國開（電大）2021年7月《英語閱讀1 》期末試題及答案

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英語閱讀（1）試題

2021年7月

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PartI

Directions：

Readpassage1carefullyandfinishquestions1-10asrequired.(30points,3pointseach)

Passage1

TITLE-ROBOTRABBIT

User'sComment：*Therabbitisnice.Itlookslikeakids'gamebutil'sactuallyvery

challenging.Idon'tthinkmuchofthegraphics?butIhemusicandsoundeffectsarereally

good.f

TITLE：MEGALIFTMAN

User'sComment：4Thecharacter'sOK,butwhathedoesisn'lveryinteresting.

Isoongotboredwiththegame.Itwastooeasy.ButthegraphicsareFABULOUSand

music'sterrific!

TITLE：NIGHTFLIGHT

User'sComment：4Awful!\otinterestingatall.Thecharactersareboring.

Infact,thewholegameisstupidandthegraphicsandmusicarereallyterribletoo.’

TITLE-SPEEDSHOOTER

User'sComment：1It,sboring.Youjustshootatthingsthaicomeatyoufasterandfaster.

Theyalllookmoreorlessthesame-justnastyblobs.Idon?tlikethesoundeffects

either.9

TITLE：TEAMSPIRIT

User'sComment：4Thisisagreatgame!Allthefamousfootballplayers.Youcanchoose

differenlteamsandhavecompletelydifferentgames.Iwishthegraphicsandthesound

effectswereabitclearer.’

TITLE：CRAS111

User'sComment：*Myfavourite!Supergraphicsandlotsofwaysofplaying.Andthesound

effectsarereallyrealistic!'and1lovethetwodrivers!

Questions1-10arebasedonPassage1.

Directions：

ReadthesecommentsaboutthegamesinPassage1andthendecidewhetherstatements1-10are

trueorfalse.WriteTfortrueandFforfalseagainstthenumberoftheitemonyouranswer

sheet.

1.Musiciscomnientedoninthreeoftheshortpassages.

2.Charactersintwoofthegamesareverywellliked.

3.Graphicsofu\ightFlight“arefabulous.

4.“SpeedShoolcr“isagameofshooting.

5.“TeamSpirit"isavolleyballgame.

6.Thesoundeffectsof“TeamSpirit”areveryclear.

7.Theuserlikesthegraphicsof**RobotRabbil"verymuch.

8.“Crash“ismostprobablyacardrivinggame.

9.Theuserdoesn'tlike"NightFlight"atall.

10.Theuserlikes“Crash“verymuch.

PartII

Readpassages2&3andthenchooseananswerfromthechoicesgiventocompletestatements

11-20basedonyourunderstandingofthepassage.(30points,3pointseach)

Passage2

ComputerSoftware

CHENGDU-Chinesescientistshavedevelopedacomputersoftwaresystemwhichcan

automaticallytranslateInternetfilesintotheChineselanguage.

Thesoftwarehasthecapacityiotranslate150?000Chinesecharactersperhour,with80

percentofthetotalcontenteasilyunderstandableafterthetranslationprocess.

ThemajorproblemhinderingthedevelopmentoftheInternetinChinaisthelanguage

barrier.ManyChineseusersfeelthattheirEnglishisinadequateforoperatingtheInternet,

whichispredominantlyinEnglish.

Developmentoftranslationsoftwareispartofahigh-techprogramintroducedbythe

StateScienceandtechnologyCommissioninthemid-1980s.

Thesoftware,jointlydevelopedbyaresearchinstituteandauniversityinsouthwest

China'sSichuanProvince,runsintheWindowsenvironment.Userscanuseamouseto

achieveinstanttranslations,whilemaintainingtheoriginalformatofdocumentsorpictures.

Questions11-15arebasedonPassage2.

11.Thepassageismostlytakenfrom.

A.anewspaperB.amagazine

C.anovel

12.Whichofthefollowingphrasescanbeusedtoreplacetheword“hinder“inthe

sentence“ThemajorproblemhinderingthedevelopmentoftheInternetinchinais

thelanguagebarrier.M

A.holdingonB.holdingto

C.holdingback

13.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatIniernetisniainlyoperatedthrough

A.ChineseB.English

C.German

11.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueabouttranslationsoftware?

A.Itispartofahigh-techprogramme.

B.ItisdevelopedbyaresearchinsliluteandauniversityinBeijing.

