秋大学英语三第3次作业阅读1

1、2013年秋季大学英语三第3次作业 说明：本作业包括阅读题10篇， 每篇5题， 共50题， 每题2分， 总分100分。Passage 1 Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau

2、 and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march i

3、n Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobe

4、l Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people&#

5、39;s hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. A：T B：F答案： A(2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. A：T B：F答案： B(3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. A：T B：F答案： A(4)、The underlined word "delivered" i

6、n the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave". A：T B：F答案： A(5)、The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law". A：T B：F答案： BPassage 2When having a meal, a European usually holds the knife in the right hand, and the fork in the left. He uses the knife and fork with his

7、both hands. He keeps his knife and fork in his hands until he finishes eating.But an American, on the opposite, may use just one hand whenever possible and keep the other hand on his lap. He uses the fork in his right hand to pick up fried potatoes. When he has to cut his meat, he changes his fork t

8、o the left hand and cuts it. Then he puts down the knife and changes his fork to his right hand to pick up the sliced meat. Then, perhaps, he will suddenly think of his coffee or orange. So he has to put down his fork in order to drink his coffee or orange. Now you can see, an American is busy all t

9、he time at the dinner table. By the way, Europeans usually have their coffee after meals, but many Americans prefer to have coffee during the meal.If you are present at a formal dinner, you might be confused to find so many forks, knives and spoons put before you. You might be at a loss to know what

10、 to do with them. Dont worry. The rule is simple. You just use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from outside towards the plate. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad. The spoon on the outside on the right is for soup. There is another little knife, called a butter spre

11、ader, on a bread-and-butter plate on the left. As the bread is passed, each guest helps himself and puts his pieces on the small plate. Next to the soup there will probably be the blunt knife for fish, which is smaller and blunter than other knives.1. When do Europeans usually drink their coffee?A.

12、Before meals. B. After meals. C. While they are having their meals. D. They never drink coffee when they eat. 答案：B2. The right way to use the forks, knives and spoons is to use _.A. whichever you like when necessaryB. them from the outside to the insideC. them from the inside to the outsideD. them f

13、rom the middle to both sides答案：B3. The butter spreader is _. A. a fork B. a spoonC. a knife D. a plate答案：C4. The spoon on the outside on the right is for _.A. soup B. saladC. butter D. chicken答案：A5. The best title for this passage is _.A. Eating Habits in America.B. Eating Habits in EuropeC. How to

14、Use Forks, Knives and SpoonsD. Dinning Customs of the West答案：DPassage 3 Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with gr

15、andparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be

16、moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consi

17、sts only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American familie

18、s. A：T B：F答案： A(2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. A：T B：F答案： A(3)、People no longer want to have children. A：T B：F答案： B(4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F答案： B(5)、Large families cannot fit in wi

19、th a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F答案： APassage 4It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become "in". Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4:30 pm, college television lounges are filled with soap oper

20、a fans who can't wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters.Actually, soaps are more than a college favorite; they're a youth favorite. When school is out, high-school students are in front of their TV sets. One young working woman admitted that she turned down a

21、higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials. During the 1960's, it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas. The mood of the sixties was very different from now. It was a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance.Now, seriousness

22、has been replaced by fun. Young people want to be happy. It may seem strange that they should turn to soap opera, which is known for showing trouble in people's lives. But soap opera is enjoyment. Young people can identify with the soap opera character, who, like the college-age viewer, is looki

23、ng for happy love, and probably not finding it. And soap opera gives young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems.(1)、What is soap opera? A：Plays based on science fiction stories. B：Plays based on non-fiction stories. C：The daytime serial

24、 dramas on TV. D：Popular documentary films on TV.答案： C(2)、What can be the best title of the passage? A：College student viewers. B：Favorite TV serials. C：Soap opera fans. D：College-age viewers.答案： C(3)、Which is NOT the reason why the soap opera has suddenly become "in" among American young

25、people ? A：Because the viewers want to be happy and to enjoy themselves. B：Because the soap opera makes young people feel close to their people. C：Because the viewers can find themselves in the soap opera characters. D：Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.答案：

26、 D(4)、What can we learn from the passage? _ A：College students like soap operas more than any other social groups. B：Young people of sixties liked soap operas more than people today. C：Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now. D：The young as a whole are t

27、rying to look for happy love but in vain.答案： C(5)、What message does the author want to convey to us? _ A：The people's favorites to drama works have been changed for a long time. B：The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times. C：The people's favorites to drama works i

28、s changed by the soap opera. D：The people's favorites have changed the drama works.答案： BPassage 5My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studyin

