大学英语(一)第一次作业
《大学英语（一）》第一次作业
I. Use of English
Use of English Part One
Directions: In this part there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. --- If you have any question, be sure to come and ask me.
--- _______________.
A. Thank you very much
B. I don’t mind coming at all.
C. I will come at all
D. I hope to come again. Goodbye
22. --- Happy teachers’ Day! Here are some flowers for you with our
best wishes.
--- What beautiful flowers! ______________.
A. All right
B. Thank you
C. You’re welcome
D. Happy Teachers’ Day to you, too!
23. --- What a fine day!
--- ________________.
A. Yes, isn’t it?
B. Really?
C. You’re right
D. No, isn’t it?
24. --- How is your mother?
--- ________________.
A. She is old
B. She is not in hospital
C. She takes medicine every day
D. She is much better
25. --- _______________.
--- No, John isn’t here.
--- Didn’t he come to school yesterday?
--- No, he’s been absent for three days.
A.Where’s John?
B. Is everybody absent?
B.Is there anything wrong with John?
D. Is everybody here, Jack?
26. ---_______________.
--- Yes, a bit cold though.
A.Freezing, isn’t it?
B. Nice day, isn’t it?
B.Bad weather, isn’t it?
D. Cold weather, isn’t it?
27. --- Congratulations!
--- __________________.
A. Glad to hear that
B. How nice
C. Well said
D. Thank you
28. --- Hello, may I speak to Jim?
--- __________________. Would you please call back later?
A. Who are you?
B. Sorry, he isn’t in
C.That’s OK
D. I don’t think you can
29. ---___________________.
--- How did you find out? I wanted it to be secret.
A.Isn’t today your birthday?
B.I’m a secretary. How about you?
C. I’m Mary’s bother
D. Today is New Year’s Day
30. --- _________________.
--- Sparking Red Star.
--- Really? That’s a wonderful film for children.
A. What’s today?
B. What’s on tonight?
C.What’s this
D. Is there a film tonight?
Use of English Part Two
21. --- Excuse me, may I ask you a question?
--- ________________.
A. Yes, ask me please
B. Yes, what is it?
C. Yes, just one
D. Yes, what’s wrong?
22. --- What is the woman over there?
--- ________________.
A. She is a bus driver
B. She works hard
C. She comes from China
D. She is here
23. --- Will you come to see the film with me?
--- _________________.
A. No, I don’t
B. Sorry, I can’t
C. Yes, I am
D. Yes, I want
24. --- Please buy me a bottle of milk.
--- ________________.
A. I’d love to
B. I think I will
C. With pleasure
D. Of course
25. --- Would you mind if I use your rubber?
--- Of course not. _________________.
A. Don’t do that
B. I’m sorry I can’t
C. It’s over there
D. I have a rubber
26. --- Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you.
--- _____________________.
A. I hope so
B. Really
C. You’re merry and happy, too
D. The same to you
27. --- Can you answer this question?
--- _____________________.
A. Let me try
B. I’d like to
C. How nice it is!
D. All right
28. --- What a fine day!
--- _____________________.
A. I don’t agree
B. It’s too cold
C. Yes, it is
D. No, I don’t think so
29. --- Would you please lend me your bike?
--- ____________________.
A. Not at all
B. You’re welcome
C. No, I want
D. Sorry, I am using it
30. --- I beg your pardon?
--- _____________________.
A. That’s a problem
B. Don’t beg my pardon
C. No, you don’t
D. Never mind
I I I. Reading
Reading Part One
Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, You should decide on the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who live in them. Persons living in cities are obliged by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned existence that you are barely conscious of the seasons. A few flowers in a public park (if you have time to visit it) may remind you that it is spring or summer. A few leaves cling to the pavement may remind you that it is autumn. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are difficult to obtain, and there fore are highly valued. Tall buildings hide the sun completely. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. Even the distinction between day and night is lost.
31. What are highly valued in big cities?
A. Sunshine and fresh air
B. living conditions
C. Pavement in autumn
D. Air-conditioned houses
32. Which is not one of the reasons why city life is not more desirable?
A. Tall buildings hide the sun completely.
B. Modern cities are too big to control.
C. Modern cities offer better schools and more chances of employment.
D. People are barely conscious of the seasons.
33. It is not easy to see much difference between day and night
because___________.
