电大英语考试试题及答案

电大英语考试试题及答案交际用语A(（句子的开头字母)）1、Afternoon，sir。Whereto？A.Pleasegetmetotheairport2、Areyousureaboutthat?D.Oh，yes.I'mabsolutelypositive3、Alltheteammemberstriedtheirbest,Welostthegame,.A。However4、Alecturehalliswherestudentsattendlectures.C。oneB1、BeforeIgottothecinema,thefilm.A。hadbegunC1、CouldyoutellmewhereMr。Lakeis？--B.Attheoffice2、CanIhelpyoutogetitdown？C.Thanks。It’ssoniceofyou3、canyouturndowntheradio，please？B。I'msorry,Ididn’treahzeitwasthatloud4、CanIgetyouacoupleoftea？A。That’sveryniceofyouD1、Doyouthinktheexamwillbeputoff?C.Notlikely、。2Don’tworry,Thereis--——————-——-—-roomforallyourbookshereCenoughE1、Excuseme，wouldyoulendmeyourcalculator？A.Certainly.Hereyouare2、Excuseme，nowcanIgettothenenrestsupermarket？D。Sorry，sir,I'mastrangerheremyselfF1、Fineweatheritis！A。WhatH1、Hello,Sally。How’severything?—D。Justso—so2、Hello，couldIspeaktoDonplease？——_D。Who'sspeaking?4、How’sthemovie?Interesting?C.Farfrom。IshouldhavestayedhomewatchingTV5、Herparentsdiedwhenshewasveryyoung，soshewasbroughtupbyheraunt.、hesaidisquiteright。B。What6—--—-—-7、Hello，Saiiy，How'severything？C。Justso—soI1、Idon'tlikethespotsprogramsonSundays.—B.NeitherdoI3、Inmyopinion,you’dbettertakeacoupleofdaysoff。A。I'lltakeyouradvice4、IthinktheInternetisveryhelpful.-A。Yes，sodoI5、IhaveanappointmentwithDr。Johnson。—C。Pleasewaitforminute。Heisbusynow6、I’mtryingtocallMarie,butthere'snoanswer。D。Really？Maybeshe'sout7、Isthisthemotelyoumentioned？B。Yes，it’sasquietasweexpected8、Ithappenedonawinternight9、Iknowitisn’timportantbutIcan’thelpthinkingaboutit10、Idon’tsupposehewillattendthemeeting,B，willbe11、IthinkallthesearemainpointsmuchattentionB。worthyof12、Ipreferclassicmusicpopmuice。D。to13、I’mtired。Iworkingveryhard。B。havebeenL1、Let'stakeawalk.A。Yes，let’s2、LetmethecasecarefullyberoreIapawaconclusion。B。lookintoM1、MayIhelpyou，madam?——D。Yes,I’dlike2kilosoforanges2、Mustwehandinourhomeworknow？C.No，youneedn’t3、MayIknowyouraddress？A。Sure,Hereyouare4、MayItalktotheheadmasternow?A。Sorry，heisbusyatthemoment5、Maryforgotalettertohermother,soshewrotetoherjustnowB。towriteN1、Niceweather,isn'tit?-C。Yes，itis2、NOonlyIbutalsoJaneanemarytiredofhavingoneexaminationafteranother.B.areO1、Oh，sorrytobotheryou。A.That'sokey2、Ofallthestorieshere，IlikethisoneIt’snotinterestingatall。D。lonstS1、SilkbyChineseforthousandofyearsnow。B.hasbeenusedT1、That’sallsettled。Itneedn’tbetalked。2、Timeismoney!WeshouldourtimeB.makegooduseof3、Theythetrarnuntilitdisappearedinthedistance。B。watched4、Thepatientactedonthedoctor’sandfinallyrecovered。B。adviceW1、WhatkindofTVprogramdoyoulikebest?C.It'shardtosay,actually。2、Whatwouldyoulike，teaorcoffee?--B。Coffee，please3、Whataboutgoingforawalk？——A。Whynot?Agoodidea4、Whatsubjectsareyoustudying?C.I'mstudyingphilosophy5、Whatifmycomputerdoesn'twork?B.AskAnneforhelp6、WhatafoolIhavebeen！WhyIthinkofthatbefore？B。didn't7、Whatsubjectsareyousyudying？C。I’mstudyingphilosophy8、What’shappenedtoTom?D。