passage 3 and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True
and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your answer sheet.
21. Great Britain has several different names and one of them is British.
22. In the United Kingdom there are four different countries: England, Scotland, Wales
and Southern Ireland.
23. More than 66 million people live in Britain, many of them in big industrial cities like
London, Liverpool and Manchester.
24. The language all the people in Britain speak is English.
25. A Scottish person can understand a Londoner's talking easily.
26. The weather isn't cold and wet in Britain all the year round.
27. The Midlands is an important industrial area, but it isn't the centre of the car industry.
28. In the heart of modern cities, there are a lot of old buildings.
29. The capital of Britain is London.
30. Although Britain is an island, it is far from the sea.
Part IV Questions 31--35 are based on Passage 4.
Passage 4
The Internet search company Google plans to put millions of library books online and
make them searchable. Google announced a project with the New York Public Library and
the libraries of four universities. These are Stanford, Harvard and the University of
Michigan in the United States and Oxford in England.
Stanford University and the University of Michigan have agreed to let Google copy their
full collections. Michigan put some of its seven million books on the Web. Its full collection
is about six years away. The New York Public Library says it will only provide Google with
materials no longer under copyright restrictions. Oxford will offer only books published
before the twentieth century. And Harvard University will provide just forty thousand books
at first.
The project could take ten years or more. Some librarians say each book might cost
about ten dollars to reproduce in digital form. Workers use scanner machines to take pictures
of each page. Google says its users will see links in their search results page when there are
books that relate to their search.
For years libraries have been making electronic copies, especially of old and rare
documents. But the process has often been slow. There are also legal issues. Google says it
will show only a small part of library books protected by copyright. Users might see only
pages that contain the words they searched for. The project will expand the Google Print
program. This lets publishers make books and other information searchable online. Amazon-
dot-com has a competing program.
Google is the most popular Internet search engine. The program currently searches more
than eight thousand million Web pages. It is often praised for its ease of use and for finding
the information that people want, generally in less than a second. Google faces its strongest
competition from Yahoo and M. S. N. , the Microsoft Network.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford graduate students, began Google in nineteen
ninety-eight. The company sold its first shares of ownership to the public in 2004.
Google says its library project will increase interest in books. It may also get more
people into libraries to see the real thing. The American Library Association says visits are
up one hundred percent since the Internet began to get popular ten years ago.
Read Passage 4 and then try to give short answers to Questions 31--35. Write answers on your
answer sheet.
31. Who will cooperate with the company Google in doing the library project?
32. Which universities will provide the whole of their collections to Google?
33. How much does each book cost to reproduce in digital form according to some
librarians?
34. What kind of company is Google?
35. When was the company Google founded?
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中央广播电视大学2007-2008学年度第二学期"开放专科''期末考试
英语阅读(2) 试题答案及评分标准
(供参考)
2008年7月
Part I (30 points, 3 points each)
1. China
2. indoors
3. army officers
4. Folkestone
5. (By) 1893
6. The International Badminton Federation
7. George Thomas
8. 21
9. Malmo, Sweden
10. the Barcelona Olympic Games
Part Ⅱ (30 points, 3 points each)
11. C 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. D 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. D
Part III (20 points, 2 points each)
21. F 22. F 23. F 24. T 25. F
26. T 27. F 28. T 29. T 30. F
Part Ⅳ (20 points, 4 points each)
31. New York Public Library and the libraries of four universities: Stanford, Harvard,
the University of Michigan and Oxford.
32. Stanford Universityand the University of Michigan.
33. About ten dollars.
34. Google is the most popular Internet search engine.
35. In nineteen ninety-eight (or In 1998).
评分标准(教师阅卷时，可备一份试题作参考)
1．第一部分有10道题，每小题3分，共计30分，按参考答案阅卷，每小题做对得3分，做错不得分。
2．第二部分有lo道题，每小题3分，共计30分，按参考答案阅卷，每小题做对得3分，做错不得分。
3．第三部分有10道正误判断题，每小题2分，共计20分，按参考答案阅卷，每小题做对得2分，做错不得分。
4．第四部分有5道简答题，每小题4分，共计20分，该部分具体评分标准如下：
对于字母拼写、大小写等错误，每处扣0．5分，5道题累计扣分不得超过5分。
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