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黑龙江开放大学_英语阅读(2)作业答案

英语阅读(2)

学校: 黑龙江开放大学

问题 1: 1. Part II Questions are based on Passage 2. (30 points, 3 points each) Passage 2 Festival of Lights Tihar is one of the most important festivals for Hindus 1 in Nepal. Nepal is a small country between India and China. It has a population of about 23 million people, most of whom are Hindu. The festival of Tihar takes place in late autumn and lasts for five days. This festival is also called the Festival of Lights 2 . It is a time when all the houses light oil lamps, and the country is full of lights and decorations. During Tihar, the people worship different animals such as the crow, the dog, and the cow. The people also worship their brothers and sisters and the goddess of wealth, Laxmi . On the first day of the festival, people worship crows. Every family cooks a delicious meal in the morning. Before they eat, each member of the family puts some food on a plate of leaves and places it outside for the crows to eat. People believe crows are the messengers of the Lord of Death . They worship crows to keep sadness away. The second day, people worship dogs. They decorate dogs with garlands of flowers around their necks. They give dogs delicious food and put a red tika (a special powder) on their foreheads. They even do this to stray dogs. It is a day to respect all dogs. They pray for the dogs to guard their homes. Dogs with garlands of flowers can be seen everywhere. The third day is the most important day of the festival. Early in the morning, people start to worship the cow. The cow is the symbol of wealth and is the most holy animal for Hindus. They put tika on the cows’ foreheads and a garland of flowers around their necks. They give the cows nice things to eat. People place the cows’ manure in different parts of their houses. Later, in the evening, they worship the goddess Laxmi. If people please the goddess, she will give them wealth. People clean and decorate their houses. They put oil lamps in every door and window. A female member of the family performs a special ceremony or puja . She then puts a red mud footprint on the floor entering the home and makes a trail to the room where the family worships the goddess. In this room, there are pictures and an icon of the goddess. There is also a money box where each year the family puts money away for the goddess. In the evening, girls go from door to door of their neighbors’ homes and sing songs of the goddess. They receive gifts in return. On the fourth day, people can worship different things, but most people worship the ox. They put tika on the oxen and a garland around their necks. They also give them delicious food. Hindus,who follow the god Krishna 4 , worship the cow. They make a small hill out of cow manure, put some grass on it, and perform a special ceremony, or puja, on it. The Newar community, an ethnic group in Nepal, worship themselves. The fifth day is the day of brothers and sisters. Sisters wish their brothers long life and prosperity. If you do not have a brother or sister, you can make one of your relatives or friends a brother or a sister. On this day, sisters will perform a puja and apply a special tika on their brothers. Then they put garlands around their brothers and give them special gifts of food. Brothers in return honor their sisters; they put garlands around their necks and give them gifts of clothes and money. Tihar finally ends after five days of cooking, decorating, eating, singing, dancing, shopping, relaxing, gift giving, and worshipping. There is no doubt that Tihar is the most popular festival in Nepal.Directions:Fill in each blank of the text summary with an appropriate word from the text. Please note that five words from the list will not be used.Tihar is also called the of Lights. It is considered to be of great importance as it shows contribution to not just the humans and the gods, but also the animals like crows, cows, and dogs that maintain a(n) relationship with humans. On the first day of the festival, crows are by offerings of sweets and dishes placed on a plate of leaves or the roofs of houses for they believe crows can take the message of the Lord of Death. The second day is called Dog Tihar. People offer garlands, tika, and delicious food to dogs andthe cherished relationship between humans and dogs. On the morning of the third day, people worship the cow. In Hinduism, cow signifiesand wealth. On this day people show their gratefulness to the cow by garlanding and feeding them with the best grass. Houses are cleaned and the doorways and windows arewith garlands of flowers. In the evening, people oil lamps or candles on doorways and windows to welcome prosperity and well-being. The girls enjoy dancing and visiting all the houses in the neighborhood with musical instruments. On the fourth day of Tihar, ox is worshipped by most people. Hindus worship the cow. Additionally, the majority of the Newarworship themselves. On the fifth and last day of Tihar, sisters make a special wish for their brothers to live a long life. Brothers sit on the floor while their sisterstheir puja. Brothers give tikas to their sisters in the same fashion with an exchange of gifts. This ritual is practiced regardless of whether the brother is younger or older than the sister. Those without a brother or sister join relatives or friends for tika. This festival the close relationship between brothers and sisters.

