北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（41）
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答案：B
147. Peterarrived home and discovered that he had forgotten his door key. He rang thebell, but nobody came to open the door. He rang again, and waited, but stillthere was no answer. He walked around the house to see if he could find an openwindow. But they were all closed. It was beginning to rain and he did not knowwhat to do. Dorothy, his wife, had obviously gone out, and he did not knowwhere she had gone, or when she would return. He waited for half an hour. Stillnobody came. Finally feeling wet and angry, he picked up a big stone and threwit through the kitchen window and was climbing through it. When he heard thefront door open, his wife came back.
1. Peter couldnot open the door with his key one day.
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答案：B
2. It wasraining that day.
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答案：A
3. He threw abig stone through a window to get into his house.
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答案：A
4. His wife cameback when he was walking around the house.
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答案：B
5. Peter walkedaround the house to see if he could find that somebody could help him.
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答案：B
148. Mr. TomForester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home,but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he hadbought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. Whenhe looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading theirnewspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself someglasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.
The man in the shop made him try on alot of glasses, 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, but can youread at all?"
"No, of course I can't!" Tomsaid angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would havecome here to buy glasses?"
1. Mr Foresterlived ______.
A. with hisfamily in a city B.with his family in the countryside
C. alone in acity 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 oldpeople in the restaurant read their newspapers ______.
A. with glasseson B. withglasses off
C. with glassesof beer in front of them D. withglass pipes in their mouths
答案：A
4. The shop Tomwent into sold ______.
A. drinkingglasses and cups B. glassfor windows and doors
C. glasses forpeople who could not read D. glassesfor people who could not see well
答案：D
5. What kind ofmistake did Tom make?
A. He went tothe wrong kind of shop.
B. He didn't tryon all the glasses in the shop.
C. He thoughtthat a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he woreglasses.
D. He left hismoney in the restaurant.
答案：C
149. Gail andHoward liked to travel. Every holiday they went to a different place. Theywere always careful when they left the house. They locked the doors andwindows. Then Gail took the extra keys and left them with her mother.
Gail and Howard spent two weeks campingin the mountains. They had a great time, but when they came home, all theywanted to do was to sleep. They both looked for the keys everywhere, but noluck. The keys were not anywhere. They went to their mother's house, but shewasn't home.
Howard had to climb up to open a window,but he forgot that the window was locked, too. He climbed back down, broke thewindow with a stick and climbed into the house. He went to open the front doorfor Gail, only to find the police.
A frightened neighbor heard the noiseand thought there was a robbery; so she called the police. Howard was almostcaught by the police but luckily their neighbors proved that he lived in thathouse. Finally, Gail and Howard brought their luggage in, climbed into bed, andfell asleep right away.
1. After Gailand Howard returned from the trip, they were very tired.
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答案：A
2. They couldnot go into the house because they had locked the doors.
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答案：B
3. They managedto get into the house, but the window was broken.
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答案：A
4. They got intotrouble because there was a robbery.
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答案：B
5. Their parentshelped Gail and Howard a great deal.
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答案：B
150. It lookslike a mobile phone, but the service is much cheaper. It acts like a mobilephone, but only in your own city. Beyond the city walls, it is useless.
"Little Smart", also called"Xiaolingtong", has always been compared to mobile phones. Butactually it is more like one of those cordless phones（无绳电话） used around the home. The only difference is that thisone reaches much further. It can travel across an entire city.
Cheap costs are the main reason for thesuccess of Little Smart. It costs 25 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1yuan per minute to use. What's more, unlike mobile phones, there is no fee forincoming calls.
But Little Smart is not really thatsmart. Users often complain about its bad service quality. "I couldn't receivea phone call if I was on a bus," said Li, a user in Beijing. "Itworked fine when I stood still, but there were breaks in signal when I wasmoving."
Scientists are trying to make LittleSmart more user-friendly. Messaging and Internet access （接入） have been added to the service. And the latest LittleSmart handset even has color screen（彩屏）.
1. Little Smartis so popular in China because it looks like a mobile phone.
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答案：B
2. The cost ofthe service of Little Smart is about 0.1 yuan per minute to use.
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答案：A
3. Users are notsatisfied with Little Smart because the quality of its service is bad.
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答案：A
4. The word“handset” in the last paragraph means appearance.
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答案：B
5. Scientistsare trying to make Little Smart more user-friendly.
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答案：A
154. OnChristmas Eve 1971, Julia Smith was taking a flight in Peru with her mother tojoin her father, a professor, who was an expert on the jungle and plants andanimals living there. Unfortunately, the plane crashed in a storm. Thepassengers all died except Julia who only had a few cuts. She was determined tosurvive. She had no map, only a bag of sweets and her torn clothes. She found astream and followed it, trying to keep in the shade as much as possible,because she had no hat. For ten days, she walked along the river, eating fruitsfrom the trees. At night she slept near the river bank, on the ground which waswet from the rain. She often felt weak, but she refused to give up. On the 10thday, she arrived at a small hut. The three Indian hunters who visited the hutevery two weeks rescued her and took her by boat to a small village from whereshe was flown to a hospital. She was safe at last.
1. Julia wastaking a flight in Peru to be with her mother on Christmas.
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答案：B
2. Juliasurvived the accident after the plane crashed.
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答案：A
3. Julia triedto stay in the shade when she walked along the river to avoid wild animals.
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答案：B
4. The threeIndian hunters drove Julia to a hospital.
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答案：B
