北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（2）

答案：A

4. Illegal killing of rare animals seems to affect the earth's ecosystemmost seriously.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. The passage mainly implies that rare animals should be killed forprofits.  

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. Long ago, there was a rich man. He had a very big house with a lot oftreasures. He had many servants to look after it for a few days. One day, twosilver saucers were stolen from the cupboard. After a few days, another twosaucers were stolen again. The rich man was very angry. He thought,"Someone must have stolen them. I must catch the thief, or another twosaucers would be stolen in a few days."

Then he had an idea. He called in all his servants and said, "Some ofmy silver saucers have disappeared. Someone among you must have taken them. Whohas taken them?"

The servants looked at one another and kept quiet. The rich mansaid," I shall catch the thief myself. I am giving each of you a stick.Look, all the sticks are of the same length. Keep the sticks. Bring them backtomorrow. The thief's stick will grow two centimeters longer."

That evening, Salleh, one of the servants, went home sadly. His wife askedhim, "Why are you so sad this evening?"

"This stick will grow two centimeters longer tomorrow because I havetaken the silver saucers," he said.

"Oh, don't worry. Cut off two centimeters from the stick," hiswife said. "In other words, your stick will be of the same length as anyof the other sticks."

When Salleh heard this, he was very happy. At once, he cut off twocentimeters from the stick with a knife.

The next day, each of the servants brought back his stick. The rich manthen measured each of the sticks. He found Salleh's stick shorter by twocentimeters, Salleh was the thief. He was caught and put into prison. The richman got back the stolen saucers. 

1. The silver saucers were kept in a box.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

2. The rich man found six silver saucers were stolen.

A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. The rich man gave each of his servants a stick of the same length.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. The next day, the rich man knew that Salleh was the thief becauseSalleh's stick was shorter by two centimeters.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. Salleh did as what his wife told him.

A. T                          B. F

答案：A

6.  Many years ago there lived avery rich man who wanted to do something for people of this town. But first hewanted to find out whether they deserved his help. In the center of the mainroad into the town he placed a very large stone. Then he hid behind a tree andwaited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

"Who put his stone in the center of the road?" said the old man,but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passedaround the stone and continued his way.

Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another.All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road but none ofthem tried to remove it. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He sawthe stone and said, "The night will be very dark. Some neighbor will comealong later in the dark and will fall against the stone." The young manthen began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength toremove it. How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found abag of money and a piece of paper with these words: "This money is for thefirst honest man who removes this stone from the road."

1. The rich man wanted to find out whether the people of the town wereworthy of his help.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. The man put a sack of rice in the center of the road.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. Most people tried to move the stone away.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

4. The young man found a bag of money and a letter under the stone.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

5. A very rich man wanted to do something for the poor people of the city.

 A. T                          B. F

答案：B

7.  Jean-Michael Lourdis was apromising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as ifhis hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he becameoversensitive （过度敏感的） to the comments of his playing.Unfortunately, in those days, a critic（批评家） was not considered a critic, unless he foundsomething wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young manready to give up his dream and return home.

He was invited to play in Helsinki（赫尔辛基）. The rich, the famous, the leaders of Statewere all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong.That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his younglife. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were so unkind. Theyoung musician was painful.

That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total despair（绝望）, there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor.The famous Finnish composer（作曲家） Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulatethe young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of thatand began to quote some of the newspaper critics. "Hands of iron. Noimagination. Little skill, no joy. Don't you hear what they say?" heasked.

Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, " Remember, son,there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue（雕像） for a critic."

1. According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis cared too much aboutwhat the critics had said.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

2. A critic in those days usually said kind and encouraging words to musicians.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

3. The young musician was painful because some of the comments were so unkind.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A

4. The comments mentioned all EXCEPT little skill.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：B

5. Jean Sibelius came to visit the young musician because he wanted totell the young man his performance was great.

  A. T                          B. F

答案：A