网考大学英语B统考英语b电大英语2011阅读理解1

1、第二部分 阅读理解(1)（2011年04月网考）阅读的第一题2011年改为5个正误判断题，相对来说难度降低，投机几率提高，考前一天会在更新群内确定本部分范围，一般在20篇左右，建议强记，确保阅读的30分不丢。解题思路：正误判断题主要考查学生对文章的具体事实、信息的理解能力。一般是根据文章的事实或细节，给出一个句子，判断其正误。比较直接，难度相对较小。做此类题时，应先看题，后带着“问题”快速阅读短文，寻找所需要的信息。资料说明：2011年4月大学英语B 网考英语B 统考英语B 电大英语B 计算机应用基础必备资料“大学英语B”网考是什么性质的考试？回答：“大学英语B”网考是高校网络教育统一考试之一

2、，主要针对电大及各网络高等教育的非英语专业和非艺术专业的本科学生。通过“大学英语B”网考是该类学生获得毕业证书的必要条件之一，因此，上述学生必须通过“大学英语B”网考方可顺利毕业。 大学英语B网络统考：适用范围为各电视大学，远程教育学院，各种网络教育学院的专升本考试，统一组织的上机考试，题目随机从题库抽选，每年3次，4月，9月，12月本资料由 学长特供 在2011年3月27日为有复习基础的同学准备的复习资料，请尊重汇编者的努力，不要随意修改后转发。根据中华人民共和国著作权法律规定：汇编作品由汇编人享有著作权。Passage 1 Long, long ago there was a very f

3、oolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, "I must do something abou

4、t the noise," he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang lo

5、udly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. "Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out

6、he was stealing the bell. "Why did he come out just then?" he wondered.1 The thief was trying to get his neighbour's doorbell.A. T B. F2. The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.A. T B. F3. The neighbour ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being s

7、tolen.A. T B. F4. The neighbour hit the thief to punish him for stealing.A. T B. F5. The thief thought the neighbour couldn't hear the noise of the bell.A. T B. FKEY：AAAAAPassage 2Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy

8、neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.But at three oclock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young mans dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about

9、 the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three oclock the next morning. Then Miss Greys telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now Ive rung you up to say that I havent a dog.”1. Miss Grey felt

10、sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out. A. T B. F2. Miss Greys new neighbour was as noisy as the old one. A. T B. F3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning. A. T B. F4. She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him. A. T B. F5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning,

11、 because he wanted to punish her.A. T B. FKEY：BBAAAPassage 3Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining hard and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would

12、give it to us for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said, needed taxi-fareto go back home. My mother didnt believe what he had said at first, and asked him a lot of questions. But the old man didnt get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass o

13、f whiskey with the pound. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.1. The old man sold an umbrella to the writer and her mother.A. T B. F2. He gave it to them for only a pound because he had

14、forgotten his wallet and needed taxi fare to go back home.A. T B. F3. The umbrella was worth more than one pound.A. T B. F4. The old man sold his own umbrella.A. T B. F5. He was an honest man.A. T B. FKEY：ABABBPassage 4December 25th is Christmas Day. In most countries it is the most important day in

15、 the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their children. On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time. Most families buy a Christmas tree for their

16、 children. And there are some presents hanging from the tree here and there. People also put presents in childrens stockings. In many places, Father Christmas himself brings presents to them. He is a kind man and in red clothes. There is a big bag on his back. In it there are a lot of presents. Chri

17、stmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people have no homes and have on food to eat. They die of cold and hunger(饥饿)on Christmas Day. 1. Christmas is a very important day in some countries in a year. A. T B. F2. Many people have a good time on Christmas Day. A. T B. F

18、3. Father Christmas wears red clothes. A. T B. F4. There are a lot of Christmas trees in Father Christmas bag. A. T B. F5. Some poor people die on Christmas Day because they have no homes and no A. T B. FKEY：BAABAPassage 5Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and str

19、onger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures.Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and tol

20、d him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女). But no one knew where the garden was.So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mou

21、ntains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help.Atlas answered, "My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch

22、 the golden apples for you?"Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the sky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, "Well, you are going to carry the mountain for ever. I'm going to see the king with the apples." Hercules

23、 knew that he couldn't fight him because of the sky on his back, So he shouted:"Just one minute's help. My shoulders are hurting, Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion (垫子) for my shoulders."Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and held up the sky.Hercules picked

24、 up the apples and ran back to see the king.1. Hercules was the tallest man in the world. A. T B. F2. Hercules was given many difficult tasks because the king wanted to get rid of him. A. T B. F3. Atlas was the giant who held up the sky. A. T B. F4. Atlas got the golden apples for Hercules because h

25、e wanted to be the king himself. A. T B. F5. Hercules finally managed to get the apples by defeating Atlas.A. T B. FKEY：AAABBPassage 6“Get up, the water is coming.” Yan Xinzhi, director of the neighborhood committee of Chaoyang Street, Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province, would knock at the door of

26、every household at midnight to have people collect water; otherwise, the tap water would soon run dry when everyone in the city got up and joined the “water rush” in the morning. Yan, an elderly lady about 60, had served as committee director for more than 20 years; her major work was to rouse her n

27、eighbors from their sleep to get water. As time went by, residents could not go to sleep before one oclock in the morning.Chaoyang Street was not the only street in Taiyuan that lacked water, and Taiyuan was not the only city in China with water in short supply.Niu Maosheng, Minister of Water Resour

28、ces, told China Today that more than 300 cities nationwide lack water; in 108 cities the situation has become critical. The annual deficit of water has reached 6 billion cubic meters, leading to a loss of RMB 200 billion (approximately US $24 billion) in industrial output.1. As neighborhood committe

29、e director, the major part of Yan Xinzhis job was to wake up her neighbors at midnight to get water.A. T B. F2. The passage reveals that all the cities in China suffer from water shortage.A. T B. F3. The passage is written by a water expert.A. T B. F4. The lack of water has lead to a loss of US $24

30、billion in industrial output.A. T B. F5. Xian is another city with water in short supply.A. T B. F KEY：ABBABPassage 7People who cannot tell all colors apart are said to be color blind. Most color-blind people can see yellow and blues, but confuse reds with greens. It is very rare for a person to be

31、blind to all colors, but they may see everything in shades of black, white, and gray.It is interesting to note that many color-blind people dont even realize that they are color-blind. They dont know that the colors they are seeing and naming are not the actual colors that people with normal vision

32、can see. This can be particularly dangerous when a color-blind person confuses the red and green of a traffic light.Color blindness is thought to be inherited (遗传). And although doctors have thought up tests to determine（测定）color blindness, there is no cure to treatment for it.1. A color-blind perso

33、n can tell correctly red and green. A. T B. F 2. Many color-blind people are unaware (没意识到) that they are color-blind.A. T B. F3. Its especially dangerous for a color-blind person to cross a street when there are no traffic lights at the cross of the streets.A. T B. F4. A person who is color-blind is not allowed to drive.A. T B. F5. Up to now, doctors have found a way t