2022年電大網(wǎng)考B閱讀理解個(gè)閱讀理解

1、閱讀理解1. When I begin to look back on all friends whom I have had, I quickly came to the conclusion that Jerry was the most important and had the greatest effect upon my life. His family moved to my block when I was only 10. Jerry was 15 at the time, but the fact that he was so much older than me seem

2、ed to make no difference to him. I was very glad that he liked me. We took long walks together, on which he would tell me stories he had heard form TV and radio programs.But as months went by, a change came into our friendship. Jerry almost stopped coming by the house, and every time I went to his h

3、ouse or telephoned, he put me off with some excuses such as “Im studying now” or “Ive got some jobs to do for Mum”. When we passed on the street, he would still give me a warm smile and friendly wave with a “Hi, kid”, but he would hardly ever stop to talk. Finally I realized that he was no longer in

4、terested in me and that his taste had changed. I noticed him with a girl once in a while and several times saw him going out in his familys car on a Friday or Saturday night. I simply couldnt understand what was so great about girls and parties. But I was hurt when he finally made me know that our f

5、riendship was at an end. Of course he didnt really mean to hurt me, but it was a long time before I realized that it was an age problem that caused the break. There were a world of differences between the ideas and interests of a 17-year-old and a 12-year-old. Now that Im over sixteen myself, I real

6、ized this, and the hurt I got then has become happy memories of the good times we were once together. I wonder if millions of other boys and girls have had a similar experience.(1).When the writer and Jerry first met, Jerry was _.答案(B)A. 10 years old B. 5 years older than the writer C. of the same a

7、ge as the writer D. the writers classmate (2).Their friendship lasted for _.答案(C)A. a few years B. a few weeks C. a few months D. a few hours (3).Jerry stopped playing with the writer because _.答案(D)A. the writer had changed B. he was busy with his study C. he has some jobs to do D. he was not inter

8、ested in the writer (4).When a change came in their friendship, the writer _.答案(B)A. accepted it at once B. couldnt understand his friend for a long time C. stopped visiting his friend D. started going to parties with girls (5).The main idea of the passage is that _.答案(A)A. the age difference plays

9、a part in friendship B. friendship is the most important thing for children C. many boys and girls have a similar experience as the writer D. “friends are made in wine and tested in tears” 2. One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished

10、 his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. “Could you help me in the library?” she asked. I said, “Send him along.”Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. “Do you have a job for me?” he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea imme

11、diately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, “Is it a kind of a detective （偵探） job?” I answered yes, and then began his work.He had found three books with wrong cards by the time

12、 his teacher opened the door and said, “Time for rest!” he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won. The next morning, he arrived early, “I want to finish these books,” he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.After a fe

13、w weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boys home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her sons first concern, she said, was leaving the library. “Who will find the lost books?” he asked. When the time came,

14、 it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different. Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.(1).Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates?答案(C

15、)A. Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy. B. Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job. C. Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others. D. Because the library needed a new worker.(2).What do you know from the passage?答案(B)A. Library work was very

16、difficult for Bill Gates. B. Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty. C. The librarian was too busy to have a rest. D. His mother hoped that Bill Gates would stay for his job. (3).The sentence He picked up the idea immediately means that _.答案(A)A. he learned that system quickly B. he collected

17、 that system quickly C. he lifted up that system quickly D. he improved that system quickly (4).What was Bill Gates expected to do in the library?答案(D)A. Finding the lost cards. B. Learning the system. C. Helping the worker with everything in the library. D. Finding books with wrong cards. (5).How d

18、id Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area?答案(C)A. Sad. B. Pleasant. C. Worried. D. Interested. 3. In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run t

19、heir own businesses for years, first a theater, then a BBQ restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.

20、Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had developed a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in bec

21、ame incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was

22、a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise（特許經(jīng)營(yíng)）other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate the menu. Th

23、e equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches（拱門）. Today McDonalds is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come to mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonalds had over

24、$ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.(1).We may infer from this passage that _.答案(D)A. Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc B. The location the McDonalds chose w

25、as the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in C. Forty years ago there were numerous fast-food restaurants D. Ray Kroc was a good businessman (2).The passage suggests that _.答案(A)A. creativity is an important element of business success B. Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonal

26、d brothers C. Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc D. California is the best place to go into business (3).In the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word “unique” means _.答案(A)A. special B. attractive C. financial D. peculiar (4).This passage mainly ta

27、lks about _.答案(C)A. the development of fast food services B. how McDonalds became a billion-dollar business C. the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald D. Ray Krocs business talent (5).Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses except _.答案(B)A. a drive-in B. a cinema C. a theater D. a

28、 BBQ restaurant 4. No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Pe

29、rsians. The Persians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet（冰凍果子露） comes.Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular,

30、first in Venice and then throughout Italy.In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was “ice cream”. For each day of the wedding festivities Catherines cooks p

31、repared a different flavor of her favorite dessert-“ice cream.”At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopios“

32、ice-cream parlor ” became so popular that other shops were opened.About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The King ordered his cook to keep the re

33、cipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.(1).Ice cream was unknown in France until _.答案(A)A. 1533 B. 1660 C. 1640 D. 1774 (2).Ice cream was introduced to England by _.答案(C)A.

