北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（22）
college, but I will not allow it to shelterme from the real world.
1. From this passage, we know that the authorcomes to learn it is most important to make a public speech.
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答案：B
2. The author didn't finish her speech on howto learn English well because she was very nervous.
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答案：A
3. The author thinks the awards she hasreceived show that she is a top student.
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答案：B
4. The author fears that she will be uselessto society, because she does not know how to communicate with others.
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答案：A
5. The author says that she wants to get someshelter from the real world.
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答案：B
74. When John and Victoria Falls arrived inNew York from London for a one-year stay, they did not bring very many thingswith them. They had neither planned to buy a house of their own nor planned tobuy lots of furniture. They were going to rent a house either with furniture orthey would buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new way that moreand more people were using in settling down in new places. The renting of homefurnishings-beds, tables, dishes, and so on, has become one of the fastestgrowing businesses in the United States.
What kinds of people rent their homefurnishings instead of buying them? Many kinds of people do: internationalbusiness people, government officials, airline (航空公司) workers, young married couples - peoplewhose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city (orcountry) to another. They are saved the trouble and cost of moving theirfurniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their newhomes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture thatthey won’t like any more within a short time. They prefer to wait until theyhave enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find thatthey can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
One family, who now have a large, beautifulhome of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided tokeep renting it instead of buying new things. But they don't like to tellpeople about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, andthey are not sure what their neighbors might think.
1. The text is mainly about why some peoplerent their furniture.
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答案：A
2. According to the text, home furnishingsmay include beds, tables, dishes and so on.
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答案：A
3. People who have to move frequently renthome furnishings.
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答案：A
4. One reason that people rent home furnishingsis that they like new furniture.
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答案：B
5. To the family who have a large, beautifulhome of their own, renting furniture is not a wise thing to do.
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答案：B
75. How to apply for a free mailbox?
First you have to connect to the Internet andgo to the home pages of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find anicon(图标)showing "apply for a free mailbox". Click the icon, an agreementabout the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go on,click the icon "I agree". Then you have to fill in a form about yourbasic personal data, and the name and pin of the mailbox. The pin is thekey to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this:your name@ mail server (For example: tvguide@ mail.cctv.com.cn,"tvguide" is the name of the mailbox, and"mail.cctv.com.cn" is the name of the mail server). The mailbox isseparated into two parts by a separator "@", which is read as"at". The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is thedomain name（域名）ofthe mail server（电子邮件服务器）. All mail to you will be received by theserver and put into your mailbox. You can read this mail on any computer in theworld, as long as you have the name and pin of the mailbox.
1. If you want to send or receive an e-mailyou should first go to the post office.
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答案：B
2. When you get a FREE mailbox, youcan send an e-mail without paying any money.
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答案：A
3. Here is an e-mail address "johnbrown@ mail.hz.zj.cn." The mailbox'sname is mail.hz.zj.cn.
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答案：B
4. The writer mainly wants to tell us how toapply for a free e-mail box in this passage.
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答案：A
5. The underlined word "pin" meansneedle in this passage.
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答案：B
76. Mark Twain was a famous writer. He wrotemany famous stories which are still popular in many countries today. Mark Twainwas also famous in his day as a public speaker. In his public speeches Twainliked to tell stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and to playjokes on his friends. One day, one friend, John, lost his wallet and asked MarkTwain to pay his train fare for him.
"But I don't have enough money to payboth your fare and my fare," Mark Twain said.
John didn't know what to do. He was worried.
"We can do this," said MarkTwain."We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to take thetickets, you can hide under my seat."
Later, however, on the train, when theconductor came, Mark Twain gave him two tickets - one for himself and one forJohn. Then in a loud voice, Mark Twain explained:
"My friend here is a strange man. Whenhe travels on a train, he prefers to lie on the floor under the seat. Hedoesn't like to sit on the seat."
Of course, everyone in the train then lookedat the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him.
1. The passage states that Mark Twain isfamous not only for his writing but also for his public speeches.
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答案：A
2. According to the passage, Mark Twaindidn't buy train tickets for his friends.
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答案：B
3. Mark Twain didn't have enough money to buya ticket for John.
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答案：B
4. Mark Twain gave the conductor some moneyin order to help John.
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答案：B
5. John lied on the floor under the seatbecause Mark Twain played a joke on him.
A. T B. F
