国开大学2023年01月22155《英语阅读（1）》期末考试答案.docx

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1、试卷代号:22155国家开放大学2022年秋季学期期末统一考试英语阅读(1)试题2023年1月注意事项一、将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏 内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带 出考场。二、仔细阅读每题的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案必须写在答题 纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。PartiItems 110 are based on Passage 1.（30 points, 3 points each）Passage 1Venice:A Changing CityMany people think

2、Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This unique city is in the north of Italy. It is really a group of 118 small islands. These islands have canals to separate them and 400 bridges to join them. There are no cars in Venice-just boats. Everylhing must come lo the city by boat and

3、 then be carried over the bridges to peoples homes and shops.Venice is a city on the water, but it has a problem with high tide. This is not a new problem. For about 60 days a year, parts of the city are covered in water. Residents know this well. As soon as they hear the sound of the emergency alar

4、m, they put on their boots or walk on special platforms.Venice is beautiful, old, and romantic. But it is changing. Just 30 years ago, 120,000 people lived there. Today, Venice has half that number. The residents are moving out, but more tourists are visiting all the time. Venice has over 20 million

5、 tourists every year! Tliat is both good and bad.Tourists bring money. Bui they also bring change. The old shops that sold products like fruit and vegetables to the residents arc changing to souvenir shops because the rent on the old shops is too high. Old houses in the center of the city are changi

6、ng to hotels. The residents of Venice are moving out because there are few houses, and they are too expensive. Only rich people, mainly from other countries, or elderly people who own houses passed down from their family can live in Venice.In the past, Venices biggest problem was the high water. Now

7、 it is the number of tourists. The city is working on both of these problems. They want residents and tourists to enjoy this beautiful, old, and romantic city for all lime.Directions:Complete these sentences with the words or phrases in the box. Note that THREE words or phrases from the box will not

8、 be used.alarmbridgesrentromanticbootselderlyresidentsunique1. Many _people in Venice own houses that they lived in for many,many years.2. Venice is because it is a city on water. Most other cities are on land.3. In Venice, there are many over the canals that people walk across.4. Many people think

9、Venice is because it is old and beautiful. Many people gothere to get married.5. Many people cannot live or own a shop in Venice because the is l（x）high f（）rthem to pay.Directions:One piece of information in each sentence is not correct. Rewrite the sentence with the correct information.6. Venice is

10、 in the south of Italy.7. People use cars to travel and bring things into Venice.8. Today, Venice has twice as many people as it had 30 years ago.9. The old shops in Venice are changing to vegetable shops.10. Residents are moving out of Venice because the houses are too old.Part IIIItems 11 20 are b

11、ased on Passage 2.(30 points, 3 points each)Passage 2Dinner Fresh from the FreezerYou need to make dinner, but dont have any fresh vegetables. So you go to the freezer and take out some frozen ones. When you have dinner, the taste of (he vegetables is fresh and delicious. You can thank Clarence Bird

12、seye for that. Clarence Birdseye invented a way for us to have frozen food in convenient packages.Clarence Birdseye was bom in 1886 in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of eight children. He loved nature and animals. Later, he started to study biology at college. He didnt finish college and started to

13、work to make money. In many jobs around the country, he worked with animals and nature.In 1912, Birdseye went to the north of Canada. He liked it there and bought and sold fur. He also took his new wife and baby son there. They lived in a cabin 250 miles(402 kilometers)away from the nearest doctor.

14、He often traveled with the local Inuit people, and he went fishing with them. As soon as one of them caught a fish, it quickly froze because the air was so cold. He asked thcm.Arc wc going(o cat this fish today? The Inuit replied, No, we already have fish for one month.,Birdseye didnt understand. Ho

15、w could fish stay for a month and not go bad? Later, when he ate the frozen fish, it was as delicious as the fresh fish. Then he understood! When you freeze fish fast enough, it doesnt change its taste or the way it looks. He tried this new idea on vegetables. He froze cabbage so his family could ca

16、t vegetables in the winter.In 1917, Birdseye relumed to the United States and took different jobs. In the end. he worked for a fish company and started to try out the quick-freezing method he learned in Canada. Finally, in 1924. he started a company called Birdseye Seafoods. It sold frozen foods suc

