北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（31）

 A. He lost a box of books.

  B. Hisfoot was wounded by a box of books.

  C. Helent the doctor a box of books.

  D. Hesold out all his books.

答案：B

2. The bookseller's wife asked him ______.

  A. togo out for some medicine             B. tosend somebody for a doctor

  C. togo to see the doctor                  D. towait for the doctor to come

答案：C

3. The bookseller didn't take his wife'sadvice because ______.

  A. hewas afraid of the doctor

  B. hedidn't like to take medicine

  C. hecouldn't walk by himself

  D. hedidn't want to pay the doctor

答案：D

4. The doctor paid ______ for the books.

  A. onepound        B. two pounds         C. nothing         D. something

答案：C

5. The bookseller paid ______ money forseeing the doctor in the end.

  A. more             B. less            C. the same amount of    D. no

答案：A

107. Today Newton is a very clean place. Manyyears ago, however, there were millions of rats in it. They attacked the catsand dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walkinghome at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed many people.

The Government ordered everybody to killrats. Most people were lazy, so they didn't kill many. The Government promisedto pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. Theykilled thousands of rats everyday. A Government officer put all the dead ratsin a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.

After two weeks there were not many rats inthe city, but people still brought many rats to the Government office. TheGovernment officer thought that people were stealing dad rats from the pile. Heordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were nomore rats, and the Government didn't pay any more money.

1. Newton is a place which ______.

A. usedto be very clean                 B. is nolonger a city

C. isvery clean                        D. willbe very clean

答案：C

2. When the Government first ordered thepeople to kill rats, the people ______.

A. askedfor some money for each dead rat

B. stoledead rats from the pile

C. weretoo lazy to kill many rats

D. killednearly all the rats quickly

答案：C

3. The people killed rats ______.

A. toget money from the Government

B. tohelp the Government make the city clean

C. tomake the Government officer happy

D. toprotect（保护）their cats and dogs

答案：A

4. A deep hole was dug so that ______.

A. therats couldn't come out to attack people at night

B. peoplecould take rats from it easily

C. peoplewould kill more rats

D. nobodycould take any rats from the pile

答案：D

5. What is the best topic for this passage?

A. Howto Kill Rats

B. Newton一ACity of Rats

C. HowNewton Became a Very Clean Place

D. HowNewton Became a Famous City

答案：C

108. In the United States, it is not customaryto telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early inthe day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call showsthat the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The samemeaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receivesa call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. Thetime chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In social life, time plays a very importantpart. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if theinvitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before theparty date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world,it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance becauseplans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. Themeaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus,misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat timedifferently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. Ifpeople are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fullyresponsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associatewaiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person, who is 5 minutes late,will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete thesentence.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?________

A. Itis not customary to telephone someone in the morning and in sleeping hours inthe U.S.

B. Therole of time in social life over the world.

C. Ifpeople are late, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible inthe U.S.

D. Notevery country treats the concept of time as the same.

答案：B

2. What does it mean in the passage if youcall someone during his or her sleeping hours? _______

A. Amatter of work.                  B. Amatter of life or death.

C. Youwant to see him or her.          D. Youwant to make an appointment with him or her.

答案：B

3. Which of the following time is proper ifyou want to make an appointment with your friend in the U.S. A.?

A. at7:00 am         B. at 4:00 pm        C. at the midnight      D. at 4 am

答案：B

4. Which of the following statements is trueaccording to the passage? ________

A. Inthe U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to adinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.

B. Nomisunderstandings arise between people from different cultures about theconcept of time.

C. Itmay be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the U.S.A..

D. Promptnessis valued highly in American life.

答案：D

5. From the passage we can safely infer that_______

A. it’sa matter of life or death if you call someone in day time.

B. themeaning of time differs in different parts of the world.

C. itmakes no difference in the U.S. whether you are early or late for a businessparty.

D. if aperson is late for a date, he needn’t make some explanation.

答案：B

53.

Themodern sailing ship was developed by a man who never went to sea. He was PrinceHenry of Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese king and an Englishprincess.