國家開放大學電大?？啤队⒄Z閱讀(2)》2028-2029期末試題及答案(試卷號：2156) Part 1 Questions 1—10 are based on Passage 1. Passage 1 The Channel Tunnel Passage 1 is about the Channel Tunnel which was officially opened on 6 May 1994. a regular 24 hours a day, 365 days a year seivicc LK Terminal 150 hectares in area 37.2 kin of railtrack 23 km of road 8 loading/unloading platforms French Terminal 7()0 hectares in area 50 km of railtrack 44 km of road 8 loadin^/unloculin^ platforms □ Special high-speed passenger trains ? Le Shuttle for all kinds of cars 二 Lc Shuttle caiTies road vehicles from one tcnninal io lhe other in just 35 minutes ? Maximum speedJ40 kph ? Carries coaches as well as cars ? Special freight shuilles for Ionics □ Service fbr cars, caravans and coaches, every 15 miiiuics at peak times ? Over 3,00() passengers an hour can be carried ? At least one departure per hour through the nigh l ? For lorries, a shutlle leaves every 20 minutes at peak limes when fiilly operational 匚 Drive on drive off ? Estimated maximum loading lime 8 minuies ? Estimaicd maximum unloading lime X minuies □Two single-track rail tunnels, one tunnel for each direction, each 50 km long and 7.6 in in diameter ? linked io the seivicc tunnel by cross passages cveiy 375 m □ Eurostar high-speed passenger tiains can travel at 160 kph □ Air ducts to prevent pressure build-up □ Non-siop journeys: ? Paris-London in less lhan 3 hours ? London-B msse Is j ust over 3 hours □ Seivicc tunnel — fbr ventilation, safety and inainienance — 4.8 in in diameter ? Can be used to evacuate people in case of fire or accident or other emergency □ Signs at both of the terminals and on the shuttles in French and English Read Passage 1 and then try to give short answers to Questions 1—5. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 1. How long is the Channel Tunnel open a day? 2. Could people drive their own cars through the Channel Tunnel? 3. How fast do the Eurostar passenger trains go? 4. How long does it take passengers to get to London from Brussels? 5. What will happen if there's a fire in the tunnel? Read Passage 1 again and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet. 6. The Channel Tunnel will close on Monday from 24 ：00—6 ：00 every week. 7. The French terminal is bigger than the UK terminal. 8. At peak times over 4,000 passengers can be carried per hour. 9. Approximately it will take Le Shuttle 8 minutes at most to load or unload. 10. A tourist who only knows English couldn't read the signs when he arrives at Paris Station. Part II Questions 11—20 are based on Passage 2. Passage 2 The world's only artificially-fed Yangtze dolphin celebrated its 17* birthday in Wuhan with a special offering of his favorite fish. Qiqi, the dolphin, was caught by fishermen near the mouth of Dongting Lake on the Yangtze River on January 12, 1980, and was sent to the Wuhan Institute of Biology in Hubei Province. The date was then chosen as his birthday. He was 1. 47 meters long and weighed 36. 5 kilograms, and he was estimated to be about two years old. By 1986, he had grown to over two meters in length and weighed 125 kilograms. Since then, his length and weight have remained the same. Qiqi lives a single life. He has three meals a day of over 10 kilograms of fresh fish. He has received daily training and has participated in scientific experiments of various kinds. Researchers make regular health checks on him every month. If abnormal indicators appear, the researchers add vitamins, trace elements, antibiotics or nutritional medicines to his fresh fish. Between April and July last year, Qiqi contracted a serious life-threatening liver trauma，hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia. The institute quickly invited experts from the United States, Hongkong and Taiwan to help save Qiqi. Guided by experts from No. 2 Hospital attached to Hubei Medical Sciences University, the researchers applied a drip method of stomach lavage to treat him, and Qiqi recovered after 100 days of treatment. The Yangtze River dolphin inhabits the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is one of Chinay s most prized species after the giant panda, and it is also one of the world's most endangered species, with less than 100 remaining. Since 1978, the Chinese government has spent 40 million yuan (US $ 5 million) on the protection and study of the Yangtze River dolphin. Read Passage 2 and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the statements according to the passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. IL The Yangtze dolphin, Qiqi, was artificially fed, which is to say? A. he was an artificial dolphin C? he was fed by man B. he only ate artificial food D. he only ate a special kind of fish C. Taiwan Hongkong 12. Qiqi was caught by people in Dongting Lake A. Wuhan 13. Which day was chosen as Qiqi's birthday? 6/12/1980. 1/12/1980. A. 7/12/1980. C. 12/12/1980. 14. Which one of the statements is True? A. Qiqi lives in Wuhan Institute of Biology in Hunan Province. B? When people caught Qiqi, he was three years old. G Since 19869 Qiqi,s length and weight have remained the same. D. Qiqi's favorite food is vegetables. 15. In his daily life, Qiqi's main job is to. A. take part in scientific experiments of various kinds B? work with researchers from many countries C? help to test the effect of many kinds of medicines D? receive training for performance 16. When Qiqi was ill, the researchers added. to h" food? A. vitamins and trace element B? antibiotics C. nutritional medicines D? all of A, B and C 17. When Qiqi got a serious liver trauma, the researchers ? A. gave him more fresh fish B. didn't notice it at all C. invited experts from other countries and areas to save him D. gave him some vitamins with fresh food B. added to 18. In the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, the phrase “attached to" can be replaced by ? A. belonging to C. put together with treated as 19. The Yangtze River dolphin? A/ can be found in every part of the river B. is one of the most dangerous animals in the world C. is regarded as one of the most precious animals in China D. is more precious than panda 20. Which one of the statements is False? A. The Chinese government has spent 40 million yuan on the protection and study of this kind of dolphin. B. This kind of dolphin lives in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. c. This kind of dolphin is in danger of extinction. 【). Many of the dolphins have been caught for experiments. Part [11 True or False Questions 21—30 arc based on Passage 3. Passage 3 Today I'd like to talk about some of the problems that students face when they follow a course of study through the medium of English. The problems can be divided into three broad categories： psychological, cultural and linguistic. T he first two categories mainly concern those who come to study in Britain. I' 11 comment only briefly in these first two and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties which apply to everyone wherever they are learning English. Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from separation from his family and possible homesickness. Looking now at the cultural problems, we can see some of them are of a very practical nature, e. g. arranging satisfactory accommodation, getting used to British money (or the lack of it!), British food and weather (neither is always bad!). The largest category is probably linguistic. Let's look at this in some detail. Most students will have learnt English at school, but if they've already been to college or university in their own countries they'll have studied mostly in their own language, perhaps, for reading some textbooks and journals in English. In other words, they'll have had little everyday opportunity to practice using English. When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock： they often have great difficulty in understanding! There are a number of reasons for this. I'll just mention three of them. Firstly, il seems to students that English people speak very quickly. Secondly, they speak with a variety of accents. Thirdly, different styles of speech are used in different situations. For all of these reasons students will have difficulty, mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English. What can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Well, obviously, he should listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps most important of all, he should take every available opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people. He should be aware, however, that English people are often reserved and may be unwilling to take the initiative. However difficult it may seem to be, most English people will respond. He will need patience and perseverance! The student probably has difficulty in speaking English fluently. He has the ideas, he knows what to say (in his own language) but he doesn't know how to say it in English. The advice here will seem difficult to follow but it's necessary. Firstly, he must simplify his language so that he can express himself reasonably clearly. Secondly, he must try to think in English, not translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take place when his use of English becomes automatic： using a language laboratory and listening to as much English as possible will help. In general, he should practice speaking as much as possible. He should also notice the kind of English f and its structure that educated people use» and try to imitate it. Read Passage 3 and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write T for True and F for False against the number of each of the statements on your Answer Sheet. 21. There are three types of problems facing learners of English： sociological» cultural and linguistic. 22. The linguistic problems are discussed in the greatest detail. 23. Psychological and cultural problems mainly concern British students and so are discussed briefly. 24. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from separation from his family and homesickness. 25. In order to understand English people better, the most important thing for a student to do is to listen to the radio and TV. 26. In order to understand English people betterf students should take every available opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people. 27. Though English people are often reserved, if the student has the courage to speak to them, they will often respond. 28. The advice given on how to improve spoken English will seem difficult to follow. 29. The way to make oneself think in English is only to practice speaking as much as possible. 30. For students, short English sentences are better than longer ones. Part IV Short Answer Questions 31—35 are based on Passage 4. Passage 4 In November of 1995, Leslie was working for the Department of Social Services in North Carolina. Her job is to take children out of dangerous home situations and place them in foster homes. During her first such task, Leslie saw that the children she had come to pick up were carrying all of their things in plastic bags. They didn't have suitcases for their clothes. Wanting to help these children, Leslie asked her mother if she could have the family^s old suitcases to give to them. Leslie's 10-year-old sister Abby asked how many foster children there were in the area and found out that there were 300. Most of those children had to carry their things from place to place in plastic bags. Leslie's care and the thought of those 300 children made young Abby take action. Abby decided to ask people to give away their old suitcases to these foster children. She began making and hanging posters, speaking at churches, and asking other children for help. But after a few weeks, she had not received any ones. Abby decided to buy some suitcases with her mother's help. That's how Abby Burnside set up her program, Suitcases for Kids. By March of 1996, Suitcases for Kids had collected and sent 175 suitcases to the foster children. Finally, Abby's efforts were noticed by the media. Her story was in newspapers and magazines and Abby appeared on popular television shows. As the story became known, Abby's local chapter received more and more suitcases, until it collected 4,000 suitcases in 1996. Soon, Abby was traveling to different states to help set up new Suitcases for Kids chapters. By the end of 1996, there were Suitcases for Kids chapters in 19 different states. After two full years. Suitcases for Kids had set up chapters in all 50 states. By its sixth year, the little organization reached international attention, having chapters in more than ten countries. Now thousands of children around the world can carry their things in suitcases instead of plastic bags just because a 10-year-old girl decided one day that she just wanted to help. Read Passage 4 and then try to give short answers to Questions 31—35. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 31. What is Leslie's job? 32. What did the children use to carry their things at first? 33. Why did Abby decide to take action? 34. In which year did each state have Abby's chapters? 35. What made Abby help the children successfully? (Give at least two answers) 試題答案及評分標準 (僅供參考) Part I (30 points, 3 points each) 1. It's open 24 hours a day. 2. No, they couldn't. 3. The passenger trains can travel at 160 kph. 4. Over 3 hours. 5. People will evacuate through the service tunnel. /There's a service tunnel which can be used to evacuate people in case of fire. 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F Part 11 ( 30 points, 3 points each) 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. D Part Hl (20 points9 2 points each) 21. F 22. T 23. F 24. T 25. F 26. T 27. T 28. T 29. F 30. T Part IV (20 points9 4 points each) 31. Her job is to take children out of dangerous home situations and place them in foster homes. 32. Plastic bags. 33. Because of Leslie's care and the thought of the 300 children. 34. In 1998, 35. Her efforts> determination and the help of the media and other people. (Any two of these are OK.)