英语重修试题及答案2

英语重修试题及答案2

Test Two

Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

Last Thursday an old chap came to our school to talk about the evils of smoking. He said he wouldn't go on for too long, and

we saw him take his wristwatch off and lay it on the table. I can't remember what he said about smoking because Slater and I

had other things to think about. He finished when the bell rang for playtime, and the headmaster told us to go out. Slater

happened to slip.

In the playground Slater showed me the watch. He put it on his wrist, and it looked lovely. I was wishing that I'd been the one

to slip by the table, because it was a beautiful watch, gold by the look of it. The headmaster came outside then, and the old

boy was with him. They walked about, looking around and talking all the time. After a bit the bell rang, and we got into our

lines, ready to go in.

The headmaster said, "I've got a little job for you boys. This gentleman, our lecturer, has just lost his watch in the playground.

It's happened before, he says --- it just slips off his wrist. So look around for it, will you See if you're clever enough to find it.

I've no doubt the boy who does so will get a useful reward "

Well, of course, Slater wasn't going to miss a chance like that. He's just about the luckiest devil in the school --- rewards just

drop into his hands. We all walked about the playground, looking for the watch. And I wasn't a bit surprised when Slater bent

down as if he was picking something up. Then he hurried past me towards the old man.

"Where are you going" I called out, though I knew very well where he was going. "Where do you think" he called back.

And the next minute there was Slater, all smiles, handing over the watch to the old fellow and hanging about for the reward.

But the lecturer didn't seem at all pleased. In fact he looked quite ready to put a knife in Slater's heart --- until the headmaster

burst out laughing. Then they both laughed. Slater told me afterwards that the old man hadn't even said "Thank you" for the

watch.

The thing that puzzled us most of all was that Slater didn't get any reward. When he reminded the headmaster about it, the

headmaster said: "Ah yes, we mustn't forget that I said ‘a useful reward’, didn't I" And then he gave Slater a big sheet of paper

and told him to write a composition on the evils of smoking. Slater says he hasn't got a clue what to write.

1. What were the boys thinking about during the lecture

A) They were not thinking about anything.

B) They were thinking about the evils of smoking.

C) About the watch --- how to get it, perhaps.

D) They thought that the headmaster was very clever.

2. Why did the story-teller wish that he had slipped

A) Because it was a beautiful watch.

B) He thought he could have taken the watch if he had slipped.

C) If that had happened, the watch wouldn't have been lost.

D) In that case he wouldn't have given it back to the lecturer.

3. "The headmaster came outside then, and the old boy was with him." Who was the old boy

A) An old student. B) The lecturer. C) The headmaster's son. D) A servant.

4. When Slater "bent down", what was he trying to do

A) He had to bend down in order to pick up the watch.

B) He was trying to hide the fact that he had found the watch.

C) The watch had slipped off his wrist, and he was trying to pick it up.

D) He was pretending to have found something.

5. Why didn't Slater get the kind of reward he expected

A) The headmaster had forgot it, probably.

B) Because the lecturer did not agree to give him any reward.

C) Because the headmaster never meant to give the usual kind of reward to anyone.

D) Because the headmaster did not keep his word.

Passage 2

Many poor people made good money by selling their own living, healthy teeth. Young people's teeth were in special

demand. Dentists with rich, gap-toothed patients often had several live-tooth sellers at hand ready to have their teeth pulled.

The idea was to get the best match and fit for the patient. Miss Smith's second-from-the-middle tooth might be no good. But

maybe Mr Brown's third-left would fit her ladyship's socket. Some of the double extractions took place right on the spot. The

bad tooth would be hauled out. Then the newly drawn live one would be popped into the socket. Strange though it may seem

these transplants sometimes worked. At least they would last for a year or two. But they, like ivory teeth, had to be tied firmly

to the real teeth next to them.

In some cases, neither carved teeth nor transplants worked -- no matter how rich or famous the patient. Next time you see a

picture of George Washington, take a good look at it. There's something strange about the president's mouth. It has a puffed

look, especially under the lower lip. Washington suffered from poor teeth. He lost most of them when he was quite young.

Dentist after dentist tried to fit him with suitable dentures. But none of them were really satisfactory. One set had dogs' teeth in

the top. In the bottom were human teeth. The set was held together by strong, coiled, steel springs. It weighed nearly a

quarter of a pound. That's quite a lot of bone, lead, wax, and iron to carry round in your mouth. Yet Washington never took out

his false teeth in public, even to eat. He was too proud.

The artist Gilbert Stuart was asked to paint Washington's portrait. But he was troubled at the way the president's lower lip

jutted out. He told Washington to stuff wads of cotton between his chin and teeth. The result was the puffed-out look we see

today in Washington's portrait on some American bills, coins, and stamps.

One set of Washington's ill-fitting false teeth is still shown in the Dental Museum in Baltimore. It is a far cry from the light,

strong, well-fitted, plastic and metal dentures of today.

6. The best teeth for transplants probably came from ___________.

A) living young people B) dead soldiers C) rich patients D) skillful dentists

7. George Washington's lower lip jutted because ___________.

A) he had suffered from poor teeth B) he had taken out his false teeth

C) his false teeth didn't fit well D) his jaw was too small

8. Evidence of Washington's dental problems can be seen today __________.

A) in the White House B) on some American money and stamps

C) in the Dental Museum in Baltimore D) both B and C

9. Gilbert was most probably a ___________.

A) dentist B) portrait painter C) senior official D) guide in the Museum

10. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase "a far cry" in the last paragraph

A) A shout in the distance. B) A loud yell. C) A similar remark. D) Something different.