29、g medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he tell

30、 her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pityonly warmth

31、and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for

32、either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey (1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart disease. A：T B：F答案： B(2)、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily. A：T B：F答案： B(3)、In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she s

33、howed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living. A：T B：F答案： A(4)、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply. A：T B：F答案： A(5)、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her. A：T B：F答案：

34、 BPassage 6 The mass media influences all aspects of our lives, including the learning of gender roles. Newspapers and magazines, television, and film all have an influence on how we view the roles of women and men and on how we think they should behave. Four decades ago, traditional womens magazine

35、s such as Good Housekeeping and Family Circle talked to women as though they were children who needed to learn the basics of how to care for their families. Today, magazines do not do this. However, they still tend to define the female role in terms of homemaking and motherhood, and to offer beauty

36、advice to help women attract men and please husbands. There are now a few less traditional magazines such as Ms. that show women in a range of roles and that cover a much wider range of topics. Television commercials have also, until recently, presented women primarily as sex objects and as housewiv

37、es. Young sexy women were shown admiring older men who smoked a particular cigarette brand. Housewives were shown smiling joyfully about their clean bathrooms, or looking guilty for not using the right laundry soap to wash their husbands clothes. These days advertisers are more careful about the way

38、 they present women, and they are presented in a variety of roles. However, it is still quite common to see advertisements where beautiful young women are dressed in sexy clothes to sell cars or other products. One study also found that the changes are mainly on nighttime television, with daytime co

39、mmercials still tending to portray women doing household chores. Prime-time television programs also often used to stereotype women. In past decades, women were usually portrayed as lovers, as mothers, or as weak, passive girlfriends of powerful, effective men. Todays TV programs are somewhat differ

40、ent. Women are more likely to be presented as successful and able to support themselves and their families, but the traditional stereotypes of women are still there. Even when women are depicted as career women, the storylines suggest that they should be sexy as well. 1. The best title for this pass

41、age is _.A. Gender Roles in the MediaB. Influence of Mass Media in Our LivesC. Different Types of MediaD Womens Magazines and Televisions答案： A 2. What makes Ms. different from other womens magazines?A. Ms. offers women tips of caring for their families. B. Ms. treats women as adults who need to lear

42、n about being a mother. C. Ms. is interested in a wider range of womens role. D. Ms. is the type of womens magazines that dominates now. 答案： C3. It can be inferred that _ might be a new type of women image on the television commercials. A. young beautiful women dressed in sexy clothesB. happy mother

43、s doing the household chores C. guilty wives who dont use the right soapD. career women who enjoys her career success 答案： D4. From the context we know “to stereotype women” (Line 1, Paragraph 4) refers to _.A. to tag on women some fixed roles and imagesB. to portray women in some different waysC. to

44、 depict women as successful and able to support themselvesD. to portray women as successful professionals 答案： A5. Which of the following statement do you think the writer would least agree with in terms of the medias attitude towards women?A. The mass media always presents to us a variety of women i

45、mages as they are in daily life. B. The mass media focuses womens roles in life as a mother more than as a professional. C. The way mass media define women has changed as time goes by. D. The limited images of women mass media presented to the audience through mass media have influenced the way the

46、audience think and behave. 答案： APassage 7 After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethell Pepper. "I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to partic

47、ipate in life, do it. Don't just sit down and look out of the window." She says. At 68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Huma

48、n Relationships and a Diverse Society. "I taught my minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didn't know then. One of the more important lessons that I'm learning is to perceive, not

49、to judge." Older adults can add to the educational resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some long believes on aging. Young students may have fears of growing older. But that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that

50、older people can be active, healthy, and continue to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.(1)、Ethell entered university when she was 68. A：T B：F答案： A(2)、Ethell has been teaching minority students for 20 years. A：T B：F答案： A(3)、Ethell enjoyed s

51、taying with young people. A：T B：F答案： B(4)、Elderly people bring a great deal of useful experience to the university. A：T B：F答案： A(5)、Ethell is learning how to teach minority students. A：T B：F答案： BPassage 8 Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and se

52、lf-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes? It is obvious that such uncomfortable f

53、eelings must negatively affect people. A person's conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives. Sh

54、y people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing "the right thing." Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be please

55、d by compliment with a statement like this one, "You're just saying that to make me feel good. I know it's not true." It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful. Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people

56、can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths. Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own

57、 personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let's not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life. (1)、 What does the author try to prove by citing "what kind of impression am I making?" (Para. 1)_ A：Shy people benefit from their caring about their appearance. B：People's shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions. C：It's natural that shy people don't believe other's compliments. D：