He'sbeentaken9、What'stheproblem，Harry?D.Ican'trememberwhereIleftmyglasses、10、Well，Mary，howareyou？C。I’mfine11、WemustmarkadifferencebetweenianguageandianguageA。spoken，written12、Whenwewerehavingameeting，thedirectorthebadnewbytelephone。B.wastold15、Whichdoyoulikebetter，realmoviescartoons？D。or，to13、Whichlanguagedoyouspeakathome？D。English，mostofthetime14、WouldyoumindifIopenthewindowforabetterview？D.Ofcoursenot15、Wouldyouliketoseethemenu？A.No,thanks。Ialreadyknowwhattoorder16、WouldyoumindifIopenthewindowforabetterview？D。Ofcoursenot17、Wouldyouliketohavedinnerwithusthisevening?C。Sorry，butthiseveningIhavetogototheairporttomeetmyparents。18、Willyougoonapicnicwithustomorrow？B。Sorry,IhaveanappointmentwithDr.BrownY1、Youmustexplanthowtheysucceededtheexperiment。C。tous,at2、Youtolockthedooratnight。B。ought词汇与结构A1、Anewhotel_D。isbeingbuiltinthecenteroftownatthemoment。2、AncientGreeceistheA。originofwesterncivilization。3、Alltheteammemberstriedtheirbest.Welostthegame，A.however4、AlecturehallisC。onewherestudentsattendlectures.5、Atpresent,themostimportantthingisthatBritainneedsA.todomoretoimprovetherelationshipwiththeUSA。6、Aftercheckingtheshoppinglist,IfoundthatIforgottobuysalt.7、Annisstudyingpoliticsatuniversity。8、Afterwinningthebid,majorconstructionbeganinBeijing.9、Alecturehallisonewherestudentsattendlectures.10、Areyoustillhere?Youwereherehalfanhourago。Whowereyouwaitingfor？11、allyourmoneyinthefiretweekisfirstweekisnotasensiblestrategy.A。SpendingB1、Beforesheleftonthetrip，sheD。hadtrainedhard.2、BeforeIgottothecinema,thefilmA.hadbegun3、Besuretobringyourwifewhenyoucomeherethisevening。4、Beforesheleftonthetrip,she_hadtrainedhard.5、BiddingfortheOlympicGamesbeginabouttenyearsinadvance.C1、CanIgetyouacoupleoftea?That'sveryniceofyouD1、Don'tworry，yourwatchD。isbeingrepairedndyoucanhaveitinnotime。2、Don’tworry.Thereisenoughroomforallyourbookshere.E1、EverythingwouldhavebeendestroyedifAlberthadn’tcalledthefirebrigade。2、everydayfor20minutes.A。ExerciseH1、HeisthemanD。whosedogbitme。2、HekeepsB.lookingathimselfinthemirror。3、He,aswellasI，D。isastudent。4、HardlyA.hadIgothomewhenitbegantorain。5、Herparentsdiedwhenshewasveryyoung，soshewasbroughtupbyheraunt.6、Hekeptthelightinhisroomburningthewholenight.7、Hekeepslookingathimselfinthemirror。8、Hewasoverthemoonabouthisnewjob。9、Hehasbeenindangerinhospitalforamonth.10、Hespendsaquarterofthedaysleeping。11、HeisthemanWhosedogbitme.12、Hegoestoschoolbybike,andthejourneytakeshalfanhour。13、Hehasbeenworkinginthelaboratorythewholemorning。14、Heisverykeenonfootball.15、HeaskedmewhereIcamefrom。16、Heislookingforwardtowritinghiethesis17、Hewasoverthemoonabouthisnewjob.I1、IbrokemylegwhenIB。wasskiinginAmerica.2、ItisveryconvenientA.livinghere.3、IhavelivedhereB。since1997。4、I'mtired。IB.havebeenworkingveryhard。5、IfthemanB。istosucceed，hemustworkashardashecan。6、I’dratherstayathomethan_C.takeawalk。