电大人文英语3 测试1

1、.How do you feel about your family life? .选择一项：A. Good. Its a good choice to work there. B. Not bad. I think it is a good choice to be a full-time mother. C. Not bad. I have visited their family a lot of times. 反馈解析：本题考核“询问信息”情况下的交际用语。第一说话人询问你是否对自己的家庭生活满意，答语可根据问题回答：Not bad. I think it is a good choi

2、ce to be a fully time mother(还不错，我觉得做全职妈妈是一个很好的选择），所以选B。正确答案是：Not bad. I think it is a good choice to be a full-time mother.题目2正确获得10.00分中的10.00分标记题目题干Its raining so heavily outside. Im terribly anxious about my sons safety. .选择一项：A. Well. He is a good boy. B. Yes, it is. It will rain tomorrow. C. D

3、ont worry about him. He will come back safe and sound. 反馈解析：本题考核“表达焦虑”情境下的交际用语。当第一说话人对孩子的安全表达焦虑时，只有第二说话人的Dont worry about him. He will come back safe and sound（不用担心，他会安全回来的）是对上句话的正确回应，而A说的是他是一个好男孩，B不是对担心的回应，所以选C。正确答案是：Dont worry about him. He will come back safe and sound.题目3正确获得10.00分中的10.00分标记题目题干

4、We often compare children _ flowers.选择一项：A. with B. to C. in 反馈译文：我们经常把孩子们比作成花朵。解析：compare with 意为“与比较”(常表示同类相比较)；compare to 意为“把比作”(常表示异类相比，比喻)；compare不和in搭配使用，所以选B。正确答案是：to题目4正确获得10.00分中的10.00分标记题目题干The birth rate of the country decreases _ with years.选择一项：A. extremely B. approximately C. progress

5、ively 反馈译文: 这个国家的出生率逐年递减。解析：extremely意为“极大地”; approximately意为“大约地”；progressively意为“逐步；逐渐”的意思，C项最为合适。正确答案是：progressively题目5正确获得10.00分中的10.00分标记题目题干Tom won the first prize of oral English contest, which is beyond his _.选择一项：A. reputation B. contribution C. expectation 反馈译文：汤姆获得了英语口语赛一等奖，这超出了他的预期。解析：re

6、putation意为“名誉; 声望”; contribution意为 “贡献”；beyond和expectation经常搭配使用，意为”超出的预期”，所以选C。正确答案是：expectation题目6正确获得50.00分中的50.00分标记题目题干二、阅读理解：选择题（每题10分）Most couples who get married or decide to live together generally plan to have children. Several years ago, people thought that having big families was common

7、and this was seen as an advantage. That was mainly because children began working at an early age to help provide for the family. But with the changing times and with the cost of living getting higher every single year, having a big family is no longer considered to be a practical option. In fact, m

8、ore couples consider that they have only one child and some do not have any desire to become parents at all.According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, by 1986, women aged 40 to 44 years, were considerably more likely to have given birth to two children than three children (36% vs. 27%)

9、 or four or more children (19%). However, taken together, women were still more likely to have had three or more children than to have had two children (46% vs. 36%).In recent years, women were more likely to have had two children than three or more children a trend that was most marked in the most

10、recent period (38% vs. 25% in 1996; 38% vs. 22% in 2006). These days, most families in Australia have two children. But the number of women who hadgiven birth toa single childincreased progressivelyfrom only 8% in 1981 to 13% in 2006.The U.S. Census Bureau states that there are approximately 14 mill

11、ion only children in America today. Thiscomprises 20% ofthe childrens populationcompared toonly 10% around fifty years ago.操作提示：通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。1. Several years ago, people thought that having big families was回答正确正确答案是：C获得10.00分中的10.00分A. uncommon and this was seen as an advantageB. common and th

12、is was seen as a disadvantageC. common and this was seen as an advantage2. By 1986, taken together, women were still more likely to have had 回答正确正确答案是：B获得10.00分中的10.00分children.A. lessB. moreC. no3. In recent years, women were more likely to have had 回答正确正确答案是：C获得10.00分中的10.00分.A. three or four chil

13、drenB. more childrenC. fewer children4. According to the passage, we can predict that the number of family with a single child will 回答正确正确答案是：B获得10.00分中的10.00分(将会增长).A. decrease dramaticallyB. increase dramaticallyC. remain steady5. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?回答正确正确

14、答案是：A获得10.00分中的10.00分A. Families Having Fewer Children Nowadays.B. Couples Having More Children Nowadays.C. Women Being Likely to Have More Children.反馈解析：1. 这是一道细节题。本题询问“几年前，人们认为拥有大家庭？”，第一段第二句话告诉读者 “人们认为有个大家庭，很常见，而且大家庭也被认为是个优势”，所以选C。2. 这是一道细节判断题。第二段第一句话意为“而综合来看，妇女仍然有可能要三个或更多个孩子而不是要两个孩子（其比例为46% vs. 36%）”，此句表明有可能要多个孩子，所以选B。3. 这是一道细节判断题。本题询问“近年来，妇女有可能要多少个孩子？”，第三段第一句话告诉读者妇女更有可能要2个而不是3个或更多个孩子，所以选C。4. 这是一道推断题。按照短文内容，我们可以了解到现今澳大利