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大学英语A4一、阅读理解1、 England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September; this is probably true of the North of England and the Midland. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire form a job in the north, they often prefer to move down to the milder south. Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the south-west, which consists of the countries of Devon and Cornwall. The warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the south-west quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo and many semi-tropical plants grow well in the south-west of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be probably no snow at all in the south-west. This may be one of the reasons why the south-west is one of England's most popular holiday areas. (1)、The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about ______. A：one hundred miles B：three hundred miles C：one hundred and fifty miles D：six hundred miles答案： C(2)、England is a country ______. A：with a cold and wet climate B：with a surprising climate C：with a pleasant climate D：with a variety of climates答案： D(3)、According to the passage, ______. A：flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier B：farmers in the south-west grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere C：people in the south-west have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers D：vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers答案： A(4)、In the north of England and the Midland, ______. A：it is cold and wet all the year round B：the climate is pleasant as a whole C：it is warm most of the time in a year D：only the summer is not cold and wet答案： D(5)、In winter, people in Devon and Cornwall ______. A：hardly see any snow B：never see any snow C：may have several feet of snow D：often see snow答案： A2、 There's a great story about an old Finnish woman who, without quite realizing it, was using her cell-phone to access the Internet and track her city's public transit system. When asked why she used the wireless Internet so frequently, she replied, "What are you talking about? I don't know anything about this wireless Internet stuff. I just know the bus is here." Regardless of whether you want to admit it, a lot of us are like that old Finnish woman. When it comes to new mobile applications, many of us do not realize the capability and power that we hold, literally, in our hands. What we are looking at today is the mobile Internet in its infancy. Now that using the Internet from home or work has saturated much of society, the next logical step is to be able to use the Net when you are far away from your desktop or laptop. Speech recognition is one way to do this, and there are a number of services, collectively called the "voice Web", that will make this possible. All you do is to use a phone or wireless device to call a phone number, and speak commands to an intuitive system. It will then give you the information you're seeking, using either a synthesized voice or an audio file. In the United States and Europe, the hot technology for wireless devices is called WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), which is being considered as the world standard. WAP is supported by major phone companies including Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson, and is simply a means of transmitting information, much like HTML which is a means of communicating on the Internet. Currently, wireless Internet connections may give you news, sports scores, stock quotes, and the weather if you're lucky. But if you've ever used this technology, you know it's slow, costly and doesn't seem worth the time and effort, if it works at all. All of this technology points to easier living. Perhaps you'll need to find a restaurant for an occasional business meeting. You'll press a button on your mobile phone, and access the Internet to pull up a list of great restaurants in your immediate area. You'll hit another button, say a few words into the handset and you've got a reservation for four. (1)、The author uses the story of an old Finnish woman to indicate that __________. A：she is ignorant of some common knowledge B：public transit system contains the accessory to Internet C：many people are unaware of the function of the new appliances being used D：the Internet is experiencing ra。