间读1C卷 中央电大外语学院常风艳 PartI Questions 1-10 are based Passage 1. Passage I TITLE: ROBOT RABBIT scr's Comment由 "The rabbit is nice.It looks like a kids'game but it's actually very challenging I don't think much of the graphics,but the music and sound effects are really good." 11T1.为 MEGALIFT MAN User's Comment: The character's OK,but what he does isn't very interesting I soon got bored with the game.It was too easy.But the graphics are FABULOUS and mushe's terrifie! TITLE: NIGHT FLIGHT User's Comment: Awful!Not interesting at all The characters are boring In fact,the whole game is stupid and the graphics and music are really terrible too.' IITLE: SPPED SHOOTER User's Comment: "It's boring You just shoot at things that come at you faster and faster.They all look more or less the same-just nasty blobs.I don't like the sound effects either.' TITLE: TEAM SPIRIT sr's Comment车
阅读 1C 卷 中央电大外语学院 常凤艳 Part I Questions 1-10 are based Passage 1. Passage 1 TITLE: ROBOT RABBIT User’s Comment: ‘The rabbit is nice. It looks like a kids’ game but it’s actually very challenging. I don’t think much of the graphics, but the music and sound effects are really good.’ TITLE: MEGALIFT MAN User’s Comment: ‘The character’s OK, but what he does isn’t very interesting. I soon got bored with the game. It was too easy. But the graphics are FABULOUS and music’s terrific! TITLE: NIGHT FLIGHT User’s Comment: ‘Awful! Not interesting at all. The characters are boring. In fact, the whole game is stupid and the graphics and music are really terrible too.’ TITLE: SPPED SHOOTER User’s Comment: ‘It’s boring. You just shoot at things that come at you faster and faster. They all look more or less the same – just nasty blobs. I don’t like the sound effects either.’ TITLE: TEAM SPIRIT User’s Comment:
"This is a great game!All the famous foothall players You can choooe different teams and have completely different games I wish the graphics and the sound effects were a bit clearer.' TITLE: CRASH! User's Commen由 'My favouritel Super graphics and lots of wirys of playing And the sound effects are really realistic!"and I love the two driversl Directions: Read these comments about the games in Paxsage 1 and then decide whether statements 1-10 are true or false.Write T for true and F for false agaimst the number of the item on your answer sheet 1.Music is commented on in three of the short passages 2.Characters in two of the games are all very well liked. 3.Graphics of"Night Flight"are fabulous. 4."Speed Shooter"is a game of shooting 5."Team Spirit"isa volleyhall game. 6.The sound effects of"Team Spirit"are very clear 7.The user likes the graphics of"Robot Rabbit"very much 8."Crash"is most probubly a car driving game. 9.The user doesn't like "Night Flight"at all. 10.The user likes"Crash"very much Part II Questions 11-20 are based on Pasxage 2. Passage 2 In October 1987.a weather man on British television received a phone call 11a viewer.She told him that there was a hurricane 12 the way towards Britain The weatherman told her not to worry.The story she had heard was noe true That evening,13television,the weather man told viewers about the phone call and then gave the forecast as 'sea breezes,showery
‘This is a great game! All the famous football players. You can choose different teams and have completely different games. I wish the graphics and the sound effects were a bit clearer.’ TITLE: CRASH! User’s Comment: ‘My favourite! Super graphics and lots of ways of playing. And the sound effects are really realistic!’ and I love the two drivers! Directions: Read these comments about the games in Passage 1 and then decide whether statements 1-10 are true or false. Write T for true and F for false against the number of the item on your answer sheet. 1. Music is commented on in three of the short passages. 2. Characters in two of the games are all very well liked. 3. Graphics of “Night Flight” are fabulous. 4. “Speed Shooter” is a game of shooting. 5. “Team Spirit” is a volleyball game. 6. The sound effects of “Team Spirit” are very clear. 7. The user likes the graphics of “Robot Rabbit” very much. 8. “Crash” is most probably a car driving game. 9. The user doesn’t like “Night Flight” at all. 10. The user likes “Crash” very much. Part II Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2. Passage 2 In October 1987, a weather man on British television received a phone call 11 a viewer. She told him that there was a hurricane 12 the way towards Britain. The weatherman told her not to worry. The story she had heard was not true. That evening, 13television, the weather man told viewers about the phone call and then gave the forecast as ‘sea breezes, showery’
That night.Britain was hit 14 g huge hurricane-the worst in living memory.Thousands of trees were uprooced,telephone lines were cut,all rail services_15 the south were stopped,and a quarter of the country lost its electricity. For some time after the hurricane.a lot of people dadn't believe what the weather men predicted.And,whenever there were strong winds,the weathermen told television viewers to be careful because they might be very strong! Directions: Skim Passage 2 to get a general idea first and then try to fill in each of the blanks (11-15) with an appropriace prepos0道 11 12 13 14 15 Directions: Read Passage 2 again carefully and try to find out which word or phrase in the passage might mean the same as deseribed.The paragraph in which the word or phrase appears is indicated in the brackets. 16.poople waching TV (paragraph 1) 17.very strong wind (paragraph 1) 18.having a short period of light rain (paragraph 1) 19.left the country in dark (paragraph 2) 20.said what might happen in the future (paragraph 3) Part III Questions 21-30 are based on passage 3
