PDF《英语阅读 （2 ） 试题》

试卷代号 :2156 国家开放大学(中央广播电视大学)2016 年秋季学期 开放专科 期末考试 英语阅读 (2 ) 试题

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498 Part

1 Read passages

1 &

2 and finish questions

1 一10 (

30 points ,

3 points each). Questions 1-5 are based on Passage 1. Passage

1 This is a short passage about what happened to the Titanic. She was launched on

31 May

1911 and sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York , via Cherbourg and Queenstown , on

10 April1912. With a gross tonnage of

46 ,

328 tons , she was the largest ship afloat;

882 feet long ,

92 feet wide ,

8 decks rising to the height of an 11-storey building. Four days and seventeen hours after the voyage began , at 11.

40 p. m. on Sunday

14 April , she hit an iceberg and was badly damaged. Two hours and forty minutes later she sank. Of the

2227 passengers and crew ,

705 escaped in twenty lifeboats and rafts;

1522 were drowned , including her master , Captain Edward Smith. At dawn on

15 April the Cunard liner Carρathia , having heard the Titanic'

s wireless distress calls

58 miles away , arrived at the scene and began picking up survivors. Read Passage

1 and then fill in the following blanks numbered 1-5 with the information from the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. The Titanic

31 孔1ay

1911 (1)

10 April1912 (2)

14 April

1912 (3)

15 April

1912 The Titanic sank. (4) people were saved and

1522 were drowned in the ship. At dawn on

15 April

1912 A ship arrived at the scene and (5) Questions 6-10 are based on Passage 2. Passage

2 This is a short passage about the details printed in the Daily News on

7 December

1926 which offered ;

f100 reward for any information which would help them locate Mrs. Christie.

499 ;

f100 REWARD The Daily News offers ;

f100 reward to the first person furnishing us with first information leading to the discovery of the whereabouts , if alive , of Mrs. Christie. Information should be telephoned to the Daily News (Telephone: Central

5000 , or telegraphed or conveyed by a personal call at the Daily News Office

19 , Bouverie Street , E. C. 4. ) HOW TO RECOGNISE HER Age

35 Height.5ft 7ins Figure'

Well-built Hair-Reddish and shingled Eyes. Grey Complexion.Fair WEARING: Green jumper Green velour hat Platinum ring with one pearl Probably carrying a black handbag Read Passage

2 and then t叮to give short answers to Questions 6-10. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 6. Which newspaper will offer the reward? 7. What kind of person will the reward be given to? 8. How tall is Mrs. Christie? 9. What is her hat made of? 10. What color is her handbag? Part rr Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 3. (30 points ,

3 points each) Passage

3 1 China is growing old: by the end of

1996 , the ratio between people of working age and pensioners was nearly

2 : 1. By the end of this century , the ratio will shrink , and by

2005 it will be

1 : 1.

500 2 A survey made by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs has shown the pressures an aging population brings. Last year , the Ministry asked experts from Beijing University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to conduct a questionnaire among