北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（14）

three young designers. They have been allover the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this weekto a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn't been bored since he boughtthe factory.

1. The topic sentence of Para. 1 is ______.

A. Morgan Rees has always been a goodbusinessman

B. he used to own three petrol stations andwas busy most of the time

C. when Morgan Rees was 65, he got retired

D. reluctantly, he handed over the businessto his son

答案：A

2. The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ______.

A. he didn't know what to do with himself

B. he went on holiday to interesting placeswith his wife

C. he was unhappy after he got retired

D. none of them

答案：C

3. Which of the following statements can best express the main idea ofPara. 3?

A. One day he saw an advertisement in thenewspaper.

B. He bought a small crockery factory in secretand started work again.

C. He told his family he bought a smallcrockery factory.

D. His family was horrified and worried whenthey learned he bought the small factory.

答案：B

4. What is the central idea of the last paragraph?

A. Morgan Rees has worked until he is 76.

B. Morgan Rees has developed the exportmarket and improved the profits by 200%.

C. Morgan Rees hasn't been bored since hebought the factory.

D. Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the companyconsiderably, which has enriched his retired life.

答案：D

5. The passage mainly deals with ______.

A. why Morgan Rees bought a small crockeryfactory

B. how Morgan Rees lived his retired lifemore happily by turning to work again

C. how Moran Rees became a good businessman

D. how Moran Rees expanded the companyconsiderably

答案：B

49. When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-yearstay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either tolive in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learnedabout a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of homefurnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’sfastest growing businesses.

What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them?People who are international business or government officials, foreignstudents, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or businessmay force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot oftrouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent newfurniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money donot want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to waituntil they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, theyfind they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked theirrented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buyingnew things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea ofrenting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what theirneighbors might think.

1. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growingbusinesses?

A. Selling home furnishings.

B. Renting furnished apartments.

C. Selling used furniture.

D. Renting home furnishings.

答案：D

2. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

A. Because the furniture they get in this wayis new.

B. Because it saves them a lot of money.

C. Because it saves them much trouble andmoney.

D. Because they can always get better qualityfurniture in this way.

答案：C

3. What can you infer from the passage?

A. The idea of renting furniture is notacceptable.

B. Renting furniture is not popular in thecouple’s home town.

C. Only those who don’t have enough money torent furniture.

D. People usually grow to like the furniturethey have rented.

答案：B

4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. Rent or Buy?

B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.

C. Furnished Apartments.

D. A New Idea.

答案：B

5. Young people liked renting home furniture because_________

A. they have less money.

B. they don’t want to buy old furniture.

C. the new furniture is of good quality.

D. they don’t have much money and don’t wantto buy the cheap furniture.

答案：D

50. Once James Thornhill, a famous Englishpainter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace inEngland.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.

With the help of a worker, Thornhill startedpainting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictureswere ready.

Thornhill was happy when he looked at thepictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time,and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even morebeautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edgeof the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

The worker saw everything. "What shouldI do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform.If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed."So the worker quickly took some paint（漆）and threw it at the pictures.

"What are you doing?" cried thepainter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

1. James Thornhill was an English ______.

A. worker          B. artist            C. king           D. writer

答案：B

2. He was ordered to ______.

A. paint the wall of the king's palace inEngland

B. paint some pictures on the wall of thepalace

C. build a big platform in front of thepalace

D. put up some new pictures on the old wall

答案：B

3. It took them ______ to finish the pictures.

A. a month          B. a week        C. twelve months      D. half a month

答案：C

4. James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the  ______ they were.

A. nearer…more beautiful