A. persons living in cities are obliged to love in air-conditioned
houses.
B. people lose touch with the land.
C. traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere.
D. the sun was hidden from view by tall buildings.
34. If you want to know what season it is, _________.
A. it is advisable for you to live in an air-conditioned house.
B. you’d better visit a public park.
C. you should see the leaves clinging to the pavement.
D. you should walk on the pavement.
35. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A. Large modern cities are too big to control.
B. Sunshine and fresh air are rare in large modern cities.
C. Living in large modern cities gas so many disadvantages.
D. All the simple, good things of life are imposed on the people who
live in large
cities.
Passage 2
Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and displayed. The objects may be anything found in nature or made by man. There are museums devoted to art, science ,history, industry and technology. But museums are no longer just storehouse for collections. Today nearly all museums, large or small, carry on educational programs. Museums offer guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals, art lessons, and other attractions.
Museums work constantly to improve their collections and ways of displaying them. All museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Works of art are bought from art dealers and private collections or at auction（拍卖）sales. Museums also accept gifts and bequests（遗物）, but the large museums no longer accept everything that is offered to them. They accept only objects or collections that meet their high standards.
What is to be gained visiting museums? Museum exhibits can teach us about the world in which we live---the materials it is made of, the trees and plants that cover it, and the animals that have lived on it since its beginning. We can learn about the activities of man--- his history and development and his accomplishments in arts and crafts.
36. The first paragraph deals with________________.
A. what museums preserves
B. what kind of objects museums display
C. where museums obtain their objects
D. how museums function
37. Which statement is not true?
A. Museums are not only storehouses for collections
B. Museums are places where you can learn something.
C. Museums preserve and display only things found in nature.
D. Museums carry on educational and research programs.
38.Where do objects at museums usually come from?
A. From auction sales
B. From art dealers and private collectors
C. From gifts and bequests
D. All the above
39. The large museums accept______________.
A. everything offered to them
B. all the gifts and bequests
C. only objects that meet their high standards
D. only things that small museums do not have
40. The last paragraph is about___________________.
A. the knowledge one gets from visiting museums.
B. the things one can see in museums
C. the world and the people living in it
D. museum collection from other lands
Passage 3
The world is not only hungry, it is also thirst for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75 percent of the earth’s surface id covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is seawater, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3 percent --- the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground and other sources. But, unfortunately, some of it has been polluted and is unfit for drinking.
However, as things stand today, this small of fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing rapidly --- almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on. So we all have to learn how to stop wasting our precious water.
41. In the first line of the passage “the world “means ___.
A. people in general
B. all living things
C. the earth
D. the universe
42. According to the passage man can only use ___.
A. nearly 75% of the earth’s water
B. about 97% of the earth’s water
C. exactly 3% of the earth’s water
D. bout 3% of the earth’s
43. All the fresh water ___.
A.is good enough to be used.
B. is polluted and can’t be drunk
C. can not be used by man, as some of it has been polluted
D. comes form oceans, rivers, and lakes
44. Which of the following can not explain why we are not able to use
all of the earth’s water?
A. Only a small percentage of it is fit for drinking.
B. Some of it has bee polluted.
C. About 97 percent of it is seawater.
D. Fresh water is still enough for us today
45. At present the supply of fresh water___.
A. is far from enough for us to use
B. has been already a sever worldwide problem
C. s just sufficient for us to live on for the time being, but out
need is increasing day by day
D. is still rich enough
Reading Part Two
Passage 1
One summer day a raindrop fell from a cloud. Many other raindrops fell at the same time. But our story is just about one raindrop.
The raindrop fell to the ground on the side of a hill. The water in the raindrop ran down the hill into a little river. The little river carried the raindrop to a big river. Then the raindrop traveled far to the east into the sea. There the water of the raindrop mixed itself with
the salt water of the sea.
Now the water of the raindrop was on the surface of the sea. As the sun made it very warm, it changed into steam. The steam left the sea and went up into the air and it did not carry any salt with it. It had left the salt in the sea.
