北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（9）
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On the evening before the New Year, families gather for a big feast（盛宴）. They prepare all kinds of dishes anddumplings（饺子）. At midnight, they set off fireworks（焰火）.
On the first day of the New Year, people put on new clothes and then theytake gifts to friends and relatives. The adults（成人）usually give new year bonus（压岁钱）to their children.
During the Spring Festival, the most special activity is the dragon andlion dances. As many as 50 or more people support special dragons and lionswhich are made of cloth, while dancing down the street.
The celebrations end with the Lantern Festival（元宵节）on the 15th day of the 1stmonth ofthe lunar year.
1. The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival.
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答案：A
2. The celebration of the Spring Festival will last 2 weeks.
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答案：A
3. In order to get away the bad lucks in the old days, in the week beforethe Spring Festival, people light fireworks.
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答案：B
4. On the first day of the Spring Festival, the children are given somemoney.
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答案：A
5. The dragons and lions which people use in the dances are made of metal.
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答案：B
31. In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see thefilmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work inDisney's cartoon（动画片） film for children. When Walt Disney heardNash's voice, he said, "Stop! That's our duck!"
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in thefilm The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and wore his sailorjacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute MickeyMouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy andgreedy, and because he lost his temper very quickly. And they loved his voicewhen he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popularthan Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody likeMickey.
In the 1930s, 40s and 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Plutomade hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about theplace of the USA in the world and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duckand his voice disappeared---there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still seethe old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
1. Walt Disney made Donald Duck film.
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答案：A
2. The first Donald Duck film was made in 1934.
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答案：A
3. Clarence Nash was a film-maker.
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答案：B
4. The underlined word “audience” in the second paragraph means readers.
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答案：B
5. The underlined word “goody-goody” in the second paragraph means aperson who likes to appear to be faultless in behavior.
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答案：A
32. One evening a little girl was sitting with her father in the livingroom. They were both reading. Her father was reading the newspaper and she wasreading a book, but every once in a while she sounded a word that she didn'tunderstand and asked him to explain it to her.
“Daddy,” she said, “what's a gossip?”
“a gossip,” said her father, “is someone who repeats unpleasant thingsabout other people, someone who talks about people behind their back.”
“Oh,” she said, “you mean like Mrs. Stein.”
“That's right,” said her father, and he continued, reading his paper.
A few moments later, she interrupted him again.
“Daddy,” she said, “what's a bore?”
“A bore,” said her father, trying to be patient, “is a person who is notinteresting, a person who talks about himself all the time, for example.”
“Oh, you mean someone like Mr. Kelly?” she asked.
“Exactly,” answered her father, returning to his paper.
“Daddy?” she said, with a question in her voice.
“Yes?” said her father, losing his patience. “What is it now?”
“Daddy,” said the little girl. “what's a pain in the neck?”
Her father put down his newspaper, looked at her kindly saying, “A pain inthe neck is a girl who keeps asking her father questions while he is trying toread the newspaper.”
1. The little girl asked her father new words from time to time.
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答案：A
2. The little girl's father was reading newspaper.
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答案：A
3. When the little girl asked her father questions, he tried to answerher.
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答案：A
4. The little girl asked her father two questions.
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答案：B
5. The phrase “a pain in the neck” means that someone hurts his neck andhe feels pain.
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答案：B
33. What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learningthat are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not thetools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist.You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to acarpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, howto discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however,goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer tohis questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He alsoworks to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideasabout how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half rightor right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditionspermit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under thesame conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changesthe scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes inthe conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important inscience. Albert Einstein, who developed the Theory of Relativity, arrived atthis theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was latertested through investigations, and Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. Ascientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used tomake mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
1. What makes a scientist according to the passage? ________
A. The tools he uses. B. The way he uses his tools.