7、IpreferclassicmusicD.topopmusic.8、Idon’twantyoutomakeanytrouble，C.onthecontraryIurgeyoutosolvetheproblem.9、InthefiftieslastcenturymanynewcitiesC.grewupinthedesert。10、Ithappenedonawinternight。11、IfyouWon'tstopsmoking，youcanonlyexpecttohaveabadcough。12、It’snotsafeplayinginthestreet.13、Idon’tsupposehewillattendthemeeting,willhe？14、Ithinkallthesearemainpointsworthyofmuchattention。15、Ihavegivenupeatingmeat.16、Iknowitisn’timportantbutIcan'thelpthinkingaboutit.17、I'mtired。Ihavebeenworkingveryhard.A.have18、Iaskedhertomarrymeandsheagreed19、IregrettosaythatI'munabletohelpyou。20、IenjoymostisIcanhaveaholidayfromworkB.Whatthat21、Ifhewasfitter，hewouldlivelonger。L1、LetmeB.lookintothecasecarefullybeforeIdrawaconclusion。2、LeaveitwithmeandI’llseewhatIcando。3、Lindaofferedhimhercongratulationsonhispassingthecollegeentranceexams。4、Let'sgotothecinema，shallwe？M1、Mr。SmithC.playedamostimportantpartinthedevelopmentofourcity.2、Motherwasbusy。AlthoughshewasnotwatchingthebasketballonTV,she_A。waslisteningtoitontheradio。3、MoreandmorepeopleinChinanow_A。drivetoworkregularly.4、Mr。Whitehasawifeandthreechildrento___raise___5、Maryforgottowritealettertohermother，soshewrotetoherjustnow.N1、Notalwayscanpeopledowhatheywant（to）.2、NotonlyIbutalsoJaneandMaryaretiredofhavingoneexaminationafteranotherO1、Ourplane_tookoff__fromLondonat7：00yesterdayevening。2、Onhisfirstseavoyage,hewasstillquiteyoungbutshowedgreatcouragetofacethestorm。P1、PleasestopB.shoutingItcannothelpthesituation。S1、ShewasconvictedC。ofmurder。2、She_C。oweshersuccesstohardwordandstrongwill。3、Silk_B。hasbeenusedbyChineseforthousandsofyearsnow。4、SadamB.wasmarriedfor25years.5、She’sunlucky,andshe'salwayssuffering__ill____luckoneafteranother.6、Shehaslivedhere__for__threeyears。7、Shewasveryconcernedabouthermother'sillness.8、ShecomesfromthePeople'sRepublicofChina.T1、ThebedroomneedsA.decorating2、Thebigmanhasalwaysbeeneatingonthego,A。so_hehasgotstomachache。3、Thesunheatstheearth，C。whichisveryimportanttolivingthings.4、Thepatientactedonthedoctor’s_B。advice_andfinallyrecovered.5、ThedefinitionleavesB.muchroomfordisagreement.6、Timeismoney！Weshould__makegooduseof____ourtime.7、They_watched___thetrainuntilitdisappearedinthedistance。8、That’sallsettled。Itneedn’tbetalkedabout。9、Thebedroomneedsdecorating。10、ThatisthedogwhosenameisHenry11、ThenexttraintoBeijingisduehereat3'oclock12、Theplayhadalreadystartedwhenwegottothetheatre13、Thosecakeslooknice.CanIhaveone？14、Theteachertoldmeoffforeinglateforclass15、Theboyhasbeentakentoschoolalready.16、thesechildrenknowtheanswer.A.Mostof17、Theyhavebeendrivingforhours。W1、Whenwewerehavingameeting,thedirectorB。wastoldthebadnewsbytelephone.2、Whyistheoldblockofflats_being_demolishednextmonth？3、WehaveourhouseB.cleanedeveryweekbyacleaner.4、What'shappenedtoTom?He’sbeentakentohospital。5、Whichdoyoulikebetter,realmovies___or__cartoons？——-—Iprefercartoons_to_realmovies。6、WhatafoolIhavebeen！Whydidn'tIthinkofthatbefore？7、Wemustmakeadifferencebetween_spoken____languageandwrittenlanguage。