北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（18）
"Fine," said Paul. "Justfine!" Suddenly he really felt fine.
1. Paul couldn't sleep last night becausethat test worried him.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. Paul found his history notebook under apile of clothes.
A. T B. F
答案：A
3. Paul tried to go over his history notesafter he found his notebook.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. Paul couldn't sleep and phoned Jack.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. Paul felt fine suddenly because he had agood sleep.
A. T B. F
答案：B
60. It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog washungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece ofpaper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcherand he's going to give you your lunch today.”Holding the piece of paper in itsmouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. Thebutcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwritingand soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat upat once. At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a pieceof paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon still with a piece of paper inthe mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave thedog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers. But, the dogcame again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To thebutcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and broughtwith it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said tohimself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eattoday? ” Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any wordson it!
1. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quitekindly.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. The dog seemed to know that the paper Mrs.Smith gave it might do much harm.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. The butcher did not give any meat to thedog before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. The dog always went to the butcher's witha piece of paper, because it found that the paper only with Mrs. Smith's wordscould bring it meat.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. At the end of the story, you'll find thatthe butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal.
A. T B. F
答案：A
61.Computers are very important to modernlife. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in lots ofaspects of everyday life. It is thought that we won't have to go shoppingbecause we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on theInternet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all textsfrom computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buyfood. Most telephone calls will be made by computers.
Some people are glad about these new ways ofshopping and communicating. Others do not think that computers will replace ourold ways.
Let's look at books, for example. Some peoplethink that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buyand read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers.The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won'tneed to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized (计算机化的)books will be used more and more.
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as goingto the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops andlook at things you want to buy. Also probably people won't like to read largetexts on our computers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly.Maybe computers won't change these two habits.
1. In the first paragraph it is thought thatpeople will use computers to play games, go shopping and make telephone calls.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. Computerized books won't be very expensiveis NOT mentioned in the passage.
A. T B. F
答案：A
3. The underlined sentence in the lastparagraph means people like to read paper books.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. The last paragraph tells us internetshopping is a great pleasure.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. The best title of this passage could be" Computers Are the Future ".
A. T B. F
答案：B
62. It was difficult to find jobs in thenorth of England at that time. When John lost his job, he found that he couldnot get a new one. He soon spent all his money, so he went to the south of thecountry, as people said it was easier to find work there. The easiest way to gothere was to take a train. Soon John got on a train.
The train started. There were not many peopleon the train. Suddenly a man with a gun came in. He went up to John and said,"Your money, or your life!"
"But I've got no money, sir," Johnanswered. He looked sad.
"Then why are you so afraid?" askedthe man with a gun angrily.
"I thought you wanted to see my ticket,and I had no money to buy one. " said John.
1. John went to the south of England when hespent all his money.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. John thought he could get a new job in thesouth.
A. T B. F
答案：A
3. When a man with a gun came, John wasafraid because he had no ticket.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. The man with a gun wanted to see John'sticket.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. All the people on the train wanted totravel to the south to get a job.
A. T B. F
答案：B
63. Linda and David have traveled by air fromLondon to Sydney, Australia. Linda has promised her mother that she will ringher to let her know that they have arrived safely. This is something she haddone ever since she was a child. David thinks it is not a good idea to ring sofar, to spend too much, and to say so little.
