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1、大学英语（统考）在线练习题15(客观题)试卷总分:100 得分:100正确答案:1).A2).D3).D4).D5).C一、 阅读理解 (共 4 道试题,共 40 分)1. Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is Dont! But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must a
2、ct, although the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company (剧团), usually as an as
3、sistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny.Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long an
4、d hard training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film
5、 studio to do a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous act
6、ors of the day. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon! 1). From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession _ .A. sought after by too manyB. too difficult for young peopleC. for slim people only D. one can go into without special training 满分：2 分 2). For some
7、one who feels he must act, it is very likely that _ .A. he will become a film star at long lastB. he will become a stage managerC. he will be well paidD. he will end up without any success 满分：2 分 3). The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was _ .A. at work in a bicycle factoryB. d
8、riving past him in her carC. going to a film studioD. waiting for a bus 满分：2 分 4). A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself _ .A. the most famous actress of the worldB. playing the leading female role in a playC. as famous as the greatest actor of the worldD. no less famous than the le
9、ading actor of the day 满分：2 分 5). The concluding sentence chances like this happen once in a blue moon means _ .A. this is something which happens once in a whileB. this is a highly profitable chanceC. this is something highly possibleD. this is a very rare chance 满分：2 分2. In the last 500 years, not
10、hing about peoplenot their clothes, ideas, or languageshas changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it q
11、uickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the new world. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it th
12、at thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “potato famine” of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their motherland and move to America.There are many other foods that have traveled from South American to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite dir
13、ection. Brazil is now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered
14、 when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berried on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the wide-awake feeling that onethird of the worlds population now starts the day with. 1). According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the l
15、ast 500 years?A. FoodB. ClothingC. IdeasD. Languages 满分：2 分 2). In the last sentence of the first paragraph “some” refers to _.A. some cocoa treesB. some chocolate drinksC. some shopsD. some South American Indians 满分：2 分 3). Thousands of Irish people starved during the “potato famine” because _.A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything elseB. they were forced to leave their motherland and move to AmericaC. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoesD. the potato harvest was b
