北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（21）

4. Professor Horne found people were happy toget up in the morning after ten hours' sleep.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. The passage is about sleep.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

70. My husband had just bought a new washingmachine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things.

Everything worked well, but I found one of myhusband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find itanywhere.

The next morning, I got ready for school asusual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and thentold them what we were going to do that day.

When I turned around to write on theblackboard, the class broke out a roar!

They laughed and laughed. They laughed somuch, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this.

I asked the class to stop, but the more Italked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and Icontinued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.

Finally, the teacher who had the room next tomine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, hestarted laughing, too!

“Good heavens,” I said. “Will someone pleasetell me what is so funny?”

“Oh, God,” said the teacher. “You have abrown sock to the back of your skirt!”

So that's how I found my husband's missing sock.

“Oh, well,” I said to the class. “Let's justsay you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的)electricity.”

1. The writer was a teacher.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. When the writer turned around to write onthe blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

3. She couldn't find one of her husband'ssocks, because her husband had taken it away.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. The teacher from the next room laughed,because he found a sock on the back of the writer's skirt.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The students told her about the laughing.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

71. Today the official language of the UnitedStates and most of Canada is English. However, French almost became theofficial language because of a war.

The French and Indian War was fought between1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war wasactually between England and France. The Indians fought on the side of theFrench.

France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada, and England held part of what isnow the United States. However, France tried to expand its land by movingsouthward into New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. When the Frenchbuilt a fort（堡垒）onthe Ohio River, the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack thefort in 1752. However, the French defeated Washington.

The French, aided by the Indians, outsmarted（比…..聪明） 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 generals 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. The best title for this passage is"The French and Indian War".

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

2. The word “gain” in the 3rd paragraph isclosest in meaning to “buy”.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. We may conclude that George Washingtonpreferred the English.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. General Wolfe died in Canada.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. Washington won his battle at the fort onthe Ohio River.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

72. Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and threedaughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, “The children don't haveany lessons today, and you're free too．There's a new funfair（庙会）in the park．Let's all go there to play.”

Her husband said. “I want to finish some worktoday.” “oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy．That's the most important work.” Mrs. Whitesaid.

So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children tothe funfair．Mr.White was forty-five years old. But he enjoyed the funfair more than hischildren. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One ofthe children said to her mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn't he,Mom?” Mrs. White didn’t want to follow her husband around any more at that timeand answered, “He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he mightspend more money than a small child.”

1. There were five children in the Whitefamily.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. One Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. White wanted togo to a shop with their children.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. Mr. White liked the place so much that hebought lots of sweets.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. From the story we know Mrs. White was alittle angry with Mr. White.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. Of all the family members, Mr. Whiteenjoyed playing there most that Sunday.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

73. I used to think education was the mostimportant thing in my life. Recently my attitude has begun to change, althoughI still hold that it is essential for everyone in the world today. As a topjunior student in my college, I was asked to make a speech on how to learnEnglish well. Standing in front of the audience facing so many freshmen, I wastrembling. I didn't remember any word that I had prepared. I ran out of theconference room without finishing my speech, leaving everyone puzzled. I criedthat night in my room, feeling that I was a loser. Studying takes so much of mytime that I feel unable to really develop myself. I am just storing knowledge;yet fail to communicate with others. I have received many awards in school, butthey don't necessarily reflect anything about me. I don't know how to socialize.When I leave school I fear I will be of no use to society.