国开中央电大本科《人文英语4》网上形考任务试题附答案.docx

1、国开中央电大本科人文英语国开中央电大本科人文英语 4网上形考任务试题网上形考任务试题 附附答案答案 单元自测 1 试题及答案 题目 Do you think I can borrow your bike for a few hours？ _ I m sorry, but I really need it this afternoon. I don t think so. I am afraid you can. 答案I m sorry, but I really need it this afternoon. 题目 Excuse me, could you tell the time？ _ I

2、t s three thirty by my watch. You d better buy a watch. Can you see the clock？ 答案It s three thirty by my watch. 题目 Good afternoon. Can I help you？ _ Yes, I think so, too. I need to buy a birthday present for my son. I don t think I need any of your help. 答案I need to buy a birthday present for my son

3、. 题目 Hello, may I speak to John？ _ You are wanted on the telephone. Can I leave a message for him？ Just a second, please. 答案Just a second, please. 题目 Thank you for your invitation. _ It s a pleasure. I ll appreciate it. It doesn t matter. 答案It s a pleasure. 题目As the bus came round the corner, it ran

4、 _ a big tree by the roadside. over into on 答案into 题目Both the kids and their parents _English, I think. I know it from their accent. been are is 答案are 题目Did you notice the guy _head looked like a big potato？ whose who which 答案whose 题目John s father _ mathematics in this school ever since he graduated

5、 from Harvard University. teaches taught has taught 答案has taught 题目Never before _ see such a terrible car accident on the road! I have have I did I 答案did I 题目On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several _ a day. guests customers clients 答案clients 题目Our house is about a mile from the railwa

6、y station and there are not many houses _ far apart in between among them 答案in between 题目Professor Smith promised to look _ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defence. on over after 答案over 题目What is the train _ to Birmingham？ trip fee fare 答案fare 题目When Lily came home at 5 pm yesterd

7、ay, her mother _dinner in the kitchen. was cooking cooked cooks 答案was cooking 排序题 A. DOES IT COST THE SAME FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD？ B. YOU CAN PAY RIGHT HERE, ON THE INTERNET! C. JUST GO AHEAD. D. WE DO FOR THE LIVE CABLE TV PROGRAMS. E. EXACTLY, EVEN DIGITAL BOXES. Liu Hui： Gordon, may I ask you a ques

8、tion？ Gordon： Hi, Liu Hui. 答案 C. Liu Hui： Do I need to pay for a TV license if I only watch TV online in the UK？ Gordon： Yes, indeed. You need to be covered by a TV license if you watch or record programs as they re being shown on TV or live on an online TV service. Liu Hui： Including watching TV on

9、 computers and mobile phones？ Gordon： 答案 E. It is the law. Liu Hui： I see. How much is the license fee？ Gordon： It costs ？ 145. 50 for a color TV license and ？ 49. 00 for a black and white TV license. Liu Hui： That s a lot of money for a year. 答案 A？ Gordon： It costs the same for all applicants under

10、 75. When you reach the age of 75, you may apply for a free Over 75 TV License. Liu Hui： I see. Gordon： Do you need such a license in China？ Liu Hui： 答案 D. Gordon： Oh, it sounds similar. But for BBC, the license fee is the main source of income. There is no advertising on the BBC channels. Liu Hui：

11、By the way, where should I go to pay for my license？ Gordon： 答案 B. Liu Hui： Well, sure! Thank you! 选择题 Graffiti painting is traditionally a daredevil pursuit. Teenagers dodge security guards to put their names on trains and buses. But over the past decade, graffiti has all but disappeared from Brita

12、in s cities. Between 2007 and 2012 the number of incidents of graffiti recorded by the British Transport Police fell by 63%. A survey by the Environment Ministry shows that fewer places are blighted by tags than ever. Graffiti are increasingly confined to sanctioned walls, such as the Stockwell ball

13、 courts. In time the practice may die out entirely. The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing. Numerous CCTV cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. A generational shift is apparent, too. Fewer tee

14、nagers are getting into painting walls. They prefer to play with iPads and video games. Some have gone to art school and want to make money from their paintings. The Internet means that painters can win far more attention by posting pictures online than they can by breaking into a railway yard. Tagg

15、ers and graffiti artists mostly grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. Those menand almost all are menare now older and less willing to take risks. Graffiti may eventually disappear. But for now the hobby is almost respectable. The former graffiti artists paint abandoned warehouses at the weekend. It has b

16、ecome something to do on a Sunday afternoona slightly healthier alternative to sitting and watching football. 1. Teenagers are not afraid of being caught by security guards when they put their names on trains and buses. 答案 F 2. Less tags can be found in public places nowadays. 答案 T 3. Because of bet

