17、I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The ad. in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o'clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

    Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip, so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

 

(1)、The writer may be _______.

A：a worker

B：a clerk

C：a college teacher

D：a head of a company

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(2)、Where did he learn that there would be a concert last Friday? _______.

A：From the newspaper

B：Over the radio

C：From one of his colleagues

D：From his friends

答案：A

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(3)、He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there _______.

A：Once

B：three times

C：Twice

D：four times

答案：C

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(4)、He failed to get the ticket on Friday because _______.

A：the taxi fare was too expensive

B：the tickets had been sold out

C：he could go there that day

D：the concert wasn't on Friday

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(5)、The word "relieved" in the last sentence means _______.

A："pleased"

B："puzzled"

C："sorry"

D："surprised"

答案：A

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

18、It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum.

"Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy's father said when he saw it.

"His grandfather did," answered Jimmy's mother.

"Oh," said his father.

Of course, Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise with it, but his mother did not mind. His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.

    But one of the neighbors did not like the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a sharp knife and went to Jimmy's house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy. Do you know, there's something very nice inside your drum. Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it."

 

(1)、Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A：Jimmy got only one present on his fifth birthday.

B：Jimmy got a lot of presents from his family.

C：Jimmy got a lot of presents all the time.

D：Jimmy got a lot of presents from his schoolmates.

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(2)、Who gave Jimmy a beautiful big drum?

A：One of his schoolmates.

B：His mother.

C：His father.

D：His grandfather.

答案：D

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(3)、A terrible noise was made by _______.

A：Jimmy

B：Jimmy's neighbor

C：Jimmy's mother

D：Jimmy's father

答案：A

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(4)、The neighbor went to Jimmy's house with a knife intending to _______.

A：scare Jimmy

B：destroy the drum

C：threaten Jimmy

D：please Jimmy

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(5)、The neighbor was probably _______ at the noise.

A：pleased     

B：annoyed

C：happy

D：disappointed

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

19、William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid.

Because of that, the people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy.

"Here, William," one of them would say. "Here is a nickel（五美分硬币）, and here is a dime（十美分硬币）. Which one do you want?"

William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.

Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, "I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. Why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?"

    "Certainly I know it," William answered slowly, "but if I choose the dime, then people won't play the trick on me anymore. Then I won't get any more nickels."

 

(1)、William Henry Harrison was born        .

A：in a big city

B：on a farm

C：in the countryside 

D：in a small town

答案：D

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(2)、People thought he was stupid because        .

A：he did poorly at school  

B：he was so quiet

C：he always asked foolish questions

D：he was afraid of others

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(3)、Whenever people played tricks on him, he was asked to        .

A：laugh at himself 

B：make faces

C：choose between a nickel and a dime

D：tell right from wrong

答案：C

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(4)、His mother took him aside and asked why        .

A：he always chose the nickel instead of the dime

B：he didn't know that a dime was worth more than a nickel

C：people played the same trick on him

D：he failed to let people know how smart he was

答案：A

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(5)、We can infer（推断） from the story that William Henry Harrison was        .

A：foolish

B：naughty

C：silent

D：clever

答案：D

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

20、Mark Twain was famous as a writer, but he was also famous as a public speaker and teller of funny stories.  He often went from town to town giving lectures.

One day he was walking along the street of a small town where he was going to give a lecture that evening. He met a young man who said, "Mr. Twain, I'd like to talk to you for a minute, please. I have an uncle that I'm fond of. The problem is he never laughs or smiles. Can you do anything?"

"Bring your uncle to my lecture this evening, young man. I guarantee that he'll laugh and smile."

That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain spoke directly at them. He told some funny stories, but the old man never smiled. Then he told the funniest stories he knew, but the old man's face still remained blank（茫然的）. At last, Mark Twain left the platform almost exhausted.

Later Mark Twain was talking with a friend about this.

    "Oh!" said the friend, "I know that old man. He has been deaf for years."

 

(1)、Mark Twain often went form town to town because        .

A：he was famous as a writer

B：he was fond of traveling

C：he was famous as a public speaker and teller of funny stories

D：he wanted to meet different people in different places

答案：C

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(2)、The young man asked Mark Twain to _______.

A：do something to make his uncle laugh and smile

B：tell as many funny stories as possible in the lecture

C：find out why his uncle never laughed or smiled 

D：give him some advice on how to become a writer

答案：A

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(3)、That evening the young man and his uncle sat        .

A：on the ground

B：in the first row

C：in the middle of the crowd

D：in the last row

答案：B

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(4)、When Mark Twain told the funniest stories in the lecture,        .

A：there was no response from the audience（听众） 

B：the young man's uncle began to dance happily

C：the young man's uncle was expressionless

D：the young man and his uncle left halfway

答案：C

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C

 

(5)、The old man didn't laugh in the lecture because        .

A：he didn't understand those funny stories

B：he had heard of those funny stories before

C：he didn't think Mark Twain was a good teller of funny stories

D：he had been unable to hear sound for years

答案：D

难度：2

知识点：阅读理解部分\大学英语C\文科C