8、Weusedtoswimeverydaywhenwewerechildren.9、Whatfineweatheritis！10、Whathesaidisquiteright。11、Whenwasthebuildingcompleted？12、Whoisresponsibleforbreakingthewindow？Y1、YouB。oughttolockthedooratnight。2、Youmustexplain__tous__howtheysucceeded___in__theexperiment.3、Youlook__tired_____。What_have___you__beendoing___？4、youlikeplayingfootball，don'tyou？完形填空Passage1Althoughinternationaltravelisusuallyan(21）excitingandpleasantexperience,travellersshouldtakestepstoensurethattheirhealthdoesnotsuffereither(22）from…in…fromtheirtime_____theairor______theirtimeabroad。Beforeyougo，checkwithyourdoctororlocaltravelclinic(23）whichinjectionsarenecessaryfortheareasyouaretravelling(24）to。Allowsufficienttimetohavetheseinjectionsbeforeyou(25）leavebecausetheymaytaketimetobecomeeffective。Besurethattheinformationonhealthisup—to-date。CheckontheInternetifyouarenotsure。Don’tgotobedlatetheday(26）before_youfly.Yourbodyhasanaturaldailysleeppattern。Ittakestimetoadjusttoanewtimezone.Therearemanydifferent（27）effectsofjetlag:youmaynotbeabletosleep,youmaynotwanttoeatoryoumayfeelsickandtired。Youmaynotbeabletoconcentrateforsomedaysafteryouarrive。Thereareseveralthingsyoucandoto(28）lessentheeffectsofjetlag：－Doyour（29)besttorelaxduringtheflight；－Sleepasmuchasyoucanontheflight。Useamildsleepingpillifnecessary；－Drinkasmuchwaterasyoucan；－Don’tdrinkalcoholandcaffeine；－Takemildsleepingpills（30）forthefirstfewdaysinthenewtimezoneifyouneedthem.Passage2Astudy(21）hasshownthatfitnessisthekey(22）tolonglife,irrespectiveofbodyshapeorevensmokinghabits.Researchersdiscoveredthatpeople(23）whoexerciselivelongerthanthosewhodonot，(24)evenif_theyareoverweightandsmoke。Thestudyfoundthattheleastfitofthe6，000middle—agedmeninthestudywerefivetimes（25）morelikelytodiewithinsixyearsofthestartoftheresearchthanthefittest.Thiswastruewhetherornotthemenhadheartproblems,smokedor(26)wereoverweight。Scientistsconcludedthatitwasbettertobefatandactivethanskinnyandsedentary.DrKenCooper,afitnessexpert，said,”Youarebetteroffsmokingapacketofcigarettesadayand（27）exercisingregularlythanbeinganon-smokerandsedentary。”Althoughheadds，"Butdon'tmisunderstandme。Iamnotendorsingsmoking。Iamtryingtotellyouhowdangerousitistobesedentary."（28）However，thestudyappearstoflyinthefaceofresearchlastyearwhichconcludedthatmorethan30，000peopledieprematurelyeveryyearinBritainfromillnessescausedbybeingoverweight。TheBritishGovernmentisputtingpressureonmanufacturers（29)toreducehighlevelsofsugarinfoodandtorestrictthehard-sellofjunkfoodtochildreninordertoimprovethenation’shealth。ButthenewstudysuggeststheGovernment（30）encouragemorepeopletoexercise。Passage3Moreandmorepeople(31）_have___toinstallburglaralarmsintheirhousesiftheywanttogetinsurance.Insurancecompanies(32）havebeenaskingpeopleincertainareastoinstallthealarmsbeforetheywillgivetheminsuranceforthefastyear。Thisis(33）_due___toincreasingcrimeinsomepartsofthecountry。