北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（5）

1. "Nobody does anything about the weather" means nobody canchange weather.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Talking about the weather is a common way to start a talk.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. Many people hope the weather will be like what they like it to be.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. A weatherman probably is a man who can change weather.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. The weatherman always gives correct information.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

16. A film crew was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlborocommercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads fromAmerican television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up theequipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but whenthe time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crewsaw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50 dollars. “Hell,”said Winfield, “for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!”

To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but namelessface, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection betweenthe West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family manwho's been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real, working cowboy who raises horsesin his ranch in Wyoming.

One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that successhasn't changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up tohim and say, “I've met you, know you from somewhere. ” Whenever it happens, hesays that he gets embarrassed.

1. Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. The word “prohibited” in the first paragraph mean"forbidden".

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. When they filmed the ad, Winfield was too drunk. 

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. From the passage, we know that Winfield was a rich man. 

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. When people recognized Winfield, he felt uncomfortable.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

17. Nowadays, any Chinese can enjoy the luxury (奢侈) of owning a private car, if he or she hasenough money to buy it. Having a car of your own means no more traveling oncrowded buses or subway trains, and you can drop off the children at school onthe way. What's more, it also means that you can enjoy the weekends andholidays better, because with a car you can go to places where the regularbuses and trains do not go to.

However, besides the advantages of owning a car, there are alsodisadvantages of owning a car. On one hand, with the increasing number of theprivate cars, the roads are becoming more and more crowded, and it often makesthe journey hard and more and more traffic accidents happen. On the other hand,we know the prices of gasoline and repairs are constantly rising, so it is veryexpensive to run a car. You have to pay more for a license and insurance.

Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of owning a car, we can make aconclusion that the advantages of owning a car outweigh (超过) the disadvantages. Therefore, it seems thatChina should increase its output of cars and make the private car marketlarger. The result would be that cars would become cheaper and cheaper.

1. Private cars can take you to places where the regular buses do not go.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. The roads are crowded because of the rising number of private cars.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. If the private car market becomes larger, cars will become cheaper andcheaper.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

4. According to the writer, to take a bus is better than to drive a car.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. The best title for the passage is “The Market of the Private Cars”.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

18. Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last elevenkilometers of the Boston Marathon. It took him one hour and fifteen minutes torun the eleven kilometrers. After his run, he went to the hospital center. Thenurse was surprised and pleased to see his blood pressure was 139 over 84. Shetold him that his blood pressure was very good. Then she said, “I wish minewere that good.”

Johnny Kelley is known as the great grandfather of the Boston Marathon. Heran all the 42 kilometres of the marathon 61 times. This year was the secondtime that he has cut back and run only part of it. Kelley holds the record(保持记录)  forrunning more Boston Marathon than anyone else.

Thousands of people cry “come on”(加油) to him as he runs. Today an 11-year-old boy called outto Kelley. “Hey, Mr. Kelley, you are great, Great man.” Kelley smiles andthanks people as he runs. “It's wonderful.” he said. “people come out to shakemy hand. I am welcomed by thousands of people. I think a lot of them thought Iran the whole race. And maybe they congratulated me because they know me afterall these years and they don't know the other runners. ”

1. Kelley is known as the great grandfather of Boston Marathon becauseKelley ran all the 42 kilometres of Boston Marathon 61 times.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. When Kelley said it was wonderful, he meant that he was welcomed bythousands of people.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. Kelley holds the record for running the fastest.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. Kelley went to the hospital center after the race to have a good rest.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. Johnny Kelley was very old but quite healthy.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

19. Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in theAmerican army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knewhim and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in theirhomes.