C.ItrunsintheWindowsenvironment

15.The*mouse'inthelastparagraphrefersto.

A.theanimalofwhichthecatisthenaturalenemy

B.akindofmouseliketoyforchildren

C.thedeviceconnectedtoacomputertocontrolihecursor'smovement.

Passage3

ChangesinLivelihood

AUTHORITATIVESCHOLARSplaceChina'ssocialdevelopmentattheilowerniedium

level9comparedtotherestoftheworld.Chinahasgonethroughseveraltwistsandturns

since1949,andmanypeople'sliveshavechangedforbetterorworseasaresult.However,

todayageneralimprovementisevident.Since1978inparticular,manypeople'slife-styles

haveimprovedatagreaterpacethanintheprevious30years.

Chinesehavenotonlyimprovedontheirdiet?clothing,housingandtheproductsthey

useeveryday,buttheirdisposableincomehasalsogrownaswell.BytheendofJune1995,

ruralandurbanbanksavingsamountedto3,545.8billionyuan.

Figuresshowthatsincethe1990scommunicationsequipment,houses,apartmentsand

carshavebeguntoreplaceTVsets,refrigeratorsandwashingmachines(whichinturn

replacedbikes?watchesandsewingmachinesatthebeginningofihe1980s)asihelargest

individualconsumptionitems.

Accordingtoaconservativeestimate,Chinahasabout100,000privatecarstoday.

Sevenpercentofurbanresidentshaveinstalledhomephones.TheChinesePostand

TelecommunicationsMinistryplans120millionnewphonelinesforiheyear2000?ora

phoneforeveryurbanhousehold.Todayfaxmachines?computersandmobilephonesare

verycommonandfaceaboomingmarket.

Questions16-20arebasedonPassage3.

16.Thepassageismostlytakenfrom.

A.anewspaperB.amagazine

C.anovel

17.Thesentence“Chinahasgonethroughseveraltwistsandlurnssince1949”may

meanthat____.

A.Chinahaschangedforbetlersince1949

B.Chinahaschangedforworsesince1949

C.Chinahasgonethroughmanyupsanddowns

18.WhichofthefollowingisNOTamongthelistofthingsthatChinesehaveimproved

on?

A.Diet.B.Schooling

C.Moneyforsaving.

19.Accordingtothepassage?whichofthefollowingappearedthelatestastheresultof

replacement?

A.Apartments.B.Washingmachines.

C.Watches.

20.urbanresidentshaveinstalledhomephones.

A.100,000B.120million

C.Sevenpercentof

PartIII

Questions21-30arebasedonPassage4.(20points,2pointseach)

Passage4

HowtoUseLondonTelephones

(1)TelephonecallsinBritainareintwoclasses：localcalls,andtrunkcalls.Short

distancecallsofuptoabouttwentymilesareclassedaslocalcalls,andallcallsoverlonger

distancesareclassedastrunkcalls.

(2)InLondon,telephonesnowhaveall-figurenumberswhichdonotincludean

exchangename：forexample,071-222-2870.IfyoumakealocaltelephonecallinLondonto

asubscriberinLondon,youleaveoutthe071anddialonlythelastsevenfiguresofthe

numberofthepersonwhomyouarecalling.TomakeatrunkcalltoorfromLondon,you

dialallthefiguresofthesubscriber'snumber.

(3)Thenames,addressesandtelephonenumbersofsubscribersininnerLondonareat

presentprintedinfourdirectories.Thereareseparatedirectoriesforpeoplewhosenames

beginwiththelettersAtoD,EtoK?LtoRandStoZ.Whenyoulookupaperson?s

numberinihetelephonedirectory,youwillfindhisnameontheleftsideofthecolumnand

histelephonenumberontherightside.

(4)AllcallboxesinLondonareontheSTI)system,whichhasnowbeenextendedtoall

partsofBritain.ThelettersSTDstandforSubscriberTrankDialing,andonthistypeof

telephoneyoucandialmanylong-distancenumbersdirectaswellaslocalnumbers.AnSTD

telephoneisusuallyfree,andthecoinboxhasslotsforcoins.Tomakeacall,youpickup

thereceiveranddialthenumberbeforeputtinganymoneyintothecoin-box.Whenthe

personwhosenumberyouareringinganswers,therewillbeaspecialrapidtonecalledthe

paytone.Assoonasyouhearthis,youpulyourmoneyinthebox.Thepaytonethenstops,

andyoucanstarttospeak.TomakeatrunkcallbySTD,youdialfirsttheSTDcode

numberforthetownthatyouarectillingandthenthenumberofthesubscriber.For

example,theSTDcodenumberfortrunkcallsfromLondontoBristolis0272；ifyou

telephoneapersonlivinginBristolwhosenumberisBristol294020,youwoulddial0272-

294020.Whenyourtimeisupthepaytoneisrepeated；ifyouwishtocontinueyourtalk,

youmustthenpulmoremoneyintotheslot.Thelengthoftimeallowedisdoubledbetween

6p.m.and8a.m.Nowpayphonesworkslightlydifferently,however.

