国家开放大学电大专科《英语阅读3》2028-2029期末试题及答案试卷号：2157

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1、国家开放大学试题国家开放大学电大专科英语阅读(3)2028-2029期末试题及答案(试卷号:2157)Part IRead Passage 1 and decide I he meaning of the following wordi with the help of the context. The paragraph in which the word appears is indicated In brackets. Write A t B e or C on your answer sheet. (30 points. 3 points tach)Passage 1The (Jcod

2、 Life1 ImuRine something unhealthy dangerous< and expensive# and you will notice it is often enjoyable« tooe The French callhi冬"thu good lik and say lhai life should be enjoyed eencrnusly t not protected carefully> Eating« drinking* smoking driving fast for I he French these are

3、 lih',pleasures. Take them nwaye and youTrc left with a poor, colorless existence Safe and healthy* perhaps. But safe and healthy is not wthe good hfeM in France.2 Take fate (or example. While much of the world# and the United States in particularhm gone on Ancampaign* this is absolutely not the

4、 case in Hrancc. I hcjir days in一American supermirkefs one can scr rows and rows o( M)ite food"* cookies snacks« chrenet milk which hftve been made estpecially with reduced fat. The Americans aay this is healthy. The French say this is stupid! They load up their shopping cuf with fois gras

5、 (w(atty gooxe liv<?rM) rich cheeses> butter-soaked cakes and pastnes. And what are the rrAults? Amazingly« ihr French auffer from obesity than the Americansk Heart attacks are about twice a,likely to strike Americans< though the French eat three timesi more cheese# And four times nn m

6、uch butter! Hedonism, thai is. believing that pleasure the purpose of life sccmji to bring health* not illness.3 As (or drinking, these? rhys young professionnl Americans are becoming more cautious aboui their alcohol intake> raying that it is saferi healthier to drink less wine and more orange j

7、uices Yet thr French continue to enjoy their famoues wines with gusto. In fact recent research has shown thnt moderate daily wine intnke is good for 眼.Big IL S. driiR companies are working on a pill that will reproduce the healthful chemical proper!ir<t of wine. But anyone who Ham enjoyed a good

8、French wine knows that the real benefit of this drink comes no! jum from a chemical compound# but from the Jierene pleasure the enjoyment of drinking iu1 Smoking? The French choose to iRnore the wornings fhar ftrnokinu h hn<1 for thr hmhh. I here tt no significant MniismokinK movcnirni here, no k

9、ws rcMricting stnnkiriK in D(ficee» iraim or rest«tir«ntB. You can see them happily puffing between deliciouii course* of 灯Hied IwcUteiikt rich cherts, gnlluns of rrd wine. A doctor9 jiNo. it % ihrgood H(c|5 Bu! the plnrr S »ee lhe French rcnlly live dnngerounly tn the roade No r

10、ulte rm Innet.【5 going as fait am poasib* At all time*. Motorcycles drive wherever they want, even thewrnnje tide of the road. Driver* arc ngm机.Rush hour m n dixirgnniied mnqi. Hut PnriAinn dnvrr> don11 *hnw «ny tingzr while driving no rnid v<jirr!it no rude RrNturrA« ju»t "

11、;rrnc and cool in the middlr of the wild ch.g The key to driving in Partn i. nut caution. It m "seq froidHt liferally Mcold blood。The wny io have n heart dtfack in not by ohmir tcx> much (atty chce*c. liuitcrt red rnc«tt drinking too much wtn< sfnukir)K too ninny cigarettes Jt it

12、7; by rewcntinie life and Retting upnet with dsily chuon. <fOing with thr (low it tHc vret o( the French Mgood life* enjoying every mouthful of (cwd nnd drink nnd nmoke Playing i but not pinyin* it mWQuest Inns I 10 art bawd on Pavuirr L1. Kcncroujily (pAraKraph 1)A. happilyH. willinglyC. wifhout

13、 limit2. ( AmpniKn (parogrnph 2)A planned activities »upporttn n beliefH. enmpingC hohdfiy3. ubevity (paroKniph 2>A. povertyK Utne»straffic jammttikc (paraxrsph 2)A- please氏 hitC chnn好5. CAUIIDUA (paraarapli 3)A. carefulA outIcmC. happy6. modcraii: (paragroph 3>A. a In* amount olIL n

14、 uttiAll amount ofC. a ncilhcr Inrgc nor mnall amotint ofK create wimirthing MiniilnrB. (ollnwK Allowing7. reproduce (pnrAgrupIt 3)A> throw «wayC get nd olH. ignore (pArAgniph OA. dtnrruordremember9. rrnirictinn (pcirnKrnph 4)A. encuur®giriHC limiting10. upet (paragraph 5)A- exdied氐 lir