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答案: festival

问题 2: 1. Part I Questions are based on Passage 1. (30 points, 3 points each) Passage 1 Barrington Irving’s Dream to Fly Barrington Irving was the first African American to fly solo around the world. He did it in an airplane he built himself. He also started an organization to get young people interested in aviation and to teach them not to be afraid to follow their dreams. Irving was born in Jamaica in 1983. When he was six years old, his family moved to Miami, Florida. His parents, who were not rich, operated a bookstore. When Irving was not in school, he worked at the bookstore. One day he met an airline pilot there. Irving was only 15 at the time. The pilot took Irving to the airport where they got on a Boeing 777 airliner. The pilot let him sit in the cockpit and play with the controls. From that time on, Irving was determined to fly. He wanted to do everything to make this dream come true. To make money for flying lessons, Irving took small jobs at 3 airports after school. He studied hard and graduated from high school in 2002. Because he was such a good student, Irving got a scholarship to go to college and study aviation. While Irving was in college, he wanted to share his love of flying with high school students in poor neighborhoods. He visited schools in his free time and talked about careers in aviation. When Irving got his pilot’s license, he began to have a bigger dream. He wanted to fly around the world to show young people that there is no limit to your dreams if you really want something. He had no money to rent a plane, so he asked the makers of airplanes to give him parts for free so he could build his own plane to fly around the world. They agreed. Meanwhile, in 2005, Irving started a non-profit organization, 5 called Experience Aviation, to get poor young people interested in flying. He even taught them how to put a plane together, which helped them to understand math and science. Later, the students built a plane and Irving flew it. The next year, with the help of others, Irving got money to start a learning center in a Miami airport with equipment to help the students learn to fly a plane. On March 23, 2007, when Irving was 23 years old, he took off from the Miami airport on a flight around the world. Students in the United States and all over the world followed his flight on the Internet, and Irving spoke with them by satellite phone. After 97 days and 27,000 miles (about 43,000 kilometers), Irving became the youngest person at that time to fly solo around the world. Today, as part of Experience Aviation, Irving plans to have a “Classroom in the Sky.”This time, he wants to fly a jet around the world and get thousands of students to work together with him to help solve problems he has while flying. Through the Internet, the students will be able to see Irving, get information from him, and talk or blog with him as he flies. Irving is really determined to help young people become interested in flying. Directions:Fill in each blank of the text summary with an appropriate word from the box. Please note that five words from the list are redundant. Barrington Irving was the youngest person to pilot a plane around the world, a feat he accomplished in 2007. He was also the first African American to accomplish this flight. Irving was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Miami, Florida. After speaking with an airline whom he just happened to meet and who sparked his interest in when he was 15, he was encouraged to pursue an aeronautical career. His interest turned into passion once he was provided with the opportunity to sit inside theof a plane. He realized that there was a world out there, so he to fly and tried his best to make this dream come true. After earning his pilot, Barrington began to visit schools and youth centers to speak aboutopportunities in aviation. He believed that if he could fly around the world, he would inspire the youth to their dreams in aviation and other related fields. Barrington researched the aviation industry and discovered there was a significant shortage of younger technicallyprofessionals. He founded the Miami-basedorganization Experience Aviation and pushed his message while continuing to work with the disadvantaged youth. Today, Barrington started a new learning center to help the students learn to fly and become interested in flying.

