北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（3）

$ 15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a bigsurprise---$ 18 million! She gave the money to a children's hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always likedchildren, and she wanted to help them. When her friend's daughter was ill inhospital, Gladys brought her a teddy bear. After that, she visited the hospitalmany times. Every time she visited, she brought teddy bears for those children.After that, people started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no oneknew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago.Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A familyfriend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn't knowshe was rich.

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to earn moremoney, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got veryrich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to thechildren's hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $ 18 million!

1. Gladys Holm often gave children teddy bears because she liked childrenvery much.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Gladys was called the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. Everyone was surprised that Gladys lived such a long life.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. She got rich as she did another job in the hospital.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire, she still lived in the same way.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

9.  In the eighteenth century youngladies in Italy knew history and geography little.

Once the French officer in Rome was giving a ball to which many importantpeople were invited. The Italian Minister（大臣） came very late. A young lady, who knew him,saw him enter the ball-room and asked why he was so late.

"Oh, nothing important," answered the Minister. " Our headforgot to take his letters with him and went back to his hotel to bring them.If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six monthsfor them."

"Is Brazil so far from Rome?" asked the lady, who knew verylittle geography.

"It is in the New World," said the Minister.

"In the New World?" repeated the lady in great surprise.

"Yes, in the New World, which was discovered by ChristopherColumbus."

When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of theball-room and shouted as loud as she could:

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new worldhas just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus."

1. The head left his letters in the hotel.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. The minister left his letters in his office.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. The young lady shouted because she knew the Minister.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. Her shouting showed she was lack of knowledge.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The best title for the passage is 'An Ignorant Italian Woman'.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

10. One way that scientists learn about man is by studying animals, suchas mice and monkeys. The scientists in this laboratory are experimenting onmice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time,over one hundred experiments are being done in this laboratory.

In one of these experiments, the scientists are studying the relationshipbetween the amount of food the mice eat and their health. The mice are in threegroups. All three groups are receiving the same healthy diet. But the amount offood that each group is receiving is different. The first group is eating onecup of food each day, the second group is eating two cups, and the third groupof mice is eating three cups.

After three years, the healthiest group is the one that is only eating onecup of food each day. The mice in this group are thinner than normal mice. Butthey are more active. Most of the day, they are running, playing with oneanother, and using the equipment in their cages. Also, they are living longer.Mice usually live for two years. Most of the mice in this group are still aliveafter three years.

The second group of mice is normal weight. They are healthy, too. They areactive, but not as active as the thinner mice. But they are only living abouttwo years, not the three years or more of the thinner mice.

The last group of mice is receiving more food than the other two groups.Most of the day, these mice are eating or sleeping. They are not very active.These mice are living longer than the scientists thought - about a year and ahalf. But they aren't as healthy. They're sick more often than the other twogroups.

1. The scientists in the laboratory are studying the relationship betweenthe amount of food and diet.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

2. The first two groups are receiving the most food.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. The first group is the thinnest because they do not have a healthydiet.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. Normal mice usually live for two years.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The text tells us that people who eat less and exercise more will livelonger.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

11. Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way oftraveling is by plane. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day toplaces which it takes a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. Youcan see the country when you are traveling through. Modern trains havecomfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journeyenjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large linersand river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of yourcountry on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling bysea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. Youcan travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles aday, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish - where there issomething interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a goodmeat, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popularfor pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they aretraveling on business.

1. From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is by plane.