北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（28）
began at the tail. Now it is the Western ruleto begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck methat it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at thehead or the tail or the belly or the foot of the horse, if he really knows hisbusiness. And most great artists who really know their business do not followother people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his workin a way peculiar to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds itmore easy to work in that way.
Now the very same thing is true toliterature. And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means thatyou want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhereelse. That is, you are not yet experienced enough to trust to your own powers.When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I thinkthat you will often begin at the tail --- that is to say, you will write theend of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.
1. One of the writer's friends drew thehorses in the way of his own rule.
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答案：A
2. The writer was surprised because theartist did not follow other people's rule.
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答案：A
3. You are not yet experienced because youdon't know where to begin.
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答案：B
4. When you become more experienced you willnever ask questions.
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答案：B
5. The topic of the passage is Trust Your OwnPowers.
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答案：A
97. RobertBruce was a famous Scottish（苏格兰）general. In the early 14th century he triedto drive the English out of Scotland, but he was not successful because theEnglish were too strong. Finally, Bruce had to run away and hide in a cave.
One day, he lay in his cave thinking of thesad state of Scotland. A spider began to make a web above his head. Simply topass the time, Bruce broke the web. Immediately the spider began to make a newone. Six times Bruce broke the web and six times the spider immediately made anew one. Bruce was surprised at this. He told himself that he would break theweb a 7th time. If the spider made a new one, it would be a good lesson to him,for like the spider, he had been defeated six times. Bruce then broke the web.Again the spider made a new one.
From this simple fact, Bruce becameencouraged. He again got an army together. This time he was successful anddrove the English out of Scotland.
1. Robert Bruce was a Scottish general.
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答案：A
2. Bruce hid in a cave because he was lookingfor spiders.
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答案：B
3. In the beginning he broke the spider webjust because he wanted to pass the time.
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答案：A
4. He broke the web six times altogether.
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答案：B
5. The way the spider kept making its webencouraged Bruce to continue his effort to fight against the English.
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答案：A
98. Themarket is a concept. If you are growing potatoes for sale you are producing forthe market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the manager of thelocal supermarket. In either case, you are producing for the market. Yourefforts are being directed by the market. If people stop buying potatoes, youwill stop producing them.
If your sister looks after a sick person tomake money, she is also producing for the market. If your brother is asteelworker or a bus driver or a doctor, he is producing goods or services forthe market.
When you spend your income, you are buyingthings from the market. You may spend money in stores, gas station andrestaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hiresyou to drive the delivery lorry, he is buying your labor in the labor market.
The market may seem to be something abstract（抽象的）. But for each person or business who ismaking or selling something, it's very real. If nobody buys yourpotatoes, it won't be long before you get the message. The market is tellingyou something. It's telling you that you are wasting energies and resources indoing something that market doesn't want you to do.
1. If your sister looks after a sick personto make money, she is working in a hospital.
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答案：A
2. You are buying from the market when you dosome window-shopping.
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答案：B
3. The word ''real'' in the second sentenceof the last paragraph most probably means ''important''.
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答案：B
4. You will probably get the message abouthow to grow your potatoes when nobody buys your potatoes.
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答案：B
5. The best title for the passage would be"What Is the Market".
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答案：A
99. Once upon a time, there lived a rich man.He had a servant. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Eachtime the rich man left his home the servant would drink the wine and eat up allthe nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he hadnever caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said tothe servant, "Here are two bottles of poison and some nice food in thehouse. You must take care of them." With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had saidwas untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal.Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the richman came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. Hewoke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cathad eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poisonto kill himself.
1. In the story, only the rich man liked wineand good food very much.
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答案：B
2. The rich man knew that it was the cat thatdrank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
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答案：B
3. The rich told the servant that there waspoison in the two bottles, because he wanted to kill the cat.
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答案：B
4. In fact, the servant ate all the nice foodand drank the wine.
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答案：A
5. From the story, we know that the servantis very clever.
A. T B. F