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答案: solo

问题 3: 1. Part II Questions are based on Passage 2. (30 points, 3 points each) Passage 2 Flowers, Dishes, and Dresses Wedding traditions are different from culture to culture. Most people follow the traditions of their culture but usually do not know what the traditions mean. In the past, friends and relatives of the newlyweds wanted them to be happy and to have good fortune or good luck. This was the start of traditions to bring good luck to the couple. It was also the start of using charms and symbols for good luck. Many of these traditions still continue today. To make sure the wedding goes well and the couple will have good fortune, many people around the world follow the old traditions. In Germany, before the wedding day, friends and family of the bride and groom bring old dishes. They throw the dishes on the floor. The dishes break in front of the bride and groom, who then must clean them up. The people all have fun doing this and have an informal party. This tradition prepares the couple for married life and brings them good luck. Similarly, at an English wedding, church bells ring when the bride enters the church and walks up the aisle. Sometimes there are flower petals where the bride walks. Likewise, in some countries, there are flower petals on the marriage bed to wish the couple happiness in the future. The date of the wedding can be important for a couple’s good fortune, too. There are many traditions about wedding dates. In China, the couple may see a fortune-teller, who will find a favorable day based on the dates when the bride and groom were born. In the United States today, no special day or month is favorable for weddings. However, June is a popular month. The month of June is named after the Roman goddess Juno. She is the goddess of love and marriage. On the other hand, in some countries, the day of the week is important. For example, in Italy a wedding is usually on a Sunday, but in the United States it is usually on a Saturday. Many countries around the world use good-luck charms or symbols for good fortune for the bride and to make bad spirits go away. On the wedding day in the United States, brides wear white dresses. Some brides follow the old tradition of wearing “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. Each “something” has a special meaning. “Something old” symbolizes a connection to the bride’s family and the past. “Something new” symbolizes the success and good fortune in the bride’s new life. For “something borrowed”, the bride borrows something from a friend or family member and then returns it after the wedding. This symbolizes love and support of family and friends. “Something blue” is because the color blue stands for faithfulness. Likewise, in Norway, a bride wears a white dress. However, some brides may wear a traditional crown. The crown is silver and has charms hanging from it. When the bride walks, the charms make a beautiful sound. The sound is to tell bad spirits to go away. Similarly, in Sweden, there is an old tradition for good luck that some people still follow. The mother of the bride gives her daughter a gold coin for her right shoe. The father of the bride gives her a silver coin for her left shoe. The bride wears the coins in her shoes on her wedding day. In this way, the parents hope she will never be poor. Brides usually wear white in the West; however, in some Asian countries, brides wear red. Red is the color of happiness, good luck and life. At a Chinese wedding, the bride usually wears a red dress, and sometimes all candles and decorations for the wedding are red too. Similarly, an Indian bride wears a red sari, which is a symbol of life and energy. In conclusion, there are many different wedding traditions around the world. Most traditions come from long ago when people believed in the power of charms, symbols, and special ceremonies to bring good luck and keep bad luck away. Similarly, people today want to celebrate the newlyweds and wish them good fortune and happiness in their new lives.Directions:Fill in each blank of the text summary with an appropriate word or phrase from the box. Please note that five words or phrases from the list will not be used.In people’s minds, the wedding is a very important thing in life. Marriage means responsibility for love and establishment of a new family. There are many different wedding traditions and around the world. Wedding traditions vary greatly between cultures, , countries, and social classes. It serves the important purpose of bringing good luck or good fortune to the couple. A number of cultures havethe traditional Western custom of the white wedding, at which a bride wears a white dress. If you find yourself involved in a German wedding, there are some customs and traditions of which you should be aware of. On theof the wedding friends and family may gather for a party. This normally involves food, drink, and the breaking of dishes. Theand groom are expected to clean them up together showing that they can. It’s also been said that this custom brings good luck to the couple. The wedding date is picked carefully in many countries to bring the couple’s good fortune. In China, for example, awill find a favorable day according to the couple’s birthday. In the United States, most brides wear white wedding dresses to make bad spirits go away. Some brides wear “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. Each somethinga special meaning. In Norway, some brides wear a traditional silver crown withhanging from it. However, in some Asian countries like China and India, brides wear redhappiness, good luck, and life.

