精编国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读3》2020-2021期末试题及答案试卷号：2157
国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(3)» 2020-2021 期末试题及答案(试卷号：2157)
Part [
Questions 1 一 10 are based on Passage L (30 points, 3 points each)
Passage 1
Searching for Utopia
1 While most of the world seems to be motivated by more money• better televisions, more powerful cars,
the highest-tech computers♦ bigger houses# there are some independent souls who arc tired of "the rat-race" that
is. the stressful pressures of working hard to get ahead. Since around 1990. there has been a slow but steady n«c
in ^intcmional communiuesw in the U. S. An intentional community is a group of people who have chosen to live
together with a common purpose Although quite diverse in philosophy and lifestyle^ each of these groups places
a high priority on a sense of community, in other wordst the feeling of belonging and mutual support. There were
300 intentional communities listed in the 1990 edition of the Intentional Communities Directory! by 1995. this had
grown to 6001 and it is estimated that there are now several thousand, listed and unlisted> in operation. These
communities vary in siu but in the 600 listed communities in 1995, total population > including children, was
estimated at 24 >000.
2 At first glance> the intentional community movement appears quite diverse. It is multi-gcneratioxul• u e.
with ages ranging from children to seniors. They may choose to live together on a piece of rural land* in a
suburban centre» or in an urban neighbourhood. In some communities, individuals own their own land and housei
in others• these things are shared. There is a wide variety af choices regarding standard o( living — some
embrace voluntary simplicity while others have full access to the products and services of today's society. Even
the purposes vary widely. For example* communities have been formed to create great family neighbourhoodsT to
live ecologically sustainable lifestyles> or Mmply to live with others who »harr their values. Some arc secular while
others are committed to A common religious belief.
3 What unites the intentionftl community movement is its members* proud rejection of mainsiream
consumer values^ Nearly all communities encourage sharing items members
don" ! need to own pnvntely• for cxamplct washing m*chine»t trucks. BwirnnnnK pool ・. Many communitieR
*rrvr a* model environmentAl or teaching centers lor suntAinable agriculture^ For exjtmplct wThc Ficrm”. a large
cooperative community in rum! Tennrs»rr d。。。not reject competitive hgriEii practices but rather, commits to
a vinton o( rnvironmentally friendly bunincnAe Members of "The FarmM work in scvernl nnmlUncalr induAtrics
including nokr electronicne aolfir car research < and a publishinx company for altrrnntive booK
4 An exumplc of an intcntionnl community committed to voluntary Mniplicity in Vn»hon Co liouaing
Cornmunity* Itu members choose to live in Bfnnll unpamted wood hounr«> shingled with crd ・ n MUnclr MnrtinH
decided to leave New York in 1989 and move HIM fnmily to thr Vn^hon ( oHouhinH， Hr and hin hmily live on little
money• dot/1 own n computer• and (orbid anythinK with the Diuncy label on it. Rather than playing Mysi on the
cnmputrre the family uprndn their evcniHK playing old lanhioned curd Riirncsu or rrnchnK， RcsidcntB live in
»cpnratc dwelliriR!i but homcn are connected by dirt rondji. there nrr )3 acres «f rornmunwl Und. nil rc^idcntu
Attend bimonthly meetings^ and every month there is a work pnrty in which everybody pitchm in with outdoor
chor^R.
5 Thrte communiticti dre the newcat expren^ion of the 300 year-old Anicncnn desire to build n non
hierarchical« ar equal• community with VUIUCK unrorniptrd by thr Inrgcr %ocirtyt It WAM thin denirr to form n new.
idr«l community which brounHi the Pilgrim* to the U. S. in the early 17th century^ 300 you，Inter• it i ・ still
tmpoiisiblc to find n community ihnt HAS achieved perfection. I hr prohlerns w< nee out thereH in the mainntrrAm
greed, difihonemy• eMomnu com|irtiuon« fnctionalmm nil mnnAgc to find thnr way into Alternative cultures too.
However > intentional communities have a much lower crime r«te than their tnninwtrcam neighbours• nnd claim
a more caring and MtinfyinK liimtylr. They nre committed to idcah of ecology< coopcrAtion* nnd family • even
though they may oftrn fail to rcuch those idcalii perfectly. Their utopian vision provider a 血 Ils 好 to the pner nnd
purpoMc of modern Amcricnn society.
Rcud Pa»agt 1 and find the definition! for each of the folloMrlng In the piu^axe. Write your answer* on your answer
sheet.
