国开大学2019年07月《英语阅读(2)》英语（教）,英语（商）,英语（旅）考试真题.pdf

试卷代号：2156 国家开放大学20 1 9年春季学期期末统一考试英语阅读(2)试题2019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二、仔细阅读题目的说明，并按题目要求答题答案必须写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上无效三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效448 Part I Questions 110 are based on Passage 1.(30 points,3 points each)Passage 1 Madame Tussaud was born in Strasbourg in 1761.Her name was Marie Grosholtz.Her mother became housekeeper to a doctor in Switzerland called Dr Philippe Curtius.It was this man who taught Marie how to make wax models.When Dr Curtius moved to Paris,he took Marie and her mother with him.In Paris,the doctor and Marie made wax models of famous people and he opened waxworks museum.And then,when he died,in 1794,Marie took over the waxworks exhibition.For 33 years,Madame Tussaud took her exhibition around the British Isles.Then,in 1835,she found a permanent home for the waxworks in Baker Street,in London.In 1795,Marie married Francois Tussaud、aFrench engineer,but after only seven years she left him and moved to England with her older son.Her younger son joined them later.She never went back to her husband or to France.In 1850,Madame Tussaud died.She was eighty-nine.Her sons inherited the business and,in 1884,her grandsons moved the exhibition to Marylebone Road,where it still is today.Now,more than two and a half million people from all over the world visit Madame Tussauds every year.Its the most popular tourist attraction in Great Britain.Read Passage 1 and then fill in the following factsheet with the missing information from the passage.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.Madame Tussaud-Factsheet Madame Tussaud was born in(1)in Strasbourg.Her mother was a housekeeper for a doctor in(2)Marie learned how to make wax models from(3)They moved to(4)with Dr Curtius.Dr Curtius opened(5)in Pairs.Marie married(6)m 1795,a year after she took over the waxworks exhibition.She left her husband(7)years later and never went back.She found a(8)for the waxworks in Baker Street,in London.Her grandsons moved the exhibition to its present location,(9)Madame Tussaud died in 1850 when she was(10)years old.449 Part II Questions 11-20 are based on Passage 2.(30 points,3 points each)Passage 2 A Belgian couple tour China by bicycle On the road from Wuzhou to Yangshuo in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,I met Patrick Decoster and Nathalie Meert for the first time.It was drizzling,so few people were on the road.The foreign couple,their bikes draped with bags,were quite conspicuous.At first I thought they were just riding bikes for fun like other tourists in Yangshuo or Guilin,but then they told me theyd already ridden about 9,000 kilometers.Two years ago,Decoster,a guard,and Meert,a supermarket cashier in Brussels,left their jobs and began their world bicycle tour.So far,theyve toured Eastern Europe,Southeast Asia,Hongkong and Macao.In April 1997,they flew to Shenzhen;they plan to spend three months touring China.Decoster thinks the best way to see the world is by bicycle.They have had more experiences than most travelers.They have encountered dangers and hostilities,but no disasters,only incidents that added color to their trip.On their way to W uzhou,they stayed in a villagers home.The hostess brought them food and made a bed for them.She even supplied them with hot water and basins which were beyond her service range.We felt she was quite sincere and really wanted to help us,they said.The payment for that nights food and lodging was only 20 yuan.We were surprised at the low price.Meert said it was very comforting for lonely travelers to meet warm-hearted people.A day later,I unexpectedly met the couple again on a famous tourist street,West Street,also called Foreigners Street.Meert said they had got lost after we separated.A man had told them to just go straight ahead but they had run into a narrow lane.Decoster said Anything can happen when touring by bicycle.But they still think China is a good place to tour by bicycle;the wide roads are in good condition.The dwelling space for Chinese people is very crowded,but it seems spacious to European people,Meert commented.This is new knowledge to them.Learning such mformation firsthand is entirely different from obtaining it via the media.When he first suggested this bicycle tour,I thought he was mad.But令nowI think he was right,Meert said.Luckily their jobs in Brussels are still waiting for them.,150 Read Passage 2 and then choose the best answer that may complete each of the statements according to the passage.Write answers on your answer sheet.11.The couple are from A.America B.Britain C.Belgium D.Hongkong 12.When the writer described the couple as being conspicuous on the road,he meant that A.they were clear about where to go B.they would be easily noticed C.they looked very suspicious D.they looked rather exhausted 13.The couple had ridden about 9,000 kilometers.A.in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region B.from Wuzhou to Yangshuo C.in Shenzhen D.on their tour around the world 14.What jobs did the couple do before they began the。