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答案: ceremonies

问题 4: 1. Part II Questions are based on Passage 2.（30 points, 3 points） Passage 2 Fate There was once a powerful king, who had only one son, a prince. When the prince grew up, the king chose a princess for him to marry. The prince refused, saying, “It is not my fate to be with this girl. I will not marry her.” Sometime later, the prince asked his father, “Will you please give me three bags of money and let me discover the world?”The king agreed and gave him the money. The prince got on his horse and started on his journey. One day, he met a stranger, who asked, “Where are you going? What are you looking for?” The prince answered that he wanted to learn his fate. The stranger showed him a palace and said, “There you will learn your fate.” The prince went to the palace. Another man showed him a piece of paper with the words, “You will marry a weaver’s daughter who has been ill for nine years.” The prince was horrified.“I will change my fate,”he said, and he left the palace. By evening, he was in a forest where he came upon a small house. He knocked on the door and asked to stay there for the night. The man of the house replied, “Son, you are a great man. We have nothing for someone like you, but we can give you the best we have.” After supper, the prince noticed someone in another room. He asked who it was. His host answered, “I am a poor weaver, and I have only one daughter. She is ill and has been in bed for nine years.” When the prince heard this, he was very surprised. He didn’t close his eyes that night. He was thinking of how he might stop his fate. In the middle of the night, he quietly entered the room of the weaver’s daughter. He took out his dagger and pushed it into her. He went away and left his money behind him. Years passed. One day the prince went out to hunt and saw a palace in the woods. In the palace was a beautiful young woman. He looked and looked at her. He thought he could look at her beauty forever. He went to her and asked her to marry him. She said yes. The prince went home to tell his father that he was going to have a beautiful wife. The prince was very happy. The king was happy, too, and prepared a big wedding for his son. Days after their marriage, the prince put his hand on his wife’s heart. He felt something hard and asked, “What is this?” His wife replied, “I am a poor weaver’s daughter. For nine years I was ill in bed. One day a young man came to our house. He put his dagger into me and ran away. I was very ill, but my mother cured me. The young man left three bags of money. We bought a palace, my father gave up weaving, and we lived happily.” When the prince heard this, he said: “O God! Your words really are my fate!” Then he told his wife everything.Directions:Fill in each blank of the text summary with an appropriate word from the box. Please note that five words from the list are redundant. There was once a king, who had an only son. When this son grew up, the king chose for him a princess to marry, but the son . Some time later, he came to his father and asked him to give him three bags of money to the world. The king agreed to his request. The prince prepared everything, and started on his . He traveled on and on until he met a stranger. The prince told him that he wanted to learn his fate. Then this stranger showed him a beautiful palace. The prince thanked him, andto the palace. There another man showed him a piece of paper with the words on it, “ You will marry a weaver’s daughter who has been ill for nine years.” When the prince heard this, he was and decided to change his fate. He left the palace anda small house in a forest. The host asked him to stay there for one night and he was warmly welcomed. The host told him that he was a weaver and had a daughter who had been ill in bed for nine years. In the middle of the night, the prince got up quietly, and entered the room of the weaver’s daughter. He took out his dagger andit into her. Then he went away and left his moneyhim. Many years later, one day he went out to hunt and saw a beautiful young woman, who agreed tohim. He went home to tell his father that he was going to have a beautiful wife. His father felt happy for him too and prepared a big for his son. Some days after thir marriage, the prince put his hand on his wife’s heart, and felt something hard. His wife told him what happened to her. After hearing this, he told his wife everything.

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答案: refused