The steam from the raindrop moved with the warm air towards the north. On the way the warm air met some cold air. The cold air pushed the warm air high above the ground. The warm air became cold when it went up, and the steam in it changed into very small drops of water again. There were millions and millions of these small drops in the cloud. The small drops came together into bigger and bigger drops. Our raindrop was one of them. Now the drop became so big that it was too heavy to stay in the cloud, and it fell to the ground. In this way the water of our raindrop started traveling to the sea again.
31. This story is about________.
A. cloud
B. water
C. rain
D. a raindrop
32. When the raindrop traveled into _____, the water in it became _____.
A. the river; salty
B. the sea; salty
C. a big river; cool
D. the sea; cool
33. The water of the raindrop went up into the air from the sea____ salt
____ it changed into steam.
A.without; after
B. with ;before
C. without ;before
D. with ;after
34. The steam changed ___into very small drops of water ___it met some
cold air.
A. back; before
B. back ;after
C. away; as
D. away; because
35. The small waterdrops in the cloud fell down because___.
A. there were millions and millions of them in the cloud.
B. the sea wanted to take them back.
C. they wanted to start traveling on the ground again.
D. they became so heavy that the cloud couldn’t hold them up any
longer.
Passage 2
Mr. Smith was a wealthy industrialist, but he was not satisfied with life. He did not sleep well and his food did not agree with him. This situation lasted for some time. Finally after several sleepless nights, he decided to consul his doctor. The doctor advised a change of surroundings. “Go abroad.” He said. “But I’m not good at foreign language,”said Mr. Smith. “It doesn’t matter,”said the doctor. “It won’t hurt you to talk a little less. Go on a voyage. Take plenty of exercise. Try to reduce your weight. Avoid rich food.”
Mr. Smith went to Switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to communicate through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor made him bend his knees, swing his arms, stretch his neck and shake his head rapidly. He had to lie on the ground and raise his right and left legs alternately. After a time his muscles grew hard and firm. He forgot the financial(经济的) crisis and the importance of raising the level of production. He even began to notice individual trees and individual birds.
Finally he returned home. But unfortunately his improvement was only temporary. Soon he was a normal businessman again, worried about his property, his profits, his savings, his advancement in a technological society, and things in general.
36. Mr. Smith went to see his doctor because he____.
A. had little to eat
B. was seriously ill
C. was afraid of sleeping at night
D. didn’t feel well
37. The doctor advised Mr. Smith to do all the following
except________________.
A.talk less
B. change the surroundings
C. eat food of good quality
D. take plenty of exercise
38. In the second paragraph, gestures means___.
A. body movements
B. simple words
C. pens and pencils
D. handshakes
39. When he traveled abroad, Mr. Smith__.
A. learned boxing
B. raised the level of production
C. forgot all about his business
D. shook his head all the time
40.In the last paragraph the word temporary means_
A. lasting for a short time
B. not deep
C. unimportant
D. developing very slowly
Passage3
On December12,1901, the Italian electrical engineer Gugliemo Marconi(1874-1937) succeeded in sending radio signals from England to Newfoundland across the Atlantic Ocean. This is usually taken as representing the invention of radio. Such radio signals are transmitted by the use of radio waves, similar in nature to light waves, but a million or so times longer.
Like light waves, radio waves travel in straight lines, and so a radio-wave transmission should not be detectable beyond the horizon. Nevertheless, Marconi’s signals traveled from England to Newfound around the curve of Earth.
A British-American electrical engineer, Arthur Edwin Kennelly, and an English electrical engineer, Oliver Heaviside, independently
suggested in 1902 that radio waves would be reflected by ions(电离子) and that there must be a layer of ions high in the atmosphere that reflected radio waves.(This came to be called the “Kennelly-Heaviside layer.”). Bouncing between the Kennelly-Heaviside layer and the ground, radio signals could travel around the curve of Earth’s globe.
The English physicist Edward Victor Appleton, studying the manner in which beams of radio waves interfered with each other, produced convincing evidence, in 1922,that the theoretical suggestions of Kennelly and Heaviside were accurate and that there was indeed an ion-rich layer in the upper atmosphere. By 1924, he was able to show that the Kennelly-Heaviside layer was some 95 kilometers above the surface of Earth. He also produced evidence for the existence of still higher ion-rich regions (“Appleton layers”) and, in 1926, show as 240 kilometers high.
