北京师范大学网络教育———0492《大学英语三》阅读理解习题（17）
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word tosomeone who is down can lift him up and help him make it through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to killhim.
Be careful of what you say. The power of words is sometimes hard tounderstand because an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speakwords that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times.Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.
1. The expression "as good as" (in line 2, paragraph1) means almost,practically.
A. T B. F
答案：A
2. When other frogs told the two frogs there was no hope,the two frogs gave up their efforts immediately.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. One of the frogs fell down and died because he was so tired.
A. T B. F
答案：B
4. The other frog managed to jump out of the pit because he was very strong physically.
A. T B. F
答案：B
5. People should avoid saying destructive words to those who are introuble.
A. T B. F
答案：A
57. Morgan Rees has always been a goodbusinessman. He used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of thetime. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't wantto stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when hewas nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoytheir old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son.
But he was unhappy. He didn't know what to dowith himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday tointeresting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressedbecause he hated being retired.
Then one day he saw an advertisement in thenewspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery (陶器)factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried.They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.
He is now 76 and he has expanded the companyconsiderably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he hasfound many new customers for the products. He has developed the export marketand has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office andemployed three young designers. They have been all over the world to get newideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Mostimportantly, he hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.
1. The topic sentence of Para. 1 is ______.
A. MorganRees has always been a good businessman
B. heused to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time
C. whenMorgan Rees was 65, he got retired
D. reluctantly,he handed over the business to his son
答案：A
2. The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ______.
A. hedidn't know what to do with himself
B. hewent on holiday to interesting places with his wife
C. hewas unhappy after he got retired
D. noneof them
答案：C
3. Which of the following statements can bestexpress the main idea of Para. 3?
A. Oneday he saw an advertisement in the newspaper.
B. Hebought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.
C. Hetold his family he bought a small crockery factory.
D. Hisfamily was horrified and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.
答案：B
4. What is the central idea of the lastparagraph?
A. MorganRees has worked until he is 76.
B. MorganRees has developed the export market and improved the profits by 200%.
C. MorganRees hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.
D. Sincehe started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably,which has enriched his retired life.
答案：D
5. The passage mainly deals with ______.
A. whyMorgan Rees bought a small crockery factory
B. howMorgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again
C. howMoran Rees became a good businessman
D. howMoran Rees expanded the company considerably
答案：B
58. A young boy was playing with a ball inthe street. He kicked too hard, and it broke the window of a home and fallinside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy,so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes later hereturned and knocked at the door of the house, and when the lady answered it,he said, “My father is going to come and fix your window very soon.”
After a few minutes a man came to the doorwith tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window, hesaid to the lady, “That will cost you ten dollars.” “But aren't you the fatherof that boy?” the women asked, looking surprised. “No,” he answered, equallysurprised. “Aren't you his mother?”
1. One day a boy played with a ball near hishouse.
A. T B. F
答案：B
2. The lady shouted at the boy because theboy kicked the ball too hard.
A. T B. F
答案：B
3. The boy ran away and brought his fatherwhen the lady shouted at him.
A. T B. F
答案：B
4. The lady gave the ball back to the boybecause she thought the boy's father came to repair the window.
A. T B. F
答案：A
5. The repairman thought that the lady wasthe boy's mother.
A. T B. F
答案：A
59. Paul could not sleep last night. He wokeup early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. "I mustbe sick," he thought, "but I must study for that test."
He got up and looked for his historynotebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on his chair. He wentover his history notes, but he couldn't remember any of the facts in his notes."What shall I do?" he thought. He felt terrible.
Just then Paul's telephone rang, so he putdown his notebook and picked up the telephone.
"Good morning," Jack's voice said."You must be wrong about that test."
"What do you mean?" Paul askedweakly.
"We are not going to have a testtoday." Jack said. "I wrote down the date in my notebook. The testwill be next Wednesday, it isn't today. How do you feel this morning?"
