北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（29）
答案：A
100. In earlier days few people readWhitman's poems. One person who did read them was Abraham Lincoln who was thena country lawyer. He liked the strength and honesty of Whitman's words. Heoften read them to visitors in his office. Whitman didn't know Lincoln, but he wrotea long article about slavery and presidency(总统的职权). Whitman was against slavery. He wanted tosee a new kind of president, not a professional politician, but an ordinaryworking man. This man would be wise, healthy and middle-aged. He would have abeard. Whitman didn't know it, but he was describing Lincoln. Before he was alawyer, Lincoln worked with his hands. He was wise, healthy and middle-aged,and he had a beard.
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected thepresident of the United States. In March 1865, Whitman was in Washington. AbrahamLincoln became president for the second time. Whitman watched the ceremony. Thetwo men had never met but they had seen each other. Washington was very hot insummer. Sometimes Lincoln went outside the city. He passed Whitman's house onthe way. He and Whitman often nodded to each other.
Early in April the civil war ended. But onApril 13 someone shot President Lincoln, and on 14 Lincoln died. To Whitman itwas like the death of a friend. He loved Lincoln so much. He wrote a poem toexpress his feelings about the death of the president. It was one of hissaddest and most beautiful poems.
1. Whitman wrote a long article about slaverybecause he was strongly against slavery.
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答案：A
2. A working man was not the kind ofpresident that Whitman wanted to see.
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答案：B
3. Lincoln was the right person because hewas a worker with his hands.
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答案：A
4. Lincoln died before the civil war ended.
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答案：B
5. Whitman wrote a poem to support his friendLincoln.
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答案：B
101. Down the entrance hall of the schoolwalk four eighth-grade students. Each one is carrying a small basket with asingle egg inside. Soon more students join them-each one of them is alsocarrying a basket with an egg. The eggs in a basket are part of a new schoolprogram that helps young people understand that having a baby is a great duty.
At the beginning of the program, the teacherputs the students in pairs-one girl and one boy. Each pair gets an egg, whichthey must take care of for two weeks. For those fourteen days, the studentshave to take care of the eggs as though they were real babies. Studentswhose eggs get broken have to start the two weeks all over again with a newegg.
One person in each pair must have the eggwith him or her at all times-twenty-four hours a day. At no time can they letthe egg be out of sight. "If a teacher catches you without your egg,"said one student, "she makes you go get it. They are really strict."The teachers also make the students spend half an hour each day sitting withthe egg and just watching it. That can get pretty boring. But it's also somethingthat parents spend a lot of time doing.
Children say that the program has helped themunderstand the duties involved in having a child. "It was reallyhard," said one student, "You had to think all the time about theegg."
1. The purpose of the program is to help studentsgrasp the idea of bringing up a baby.
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答案：A
2. At the beginning, eight students becamemembers of the program.
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答案：B
3. In the third line of Paragraph 2,"they" refers to students.
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答案：B
4. If students in the program do not do sitwith an egg and just watch it, they will fail in the examination.
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答案：B
5. From the last paragraph, we can infer thatthe program is of help to children's understanding of parents.
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答案：A
102. Herman had worked for the bank ofRuritania for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied withthe position and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to losehis position in bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letterabout himself, with the words "HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OFRURITANIA!" in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to severalother banks, asking them for a job.
A few days later, one of these letters cameinto the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had given it to him at aparty. The next morning, Herman's boss asked him to come into his room andsaid, "Herman, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritaniais setting you free!"
1. Herman was not happy because he was inprison in the bank.
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答案：B
2. Herman did not want to leave the Bank ofRuritania immediately because he had not found a better job yet.
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答案：A
3. He wished some other bank to give him abetter job.
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答案：A
4. A few days later, Herman's boss found oneof these letters in his office.
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答案：B
5. The boss asked Herman to come into hisroom as he decided to fire him.
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答案：A
103. To use it seems so natural to put up anumbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was notinvented as protection against rain. Its first use was as a shade against thesun!
Nobody knows who first invented it, but theumbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were theChinese, way back in the eleventh century B. C..
We know that the umbrella was used in ancientEgypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected withits use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancienttimes the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in highoffice.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to usethe umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancientGreece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrellaas protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
During the Middle Ages, the use of theumbrellas practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the latesixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority.By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England.
By the eighteenth century, the umbrella wasused against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much instyle during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. Itwasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made, ina whole variety of colors.
1. According to this passage, the umbrellaswas probably first invented in ancient China.
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