大學(xué)英語Ⅰ復(fù)習(xí)思考題201406(共49頁)

1、大學(xué)(dxu)英語復(fù)習(xí)(fx)思考題Part I. Reading Comprehension題目答案及解析Canals existed in Egypt thousands of years ago. The great canal at Babylon was built about 2000 B. C. The Grand Canal of China, which is over 900 miles long, was begun about 2500 years ago, and took centuries to finish. During the seventeenth cen

2、tury, France built many canals that are still in use today. However, they are not so heavily traveled as they were a hundred years ago, before railways were built. One such canal is a short-cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Canals in Germany permit boats to go from the Black Sea

3、to the North Sea. The Kiel Canal provides a passage way between the North Sea and the Baltic. In America, the Great Lakes are all connected by canals, enabling ships to go from the Atlantic Ocean and the St. Lawrence River to Lake Superior. It is impossible to answer the question, “Who built the fir

4、st canal?” Perhaps some people long ago, living in a dry country, discovered that they could dig ditches to irrigate their fields with river water. And, naturally, in the days when boats were the most important means of transport, canals were the easiest means of reaching a place that was not on a r

5、iver. A canal joining two rivers proved both easy and time-saving for boat travel. Today, most countries is the world have canals, even in the twentieth century, goods can move more cheaply by boat than by any other means of transport. Some canals, such as the Suez or the panama, save ships weeks of

6、 time by making their voyage a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not located on the coast. Still other canals drain lands where there is too much water, help to irrigate fields where there is not enough water, and furnish water power for factories and mills.

7、1.Which of the following pairs of places has not yet been connected by canal? A. The North Sea and the Black Sea. B. The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. C. The North Sea and the Baltic. D. The Black Sea and the Baltic. 2. According to this passage, canals in Europe were built primarily for

8、 _. A. transportB. irrigationC. drainageD. electricity3. It is implied in the passage that the first canal was probably built _. A. in China B. about 2000 B. C. C. for irrigationD. for boat travel4. Which of the following statements is not true according to this passage? A. Boats travel faster in th

9、e canal than in the river. B. Canals make the voyage of ships shorter. C. Canals are still used for the delivery of goods. D. Canals provide a means of cheap transportation even today. 5. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is most probably to _ A. discuss the development of canal

10、s in the worldB. introduce the history of important canals in the worldC. illustrate the usefulness of canals D. suggest the necessity to make better use of canalsDACACIn 1933 little had changed in the everyday lives of the vast majority of rural Tennessee Valley people since the turn of the century

11、. Electricity was known on only three farms in a hundred light came from a kerosene (煤油) lamp, refrigeration from a cool spring or cellar, and heat from a fireplace or wood-burning stove.The simple act of getting water required back-breaking labor. The family with a good spring near the back door wa

12、s fortunate indeed. Hand-dug wells provided water for many families. Buckets or tubes had to be lowered to the bottom of the well, 30, 40, or 50 feet down, and the water pulled to the surface by rope. Monday was washday, and a busy day it was. Gallons of water had to be carried from the closest sour

13、ce, often a nearby stream. Fire was mad e under a cast-iron pot to boil the clothes, which were then scrubbed and rinsed by hand before being hung out to dry. The warm, soapy water left over was used to wash the spring house, outdoor toilet, animal quarters, or anything else needing a good cleaning.

14、 The rinse water was used on the flowers. Nothing so hard obtained was wasted.Every member of the family, young and old, had work to do. Women were responsible for most of the chores around the house. During peak planting and harvesting seasons, they also joined their husbands and sons in the fields

15、. The well-off and the poor shared in common many of the same chores.1. According to the passage, only three percent of families had _.A. running waterB. refrigeratorsC. electric lampsD. bathrooms2. For many families getting water was _.A. helped by government aidB. a hard jobC. easy because water w

16、as always close byD. helped by the building of a new water system3. The rinse water form the washing of clothes was used on _.A. gardeningB. the toiletC. floorsD. automobile4. Women were responsible for _.A. the work in the fields during busy seasonsB. most of housework during harvesting seasonsC. b

