精编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：2156
国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读(2)» 2028-2029 期末试题及答案(试卷号：2156)
Pnrt I
Questions 1—10 arc based on Passage L
1
Panagc I b about the Channel Tunnel which was officially opened on 6 May 199L
The a regular 24 houn a day. M3
days a >cai serviceChun nd
Tunnel
LK Terminal
ISO hum tn arm
J* 2 bu uf faifrmvk
2J kni mjwd
8 电丽 Hoa 山，旧 pktlforrwi
Frvtich rcrminnl
hiTtarei HI utvu
8 kui uf rathnti i
44 hn “j Nzd
8 ItMhn^ iuihMhhng platform%
T] Special high-speed • At least one departure □ Eurosai high-speed
passenger tmins per horn through the passetnja trains can travel
• Lc Shuttle lor all night al |60kph
khtds of ors • For lorries.」shuttle C/ir duels lo prevcni
P Lc Shutlle carries road Icitcs even 20 pressure bin Id-up
vebiclci from one icmitnai minutes at peak times □Non-wnp loirrncys
io the other in juu 55 when fully opcmtional • Pnris-LufKlon in Ic&s
miniMcs ZDrivcoa drive off than 5 hours
• Maximum spccdJUd • Esiimatcd maxiiiium • London-Brussels iust
kph loading linv X nnnute« over 3 hcMirii
• Conies coaches as ・ Estinuicd maximum □ Scrvkr tunnel - lot
well a^cars unload rng time ' 司企。 and
• Spccid tretght minulcs inamienancc — 4.K in in
$)niUk< fb( Ionics ZTwo singlc-irnck rail diamctei
Z? Service for enr^ caravnin lurawk one lun»d fm each • Can be inal io
and coaches ccr 15 dtrcctloiK each 5
IMSscnirrs in tiotir tunnel by cn>» □ Sijais nl both of the
cmi 2 earned passages every 375 m temunnls and on iliv 山 ulilc
in Frvnch uixl
EnghM____________________
Read Passage 1 and then try to give short amwers to Questions 1—5< Write your answers on the Answer Sheet9
1. How long is the Channel Tunnel open n day?
2. Could people drive their own cars through the Channd Tunnel?
3. How fast do the Eurostar passenger trains go?
4. How long does it take passengers to get to London from Brussels?
S< What will happen i( there's a fire in the tunnel?
Read PBBMKC I axain and decide whether I he followinx »lalcmcnto arc True or F«l»c. Write T for True mid F for Fulsc
aipiltuil the number of each of the Btatcments on your Answer Sheet
6. The Channel Tunnel will clone on Mnndny from 24100—6 |OO every week.
7. The French terminal In bigger than the UK terminuL
& At peak timen over 4 >000 pnnxcngcrR can be carried per hour
9. Approximately it will take Lc Shuttle 8 minutcN 砒 mc»t to loud or unlomL
10» A tourint who only known English couldn1! read the mgnn when he arrive* at Paria Station
Part II
Queitlons 11 —20 arc ba>cd on 2.
PaKMiec 2
The worldS only nrtiftcinlly4ccl YangUc dolphin crlrbratrd UH 17th birthdny in Wuhnn with ・ special offering of hin
fiivorite finh<
Qiqit the dolphin, WAR cmiKht by finhcrmrn nenr the mouth of DonKtinu Iske on the YAnKlxc Rtvrr on Jnnunry 12.
1980• MIUI nent to thr Wuhnn InniHutcof Biology tn 11ubri Province. The date wnn then choAcn nn hin birtluhy. He wun 1.
17 rnclcm long and weighed 36. i kilografnMt and hr wan rstimolcd i<> hr nbout two yenm old. By 1Q86. hr had grown to
over two tnrtern in length and weighed 126 kilogrAtiiR. Since th«n> hi ・ length and weiuhi hrtve rrmninrcl the Mirnc9
Qiqi livr^ A Ain|(lr life. He hm thrvr mcnln n tiny of over 10 kilo«nim!* of (rruh (IMH. Hr hm rrccivrd dntly training
and hnR participated in scientific rxpcritnrniM of vnrioun kind，.
Rcftrarrhrr^ mnkr rctfulnr hrnlth chccka on him rvrry month. If nbnormnl indicxitor?i apixrar> thr rr»rnrchrrn Add
vitnmtn«t trace clcmenlRt anttbiotirn or nutritionnl mcdicincM to hin (re»h fish. Between April and July year* Qiqi
contracted ■ serious life threntening liver trauma« hypcrglycerniii and hyperlipemia* The institute quickly invited
expert!! from the United States, Hongkong and 1'aiwan to help 5nve Qiqi. Guided by experts from No. 2 Hospital
attAched to Hubei Medical Sciences IJnivcmhy. the researchers applied a drip method of stomach lavage to treat him ・
and Q】qi recovered after 100 days of treatments
The Yangtze River dolphin inhabits the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze Riven It is one of China f s most
prized species after the ginnt panda« nnd it is also one of the worldmost endangered species» with less than 100
remaining. Since 1978. the Chine* government has spent 40 million yuan (US $ 5 million) on the protection And Fudy of
the Yangtze River dolphin*
Read Passage Z and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the Klatcnicnts according to the passage.
