试卷代号：2155 国家开放大学（中央广播电视大学）2015年秋季学期“开放专科”期末考试 英语阅读(1) 试题 2016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、仔细阅读题目的说明，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。 519
试卷代号 :2155 国家开放大学(中央广播电视大学)2015 年秋季学期"开放专科"期末考试 英语阅读( 1 ) 试题 2016 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、仔细阅读题目的说，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。 519
Part I Questions 1-10 are based on the following two tables.(30 points,3 points each) It's David Hill's first day at his new school.Here is his timetable. Timetable 9.00- 9.45- B 10.45 11.30- B13.30 14.15- 15.00- 9.45 10.30 R 11.30 12.15 R 14.15 15.00 15.45 Monday English Science EGeography History E Maths Music French Tuesday Maths English A Science A Art Computing Wednesday Science English Maths K Gym Geography Thursday Spanish Maths Science History English French Gym Friday Computing French Gym English Spanish Geography Maths Rooms For First Year Students Art 4 Computing 16 English 21 French 25 Geography 7 Gym Gymnasium History 11 Maths 15 Music 9 Science Science Lab 2 Spanish 23 Question 1-10:Complete the following sentences based on the information you get from the two tables above. 1.David has an lesson on Monday morning. 2.There is a fifteen minutes'break in the morning between 10.30 and 3.David has Geography lesson(s)every week. 4.David has a lesson on Thursday afternoon between 14.15 and 15.00. 5.The first lesson begins ato'clock. 6.The last lesson finishes at in the afternoon. 7.David has lesson(s)in Room 11 every week. 8.David needs to go toto have Gym lessons. 9. is the first lesson after lunch break on Friday. 10.David has French lessons in Room 520
Part 1 Questions 1-10 are based on the foUowing two tables. (30 points. 3 points each) It' s David HiII' s first day at his new schooJ. Here is his timetable. Timetable 9.00- 9.45- BI 10.45- 11. 30- BI 13.30- 14. 15- 9.45 10.30 R 11. 30 12.15 R 14. 15 15.00 Monday English Science EIGeography History EI Maths Music Tuesday Maths English A Science A Art Wednesday Science K English Maths K Gym Thursday Spanish Maths Science History English French Friday Computing French Gym English Spanish Geography Rooms For First Year Students Art 4 Computing 16 English 21 French 25 Geography 7 Gym Gymnasium History 11 Maths 15 Music 9 Science Science Lab 2 Spanish 23 15.00- 15.45 French Computing Geography Gym Maths Question 10: Complete the following sentences based on the information you get from the two tables above. 1. David has an 一-一__ lesson on Monday morning. 2. There is a fifteen minutcs' break in the morning between 10.30 and 3. David has 一一一一_ Geography lesson(s) every wcek. 4. David has a lesson on Thursday afternoon between 14. 15 and 15.00. 5. The first lesson begins at 0' clock. 6. Thc last lesson finishes at in the afternoon. 7. David has lesson(s) in Room 11 evcry week. 8. David needs to go to 一-一-一 to have Gym lessons. 9. 一一一一一 is the first lesson after lunch break on Friday. 10. David has French lessons in Room 520
PartⅡ Read passages 1 and 2 then choose an answer from the choices given to complete statements 11-20 based on your understanding of the passage.(30 points,3 points each) Passage 1 Changes in livelihood A UTHORITATIVE SCHOLARS place China's social development at the lower medium level'compared to the rest of the world.China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949,and many people's lives have changed for better or worse as a result.However,today a general improvement is evident.Since 1978 in particular,many people's life-styles have improved at a greater pace than in the previous 30 years. Chinese have not only improved on their diet,clothing,housing and the products they use every day,but their disposable income has also grown as well.By the end of june 1995, rural and urban bank savings mounted to 3,545.8 billion yuan. Figures show that since the 1990s communications equipment,houses,apartments and cars have begun to replace TV sets,refrigerators and washing machines (which in turn replaced bikes,watches and seving machines at the beginning of the 1980s)as the largest individual consumption items. According to a conservative estimate,China has about 100,000 private cars today. Seven percent of urban residents have installed home phones.The Chinese Post and Telecommunications Ministry plans 120 million new phone lines for the year 2000,or a phone for every urban household.Today fax machines,computers and mobile phones are very common and face a booming market. Questions 11-15 are based on Passage 1. 11.The passage is mostly taken from A.a newspaper B.a magazine C.a novel 12.The sentence China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949"may mean that A.China has changed for better since 1949 B.China has changed for worse since 1949 C.China has gone through many ups and downs 521
Part rr Read passag and 2 then choωe an answer from the choices given to complete statements 11-20 based on your understanding of the passage. (30 points. 3 points each) Passage 1 Changes in Iivelihood OR medium level' ompared to the st of th world. China has gone through severa1 twists and turns since 1949. and many people' s lives have changed for better or worse as a result. However. today a general improvement is evident. Since 1978 in particu1ar, many peop1e' s life-styles have improved at a greater pace than in the previous 30 years. Chinese have not only improved on their diet. clothing. housing and the products they use every day. but their disposab1e income has a1so grown as wel1. By the end of june 1995 , rura1 and urban bank savings mounted to 3.545. 8 billion yuan. Figures show that since the 1990s communications equipment. houses, apartments and cars have begun to rep1ace TV sets. refrigerators and washing machines (which in turn rep1aced bikes. watches and seving machines at the beginning of the 1980s) as the 1argest individua1 consumption items. According to a conservative estimate. China has about 100.000 private cars today. Seven percent of urban residents have installed home phones. The Chinese Post and Telecommunications Ministry p1ans 120 mil1ion new phone lines for the year 2000. or a phone for every urban househo1d. Today fax machines. computers and mobile phones are very common and face a booming market. Questions 11-15 are based on Passage 1. 11. The passage is mostly taken from A. a newspaper C. a novel B. a magazine 12. The sentence " China has gone through several twists and turns since 1949" may mean that A. China has changed for better since 1949 B. China has changed for worse since 1949 C. China has gone through many ups and downs 521