L the rut-racei ___ _______________________________
2. an imentional community i ___________________________________
3. senne of communityi___________________________________
multkgenerationalt ___________________________________
5, "The Fmm ___________________________________
Read PaM&agc 1 again and find which the underlined word(t) In each of the following wnlences refer to.
6> • • • hy 1995. thin had grown to 600. nnd it is eslimated that there «re now ncvcral ——
thouNinde ee (punucriiph 1)
1.... in others• theftr things nre shnrcd< (pnragrHph 2)
& Its members choose to lie in small unpainted wood houses. .. (paragraph 4)
9. He and his family live on little money• … (paragraph 4)
】0. They are committed to ideas of ecology• cooperation, and family. • . (paragraph 5) Part 0
Questions 11—20 arc based on Passage 2. (30 pointst 3 points each)
Passage 2
The Most Innovative City
1 (11) Problems such as poverty t crime, public education> and pollution control plague the majority of
the worldFs cities. Each one, it seemst is struggling to avoid urban disaster. But Cuntiba> Brazil9 a city of L 6
million people* is dealing with these problems. This little-known city in southeast Brazil is being rccognued AS the
place that has solutions to many of the worlds growing urban problems.
2 (12) Through this programt more than 70% of its irash is recycled — compared with the 25% in Los
Ange!es< Christano Pinheiro, a seven-year-old boy shows how it's done. At the start of the school year. Pinheiro
traded 8 pounds of recyclable garbage for a packet of new notcboukii. Ench wcck> he nnd his two older broihcrsi
exchnngr trash for fresh (ruit or 2 pounds of protein-rich beans. The proxram helps the poorf In 1998. the city
exchnnKcd nearly 2 million pounds of food. 348.000 Eaater wgs and 26»OOO ( hrifitman cuks for recyclable trash.
Hundreds of quilts for (he needy were stuffed with crunhed atyrofuam« Christiano was one of 25.000 poor children
who received these nuppliea, (13t
3 (H)_ Old worn out equipment w«5 frequently being replaced with nrw technology and equipment. Like
every other city# old. yet unable materials wrre bcmK dumped Nround the city of Curitiba^ Thin gave engineers
And wrchitectn an opportunity to work together to u»e the materiah crcotivcly. Old wooden telephone poles arc
now reused in office buildings. hridgcJi find public nquurca. Retired buses hnvr become mobile clasnroornH (or
Adult eduouion. MVirtually everything has marc thun one une.w Mid Mayor Rnfnel Green. whernv airy office
overlooking n park IN nude of old poles and gtais* juKt A matter of figuring out how to reuae things und then
tcachinR people how to do it."
4 (15) The htca! ttdditian* arc the LiHhthouncA of Learning« biucd on the «reaf liKhthoufie ond hbrnry in
AiexAndria. Egypt, one of the ancient worlds ^cvcn wonders. The first lighthouse WAS built an an exprnment in
1995 to determine exactly who would UAC it. and the effect it would have on the Aurroundirix neighborhood. Within
six months of beinw opened. it wan clear thnt it w ・s popular Soon M(tcrf a lighthounr WAS built in each of thr city19
ncighborh(x)d»<
5 (16) HOnc of the lighthouses is three blocks from my home, so 1 use it for ail my
school projects said Deucina Costa t a high school senior who stops in every couple of weeks. "So do my
10-year-old brother and 12-year-old sisten Mom lets them come because it S safe. " Now. the lighthousrs have
become the foc^il point of neighborhoods nnd have cut crime rates. They each cost about $ 180,000. (17)
6 ( 18〉 Unlike other cities where government buildings arc located in an often
isolated« high rent area* government offices in Curitiba are accessible to everyone on what is known as Citizen
Streets. These Citizen Streets are colorful covered avenues of government offices and shop^ where residents can
pay utility bills* get a marriage licensee have a haircut ♦ buy groceries or file a police report. And instead of toning
the city into commercial • institutional and leisure facilities AS most cities do> Curitiba^ planners have merged
them all together so that people can use their time effectively at 8 minimum cost. The Citixcn Streets hwve 600
scat open thentern. sports nrcASt nnd clnsnrooms that offer profeji
Mid she enrolled breaunr w lhe pricr is With my income#
thin is the only route to
Hclvnnccmcnt."
