精编国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读》2028-2029期末试题及答案试卷号：2155
国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(1)》2028-2029 期末试题及答案(试卷号：2155)
Part 1
Question% } 10 nrc on Passngts 1 &2.(30 points# 3 points each)
Pauuigc 1
78 New Road
Canford
October
Dear Hrknt
L You1 II bt pIcAxcd
scr me in hoapitnL She told me not tn no back to work until I feel
up to it. Th”'" M •frmpt In to do my
3. h really hire to gel your IcttctA^ Thank you for the card you nent mc> too.
Your fniher And I nre plrKMcd you9 re mtling down nt University nnd tlwt you 1 vr gut !K)nic nicr lnrndfi>
Enjoy yuiirAcIf but work hnrd too.
Izivrt
Mum
QueKSm I 5 DlnTlIonK： Krud PUMIMKC 1 un __________ _(pnrngr«ph 2)
L A prrMuri crnployrii for Mhort periods of time (pnrHgraph 2)
5e Mi)rt living n normal lilt* ___________ CparMgraph 3)
PaiMMigc 2
26 • licnoon Rond.
Brighton BR6
2JJ
2“ November
Dear Sow
(6)_________ for your letter and (or the two photon. I'm nearly thirtieth I like sport und
I k>vr po(i nimir m> wr"vr gut lot* of things to (?)_________________ •
I like ytiin photoii. Your little brother lonkji ()K. I)nrj« hr ( H) EdinbnrKh
uchool coo? Your Riwirrhair looks *upcr| 1 wt，h I ha
I haven * I «<>i any Kood phatO5. MJ here nre rwq nwful ones. Do you like the one of my
,hrcc brother*? (9)______________ three brother* and no sisters. They're all older than me. The
0,hcr one a photo of me. 1 think h、nwful. Next time 1 write Pll tell you about
my school
(10)__________ .
Katie
P.S. I Ml st nd you a photo of my Mum nnd Dad nnd our cat next time.
Questions 6 — 10： Read the letter In pHsnugc 2 nnd choose appropriate words/expressionsi from bckm In fill In
the blunks In the let ten Write your Mnwers on the attN^er xhrcl.
I#vr got Thmk yuu Love go to write about
Purt U
Qut^thxB 11 20 arc huxd on PmMigcs 3 & 1. (30 points> 3 points each)
hired ions i
Head lhe MMtrmcnt* uflrr patsM^ 3 & 4 und then chixwc an answer from A. H. C nnd I) that di Iwst ixjnipklc the
itntemenla baxd on the informullon you Kct fmm the piHsuitc*. Write your unNwers on your tm■虹 r ・ hE.
pMSMIgC 3
Flower Market
In rctrnt yrnrn many llu^er shopw hwvr upprarrcl^ !i is common now fur people to buy flowrrH when they go to
a RathcnriA< visit ■ nick fncnArkr! in thr oipttaL with
o dnily valurnc of hrtwrrn 1501 000 A nd 160 < 0(H) blonnum^ Ninety pcrccni ol ihr city r M 500 flower d 心 p、ubtmn
thrtr ntock fhert?< AccordinK to He Xiaotnngt mAnn^rr of the I rndc Outer1 a rnarkehnK drpftnmcnif in the PARI
Mntc5 volume be!wrrn Naliomil Iby (October Lt) nrul October 20th accounted for 20 prrrenl ol yrnrly 3 心 liccilijRe
young people u»ujilly had their weddHw，during this time. Now winter hm breorne ihr |>r«k *cdwon> lantiriK (torn
( lirintninA )ny until Spring ErnfivnL inchtding Nrw Yenr* A l>ny and VnlcrHiiip' I >ny. I hr proportion of flower nnlrfi
to individual kccpn incrtsaniiiH；
A iltrntlc ago indoor dr curat ion» were nininly window puprrcuta And ^ilk (lowrrnt Later 9 wnAhablc PIM.MIC
flowrrji becumr avaiUblr» and tcxlny polyrntcr (lowrrn and plum、, looking vrry niurh likr thr rrnl lhin|(t hnvr bvcomr
populnr. Flower dehydrnriQD techniqiKM have made drird iluwrr^ n (Mvncd (lowvr» were common in (hua a decade w)・
C. FIEV”A were not AA popular they are now in Chiini.
L). Frrsh (lowers have become part ol peoplelife in Chiniu
14 Which of the following words is closest in meaning to ' inchHpenxMhle* in thr aenience
• Fresh llawcrx are AIBO indispcnMiblr (or other c«rrmonial occa»ion«.'