Thiscanbeaproblemforpeople（34)whoarestrugglingtomake（35）–—不要填endsmeet.Thealarms，（36)whichcanbeveryexpensive，needtobeinstalledbyanelectrician.Itis（37）estimatedthat20%ofhomeshavealarmsinstalled，andthatanother20％ofpeopleplan（38)tohavetheminstalledbuthavenotinstalledthem（39)yet.Theinsurancecompaniestoldpeople（40）toinstallthealarmsonalldoorsandwindows。Passage4TrafficinIndiameansamixtureofallkindsofvehiclesontheroad.About700,000newcars(31)havebeensoldinIndiainthelasttwelvemonths，andabouttwicethatmanyusedcarshavebeentraded.Thecountry's35millionmotorcyclesandscootersmakeittheworld'slargesttwo—wheelmarket。Butbecausetherearestillbigdifferences（32）___in___people’sincomes，theroadsarefullofawholevarietyof（33）vehicles,lotsofthemnotmotorised。Aride(34）withataxidriverinNewDelhigivesaflavourofatypicalIndian-styletrafficwithallkindsofvehicleheldupincitystreetsorinlonglines（35）onnarrowcountrylanes。Cars，lorriesandbusesbackupbehindacart(36）pulledbyoneanimaloranother。”Indiahaseverythingontheroads,”thetaxidriversays。”Youhaveto（37)watchoutforpedestrians,bicycles,carts，cows，donkeysandevenelephants。Threethings(38）arerecommendedtodrivehere，ahorn,brakesandgoodluck。”Justthenwewerestopped（39）byayoungboyandhiscow。Giventhehazards，it’snotsurprising（40）thatspecialceremoniesareheldfornewcarownersinwhichthesteeringwheelandthedriverarebothblessed。Passage5Mostworkersspendeighthoursonthejobadayon(31）workdays。Theyworkbecausetheyneedmoneyfornecessities.Theyspendaboutonethirdoftheirlivesatwork，buthateit。Bycontrast,somepeopleactually（32）enjoywork。Theyspend(33）extrahoursonthejobeachweekandoftentakeworkhomewiththem.Theyarecalled“workaholics（工作狂)"astheyareaddictedtotheirjobasotherpeopleare(34）toalcohol。Workaholicswould(35）ratherworkthandoanythingelseandthiscanbemostimportanttotheirlife。Workaholicsareoften（36）understress。Theycan’trelaxandfeeltense.(37)Asaresulttheymayeasilylosetemper.Theirworkthereforehasseriousimpactontheirrelationshipsandfamilylife。Typicalworkaholicspaylittleattentiontofamilies。Theyspend(38）littletimewiththeirchildrenandtheirmarriagesmay（39)endindivorce。Theirinabilitytorelaxmaycause（40）healthproblems，suchashighbloodpressure。Passage6Thereareadvantagesanddisadvantagesto(31）bothAsianandWesterneducationalmethods。Forexample，oneadvantage（32)totheeducationinJapanisthatstudentstherelearnmuchmoremathandscience（33）thanAmericanstudents.TheyalsostudymorehourseachdaythanAmericans（34)do.Thestudyisdifficult,butit(35)preparesstudentsforasocietythatvaluesdisciplineandself—control。Thereis,however,adisadvantage。MemorizationisanimportantlearningmethodinJapaneseschools，（36）yetmanystudentssaythatafteranexam,theyforgetmuchoftheinformationthattheyhavememorized。TheadvantagetotheeducationinNorthAmerica，(37)ontheotherhand，isthatstudentslearntothinkbythemselves.Thesystempreparesthemforasocietythatvalues（38）newideas.Thereis，however，adisadvantage。