湖南广播电视大学开放教育英语专业专科综合英语(4)课程期末终结考试试题

Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A, B, C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

Questions 21~25 are based on the following passage.

Beverly Schnell is a middle-aged woman who lives alone in a nice old house near Milwaukee. The house needs work. It has a vacant living space on the second floor. So Schnell decided to rent the space to someone who could do repairs. In exchange, she would cut the rent.

She placed an ad in a local paler that read: “Apartment for rent, one bedroom, and electric included, mature Christian handyman.” Then the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council —which looks through classified ads trying to find discriminatory rental or sales ads—ran to a state agency and tattled on Schnell.

For what? For starters, sex discrimination. That’s because she used the term “handyman”. And religious discrimination because she stated “mature Christian handyman”.

Schnell found herself accused by the state of violating Wisconsin’s fair-housing law, the ad snoops offered a deal. They would drop the case. But it would cost her $ 500 for their lawyer’s fees and $ 50 for their effort.

Now she knows better. She was found guilty and ordered to pay the housing council “reasonable attorney’s fees”, which the council now estimates at $ 8000. Schnell hasn’t much choice but to appeal, and she still hasn’t found someone to pound in a few nails. 21. Beverly Schnel1 ______.

A. wanted to buy a new house B. had a building in Milwaukee C. would cut the rent D. wanted to rent an apartment 22. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Beverly Schnell’s house is too old to live in. B.Bevεr1y Schnell lives on the second f1oor. C. Beverly Schnell wanted to rent rooms. D. She owned a local newspaper. 23. She was accused of ______.

A. placing an ad in a local paper B. not paying $ 550 C. violating Wisconsin’s fair-housing law D. cutting the rent 24. Had Schnell been careful enough in planning the ad _______.

A. she could get a handyman B. she would not have met the trouble. C. she would not pay the money D. she might not be accused 25. The best title of the passage is ______.

A. Rent Control B. Beverly Schnell C. How to Rent a House D. Accusing Questions 26~30 are based on the following passage.

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when 1 broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” “And Pau—why didn’t I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late.