全國2002年4月高等教育自學考試

英語閱讀(一)試題

課程代碼：00595

PART ONE

Ⅰ.TEXT COMPREHENSION

   The following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Choose the best answer to each question and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 1 point each)

1.“One dollar and eighty-seven cents,”which O. Henry repeatedly mentions in Gifts of the Magi, is _____.

  [A]the money Della has been earning for months

  [B]what Della has saved to buy herself a comb

  [C]what Jim has given her for a Christmas present

  [D]the money Della has saved to buy Jim a present

2.When the brothers discovered the secret love affair between Lisabetta and Lorenzo, they _____.

  [A]decided to wait for a chance to wipe away the shame

  [B]restrained from taking action after long consideration

  [C]immediately put an end to it by killing Lorenzo and burying him in a remote place

  [D]secretly sent Lorenzo away on business without informing their sister of it

3.Accoridng to The Pardoner's Tale, the woman who gave the knight the right answer to the question disguised herself as a very old and ugly woman in order to     .

  [A]avoid being noticed by the Queen

  [B]try out his goodness as a knight

  [C]prevent the knight from finding the answer

  [D]make sure he was obedient to women

4.“She (Mme. Loisel )seemed to have fallen from her proper situation  in life as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm.”This quotation from The Necklace simply means that ______.

  [A]she had been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but now she was no longer what she used to be

  [B]she should have been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but her husband spoiled all her dreams

  [C]she felt as if a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm had fallen into an abyss(深淵)of bitter life

  [D]as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm, she should have had a social position she deserved

5.According to the story The Lost Gold Piece, when Lebeau refused to be searched,______.

  [A]his friends said nothing but walked out in anger

  [B]those present were all certain that Lebeau was a thief

  [C]no one spoke to Lebeau though most of them felt pity for him

  [D]he felt as if the were a real criminal

6.Aesop was a Greek writer who ______.

  [A]wrote Snow White and many other stories about fairies and princes

  [B]wrote many stories about animals that talked and behaved like humans