21春西南大学[0051]《英语阅读一》作业辅导资料.docx

1、西南大学培训与继续教育学院 课程代码：0051学年学季：20211 单项选择题单项选择题 1 1、WhenWhen I I firstfirst sawsaw her,her, sheshe waswas walkingwalking acrossacross thethe schoolschool gate.gate. I I stoodstood motionlessmotionless asas ififstunnedstunned, , followingfollowing herher withwith mymy eyes.eyes. 1.F. confused 2.stupid 3

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8、.friendly and easy to talk to 4.able to be reached with ease by a particular route 阅读理解题阅读理解题(单选）单选） 1010、TheThe childrenchildren bornborn duringduring thatthat boomboom areare calledcalled thethe babybaby boomboom generationgeneration , , whichwhich isis byby farfar thethe greatestgreatest generati

9、ongeneration inin AmericanAmerican history,history, nearlynearly oneone thirdthird ofof thethe totaltotal U.U. S.S. populationpopulation today.today. ByBy thethe sheersheer forceforce ofof theirtheir numbersnumbers theythey havehave demandeddemanded a a responseresponse fromfrom thethe nationnation

10、atat everyevery staystay ofof theirtheir life.life. WhenWhen theythey werewere childrenchildren inin thethe 19501950s,s, thethe U.S.U.S. becamebecame childchild oriented.oriented. NewNew elementaryelementary schoolsschools werewere builtbuilt inin thethe 19501950s s toto educateeducate them.them. th

11、ethe newnew highhigh schoolsschools inin thethe 19601960s s andand newnew collegescolleges inin thethe 19601960s s andand 19701970s,s, today,today, inin 1982,1982, thethe baby-boombaby-boom generationgeneration isis betweenbetween thethe agesages ofof 2020 andand 3535 yearsyears old.old. InIn thethe

12、 lastlast decade,decade, duringduring thethe 19701970s s wewe hadhad a a largerlarger increaseincrease ofof labourlabour forceforce thanthan wewe hadhad duringduring thethe precedingpreceding 3030 years.years. Productivity,Productivity, however,however, waswas quitequite low.low. ItIt waswas because

13、because wewe hadhad soso manymany youngyoung andand inexperiencedinexperienced workersworkers comingcoming intointo thethe labourlabour force.force. ThisThis generationgeneration thatthat waswas twicetwice asas likelylikely asas theirtheir parentsparents generationgeneration toto gogo toto collegeco

14、llege discovereddiscovered afterafter graduationgraduation thatthat theythey werewere twicetwice asas likelylikely asas theirtheir parentsparents generationgeneration toto havehave troubletrouble findingfinding a a job.job. 1 1、 ProductivityProductivity waswas quitequite lowlow becausebecause _._. 1

15、. many young workers are short of experience 2. the baby-boom generation is between the ages of 20 and 35 years old. 3. they are new college students 4. they have trouble finding a job 2 2、 WeWe cancan concludeconclude thatthat duringduring thethe latelate 19801980s s _._. 1. there should be in an i

16、ncrease in productivity since the country will have more experienced work force 2. there will be a greater demand for teachers 3. more colleges will be built 4. the baby boom generation will get used to limiting their expectations 3 3、 WhatWhat cancan bebe saidsaid aboutabout thethe babybaby boomboo

17、m generation?generation? 1. The baby boom generation is good-for-nothing. 2. Unemployment is on the rise 3. The country gets rid of them. 4. The baby boom generation is a burden to the country. 4 4、 AccordingAccording toto thethe passage,passage, whichwhich isis truetrue ofof thethe babybaby boomboo

18、m generation?generation? 1. They asked to be taken care of by the old. 2. The mere mention of their numbers will cause the government headaches. 3. This generation is entitled（有资格）to attention from the country by virtue of their number. 4. They claim to be the younger generation in American history.

19、 5 5、 TheThe largestlargest generationgeneration inin AmericanAmerican historyhistory waswas mainlymainly bornborn duringduring _._. 1. the 1950s 2.the late 1960s 3. the 1940s 4. the 1960s 1111、WhenWhen childrenchildren learnlearn a a language,language, theythey learnlearn thethe grammargrammar asas

20、 wellwell asas thethe wordswords oror vocabulary.vocabulary. NoNo oneone teachesteaches them;them; childrenchildren justjust “pickpick themthem upup”. . BeforeBefore babiesbabies beginbegin toto produceproduce words,words, theythey produceproduce sounds.sounds. SomeSome ofof thesethese soundssounds

21、willwill remainremain ifif theythey occuroccur inin thethe languagelanguage beingbeing acquired,acquired, andand othersothers willwill disappear.disappear. ThisThis isis calledcalled thethe “babblingbabbling（牙牙学语）（牙牙学语）stagestage”. . A A childchild doesdoes notnot learnlearn thethe languagelanguage

