北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（32）
makers who knew how to use the crude compassof the day and could improve it.
Henry's goal was to design and equip vesselsthat would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to keep closeto the shore. The caravel, which he helped design, carried more sails and waslonger and slimmer than any ship then made, yet was tough enough to stand upagainst gales at sea. He also developed the carrack, which was slower ship, butone that was capable of carrying more cargo.
The world owes credit to Prince Henry for thedevelopment of craft that made oceanic exploration possible. He lives inhistory as Henry－theNavigator.
1. Henry the Navigator was a member of theroyal family of England.
A. T B. F
答案：B
2. Prince Henry started his school for thepurpose of studying astronomy and mathematics.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. All teachers in Prince Henry's school seemto have been shipbuilders.
A. T B. F
答案：B
4. Prince Henry's goal was to design vesselsthat could make long voyages.
A. T B. F
答案：A
5. The possible title for this passage is TheFirst School for Sailors.
A. T B. F
答案：B
109. Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a longway from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town tobuy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into arestaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he sawseveral old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so afterlunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walkedalong the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop made him try on a lot ofglasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."
The man became more and more puzzled（迷惑不解）, until finally he said, "Excuse me, butcan you read at all?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tom saidangrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have comehere to buy glasses?"
1. Mr Forester lived ______.
A. withhis family in a city B. withhis family in the countryside
C. alonein a city D. alonein the countryside
答案：D
2. Tom ______ went into town.
A. often B. always C. almost never D.everyday
答案：C
3. The old people in the restaurant readtheir newspapers ______.
A. withglasses on
B. withglasses off
C. withglasses of beer in front of them
D. withglass pipes in their mouths
答案：A
4. The shop Tom went into sold ______.
A. drinkingglasses and cups B. glassfor windows and doors
C. glassesfor people who could not read D. glassesfor people who could not see well
答案：D
5. What kind of mistake did Tom make?
A. Hewent to the wrong kind of shop.
B. Hedidn't try on all the glasses in the shop.
C. Hethought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if hewore glasses.
D. Heleft his money in the restaurant.
答案：C
109. These days, children often think ofsuperheroes(超级英雄) as cute(帅气的), cool and strong supermen. A poor, shortand thin boy wearing glasses may not interest the kids today. Yet in less than4 years, Harry Potter has taken the world by the storm. J. K. Rowling, thewriter of Harry Potter, was a British single mother out of work and living onmoney given to her by the government. One day, when she was on a long traintrip, she had the idea for this book. She wrote the first book of the seven inthe cafe with her baby daughter sleeping beside her. Last year, the fanswelcomed the birth of the fourth by lining outside the bookstores. Today thesebooks are still popular among people. Harry Potter is something more thanfantasy (幻想). Rowling tries to tell the readers howthings are not always what they seem to be. However, millions of the fans don'tcare about such a lesson. They would like to spend many sleepless nightswaiting in line for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh to come. For them,surprising stories of the little boy are what they want.
1. J.K. Rowling was very poor and didn't getwork for herself when she wrote the first book.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. When Rowling thought of the idea ofwriting her book, she was on her way to find work.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. Four books of the seven have come outaccording to this passage.
A. T B. F
答案：A
4. Rowling wants to show to her readers, howthings are not always what they seem to be.
A. T B. F
答案：A
5. Rowling wrote the first book with herdaughter's help.
A. T B. F
答案：B
110. What makes a person a scientist? Does he haveways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answeris “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools thatmakes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a poweris important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how toinvestigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. Thescientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has areasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed byother persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions intoa large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact.There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be asnearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditionsat one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If theconditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstrationmust be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason thatinvestigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed theTheory of Relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracyof his mathematics was later tested through investigations, and Einstein’sideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements.Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may testhis investigations.
1. What makes ascientist according to the passage? ________
A. The tools heuses. B. The way he useshis tools.
C. His ways oflearning. D. The varioustools he uses.
答案：B
2. Theunderlined part in the passage shows_______.
A. theimportance of information
B. theimportance of thinking
C. thedifference between scientists and ordinary people
D. thedifference between carpenters and people with other jobs
答案：C
3. A soundscientific theory should be one that _________.
A. works notonly under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the sameconditions at other times
B. does notallow any changes even under different conditions
C. can be usedfor many purposes
D. leaves noroom for improvement