15、tdC unhappyPart URaid Passage 2 and chm>se either A. B or C to complete each of the fullowini: sfntrmcnK Write At B or C on your answer sheett (30 pointst 3 points each)Pxssugc 2Tmnslating FashionI even cclock in the morning and NataSxtA Antipova a beautiful Rtinman financial consultant < is g

16、etting up in the Moncow apanmem where she hvw alone and asking herself3 MWhat shall I wenr todny? A decade ego her chcHccM were simpler. Then, there was onr kind of mascarat one color eye Mhadow> Now. NiHasinfs bathraum hhrlvt- are Mocked with Avon# Ewtce Lauder, and Nina Ricci. Her closets conla

17、in Levis nnd ArmantSe as well as locril brwnd nnmrii. Kr nwnrcnc!i> o( whm mnko brnuniul woman han berrt vastly rxpjimlr<jft fn Tokyo on the mme Uay< Moki Ko ib doing u presentation for lirr public rrlnliunn cumpnfiy. Ikr trim hiir H figure h lipped mt(i nn hnlian mill. In her Ktixhsh pocke

18、t hook Elijuibrrh Arden CQMmrticji whurc upacr with products from Shiiiirdu« the rokyti bdbtul hrauty company, 1uj-h year Mikl had lapnti% mot (HipulAt n>Atnrtic surgery pfCHrdurr a rhiimplnty to make her button none look more Wcaternt Phe Hut om Vhr Klolhiluiinon of fhhion i* one o( lhe phr

19、nnrnrnn o( our time > a VAKt market (or thor rompnriicu who -lornchow hove u look th 山 trandutes world wide.2 fherr nothing ncw> of courct About thr prorrw. of fir<hionablr Hniintion. In Rnmnn IViiiih pronprrou nnfivc wore togns< Plus fflohion renmincd popular (or ftotnr itmte MLikewise

20、ulter the Norman tnv«Riun(»( Britain tn IU66. French syle Ixrrnfnr rhic. Th" kind of fttMhinn trend bven hnppcning (or ccntuncrc. Hut whnt in new i> the hrrr sue nn<l depth ol pcnctrntion <)( thinIcbnl3 Cuniiidcr Levi jcaiiht a com pit ny with n brnnd imprint enrried by 2. HO

21、C rcfnilcoinpnnira in 15 cauntnt-5. Worldwidr wlm far 1996 wrrr US$7. I liillinn. Or Ew Lnudcrt which Mnce n went internAtionnl hi I960, han pcnrtrAtcd )00 nwirkcin nnd rnckrd up mrIvm of $ 3. billion in I997t Or tnkr Chiruiv whunc watnen were forbiddrn nn rrcrnily an 10 yi-Ari ago to powder thririn

22、 rreent ycnriit thr fnhion and cornetic tn«rkvt hanrxpnndcd hy 2。to Hi percent Annunllya But m (hih nil a plot by greedy dzgnm. mnniihciurrrB nnd faxhion rdiiars tu clone the world into onr nnugc? Alieian Lurie* nuthor of 【hr Langungi- nl ClothrA> thinks not. Shr people nnd cultuT<?»

23、 theni>elvrn decidr on whm i、(nnhion thcur dny<i.3 Consider Levi jettiiu. a company with n brnnd imprint carried by 2. ROD retail companies in 45 countne». Worldwide sales for 1996 were US$7. 1 bilboru ()i Estee louder which xince it went internatioruil in I960, Ham penetrated 100 markets

24、 and racked tip sales of $ 3. 4 billion m 1997. Or take China# whose women were forbidden as recently u* 10 years ago to powder their iiose - in recent yc/irsw the fnshion and cosmetics market han cxpnnded by 20 to 30 perceni Antiually. But is this nil a plot by greedy designer> cnftnufactiircrs

25、and fashion editors To clone the world into onv nnagv? Ali>an Lurie. Author of I hr !jtn«uaKc of Clothes* thinks not. She snys people and cultures themstlves decide ot) whm K fabhion thrMr dny*.t ()1 far more imponnnee to fashion trendt according to Mrc Bourgcry.nn advcrtixinn connultnnt >

26、; i« the (|ucntiun of how a country entertmns it self. Hr give5 the vxnrnplc of Japan. a country that has m love affair with golf and* more recently with American situation comedies Japanese people now want to br defined aj< witty successful nnd affluent nnd so thrtt style become cuol and so

27、ught after."5 Fkiurgrry who travrk the world in order to advise client* on which images sell bent in which cournnot thnika ihnt globnl Inishion is not about the West dictating to the Eg.Rnfhrr it about a new feeling of internationalism. u Armani, for examplet does not mH oui to look authentical