That night, Britain was hit 14 a huge hurricane – the worst in living memory. Thousands of trees were uprooted, telephone lines were cut, all rail services 15 the south were stopped, and a quarter of the country lost its electricity. For some time after the hurricane, a lot of people didn’t believe what the weather men predicted. And, whenever there were strong winds, the weathermen told television viewers to be careful because they might be very strong! Directions: Skim Passage 2 to get a general idea first and then try to fill in each of the blanks (11-15) with an appropriate preposition. 11.________________________ 12.________________________ 13.________________________ 14.________________________ 15.________________________ Directions: Read Passage 2 again carefully and try to find out which word or phrase in the passage might mean the same as described. The paragraph in which the word or phrase appears is indicated in the brackets. 16. people watching TV (paragraph 1) __________________________________ 17. very strong wind (paragraph 1) __________________________________ 18. having a short period of light rain (paragraph 1) __________________________________ 19. left the country in dark (paragraph 2) __________________________________ 20. said what might happen in the future (paragraph 3) __________________________________ Part III Questions 21-30 are based on passage 3
Passage 3 Changes in山velihood AUTHORTTATIVE SCHOLARS place China's social development at the 'lower medium level'compared to the rest of the world.China has gone through several twists and tums since 1949,and many people's lives have changed for better or worse as a result However,today a general improvement is evident'Since 1978 in particular.many people's life-styles have improved at a greater pace than in the previous 30 years Chines have not only improved on their diet,clothing.housing and the products they use every day.but their disposable income has also grown as well.By the end of'June 1995.rural and urban bank savings amoumed to 3.545.8 billion yuan Figures show that since the 1990s communications equipment,houses,apartments and cars have bugun to replace TV sets,refregerators and washing machines (which in turn replaced bikes. watches and sewing machines at the beginning of the 1980s)as the largest individual consumption items According to a conservative estimate,China has about 100,000 private cars today.Seven percent of urban residents have installed home phones.The Chinese Post and Telecommunications Ministry plans 120 million new phone lines for the year 2000.or a phone for every urban household.Today fax machines,computers and mobile phones are very common and face a booming market Directions: Read the two passages in Passage 3 and then decide whether statements 21-30 are true or false.Write T for true and F for false against the number of the statements on your answer sheet. 21.The passage is mostly taken from A.a newspaper B.a magazine C.a novel 22.The sentence "China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949"may mean that A.China has changed for better since 1949
Passage 3 Changes in Livelihood AUTHORITATIVE SCHOLARS place China’s social development at the ‘lower medium level’ compared to the rest of the world. China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949, and many people’s lives have changed for better or worse as a result. However, today a general improvement is evident’ Since 1978 in particular, many people’s life-styles have improved at a greater pace than in the previous 30 years. Chines have not only improved on their diet, clothing, housing and the products they use every day, but their disposable income has also grown as well. By the end of June 1995, rural and urban bank savings amounted to 3,545.8 billion yuan. Figures show that since the 1990s communications equipment, houses, apartments and cars have bugun to replace TV sets, refregerators and washing machines (which in turn replaced bikes, watches and sewing machines at the beginning of the 1980s) as the largest individual consumption items. According to a conservative estimate, China has about 100,000 private cars today. Seven percent of urban residents have installed home phones. The Chinese Post and Telecommunications Ministry plans 120 million new phone lines for the year 2000, or a phone for every urban household. Today fax machines, computers and mobile phones are very common and face a booming market. Directions: Read the two passages in Passage 3 and then decide whether statements 21-30 are true or false. Write T for true and F for false against the number of the statements on your answer sheet. 21. The passage is mostly taken from ______________________. A. a newspaper B. a magazine C. a novel 22. The sentence “ China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949” may mean that ______________________________________. A. China has changed for better since 1949
B.China has changed for worse since 1949 C.China has gone through many ups and downs 23.Which of the following is NOT among the list of things that Chinese have improved on? A.Diet. B.Schooling C.Money for saving. 24.According to the passage.which of the following appeared the latest as the result of replacement? A.Apurtments. B.Washing machines. C.Watehes 25. urban residents have installed home phones. A.100,.000 B.120m10n C.Seven peroent of 26.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the programme? A.The programme has been implemented by the Chinese government. B.The programme will be applied nationwide by 2001. C.The programme has been implemented in the last two years in many cities 27.The people covered by the system have to A.be permanent urtan residents B.meet the eriterion for the minimum cost of living set by local gowvernment C.meet the requirements as described in both A and B. 28.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT mentioned as the resut of competition? A.Efficiency. B.Joblessness C.Redundancies 29.It can be inferred from paragraphs 4&5 that which of the following are among those who need help most?
