[四川农业大学]大学英语（统考）在线练习题18(客观题)1
【奥鹏】[四川农业大学]大学英语（统考）在线练习题18(客观题)
试卷总分:100 得分:100
第1题,1.??<font face="Arial"> People living on parts of
the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the
owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their
horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had
eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built.
While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several
houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the
sea. <br /> Erosion（侵蚀）of the white cliffs along
the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has
become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be
abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts
have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for
local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be
swallowed up by the hungry sea. <br /> Angry
owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to
protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in
most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of
millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go
further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to
another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves
reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as
limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an
uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened
areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a
knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home. </font>
A. <font face="Arial">The rising of the sea level.</font>
B. The experts’ lack of knowledge.
C. The washing-away of limestone cliffs <br />
D. The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.
A. <font face="Arial">will soon become a problem for people living
in central England </font>
B. has now become a threat to the local residents
C. can be stopped if proper measures are taken
D. is quickly changing the map of England
A. <font face="Arial">warn people whose homes are in danger</font>
B. provide an effective way to slow it down
C. head to its eventual solution
D. lead to its eventual solution
A. <font face="Arial">house agents along the coast do not support
the idea </font>
B. it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areas <br />
C. the government is too slow in taking action
D. they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents
A. <font face="Arial">take the quality of the house into
consideration </font>
B. guard against being cheated by the house agent
C. examine the house carefully before making a decision
D. be aware of the potential danger involved
正确答案:
第2题,2.??<font face="Arial">If we were asked exactly what we were
doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not
remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it and
account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer
to the question. <br /> It is the same in history.
Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written
account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most
important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by
fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at
all because the people of that time and place did not know how to
write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived
in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written
records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing
about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa,
because they had not learned to write. <br />
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know
something of the past. They have heard about it from older people,
and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most
important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told
for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their
fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered
history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so
exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are
much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than
when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such
spoken stories are often very helpful. <br /></font>
A. <font face="Arial">“Remembered history”, compared
with written history, is less reliable. </font>
B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our
learning of the human history. <br />
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to
answer many questions. <br />
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
A. <font face="Arial"> there was nothing worth being written
down at that time</font>
B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record<br
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C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire<br />
D. the people there did not know how to write
A. <font face="Arial">history based on a person’s
imagination</font>
B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to
mouth<br />
C. songs and dances about the most important events<br />
D. both B and C
A. <font face="Arial">it is written down </font>
B. no written account is available<br />
C. it proves to be true
D. people are interested in it
A. <font face="Arial">kept a written record of every past
event</font>
B. not burnt their written records in wars<br />
C. told exact stories of the most important happenings<br />
D. made more songs and dances
正确答案:
第3题,3.??<font face="Arial"> In the last 500 years,
nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or
languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original
chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South
American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world
during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it
quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks
were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
<br />The potato is also from the new world. Around 1600, the
Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely
grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish
people starved when the crop failed during the “potato
famine” of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave
their motherland and move to America.<br />There are many other
foods that have traveled from South American to the Old World. But
some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the
world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important
crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is
native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a
drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.<br />
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person
named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berried
on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the wide-awake
feeling that one–third of the world’s population now
starts the day with.</font>
A. Food
B. <font face="Arial">Clothing</font>
C. Ideas
D. Languages
A. <font face="Arial">some cocoa trees</font>
B. some chocolate drinks
C. some shops
D. some South American Indians
A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat
anything else
B. they were forced to leave their motherland and move to America
C. <font face="Arial">the weather conditions in Ireland were not
suitable for growing potatoes</font>
D. the potato harvest was bad
A. Brazil
B. Colombia<br />
C. <font face="Arial">Ethiopia</font>
D. Egypt
A. One–third of the world’s population drinks coffee.
B. Coffee is native to Colombia.
C. <font face="Arial">Coffee can keep one awake.</font>
D. Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.
正确答案:
第4题,4.??<font face="Arial">When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently in
Vienna, Austria, people asked the obvious, “Why did she live
to be 107?” Answers were provided by a survey conducted among
148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100. Somewhat
surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their
lives in cities. In spite of the city’s image as an unhealthy
place, city living often provides benefits that county living can
lack. One factor seems to be important to the longevity (长寿) of
those interviewed. <br /> This factor is exercise.
In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to
wait for a bus. Even taking public transportation often requires
some walking. Smaller apartment houses have no elevators (电梯), and
so people must climb stairs. City people can usually walk to local
supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often
no alternative to walking. <br /> On the other
hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk
every day. In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school,
work, or almost anywhere else, they must ride in cars. <br /></font>
A. <font face="Arial">the complaints of people in apartment
houses<br /></font>
B. the cause of Mrs. Groeger’s death<br />
C. the longevity of people like Mrs. Groeger<br />
D. the image of cities in general
A. <font face="Arial">benefits of walking</font>
B. occasions for walking in city life<br />
C. comments made by city people<br />
D. problems of city living
A. <font face="Arial"> to take the elevator </font>
B. to walk up the stairs<br />
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