13.Which of the following is NOT among the list of things that Chinese have improved on? A.Diet. B.Schooling. C.Money for saving. 14.According to the passage,which of the following appeared the latest as the result of replacement? A.Apartments. B.Washing machines. C.Watches. 15. urban residents have installed home phones. A.100,000 B.120 million C.Seven percent of Passage 2 Test-tube baby born in Chongqing Chongqing,China's newest municipality,with a population of 30 million,has welcomed its first test-tube baby;three more are expected to be born this year. The boy,weighing three kilograms,was born on 9 April,1997 at the Chongqing Maternity Hospital.The mother had been unable to conceive because of blocked fallopian tubes. The hospital pioneered the research of assisted reproductive technology in southwest China by launching a study in 1994.The hospital has technology on 67 women 27 percent of whom became pregnant.The said three more test-tube babies,including a set of triplets, will be born this year. Chongqing is the seventh Chinese city to report the birth of test-tube babies following Beijing,Shanghai,Hangzhou,Shenyang,Haikou and other cities.More than 250 test-tube babies have been born in these cities since the Beijing in 1988. Questions 16-20 are based on Passage 2. 16.Which of the following statements is NOT true about Chongqing? A.It has a population of 40 million. B.It's China's newest municipality. C.It has just welcomed its first test-tube baby. 522
13. Which of the following is NOT among the list of things that Chinese have improved on? A. Diet. B. Schooling. C. Money for saving. 14. According to the passage , which of the following appeared the latest as the result of replacement? A. Apartments. C. Watches. B. Washing machines. 15. 一一一一 urban residents have installed home phones. A.100 ,000 B. 120 million C. Seven percent of Passage 2 Test-tube baby bom in Chongqing Chongqing ,China's newest municipality , with a population of 30 million , has welcomed its first test-tube baby; three more are expected to be born this year. The boy , weighing three kilograms, was born on 9 April , 1997 at the Chongqing Maternity Hospital. The mother had been unable to conceive because of blocked fallopian tubes. The hospital pioneered the research of assisted reproductive technology in southwest China by launching a study in 1994. The hospital has technology on 67 women 27 percent of whom became pregnant. The said three more test-tube babies, including a set of triplets, wil1 be born this year. Chongqing is the seventh Chinese city to report the birth of test-tube babies following Beijing , Shanghai , Hangzhou , Shenyang , Haikou and other cities. More than 250 test-tube babies have been born in these cities since the Beijing in 1988. Questions 16-20 are based on Passage 2. 16. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Chongqing? A. It has a population of 40 million. B. It' s China' s newest municipality. C. 1t has just welcomed its first test-tube baby. 522
17.The first test-tube baby in Chongqing A.weighs four kilogrammes when born B.was a boy C.was born at the chongqing children's Hospital 18.There are supposed to be altogether test-tube babies born in Chongqing this year. A.4 B.3 C.6 19.Among the 67 women,on whom the assisted.reproductive technology has been used,about _became pregnant. A.17 B.18 C.19 20.Which of the following cities has not reported the birth of test-tube babies? A.Beijing. B.Shanghai. C.Suzhou. PartⅢ Questions 21-30 are based on Passage 3.(20 points,2 points each) Passage 3 How to Use London Telephones 1 Telephone calls in Britain are in two classes:local calls,and trunk calls.Short distance calls of up to about twenty miles are classed as local calls,and all calls over longer distances are classed as trunk calls. 2 In London,telephones now have all-figure numbers which do not include an exchange name:for example,071-222-2870.If you make a local telephone call in London to a subscriber in London,you leave out the 071 and dial only the last seven figures of the number of the person whom you are calling.To make a trunk call to or from L.ondon,you dial all the figures of the subscriber's number. 3 The names,addresses and telephone numbers of subscribers in inner London are at present printed in four directories.There are separate directories for people whose names begin with the letters A to D,E to K,L to R and S to Z.When you look up a person's number in the telephone directory,you will find his name on the left side of the column and his telephone number on the right side. 523
17. The first test-tube baby in Chongqing 一一一一一一一· A. weighs four kilogrammes when born B. was a boy C. was born at the chongqing children' s Hospital 18. There are supposed to be altogether →一一一→ test-tube babies born in Chongqing this year. A. 4 C. 6 B.3 19. Among the 67 women , on whom the assisted. reproductive technology has been used , about 一一一一_ became pregnant. A.17 C.19 B. 18 20. Which of the following cities has not reported the birth of test-tube babies? AC Bnb no gu B. Shanghai. Part m Questions 21-30 are based on Passage 3. (20 points. 2 points each) Passage 3 How to Use London Telephones 1 Telephone calls in Britain are in two classes: wcal calls, and trunk calls. Short distance calls of up to about twenty miles are classed as local calls, and all calls over longer distances are classed as trunk calls. 2 1n London , telephones now have all-figure numbers which do not include an exchange name: for example , 071 222-2870. If you make a local telephone cal1 in London to a subscriber in London , you leave out the 071 and dial only the last ven figures of th number of the person whom you are calling. To make a trunk call to or from London , you dial all the figures of the subscriber' s numb盯. 3 The names, addresses and telephone numbers of subscribers in inner London ar at present printed in four dìrectories. There are separate directories [or people whose names begin with the letters A to D, E to K, L to R and S to Z. When you look up a person' s number in the telephone directory , you will find his name on the left side of the column and his telephone number on the right sìde. 523