28、ly Italian> anymore than Chanel wantB to look specifically French observes Hour 只 ery. M Instead* their footprint is h look which says 'l"m elegant sophisticated* successful#f and that translates worldwide 6 What it all adds up to in a world af consumer decision-makings a mix-and-match w

29、orld v/htre ronsumcr> afttfn take what iw best from their own country and combine it. Warldwidr surveys of beauty practices confirm this point. Russian women confide that not all ol thrm nre crazy about rhe new cusmctic inqx)rts environmcntnlly conscious tern twtnty-some-things Mare mad for the n

30、ewest line of Russian «ikin cure. (ireen Mamae made cxcluwively from herbs and fruits found in the Altai region of Sinerin. " Beauty-conMCtouM Syrians also claim that their traditional oils and scents ore for them a treasure trove of beauty serret5. In their Damnscus bathrooms< alongsid

31、e the modern cosmeiicst arc pewter bowls which to mix Hvnrui and bay lea(» honey nnd olive oil $oaps or vials of prrfumed oils.7 The cruel tmth about what is fashionable h that il canft be clearly defined. Todayfs concept of Fashion draws from a far wider ethnic and national pool than ever befo

32、re# nnd it growing day by day.Questions 1120 urc had on Passage 2.1 L Ruslan women have fashion choices compared to a decade ago<A. the MmeK moreC. fewer12. RhinoplaMry诂 pupuhr araonR women.A. JapaneAtfK EuropeanC. African13. After the Normnn invasion o( Britain* styles became popular.A. Japanese

33、A FrenchC. lintiAh14. The difference in hfihion (exhy i the.A. trend It creaicaB. choke of «tylei«C auc nnd prncirntionI5e Levi jeans(1ocb businv incountriesA. 100H. 2.800C 45IG. Alinon Lunr my arr tnnkinK ikciniorin on fashion thrAr dnyti.At designers and cnmpftnieB. people and culturesC

34、editor* und rnAnufActurrm17. Marc Baurmy thinkadictntrs what global Inhion 2 the EarnB the WestQ intrrnAtionnli»m18. Arninm rnoRi probably a (n)brnnd(A. ItalianB. Erench(C Jftpiinrsc19. Today themakc» fashion choirrstA# consumerB» designerC mtcrnntionHl market2()« FMfthion istoda

35、y.A. upccihcB* diver»eC exprnRlvePart HIRead I%mub£t 3 und decide whether (hr following ttatcmcnls art true nr falMr. Write T for trt>cnd F for talwr on your answer thccl. (20 points 2 points each)Pa&sagc 3AdvertisingI In a iunipetiiivr economy the consumer usually hnw the choice o(

36、 «rvcrnl rldkrcntbrands of the »«nie product. Yet undrrnruth their label* the product* ore oltrn nearlyidcnficoL Onr mnnufacturer ' s toothjMslr tcn<h to dificr very hitl< from anothrr niAiHilActurcrS. him. mftnufnrtwrrrji nre cunlronted with n problem hw to kerp iwde、 hgh e

37、nough ro stay in buinrum MnnufACturrrs nolvc rhin problem hy ndvertiing. I hey try to nppcnl <a cunwumcrA in variou:! woy». In fart > ndvcrtiMTmcnii* nrny be rlnsjttficd into three typrn nccordinK tu the kind of appenh they urc.2 Otic type of advcrti»cnicnt ir心 to appeal io thr ctmur

38、nrr rcaMoning rnwid. Il maya(rr a clmm that scientific Kor examplef it rnny ny thrrcnrornnirncl 卜ln、htouthpdNtc !ri HcllitiH n prcHluct f thr truth of thr ndvcrliNintf tn/iy br Icsim iniportunt ihnn I he oppCAranre of iruth>3 Anothrr type of advertisement tnch to nmutc the potentihl buyer. Produc

39、ts tlui nrc essential boring. Much na innrctir idr. urr often advertised In «n amuMiig way. One wny of doing thin I、to mnke the product* appear alive. For example# thr ndvcriHf behevr thm connurner* arr likely to remember and huy products th玳 thr consumrrx HWHiiiiK with (un.1 ABmiatinK thr prod

40、uct with HomethinM pleatiAni i> thr Technique of I hr third type ol uppraL In ihm elm nrr «rh thnt auggrst fhnt thr prcxlu( l willsonic basic huniAtidc«ire« One nuch (!c«iirr im (hr wish to be ndmirrd by oihrr people Many rtutomobilc Advcrtincmrnt arc ui thi-i category- They i

41、mply that other people will ndtnirc you mey rven be jealous when thry sec you driving thv hot nrw Anrdvnrk rar> Another powrrliil desitc to which ndvrtti»er» appral in the dvairc (or love. Thin ndn (ur bundagcM urr unlikely to emphAMicr fhc waiy thr hnn(lagr» tire mndc or their low

