国家开放大学《理工英语1》形考单元自测5答案

1.  --- A: Could we make a tentative appointment for, say, this Saturday?  

  ---B: (     )

A.  Sorry, I don’t know. I am new here.

B. Yes, you can.

C. That’s fine for me.

2. --- A: I have an appointment with Mr. Xie at about 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, but would you please postpone it to sometime next week?

---B:  (     )      

A.  It’s my pleasure.

B. All right.

C. No, thanks.

3. --- A: I can put you down for eleven o’clock. Is that OK?

--- B: (     )   

A.  Oh, I’ll be having an interview that time. How about 3 o’clock in the afternoon?

B. Friday is good.

C. Yes, we could.

4. --- A: Hello, Bill Burton speaking. (     )  

--- B: Hello, Mr. Burton, this is Jenny Jenkins of Bradford and Sons returning your call.

A.  It’s my pleasure.

B. What can I do for you?

C. Is that Jenny speaking?

5. --- A: I have many questions about studying abroad.

--- B: Would you like to make an appointment?(     )   

A. Is that OK?

B. It doesn’t matter.

C. Let's say Wednesday afternoon at two?

6. Support facilities for electric cars, such as charging stations, have been built or are (     )  the process of being built in many cities across the country.

A. on

B. in

C. to

7. I have an appointment with Mr. Xie at about 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, but would you please (     )   it to sometime next week?

A. complete

B. clarify

C. postpone

8. In learning a foreign language, one should first pay attention (     )  speaking．

A. to

B. within

C. on

9. My agenda is quite full for the whole week, so I can't (     )  an appointment with you.

A.  draw up

B. sign

C. make

10. Jamie wants to speak to me(     )   private.

A. on

B. in

C. to

11. There ________ a dolphin show in the zoo tomorrow evening.

A. was

B. is going to have

C. is going to be

12. --- ________ you ________ free tomorrow?

--- No. I ________ free the day after tomorrow.

A. Are; going to; will

B. Are; going to be; will

C. Are; going to be; will be

13. How often(     ) to the dentist?

A. you go to

B. do you go

C. do you

14. We are all for your suggestion that the trip ________ .

A. is to put off

B. was put off

C. be put off

15. Seldom ________ his wife punishes her children for speaking out their own ideas freely.

A. do I see

B. have I seen

C. I have seen

16. 二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容进行判断，正确为“T”，错误为“F”。

In recent years, the Chinese auto industry has seen rapid growth, with the demand on private cars rising sharply in Chinese cities since 2002.

By 2009, China has replaced the U.S. to become the world’s largest auto market. As an important part of the world car industry, the global auto industry will shift further to China. This brings historical opportunity to China’s auto market.  

Currently, both the development of China’s auto market and the changes in consumer demand for vehicles are ever-increasing. China’s auto industry will continue to grow in the next decade. It means there is still huge room for its development. China has an urban population of more than 600 million. It also has a huge agricultural vehicle market in the rural areas. Hence, there is no doubt for China’s development of auto industry. That is also the reason why the world’s auto producers are paying more attention to the Chinese market.

The demand on private cars increased greatly in Chinese cities since 2002.   (1)   

2. China has become the world’s largest auto market.   (2)   

3. China’s auto industry tends to decrease in the next decade.   (3)   

4. China has an urban population of less than 600 million.   (4)   

5. The reason why the world’s auto producers are paying more attention to the Chinese market is that China’s auto industry developed very quickly.   (5)   

17. 二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he had a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United Stated a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons why the car becomes so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don' t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

We can learn from this passage that Americans    (1)    .

A．spend a lot of money traveling by car

B．travel a lot in their cars

C．seldom travel by plane

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?   (2)   

A．In the United States even the poor own cars.

B．In the United States all the poor have no cars.

C．An American will feel poor unless he has a car.

3. In the writer’s opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because    (3)    .

A．Americans like to plan their own time

B．The United States does not have enough public transportation

C．Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their cars

4. “A nation on wheels” in the second paragraph means that    (4)    .

A．everyone in the United States owns a car

B．the United States produces most of the cars in the world  

C．cars play an important part in American’life

5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is    (5)    .

A. to make less cars

B. to develop a public transportation system

C. to make gas-saving cars

18. 二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers. Most of the crashes result from distracted driving—not paying attention to the road.

Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a tree. He was one of the nation's more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008. Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent involved drivers age fifteen to twenty.

Ryan's father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Marylan. "It was an inexperienced, immature driver driving at night with a carload of kids. He was distracted, he was　going too fast, and it ended up causing one death and some seriously injured." He shares the story of his son's death to help educate teens and their families about distracted driving.

Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company says the number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phone. He says talking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and driving. "If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't."

Government and private groups are using public service announcements and events to bring more attention to the problem. For example, the insurance industry recently held a safety event for teen drivers. At first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent children. He also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the road. Then, as part of the test, he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll. "That's what really opened up the experience for me to prove how bad it is to really text and drive."

Debbie Pickford of Allstate Insurance says teens are especially at risk from distracted driving —and not just because they lack experience on the roads. "According to the research, teens don't really have fully developed brains until they’re twenty-five years old. You put those two things together and you get a much,much higher risk." A new law proposes a graduated driver licensing system. Graduated means teenagers start with restrictions like on night driving and numbers of passengers. They could not get a full driver's license until age eighteen.

 

According to the passage,    (1)     is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are driving．

A．texting on the mobile phone

B．reaching for a cell phone．

C．talking on the mobile phone

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that   (2)    ．

A. drivers who resulted in nearly 4,000 deaths are teenagers

B. over 30,000 victims have died from traffic crashes so far

C. it was at night that Ryan Didone died from a car accident

3. A safety event held by insurance industry was meant to    (3)    .

A．attract more teenagers to take part in it

B．draw enough attention to teenagers' distracted driving

C．make more teenagers practice avoiding large barriers

4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about    (4)    ．

A．much higher risk

B．teen brain development

C．measures to be taken

5. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?   (5)   

A．Car Crashes —the Top Killer.

B．Distracted Driving —Let's Avoid!

C．Drunken Driving — Dangerous Enough！

19. 二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he had a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United Stated a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons why the car becomes so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the country as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don' t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

We can learn from this passage that Americans    (1)    .

A．spend a lot of money traveling by car

B．travel a lot in their cars

C．seldom travel by plane

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?   (2)   

A．In the United States even the poor own cars.

B．In the United States all the poor have no cars.

C．An American will feel poor unless he has a car.

3. In the writer’s opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because    (3)    .

A．Americans like to plan their own time

B．The United States does not have enough public transportation

C．Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their cars

4. “A nation on wheels” in the second paragraph means that    (4)    .

A．everyone in the United States owns a car

B．the United States produces most of the cars in the world  

C．cars play an important part in American’life

5. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is    (5)    .

A. to make less cars

B. to develop a public transportation system

C. to make gas-saving cars