17、h as fish, meat, and vegetables. In 1930, he tested the foods in Springfield, Massachusetts. For the first time, shoppers saw frozen foods in their grocery store. Did they buy them?Yes, they did! And what a change Birdseye made to the American diet, all because of his curiosity.Directions:Fill in ea

18、ch blank of the text summaiy with an appropriate word or phrase from the box. Please note that FIVE words/phrases from the box will not be used.A.badB. catchC.dropped outD. soldE. companyF.freezingG. movedH.caughtI. friendlyJ. tryK.frozen L.shopping M. changeN. convenient0. cabinClarence Birdseye, t

19、he man behind modern frozen focxl, was born in 1886 in New York. He studied biology at college, but( 11)and started to make money. He did many jobs in the United States. Later he( 12)to the north of Canada. He liked to go fishing with the local Inuit people and found that as soon as a fish was( 13),

20、it quickly froze. He could not figure out why a fish could stay for a month and not go (14) . Then he realized that quick(15) in very cold air wouldnt (16) the taste of the food. He tried this new idea on vegetables, so his family could have(17) vegetables in the winter. In 1917, he returned to his

21、home country. He (ook many different jobs and in the end he worked for a fish company and began to( 18) out (he quick-freezing method that he learned in Canada. In 1924, he set up a(19) that sold frozen foods. In 1930, the first quick-frozen fcx)ds were (20) to the public in Springfield, Massachuset

22、ts. Clarence Birdseye truly made a wonderful change to the American diet.Part IIIItems 2130 are based on Passage 3.(20 points,2 points each)Passage 3I learned very soon in our relationship that Kathy was jealous. She did not like to think that I had anything that she did not have. We would have grea

23、t fun going out shopping. However, if I bought, say, a dress for a party, and she thought my dress was better than hers, she would start to say slightly unkind things about it. I could not understand (his at all, and even now it puzzles me.Jhe other problem was my mother. She thought Kathy was commo

24、n. She thought Kathy had a bad influence over me. She even disliked Kathys way of speaking. She thought her pronunciation was common. Mum disliked Kathy and looked down on her and kept telling me to stop seeing her. If ever I invited her into the house, she would be angiy and tell me off as soon as

25、Kathy was gone.Thanks to Kathy I had a wonderful year at the Tech. As a result I looked forward to going out to work. If the Tech could be such fun, so could work! Perhaps I foolishly imagined that wherever I went I would meet another Kathy. But at the end of that wonderful year (wo things happened

26、that destroyed our friendshipThe students always celebrated the end of the college year with a fancy-dress dance. It was a big event. But unfortunately, Kathy and I had made other arrangements fbr the day of the dance. We had booked to go to a theatre. We had talked for ages of going, and at last we

27、 had our tickets. For us this was a big event. Then we realised that the studcntsdance was on the same day. It was a shame. But our hearts were set on (he theatre.Then Kathy came round to see me. Mother was in at the time, and I have to speak to her on the doorstep. I told her I couldnt ask her in b

28、ecause my Mum had a bad headache. She smiled and said she was sorry about my mothers bad head. But I was sure she knew what had really happened.But she carried on smiling and then she said:Im sorry but I cant come to the theatre with you. My brothers come home and he wants me to take him to the danc

29、e. 1 cant let him down. I hardly ever see him. And hed bought the tickets before he told me about it.”She must have seen that I was disappointed. I couldnt believe she could let me down. She knew how much I had looked forward to the theatre trip. She hardly ever saw her brother. Kathy had often said

30、 that her parents were worried about him, and that they were convinced he was getting into trouble.Before she left, she gave me the theatre ticket saying:44 Take your Muni to see (he show. I dont want any money for the ticket/,I was almost in tears. After she had gone. Mum was very kind and understa

31、nding. There arent many friends you can trust,she said. And she made me promise that I would never see Kathy again. I agreed, and felt that was the least I could do by way of revenge for my disappointment.Directions:Read Passage 3 and then decide whether the following statements are TRUE or False. W

32、rite T for TRUE and F for FAISE on your answer sheet.21. Kathy was jealous.22. The writers mother liked Kathy very much.23. The writer and Kathy had been friends since they went (o primary school.24. The writer stayed at the technical college for two years.25. The writer and Kathy didnt go to the th

