北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（37）

colours. All herpictures were different from others.

At the age of 8,one of her monkey paintings was made into a Chinese stamp. Later, she startedto draw pictures of country scenery and people. And when she was just 14, shebecame the youngest person to have personal shows in Washington D. C. and many othercities around the world.

1. Wang Yani' spictures were first shown in Gongcheng.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

2. She wasespecially good at drawing monkeys and cats before she was eight.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

3. Her fathertook her to zoos and parks because he wanted the girl to get ideas for herwork.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. Yani had herpersonal shows in Washington D. C. at the age of 14.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. Yani's father often gave her artlessons.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

129. We say thata person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpfulto others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a personwith bad manners. “Yes”, you may say, “ but what are good manners? How do Iknow what to do and what not to do?”

People all over the world agree thatbeing well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially tothose older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not govery far wrong.

Here are some examples of the thingsthat a well-mannered person does or does not do.

He never laughs at people when they arein trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel,either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a postoffice, he takes his turn. He does not push to the front of the queue. In thebus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, “excuse me” or “I'm sorry”.

He says “please” when making a request,and “thank you” when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to alady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person isseated. He does not interrupt other people when they are talking. He does nottalk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. Wheneating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchiefwhen he sneezes or coughs.

1. Being kind toourselves is considered as being well-mannered.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

2. If you try tobe kind and helpful to others, you will be considered very polite.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

3. When waitingfor a bus, a well-mannered person should stand where he is and wait for histurn.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. According tothis passage, a polite person will not speak without his mouth full of foodwhen eating.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

5. The word"accidentally" (Line 5, Para. 4) means by accident.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

130. A friend ofmine was fond of drawing horses. He drew horses very well, but he always beganat the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse. Thatis why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make anydifference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly orthe foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artistswho really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They maketheir own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way strange to himself;and the peculiarity means only that he finds it easier to work in that way.

Now the very same thing is true ofliterature. And the question, “How shall I begin?” only means that you want tobegin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is,you are not yet experienced enough to trust your own powers. When you becomemore experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you willoften begin at the tail-that is to say, you will write the end of the storybefore you have even thought of the beginning.

1. A friend ofthe writer's drew horses in the way of his own rule.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. The writerwas surprised because the artist followed other people's rule.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

3. You are notyet experienced because you do not trust your own powers.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

4. When youbecome more experienced you will write the end of the story.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

5. The passageis about how to make your own rules.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

131. In November1902, President Theodore Roosevelt and some of his friends went on a huntingtrip to Mississippi. After hours of searching, Roosevelt and his group had notcome across any wild animals. Finally, the group did track down and surroundeda helpless bear. One of the guides asked the president to shoot the bear so hecould win a hunting trophy (奖励). The president raised his riffle firstand then put down his gun, letting the poor bear go. News reporters throughoutthe country reported the story, spreading Roosevelt's kind act.

Not long after this report, a famouscartoonist named Clifford Benyman drew a cartoon based on Roosevelt's rescue ofthe bear. When a store owner in Brooklyn saw the cartoon, he decided to maketoy bears to sell in his shop. He asked the president Roosevelt for permissionto use the name. "Teddy's Bear" for his toys, as a reminder of thebear Roosevelt had set free.

Nowadays, everyone knows these toys asTeddy Bears, but few people know that they were named after President Theodore"Teddy" Roosevelt.

1. Roosevelt andhis friends went to Mississippi for hunting in November 1902.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. The reasonthat one guide asked Roosevelt to shoot the bear was the president could getthe hunting prize.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

3. The newsreporters reported the story about Roosevelt for their own popularity.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

4. Everyone knewhow the toy was named Teddy's Bear.

A. T                 B. F

答案：B

5. According tothe whole passage, the toy Teddy's Bear was named after President Roosevelt.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

132. In 1896,the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. Since then manycountries have successfully held the Olympics, such as England, France,Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. After more than a century theGames returns to its hometown this year.

When people hold the Olympic Games, theyalways make an emblem (会徽). The emblem ofthe Athens Olympic Games this time is a white circle of oliver branches in thesky.

Now Athens is developing a spirit ofpeace. An officer said, “While in Athens, the world should be at peace. We hopethe peace is not just for a short time. We would like the message from theAthens Games to help countries come together and solve their problems.”

Four years later, the Olympic Games willbe held in China. And China has already made a seal as the emblem of theBeijing 2008 Olympic Games. The emblem has a single Chinese character on a redseal and means “Chinese seal-dancing Beijing ”. Below it, there are the words“Beijing 2008”. The character in the emblem is “Jing”. It means “capital” ofChina and it is also like a runner or a dancer. The running figure of theemblem shows the spirit of the Olympics ---faster, higher and stronger.

1. The firstmodern Olympics was held in Greece.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

2. People alwaysmake an emblem when they hold the Olympic Games.

A. T                 B. F

答案：A

3. The AthensOlympic Games wants to give the message of peace.

A. T                 B. F