大学英语A--阅读理解（2）
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4、Halloween (October 31) is a holiday widely celebrated with
different names in many countries. Although it originated as a
religious holiday, it has lost its religious connections in the
United States. It is now celebrated largely as a children's day,
and many American children look forward to it for days and weeks
beforehand.
The orange pumpkin is harvested
at this time of year and is hollowed out, a funny face cut into it,
and a candle placed inside as decorations in the window. City
folks, nowadays, sometimes use paper pumpkins for decorations. Some
years ago, the holiday was celebrated by dressing up in strange and
frightening costumes and playing tricks on one's neighbors and
friends, such as ringing door bells, throwing bits of corn on the
window panes, and in other ways making minor disturbances. More
recently, children come to the d
oor to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess
who they are behind the false faces and receive treats of candy,
fruit or cookies. They say, 'Trick or Treat', meaning 'I will play
a trick on you if you do not give me a treat.'
This practice has even more recently developed into
a significant international activity. Instead of or along with
candy, the children collect money for UNICEF (United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund). This special collection
of money by children for needy children throughout the world is
known as 'UNICEF Trick or Treat'. Begun only recently, it results
in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF. The
collection box is orange, reminiscent of the pumpkin.
(1)、What does Halloween originate from?
A：A
children's day.
B：A
children's trick.
C：A
religious day.
D：A
UNICEF day.
答案：C
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(2)、What is the symbol of Halloween?
A：Pumpkin
B：Candle
C：Costumes
D：Money
答案：A
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(3)、The holiday was celebrated in the following ways some years
ago EXCEPT ______.
A：putting on strange and frightening costumes
B：receiving treats of candy, fruit or cookies
C：playing tricks on one's neighbors and friends
D：ringing door bells
答案：B
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(4)、Why do children collect money in the
Halloween?
A：They love money.
B：They want to get enough money to buy themselves
candy.
C：The adults are willing to give them money.
D：They want to help other children.
答案：D
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(5)、The collection box is dyed orange because
______.
A：children love orange
B：orange stands for happiness
C：orange is the color of pumpkins
D：orange is loved by adults
答案：C
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5、After a long period of studies, scientists are uncovering
surprising new findings about dolphins. They believe that dolphins
do 'talk' to each other, whistling 'names' among themselves and
others in their group. They help one another when in trouble. Like
bats, they use sound waves to 'see'. Because of these and many
other findings, many scientists now place dolphins among the
cleverest animals on earth.
Dolphins love to mimic. If we
swim on our backs, they do too. If we dive, they follow. Once a
trainer blew a puff of cigarette smoke against the window of an
observation tank, a young dolphin suddenly swam to its mother,
nursed a
moment, and spit out a cloud of milk. It is even more
surprising that dolphins are able to understand sign language. One
of Herman's dolphins has mastered more than 50 sign words. For
example, it understands the difference between 'bring the surfboard
to the person' and 'bring the person to the
surfboard.'
Scientists are learning how
dolphins 'speak' to each other. 'Each dolphin,' says Peter Gyack
'has its own 'signature' whistle.' Dolphin can also mimic the
signature of others.
Dolphins help one another. When
birth-giving takes place, females gather to keep off sharks. Later,
while the mother looks for food, they take care of the young
dolphin, swimming in a circle.
Dolphins reach out to us in
astonishing ways. What would the world be like without
them?
(1)、To the best of our knowledge, dolphins are
______.
A：surprising fish
B：interesting animals
C：intelligent mammals
D：man's friends
答案：C
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(2)、In the second paragraph, 'nursed' means
______.
A：brought the mother something to eat
B：sucked milk from the mother dolphin
C：asked to be taken care of
D：gave some milk to her
答案：B
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(3)、What was the young dolphin doing when it suddenly spit out
a cloud of milk? It was ______.
A：having a little fun
B：diving into the deep sea
C：playing 'smoking'
D：copying 'smoking'
答案：D
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(4)、Which of the following do you think is more
reasonable?
A：We are still in the early stage of learning about these
animals.
B：We have little difficulty in understanding
dolphins.
C：Man will be able to talk freely to dolphins in the near
future.
D：Sign language is the only way to make dolphins understand
us.
答案：A
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(5)、What's the purpose of female dolphins' swimming in a
circle?
A：The young dolphin needs friends to play with.
B：The young dolphin can play safely inside.
C：The mother will help them to learn swimming in a
circle.
D：The mother will be free to meet the father.
答案：B
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6、Old people are always saying that the young are not what
they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation
and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today.
The young are better educated. They have a lot of money to spend
and enjoy more freedom. They are not so dependent on their parents.
They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas
of their elders. This is as it should be.
The old always assume that they
know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit
longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being
questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are
doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders. Office
hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery.
Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and
responsibility? And who said that all men in the world should wear
grey clothes and short hair? Why have the older generation so often
used violence to solve problems? Why are they so unhappy and
guilt-ridden in their personal lives? Haven't the old lost touch
with all that is important in life?
Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders
for guidance. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old could
learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest
lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not 'sinful'.
Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It
is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It
is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past
or future.
(1)、What's the old generation's comment on the
young?
A：The young are more knowledgeable about the world around
than they were.
B：The young treat historical events as seriously as they
do.
C：The young do not behave the way they did when they were
young.
D：The young tend to use violence to solve their
problems.
答案：C
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(2)、The old people believe that ______.
A：the old values they have kept to should also change with
the advancing society
B：they know more because they have experienced much more of
life
C：young people are good successors to their
ideas
D：young people should not continue to live the way they
did
答案：B
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(3)、The young are challenging traditional values EXCEPT in
______.
A：clothing fashion
B：traditional concepts
C：fixed working hours
D：marriage patterns
答案：D
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(4)、We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that ______.
A：the young generation differs from the old in their attitude
toward life
B：the young generation seeks to possess more material
wealth
C：the old are regretful for their past personal
lives
D：the old have been trying to keep up with the modern
life
答案：A
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(5)、One important aspect the old should learn from the young is
that ______.
A：they should fully enjoy life
B：they should expect a better future and cherish the hard
past time
C：they should try to integrate leisure in work
D：they should learn to attach importance to material
life
答案：A
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