17、ter policing graffiti decreases. 答案 T 4. Some teenagers go to art school in order to learn to paint walls. 答案 F 5. Taggers and graffiti artists are still willing to take risks. 答案 F 选择题 Jim Thorpe was a Native American. He was born in 1888 in an Indian Territory(印第 安人保护 区) that is now Oklahoma. Like

18、 most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt, swim, and play games outdoors. He was healthy and strong, but he had very little formal education. In 1950, Jim Thorpe was named the greatest American football player. He was also an Olympic gold medal winner. But Thorpe had many tragedies

19、 in his life. Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old. By the time he was 16, his mother and father were also dead, Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native American children. There, he learned to read and write and also began to play sports. Jim was poor, so h

20、e left school for two years to earn some money. During this time, he played on a baseball team. The team paid him only $15 a week. Soon he returned to school to complete his education. Jim was a star athlete(运动员) in several sports, including baseball, running, and football. He won many awards for hi

21、s athletic ability, mainly for football. In many games, he scored all or most of the points for his team. In 1912, when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old, he became part of the U. S Olympic team. He competed in two very difficult events： the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and str

22、ength. The pentathlon has five track and field events, including the long jump and the 1500-meter race. The decathlon has ten track and field events, with running, jumping and throwing contests. People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the decathlon. So e

23、veryone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events. When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals, he said, Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world. Thorpe was a simple and honest man. He just answered, Thanks, King. 1. From the passage we learn that Jim Thor

24、pe was born in答案 C. A. India B. Pennsylvania C. Oklahoma 2. According to the passage, most American Indian children loved all the following EXCEPT答 案 B. A. fishing B. singing C. swimming 3. Jim Thorpe started to play sports答案 B. A. before he was 9 years old B. when he was 16 years old C. when he was

25、 24 years old 4. The word decathlon in paragraph 3 probably means答案 C. A. jumping B. five track and field events C. ten track and field events 5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE？ 答案 A A. In 1912, Thorpe went back to finish his college education. B. Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic G

26、ames. C. Thorpe once played on a baseball team for money. 单元自测 2 试题及答案 题目为随机， 用查找功能（CtrlF） 搜索题目 题目 How many languages does Peter speak？ _ Five languages. With his roommates. Pretty well. 答案Five languages. 题目 Something went wrong with my television last night. _ It s impossible. How did you manage to

27、 do that？ I m sorry to hear that. 答案I m sorry to hear that. 题目 Would you like something to drink？ What about a cup of tea？ _ Yes, I want. No, thanks. No, I wouldn t. 答案No, thanks. 题目 You are late. The discussion started 30 minutes ago. _ Well, I don t know. I am really sorry. Don t blame me. 答案I am

28、really sorry. 题目 Your ID card, please. _ Here you are. Give you. Here are they. 答案Here you are. 题目_ the War of Independence, the United States was an English colony. Before In At 答案Before 题目Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have _ of fat. the large number large number a large number 答案a large numbe

29、r 题目Every year thousands of lives _ in road accidents because of careless driving. lost have lost are lose 答案are lose 题目Had you come five minutes earlier, you _ the train to Birmingham. But now you missed it. would have caught could catch would catch 答案would have caught 题目If she wants to stay thin,

30、she must make a _ in her diet. turn change run 答案change 题目No matter _, the little sisters managed to round the sheep up and drive them back home safely. it was snowing hard it was snowing how hard it was snowing 答案how hard it was snowing 题目The student were all entertained in a Mexican restaurant, at

31、 Professor Brian s _ money expense pay 答案expense 题目The young lady coming over to us _ our English teacher； the way she walks tells us that! would be can be must be 答案must be 题目Tom, what did you do with my documents？ I have never seen such a _ and disorder! mass mess guess 答案mess 题目You shouldn t _ yo

32、ur time like that, Bob； you have to finish your school work tonight. do cut kill 答案kill 排序题 A. I COULDN T AGREE MORE. B. WHAT ELSE？ C. ONCE WE SEPARATE AND RECYCLE THEM. D. BUT I HAVE A CONCERN. E. THAT IS REALLY A GREAT ADVICE. Peter： Molly, look at this. The newspaper says we should sort trash. Mo

33、lly： That would be great! I always hate it when people mixing all the trash together. Peter： 答案 E Many communities have already done that. Molly： Yeah. The benefits of sorting out trash are obvious. Peter： For instance？ Molly： If trash is sorted, it can be transferred to factories instead of the dis

