大学英语1(高起专)阶段性作业4

2020年12月5日发(作者：容志行)

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A young man who lived in London was in love with a
beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚
妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich.
The young man wanted to make her a present on
her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful
for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had
very little money. The next morning he went to a
shop. There were many fine things there: gold
watches, diamond… but all these things were too
expensive. There was one thing he could not take
his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a
suitable present for his fiancée. He had been
looking at the vase for half an hour when the
manager of the shop noticed him. The young man
looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager
asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager
felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright
idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner
of the shop. To his great surprise the young man
saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager
said: the servant enters the room, he will
drop it.
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was
very excited.
Everything happened as had been planned. The
servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the
room, he dropped it. There was horror on
everybody's face. When the box was opened, the
guests saw that each piece was packed
separately.(30分)

1). The story took place in the United States.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B

2). The young man's family was poor while the
beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：A

3). The young man wanted to buy a present as a
Christmas gift for the girl.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B

4). The shop manager came to talk to the young
man, because he was poorly dressed.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B

5). On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man
was excited because the girl was in love with him.(6
分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B



Great changes have been made in family life
because of science and industry.
In the past, when more Americans lived on farms,
the typical family had many children. In a farm
family, parents and their children often lived with
grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived
nearby. But when industry became more important
than agriculture in American life, families became
smaller because industry requires workers who are
ready and able to move off the land and to move
again whenever necessary. And large families can
not be moved from place to place as smaller
families can. So, at present people tend to have
smaller families.
In the future, because of industrialization, a typical
family will be required to move even more often
than now, so families will be even smaller. The
typical family may remain childless and consists only
of a man and a woman. A small number of families
may take child raising as their chief work. At the
same time they may also raise other people's
children, leaving those families free to move from
job to job. (30分)

6). The passage discusses influence of science and
industry on American families.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：A

7). Families of the past, the present and the future
are described in the passage.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：A
8). People no longer want to have children.(6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B

9). Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of
raising children in the future. (6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：B

10). Large families cannot fit in with a highly
industrialized society. (6分)
(A) T
(B) F
参考答案：A


Peter arrived home and discovered that he had
forgotten his door key. He rang the bell, but nobody
came to open the door. He rang again, and waited,
but still there was no answer. He walked around the
house to see if he could find an open window. But
they were all closed. It was he did not know where
she had gone, or when she would return. He waited
for half an hour. Still nobody came. Finally feeling
wet and could be angry, he picked up a big stone
and threw it through the kitchen window and was
climbing through it. When he heard the front door
open, his wife came back.(40分)

11). What happened to Peter one day?_______(8
分)
(A) He didn’t take his door key with him.
(B) He lost his key.
(C) He took the wrong key with his key.
(D) He could not open the door with his key.
参考答案：A

12). What was the weather like?_______(8分)
(A) It was sunny.
(B) It was clear.
(C) It was raining.
(D) It was windy.
参考答案：C

13). What did he do at last to get into his
house?_______(8分)
(A) He threw a big stone through a window.
(B) He returned to his office for the door key.
(C) He had to wait for his wife.
(D) He phoned his wife.
参考答案：A

14). When did his wife come back?_______(8分)
(A) His wife came back when he was standing in
the rain.
(B) His wife came back after he had broken the
kitchen window.
(C) His wife came back when he was walking
around the house.
(D) His wife came back when he was going to his
office.
参考答案：B

15). Peter walked around the house to see if he
could find that _______.(8分)
(A) a window was open
(B) his wife came out
(C) someone came to open the door
(D) somebody could help him
参考答案：A