The portion of the atmosphere lying between heights of 50 and 300 kilometers above the surface of Earth is therefore called the “ionosphere.”
41. According to the first two paragraphs, which of the following
is NOT true?
A. Marconi traveled from England to Newfoundland.
B. Marconi was born in 1874.
C. Marconi sent radio waves across the Atlantic.
D. Marconi achieved great success when he was under 30.
42.Kennelly and Heaviside________.
A. suggested the existence of a layer of ions in the atmosphere
B. discovered the “Kennelly-Heaviside layer”
C. detected radio waves sent by each other
D. worked together and made great contributions to science
43.Appleton’s first great achievement was that he_______________.
A. measured the height of the “Kennelly-Heaviside layer”
B. provided evidence for the “Kennelly-Heaviside layer”
C. discovered different heights of ion-rich regions
D. illustrated how radio waves interfered with each other
44. “Ionosphere” refers to_______.
A. the atmosphere around the earth
B. various radio signals in the air
C. ions found over the Atlantic
D. ion-rich regions in the atmosphere
45. This passage is probably written to answer the questions:
A. How high is the “ionosphere”?
B. Who invented the radio?
C. Who discovered the “ionosphere?”
D. How fast do radio waves travel?
Reading Part Three
Passage 1
The student who wants a newspaper career（生涯）has much hard work ahead of him before he can become even a cub（生手）, or beginning reporter. He may begin by working on his high school newspaper or yearbook.
Then the aspiring(有大志的)reporter may break into newspaper or yearbook work as a copyboy, running errands(差使) and helping staff reporters. He may even be given a chance to write small stories. Sometimes students who are interested in news reporting get jobs as university reporters for local newspapers.
Jobs such as these serve to make the beginner familiar with the atmosphere of news gathering. They give him a chance to sharpen his eye for details and teach him to be sure that his facts are accurate, that he reports them correctly, and that he writes his articles clearly. This
work may lead to a job as a cub reporter on a newspaper, the important first step toward a career in news reporting.
31. A student who wants a newspaper career will find that____________.
A. he must work hard before becoming even a cub reporter
B. there is little he can do to prepare for a career
C. getting a cub reporter’s job is easy
D. nothing he does in school will help him
32. A cub reporter is another name for a ___________.
A. copyboy
B. regular staff reporter
C. newspaper editor
D. beginning reporter
33. The copyboy’s duties may sometimes include____________.
A.running errands for staff reporters
B. writing small news stories
C. reporting campus and student news
D. both a and b
34. An aspiring reporter must learn to _______________.
A.be sure his facts are accurate
B. report the news correctly
C. write articles clearly
D. all of the above
35. The first big, important step for an aspiring reporter
is______________.
A. editing his high school newspaper
B. writing a small news story
C. becoming a copyboy
D. becoming a cub reporter
Passage 2
Even the newest gardener realizes that plants die without water; what is not so well known is that plants die equally decisively, though not
so quickly, if they are overwatered. Beginners usually decide to play it safe and keep their potted plants thoroughly wet. In consequence, death by drowning is one of the commonest disasters to befall the plants of a new horticulturist. Plants wither away if they don’t get enough water, and this draws attention to their problem. A plant that has been slightly underwatered so that it droops strikes terror into the heart of its new owner. But it will, in fact recover completely as long as rescue comes in time and the process is not repeated too often. Overwatered plants, unfortunately, do not give any such obvious signal; slowly they cease to thrive and the first visible indication of serious trouble is a yellowing of the lower leaves. Unless the overwatered pot soil is given a considerable period without water, during which time the plant will continue to look wretched, it will suddenly collapse in exactly the same way as the underwatered plant---but with no chance of being revived(复活) because the roots have rotted away.
36. From the text we can infer a horticulturist is a person engaged
in______________.
A. growing plants
B. raising birds
C. cutting plants
D. studying the death cause of plants
37. What does a new gardener usually decide to do to keep their potted
plants alive?
