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、姓名及分校(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。工、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。516Part IQuestions 110 are based on Passage 1.(30 points, 3 points each)Pa
2、ssage 1Out of Africa1 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 g
3、ood job, they told her.You showed us that womencan 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, Loroupes victory meant a lot. It was the first time a black African woman had ever won a major marathon, a
4、nd the triumph provided her independence, both financially and culturally. It also gave her the opportunity to stand up for herself and her Kenyansisters.3 Male athletes have made Kenya synonymous with success in long-distance running, hut women are discouraged from competing beyond the age of 16, w
5、hen they are expected to start a family. Most people think that if a woman goes out of the country, 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 gainedinternational success,
6、 while the female runners have been left at home.4 The Kenyanssuccess 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 young
7、sters running many miles to school each day, a nutritious diet, the benefits of living athigh altitude and having no diversions from other sports.5 Loroupe, now 25, recalls her early running days and the discouragement shereceived from others. When she ran to school, the men in her tribe would tell
8、her she was517wasting her time.They didnt 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 to avoid being late for school.If you were late,they beat you, she said.6 On
9、e of seven children,Loroupes was a traditional 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 idea of finishing school so she could stay at home and look after her younger siblings. But she insisted on going and co
10、ntinuing to run even though, as a child,shedeveloped problems with her lungs.7 Loroupes 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
11、cattle herd for up to 12 miles, and looking back on 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 champion
12、ships both nationally and internationally,she eventually had to travel abroad for opportunities. It was in Germany that Anne Roberts, the elite-athlete coordinator of the New York CityMarathon, first discovered Loroupes huge talent.8 The launching pad for her success began in 1994 when Roberts invit
13、ed Loroupe to take part in the New York City Marathon. Winning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite the problems back home. Roberts has marvelled at Loroupes determination to succeed, and the obstacles she has overcome.I think she has a very strong sense of whats f
14、air and what isnt, she said.When youre running everywhere, to school, to get the cows in, all over the thousand acres of farm,and youre running with your brothers and youre beating them” . she fought long and hard to getout of the country to compete.9 Her victories m New York and Rotterdam have smoo
15、thed wrinkled relationships518back home. In April 1997,Loroupe 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
16、over use during the fall of 1997,she recovered, and in April 1998 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 a barrier only broken by a male marathon runne
17、r in 1953, when Britain Jim Peters clocked 2;18:40. These world records and her promising future have changed theattitudes 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 conf
18、idence about her career in running, but is taking it step by step. She trains 100 miles per week, while many of her rivals log 180 miles. At 25 years of age, she realizes that she is stillyoung and inexperienced, and knows there is plenty of time. As a Kenyan woman, sheknows the meaning of the words
19、 patience and strength, especially patience.Questions 1 10 Directions;Read Pacsage 1 and find which the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences refer to.1. When Tegla Loroupe returned home to Kenya from winning the New York City Marathon in 1994, she was presented with nine cattle, 16
20、sheep and some land by thegrateful people of her hometown.(paragraph 1)2.You did a good 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 countryc she will be spoiled,.(
21、paragraph 3)5. They didnt want me to do sports,she said.(paragraph 5)6. Now they graze them on ranches like the one Loroupe grew up on.(paragraph 7)5197. As a child, Loroupe used to chase the familys cattle herd for up to 12 miles, andlooking back on it now, she says it was great training.(paragraph
22、 7)8. Winning it gave her the determination and courage to pursue her dreams, despite theproblems back home.(paragraph 8)9.I think she has a very strong sense of whats fair and what isnt, she said(paragraph 8)10. These days Loroupe is showing confidence about her career in running, but is takingit s
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37、.Hypercar is designed to improve car efficiency. It has a scooter sized engine with a gas turbine cell that provides a constant source of electricity. It is quiet,safe, nearly 95% less polluting than a conventional car, and gets between 100 and 200 miles per gallon. It is beingtested at the Hypercar
38、 Center at the Rocky Mountain Institute.MiscellaneousMotorola Cow Alert works off a computer chip and a battery. A sensor sits in one of a cows four stomachs ready ta alert the farmer within half an hour if a cow falls ill.(Motorola U. S. based)Heartthrob Brooch not only has 6 rubies and 78 diamonds
39、 but carries a chip-controlled522light-emitting device that flashes with each beat of the wearers heart.(M.I.T. Media Labdesigner Harry Winston;$400,000)Sole Attraction is a new sneaker that takes vital information from potential mates. All you do is shake hands and exchange the necessary informatio
40、n, then let the sneakers do the rest. Provided both of you are wearing them, a low-level electric current races along your skins surface and onto your partners, coding details on a computer chip on the soles of thesneakers.(designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology(M.I.T),U.S.)Questions 1120
41、 are based on Passage 2.11. The IBM Home Directors unit uses a. to run the home,A. dogs bark B. multitasking PCC. video phone12. Parks Temperature Control is reported to save up to percent of energybills.A.50 B.10C. 2013. The Zenith Z32 comes with a A. wide screen TV B. phoneC. home theater14. Krups
42、 Espresso makes different types of coffee but the Capresso has a A. timer B. steam pumpC. storage filter15. Kensington Smartsockets lets you A. interact with your boss B. organize your plugsC. shred documents16. The Panasonic Great Escape machine lets you enjoy a A. phone jack B. music systemC. shia
43、tsu massage523t7. The Hypercar is designed to be A. safe and efficient B. powerful and noisyC. cheap and easy to repair18.Farmers can find out when a cow with the Motorola Cow Alert.A. needs milking B. is sickC. is missing19. The Heartthrob Brooch flashes when A. the heart beats B. love stimulates the jewelsC. the light is dim20. The sole Attraction sneakers work off A. heart beats