Whenstudentsgraduatefromhighschool，theyhaven’tmemorized（39）asmanybasicrulesandfactsasstudentsinothercountries（40）have.Passage7JulesVerne'smostfamousbookis“TwentyThousandLeaguesundertheSea”.(A“league"isanoldword（16)meaningaboutthreemiles。）Inthosedayssubmarines(潜水艇）hadnotbeen（17）invented，buthedescribesanunderwatershipverylikeamodernsubmarine。Thecaptainofthesubmarine,calledCaptainNemo，andhismenhavemanystrangeadventuresandfindmanystrangethings(18）atthebottomoftheocean。Hewasaverygood（19）story-tellerB。sailor。Hischaractersoftendidsurprisingandsometimesimpossiblethings，buttheyalwaysseemed（20）toberealpeople.Inanotherbook，“AroundtheWorldinEightyDays”,JulesVernecreatesMr.Fogg，thehero，(21）whomadeabetthathewouldtravelaroundtheworldineightydays.Nowadaysthismayseem（22)easytoyou，butinthosedaystherewerenoplanesorevencars。Mr。Foggandhisservanttraveledinmanydifferent(23）ways，evenonanelephantatonetime！Ifyouwanttoknowtheirresult，youshouldreadthebook。InallhisbooksJulesVerneusedhisscientificknowledge（24）aswellashisimaginationindescribingfutureinventions。(25）Sometimeshewaswrong，ofcourse，butoftentheaccuracyofhisdescriptionsisveryclever。Passage8PeterBlakeisasuccessfulbusinessman，buthe（16）usedtobeverypoor。Hehadnowheretoliveand（17)wasworkinginapubwhenhe(18)decidedtostarthisownbusiness。Peterhadalways（19）beeninterestedinplantsandflowers，（20)sohedecidedtosetupacompany(21）whichcaredfortheplantsinbigoffices。Atfirstheworkedonhis（22）own,butsoonhetook（23)on_twopeopletohelphim。Thecompanyhasbeengrowing（24）—--不要填forthelasttenyears.Peterisnowveryrich,（25)_but__hecomplainsthatnowhedoesn’tworkwithplantsbutwithacomputereveryday！Passage9Frankknewhewasveryill。Hespentdayswalking,sometimesasfarasthirtymilesinaday,tryingtoreasonwiththepain，andstrangethoughtsinhismind。Then，onenight，hemadeuphismindthathewouldgotothehospitalandaskthemtoadmithim。Hereportedtoout-patientsandaskedtoseeapsychiatrist。AjuniordoctoreventuallyexaminedhimandlistenedtoFrank’sconfusedaccountofhavingbeeninhospitalbefore，ofhowhethoughtheoughttobeadmittedagainbecausehewassoconfusedandknewsomethingwasverywrongwithhim。Thedoctordidnotadmithim。Frankcannotrememberwhetherhewastoldthatthehospitalwasfullorthattheysimplydidnotbelievehim."IfeltIwascompletelyalone.Ithoughttherewasanybodytheretohelp。”SoFrankwentbackontothestreetstofindafutureofsleepingoutside，theoccasionalshelterinhospitals，andsometimesprisonwheneverhewaspickedupforbeingdrunk：drunkbecauseitwastheonlywayhecouldforgethiscondition。Frankhadsoughthelpandbeenturnedaway.Thousandsofotherslikehimcanfindnohelpeither。Theyarethesufferersfromlong—termmentalillnessthatconfusethemindsoftheirvictims.Passage10IntheUK,inbusiness,whenyoumeetsomeoneforthefirsttimeyoushakehandsandsay，Howdoyoudo？Thisismotreallyapuestion，andthereplytoitisanothergreetingsuchas“Howdoyoudo？”or“Hello”or“I’mverypleasedtomeetyou“or”，ifyouhavemetthepersonsometimebefore，“It’sgoodtoseeyouagain”。