1、全国网络统考计算机应用基础选择题复习第一章 计算机基础知识阅读理解B24、 Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three y
2、ears later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they
3、 could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa. One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and work
4、ers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, “Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir?” “Certainly,” said Mr. Turner. “One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛） by a river” “Please wai
5、t a minute, sir,” said the man. “There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all!” “Its rare just because there arent any!” (1)、Mr. White was born in a farmers family.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、The children often asked him t
6、o tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、All people believed Mr. White except the children.A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong.A：TB：F答案：A 25、 Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader
7、 of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhis idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston Universit
8、y, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech “I Have a Drea
9、m” before the Lincoln Memorial. The “dream” is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the bla
10、ck. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther Kings honor. He lives in peoples hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Martin Luther
11、 Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The underlined word “delivered” in the second paragraph could be replaced by “gave”.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、The best title for this passage is “Civil Rights Law”.A：TB：F答案：B 26、 Lets watch the weather forecast on television. We may go
12、 to Scotland, we may go to Wales or London. We can decide after the forecast. “Good morning, and here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. Northern Scotland will be cold, and there may be snow over High Ground. In the north of England it will be a wet day and rain will move into Wales and the Midla
13、nds during the afternoon. East Anglia（英格兰） will be generally dry, and it will be a bright clear day with sunshine, but it may rain during the evening. In the southwest it may be foggy during the morning, but the afternoon will be clear. It may be windy later in the day.”(1)、The speaker is planning t
14、o go traveling within the country. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、The speaker can fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning, because it wont be foggy there tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：A (3)、It will be a bright clear day in East Auglia tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The forecast mainly tells us the whole country will have fine wea
15、ther tomorrow. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、You can infer from the passage that none of the places offers ideal weather tomorrow for travel. A：TB：F答案：A 27、 Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning ski trip for this weekend, but they dont know about
16、the weather. Its 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather forecast for the weekend. “Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but its not going to rain. The temperature is going to be in the thirties. Its going to snow Friday night and m
17、aybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny. ” Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains. (1)、Nancy and Peter listened to the weather forecast for the
18、weekend.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The weather will be warm and rainy on Sunday. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、Nancy and Peter often do sports. A：TB：F答案：A 28、 Mr
19、. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance,
20、so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husbands secretary. She said to her, “My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please dont bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back.” After Mr. and Mrs. Young had bee
21、n away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, “Something terrible happened to your business, but Im not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation.”(1)、Mr. Young was the owner of a private business. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mrs. Young worried about her h
22、usbands business. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Mrs. Young was afraid that her husbands vacation might be spoilt. A：TB：F答案：A (4)、The secretary didnt explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Youngs business, because she didnt want to spoil Mr. Youngs vacation.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、You can learn from the story that Mr
23、. Young had a stupid secretary. A：TB：F答案：A 29、 A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found
24、 that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested
25、that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：TB：F答案：A (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Mr. James bu
26、ilt the house. A：TB：F答案：B (4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. A：TB：F答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James story. A：TB：F答案：B 30、 After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised his landlord by telli
27、ng him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate. It all began a year ago when Albert returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to t
28、he dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend “Bingo”. He never found out the dogs real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he
29、 preferred chocolate to bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert neglected his duty, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingos mercy and had to bribe him to get into his own house!
30、He spent such a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied with that in the end he had to move somewhere else. (1)、Albert lived there for many years. A：TB：F答案：B (2)、Albert was moving because he did not like the place. A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Albert and the dog became friends a year ago. A：TB：F答案：A
31、 (4)、The dog visited Albert every day because it wanted the chocolate. A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Albert “had to bribe him” means he had to take care of him. A：TB：F答案：B 31、 Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed. China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets
32、, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned. The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have caused pollution of the enviro
33、nment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are not easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping. What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a goo
34、d idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment. (1)、People in China have to pay f
35、or using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets now.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the environment.A：TB：F答案：A (3)、The Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.A：TB：F答案：A (4)、Some students in Chongqing buy cloth bags for their parents.A
36、：TB：F答案：B (5)、The main idea of the article is the bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.A：TB：F答案：B 32、 Taking away a citys rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we cant eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon
37、have a mountain of rubbish. In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside the city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage（污水，排水）system. The sewage system takes away
38、the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places. To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then youd never know that this had once been an old
39、rubbish dump. In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal.Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus（
40、腐殖质）, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow. (1)、You can most probably read this kind of passage in a telephone book.A：TB：F答案：B (2)、The main idea of the passage is to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、
41、The underlined word “sewage” in the second paragraph means laundry.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again to feed plants.A：TB：F答案：A (5)、We should take care of a used metal box by reusing and recycling it.A：TB：F答案：A 33、 Snowflakes look like white stars fa
42、lling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Think how it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you. Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan.
43、It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust. Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a sma
44、ll drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape. No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have
45、six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft. Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It
46、 could happen again. (1)、The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.A：TB：F答案：A (2)、No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard.A：TB：F答案：B (3)、Snowflakes begin with cloud.A：TB：F答案：B (4)、The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are.
47、A：TB：F答案：A (5)、Black snow fell only in European Countries.A：TB：F答案：B 34、 The Spring Festival together with the winter holidays often means sharing cakes, candies and other delicious food with friends and families. Most people will eat more than they usually do. But doctors find out that what you eat may affect how well you remember things. This is bad news for
