北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（42）

5. Julia Smithwas taking a flight in Peru on Christmas Eve 1971.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

152. Who will stage the games?

Preparing for the Olympic Games is ahuge undertaking (工程). Just like theathletes, the host city spends years getting ready for the event. Beforedeciding which city will host the Olympic Games, the International OlympicCommittee (IOC) has to examine bids from all over the world. Bidding for thegames begins about ten years in advance. Without preparing a very strong bid, acity will not win the competition to host the games. Beijing was chosen for the2008 games from five bidders 一 Osaka, Paris,Toronto and Istanbul.

Why does it take so long to prepare?

Building the infrastructure (基础设施) costs huge amounts of money. Holdingthe World Cup in 2002 in Japan and South Korea, for example, meant that ten newstadiums had to be built, as well as many hotels and an improved transportsystem. In Beijing, after winning the bid the government began majorconstruction projects 一 the extensionof the underground, the improvement of the airport and the building of newmotorways. Each host city must also build an Olympic village for the athletes.By planting trees and creating parks, the city becomes more attractive fortourists.

Why do countries want to host theOlympic Games?

Hosting the games has a major effect onthe economy and brings international prestige(声望) to the country. Thousands and thousands of visitorscome to the games and the host cities are permanently improved. 

1. Bidding forthe Olympic Games usually starts one year before the games are really held.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

2. Beijing wasone of the five bidders for the 2008 games.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

3. The World Cup2002 was held in China.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

4. Beijingstarted the improvement of the airport after winning the bid.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. Countrieswant to host the Olympic Games because it has a major effect on the economy.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

153. Jack Brown,an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, buthe wasn't happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs,he didn't have to. Jack decided to live a simple life like everyone else. Hegave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life. Today he is36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but heis very happy.

Up to now Jack has helped some childrenfrom poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $200 a month. Themoney was used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing. Jackreceives a report each year on the children's progress. They can write to eachother. but usually the children do not speak English.

When Jack first heard about thesechildren, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until Iwent to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't knowanything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. Hesaid that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her. I felt very, veryhappy.” he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to doeverything I can to go on helping those children.”

1. Jack didn'tneed to look for a job before he went to college.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

2. Jack has sentthem each $200 a month to help some poor children only in Africa．

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. Jack learnedabout the children's progress by getting a report every year.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. Theunderlined (划线的) words"for a good cause" means "行善" in Chinese．

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. The main ideaof the story is help others, and you will feel happy．

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

154. Let me tellyou a story about Bert and Mildred Bumbridge, who were very forgetful. Forexample, Mildred would forget to cook dinner, or Bert would go to work onSunday, thinking it was Monday. One summer they were to take a long plane trip.What do you suppose happened? Well, they got to the airport with only tenminutes to spare. So time was short. They just had to buy some flight insurancefirst. After all, who knows what will happen on a plane flight? They quicklyput some coins into a machine and out came their insurance policy（保险单）.

"Who would get the money if wecrash, I wonder?" asked Mildred.

"My mother, of course," herhusband replied.

"We'll mail the policy to her. Nowquick, give me a stamp, will you?" he said. "The plane's going totake off in another minute."

Bert put the stamp on the envelope,dropped it in the mail box, and suddenly let out a cry. What happened, do yousuppose? He had mailed their plane tickets to his mother!

1. Mildred wasBert's wife.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. Bert andMildred were afraid of traveling by air.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. After puttingcoins into a machine, they got their flight insurance policy.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. According toBert and Mildred's decision, Mildred's mother would get the insurance money iftheir plane crashed.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

5. Bert realizedthat he had put the plane tickets in the envelope after he put the envelopeinto the mail box.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

155. Manyteenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends.They believe that their family members don't know them as well as their friendsdo. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight witheach other and then they go to their friends for some ideas.

It is very important for teenagers tohave one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with theirfriends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on thephone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, becausefriends can talk about something, and these things are difficult to say totheir family members.

However, parents often try to choosefriends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children frommeeting their good friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who chooses your friends?

Do you choose your friends or yourfriends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parentsdon't like?

Your answers are welcome.

1. Manyteenagers think that friends can understand them better.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. Whenteenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually stayalone at home.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. Theunderlined sentence "Your answers are welcome." means you are welcometo discuss the questions with us.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. Friends areimportant to children because friends can talk about things which are hard forthem to say to their families.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. Parentsalways like their children's good friends.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

156. Telephonebooks in the United States have white, blue and yellow pages.

The white pages list people with phonesby last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, governmentagencies, and public schools. Businesses and professional services are listedin a special section - the Yellow Pages.