北京大学17春36081001-大学英语1第3组作业.doc
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一、阅读理解(共60题,每题1分,共60分)
本组组作业截止时间为5月12日23时,请同学们按时提交。 鼓励独立完成作业,严惩抄袭。 阅读理解一半选项为四选一,另一半选项为二选一,T/F,判断对错,不是通常的四个选项。
1). A film crew was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crew saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50 dollars. Hell, said Winfield, for 50 bucks, Ill jump that damn horse over the moon! To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man whos been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, hes a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming. One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasnt changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, Ive met you, know you from somewhere. Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.
1. When they filmed the ad, Winfield was too drunk.
A. T
B. F
2. From the passage, we know that Winfield was a rich man.
A. T
B. F
3. The word prohibited in the first paragraph mean forbidden.
A. T
B. F
4. Marlboro commercials were allowed on television in America before 1868.
A. T
B. F
5. When people recognized Winfield, he felt uncomfortable.
A. T
B. F
2). In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call d
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