7 (19) Short courneii on how to make better use of the environment arc tailored (ar
homemnker!%t contmctorM and merchants, faxi drivers hnvc to take A courne to gel an opcrutar *5 lirrnur^ By the
end c>( 1993 ・ 34 environmentally (riendly doyen re centers were up «nd runnings Children Ret n ehnnee to
interact • nnd lenrn About their environment. The activitic!! include miikinx inoks of fncing extinction from
mngaxine They arc
then »old in a string of xouvrnir ^hnpst with profits helping lo puy fur the foctlitle^ In small Harden* out buck, the
kid* grow vcgctnblca for their unackx.
« MWrf re trying to crente n whole new net of Attifudru and A ncn!»e of invulvemcnt in thit City." Grcoi naid.
(20)
Skim 2 und then choose from the fallowing list an upprupriate sentence to fill In each of (he blanks In Ihr piuMgc.
A. Environmental efforrji wrre only M arnftll pnrt of the plan (or Curitiba^
B. “To the people ol Curitilm* thia city is the bent human invention there M.”
('• Cuntinunl migration and lack of city planning hm created an unfriendly environment for many cities in rhe
world today.
IX Household gnrbagr was not thr only reason to brKin A recycle pmgmm.
E "h'li cheaper to build libranct than prisonssaid GrccA.
F. The brightly coloured l)ghthou»c!i have 5> 000-volume librAries on the first floor• rcAdiriK room* on thr
second Hnd n guard in n light tower that trAnnmitM ・ strong benm to provide community necurKy.
Like rno»i other overcrowded nnd poor cities in the world• Cuntiba had a serious problem♦ until it
introduced it» wgArlmgr th 砒 it not progrAm.
H. In 1991. Cuntibe built the Free University for the Environment — from old telephone poles.
L Curitiba is now known as the worlds recycling capitoL
i. Cuntiba in also taking governmeni to the people.
Part QI
Read Passage 3 and decide whether the following statements arc c or false. Write T for true and F for False
on your answer &heeL (20 pointst 2 points each)
Passage 3
The English Character
1 The English, RS B race, have the reputation of being very different form all other notionalities. including
their closest neighbors* the French> Belgians and Dutch. It is claimed that living on an island separated from the
rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has
developed many attitudes and habits which distinguinh him from other nationalities
2 Broadly speaking« the Englishman is a quiet < shy> reserved person who is fully relaxed only among
people he knows well. When he encounters strangers or foreigners he often seems uneasy• even embarrassed>
You have only to witness a commuter train nny morning or evening to sec the truth of thi& Serious-looking
businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dosing in A cornerI no one speaks. In fact* to do so
would seem most unusuaL An English wit. pretending to be giving advice to overseas visitors, once suggested<
MOn entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the passengers. Needless to sayf he was not being
serious. There is an unwntten but clearly understood code of behaviourw which, if broken> makes the person
immediately the object of suspicion^
3 It is a well-known fact that the English have an obsession with their weather and that• given half a
chance, they will talk about it at length. Some people argue that it is because English weather defies forecast and
hence is a source of interest to everyone^ This may be so. Certainly Englishmen cannot have much faith in the
meteorologicAl experts lhe weathermen — who. after promising glorious> sunny weather for the following day.
arc often proved wrong when an anti-cyclone over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The num in the
street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate - as the weathermen in his prediction. This helps to explain the
seemingly odd sight of an Englishman leaving home on a bright t sunny summer morning with a raincoat slung
over his arm and an umbrella in his hand. So variable i% thr weather that by lunchtime there could be thunder and
lightnings
4 The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at the number of references to weather
that the English make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conventional greetings are replaced
by comments on the weather. “Nice day. isn't it?" wBeautifulmay well be heard instead of "Good morning< how
are you?” Although the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic• it is worthwhile pointing out that it
could be used to his advantage. If he wants to start a conversation with an Englishman (or woman) but is at a
loss to know where to begin. he could c!o well to mention the suite of the weather. It is a safe subject which will
encourage even the most reserved of Englishmen to enter info a discussion.
5 In many parts of the world it is quite normal to show frank extremes of enthusiasm, emotiont passion 9
etc. . often accompanied by appropriate gestures. The Englishman is somewhat different. Of course• an
Englishman feels no less deeply than any other nationalityt but he tends to display his feelings far less. This is
reflected in his use of language. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. Whereas a
man of a more emotional nature might describe her os "a priceless jewel”, "diving" or "precious”, the Englishman
will flatly state "inn, she's all right", An Englishman who has seen a highly successful and enjoyable film
recommends it to a friend by commenting! "It's not bad. you know." Or on siccing a breathtaking landscape he
might show his pleasure by raying： " Nice, yes. very nice. " The overseas visitor must not be disappointed by
this apparent lack of interest and involvement^ he must realise that “all right”, "not bad”, and “nice', are very
often used as superlfitives with the sense of M first-classM excellentMt H beautifulThis special use of language«
particularly common in English> is known as understatement> Questions 21—30 urc ba^ed on Passage 3 ・
21. It is living on an island separated from the rest of Europe thai makes the Englishman very different
from all other nationalities.