B. China has changed for worse since 1949 C. China has gone through many ups and downs 23. Which of the following is NOT among the list of things that Chinese have improved on? A. Diet. B. Schooling C. Money for saving. 24. According to the passage, which of the following appeared the latest as the result of replacement? A. Apartments. B. Washing machines. C. Watches. 25. _____________________________ urban residents have installed home phones. A. 100,000 B. 120 million C. Seven percent of 26. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the programme? A. The programme has been implemented by the Chinese government. B. The programme will be applied nationwide by 2001. C. The programme has been implemented in the last two years in many cities. 27. The people covered by the system have to ____________________________. A. be permanent urban residents. B. meet the criterion for the minimum cost of living set by local government. C. meet the requirements as described in both A and B. 28. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the result of competition? A. Efficiency. B. Joblessness. C. Redundancies. 29. It can be inferred from paragraphs 4 & 5 that which of the following are among those who need help most?
A.Unemployed workers. B.Old people C.Laid-ofT workers. 30.Which of the following is mentioned as the significance of implementing the programme? A.It gives rise to competition B.It can offer help to unemployed people. C.It helps improve social stability Part IV Questions 31 -40 are based on Passage 4. Paxage 4 About Cindy Because her parents,like most Americans,were mobile,and moved around from job to job. Cindy went to four schools In the town where she was born,she went to an elementary school and ajunior high school.In the suburb where she now lives,she attended another junior high school and a senior high school.Her mother used to walk her to elementary school.and drove her to junior high school in the former town.In her new town.Cindy was picked up by a yellow school bus each morning for several years Early in her junior year,Cindy took driver's education at school,and got her driver's license. Occasionally.her parentsallowed her to drive to school afer she tumed 17.Mamry days,her boyfriend would pick her up in his car Cindy was more interested in driving and her social life than in schoolwork.Yet she was a fairly good student,particularly in"English She was less successful in mathematics,and although she thought she would go to college,she stopped her mathematics after plane geometry.By her senior year,when she was taking courses of her own choosing.she reached a solid B average.She graduated in the second 20%(second quintile)of her class Cindy's sociall life as a teenager.both in high school and college.is built around music particularly rock and roll.Her parents find it too loud.Musical styles have changed a great deal since they were young While living at home,Cindy fought with them because they constantly asked her to tur her stereo down.One thing she enjoys about being in college is that she can play her music as loudly as she likes
A. Unemployed workers. B. Old people. C. Laid-off workers. 30. Which of the following is mentioned as the significance of implementing the programme? A. It gives rise to competition. B. It can offer help to unemployed people. C. It helps improve social stability. Part IV Questions 31 – 40 are based on Passage 4. Passage 4 About Cindy Because her parents, like most Americans, were mobile, and moved around from job to job, Cindy went to four schools. In the town where she was born, she went to an elementary school and a junior high school. In the suburb where she now lives, she attended another junior high school and a senior high school. Her mother used to walk her to elementary school, and drove her to junior high school in the former town. In her new town, Cindy was picked up by a yellow school bus each morning for several years. Early in her junior year, Cindy took driver’s education at school, and got her driver’s license. Occasionally, her parents allowed her to drive to school after she turned 17. Many days, her boyfriend would pick her up in his car. Cindy was more interested in driving, and her social life than in schoolwork. Yet she was a fairly good student, particularly in “English. She was less successful in mathematics, and although she thought she would go to college, she stopped her mathematics after plane geometry. By her senior year, when she was taking courses of her own choosing, she reached a solid B average. She graduated in the second 20%(second quintile) of her class. Cindy’s social life as a teenager, both in high school and college, is built around music – particularly rock and roll. Her parents find it too loud. Musical styles have changed a great deal since they were young. While living at home, Cindy fought with them because they constantly asked her to turn her stereo down. One thing she enjoys about being in college is that she can play her music as loudly as she likes