33、eatre together.26. The writer didnt let Kathy in because her mother was ill.27. Kathy and her brother hadnt seen each other lor quite a long time.28. Kathy gave the ticket to the writer for free.29. The writer was not sorry at all for losing such a friend as Kathy.30. The writers mother thought she

34、did the right thing (o Kathy.Part IVItems 3135 are based on Passage 4.(20 points,4 points each)Passage 4Auctions are public sales of goods conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, orbids, for the various items on sale. He encoura

35、ges buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the good. Practically all goods whose qualities vary arc sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, species, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also useful for land and propert

36、y, antique furniture, pictures, rare kooks, old china and works of art.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold; and where and when they can be viewed by prospective buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues arc printed, and

37、 each group of goods(o be sold together, called a lot, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers (he fact (hat certain dealers arc in ihe room and then produces the lots they are likely to be interested in. The

38、 auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible.The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he sho

39、uld be acquainted with regular buyers of such goods. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the rival among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other. It is largely in his advice that a selle

40、r will fix areservedprice, that is, a price below which (he goods cannot be sold. Even the best auctioneers, however, find it difficult to stop aknock-oul, whereby dealers illegally arranged themselves as (he only bidder, in the hope of buying goods at extremely low prices. If such a knock-out comes

41、 off. the real auction sale lakes place privately afterwards among the dealers.Directions:Read Passage 4 carefully and then try to give short answers to the following questions.31. What arc auctions?32. What arc the goods which can be sold by auction?(Namc at least three)33. What is alot?34. How are

42、 (he auctioneers services paid for?35. What will happen if a knock-out is achieved?试卷代号：221552022年秋季学期考试英语阅读（1）参考答案2023年1月Parti (30 points, 3 pointseach)1. elderly2. unique3. bridges4. romantic5. rent6. Venice is in the north ofltaly.7. People use boats to traveland bring thingsinto Venice.8. Today,

43、 Venice has half as many people as it had 30 yearsago.9. Theold shopsin Venicearechanging to souvenirshops.10. Residents are moving outofVenice because the houses are too expensive.Partll ( 30 points, 3 pointseach)11. C12.G13.H14.A15.F16. M17. K18.J19.E20.DPartlll ( 20 points/ 2 pointseach)21. T22.

44、F23. F24. F25. T26. F27. T28. T29. F30. TPartIV ( 20 points, 4 pointseach)31. Auctions are public sales ofgoods conducted by an officially approved auctioneer.32. Coffee, skins, wooL tea, furs, species, fruit and vegetables and wines land and property, antiquefurniture, pictures, rarekooks. oldchina

45、andworksofart. ( Anythreeof these willbe OK)33. Each group ofgoods which can be sold together.34. Intheform ofapercentageofthepricethegoodsaresoldfor.35. Therealauction saletakes place privately afterwards among thedealers.(22155号)英语阅读答案第1页供2页)评分标准（教师阅卷时，可备一份试题作参考）1 .第一部分有10道题,每小题3分洪计30分，按参考答案阅卷,每小题

46、做对得3分，做 错不得分。评分标准如下：得分标准3分回答问题全面正确（不一定与参考答案完全一致，表达正确，拼写及 标点符号全部正确）.2分回答比较全面，有个别语法错误。1分回答不全面，有较多的语法错误0。分回答完全错误，与问题毫无关系。对于字母拼写、大小写等错误，每处扣0.5分,5道题累计扣分不得超过5分。2 .第二部分有10道题海小题3分洪计30分，按参考答案阅卷海小题做对得3分，做 错不得分。3 .第三部分有10道正误判断题，每小题2分洪计20分，按参考答案阅卷，每小题做对 得2分,做错不得分。4 .第四部分有5道简答题，每小题4分，共计20分，该部分具体评分标准如下：得分标准4分回答问题全面正确（不一定与参考答案完全一致，表达正确，拼写及 标点符号全部正确）。3分回答比较全面，有个别语法错误.2分回答不够全面，有少量的语法错误.1分回答不全面,有较多的语法错误。分回答完全错误，与问题毫无关系.对于字母拼写、大小写等错误，每处扣0.5分，5道题累计扣分不得超过5分。（22155号）英语阅读答案第2页供2页）