北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（25）
4. It can be inferred from the passage thatbees communicate by making special movements.
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答案：A
5. The author holds that the incident describedin the passage must be checked more thoroughly.
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答案：B
85. There are different ways in which peopletry to deal with the problem of energy. One way is the greater production ofcommon energy sources, such as coal, oil and gas. The trouble with thesesources, however, is that they are not renewable（可再生的）.
Another way is energy conservation（节能）, which means using energy more efficiently.In some very cold countries, people build special houses to save energy. Theyplace materials between the inside and outside of the walls of the house tokeep the cold out and the warmth in.
Finally, renewable energy sources are usedeven though they are often expensive to develop. One form of these isgeothermal energy（地热）.In certain parts of the world, the temperature of the earth increases thirtydegrees centigrade（摄氏）with each kilometer down. At six kilometers,therefore, it rises to nearly two hundred degrees. Heat from the earth isalready used in some countries.
1. Four different ways of dealing with energyproblems are talked about in the passage.
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答案：B
2. We can learn from the passage that coal isthe most common source of energy.
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答案：B
3. Special houses are built because they cansave energy.
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答案：A
4. According to the passage, geothermalenergy is heat inside the earth.
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答案：A
5. At four km deep, the temperature of theearth rises to nearly 200°C.
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答案：B
86. One of the favorite foods in the UnitedStates is the hamburger, a kind of flat round bread with fine-cut beef inbetween. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. Atfast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes to get itover the counter, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also taketheir food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. Atsome fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick itup without leaving their cars.
There are many kinds of fast food restaurantsin the United States. Most of the restaurants sell hamburgers or other popularfoods among Americans. In addition, there are many fast food restaurants thatserve Chinese food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream. The idea of afast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found.
Fast food restaurants are popular becausethey show the American way of life. First, they are not formal restaurants.People wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, theyare fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their food orwaiting while someone else prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food isusually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally, most food in a fastfood restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people can often eat at a fastfood restaurant without spending too much money, while they may not be able togo to more expensive restaurants very often.
1. Fast food can be taken out of therestaurants.
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答案：A
2. Fast food restaurants are popular becausethey are fast.
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答案：A
3. According to the writer, American peopleare always busy.
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答案：B
4. According to the passage, the favoriterestaurants in the U.S. are the Chinese restaurants.
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答案：B
5. The best title for this passage would be'Fast Food Restaurants in the U.S'.
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答案：A
87. In 1889 all Paris admired the EiffelTower. It was the engineering wonder of the world. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel hadcompleted his masterpiece in steel.
Steel as a building material was then stillnew. The 984-foot tower was a lacy（网眼状的） network of girders（支架）. There were thousands of steel pieces. Twoand a half million rivets（铆钉） joined them.
From four corners, the legs of the towerslope inward. They rise to form a pointed top. Lifts carry visitors to threeplatforms at different heights. On a clear day, countryside sixty miles off isviewed from the top platform（平台）.
As Eiffel planned, his structure is alandmark（地标） of Paris. It is even higher today. A stationlater constructed for radio and television has added almost fifty feet to theoriginal height of the tower.
1. The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1899.
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答案：B
2. The tower named after its builder.
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答案：A
3. The tower was an engineering wonderbecause of its location.
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答案：B
4. The article describes the tower as beinglacy.
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答案：A
5. To reach the top platform, sightseers uselifts.
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答案：A
88. Ramon was very proud of his dog Blackie.Whenever he got a chance, he would ask his dog to amuse his friends with sometricks.
One day Ramon went to visit his friend Frankwho was sick at home with a bad cold. "How are you feeling?" askedRamon. "Worse than yesterday," replied Frank. "I have a terriblecough, and there's not a drop of medicine in the house."
"Cheer up, Frank. I'll send Blackie tothe local drugstore for some cough syrup (糖浆). He'll be back in a minute, before you knowit." Ramon put a five-dollar bill in Blackie's mouth and the dog ran downthe street. "And keep the change," Ramon shouted after him.
"Oh, Ramon, don't be silly. You knowthat dog won't be back with any medicine." "Oh yes, he will,"replied Ramon. Half an hour later, however, Blackie had not returned. Ramon wasfeeling embarrassed, and felt angry at his friend's little smile.
"Something has happened to him, I'msure," said Ramon. "He obeys me as a rule." Just then Frank sawBlackie at a distance. He hurried to open the door and let him in. Frank wasshocked to see a bottle of medicine in the dog's mouth.
"Good boy," said Ramon, "butwhat took you so long?" Blackie ran over to the window, barking andwagging (摆动) his tail. Ramon glanced out and saw a boneoutside.
1. Frank's cold had worsened and he had nomedicine at home.
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答案：A