(5)BesidestheSTDsystem,thereisalsoanInternationalSubscriberDialingservicefor

makingtelephonecallstomostofthecountriesofEurope,butsomecallscanonlybemade

fromtelephoneswithoutacoin-box.YoucandialdirecttomanyplacesinFrance?Belgium,

Germany,Luxembourg,theNetherlands,andSwitzerland.

(6)Aspecialrecordedtelephoneinformationserviceisprovidedeveryclayforvisitorsto

London.Thisservicegivesvisitorsdetailsofthemaineventsofthedayinandaround

London.Theinformationisrecordedinfourlanguages：English,French,Germanand

Spanish.Whenyouwakeupinthemorningandyouwanttoknowwhatiheweatherwillbe

likeinLondon,dial246-8901；and,ifyouwanttoknowtime,dial123.

Directions：

Readpassage4andthendecidewhichofthestatementsafteritareTRUEandwhichareFalse.

Onyouranswersheet,indicateTforTRUEorFforFALSEagainstthenumberforeachof

items21-30fortheanswersyouchoose.

21.TelephonecallsinBritaincanbeclassifiedintotwotypes：localcallsand

internationalcalls.

22.IfyoucallfromLondontoasubscriberinLondon,youneedtodial071first.

23.IfyouwanttoknowthetelephonenumberofMrWilliams,youneedtolookitupin

thedirectoryforpeoplewhosenamebeginswiththelettersStoZ.

24.Youcanusuallyfindaperson9snameontheleftsideofthecolumninatelephone

directory.

25.OnlythecallboxesinLondonarenowontheSTDsystem.

26.Tomakeacall?youneedtoputmoneyintoihecoin-boxfirstandthendialthe

numberaflerhearingthepaytone.

27.TomakeatrunkcallbySTD,youneedtodialSTDcodenumberfirst.

28.Allcallscanbemadefromtelephoneswithacoin-box.

29.IfyougotoLondon?youcanevengetinformationovertelephoneinChinese.

30.YoucanevengetinformationabouttimeinLondonbydialing123.

PartIV

ReadPassage5andanswerthefollowingquestions.Makeyouranswersasshortandclearas

possible.(20points,4pointseach)

Passage5

Swimmingisoneofthoseactivitiesihatcanbelearnedearlyinlife.Littlechildrencan

learntoswimassoonastheywalk.Infact,youneedthesameskillsinwalkingasin

swimming.However,Ibelievethatfiveisthebestagetolearn.Byfiveorsix,achild

knowsfearofwater,averyimportantthingtoknow,h'swisetobeafraid,torecognize

truedanger.Youngonesunderstandthatthewatercansometimesbeverydangerous.

Toreallybenefitfromswimming,everyswimmershouldlearn,assoonaspossible,

thesefourbasicstrokes；butterfly.backstroke,breaststroke,andcrawl.1feelthatoneof

these-thebreaststroke-isdifferentfromtheothers,sincesomeyoungswimmersusethis

strokenaturally,withoutanytraining.

Insvvimniingtherearecertainruleseveryswimmershouldfollow：

(1)Neverswimalone!Xomatterhowgoodyouareinthewater,don*triskdrowning

byswimmingalone.Ifyouswimbyyourself,withnolifeguardsorfriendswithyou?you

maygetintotrouble.

(2)Don'Igobeyondyourabilities.Mostswimmersknowenoughnottoswimtoofar

fromthebankorthebeach,Showingoffbydoingdangeroustricksisnogood.Swimsafely

andyouwillcontinuetoswimandalive.

(3)Don'tsmoke.Swimmingdependsonahealthybody；goodlungsarepartofit.

(4)Workatanyactivitythatbuildsmuscles.

Questions31-35arebasedonPassage5.

31.Whencanlittlechildrenlea