Write your anxwm on the Answer Sheet.
IL The Yangtze dolphin* Qiqi ・ was anificially fed. which h to “y ______________________________.
A ・ he was an artificial dolphin B. hr only Ate artifieial food
he was fed by man D. he only ate a special kind of fish
12. Qiqi W«M caught by people in _______________ .
A. Wuhan 氏
G Taiwun fX
13. Which day wan choNcn Qiqi'・ birihdfty?
A. 7/12/1980. B.
C. 12/12/1980. 以
14 ・ Which one of thr AtntcnirntN in True?
A. Qiqi live% in Wuhan InMifutc of Biology in Hunan Province.
K When people caught Qiqi. he wits three ysrn old.
C* Siner 1986. Qiqi，. length and weight hwvr remained the same.
IX Qiqi'ii fjivorite food is vegetables
I5. In his daily life* Qiqi*s m ・ in job in to_____________________ .
A. ukc part in ^tentific exprnments of VAHOUB kindu
K work with rrsearclwrn from many countries
C ・ help to te«t the effect of mnny kindn of medidnen
H receive tmininK (or |>erfnrmance
|6, When Qiqi waa ill* the researchers added_____________________t。"谊'ocxi，
A< vitamins and trace clement K antibiotics
G nutritional medicines D ・ nil of A，B and C
17. When Qiqi got a serious liver traurruit the reienrchers____________________ •
A ・ gave him more (resh fish
Ek didn't notice it at all
G invited experts (rom other counirie* and areas to wve him
D. gave him some vitamins with fresh food
18. In the last sentence of the fourth pftnigrnph. the phrase "attached m" can be
repheed by ____________ •
A. longing to A added to
C. put together with D ・ treated ■筋
19. The Yangixc River dolphin_________________ •
A/ can be found in every part of the river
B> i» one of the most dangerous animals in the world
C. is rcgnrded as one of the most precioun animnlM in Chinn
D ・ is more precious than pnnda
20. Which one of the stnit?mcnu it* False?
A. The Chinrsr government hnn spent 10 million yuan on thr protection and study of this kind of dolphin#
ft This kind of dolphin liven in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze Riven
Q Thin kind o( dolphin it in danger of cxtincnon.
|), Mirny af the dolphtitn hnvr bettn cmiKhl lor cxpcnnu nK.
Part HI True or Fill*
Dongting luikc
Hongkong
6/12/1980.
1/12/1980.
QurstiiiHM 21—30 rnv bwMd on PaMMgr 3,
PacMxr 3
Techy IM like to talk about M)me of the problem thm MudenK lace when they SMw . course ol Mudy through the
mtdium。性卿商 The problems cun be divided into three broad catcKorirs*i puyithological» cultural ・ nd hnnuiMtic.
1 h getting used to British money (or the lack ol it!) • British food and went her (neither is
always bad!)>
The Urges! category h probably ImguiMlic Let's look at thia in some dctaiL
Most studrntx will have learnt English at school• but i( they1 ve already been to college CH univernity in their own
countncei theyf 11 have studied mostly in their own language t perhaps> for reading »orne textbooks and journnlsi in
English. In other words# they * 11 have hud hule everyday opportunity to prncticc using English*
When foreign learners first have the opportunity to Apeak to an EnRli?th-apeaking person they may have a
shocki they often have great difficulty in understanding! Thrrr nre a number of rroAuns for this< I'll just mention three
of them*
Firstly# it nccma to sttidenis th«t English people Apcnk very quickly. Secondly• they speak with a variety of
occcntfk Thirdly> different styles of nperrh nrc uncd in different ^ituntions. For all of thrnc reasons students will have
difficuhy> mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English.
What can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Well* johvtounly• hr should listen to progrnniFi in
English on the r*d>o ond 「V. I^rhapn mom irriportnnt of alL he should t«kc every available opportunity to mret and
apc^k with native English-speaking people He should be awarr. however• that English people are often rtjeerved and
niny br unwilling to tnkc the initinrive^ Howrvrr diFficuh it may >ct!n io br• mo#t Engluh people will respond. He will
need pnucncc and perseverance!
The studrnt probably hax difficulty in speaking En^liHh Huctitly. He ha5 thr ideas. he knows what ta nay (in bin
own InnguiiK^) but he down、know how to 5y it in English, The LDVITR MH gm difficult to follow but ilS yemr” HrHfly. hr
munt Amplify hi. language »o thut hr cun express himself mcmWy clearly. St condly. he must try to think in
English* not translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take plnce when his uxc ol English becomes
automatict using a language laboratory und listening to much English as possible will help. In general« he should
practice speaking much AS possible. He should also notice the kind of English, and itn structure thni educated people
use, and try to imitate it.
