安徽工程大学《大学英语四》(重修)练习四

《大学英语四》（重修）练习四

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Part I. Reading comprehension

Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions, with four choices given for each question .Please decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

Television, the modern wonder of electronics, brings the world into your own home in sight and sound. And the word “television” means seeing far.

Television works in much the same way as radio. In radio, sound is changed into electromagnetic waves which are sent through the air. Experiments leading to modern television took place more than a hundred years ago. By the 1920s inventors and researches had turned the early theories into working models. Yet it took another thirty years for TV to become industry. The influence of TV on the life of the people is incalculable: it can influence their thoughts and their way of life. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects. Some hospitals use TV for medical students to get close-up views of operations. At first television programs were broadcast in black-and-white. With the development of science and technology, the problem of how to telecast them in full color was solved and by the middle 1960s the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color.

The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first communications satellite, more and more programs are telecast “live” from all over the world. People in San Francisco were able to watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. And live telecasts now come from outer space. In 1969, the first astronauts to land on the moon televised their historic “moon walk” to viewers on the earth. Since then, astronauts have regularly sent telecast to the earth.

1. The launching of communications satellites made it possible for people in San

Francisco to _________

A. get close-up views of operations

B. store knowledge

C. watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo

D. watch national programs

2. The development of science and technology made it possible for television programs to ______.

A. be telecast in full color B. be telecast in San Francisco

C. be telecast in Tokyo D.be telecast in blank-and –white

3. The word incalculable means______

A. easy to tell B. very great

C. difficult to tell D. very small

4. Television is said to be the modern wonder of electronics, because ________.

A. it influences people s way of life

B. it makes people see far

C. it brings the world into people s own home in sight and sound

D. it works as radio

5. Television became an industry in_____

A. 1950 B. the 1960s

C. the 1920s D. the 1950s

Passage 2

It has been thought and said that Africans are born with musical talent. Because music is so important in the lives of many Africans and because so much music is performed in African, we are inclined to think that all Africans are musicians. The impression is strengthened when we look at ourselves and find that we have become largely a society of musical spectators （旁观者）. Music is important to us, but most of us can be considered consumers rather than producers of music. We have records, television, concerts, and radio to fulfill many of our musical needs. In most situations where music is performed in our culture, it is not difficult to distinguish the audience from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa. Alban Ayipapa，Kasena semiprofessional musician from northern Ghana, says that when his flute and drum ensemble is performing, “anybody can take part in.” This is true, but Kasena musicians recognize that not all people are equally capable of taking part in the music. Some can sing along with the drummers but relatively few can drum and even few can play the flute along with the ensemble. It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on the stage) and so the lines between the performing nucleus and the additional performers, active spectators , and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view .

1 The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that _________.

A. most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music.

B. We are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians.

C. Most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators.

D. We are the audience and they are the additional performers.

2. The word “such “( line 8 ) refers to the fact that ________.

A. music is performed with the participation of the audience.

B. music is performed without the participation of the audience.

C. People tend to distinguish the audience from the performers

D. People have records, television sets and radio to fulfill their musical instruments.

3. The author of the passage implies that ____________.

A. all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa

B. not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives.

C. most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments.

D. most Africans perform as well as professional musicians.

4. The word “nucleus” (Line17) probably refers to ________.

A. musicians famous in Africa;

B. musicians at the center of attention

C. musicians acting as the core in a performance

D. active participants in a musical performance

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