2024年1月电大国家开放大学期末考试试题及答案：英语阅读 (2).docx

座位号[试卷代号：22155国家开放大学2023年秋季学期期末统 一 考试英语阅读(1) 试题2024年1月学 号： 姓 名： 考点名称： 注意事项：1. 将你的学号、姓名及考点名称填写在试题和答题纸的规定栏内考试结束后，把 试题和答题纸放在桌上试题和答题纸均不得带出考场待监考人员收完试题和答题纸后方可离开考场2. 仔细阅读题目的说明，并按题目要求答题所有答案必须写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试题上的答案无效3. 用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔(含签字笔)答题，使用铅笔答题无效Part IQuestions 1-10 are based on Passage 1.(30 points,3 points each)Passage 1A Festival of ColorsHindu people in India and all over the world celebrate Holi,or the Festival of Colors.They celebrate it on the day after the full moon in February or March.The festival celebrates the beginning of spring.It also celebrates how good is stronger than evil.In the old days,people celebrated Holi for five days.Today,most people celebrate Holi for two or three days.It is a time for Hindus to relax and have fun.During the festival,all people -rich and poor,men andwomen,young and old -are equal and enjoy this time together.Before the festival,the streets are full of people.They are buying and selling powders of different colors such as green,red,blue,and yellow.The women make special foods to eat for the festival.On the night before Holi,the men and boys make a big fire.Families sing and dancearound the fireThe next morning,the fun begins.People don't work on this day.They wear their old clothes so they don't get color all over their new clothes.Then they go out into the streets. First,they throw powders of different colors at each other.Colors cover everyone from top to bottom.After that,they start to throw colored water on one another.By the end of the day, everyone is a walking rainbow of color!When they get home in the evening,they wash their faces,bodies,and clothes to get the color out.Everyone is happy at the end of the day because itwas so much fun!Directions:Complete these sentences with the words or phrases in the box.Note that three words or phrases fromthe box will not be osedall overcelebrateequalfestivalcoverpowdersrelaxthrow1.During the festival,people stop work and take time to 2.During Holi,one person is not more important than another.Everyone is . 3.Hindus the world enjoy the Holi festival.4.Hindus Holi every year on a day after the full moon in February or March.5.During the Holi ,people throw powders at each other and have fun. (22155号)英语阅读(1)试题第1页(共6页)Directions:One piece of information in each sentence is not correct.Rewrite the sentence with the correetinformation.6.Hindus celebrate Holi on the day before the full moon in February or March.7.In the old days,people celebrated the festival for six days.8.During the festival,people buy powders of different colors.9.On the morning before Holi,men and boys make a big fire.10.People wear new clothes on the day of the festival.Part IIQuestions 11-20 are based on Passage 2.(30 points,3 points each)Passage 2A Sharp Idea from King GilletteA salesman named King Camp Gillette invented a disposable razor blade.His inventionbecame a household name.It changed the way people shave all over the world to this day.King Camp Gillette was born in a small town in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. When he was young,his family moved to Chicago.The family worked hard.His father worked at various inventions.Gillette always liked the idea of inventing something,too.At 18,he leftschool and worked as a salesman.By age 40,Gillette was still a salesman.Both his parents were more successful than he was. His mother published the famous White House Cookbook,and his father had a few inventions. The younger Gillette worked hard and also wanted to be an inventor.The president of the company he worked for encouraged him.He told him to invent something people could use and throw away.Gillette often thought about this.One day when Gillette was ready to shave,his razor blade was too dull.It didn't cut.He thought,“I just spend so much time sharpening this blade.Then when I sharpen it,it's too sharp and I cut myself.”He decided,"I'll make a razor with a safe,removable blade.When the blade is dull,you can throw it away and buy another blade."!(22155号)英语阅读(1)试题第2页(共6页)Gillette started to work on this idea.Another inventor named William Emery Nickerson helped him.They became partners.Five years later,they started a company called the American Safety Razor Company.A year later,Gillette renamed the company 。