22、“allall atat onceonce”. . TheThe childchilds s firstfirst utterancesutterances （言语）（言语）areare one-wordone-word sentences.sentences. AfterAfter a a fewfew months,months, thethe two-wordtwo-word stagestage arises.arises. DuringDuring thisthis stagestage，thethe childchild putsputs twotwo wordswords tog

23、ether.together. TheseThese two-wordtwo-word sentencessentences havehave definitedefinite patternspatterns andand expressexpress grammaticalgrammatical andand meaningfulmeaningful relationships.relationships. StillStill later,later, inin thethe telegraphictelegraphic stage,stage, thethe childchild wi

24、llwill produceproduce longerlonger sentences.sentences. TheseThese longerlonger sentencessentences areare mainlymainly mademade upup ofof contentcontent words.words. TheThe childchilds s earlyearly grammargrammar lackslacks manymany ofof thethe rulesrules ofof thethe adultadult grammar,grammar, butb

25、ut eventuallyeventually itit willwill becomebecome mature.mature. AllAll normalnormal childrenchildren everywhereeverywhere learnlearn language.language. ThisThis abilityability isis notnot dependentdependent onon racerace（种族）（种族）, , socialsocial class,class, geography,geography, oror eveneven intel

26、ligence.intelligence. ThisThis abilityability isis uniquelyuniquely human.human. 1 1、 TheThe two-wordtwo-word sentencessentences producedproduced byby babiesbabies _._. 1. are strictly grammatical 2. are more difficult than those produced in the telegraphic stage 3. are simpler than those produced i

27、n the “babbling stage” 4. are meaningful and have function 2 2、 DuringDuring thethe “babblingbabbling stagestage”，babiesbabies_ . . 1. can understand peoples talk 2. begin to produce two-word sentences 3. can only produce sounds 4. learn to walk steadily 3 3、 ThisThis passagepassage isis mainlymainl

28、y aboutabout _._. 1. ways of teaching babies to talk 2. the importance of learning foreign languages 3. the difference between a childs language and an adults 4. childrens learning of the mother language 4 4、 TheThe phrasephrase “pickpick themthem upup” (Paragraph(Paragraph 1 1）meansmeans “_. . ” 1.

29、 study very hard and remember them 2. raise them from the ground 3. learn them without much effort 4. use hands to help carry them 5 5、 AnyAny childchild cancan learnlearn languagelanguage asas longlong asas hehe is_.is_. 1. clever enough 2. unique 3. well-educated 4. physically normal 1212、SleepSle

30、ep isis generallygenerally divideddivided intointo fivefive stages.stages. InIn thethe firstfirst stages,stages, a a personperson sinkssinks intointo a a lightlight sleep;sleep; musclesmuscles relax,relax, breathingbreathing andand pulsepulse areare slowslow down.down. InIn thethe thirdthird andand

31、fourthfourth stagesstages ofof deepdeep sleep,sleep, a a sleepersleeper cancan onlyonly bebe awakenedawakened byby a a loudloud andand unusualunusual noise;noise; thethe heartheart beatsbeats slowlyslowly andand bloodblood pressurepressure drops.drops. ItIt isis inin thethe fifthfifth stagestage tha

32、tthat thethe bodybody regeneratesregenerates andand a a personperson dreams.dreams. DreamsDreams areare anan importantimportant partpart ofof healthyhealthy sleep.sleep. TheyThey helphelp thethe brainbrain adaptadapt andand respondrespond toto lifelife experience.experience. TheThe brainbrain isis a

33、lmostalmost asas activeactive atat thisthis timetime asas whenwhen a a personperson isis awake.awake. TheThe secretssecrets ofof a a goodgood nightnights s sleepsleep areare a a goodgood mattressmattress andand reasonablereasonable eatingeating habits.habits. A A heavyheavy mealmeal andand tootoo mu

34、chmuch winewine willwill destroydestroy a a goodgood nightnights s sleep.sleep. WhenWhen buyingbuying a a mattress,mattress, youyou shouldshould testtest itit toto makemake suresure thatthat whenwhen lyinglying onon itit youyou ateate comfortablecomfortable andand youryour bodybody sinkssinks intoin

35、to a a sideside positionposition easily.easily. TheThe mattressmattress shouldshould bebe ofof thethe rightright sizesize 2020 toto 3030 centimeterscentimeters longerlonger thanthan thethe sleepersleepers s stretched-outstretched-out bodybody andand atat leastleast 9595 centimeterscentimeters wide.w

36、ide. A A comfortablecomfortable bedbed andand a a slightlyslightly darkeneddarkened bedroombedroom areare importantimportant toto a a goodgood sleep,sleep, too.too.ItIt isis truetrue thatthat a a goodgood nightnights s sleepsleep mustmust bebe long,long, deepdeep andand withwith nono disturbance,dis