Music accompanies (her social events,and often is the event.She has frequently gone to rock concerts,and she sees most of the movies made by rock groups When friends visited her thoe-particularly ifher parents were out-they played the stere立体音)a减full volume in her room.Now she and her friends can do the same thing every evening in the dorm. Directions: Read Passage 4 and then deeide whether statements 31-40 are true or false.Write T for true and F for false against the number of the statements on your answer sheet.(20 points,2 points each) 31.Cindy's parents often moved house. 32.Cindy went to one elementary school.and one high school. 33.She always went to school by bus 34.She learnt to drive after she left school. 35.Cindy was more inerested in school work than anything else 36.She was better in English than in maths. 37.She was a very average student compared with the others 38.Cindy likes musie very much. 39.Her parents do not like the music she likes 40.She is not allowed to plary music in her dorm at college. Part V Questions 41 -45 are based on Passage 5. Passage 5 Christmas Christmas Day,which is the most festive time in the United states,falls on December 25on which Christian people believe Jesus Christ was born This is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States,which is full of joy and gaiety,love and laughter,hopitality and good will. Americans begin to prepare Christmas long before the actual day.Small families and large business firms prepare the holiday differenly.Stores are decorated with the traditional Christmas colors of green and red.Goods assocated with Christmas colors of green and red Goods associaled with Christmas become best sellers at this time.Many Americanes take advantage of the time to earn extra money by selling Christmas cards small gifts and ornaments,etc.The decorating of homes for Christmas is aso very common.Most Americans who observe Christmas
Music accompanies (伴随) her social events, and often is the event. She has frequently gone to rock concerts, and she sees most of the movies made by rock groups. When friends visited her at home – particularly if her parents were out – they played the stereo(立体音响) at full volume in her room. Now she and her friends can do the same thing every evening in the dorm. Directions: Read Passage 4 and then decide whether statements 31-40 are true or false. Write T for true and F for false against the number of the statements on your answer sheet. (20 points, 2 points each) 31. Cindy’s parents often moved house. 32. Cindy went to one elementary school, and one high school. 33. She always went to school by bus. 34. She learnt to drive after she left school. 35. Cindy was more interested in school work than anything else. 36. She was better in English than in maths. 37. She was a very average student compared with the others. 38. Cindy likes music very much. 39. Her parents do not like the music she likes. 40. She is not allowed to play music in her dorm at college. Part V Questions 41 – 45 are based on Passage 5. Passage 5 Christmas Christmas Day, which is the most festive time in the United states, falls on December 25th on which Christian people believe Jesus Christ was born. This is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States, which is full of joy and gaiety, love and laughter, hospitality and good will. Americans begin to prepare Christmas long before the actual day. Small families and large business firms prepare the holiday differently. Stores are decorated with the traditional Christmas colors of green and red. Goods associated with Christmas colors of green and red. Goods associated with Christmas become best sellers at this time. Many Americans take advantage of the time to earn extra money by selling Christmas cards, small gifts and ornaments, etc. The decorating of homes for Christmas is also very common. Most Americans who observe Christmas
have a Christmas tree in their homes.People like evergreens and they think that branches of fir will bring good luck and symbolize spring The Christmas tree is ually covered with strings of colored lights,and a star fived on top representing the star in the East which guided the three Wise Men to where Jesus was born Christmas food is spocial:bright colored hard sweets,chocolates,clusters of chocolate-covered raisins,walnuts,etc.As for the Christmas dinner,Americans traditionally have turkey or ham,sweet potmtoes,vegetables,and Christmas pudding. Although Christmas is religious in origin,many of the customs and celebrations are no longer religious.Among them,the moet popular ones are as follows: Exchanging Gifts This custom originated from the ancient religion of beleving that the first Christmas gifts were given by the three Wise Men to the infant Jesus Christ.It has been passed down and become very popular among friends and families in the United States Sending Christmas Cards This custom first started in London in the 19century.Today,most Americans send groeting cards to their friends and families Christmas time.Some people who are friendsor relatives and live great distances from each other may not be much in contact with cach other during the year- but will usually exchange greeting cards and often a Christmas letter. Receiving Gifts from Santa Claus Santa Clas is believed by American children to be a fat jolly old man with a red suit.red hat and a long white beard.On Christmas Eve Santa Claus comes down through the chimney to hring them gifts.So young children are happiest at this time of the year and look forward eagerly to Christmas morning when they find the gifts they want. Directions: Read the passage in Passage 5 carefully and then try to give short answers to the following questions.(20 points,4 points each) 41.Why is December 25 a very important day for Christians? 42.When do Americans start to prepare Christmas? 43.Why do businessmen like Christmas? 44.Why do families have a Christmas tree in their homes?