34、Catherine de Medicis B. Francisco Procopio C. King Charles I D. Marco Polo (3).What will be probably discussed in the paragraphs following this passage?答案(D)A. Marco Polos travel in the world. B. Development of ice cream in France. C. Development of ice cream in England. D. Development of ice cream

35、in America or other countries. (4).Marco Polos remark shows that he traveled in _.答案(A)A. China B. India C. Persia D. Italy (5).This passage is mainly about _.答案(D)A. Marco Polos travel B. one of Chinese inventions C. Catherines marriage D. the history of ice cream 5. We say that a person has good m

36、anners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. “Yes”, you may say , “ but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?”People all over the world agree that being well

37、-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.He never laughs at people when they are in trouble.Inste

38、ad, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn.He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentall

39、y bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, “excuse me” or “Im sorry”. He says “please” when making a request, and “thank you” when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not interrup

40、t other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs.(1).Which of the following is considered as being well-mannered? 答案

41、(C)A. Laughing at the weaker B. Behaving impolitely C. Helping older people D. Being kind to ourselves(2).If you try to be kind and helpful to others, you _.答案(C)A. will make a mistake B. will be completely wrong C. will be considered very polite D. will not be regarded as being well-mannered (3).Wh

42、en waiting for a bus, a well-mannered person should _.答案(D)A. try to stand in the front of the line B. line up in a queue C. give his seat to a lady D. stand where he is and wait for his turn (4).According to this passage, a polite person _.答案(A)A. will not break into others conversation B. will do

43、most of the talking when speaking with others C. will sit down before an older person does D. will not speak without his mouth full of food when eating (5). The word accidentally (Line 5, Para. 4) means _.答案(B)A. on purpose B. by accident C. in an accident D. willingly 6. A young man who lived in Lo

44、ndon was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next mo

45、rning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiance. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when th

46、e manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his

47、great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: When the servant enters the room, he will drop it.On the birthday of his fiance the young man was very excited.Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he d

48、ropped it. There was horror on everybodys face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.(1).The story took place _.答案(B)A. in France B. in England C. in Germany D. in the United States (2).Which of the following is true?答案(A)A. The young mans family was poor whi

49、le the beautiful girl is rich. B. A rich young man fell in love with a beautiful girl. C. The young man loved the girl but the girl didnt love him. D. The young man had enough money to buy a beautiful vase. (3).Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?答案(C)A. He wanted to give her a

50、Christmas present. B. He fell in love with her. C. Her birthday was coming soon. D. They were going to get married. (4).Why did the shop manager come to talk to the young man?答案(B)A. He looked very excited. B. He looked pale and sad. C. He was poorly dressed. D. He said he wanted to buy a beautiful

51、vase. (5).On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because _.答案(D)A. the girl was in love with him B. the girl looked beautiful C. the girl was happy and gay D. he was not sure whether his trick would be seen through 7. Our childs behavior is greatly influenced by the way we react to

52、 what he has done. Our reactions help to determine whether our child will repeat his behavior or whether he will do something different. This statement is a very important part of a principle of behavioral psychology.The principle states that a behavior is influenced or affected by how the environme

53、nt - people, places and things - immediately responds to the behavior. Perhaps without realizing it, you have used this principle many times.On the occasion when you told your child what a good boy he was after he cleaned up his room, you used the principle. When you sent your child to his room for

54、fighting with his brother, you used the principle. When I gave Kim a cookie after she started to cry, I used the principle. In each of these examples, a particular behavior occurred first - cleaning up a room, fighting, and crying.In addition, there was a reaction to each behavior - the child was pr

55、aised, sent to his room, or given a cookie. By these actions, we have influenced the previous behaviors and have helped to determine whether those behaviors will occur again in the future.(1).What is the lecture mainly about?答案(C)A. Children and environmental protection. B. Childrens behavior and fi

56、ghting. C. Childrens behavior and our response. D. Children and principles.(2).On what kind of principle is the lecture based?答案(B)A. A principle in chemistry. B. A principle in behavioral psychology. C. A principle in physics. D. A principle in geology. (3).Who do you think the audience at this lec

57、ture might be?答案(D)A. Teachers. B. Doctors. C. Social workers. D. Parents. (4).According to the lecture, why was the child sent to his room?答案(A)A. As a kind of punishment. B. As a kind of reward. C. As an experiment on the principle. D. As an example of the principle. (5).What does the lecturer mea

58、n by environment?答案(C)A. Rooms, cookies and toys. B. Water, air and forest. C. People, places and things. D. Family, school and friends. 8. If youve been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals, you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of Eng

59、lish.Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are talking online many of them are talking at the same time.Its fast: trying talking to six people once. Its convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.And it requires very simpl

60、e language. Theres neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste precious time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB (=be right back) will do?Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (=pardon me for jumping in).Interested in whom yo