中央电大_开放英语3历年试题及答案2007-2010(21)

After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren't married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man.

The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children p er couple, which means that there's been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss? C

A. The declining divorce rate in the UK.

B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.

C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK.

2. During the last ten years, _____A____.

A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK

B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK

C. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK

3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to ____A_____.

A. soar (急剧上升)

B. not mentioned in the passage

C. stay stable

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? B

A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.

B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969.

C. The marriage rate is currently 70 percent.

5. The last paragraph tells us ____B_____.

A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment

B. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now

C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing

短文理解2

People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man‟s release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.

Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which can‟t be reused. This not only ca uses a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (处理) of the products we use in our daily lives.

1. The main cause of pollution is _____A____.

A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment

B. the production of new industrial goods

C. increased amounts of a natural substance

2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _____C____.

A. farmers would use less artificial fertilizers

B. governments would take effective measures

C. all sides concerned would make more efforts

3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause ____B_____.

A. air and water pollution

B. both a litter problem and a waster of resources

C. to pay for the service

4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution?C

A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.

B. Reduce excess use

C. Eating.

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