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

1、国家开放大学试题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 1Question% 10 nrc on Passngts 1 &2.(30 points# 3 points each)Pauuigc 178 New RoadCanfordOctoberDear HrkntL You1 II bt pIcAxcd <o hear If ni n< honir nnd lecling much betlfr< I Mttll (rrl rnthrr wr/ik and tired but I'm G1* 2 be

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9、xd on the informullon you Kct fmm the piHsuitc*. Write your unNwers on your tm虹r hE.pMSMIgC 3Flower MarketIn rctrnt yrnrn many lluer shopw hwvr upprarrcl !i is common now fur people to buy flowrrH when they go to a RathcnriA< visit nick fncn<ft or nttrnd a wedding or birthiUy pnrty. Frmh (lowe

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11、tr ntock fhert?< AccordinK to He Xiaotnngt mAnnrr 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

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14、g year round for many Chinese.Qur%titms I】 一 15 are based on Pwimi跃 3.I L Thr (lower market used to be »t ilM hst A. around thr Spring FestivalB. around Christm/iA DnyC. in OctoberD. all the year round12e The number of individuals who buy flowrr5 mA. changeable& "ableC. decrcainftD. in

15、creasing13. Which o( thr following Btat«nicnt» i» NOT true?A The Chinese people now like both renl and artthcinl flawrrM.H. I >ncd (lowvr» were common in (hua a decade w)C. FIeva were not aa popular they are now in Chiini.L). Frrsh (lowers have become part ol peoplelife in Chi

16、niu14 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 essentialB inseparableC. ncpdrateD unneetwry15. Which of the following Mnlcments 睥 true about the Beijing Flower

17、Tradr Centre1A h、located nt I ninqmoH. 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 IJvdihoodMH HORU ATIVE SCHOLARS pher ('htnn*. socud dcveluptnrni nt tlir * lower nirdmrn k

18、ve!f compared to (he rct of the world. China hue gone through Mvcral 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 pa

19、ce 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 35心 B billion yuan.Figur

20、e* show that since thr 1990m coinniumranun rquipnirnt/ipnrnncnt!i nndcafh 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 cununiptiun itenin./XccordinR to a

21、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

22、 and mobile phone< nre very common and face a booming rrtatkel.Questions 16 20 arc bused on Passujee 4.16. The pajcAgc is mostly tnken from.A. a newspaperB. a magazineCL a novelDe textix>ok!? Tin Mrnicnee * CHiha haw gone through srvernl twists and turns since 1949" may mean that .A. Chin

23、a Kam changed for better »tnce 1949B. Chinn h心 ehnnged lor worse since 1949CL China has gone through many up« and downsp China remainvd the same aII the timeI St Which a( the following is N<)I among the list uf things thnt (liinejf h«ve improved on?A. Diet*B. SchoolingC> Money f

24、or saving.tX Clothing19< According io rhe passage# which ol the following appeared the latest as the result of rtfplncnient?AparimrnlMeB< Washing machines.C. WatcherD. TV sets20. urban rcMilrnt h:ivr intiiUrd hfitrir pluinvM.A. 100.000H. )20 millionC.3.515. N billionl)f Seven percent o!Pnrt IQ

25、Quv%ti(i<i!i / I 30 nr hiawd «n Pmmu好 5. (20 polnte 2 point* ouh) Kciid 5 and dcridr whether the tutrments uftcr the pavuigc nrr true <ir fuhe. WriU I for true und E tor fulsc on your answer BheeLPamskc 5The、e York Clly Miarnthom A World finerI he Nvw York < ity Mnr/itlion wan Niurfcd

26、by n rnnn named Fred Lebowt Ir began tn 197() z a 5mnll. iintrnportnnt rnce. < Inly 127 people rant gt 55 til thvrn (iiizhed. I hryran Around Central Park fourFew people watched them ran. Howevert over theyears« the marathon grew and became more popularToday people come from nil over rhe wor

27、ld io run in the mamthon. Runners mu»t be nt Icat 18 years old. but there is no age limn. In foct thr oldrsi! runner was an H9-year*old man. Recently> more than 27.00。people ran in the New York (jty Muralhon< Lwrge crowds cheered the runner? and offered the participants cold drinks and en

28、couTagrmrnLThe 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 Is

29、land 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

30、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 peo

31、ple run the race backwardsIn 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 m

32、any years to canie.Questions 2130 arc based un Pavwtgr 5.21. The New York (Zity MAraihon wns 5t«rtcd by an old wnm-in22. Less than al the pnrticipnntb in the first New York City Marathon liniNhetL23. Mnny pcnplr wntched the first New York City Marathone24. Runners should be younger than 89 year

33、s oldi25. The portinpants used to run eround Criirnil irk26. 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 Mnrlhon after lheir wedding.29. Frrd died in the fall of 1982#30. Fred died of canter.P

34、art |VQueMluns 3135 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 6PnhM(侦 thing Hritnin t5 Utnaus (or i» piih»« and n<> fnp to the UK would

35、 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 th

36、e 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 wlw

37、rci* 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 Murpnrd if you hove to wait for it.All hcrrn itrr nerved m pin (approximately 500 rnl

38、) or halveii (Approximnirly 2S0ml)e Tn orders you nrc<l io 4%k lur n pihl ur half. und then nnrnr lhe brer. So. yau route! my 1 A pml nl hinrr# plsy 1Another drink is ridcr> Th»> z like bm bin H in made Irnm Applet nci h can tate *Wret. Wine, red or white, is norrnnlly Jivnilnblr tn all pub、, arc pirilA nuch e whisky« tfin or vodkrt. Thew urr *erve<l on GnGw (25miI) or douhlc* (50nil).h i、nut, hnwrvrr.