大学英语1(高起专)阶段性作业4

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A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.

The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: \the servant enters the room, he will drop it.\

On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.

Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.(30分)

1). The story took place in the United States.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

2). The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：A

3). The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

4). The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

5). On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

Great changes have been made in family life

because of science and industry.

In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families.

In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (30分)

6). The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：A

7). Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage.(6分) (A) T (B) F 参考答案：A

8). People no longer want to have children.(6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

9). Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. (6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：B

10). Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. (6分) (A) T (B) F

参考答案：A

Peter arrived home and discovered that he had forgotten his door key. He rang the bell, but nobody came to open the door. He rang again, and waited, but still there was no answer. He walked around the house to see if he could find an open window. But they were all closed. It was he did not know where she had gone, or when she would return. He waited for half an hour. Still nobody came. Finally feeling wet and could be angry, he picked up a big stone and threw it through the kitchen window and was climbing through it. When he heard the front door open, his wife came back.(40分)

11). What happened to Peter one day?_______(8分)

(A) He didn’t take his door key with him.

(B) He lost his key.

(C) He took the wrong key with his key.

(D) He could not open the door with his key. 参考答案：A

12). What was the weather like?_______(8分) (A) It was sunny. (B) It was clear. (C) It was raining. (D) It was windy. 参考答案：C

13). What did he do at last to get into his house?_______(8分)

(A) He threw a big stone through a window. (B) He returned to his office for the door key. (C) He had to wait for his wife. (D) He phoned his wife.

参考答案：A

14). When did his wife come back?_______(8分) (A) His wife came back when he was standing in the rain.

(B) His wife came back after he had broken the kitchen window.

(C) His wife came back when he was walking around the house.

(D) His wife came back when he was going to his office.

参考答案：B

15). Peter walked around the house to see if he could find that _______.(8分) (A) a window was open

(B) his wife came out

(C) someone came to open the door (D) somebody could help him 参考答案：A

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