北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（26）
2. Ramon called for a doctor.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. Ramon felt embarrassed when Blackie waslate.
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答案：A
4. Blackie barked at the bone outside thewindow because he wanted to have it.
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答案：B
5. The story mainly implies dogs are afterall dogs, however clever they are.
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答案：A
89. Foulsham House is a fine, large house ofthe l790s. It stands by the River Byre, in twenty-five hectares (公顷)of the best farmland in the southwest.
The house was built by Smithson, and thestory goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with thebeautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulsham's wild woods (野外)parties. Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House,and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room.
The house has eight bedrooms, three bathrooms,two living-rooms, and a dining-room with a real Adam fire-place. Its libraryhas a good view over the park and the river. All rooms are light and airy, withgood, high windows, and wood floors.
At the back of the house there is room forfour cars. The third Foulsham once kept horses there. In many other ways, thishouse of the l790s meets the needs of the 1990s.
If you wish to know more about Foulsham House,write to:
Harvey. Platt, Longford & Sons 6, CastleGreen, Gilham, Byreside.
1. Foulsham House is a house with a historyof more than two hundred years.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. We learn from the reading that Smithsonbuilt the house for wild woods parties.
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答案：B
3. The sentence "Its library has a goodview over the park and the river" means " The park and the river canbe seen clearly from the library ".
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答案：A
4. The third Foulsham often rode his horsesat the back of the house.
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答案：B
5. We can infer (推断)that Harvey wants to sell the house.
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答案：A
90. 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 edge ofthe 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. paintthe wall of the king's palace in England
B. paintsome pictures on the wall of the palace
C. builda big platform in front of the palace
D. putup some new pictures on the old wall
答案：B
3. It took them ______ to finish thepictures.
A. amonth B. a week C. twelve months D. half a month
答案：C
4. James Thornhill felt that the ______ hewas from the pictures, the ______ they were.
A. nearer…morebeautiful
B. farther…moreugly
C. farther…morebeautiful
D. higherabove…more good-looking
答案：C
5. The worker threw some paint at thepictures in order to ______.
A. saveJames' life B. destroythe picture
C. makethe picture more beautiful D. makethe king angry
答案：A
91. Ours is a big world, complex and full ofmany diverse people. People with many varying points of view are constantlyrunning up against others who have differing opinions. Those of us who smokeare just one group of many. Recently, the activism of non-smokers has remindedus of the need to be considerate of others when we smoke in public.
But, please! Enough is enough! We should liketo remind non-smokers that courtesy is a two-way street. If you politelyrequest that someone not smoke you are more likely to receive a cooperativeresponse than if you scowl（皱眉）fiercely and hurl insults. If you speakdirectly to someone, you are more likely to get what you want than if youcomplain to the management.
Many of us have been smoking for so long thatwe sometimes forget that others are not used to the aroma of burning tobacco.We' re human, and like everyone else we occasionally offend unknowingly. Butmost of us are open to friendly suggestions and comments, and quite willing tomodify our behaviour to accommodate others.
Smokers are people, too. We laugh and cry. Wehave hopes, dreams, aspirations. We have children, and mothers, and pets. Weeat our hamburgers with everything on them and salute the flag at Fourth ofJuly picnics. We hope you'll remember that the next time a smoker lights up inpublic.
1. The purpose of the first paragraph is toreveal the author's reason for writing this essay.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. The second sentence in the secondparagraph implies that we have different ways of doing things.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. If you don't like to have someone smokingbeside you, tell him politely that you are not used to smoke.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. Some smokers smoke in public because thereis no law against it.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. The author tries to persuade the readerthrough appealing to people's emotions.
A. T B. F
答案：A
