北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（34）

答案：C

2. When theGovernment first ordered the people to kill rats, the people ______.

A. asked forsome money for each dead rat

B. stole deadrats from the pile

C. were too lazyto kill many rats

D. killed nearlyall the rats quickly

答案：C

3. The peoplekilled rats ______.

A. to get moneyfrom the Government

B. to help theGovernment make the city clean

C. to make theGovernment officer happy

D. to protect（保护）their cats and dogs

答案：A

4. A deep holewas dug so that ______.

A. the ratscouldn't come out to attack people at night

B. people couldtake rats from it easily

C. people wouldkill more rats

D. nobody couldtake any rats from the pile

答案：D

5. What is thebest topic for this passage?

A. How to KillRats

B. Newton一A City of Rats

C. How NewtonBecame a Very Clean Place

D. How NewtonBecame a Famous City

答案：C

115.  Mr Brown was very good at fixing things aroundthe house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some workthere, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr Brown was away, one of thefaucets（自来水龙头） on the bathtub broke. Mrs Brown didn'tknow much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber（管子工）.

The plumber came to the house thatafternoon and fixed the faucet in a few minutes. When he finished, he gave MrsBrown his bill for the work.

She looked at it for several seconds andthen said, "Your prices are very high, aren't they? Do you know, thedoctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?"

"Yes, I know," answered theplumber, "I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was luckyenough to find this job a few months ago."

1. As one of herfaucets broke, Mrs Brown asked a plumber to fix it.

A. T                           B. F

答案：A

2. It took theplumber only a few minutes to finish the work because the plumber didn't do itcarefully, but very quickly.

A. T                           B. F

答案：B

3. In fact, theplumber's prices were even higher than a doctor's.

A. T                           B. F

答案：A

4. The plumberknew that very well because he went to see a doctor a few months ago.

A. T                           B. F

答案：B

5. The plumberthought he was lucky because he could get more money than before.

A. T                           B. F

答案：A

116.  Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston,Massachusetts. His mother and father were of Puritan (清教徒的) religion. They left England and movedto the English colony of Massachusetts in order to escape persecution (迫害) for their religion. In Boston,Franklin left school when he was ten years old and worked for his father fortwo years. Then he went to work on his brother's newspaper. He became theeditor of this paper when he was sixteen. Because he wanted to be independent,he went to Philadelphia. There he bought his own newspaper. He worked hard andsaved his money. And by the age of 24 he was one of the most successful men inPhiladelphia.

In 1732 Franklin published a book POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC(历本). Most almanacs contained informationfor farmers, such as information about the days and weeks of the year and aboutthe weather. To his almanac, Franklin added wise sayings, his observationsabout life, some of these sayings are still famous today. For example,"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,"and "Waste not, want not," and "A penny saved is a pennyearned."

1. BenjaminFranklin was of English origin.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

2. His parentsmoved to Massachusetts because they wanted to make a fortune.

A. T                         B. F

答案：B

3. At the age of11, he worked for his brother.

A. T                         B. F

答案：B

4. He moved toPhiladelphia because he wanted to be dependent.

A. T                         B. F

答案：B

5. Franklin'salmanacs contained information for farmer and wise sayings.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

117.  A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped ataxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Do you see that young man at theother side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi driver. The youngman was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watchevery few seconds.

“Take me over there,” said the younglady.

There were a lot of cars and buses inthe square, so the taxi driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street?”

“Oh, no!” said the young lady. “But Ipromised that I would meet the young man for lunch at one o' clock, and it isnow a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I hadtried not to be late.”

1. The storydoesn't tell us how the young woman got to the square.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

2. The ladystopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across the street.

A. T                         B. F

答案：B

3. The young manat the other side of the square had probably been waiting for a long time.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

4. The younglady was clever at making excuse.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

5. The younglady was just pretending that she had tried.

A. T                         B. F

答案：A

118.  One day John's wife was ill. He called thedoctor and made sure they would meet at five. In the afternoon, he drove hiscar to the doctor's and got there at twenty to five. He thought, "It's alittle earlier. I'll wait for a moment. It's good to keep the time."

Then he stoppedhis car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy squarenearby. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last sunlight in theafternoon and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some womentalking to each other happily.

Suddenly heheard a girl crying. He came up to her and asked some questions. Then he knewshe got lost. John tried to find out her address and took her home. The girl'sparents were very thankful.

Then Johnhurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him, "You'relate. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? "John said nothingbut one word-"Sorry!"

1. John arrivedat the doctor's before five o'clock.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. John went tothe square to help the children.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. The girlcried because she didn't find the way home.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. At last Johngot to the doctor's at twenty past five.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. From thestory, we know John is a busy person.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

119. Ali, whowas working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife, but hecould neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only lookfor somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of aletter writer whose name was Nasreddin.