国家开放大学电大《人文英语4》形考任务(课后题)参考答案

国家开放大学电大《人文英语4》形考任务（课后题）参考答案

单元自测 1

一、选择填空，从A、

B

、

C

三个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.–

Thank

you

for

your

invitation.

_______________

B.

It's

a

pleasure.

2.–

Good

afternoon.

Can

I

help

you?

______________

B.

I

need

to

buy

a

birthday

present

for

my

son.

3.

On

average,

a

successful

lawyer

has

to

talk

to

several

________

a

day.

B.

clients

4.

Both

the

kids

and

their

parents

__________English,

I

think.

I

know

it

from

their

accent.

B.

are

5.

John's

father

_________

mathematics

in

this

school

ever

since

he

graduated

from

Harvard

University.

B.

has

taught

1.–

Do

you

think

I

can

borrow

your

bike

for

a

few

hours?________

A.

I'm

sorry,

but

I

really

need

it

this

afternoon.

2.–

Excuse

me,

could

you

tell

the

time?

_________

C.

It's

three

thirty

by

my

watch.

3.

Professor

Smith

promised

to

look

________

my

paper,

that

is,

to

read

it

carefully

before

the

defence.

A.

over

4.

Never

before

_________

see

such

a

terrible

car

accident

on

the

road!

C.

did

I

5.

Both

the

kids

and

their

parents

__________English,

I

think.

I

know

it

from

their

accent.

C.

are

1.–

Do

you

think

I

can

borrow

your

bike

for

a

few

hours?_________________

C.

I'm

sorry,

but

I

really

need

it

this

afternoon.

2.–

Thank

you

for

your

invitation.

_________

C.

It's

a

pleasure.

3.

As

the

bus

came

round

the

corner,

it

ran

________

a

big

tree

by

the

roadside.

B.

into

4.

Never

before

_________

see

such

a

terrible

car

accident

on

the

road!

C.

did

I

5.

Did

you

notice

the

guy

_________head

looked

like

a

big

potato?

B.

whose

二、阅读理解：

选择题一、

Graffiti painting is traditionally a daredevil pursuit. Teenagers dodge security guards to put their names

on trains and buses. But over the past decade, graffiti has all but disappeared from Britain's cities. Between

2007 and 2012 the number of incident

s

of

graffiti

recorded

by

the

British

Transport

Police

fell

by

63%.

A

survey

by

the

Environment

Ministry

shows

that

fewer

places

are

blighted

by

tags

than

ever.

Graffiti

are

increasingly

confined

to

sanctioned

walls,

such

as

the

Stockwell

ball

courts.

In

time

the

practice

may

die

out

entirely.

The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing. Numerous CCTV

cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. A generational

shift is apparent, too. Fewer teenagers

are

getting

into

painting

walls.

They

prefer

to

play

with

iPads

and

video

games.

Some

have

gone

to

art

school

and

want

to

make

money

from

their

paintings.

The

Internet

means

that

painters

can

win

far

more

attention

by

posting

pictures

online

than

they

can

by

breaking

into

a

railway

yard.

Taggers and graffiti artists mostly grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. Those men—

and

almost all are men—

are

now older and less willing to take risks. Graffiti may eventually disappear. But for now the hobby is almost

respectable. The former graffiti artists

paint

abandoned

warehouses

at

the

weekend.

It

has

become

something

to

do

on

a

Sunday

afternoon—a

slightly

healthier

alternative

to

sitting

and

watching

football.

ers are not afraid of being caught by security guards when they put their names on trains and

buses. F

tags can be found in public places nowadays. T

e of better policing graffiti decreases. T

teenagers go to art school in order to learn to paint walls. F

s and graffiti artists are still willing to take risks. F

选择题二

Jim Thorpe was a Native American. He was born in 1888 in an Indian Territory(印第安人保护区

)that

is now

Oklahoma. Like most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt, swim, and play games outdoors.

He was healthy and strong, but he had very little f

ormal

education.

In

1950,

Jim

Thorpe

was

named

the

greatest

American

football

player.

He

was

also

an

Olympic

gold

medal

winner.

But

Thorpe

had

many

tragedies

in

his

life.

Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old. By the time he was 16, his mother and father

were also dead, Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native American children. There, he

learned to read and write and also began to play sports. Jim was poor, so he left school for two years to

earn some money. During this time, he played on a baseball team. The team paid him only $15 a week. Soon he

returned to school to complete his education. Jim was a star athlete (运动员

)

in several

sports,

including

baseball,

running,

and

football.

He

won

many

awards

for

his

athletic

ability,

mainly

for

football.

In

many

games,

he

scored

all

or

most

of

the

points

for

his

team.

In 1912, when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old, he became part of the U.S Olympic team. He competed in two

very difficult events: the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and strength. The pentathlon

has five track and field events, includ

ing

the

long

jump

and

the

1500-meter

race.

The

decathlon

has

ten

track

and

field

events,

with

running,

jumping

and

throwing

contests.

People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the decathlon. So

everyone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events. When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe

with his two gold medals, he said, “

Sir,

y

ou

are

the

greatest

athlete

in

the

world.”

Thorpe

was

a

simple

and

honest

man.

He

just

answered,

“Thanks,

King.”

1. From the passage we learn that Jim Thorpe was born in C

C. Oklahoma

2. According to the passage, most American Indian children loved all the following EXCEPT B

B. singing

3. Jim Thorpe started to play sports B

B. when he was 16 years old

4. The word decathlon in paragraph 3 probably means C

C. ten track and field events

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A

A. In 1912, Thorpe went back to finish his college education.

.

排序题

A.

Does

it

cost

the

same

for

every

household?

B.

You

can

pay

right

here,

on

the

Internet!

C.

Just

go

ahead.

D.

We

do

for

the

live

Cable

TV

programs.

E.

Exactly,

even

digital

boxes.

Liu

Hui:

Gordon,

may

I

ask

you

a

question?

Gordon: Hi, Liu Hui. C

Liu

Hui:

Do

I

need

to

pay

for

a

TV

license

if

I

only

watch

TV

online

in

the

UK?

Gordon:

Yes,

indeed.

You

need

to

be

covered

by

a

TV

license

if

you

watch

or

record

programs

as

they're

being

shown

on

TV

or

live

on

an

online

TV

service.