中央电大_开放英语3历年试题及答案2007-2010(11)

第三部分完型填空（共计20分，每小题2分）

16—25小题：阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。

The ancient Olympic Games (16) ___ part of a religious festival in honor (17) the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and games (18 ) in Olympia, a religious Sanctuary.

In the ancient games, athletes received prizes worth large amounts of money. In fact the word "athlete" is an ancient Greek word, (19) "one who competes (20) a prize".

The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games. The marathon is a modern event that was first (21）in the Olympic Games in 1896. It was (22) a village called Marathon (23) the Persians (24) by a small Greek army. The news of the victory was brought to Athens by a soldier, who ran the (26) miles from the village of Marathon to the capital. 26 miles was （25）adopted as the distance of the modern marathon race.

16. A. is B. were C. was B

17. A. for． B. after C. of C

18. A. are hold B. held C. were held C

19. A. meaning B. mean C. meant A

20. A. of B. for C. in B

21. A. introduced B. introducing C. introduce A

22. A. name for B. named after C. named of B

23. A. that B. which C. where C

24. A. were defeated B. defeats C. defeated A

25. A. because B. furthermore C. therefore C

第四部分阅读理解（共计30分，每小题3分）

26-30小题：阅读下列短文，从A,B,C三个选项中选出一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。

短文理解1

A survey has shown that people have stopped believing both the media and p oliticians. A similar survey carried out 5 years ago showed that 50% o of people thought that what politicians said was usually not true, and that 35 0 o of people thought that what they saw on the television or read in newspapers was not true. Now both those figures have increased sharply, to 80% o of people not believing politicians and 70% o not believing the television or newspapers. Experts think that these figures are not going to come down in the near future.

Stories about politicians and journalists taking money from businessmen have caused the public to stop trusting them. Also politicians keep making promises that they do not keep. Mr. Smith of Y ork said, …When the politicians make new laws, they only help their friends, not people like me‟．Mrs. Marley of Leeds said, …The newspapers and television are not interested in what is true; they are only interested in money for advertising'.

It has got worse recently as more people can get news from the Internet and learn if the journalists and politicians are telling the truth or not. What can our politicians and journalists do? The only answer is to be more honest.

26. The number of people believing politicians and journalists has____C___ .

A. increased

B. not changed

C. decreased

27. Experts think this problem____B_____.

A. will get better soon

B. will not get better soon

C. will get worse soon

28. Stories say businessmen give money to____B___.

A. politicians

B. politicians and journalists

C. journalists

29. Mr. Smith thinks politicians make laws_____A_____.

A. to help their friends

B. to help him

C. to help everybody

30. People can now check stories using____C_____.

A. the newspapers

B. the television

C. the Internet

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