37、turbance, soso thatthat bothboth thethe brainbrain andand thethe bodybody willwill regenerateregenerate duringduring sleep.sleep. Therefore,Therefore, thethe bedbed shouldshould bebe placedplaced atat leastleast 6060 centimeterscentimeters awayaway fromfrom a a window.window. 1 1、 AccordingAccording

38、 toto thethe passage,passage, deepdeep sleepsleep occursoccurs inin _._. 1. the second and third stages 2. the first and second stages 3. the third and fourth stages 4. the fourth and fifth stages 2 2、 TheThe passagepassage isis mainlymainly aboutabout _._. 1. the importance of the bedroom 2. the ti

39、me required for a good sleep 3. the secrets for a good nights sleep 4. the importance of a good mattress 3 3、 ToTo havehave a a goodgood sleep,sleep, a a mattressmattress shouldshould bebe atat leastleast _._. 1. 95 centimeters wide 2. 60 centimeters wide 3. 30 centimeters long 4. 50 centimeters lon

40、g 4 4、 InIn thethe fifthfifth stagestage ofof sleep,sleep, thethe brainbrain becomesbecomes activeactive andand _._. 1. pulse rate slows down 2. the heart beats slowly 3. muscles relax 4. the body becomes fresh again 5 5、 AccordingAccording toto thethe passage,passage, allall thethe followingfollowi

41、ng factorsfactors areare importantimportant toto a a goodgood nightnights s sleepsleep EXCEPTEXCEPT_._. 1. a right-sized mattress 2. a comfortable bed 3. a verydarkened room 4. a light meal 1313、InIn thethe lastlast 500500 years,years, nothingnothing aboutabout peoplepeople notnot theirtheir clothes

42、,clothes, ideas,ideas, oror languageslanguages hashas changedchanged asas muchmuch asas whatwhat theythey eat.eat. TheThe originaloriginal chocolatechocolate drinkdrink waswas mademade fromfrom thethe seedsseeds ofof thethe cocoacocoa treetree byby SouthSouth AmericanAmerican Indians.Indians. TheThe

43、 SpanishSpanish introducedintroduced itit toto thethe restrest ofof thethe worldworld duringduring thethe 15001500s.s. AndAnd althoughalthough itit waswas veryvery expensive,expensive, itit quicklyquickly becamebecame fashionable.fashionable. InIn London,London, shopsshops wherewhere chocolatechocol

44、ate drinksdrinks werewere servedserved becamebecame importantimportant meetingmeeting places.places. SomeSomestillstill existexist today.today. TheThe potatopotato isis alsoalso fromfrom thethe NewNew World.World. AroundAround 1600,1600, thethe SpanishSpanish broughtbrought itit fromfrom PeruPeru to

45、to Europe,Europe, wherewhere itit soonsoon waswas widelywidely grown.grown. IrelandIreland becamebecame soso dependentdependent onon itit thatthat thousandsthousands ofof IrishIrish peoplepeople starvedstarved whenwhen thethe cropcrop failedfailed duringduring thethe “PotatoPotato FamineFamine ( (饥荒

46、饥荒) )”ofof 1845-1846,1845-1846, andand thousandsthousands moremore werewere forcedforced toto leaveleave theirtheir homelandhomeland andand movemove toto America.America. ThereThere areare manymany otherother foodsfoods thatthat havehave traveledtraveled fromfrom SouthSouth AmericaAmerica toto theth

47、e OldOld World.World. ButBut somesome othersothers wentwent inin thethe oppositeopposite direction.direction. BrazilBrazil isis nownow thethe worldworlds s largestlargest growergrower ofof coffee,coffee, andand coffeecoffee isis anan importantimportant cropcrop inin ColombiaColombia andand otherothe

48、r SouthSouth AmericanAmerican countries.countries. ButBut itit isis nativenative toto Ethiopia,Ethiopia, a a countrycountry inin Africa.Africa. ItIt waswas firstfirst mademade intointo a a drinkdrink byby ArabsArabs duringduring thethe 14001400s.s. AccordingAccording toto anan ArabicArabic legend,le

49、gend, coffeecoffee waswas discovereddiscovered whenwhen a a personperson namednamed KaldiKaldi noticednoticed thatthat hishis goatsgoats werewere attractedattracted toto thethe redred berriesberries onon a a coffeecoffee bush.bush. HeHe triedtried oneone andand experiencedexperienced thethe “wide-aw

50、akewide-awake” feelingfeeling thatthat one-thirdone-third ofof thethe worldworlds s populationpopulation nownow startsstarts thethe dayday with.with. 1 1、 WhichWhich countrycountry isis thethe largestlargest coffeecoffee producer?producer? 1. Egypt 2. Brazil 3. Ethiopia 4. Colombia 2 2、 “somesome” i