A ・ essential B inseparable
C. ncpdrate D ・ unneet^wry
15. Which of the following Mnlcments 睥 true about the Beijing Flower Tradr Centre1^
A h、located nt I ninqmo
H. Dried (lowers nrc »old there.
C. It providrN moRt of Beijing(lower ^hops with flowcrb> TX About 180>000 blosnomi arr Hold there
every day.
PnskMiKc
Chnnge* In IJvdihood
MH HORU ATIVE SCHOLARS pher ('htnn*.^ socud dcveluptnrni nt tlir * lower nirdmrn kve!f compared
to (he rc^t of the world. China hue gone through M^vcral iwim and turn* wince 1949 • nnd many peoplelivc^
KAVC chnngrd fur better or wor5c H, a rzMih. Howevert todAy a KenetAl iniprcjvcmrnt i* rvident> Siner I97X in
pArticulnr* tnnny peopleS lifr htylrs hrtvr nnproved nt & greater pace than in thr previous 30 yenc
( hint?食 c hnve nut only improved on their diet• clothing. liour«ifiR nnd fh< produrt.% they U5r every
day. but their diMpo$abl< inmmr hft* nl«> Hfown AN well. By tin* «)f lune rurnl nnd urbnn bunk «nvni|(%
mounted to 3 ・ 5 心 B billion yuan.
Figure* show that since thr 1990M coinniumranun^ rquipnirnt• /ipnrnncnt!i nnd
CAFH have buRun lu replace TV sets# rclrc«cratorM and wghmg muchines (which in turn replaced bikrn*
wnfcheA and sewing tturhincs «t the brginfHnK of the 19M0n) nn the InrRrMt individunl cun^uniptiun itenin.
/XccordinR to a conservative enumaiet China has about 100> 000 private cars today. Seven percent of urban
residents have installed home phones. The ChincAc Post and TckccimmunicMtionft Ministry phnn 120 million nrw
phone lines for the year 20(X11 or a phone for every urban hauoehold. Today fax machines • computers and
mobile phone< nre very common and face a booming rrtatkel.
Questions 16 — 20 arc bused on Passujee 4.
16. The pa^jcAgc is mostly tnken from____________ .
A. A newspaper B. a magazine
CL A novel De textix>ok
!?• Tin Mrnicnee * CHIHA haw gone through srvernl twists and turns since 1949" may mean that .
A. China KAM changed for better »tnce 1949
B. Chinn h 心 ehnnged lor worse since 1949
CL China has gone through many up« and downs
p ・ China remainvd the same AII the time
I St Which a( the following is N<)I among the list uf things thnt (liinejf h«ve improved on?
A. Diet* B. Schooling
C> Money for saving. tX Clothing
19< According io rhe passage# which ol the following appeared the latest AS the result of rtfplnc^nient?
AparimrnlMe B< Washing machines.
C. Watcher D. TV sets
20.______ urban rcMilrnt^ h:ivr in^tiiUrd hfitrir pluinvM.
^
A. 100.000 H. )20 million
C.3.515. N billion l)f Seven percent o!
Pnrt IQ
Quv%ti(i more than 27.00。people
ran in the New York (jty Muralhon< Lwrge crowds cheered the runner? and offered the participants cold drinks
and encouTagrmrnL
The cQurg of the marathon has chnnged. too< tnMead of running around Central Purk. the pArticipantn go
thruuKh thr five boroughs ul New York Cityt Queens• Brooklyn• MAnhattnn> thr Bronx> and Staten Ishnd. The
niArathun begins al the base of thr Verrazano Narrows Bridge Ln Staten Island The runners go acro&s the
bridge into Brooklyn. Then thry gu up through Queens And into thr Bronx. The nmrathon finishes m Central Park
in Manhattan. The complete course is 26 miles# 385 ynrds. nnd tnkcx the besi runners less tlwn 3 hours.