34、posal plant. Peter： That makes sense. 答案 B Molly： With trash separated, pollution caused by incineration can be avoided. Peter：It is high time for us to sort out the trash. Trash is trash only when everything is mixed together. 答案 Cthey can be useful again. Molly： 答案 A Things like paper, glass, and

35、plastics can all be recycled. They can be reused. Peter： Sorting is good. 答案 DIf people have no idea how to sort their trash, they will still put all waste in the same bag. Molly： You are right. People should be informed about how to do that in the first place. Moreover, sorting trash should be made

36、 easy for us. Otherwise, few people would bother to do it. Peter： I hope everything goes smoothly! Molly： I believe it will. 选择题 Since its founding in 1948, McDonald s has grown from a family burger（汉堡包） stand to a global fast-food chain, with more than 30, 000 locations in 118 countries. With 58 mi

37、llion daily customers worldwide, McDonald s is now so ubiquitous around the globe that The Economist publishes a global ranking of currencies purchasing power based on the prices charged at the local McDonald s, called the Big Mac Index（巨无霸指数） . That s not to say that every nation carries the same m

38、enu items： choices vary widely depending on location. Some Asian locations serve fried shrimp in a Big Mac roll, while McDonald s in India doesn t serve beef at all, relying instead on burgers made from vegetables, rice and beans. Not everyone in the world has been happy to greet Ronald McDonald whe

39、n he moves to town. Many see McDonald s as a symbol of American economic and cultural chauvinism（沙文 主义）, and European nations in particular have viewed American-style fast food as an insult to their national food. A French farmer, Jose Bove, became something of a national hero in 1999 after he and a

40、 group of people destroyed a McDonald s under construction to protest globalization and bad food. The next year, a bomb exploded in a French McDonald s, killing a 27-year-old employee. No one claimed responsibility. But regardless of whether you like their food or their policies, McDonald s is still

41、 widely seen as one of the true pioneers of peaceful globalization. 1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE？ 答 案 B A. McDonald s was founded in 1948. B. McDonald s has opened its restaurants in every city of the world. C. McDonald s has over 30, 000 locations in th

42、e world now. 2. The word ubiquitous in Paragraph 2 is most likely to mean答案 C. A. very crowded B. very clean C. existing everywhere 3. From Paragraph 2, we can conclude that答案 A. A. McDonald s designs its menu to suit the local people B. millions of young adults got their first job with McDonald s C

43、. the McDonald s menu sticks to old-fashioned favorites such as the Big Mac 4. What did Jose Bove and his people do in 1999 to protest against McDonald s？ 答案 A A. They destroyed a McDonald s under construction. B. They protested outside a McDonald s. C. They refused to go to a newly-built McDonald s

44、. 5. In答案 C, an employee died in a fatal bomb attack on a McDonald s restaurant in France. A. 1998 B. 1999 C. 2000 正误判断题 I ve been living in the country for more than 10 years. It means quietness, privacy, harmony and peace for me. Living in the country requires an active lifestyle. It involves acti

45、vities like doing daily chores, preparing firewood for winter heating, feeding animals including pets and livestock, tending the garden, or securing fences, etc. For me, the most attractive activities are fishing, hunting and hiking. I enjoy seeing what nature has to offer everyday through a simple

46、walk down the little trail, or a relaxing drive along the country road with patches of green grass ornamented with wildlife sightings of birds, moose, bears, deer, etc. Living the country life helps us appreciate some of the simpler things, things that make us feel good about ourselves and the world

47、. It may be just a get together on a Saturday at the local farmers market, or a project or a problem that the community might pull together to help solve. I have participated in a few community projects, like dealing with out-of-control grass fires, a roof that collapsed from a large snow fall, or e

48、ven helping a recent widow with fire wood for the winter. Sometimes I am surprised by how much benefit we receive from helping others and as for this community I can t say enough. I really enjoy living the country life. I know it s not for everyone, but I know it s for me. 1. The author has lived in

49、 the countryside for more than a decade, and he/she loves living there. 答案 T 2. Living in the country is not busy at all. 答案 F 3. The author takes a walk or drives along country roads almost every day. 答案 T 4. People living in the country usually go shopping every Saturday. 答案 T 5. According to the

50、author, nobody dislikes countryside life. 答案 F 单元自测 3 试题及答案 题目为随机， 用查找功能（CtrlF） 搜索题目 题目- Good morning, sir. May I help you？ -_. No, I don t need your help. No, I don t buy anything. Yes, I need some salt. 答案Yes, I need some salt. 题目I didn t know my identity card was needed, sir. _ Sorry, but that s