22. Travelling in commuter trains the English people like to read newspapers to rc!ax«
23. According to an unwritten rule of behaviour people do not shake hands with each other in railway
compartments^
24. In England if a person doesn't tolk about the weather he immediately hccomeji the object of 5unpicion>
25. Englishmen do not have faith in weather (orccashng because the weather in England often changes by
houn^
26. In England the weniher 叩。如曲、prediction is often as inaccurate as the layman9B9
27. The overseas visitors may be excused if they don * t like to talk about the weaiher.
28. Il is surprising fo overseAs visitors (ha! the English mny talk to each other about wexther many times
in a Mn^le day.
29. In England if you feel embarrassed when encountering strangers the best thinK to do
to mention the slate of the wcflther>
30. The understatement in the English Innguage shows that the English lack deep feehngji.
Part |V Read Passaic 4 and answer the following que^tionx. Make your answers as short and clear as
possible. (20 points t 4 points ench)
Piu^ugc 4
Christmas
1 December 25 is cclebrntrd as the birthday of Christ. No one is certain why this day wa« chosen. It
wax probably because« according to the ralcndur then in U5ef December 25 WA» the time of the year when
winter dcys begin to grow longer in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun-worshippers had celebrated this day
a% the promise of spring.
2 Over the years• a number of special cuntoma Associated with Christmas have grown up*
Many(>( thene have been introduced from Europe9 while others h«vc their origin in America.
3 ChriMmnji music in loved by all who henr nnd «ing it every year. Christmas songs*
bellse nnd merry rnu^ic have been a part of Christmas for centuries< The Christmas tree is the symbol of the
spirit of Christmns in many homes. Trees were not used in English homes until a German prince married
Queen Victoria. The prince had the fir^t decorated Christmas tree art up nt Windnor CftMtlr in 184L The Breit
ChrijUtnm trees in the New World were imroduccd by Hessian in 1776 . during the Revolutionary Wnr.
luiier German
irnmiKrantB brought the tradition into wider use in the United States^
4 The custom o( dccoraring a community free (or outdoor dinplay bcuftn in the early 1900、and i» a
favourite custom all over America today. Since I933 ・ Rockclcllcr Plflza. in New York City, has put up A giant
trcct licnutifuliy decorated with lights. The trccii are nbout 3() mctrcM tnll.
5 Some hmilies open their prencni on Christman Evei others wait for the next morning. Some lioys9
Mnd girls' prcwrntN arc placed in AtockinK^ and hung nt rhe loot of their bcdBi othem find their giftn under the
Christmaj* tree<
6 Greeting cards began in Englands One of the first artists to design and send a Christ mas card in
1843 wan John C Horsley. The cards were printed in black and white and colored by hand. About 1.000 of
them were sold in London chat yean At about the same time> another English anistw William Egley, designed
a card and had it printed. He sent it to his fnend with the now familiar nwssagc M A Merry ChristmaN and M
Happy New Yean "
7 A Germwn immigrant t Louis Prang> designed and sold colored Christmas cards in 1875 usually find their Chri»tmas presents?
35. Who was the first artist to design and send a Christmas card?
试题答案及评分标准
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Part I (30 pointst 3 point* each)
L the Mrexicful pressurcfi of working hard to get ahead«
2. a group of people who have chosen to live together with a common purpog
3. the feeling of belonging nnd mutunl support.
4. with agen ranging from children to seniors
5. a large coo|>crat)ve community in rural fennexsee.
6. intentional communities.
7. Iund and house
8. Vashon Co-1 lousing Communityra.
9. Uncle Martin.
10« inteniiona! communiticeu
Port II (30 point，. 3 points each)
It. c 12. G 】3. 1 14. D 15. A
16. F 17. E 18. J 19. H 20. H
Pint [II (20 point*. 2 poinU *h)
j21. F 22. T 23. T 24. F 25. F
26. F 27. F 28. T 29. T 30. F
Part |V (20 pointsf 4 points coch)
31. From Europe and America.
32. From the time when a German prince married Queen Victoria.
33.1933.
34. In stockings hung at the foot of their beds or under the Christmas tree.
35> John & Horsley.