have a Christmas tree in their homes. People like evergreens and they think that branches of fir will bring good luck and symbolize spring. The Christmas tree is usually covered with strings of colored lights, and a star fixed on top representing the star in the East which guided the three Wise Men to where Jesus was born. Christmas food is special: bright colored hard sweets, chocolates, clusters of chocolate-covered raisins, walnuts, etc. As for the Christmas dinner, Americans traditionally have turkey or ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and Christmas pudding. Although Christmas is religious in origin, many of the customs and celebrations are no longer religious. Among them, the most popular ones are as follows: · Exchanging Gifts This custom originated from the ancient religion of believing that the first Christmas gifts were given by the three Wise Men to the infant Jesus Christ. It has been passed down and become very popular among friends and families in the United States. · Sending Christmas Cards This custom first started in London in the 19th century. Today, most Americans send greeting cards to their friends and families at Christmas time. Some people who are friends or relatives and live great distances from each other may not be much in contact with each other during the year – but will usually exchange greeting cards and often a Christmas letter. · Receiving Gifts from Santa Claus Santa Claus is believed by American children to be a fat jolly old man with a red suit, red hat and a long white beard. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus comes down through the chimney to bring them gifts. So young children are happiest at this time of the year and look forward eagerly to Christmas morning when they find the gifts they want. Directions: Read the passage in Passage 5 carefully and then try to give short answers to the following questions. (20 points, 4 points each) 41. Why is December 25th a very important day for Christians? 42. When do Americans start to prepare Christmas? 43. Why do businessmen like Christmas? 44. Why do families have a Christmas tree in their homes?
45.What are the most popular customs and celebrations at Christmas? 答案 Part 1.(20 points.2 points each) 1T2.F3.F4.T5.F6F7.F8T9.T10T Part 2.(20 points.2 points each) 11.from 12.on 13.on 14.by 15.in 16.viewers 17.hurricane 18.showery 19.lost its electricity 20.predicted Part 3 (20 points.2 points each) 21.A22.C23.B24.A25.C26B27.C28A29.B30.C Part 4 (20 points,2 points cach) 31.T32F53.T34.F35.F36.T7.F38.T59.T40.F Part4 (20 points.4 points each) 41.Because it is the dary on which Jesus Christ was believed to be born. 42.Long before Christmas Day. 43.Because they can take advantage of the time to earn extra money (by selling Christmas cards,small gifts and ornament,etc.) 44.Because then believe it can bring them good luck 45.Exchanging gifts,sending Christmas cards and receiving gifts from Santa Claus
45. What are the most popular customs and celebrations at Christmas? 答案 Part 1. (20 points, 2 points each) 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.T 9.T 10.T Part 2. (20 points, 2 points each) 11.from 12.on 13.on 14.by 15.in 16. viewers 17.hurricane 18.showery 19.lost its electricity 20.predicted Part 3 (20 points, 2 points each) 21.A 22.C 23.B 24.A 25.C 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.C Part 4 (20 points, 2 points each) 31. T 32. F 33. T 34. F 35. F 36.T 37. F 38.T 39.T 40. F Part 4 (20 points, 4 points each) 41. Because it is the day on which Jesus Christ was believed to be born. 42. Long before Christmas Day. 43. Because they can take advantage of the time to earn extra money (by selling Christmas cards, small gifts and ornament, etc.) 44. Because then believe it can bring them good luck. 45. Exchanging gifts, sending Christmas cards and receiving gifts from Santa Claus