Read Passage 3 and decide wtwthcr the following statements nre True or False. Write T for t rue and F for False
agtiinst the number of each of the sUitcmcnts on your Answer Sheet.
21. There arc three types of problems facing learners of English« sociological« cultural und linguistic.
22. The linguistic problems nre diiwrusscd in the greatest detail.
23. F^ychological and cultural problems mainly concern British students and so are discussed briefly.
24. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from separation from his family and homesickness.
25. In order to understand English people bctier. the most important thing for a student to do is to listen to the
radio and TV.
26. In order to understand English people better• students should tnkc every available opportunity to meet and
speak with native EnRlish-speaking people.
27. H houxh English people are often reserved, if the student has the courage to xprnk to them> they will often
respond.
28. The advice givrn on how to improve npoken English will necm difficult to follow.
29. The wny to make oneself think in English i« only to practice speaking ns much as possible.
30. Far Ntudrnt5> short English sentences arc belter tluin longer ones.
Part IV Short Atwwer
Qtscstiom 31—35 arr based on Passage 4>
Pnssa^c 4
In November of 1995. Leslie was working for the Department of SociM Services in North Carolina. Her job is to
take children out of dangerous home Mtuationn and place them ,n 心心 horns. During hrr first such task. Leslie saw thut
the children she hud come to pick up were carrying all of their thin^ in plztic They didn't have suitwe for the.r clothe*.
Wanting to help these children* Leslie naked her mother if she could have the family old suitcases to give to them.
Lc,,ie，5 10 gr«old ni«ter Abby asked how many foster children there were in the area and found out thai there were 400.
Mont of those children hnd to carry their thing» from plnce to pluce in plastic bAg Letltc^ care and the thought of tho^c
300 children made younK Abby take Action. Abby decided to ank people to give nwny their old nuiteaser to thr^r foMrr
children. Shr begun nuking nnd hitnginx pO5tcr»> npenkini; At churchrnt nnd Asking other children for help, liut oftcr n
few werkhe ・ hc hnd not rrrrjvrd any ones. Abby decided to buy »onir nuitniM?s with her mother* a help, ,「hut's how
Abby Burnnide net tip her prOKrntn# Suitcase, for Kid ・. By March of 1996. Suitcases for Kids had collected and sent
175 suitcases to the foster children.
Pinallyt Abby 、 efforts were noticed by thr media. Her story wan in nrwApiipcrs and niARaxincs nnd Abby
Apprarrd on populnr television uhowf. An the story been me known# Abby，A IOCAI chapter received more nnd rnorr ・
uil(uw ・ until it collected 4.000 suileat*rn in 1996. Soont Abby wn« traveling to diHrrent Mtatee* to help net up new
for Kid、
chapters. By the end of 】996. there were StiitrnMC^ for Kid，chapters in 19 different Btnicn. After two full yenrst
Suitc4se» for Kidn hud nrt up chftptrrn in nil 50 RfHtrn< By itn nixth yc«r> the little urKanUAtion rcnchrd intrrnntionnl
nitrniiont hliving chapfers in more thiin ten eourilrte^ Now thauRAnds of children around rhe world can enrry thrir
things in ivmtcnwrs inntrnd n( pln^tic IMIKM ju»t becnuMc A 10 year old Rirl decided one day ihnt nhe JUFI wnnted fo
help.
Kvud Pus%aRc 1 und then try to give Mmrt uniiwm Io Questions 31—35. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet
31. What in LcaUcv8 job?
32. Wh«t did the children urn to enrry their things at firnt?
33. Why did Abby decide to tnke action?
34. In winch ycur did cnch mate h*vc Abbyf w chnptcrji?
35. Whtit mndc Ahby help the children aueccsfilully? ((>ivr At lenMt two nrinwcru)
试题答案及评分标准
(仅供参考)
Part I (30 points« 3 points each)
L Itrs open 24 houm a dny.
2. No. they couldn^L
3. The pas»cnKer trains can travel at 160 kph.
4. Over 3 hours.
5. People will evacuate through the service tunneL /Therefs a service tunnel which enn be u^rd to rvftcuate
people in case of fire.
6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
Part 11 ( 30 points9 3 points each)
Pnrt ID ( 20 poinU9 2 points each)
21. T
Part |V ( 20 pointse 4(x»inls curb)
3L Her job 很 to take children out of dangcrouM home »ittiftiiona and plnce rhrrn in foster honied
32. Plawtic bagH.
33« BecauMc of Ixmlie'M care nnd the thought of the 300 children^
34. In 1998.
35. Her efforts* determination And the help of the media nnd other people. (Any two of ihciK? arc ()K ・)
4. C 15. A
19. C 20.
22. T 23x F 24. T 25. F
29. F
