北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（8）

4. The cost of living in large modern cities is very low.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. It can be inferred from the passage that the author loves nature andhopes to be close to it.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

27. No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think thatwater ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between threethousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. TheIndians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. ThePersians called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet（冰冻果子露）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 juicesand milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in Veniceand then throughout Italy.

In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future KingHenry Ⅱof France, she took her cooks with her. Theymade desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was "icecream". For each day of the wedding festivities(庆祝活动，庆典) Catherine's cooks prepared a different flavor of herfavorite dessert-"ice cream."

At first ice cream was a luxury(奢侈品) in France. Only rich people had money tobuy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived inParis. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford.Procopio's"ice-cream parlor(店堂)" became so popular that other shopswere opened.

About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heardit was popular in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at abanquet(宴会). The surprise dish was a great success. TheKing ordered his cook to keep the recipe(制作方法) for ice cream a secret. Charles felt thatonly royalty(王室) should serve the dessert. But the secretsoon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became popular in England too.

1. This passage is mainly about the history of ice cream.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Marco Polo's remark shows that he traveled in India.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. Ice cream was unknown in France until 1640.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. Ice cream was introduced to England by King Charles I.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. Development of ice cream in France and other countries is discussed inthe passage.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

28. I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film Titaniclast Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at thecinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinemawas during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on theother side of the town, and the bus service between my office and RichlandHills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45minutes.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for abus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough timeleft to make the trip. So I had to go back to the office. The same thinghappened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed. I goton a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I gotthere, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man saythat he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I found that I would nothave enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back acrossthe town.

By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It wasexpensive, but I felt that it would be worth it to see the film. The trip bycar only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I reached thecinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But Iquickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.

1. He tried to go to the cinema every day but he only got there threetimes.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

2. It seems that the writer of the story works in a small town.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. The underlined word “delighted” may be replaced (替换) by “surprised”.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. The writer could buy the tickets neither before nor after work hours.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The best title of the story is “Ticket sold out”.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

29. Today the official language of the United Sates and most of Canada isEnglish. However, French almost became the official language because of a war.

The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name ofthis war is not accurate because the war was actually between England andFrance. The Indian fought on the side of the French.

France and England were trying to gain control of North America. Franceheld Canada, and England held part of what is now the United States. However,France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York,Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. When the French built a fort on the OhioRiver, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in1754. However, the French defeated Washington.

The French, aided by Indians, outsmarted（更精明） the English and won many early battles.Later, the British began to do well against the French. In the final battle inQuebec, Canada, General Wolfe of England faced General Montcalm from France.Both general died in this battle, but the English outlasted（比……持久）the French and won the battle. Thus, most ofNorth America today has the English culture and language.

1. A good title for this selection is The French and Indian War.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. Most of North America today has the English culture and language.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

3. General Wolfe died in France.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River at the end ofthe war.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. Both general died in the final battle.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

30. Chinese New Year, which is also called the Spring Festival（节目）, is the most important festival in China.The holiday begins on the first day of the new cycle（循环）of the moon, which occurs in late January orearly February. The celebration will last 2 weeks.