42、 rosi; inMend lhe ndn may a muthrr tenderly binding up and then kissing her sniiill boyfs cut fitiger. In lhe picture there in nn open pnekagr of Ouch Hmchgm The advertKer hopt > llw conMirncf will mentally insert an equal sign to errote thr rqnation "Ouch IMndfigeL love, M5 One only nred-&#

43、187; to look through h rnAgatiric or wutch an hour of I V in order io cxAmplrt of these three diffcrenl ftdvrr(i»inK !HrAtegieQuestion% 2130 arr Irnscd on Pnssngc 3>21. ConHintier untKilly hM the choice of several diffrrcni produce cl thr siime brnnd in h romprtilivr rconomy,22. Thr productn

44、 are mort? or Icsm the same although they hnw rliflrrctu bih R23. MAnuUcturrr> have to adverti«r their products in order to .my m businrsA.2Q According to the paa»aget there arc mainly four typm of ndv«rii«mrnfh425. A m ipntihc uppremeh in ucd to prove the Uu< vnlur of the

45、product.Z6. In wiling a prmhjct Appcurafirv of truth nitty br ttinrc imporinnt fhun thr(nnh of27. Arh A9WciaIc<I with (un orr hkrly to ftltrnct |>otcntiMl buyrm428. Aedonling to the pAnngc. many diitcimohik aJh try nppr/il io thr conMinucr1 rrai«oninK mind.2土 Thr picture of a niuthrr tend

46、erly kissing her smull boy t« to <<how the iiMvIulncNfi of 皿心呻.30. People tlcrrn caxi be morr nwlutfird by I hr impnivrd idvt rtiwcrncnf n.Pun IVRed PuiMMgc 1 and answer the folluwing questions Make your annwen ai、hr1 und cleur iu po«siblc< (20 points t 4 points euch)Pima收 I1 Kuwi

47、d,Iti a CBimry which m quite xnnll but very nrh. h hn- * popubnion ol a httlr rnurr th/in o milltone nnd it i« warned at llir tiorth rnd of thr Anihiun(mlt. which z hIm) sametimcA calkd thv Persian SIL I hr land "g i aIhhii 8.0U0 «qunrr milw Kuwa»i*m chmuM m uiw of the honrst in

48、thr world. In thr nutnrnrr t thr trnipcrnturr olirn c«?Nchr< IZ, Fahrenheit during the dy. I hnt1 > Nbput 5l. I" an thr CentigrAdr tr;»|e4 Trrn|)rrniurrh ire rmtumUy cooler dunng the winter. They r«ngr bet worn 50, 4 nd 60A Fuhrrnheit2 Unhl oil wa.h diAcovrred there in I93L

49、 Kuwait wg hill known country. Today ihln fimAll desert country hA» bcrornr one uf the world 1 t lr丽i": oil prodm t r .; n 卜侣 n|j|)roxitnntcly 15 pctcrtit of the worlds known petroleum rcHtrvr%3 Since the dincovtry of oil. Kuwait fR rulers hnve tiirnccl thr roiintry into a pnprrutn wMImc,m

50、ic H has free primnry aii(I *rvumUry rdumtiuni free hvahh enw nin| 火wml Hrrvice*i nnd the people dp not h«vc 10 p«y nny |irrw>rujl irtcunir titx fur iho»c eicrviccK It Immbecome of the world、neheMt nmem Though Kuwmi hns (rec primary nnd ucconrUry rducattiMt (01 It* peopke mnny of t

51、hrm mill do net know how 10 read and wn<c< The University of Kuwait was opened in 1966. but mxiny ci! the MCudenfs still study in col lege* and umvrrsitirs ahrond. Hl thr tatr c"srQuestionH 3136 <in; hft»ed i»n PftMmgeJH WhatS the popuUnun of Kuwnit?32. What S rhe other name

52、of ihr Arubinn Gulf?33. WhatvH the rquivnlrnt (等 hd 物)of 124 degrees Ffihrcnhdt un I he ccntigrrtdc xcnlc?34. When war (ill diMcnvrrnl m Kuwmf935. Who pny lor the Kuwait f» students who study in colleges nnd univcrnHicM Abrond?试题答案及评分标准(仅供参考)Part 1 (30 point*t 3 points each)1. c2.A3.B4. H5.A6.

53、C7. B8. A9C10. CPart | (.)0 paints, 3 puinlt vach)1LB12. A13. B11. C15. C16. B17. C18. A19, A20. HPart Q (20 point*. 2 poinl* curh)2IF22, T23. TW F25.V26 T27, T28. F29. T30.FPuri |V (20 pointst 4 poinb each)3k h、o little more ihnn a nnllion*32. The Persian Gulf.33. About 51. I degrres on the ccntigradr 心lc.3L In 1938.35. the Sfnlr i>f Kuwnita