1、试卷代号：2157 国家开放大学（中央广播电视大学）2016年春季学期“开放专科”期末考试 英语阅读（3)试题 2016年7月 注意事项 一、将你的学号、性名及分校（工作站）名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可离开考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。I Questions 1-10 are based on Passage 1.(30 points,3 points 1 Out of Africa
2、 1 When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994,she was presented with nine cattle,16 sheep and some land by the grateful people of her hometown.But it was the words of the ordinary womenfolk which Loroupe valued the most.You did a good job,they told her.
3、You showed us that women can be successful just like men.We are not useless 2 In a country where most people think women are supposed to stay home and care for the kids,Loroupe,s victory meant a lot.It was the first time a black African woman had ever won a major marathon,and the triumph provided he
4、r independence,both financially and culturally.It also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters 3 Male athletes have made Kenya synonymous with success in long-distance running,but women are discouraged from competing beyond the age of 16,when they are expected to star
5、t a family.Most people think that if a woman goes out of the dountry,she will be spoiled,that she will learn more than the others,and that when they tell her to do something,she will say no.Due to this situation,Kenyan male runners have gained international success,while the female runners have been
6、 left at home The Kenyans success in distance running began at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,where Kep Keino captured the gold in the 1,500-meters.The domination by Kenyan men across all distance running,from road races to cross-country,stems from youngsters running many miles to school each
7、 day,a nutritious diet,the benefits of living at high altitude and having no diversions from other sports 5 Loroupe,now 25,recalls her early running days and the discouragement she received from others.When she ran to school,the men in her tribe would tell her she was 517 wasting her time.They didnt
8、 want me to do sports,she said.But Loroupe,from a town called Kapenguria on the Ugandan border,about 400 miles from Nairobi,began running for the same reason most of the men did一to avoid being late for school.If you were late,they beat you,she said 6 One of seven children,Loroupe,s was a traditional
9、 family,and her parents took a long time to be convinced that she was not wasting her life.They wanted their daughter to give up the i dea of finishing school so she could stay at home and look after her younger siblings.But she insisted on going and continuing to run even though,as a child,she deve
10、loped problems with her lungs 7 Loroupe a family is a member of the Bokot tribe,nomads who once drove their cattle across the plains of Kenya.Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on.As a child,Loroupe used to chase the familys cattle herd for up to 12 miles,and looking back on
11、 it now,she says it was great training.The more she ran however,the more distance Loroupe put between herself and the expectations of her society.And having been overlooked four times by the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association for major championships both nationally and internationally,she eventuall
12、y had to travel abroad for opportunities.It was in Germany that Anne Roberts,the elite-athlete coordinator of the New York City Marathon,first discovered Loroupe,s huge talent 8 The launching pad for her success began in 1994 when Roberts invited Loroupe to take part in the New York City Marathon.Wi
13、nning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams,despite the problems back home.Roberts has marvelled at Loroupe,5determination to succeed,and the obstacles she has overcome.I think she has a very strong sense of what s fair and what isn t,she said.When you re running everywhere,
14、to school,to get the cows in,all over the thousand acres of farm,and yQu,re running with your brothers and youre beating them.she fought long and hard to get out of the country to compete 9 Her victories m New York and Rotterdam have smoothed wrink!ed relationships 518 back home.In April 1997,Loroup
15、e won the New York Central Park City Marathon.in October of the same year,she won the World Half Marathon in Slovakia,setting a world championship record of 1 hour,8 minutes and 14 seconds.Although Loroupe developed a knee injury from over use during the fall of 1997,she recovered,and in April 1998
16、she set a world record of 2 hours,20 minutes,47 seconds in the Womens Marathon in Rotterdam.Now many people expect Loroupe to go further and become the first woman to run under 2:20:00一a barrier only broken by a male marathon runner in 1953,when Britain Jim Peters clocked 2,18,40.These world records
17、 and her promising future have changed the attitudes of Kenyan people 10 Loroupe now lives in Germany where she shares a house with Tanzanian and Ethiopian male runners,as well as other Kenyans.These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running,but is taking it step by step.She tra
18、ins 100 miles per week,while many of her rivals log 180 miles.At 25 years of age,she realizes that she is still young and inexperienced,and knows there is plenty of time.As a Kenyan woman,she knows the meaning of the words patience and strength,especially patience Questions 1-10 Directions:Read Pass
