1、电大英语2阅读理解第四部分阅读理解1.选择题阅读理解 1When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didnt use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued. -We still ha
2、ve it today, and perhaps it is worth a lot of money. 1). This passage mainly tells us C. the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps.2). According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office B. on Saturdays. 3). Their mother told them to go to the post of
3、fice straightaway after the match if England won, but she didnt tell them why. Why do you think she did that? A. She wanted to give them a surprise. 4). What does the sentence We were over the moon. mean? B. We were extremely happy about it.5). What is the best title for this passage? D. A Memorable
4、 Experience in Collecting Stamps阅读理解 2Listen, thats not right. Look, you dont understand! Sorry, I dont follow.-A teacher, who knows about learning styles suggested that I tape the lectures and listen to them when I am jogging. 1). Which of the following learners is NOT mentioned in the passage? DA.
5、 Visual learner.B. Auditory leaner.C. Kinaesthetic leaner. D. Sensory learner.2). Which of the following is NOT true about the visual learners? DA. They usually learn by watching and copying what others do.B. They prefer drawing pictures to taking notes in words. C. They are full of imagination.D. T
6、hey remember peoples names quickly. 3). Which of the following describes best the auditory learners? BA. They like to watch and listen to what others do.B. They prefer to listen rather than watch. C. They like both music and pictures. D. They usually talk less.4). From the fourth paragraph, the kina
7、esthetic learner tends to C .A. listen to explanations and enjoy conversationsB. memorise things via picturesC. do more physical exercisesD. be forgetful5). According to the passage, the drawback of being a visual learner is _A_.A. he cannot concentrate on thingsB. he dislikes musicC. he always dayd
8、reamsD. none of them阅读理解 3I had two jobs growing up and they all helped shape my life. When I was about 12, I started caddying (当球童) at a nearby country club. All the kids in the neighborhood did it, and I liked it a lot. I got to watch people who were generally pretty wealthy. -This job helped teac
9、h me an important business lesson: You have to take risks in business. If you take a risk and fail, get up to bat and swing again. 1). The author thinks what he has learned from his first job is _B_.A. how to learn to like a jobB. how to talk and behave properlyC. how to become wealthyD. how to list
10、en to people2). The phrase people from all walks of life in the third paragraph means people _D_.A. walking in different waysB. having different interests in lifeC. coming from different parts of the cityD. working in different occupations3). The author thinks his second job is _A_.A. challengingB.
11、importantC. differentD. satisfying4). The author compares his second job to _C_.A. a fly on the wall at a meetingB. stepping into a golf courseC. joining a baseball gameD. taking a bat to swing5). The business lesson the author gets from selling shoes is _C_.A. thinking ahead of the customersB. tryi
12、ng every possible way to satisfy a customerC. never be afraid of taking risksD. never let go anyone walking into the shop阅读理解 4Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. -Further
13、more, photo-copies can be sent over great distances now by means of television channels and satellites such as Telstar. Thus, pictures can be brought to the public more quickly than previously. 1). People learn about what happens in the world through _D_.A. newspapers and magazinesB. radio and telev
14、ision setsC. electronics and automationD. both A and B2). According to the passage, the expression no man is an island means that _D_.A. no man lives on an island surrounded by waterB. every man is in some way aloneC. every man can live an independent life D. every man belongs to some society3). The
15、 passage suggests that newspapers have been published for about _D_.A. 100 years B. 200 years C. 300 years D. 400 years4). According to the author, people in todays world _B_.A. have become more isolated than people in Donnes timesB. are affected more by whatever happens in the other parts of the wo
16、rld C. are concerned only with the events of their own householdD. only read newspapers in Europe and North America5). Today the publishing of newspapers and magazines is more economical because _B_.A. more people are engaged in newspaper publishingB. new inventions are changing the techniques of ne
17、wspaper publishingC. Telstar can send pictures to any part of the worldD. the competition in newspaper publishing is getting severe阅读理解 5Hello, new students! This is a message from the Students Union Committee. Weve been at the university for at least a year now, so we can give you some good tips. D
18、ont worry we remember being new and making a lot of mistakes! And we havent forgotten feeling a little bit scared.-Finally, remember to work hard and play hard. Go on working steadily towards your first degree (BA or BSc) throughout your three years here try to keep things in perspective. Youll alwa
19、ys find someone in the Student Union office if you need to talk. 1). What does the word scared mean in the second paragraph? BA. excited B. frightened C. worried D. new2). What does the word grants mean in the third paragraph? AA. money given by the government to support the students study, which th
20、ey neednt pay back B. money from the government which the students need to pay backC. money from the school which is similar to scholarshipD. a kind of loan from the government with low interests3). The sentence But if you are struggling to make ends meet, at weekends in the third paragraph implies_
21、A_.A. if you are short of money, you can find a part-time job in the restaurants and bars in your spare timeB. if you want to have a better life than others, you can find a part-time job in your spare timeC. restaurants and bars need more hands in the evenings and at weekendsD. restaurants and bars
22、dont need more hands in the evenings and at weekends4). From the fifth paragraph, we can infer that in order to overcome the stress of living faraway from home, _A_.A. its better for new students to talk to their parents over the phone from time to timeB. new students need to do their washing themse
23、lvesC. new students should keep themselves as busy as possible so that they will not miss homeD. new students should stop phoning their parents5). This passage is written for the purpose of _C_.A. telling new students the problems facing them in the universityB. telling new students how to budget th
24、eir moneyC. offering new students some advice about their university lifeD. talking new students into joining them阅读理解 6PALO ALTO, California “Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US re
25、searchers said last week.-“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said. “Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested
26、that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson said. 1). The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that _D_.A. children will get fatter if they eat too muchB. children will get thinner if they eat lessC. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching
27、 TVD. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV2). According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV _A_.A. is more than four hours a day B. is less than four hours a dayC. doubled in the last twenty years D. is more than on any other activities3).
28、The time the group of children in the study spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about _C_.A. six hours B. eight hours C. three hours D. one hour4). Which one of the following is right? BA. Children usually eat less while watching TV.B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. C. Chi
29、ldren eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.5). Why can watching TV increase kids weight according to the passage? DA. They usually eat more while watching TV.B. They burn off fewer calories.C. They change their diet while watching TV. D. Bo
30、th A and B.阅读理解 7People travel a lot with Heaven Air because they know they will get what they want. They want to go quickly and safely across the land, across the sea or right across the world, -People fly with Heaven Air because they know they will leave on time and arrive on time. They know that they will receive the best food and watch the best films.Heaven Air is second to none. 1). Heaven Air is the name of _B_. A. a planeB. an airlineC. a travel serviceD. an advertising program2). Travelling with
