网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)b级11

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1 网络教育公共基础课全国统一考试(英语)B级

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第一部分：交际用语(5*3)

1.－Grandpa: Robbie, we’ll go fishing soon, and we’ll take your dad with us.

－Grandson: I’m ready, Grandpa.

A. You name the day B. Enjoy yourselves

C. You can’t miss it D. Take your time

2.－Johnson: How often do you eat fast food?

－Tom: _______.

A. Every day. B. In the morning. C. At 1:30 p.m. D. I like it very much.

3.－Kate: I wonder if you could give me a hand.

－Jack: _______.

A. Sorry, I have no extra hand. B. Sure, I’d like to.

C. No, I can’t do this. D. Yes, but I have to leave now.

4.－Ashley: Excuse me. Is this table taken?

－Michael: ______

A. Sure, it’s really cheap. B. Yes, you can sit here.

C. Yeah. I’m saving these seats for friends. D. Sorry, you should sit somewhere else.

5.－Amanda: I know you’re busy, but you have to put some time aside to play with your kids.

－Matthew: ______

A. I should. But I have too much work to do these days.

B. I think my children can play by themselves.

C. Thank you, but it’s none of your business.

D. Thanks for your concern, and I won’t do that.

第二部分：阅读理解 (10*3)

Passage 1

Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to

as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?

Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers

overthrown(推翻) or killed—took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The

news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of

important events that occur in far away on the same day they happen.

Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful

information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of

course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their

products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the

money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce

newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it

possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

6. The phrase "subscribe to" in the first paragraph means "___________".

A. go to the newspaper stand and buy 百度文库 - 让每个人平等地提升自我！

2 B. send their own news stories to

C. agree to buy for a specific period of time

D. become faithful readers of

7. The habit of reading newspapers is___________.

A. widespread

B. found among a few families

C. not popular

D. uncommon

8. Before the time of the newspaper,___________.

A. bad news traveled quickly and good news slowly

B. few people cared about events that took place in far away countries

C .kings and rulers were often overthrown or killed

D .news was passed from one person to another

9. The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is___________.

A. wasted

B. not much

C. well spent

D. of no use to anyone

10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Five hundred years ago it took a long time for news to reach other countries.

B. Newspaper advertisements turn people's attention away from their products.

C. The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new products.

D. When newspapers are sold at a low price, the newspaper producers will lose money.

Passage 2

The intelligence (智力) tests used most often today are based on the work of a Frenchman, Alfred

Binet. In 1905, Binet was asked by the French Ministry of Education to develop a way to identify those

children in French schools who were too "mentally deficient (不完善的)" to benefit from ordinary

schooling and who needed special education. The tests had to distinguish those who were merely

behind in school from those who were actually mentally deficient.

The items that Binet and his colleague Thephile Simon included on the test were chosen on the

basis of their ideas about intelligence. Binet and Simon believed intelligence includes such abilities as

understanding the meaning of words, solving problems, and making common-sense judgments. Two

other important assumptions (假定) also shaped Binet's and Simon's work: (1) children with more

intelligence will do better in school and (2) older children have a greater ability than younger children.

Binet's first tests consisted of thirty tasks. They were simple things most children learn as a result of

their everyday experience. The tasks were arranged in groups, according to age. Binet decided which