2011-2012学年第一学期期末考试大学英语2B卷

潍坊科技学院

2011－2012学年第一学期期末考试

《大学英语2》试卷(B卷)

（考试时间90分钟，满分100分）

（适用于2010级非英语专业学生）

Ⅰ. Choices.(每题1分，共30分)

1. They were _____ to hear that their son had been arrested for taking drugs.

A. wandered

B. ruined

C. prepared

D. shocked

2. These events provided the _____ for her first novel.

A. perspiration

B. function

C. inspiration

D. strength

3. Friends and neighbors can be a good _____ of support to families who are experiencing difficulty.

A. source

B. genius

C. quality

D. equipment

4. I failed to _____ Sally to go with me to the party, so I went alone.

A. handle

B. achieve

C. inspire

D. persuade

5. Unfortunately, we now have plenty of _____ that many children do not do half as well on tests as they actually could if they tried.

A. evidence

B. blocks

C. suitability

D. instruction

6. A foreigner's first _____ of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure.

A. effect

B. entry

C. impression

D. addition

7. The small country was destroyed by ten years of _____ fighting.

A. impressive

B. active

C. slim

D. bitter 8. The _____ with the most votes (选票) will be elected president of the association, whether he or she wins more than half the votes or not.

A. employer

B. candidate

C. judge

D. assistant

9. Under the team leader's _____, we did very well in the match.

A. advice

B. hunt

C. suitability

D. guidance

10. Being poor makes many people sad. But in the case of my father, it influences him _____.

A. otherwise

B. equally

C. suitably

D. additionally

11. It has been hard to adjust ______ the idea of being a waitress but now I'm getting satisfaction from work.

A from

B in

C into

D to

12. Hard work, combined ______ right methods, will always give you an advantage over others.

A with

B to

C into

D as

13. He corresponds ______ people in the English-speaking countries in order to improve his written English.

A with

B to

C through

D as

14. The medicine needs to be taken ______ a daily basis.

A for

B in

C on

D as

15. More people were sent out to search the lost team who had been ______ touch with the base (大本营).

A out of

B out

C down

D off

16. He was turning the pages back and ______ to look for possible mistakes.

A down

B in

C out

D forth

17. It was reported that the earthquake was the most _____ to have struck that area in fifty years.

A. special

B. powerful

C. favorite

D. exciting

18. It took the experts several months to decide on the _____ for the new airport.

A. source

B. earth

C. site

D. character

19. The workers are repairing the house. It was _____ by a fallen tree during the last storm.

A. struck

B. operated

C. described

D. calculated

20. He was seriously injured in a car _____ last year.

A. shock

B. crash

C. passage

D. mistake

21. Her family strongly disapproves ______ her marrying the young man.

A. in B of C with D to

22. He has five children and a wife to provide ______.

A to

B for

C in

D up

23. I want to go ______ education when I leave college.

A in

B into

C for

D with

24. The policeman insisted ______ seeing what I had in my bag.

A of

B to

C from

D in

25. Y ou may need to pay a price ______ making your dream come true.

A as

B with

C of

D for

26. I don't want anyone to bring ______ the subject any more.

A in

B at

C to

D up

27. As a teacher, you should be fair to every student, being careful not to pass anyone ______.

A around

B about

C through

D by

28. Take care of your brother. Don't let him run ______ trouble.

A for

B in

C to

D into

29. The school attached great importance ______ the sports meeting and required every student to attend it.

A to

B on

C with

D in

30. When the children grow up, they usually feel most comfortable ______ the kinds of food they had in their own homes.

A with

B over

C in

D at Ⅱ. Reading comprehension. (每题2分，共30分)

Passage one

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New Y ork next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New Y ork on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner." He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1. Dick flew to New Y ork because ___.

A. he went there for a holiday

B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)

D. his home was there

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet

B. Because she wanted to go to New Y ork, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New Y ork

3. Where did Dick stay in New Y ork?

A. In the center of the city.

B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.

D. At his friend's house.

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.

B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.

D. His wife.

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

Passage two

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."

"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."

The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"

"Burnt yesterday evening."

6. Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A. he would be away from home for four days

B. he would be back in seven days

C. he would be back in a month

D. he liked a cup of tea

7. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A. the wall

B. the door

C. a piece of paper

D. his son's pocket

8. A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day

B. the third day

C. the fourth day

D. the fifth day

9. The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he thought the child's father was dead

B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. he couldn't find that piece of paper

10. What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper

B. Mr. Smith

C. The visitor

D. The boy

Passage three

Little Tom down the street calls our dog "The keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say" Seep", it comes out "keep". And in a way Tom is right. Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll tell you about some of them. Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk.

We didn't know how Zip found the shoe. But after a moment Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange smell. I nodded(点头)and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"

"It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot (污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the door to dry."

"Along came Zip. And good-bye shoe!" I said.” We should take it back."

"We can't ". Said my sister.

"Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"

11. The writer and Mary didn't know______.

A. what Zip's first present was

B. how Zip carried its first present home

C. who owned Zip's first present

D. what Zip's first present was made of

12. Tom calls Zip "the keep dog “because ______.

A. the dog likes keeping things

B. the dog likes playing with shoes

C. he doesn't know the dog's name

D. he can't pronounce the word "sheep” well

13. What made the shoe strange was ______.

A. its color

B. its smell

C. its size

D. that it was a silk one

14. The word “keep” in the last sentence means "_____"

A. keeping things for itself

B. bringing things for other to keep

C. not letting it runs about

D. taking care of a small child

15. We can know from the reading that the dog _____.

A. likes to give presents to people

B. has been kept in at the writer's home

C. has brought some trouble

D. likes to be called "the keep dog"

Ⅲ. Translation (每题2分，共20分)

1我父亲经常说，多亏了我祖母勤俭持家，他们才得以勉强维持生计

2当然，我丝毫没有贬低经商的意思；我的意思只是经商不适合我

3如果收到一条电脑信息，抬头是…爸爸?，我就会觉得自己被遗忘和忽略了4所以很明显，要成为天才，就是要达到并超越你所认为的极限。

5这意味着他们根本就不了解自己想做什么，也没考虑过这份工作的要求

6She seems to enjoy speaking poorly of others.

7He died as a consequence of heavy drinking and smoking.

8John wants to move because he is not accustomed to the new life here.

9Although he didn't say it directly, we could pick up some messages from his gestures

10Upon entry to the country, he was arrested.

Ⅳ.Writing（共20分）

How can you get the job you want?

潍坊科技学院

2011－2012学年第一学期期末考试《大学英语2》试卷(B卷) 答题纸

时间90分钟，满分100分

(适用于2010级非英语专业学生)

1分，共30分）

(每题2分，共30分)

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