Passage 3

In October 1949 the United Nations brought a number of specialists on food to Geneva, to discuss the problems of eating

habits and food supplies of peoples throughout the world. One problem that interested the specialists particularly was a form

of illness, about which little was known, among the children in Africa and Latin America. The World Health Organization

(WHO) planned to study this disease to determine the relationship between the eating habits of the people and the disease.

Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited

ten countries. They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa.

The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor.

The diseased children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the child's stomach becomes swollen

by liquid collecting in the body. The skin changes color and may break out in open sores. The hair changes color and starts

to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down

all the time. Stomach liquids are no longer produced.

The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of

milk or meat. Their mothers, after stopping their breast-feeding, gave them foods full of starches instead of greatly needed

proteins. They found that the addition of milk to the food of children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.

The unbelievable thing about kwashiorkor is that the very existence of the disease --- which has been killing thousands of

children for centuries --- was not even recognized in Latin America as recently as ten years ago. The deaths of those children

were mistakenly listed as due to other diseases. It was the WHO's work in Africa that led to the discovery of the problem in

Central America.

11. From the passage we learn that kwashiorkor is a disease caused by ______.

A) poor living conditions B) lack of proteins in food

C) breast-feeding D) lack of food

12. Where was the study of this disease carried out

A) The Sahara. B) Central America. C) Latin America D) Africa.

13. It is difficult to discover kwashiorkor because ______.

A) it has no symptoms at all B) it is hard to identify signs of it

C) it doesn't last long enough for careful observation

D) it is hardly distinguishable from other diseases

14. A main symptom of this disease is that children who have it __ ____.

A) cannot stop liquid produce in the stomach

B) have a big stomach

C) can never satisfy their hunger

D) are not able to sit or lie down

15. What is mentioned as a simple but efficient way of curing this disease

A) Taking a special medicine. B) Avoiding any food containing starch.

C) Having more meat or milk. D) Taking medicines full of proteins.

16. The disease has been known in the Latin America

A) for ten years B) only recently C) for dozens of years D) before the discovery in Africa

17. What's the best title for the article

A) Milk and Meat Are Daily Necessities B) Kwashiorkor and Bad Eating Habits

C) A New Form of Illness in Africa and Latin America D) A Case of Eating Habits

Passage 4

Physical fitness is the result of many factors -- good medical and dental care, proper nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation,

and sensible personal habits. But these are never enough. An essential factor is regular physical activity -- exercise for a

body that needs it to function well.

All of us know that ordinary movements -- things like running, jumping, and bending -- are made by muscles. Muscles also do

many other things. They suck air into your lungs, push food along your digestive tract, and tighten your blood vessels to raise

blood pressure when you need more pressure for an emergency. Your heart is a muscular pump.

When your muscles are not used, or are not used enough, they do not develop and grow properly. They soon become flabby

and weak, shrink in size, and lose the ability to do the jobs they were meant to do.

Recent studies showed that the average high school student spends fifteen to thirty hours a week watching television and

only two hours a week in organized play or exercise. That is one reason why one-third of the 200,000 pupils tested for the

President's Council on Physical Fitness failed a simple test of strength, stamina, and flexibility. Some of the boys and girls

could not raise themselves to a sitting position without using their hands!

Cars and buses, elevators and escalators, TV and push-button machines all tend to reduce strenuous physical activity. But

our bodies still need exercise. Without it they soon become weak, ineffective, and unattractive.

18. In the article, muscles are said to do all of the following EXCEPT __________.

A) suck air B) tighten blood vessels

C) run, jump, bend D) reflect pains

19. The thing to keep physical fitness discussed in this article is _________。

A) strength B) skill C) nutrition D) exercise

20. The author seems to urge ____________.

A) replacing physical activity with TV watching

B) failing 200,000 students on a physical fitness test

C) exercising our bodies regularly D) checking our bodies annually

21. According to the article, high school students ____________.

A) are mostly flabby and weak

B) often suffer from lung troubles

C) lack adequate exercise

D) should watch less TV programs

22. An essential factor of physical fitness mentioned in the passage is ___________.

A) good medical care

B) blood pressure

C) adequate rest and relaxation

D) regular physical activity

Cloze

The history of modern water pollution goes __ 23 __ to February 28, 1931, when Mrs. Murphy __ 24 __ over her back-yard

fence and said to Mrs. Holbrook, "You __ 25 __ those shirts white" Mrs. Holbrook was __ 26 __ to admit they were as white

as she could get them __ 27 __ that ordinary soap. "What you should use is this Formula Cake Soap Which __ 28 __ against

the dull grey look that the family wash __ 29 __ had." Doubtful __ 30 __ adventurous, tried the Formula soap, __ 31 __ did

take the grey out of her husband's shirts. But what she didn't know was that the water eventually __ 32 __ into the Blue Sky

River, killing two fish. Three years later, Mrs. Murphy was __ 33 __ her shirts and Mrs. Holbrook said, "How did you ever get

our collars so __ 34 __, surely not with Formula" "Not ordinary Formula. But I did with Super Fortified Formula. You see, it

attacks dirt and destroys it. Here, try some __ 35 __ your shirts." Mrs. Holbrook __ 36 __ and discovered her husband's shirt

collars turned pure white. What she could not possibly know was that it turned the river water pure white as __ 37 __. Six

months later, the Blue Sky River was __ 38 __ a health hazard. One day as Mr. Holbrook was walking home from work, he

accidently __ 39 __ the Blue Sky River, swallowed a __ 40 __ of water and died immediately. At the funeral service the