17、oth house work and farming during busy seasonsD. the hard work in the field all the year round5. “The well-off and the poor shared in common many of the same chores” means _.A. “ The poor had to do more everyday tasks”B. “ Both the rich and the poor had to do the most difficult work”C. “ Only the po

18、or had to do as many of the same chores”D. “ Both the rich and the poor had to do as many of the same everyday tasks”CBACDLike most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting .It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so

19、 much more exciting .You need not worry if you lack money .This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost

20、 impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster

21、a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(

22、無意中聽到)our conversation .“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home? ” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You dont know what a letter like that means to us. We usually ge

23、t nothing but complaints.”1. From the passage, we understand that_. A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirtiesB. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers C. the author received the same education as most people during h

24、is childhood D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting2. According to the author, _. A. giving means you will have less money B. the excitement of giving can bring you money C. you dont have to be rich in order to give D. when you give away money, you will be r

25、ich3. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper_. A. in writing B. in person C. in the window display D. about the neighborhood4. When the author needed a post-office box, _.A. he had to put his name on a waiting list B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation C. many people had

26、 applied for post-office boxes before him D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him5. In reply to the postmasters question, the author said_. A. it was the special delivery B. it was the post-office box C. it was the note of appreciation he wrote D. it was he who wrote him a letter a year agoAC

27、BCDIs teaching important? Well, of course it is. There was a time when the necessary knowledge could be taught to the young by family members. But as societies became more complex and division of labor more common, it was impossible for family members to teach the information and skills young people

28、 needed to become useful members of the society. As the need for specialists appeared, the job of teaching came into being in our country, and teaching as a job has been of increasing importance over the past one hundred years. Today, we have strict rules for teachers. We hope all children can go to

29、 school. Many things tell us that teaching is indeed an “important” job.In recent years, there has been an increasing need for teachers to be “responsible”. This means that the public expects teachers to succeed in teaching important information to the young teachers salaries today, while not much,

30、certainly are much higher than they were in the past. These increases have come about because people have realized that without enough salaries, people who have abilities will not become teachers. Today almost no one says that “anybody will do” for a teacher. The public expects “quality people” to t

31、each the young, and progress is being made to give salaries that will make people who have abilities become teachers.1. Before the job of teaching came into being _.A. family members had been responsible for the education of the youngB. specialists had been in charge of teaching young peopleC. young

32、 people had to be self-educatedD. the society had played an important role in educating young people2. The job of teaching came into being mainly because of _.A. the development of the societyB. the explosion of informationC. the need for engineersD. the civilization of human beings3. Teachers salar

33、ies are raised today in order to _.A. show the importance of teaching as a jobB. attract more qualified people to become teachersC. make teachers “responsible” in their teachingD. improve the quality of public teaching4. “Anybody will do” for a teacher ( in para.2) means that _.A. almost all people

34、want to become teachersB. a teacher is so highly respected that people al want to help himC. a teacher will do whatever he can for his studentsD. the job of teaching is so easy that everybody can do it5. The main idea of the passage is that _A. greater progress has to be made in teachingB. enough sa

35、laries are necessary in making “quality people” become teachersC. it is important to be successful in teaching the youngD. teaching is a product of the societys division of laborAABDCOur eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us would rather

36、eat sweets and ice cream than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away your appetite(胃口). It is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it is a sign t

37、hat our bodies need food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want to eat. When we are worried, we may not want to eat, either. A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it w

38、as a sign that he wasnt telling the truth. He was telling a lie. Although this seems very strange and rather foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something has difficult in swallowing anything dry. Because when he is worrying, he loses his appe

39、tite and does not want to eat.1.We have to develop good eating habits because.A. we have to eat more B. we want to enjoy our mealsC. we want to be healthy and strong D. we want to save time2. may take away our appetite before we have our meal.A. Either meat or rice B. Neither sweets nor ice-creamC.

