北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（36）

minutes. Thensome of the passengers got off. Paul sat down next to a fat lady. She hadseveral shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat. Atlast the bus got to the town. All the passengers started to get off. Paul wasvery polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him. She said,"Thank you." Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags.But she couldn't move. She was stuck!

Paul had to push the lady. The conductorpulled her. Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased.

"I'll write to the buscompany," she said. "I'll tell them not to make buses with such smallseats."

1. The ladycouldn't get out of the seat, because the bus was very crowded.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

2. Paul got aseat on the bus just before he wanted to get off.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. Paul was verypolite and he stood up to let the lady get off before him.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. ... and Paul didn'thave much room on the seat. The word "room" here means part of ahouse.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

5. She wasstuck! In the story it means she wasn't able to move or to get out.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

125. Lily wassitting in her living-room. She was looking out of the window. There was a manin the street. He had a black hat and a black jacket. He walked to the housewith the glass door. He knocked at the door. And the door wasn't open. Then hewalked away from the house.

"Who is that? And what is hedoing?" Lily said to herself.

The man walked to the house again. Hehad a ladder. He went up the ladder. The bedroom window was open. The man wentto it.

"He must be a thief!" Lilythought and telephoned the police.

Lily looked out of the window again. Theladder was there, but the man wasn't there. He was in the house. Lily went tothe house and knocked on the glass door. But the man was in the bedroom. He wasnot coming to the door. Lily went up the ladder. She went to the bedroomwindow. The man was there.

"Who are you? What are you doing onmy ladder?" the man said.

"What are you doing in thishouse?''

"It's my house, but my wife has thekey."

Just then, the police car came."Why are you standing on that ladder? Is that your house?'' a policemanasked.

"No," answered Lily.

"Ah! You are the thief."

1. One day whenLily was in her living-room, she saw a man in black walk to a house with aglass door.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. The man had aladder when he walked to the house again because he was a policeman.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. The man wentinto the house through the bedroom window.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. Lily thoughthe was a thief and telephoned to the police.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. At last, thepoliceman thought there was no thief.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

126. Acharacteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is torespect the self-made man - the man who has risen to the top through his ownefforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader inbusiness or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social positionand commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or eventhe skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his fatherstarted life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of Americanlife. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but evenluxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is everyevidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel,expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostessprobably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will washdishes afterward; furthermore,  thedinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled fromcontents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. Onthe contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of specialdishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in hisflowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, justas he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may waiton table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may workwith a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.

1. From Para. 1,we know that in America _________.

A. people tendto have a high opinion of the self-made man

B. people canalways rise to the top through their won efforts

C. collegeprofessors win great respect from common workers

D. people feelpainful to mention their fathers as labors

答案：A

2. According tothe passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

A. servants inAmerica are hard to get.

B. she takespride in what she can do herself

C. she canhardly afford servants

D. it is easy toprepare a meal with canned food

答案：B

3. Theunderlined expression “wait on table” in Para. 2 means “_________”.

A. work in afurniture shop                   B. keepaccounts for a bar

C. wait to laythe table                      D. servecustomers in a restaurant

答案：D

4. The author’sattitude towards manual labor is _______.

A. positive          B. negative         C. humorous         D. critical

答案：A

5. Which of thefollowing could be the best title of the passage?

A. A RespectableSelf-made Family       B. AmericanAttitude toward Manual Labor

C.Characteristics of American Culture     D. The Development of Manual Labor

答案：B

127. MadisonAvenue in New York is a well-known place in the U.S. It is the place where manyadvertising companies have their offices. And advertising is one of the biggestbusinesses in America.

The same kinds of things are producedand sold by many different companies in the U.S. Many different companies sellcars; many others sell oil. Many different companies sell clothes, tires, andso on. Each company wants the public to buy its products. By advertising thesecompanies make the public interested in what they want to sell.

Each company pays advertisers to tellthe public about its products. Suppose a company has a new breakfast cereal (谷类食物) that it wants to sell. In anadvertising office on Madison Avenue plans are made for telling the publicabout this product. The advertising company takes beautiful pictures of peopleeating the cereal. These pictures appear in newspapers or magazines, and alsoon TV.

Here is an example of a TV advertisementtelling the public about a new breakfast cereal.

It shows a well-known basketball playereating a big bowl of WAKE-UPS. We know it is WAKE-UPS because the box is besidehim on the table.

Basketball Player: I always start my daywith WAKE-UPS, the cereal made especially for people like me. I have to havegood health. WAKE-UPS can make me strong. If you want to be strong and havegood health, eat WAKE-UPS every morning!

1. MadisonAvenue is well-known because there are many advertising companies there.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. In order topersuade the public to buy its products, a company should start an office inMadison Avenue.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. If a companywants to sell a new breakfast cereal, it will have to pay an advertiser to makeadvertising plans.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. WAKE-UPS isthe name of an advertising company.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

5. The besttitle for this text is the Big Business of Advertising.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

128. Wang Yani was born in 1975 inGongcheng, China. Even when she was a baby, she loved to draw lines everywhere.Seeing this, her father decided to help her. He gave her paint, brushes andpaper. She practised hard and improved very quickly. Soon her lines becameflowers, trees and animals. Some of her pictures were shown in an artexhibition in Shanghai at the age of 4.