Although it has changed since 1970< the New York City Marathon is ；tlwny^ exciting. ThruuRh the yiirs<
many unu5uol events hove happenrd during the mmthg For example• PAI Tut mid John WcilbAker got marriril a
lew minures before the race. Thent thry ran iht race with then weddtog p4)ny< Some people run the whole
marnthon a5 a fnmily. Of her people run the race backwards^
In ihe fall of 1992. Fred Lebow. the founder of the New York City Marathon• slowly ran his last race. He
was very ill with cancer• but he did not want tn Mfop running. In Octolwr 1994 • Fred died. However • ihr Nrw
York City Marat hone and all its exritrrncnt. will continue far many years to canie.
Questions 21—30 arc based un Pavwtgr 5.
21. The New York (Zity MAraihon wns 5t«rtcd by an old wnm-in^
22. Less than al the pnrticipnntb in the first New York City Marathon liniNhetL
23. Mnny pcnplr wntched the first New York City Marathone
24. Runners should be younger than 89 years oldi
25. The portinpants used to run eround Criirnil i^rk^
26. The Marathon now finishes in the Bronx.
27> The complete course of thr New York Cty Mumthon i> nou 385 milc<.
28. F*at and John took par: in the Mnr^lhon after lheir wedding.
29. Frrd died in the fall of 1982#
30. Fred died of canter.
Part |V
QueMluns 31 35 nrr on Pwum 6. ( 20 polntB« 1 polnl* rach)
Kr»rt PnaiMKe 6 and an«wrr the questions after the paMuige^ Make your answer* a> ahnrl und clear p<>Mible<
Passu$>c 6
PnhM
(〃侦 thing Hritnin t5 Utnaus (or i» piih»« and n<> fnp to the UK would be complete without n viMt lu one of
thr thnnwindi nf pubs ntross thr cwmtry.
Pubs piny (in unponnm pan in the social vtracturr of (hr couniry< They arc phiccn where all mui *oc»ni cl"
心 mix io "Jk. do buainesfit or)unt »prnd n cuuplr of <(uirt hour- brfnrr hrmhnR home in the evening.
I hrte *rr ninny ddfrrenl type* <4 brrr av/iihhlc in pub，. Tnidniorwil British beer is culkd bitter# or nlr< and in
usiially served ai room temperature. AM n rrsuit• the arc lAinuuH (or fheir a w/irni brere!
If you preicr a cold beert for Ingrn Thin beer in A light yellow in colour wlwrc^i* hitler i> u*unlly H dArkrr
browrh Another lypr of beer is Mfout you mny have hen rd o( (fUinnr^>« which is A type o( fttout< Thiii IM n cold*
black beer And iftkes A long time to pour, so don11 be Murpn^rd if you hove to wait for it.
All hcrrn itrr nerved M pin” (approximately 500 rnl) or halveii (Approximnirly 2S0ml)e Tn orders you nrc Th»> z like bm bin H in made Irnm Applet NCI H can ta^te *Wret. Wine, red or white,
is norrnnlly Jivnilnblr tn all pub、, arc ^pirilA nuch e whisky« tfin or vodkrt. Thew urr *erveII drinks. You can have)uux>
Irnionnde ar cola, nrnonic others
If you VKH a pub in ・ Kroup« H i> inip(iM/in< tu p«y far your f roumr Thin meun. that you huy a drink for
everyone in your Rroup. Not buying your round is A h 增 Hcn ial mEakc! Rrnirnibet ihm you nerd tci urder and pay
fur your drinks al thr bnre
So. follnw these tip«i if you Wftnt To get thr rnotl out of visttinfi a pub» and< a cheers I'
Questions 31—35 arv based on PAHMRC 6.
3I ・ What is traditional British beer called?
32. II you prefer cold beer > what should you ask (or?
33. Approximately how many rmlhlner^ are there in a pint?
34. What in thr 1n5tr of eider like?
35. What dorse guying lor your round1 mean?
试题答案及评分标准
(仅供参考)
Part | (30 points> 3 point* each)
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6. Thnnk you
7. write Hhoin
8. to
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Pari || (30 poinK. 3 point% each)
IL C 12. I) 13. H 14. A 15.C
16. A I7.C 18.B 19. A 20. D
Pnrl III i !roe or FUIMT (20 puinU> 2 points each >
21.F 2 幻 T ・ 23. F 24. F 25. T
2d F 27. F 28. T 29. F 30. T
Pnrl |V t Short answer (20 points. 4 point* CRch>
31. Hitter or ule.
32. Ln&m
33. 500 ml*.
34. Swcrt.
35t BuyntR a drink (or everyone in your groups