40、Not only meat but also rice D. Both sweets and ice-cream3. We had better have our meals.A. when our work is over B. at the same time each dayC. when the meal is still hot D. when we go back home4. A man who is angry has.A. a better appetite B. a poor appetiteC. to eat more food D. to eat dry bread5.

41、 The judges in old England considered that a man couldif he told a lie.A. swallow dry bread easily B. eat a lot of dry breadC. drink milk or hot water D. hardly swallow dry breadCDBBDMost of us can find 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. It may be a free period o

42、r a regular wait, say in the queue for a bus or meal even while eating breakfast. One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night. Whether he went to bed at 10 pm or 2:30 am made no difference. Even if you cannot keep to thi

43、s kind of discipline, it is a good idea to make sure you always have a general interest book in your pocket. Dont forget it should be a book which entertains you and the English must no be too difficult for you.Nearly all “speed reading” courses have a “pacing” elementsome timing device which lets t

44、he student know how many words a minute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check the average number of words per page for the particular book you are busy reading the book? Well, this is difficult at

45、first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period, or you can read within hearing distance of a public clock which strikes the quarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the same kind of easy, general interest book. You should soon notice your habitual w.p.m. rate cree

46、ping up.1 The passage recommends setting aside for reading practice.A. two hours a dayB. one hour a dayC. 15 minutes or half an hour a dayD. three minutes a day before meal2. One famous surgeon always made it a rule to read _.A. 15 minutes at 10 pm each nightB. for at least 15 minutes at bedtimeC. n

47、o matter it was early or lateD. whenever he had a spare moment3. It is a good idea always to carry in your pocket _. A. a book you will never forgetB. a serious bookC. several books of various kindsD. an easy and interesting English book4. According to the passage, a “pacing” device _.A. times a stu

48、dents reading speedB. is not included in most speed reading coursesC. is an aid to vocabulary learningD. should be used whenever we read alone5. Looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes _.A. avoids the need for reading fasterB. is not the same as pacingC. is not easy at firstD. helps you to remem

49、ber the page number you were at last timeCCDACLike most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting .It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so mush more exciting .You need not worry If you lack money .This is how I exp

50、erimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me,I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper.One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back

51、,though the return often comes in an unexpected form.One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home,though it was addressed to me at my office.I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new

52、 business I was starting.I was told at the window that there no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list.As I was about to leave,the postmaster appeared in the doorway.He had overheard(無意中聽到)our conversation .“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delive

53、ring a special delivery to your home? ”I said yes.“Well,you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you.You dont know what a letter like that means to us.We usually get nothing but complaints”1. From the passage, we understand that_ A. the author did not unde

54、rstand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties B. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting

55、2. According to the author,_ A. giving means you will have less money B. the excitement of giving can bring you money C. you dont have to be rich in order to give D. when you give away money,you will be rich3. The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper_ A. in writing B. in person C. in

56、the window display D. about the neighborhood4. When the author needed a post-office box,_ A. he had to put his name on a waiting list B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation C. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him5. In repl

57、y to the postmasterquestion,the author said_ A. it was the special delivery B. it was the post-office box C. it was the note of appreciation he wrote D. it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago1.A. 根據(jù)原文的第二句話：“我直到快40歲才發(fā)現(xiàn)原來饋贈(zèng)可以使得人生有趣多了”，所以我們可以斷定A是正確的。2.C. 根據(jù)原文大意我們可以看出：饋贈(zèng)是不需要很有錢的。3.B. 根據(jù)原文可以看出：作者將親自

58、去向店主建議。4.C 原文說：“我的名字排在一長串等待呼叫的名單后面”，因此我們可以推測出：在我的前面有很多申請郵箱的人，故選C.5.D. 原文中有此暗示。當(dāng)郵局局長問他那封信是否是他寫的時(shí)候，他承認(rèn)了。所以正確選項(xiàng)是D.Mrs. Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it. She looked after them carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.One eve

59、ning Mrs. Brown looked at her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we can eat them.”But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our neighbors ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables”.Mrs. Brown ra

60、n out ,but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbor was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables!Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbor brought Mrs. Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the