2016年电大-大学英语b统考 电大网考英语b .月阅读理解b.docVIP

阅读理解B [ 试卷中的题目说明 ] 阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分） 此部分共有2篇短文，在第一篇短文后有5个正误判断题，从每题后的两个选项中选出正确答案；在第二篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。 1 Mr. White lived in a small village. His parents hadnt enough money to send him to school. He had to help them to do something in the fields. But he didnt like to live in the poor place. When he was sixteen, he got to the town and found work in a factory. Three years later he became tall and strong. So he was sent to Africa as a soldier. He stayed there for five years and got some money. Then he came back to England and bought a shop in a small town. No people in the town went to Africa except him. And he hoped they thought he was a famous man and that they could respect him. The children often asked him to tell them some stories and his life in Africa. One day a few children asked him to tell them something about the animals in Africa. He told them how he fought with the tigers and elephants. His stories surprised them all and some policemen and workers went to listen to him. It made him happier. Just a man who taught geography in a middle school passed there. He stopped to listen to him for a while and then said, Could you please tell us a rare animal, sir? Certainly, said Mr. Turner. One day I met a rhinoceros（犀牛） by a river… Please wait a minute, sir, said the man. There arent any rhinoceros in Africa at all! Its rare just because there arent any! (1)Mr. White was born in a farmers family. A：TB：F ：A (2)Mr. White hoped to be respected because he was the richest man in their town. A：TB：F ：B (3)The children often asked him to tell them something interesting because he knew more than any other person in the town. A：TB：F ：A (4)All people believed Mr. White except the children. A：TB：F ：B (5)Mr. White wouldnt like to admit that he was wrong. A：TB：F ：A 2 If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. These great forests are the oceans of tre