《大学英语》复习题（高起本）
Part I Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: There are 3 passages in this ction. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 1 to 5 are bad on the following passage.
Trials are taking place in North America and Europe to test an electronic device which will prevent children from watching unsuitable programs on television.
营业费用包括 The device, known as a V-chip (the “v” stands for violence), allows parents to control their television t so that programs which are unsuitable for children cannot be watched on a particular television.
The V-chip works by using an electronic code. When a program is broadcast, the signal from the television transmitter carries a code, which indicates the level of x and/or violence in a particular program. The V-chip inside the television then examines the code for each program and blocks transmission of tho programs which contain certain codes.
Makers of the V-chip say that parents can be confident that their children will not be able to watch tho programs which they decide are unsuitable.
V-chip technology has attracted a lot of interest. President Clinton pasd a law last year which will require all new televisions to be fitted with V-chips by 1998. And the European Parliament（欧洲议会） has included the V-chip in its new Directive on Broadcasting.
xw But critics say that the system will not be fool-proof, and that children will find ways of getting around it. There are also concerns that foreign satellite television companies may not abide by the rules. Others say that if viewers come to rely on the V-chip, other control
s on program content may start to be relaxed.
1. According to the passage, V-chip technology enables parents to _____________.
A) turn off the television when they are not home
发音词典 B) test electronic devices that can take the place of the TV t
C) keep inappropriate TV programs away from their children
D) control the amount of time that their children spend on watching TV
2. What do we learn from the passage about the electronic code?
A) It shows the level of x and/or violence in a particular program.
again and again B) It contains information about the television transmitter.
起立的英语怎么读 C) It is the signal that is nt out by the V-chip. 港澳留学
D) It is a computer program built in a TV t to examine the V-chip.
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3. The word “they ” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________________.
A) makers B) parents C) children D) programs
4. We can conclude from the passage that ________________________.
A) President Clinton attracted a lot of interest
B) a law had been pasd to prohibit x and violence on TV
C) TV ts sold in American after 1998 are required to have V-chips
D) the European Parliament decided to import the V-chip technology from USA
5. Critics of the V-chip were concerned that ____________________.
A) children may not like the new technology
B) imported TV t may not have been equipped with V-chips
C) children may get addicted to the new technology
D) new problems may ari even if the V-chip works
Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the following passage.
It is estimated that some ven hundred million people are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more who level of attainment is so slight that it barely qualifies literacy (读写能力).
Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stress that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa t
here are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about ven hundred thousand).
6. Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is .gukailai
A) approximately ven hundred million
B) approximately one hundred and twenty-five million
children是什么意思 C) approximately eight or eight point five thousand million
D) exactly twenty-four million
打印机培训7. The figure of illiteracy in Britain compris .
A) zero point one per cent of that of illiteracy in the world
