2002年4月全国英语阅读(一)试题及答案.docVIP

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试 英语阅读(一)试题 课程代码：00595 PART ONE Ⅰ.TEXT COMPREHENSION The following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Choose the best answer to each question and write it on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points, 1 point each) 1.揙ne dollar and eighty-seven cents,攚hich O. Henry repeatedly mentions in Gifts of the Magi, is _____. [A]the money Della has been earning for months [B]what Della has saved to buy herself a comb [C]what Jim has given her for a Christmas present [D]the money Della has saved to buy Jim a present 2.When the brothers discovered the secret love affair between Lisabetta and Lorenzo, they _____. [A]decided to wait for a chance to wipe away the shame [B]restrained from taking action after long consideration [C]immediately put an end to it by killing Lorenzo and burying him in a remote place [D]secretly sent Lorenzo away on business without informing their sister of it 3.Accoridng to The Pardoners Tale, the woman who gave the knight the right answer to the question disguised herself as a very old and ugly woman in order to . [A]avoid being noticed by the Queen [B]try out his goodness as a knight [C]prevent the knight from finding the answer [D]make sure he was obedient to women 4.揝he (Mme. uLoisel )seemed to have fallen from her proper situation in life as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm.擳his quotation from The Necklace simply means that ______. [A]she had been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but now she was no longer what dshe used to be [B]she should have been a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm but her husband spoiled all her dreams [C]she felt as if a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm had fallen into an abyss(深渊)of bitter life [D]as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace and charm, she should have had a social position she deserved 5.According to the story The Lost Gold Piece, when Lebe