ifyouhavemetthepersonsometimebefore,“It’sgoodtoseeyouagain”.Youdon’tshakehandseverytimeyoumeetsomeone,youjustgreetthem.IfyouareinvitedtoSomeone’shousefordinner，itisusualtotake；presentsomechocolatesorflowersor,ifyouknowthemquitewell,abottleofwine.Ifyhoudonotknowthehostwell,don’tbethelastpersontoleave。Telephonethenextdaytothankthehostforthemeal.Englishpeopledon’tliketotalkaboutpersonalthings，andtendtoavoidreligion，politicsandmoney.Goodtopicsforsmalltalkaretheweathe，holidays,weekendactivities，gardensandarchitecturegarkensandarchitecture,especiallyhousesandhomes.Whenyougotoapuborbar，it'susualtotaketurnstobuyadrinkforeveryoneinyourgroupandpayforthedrinkswhenyougetthemfromthebarandbeforyoudrinkthem。Passage11TrafficinIndiameansamixtureofallkindsofvehiclesontheroad。About700，000newcars（31)havebeensoldinIndiainthelasttwelvemonths，andabouttwicethatmanyusedcarshavebeentraded.Thecountry’s35millionmotorcyclesandscootersmakeittheworld’slargesttwo-wheelmarket.Butbecausetherearestillbigdifferences（32）___in___people’sincomes，theroadsarefullofawholevarietyof(33)vehicles,lotsofthemnotmotorised.Aride（34)withataxidriverinNewDelhigivesaflavourofatypicalIndian—styletrafficwithallkindsofvehicleheldupincitystreetsorinlonglines（35)onnarrowcountrylanes。Cars,lorriesandbusesbackupbehindacart(36）pulledbyoneanimaloranother。"Indiahaseverythingontheroads,”thetaxidriversays。"Youhaveto（37）watchoutforpedestrians,bicycles，carts，cows，donkeysandevenelephants。Threethings（38）arerecommendedtodrivehere，ahorn，brakesandgoodluck。”Justthenwewerestopped（39）byayoungboyandhiscow。Giventhehazards，it’snotsurprising（40)thatspecialceremoniesareheldfornewcarownersinwhichthesteeringwheelandthedriverarebothblessed。Passage12TheancientOlympicGameswerepartofareligiousfestivalinhonouroftheGreekgodZeus,thefatherofallGreekgodsandgoddesses.ThefestivalandgameswereheldinOlympia，areligioussanctuary。Intheancientgames，athletesreceivedprizesworthlargeamountsofmoney.Infacttheword“athlete”isanancientGreekword,meaning“onewhocompetesforaprize”.ThemarathonwasnotaneventoftheancientOlympicGames。ThemarathonisamoderneventthatwasfirstintroducedintheOlympicGamesin1896.ItwasnamedafteravillagecalledMarathonwherethePersiansweredefeatedbyasmallGreekarmy.ThenewsofthevictorywasbroughttoAthensbysoldier，whoranthe26milesfromthevillageofMarathontothecapital.26mileswasthereforeadoptedasthedistanceofthemodernmarathonrace.阅读理解一、AnExtraordinaryChangeofDirectionMollyWilson(开头句子)1.Whatdoestheword“extraordinary”meaninthetitle？B.veryunusualandsurprising2.Thesentence“…myhusbandthoughtIwasbored…"inPara.4meantthatmyhusbandthoughtIfeltA.dissatisfiedbecauseIhadnothingbettertodoathome3。Theword“section"inPara。4mostprobablymeanshereC。partoftherouteofsail4.Whichofthefollowingisnearest(closest）inmeaningto“rough”inthesentence“Onenighttheseawasveryrough…"inPara。5？C。notsmoothbecauseofhugewaves5.Thelastparagraphsu