全国2005年4月高等教育自学考试

                          英语阅读(一)试题

课程代码：00595

PART ONE  (70 POINTS)

Ⅰ.TEXT COMPREHENSION

   The following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the best answer to each question and write the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.

(20 points ,1 point each)

1.“With that chain on his watch ,Jim might loot at the time in any company.”The underlined part in this sentence from Gifts of the Magi means ____.

A. in the presence of any person

B. while working in a firm

C. when interviewed by a corporation

D. doing any business

2.According to The Wife of Bath's Tale, what women want most is ____.

A. jewels and money                      B. happiness

C. fine clothes                           D. leadership in the family

3.In The Fisherman and His Wife, the Fisherman was ____ when his wife wished for one thing after another.

A. tolerant but not pleased              B. bewildered but not mad

C. anguished but not rebellious          D. furious but not daring

4.In Little Match Girl, when her little hands were almost benumbed with cold, the little match girl ____.

A. thought of the kindness of her grandmother

B. thought of the pleasant smell of the roast goose

C. went home but received a beating from her father

D. rubbed the match against the wall and warmed her hands

5.The title of the story A Day's Wait most probably means that the boy ____.

A. had been waiting all day to die

B. had waited a whole  day for his father to come back

C. had been waiting all day to recover from his illness

D. had waited a whole day before the drugs took effect

6.According to Bringing up Children,“upbringing” and “education” are ____.

A. merely two different terms for the same process

B. the same term for the different processes

C. two utterly different but closely related processes because children are involved in different environments

D. interdependent because both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities provided for children's development

7.The National Gallery in London overlooks ____.

A. Parliament                         

B. Trafalgar Square

C. the National Gallery of British Art

D. the National Portrait Gallery

8.According to How to Live like a Millionaire, most millionaires measure success by ____.

A. income                                B. consumption

C. investment                             D.net worth

9.Based on the passage United Nations, which of the following statements is NOT true?____.

A. The U.N. has the right to intervene in the member states' internal affairs.

B. All the member states, big or small, have the same rights and obligations.

C. The day that United Nations came into existence is United Nations Day.

D. Armed forces should not be used except in protecting the common interest.

10.According to Universities and Polytechnics, London University is similar to Oxford and Cambridge in that ____.

A. they all consist of many constituent colleges

B. they were all founded in the 13th century

C. students all live outside the campus

D. they set up a different pattern of university life

11.“Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, will sink into a Dark Age.”This quotation comes from the famous speech of ____ during the Second World War.

A. Queen Victoria                        B. George V.

C. Lloyd George                         D. Winston Churchill

12.The information from What Body Language Can Tell You That Words Cannot best supports which of the following statements?

A. It is never too late to learn something new.

B. Action speaks louder than words.

C. Wisdom is born of experience.

D. It is easier to preach than to practice.

13.Through the examples given in Nonverbal Communication, the writer tries to tell us that ____.

A. the nonverbal behavior of animals is instinctive, but it is not the case with humans

B. animals have more elaborate nonverbal behavior than humans

C. nonverbal communication exists in both humans and animals naturally

D. humans might imitate each other's nonverbal behavior whereas animals' are entirely inborn

14.The story The Girls in Their Summer Dresses deals with the subject of ____.

A. the individual's lifestyle and outlook

B. a person's imagination

C. the fashion of a certain period

D. the tradition of a society

15.In The Constitution of the United States, ____is considered a great turning point in American history.

A. the revolt against British rule

B. the Constitutional Convention

C. the establishment of legislature in each colony

D. the aid of France through independence

16.In Lady in the Dark, which of the following words best describes Mrs. Courtenay's behavior in the face of danger?

A. Irritable.                            B. Scared.

C. Calm.                              D. Watchful.

17.According to Helen Keller in Three Days to See, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Darkness would make people more appreciative of sight.

B. Silence would teach people the joys of sound.

C. It would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.

D. Court records reveal every day how accurately “eyewitnesses”see.

18.At the end of the story by Jerome K. Jerome, getting up too early had been a ____to George.

A. routine                               B. necessity

C. warning                              D. pleasure

19.According to some official records, the earliest Olympic Games took place ____.

A. in the seventh century A.D.&