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【奥鹏】[东北大学(本部)]大学英语（统考）在线练习题18(客观题) 试卷总分:100 得分:100 第1题,1. Erosion（侵蚀）of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.
Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.
A. C. The washing-away of limestone cliffs D. The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens. A. B. has now become a threat to the local residents C. can be stopped if proper measures are taken D. is quickly changing the map of England A. A. C. the government is too slow in taking action D. they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents A. C. examine the house carefully before making a decision D. be aware of the potential danger involved 谋学网www.mouxue.com 正确答案: 第2题,2. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. A. B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history. C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions. D. Where there are no written records, there is no history. A. B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record A. C. songs and dances about the most important events A. C. it proves to be true 谋学网www.mouxue.com D. people are interested in it A. C. told exact stories of the most important happenings 第3题,3. 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 that 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. B. A. D. some South American Indians A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else B. they were forced to leave their motherland and move to America C. D. the potato harvest was bad A. Brazil B. Colombia 谋学网www.mouxue.com C. A. One–third of the world’s population drinks coffee. B. Coffee is native to Colombia. C. 第4题,4. This factor is exercise. In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus. Even taking public transportation often requires some walking. Smaller apartment houses have no elevators (电梯), and so people must climb stairs. City people can usually walk to local supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often no alternative to walking. A. C. the longevity of people like Mrs. Groeger A. C. comments made by city people A. C. to ride in a car D. to find an alternative to walking A. C. they never have parking problems A. C. country people should move to the city
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.
C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D. the people there did not know how to write
D. both B and C
D. made more songs and dances 正确答案:
There are many other foods that have traveled from South American to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s 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 1400’s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered 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 one–third of the world’s population now starts the day with.
On the other hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day. In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school, work, or almost anywhere else, they must ride in cars.
D. the image of cities in general
D. problems of city living
D. they can’t afford to take the bus