（热）2016年12月份电大网考大学英语B之阅读理解【精编直接打印版】.docVIP

二、阅读理解 This story is about a young man. （这个故事是关于一个年轻人。） He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, 6.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because he had worked too hard and became ill. T 7.The doctor asked the young man to count numbers while he was lying in bed. T 8.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because he wanted to thank the doctor. F 9.The young man counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea. T 10.The young man in fact was not able to count numbers. F When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, （约翰和维多利亚-福斯到达纽约市准备暂住一年，they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live 11.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? D.Renting home furnishings. 12.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? C.Because it saves them much trouble and money. 13.What can you infer from the passage? B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town. 14.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? B.A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. 15.Young people liked renting home furniture because_________ D.they don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture. High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd（）boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass. The first old man said： 6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy. T 7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty. F 8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend. T 9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains. F 10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage. T The residents of 24 Acacia Grove were dissatisfied with the condition of the property, (24号居民对所有权的情况不满意，) so John Preston called a meeting to 1