【正文】 statement is ture according to the passage?(He has a security syatem, a video a satellite system at home) uses his cellular phone to check(whether the coffee percolator is switched on ) central control of his house can be used to … (if children stay up too late or waste their time with puters) EVENTS(賽事及活動(dòng) ) Bicycle tour and race A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat.amp。電大大學(xué)英語(yǔ) B 閱讀理解期末考試資料小抄 “Are you the happiest man in the world?”When asked this question,most people would say don’t think they are the happiest of people around them. 1. According to the author,most people would not think that . 2. The author thinks that people quite often pare themselves with anyone we think is happier . 3. What is not true about the young man the author once met with? Everything goes effortlessly right for him . 4. After talking with the young man about the Inter,the author realizes that he is mistaken in thinking nothing unhappy existed in the latter’s life 5. The significant conclusion the author draws about happiness is that true happiness lies in struggling to be happy . A funny thing happened on the way to the munication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. 1. The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel unhappy . 2. According to the author, human contact in a park means both A and B . 3. According to the author ,the more connected we get in munications technology, the more disconnected we are. 4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in munications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?All of the above . 5. What is the unintended result of mication technology,according to the author? It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing then together . After her husband had gone to work,Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. 1. The reason for Mrs Richards’ excitement that day was thatshe was to attend an evening party. 2. Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to make aure that the costume fitted her well. 3. The man who was knocking at the door wasan electricity man . 4. What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?He steped directly towards the storeroom. 5. The man thought he must have met a ghost and that made him cry out and run away. Airline panies are responsible for transporting your you cannot recover it at the point of arrival,you must inform the airline immediately. 1. If you can’t find your luggage at the point of arrival,airline panies will try to find it andveliver it to where you live. 2. Before taking your air trip,you have to make sureof the restrictions on luggage. 3. The charge for the excess luggage should be paid by the passenger. 4. In case you have no idea at all where to send your luggage,you can first send it to the address of the executing agency given in the Training Agreement provided you have the information. 5. The passage is mainly about CIDA’s advice on the transportation of your luggage. Among the more interesting things to observe as you travel the world are the ways in which people conduct themselves at parties. 1. The possible title for this passage might be Parties in America . 2. According to the author,the major difference between an American party and that in other countries lies in the fact that Americans move about a great deal at parties . 3. Americans expect to introduce themselves and feel free to talk at a party. 4. In the second paragraph,the sentence”…you will have struck some mon ground “means you will have talked about something that both of you are interested in and like to talk about . 5. If a lady is strategically located in a party,then which of the following sentences is not true? She must be alone,hiding herself in a corner . As our cell phones get smarter,smaller and faster,and enable users to connect at high speeds to the Inter,an obvious question arises: 1. The author believes that the mobile phone has already turned into the next puter to some extent,since more and more of today’smobile phones have puterlike features . 2. PC supporters believe that mobile phones will not replace the puters in the future. 3. Fans of the mobile phones think new techniques will solve the limitations of the mobile phone in the future. 4. In the sentence of the second paragraph,”…..but the figure has been doubling each year,the word figure”refers to the five percent of the overall mobile phone’s market share . 5. In America,the main buyers of the smart phones are business people . A scientist who wants to predict the way in which consumers(消費(fèi)者 ) will spend their money must study consumer behavior. 1. Accroding to the passage,if one wants to predict the way consumers will spend their money ,he should carry out investigations on consumer behavior and get data on consumer ines and money spending motives 2. According to paragraph 2,one traditional assumption is that people with decreasing . 3. According to Paragraph 2,research surveys have proved that rising prices may make people put off their purchase of certain things . 4. From the results of the surveys ,the writer of this article concludes that the consumers expect prices to remain stable . 5. Which of the following statements in always TRUE according to the surveys mentioned in the passage? The price condition has an influence on consumer behavior . As far back as 700 BC,man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. 1. According to the passage,it is believed that the unusual occurrence of wolfchildren has existed