电大英语3 形考答案3(6)

__________. C

5．What does this passage mainly deal with? A

——Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.

1. What does the word “extraordinary” mean in the title? B

2. The sentence “…my husband thought I was bored …” in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt_________. A

3. Th e word “section” in Para. 4 most probably means here _________. C

4. Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to “rough” in the sentence “One night the sea was very rough …” in Para. 5? C

5. The last paragraph suggests that _________. A

——In the last 500 years, nothing about people – not their clothes, ideas, or languages – has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians.

1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A

2. “Some” in “Some still exist today” means _________ C

3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because _________. B

4. Coffee originally came from_________. C

5. The Arabic legend is used to prove that _________. B

——A survey has shown that people have stopped believing both the media and politicians. A similar survey carried out 5 years ago showed that 50% of people thought that what politicians said was usually not true, and that 35% of people thought that what they saw on the television or read in newspapers was not true.

1．The number of people believing politicians and journalists has ______. C

2．Experts think this problem _______. B

3．Stories say businessmen give money to _______. B

4．Mr Smith thinks politicians make laws ________. A

5．People can now check stories using ______. C

——A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and –poof! –I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.

1．The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________. A

2．According to the author, human contact in a park means ____________. C

3．According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology, the ___________ we are. C 4．What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? C

5．What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author? B

——Did you know there are some very special dogs doing good work in our hospital wards? These are PAT (Pets As Therapy) dogs. Doctors and nurses are recognising the benefits of pets more and more — particularly for children, people with mental illnesses and elderly people who are separated from their own pets or have had to give up their pets.

1．Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? B

2．Pets are particularly beneficial to the following EXCEPT _________. C

3．The first sentence of Para. 2 suggests _________. C

4．The dog helps Alan do the following EXCEPT _________. B

5．The sentence “when I was going to a comma …”means that __________. C

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