19、age 1 and find which the underlined woid(s)in each of the follow吨sentences refer恤 1.When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994,she was presented with nine cattle,16 sheep and some tand by the grateful people of her hometown.(paragraph 1)2.You did a good
20、 job,they told her.(paragraph 1)3.it also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyan sisters(paragraph 2)4.Most people think that if a woman goes out of the country,业will be spoiled,.(paragraph 3)5.They didnt want me to do sports,she said.(paragraph 5)6.Now they graze them on ra
21、nches like the one Loroupe grew up on.(paragraph 7)519 7.As a child,Loroupe used to chase the familys cattle herd for up to 12 miles,and looking back on it now,she says it was great training.(paragraph 7)8.Winning丝gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams,despite the problems back
22、home.(paragraph 8)9.1 think she has a very strong sense of what s fair and what isn t,she said(paragraph 8)10.These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running,but is taking 些step by step.(paragraph 10)Part兀 Read Passage 2 and choose either A.B or C to A,B or Con your answer sheet
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28、o Novo 4000 Programatic coffee maker makes coffee from mild to very strong.It has a microchip-monitored steam pump.(800-526-5377;$349.99)Capresso is the bean grinder-digital coffee maker that should be in everyones house You can programme it up to 10 hours so you can depend on fresh coffee anytime(2
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37、polluting than a conventional car,and gets between 100 and 200 miles per gallon.It is being tested at the Hypercar Center at the Rocky Mountain Institute Miscellaneous Motorola Cow Alert works off a computer chip and a battery.A sensor sits in one of a cow,5four stomachs ready to alert the farmer wi
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40、hip on the soles of the sneakers.(designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology(M.I.T),U.S)Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2 11.The IBM Home Directors unit uses a?to run the home A.dogs bark?B.multitasking PC C.video phone 12.Park,s Temperature Control is reported to save up to_percent of e
41、nergy bills A.50?B.1O C.20 13.The Zenith Z32 comes with a A.wide screen TV?B.phone C.home theater 14.Krups Espresso makes different types of coffee but the Capresso has a _ A.timer?B.steam pump C.storage filter 15.Kensington Smartsockets lets you _ A.interact with your boss?B.organize your plugs C.s
42、hred documents 16.The Panasonic Great Escape machine lets you enjoy a_ A.phone jack?B.music system C.shiatsu massage 52咒 17.The Hypercar is designed to be_ A.safe and efficient?B.Powerful and noisy C.cheap and easy to repair 18.Farmers can find out when a cow?with the Motorola Cow Alert A.needs milk
43、ing?B.is sick C.is missing 19.The Heartthrob Brooch flashes when A.the heart beats?B.love stimulates the jewels C.the light is dim 20.The sole Attraction sneakers work off A.heart beats?B.an electric current C.a timed response Partm Read Passage 3 and decide whether the following statements are true
44、 or false.Write T for true and F for false on your answer sheet.(20 poInts,2 points each)Passa砂3 Breakfast 1 If you have to miss one meal a day(or if you want to do so),which meal will cause you fewest health problems if you dont eat it?If they have to make a decision of this type,most people(especi
45、ally dieters or very busy people)will choose to skip breakfast 2 However,many experts in the field of health consider breakfast(the meal which breaks your fast which started the night before)to be the most important meal of the day.If we eat a good breakfast,they say,we will have the energy and nutr
46、ients we need to begin our working day with vigor and hopefully with good humor.Nevertheless,many people skip breakfast or substitute a donut and a cup of coffee for a well-balanced meal What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast?3 One recent study conducted in the United States tesled a
47、large number of people 524 Participants included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83.During the experiment,these people were given a variety of breakfast,and sometimes,they had to skip breakfast completely.Special tests,including blood tests and endurance tests,were setup to analy
48、ze how well the participants,bodies functioned when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast.4 The results showed that if a person eats an adequate breakfast.he or she will work more efficiently and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast.This fact appears
49、 to be especially true if a persofl,s work involves mental activity The study showed that if schoolchildren eat fruit,eggs,bread,and milk before going to school,they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast diet is i
50、nadequate 5 The study also showed that,contrary to what many people believe,if you skip breakfast,you will not lose weight.This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat so much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing.So remember,if you are on a diet,skipp