A.Underwatering the plants
B. Fertilizing the pot soil
C. Overwatering the plants
D. Loosening the pot soil
38. According to the text, which of the following plants might die
without recovery?
A.Plants with their lower leaves yellowing
B. Overwatered plants
C. Underwatered plants
D. Plants with worms
39.A withered plant might be rescued because______________.
A.it doesn’t get enough water
B. it is repeatedly overwatered
B.it gives visible signal of dying
D. it dies slowly
40. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To warn gardeners not to underwater plants.
B. To give information about general problems of gardening
C. To draw attention to the problem of overwatered plants.
D. To recommend new gardeners the book about gardening. Passage 3
When a tornado destroys a house, it doesn’t blow it down the way a hurricane does. It makes the house explode.
Why does the house explode?
The air that surrounds a house presses against it all the time. It usually has a force of about fifteen pounds per square inch. The air inside the house presses out against the walls just as hard.
When a tornado passes over a house, it suddenly sucks away the air outside the house. The air inside the house still pushes out against the walls, but now there is nothing pushing back. So the walls are pushed out in an explosion.
Pieces of the house are sucked up into the tornado and carried away. There is little left where the house once stood.
41. A tornado makes a house______.
A. explode
B. blow away
C. fall down
D. catch on fire
42. The walls of a house stay up when______.
A. air pushes from the outside.
B. air pushes from the inside
C. there is no pressure on them.
D. both A and B.
43. The air pressure outside the house is usually___.
A. greater than the pressure inside
B. the same as the pressure inside
C. less than the pressure inside
D. a different kind of pressure
44. A house’s walls are pushed out when ______.
A. the air outside is taken away
B. the air inside is taken away
C. too much air is pushing outside
D. none of the above
45. A house destroyed by a tornado would look_______.
A. as if a hurricane had hit it
B. as if there had been a fire
C. like a pile of wood
D. none of these
IV. Vocabulary and Structure & Cloze
Part one
Section A
Directions: In this section there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence, Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
46. She is going to buy a ____ of envelopes for her father.
A.cast
B. packet
C. box
D. flock
47.Walking in the garden , you can see____ of grapes hanging from the
vine.
A. strings
B. slices
C. bundles
D. bunches
48.There is a radiator in the room. And there is an electric fire for___
heat in very cold weather.
A. extra
B. spare
C. special
D. necessary
49.Because she could not get a divorce, Jane had to ___her husband’s
beating.
A. bear
B. tolerate
C. stand
D. endure
50.Fred could finish his work in less time if he were more____.
A. evident
B. efficient
C. hard
D. essential
51.There is often so much traffic on the main thoroughfares that
motorists may be able to travel faster on -____ roads.
A. inferior
B. subordinate
C. minor
D. direct
52.The ____meaning of this word isn’t used now, but you can look it up
in a big dictionary.
A. chief
B. principal
C. elementary
D. primary
53.I am not___ with beautiful dreams; I want beautiful realities.
A. dissatisfied
B. constant
C. content
D. consistent
54.He was last seen in public on the ___of his daughter’s wedding.
A. occasion
B. event
C. chance
D. affair
55.All the students keep quiet____ the teacher in charge of the class
is present
A. in the occasion of
B. on the occasion of
C. at the occasion
D. on the occasions when
56. The room was so quiet that she could hear the ___ of her heart.
A. tapping
B. striking
C. beating d. knocking
57. He has lost hope because of frequent ________.
A. disappointments
B. discouragement
C. encouragement
D. discontentment
58. They got up a little___ and addressed（指引）themselves to
sightseeing.
A. willingly
B. reluctant
C. earlier
D. reluctantly.
59. I didn’t realize you wanted to keep the letter. I’ve ____it up.
A. pulled
B. torn c. spoiled D. broken
60. I’d like to pay by____ rather than in cash.
A. tip
B. receipt
C. coin
D. check
Section B
Direction: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the One answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
The United States is a land of many 61. Its people have come from different homelands and have 62 their own customs from all parts of the world.63 they live and work in a modern, 64 society, they want to 65 their traditions and pass them 66 to their children. So, in their daily lives, many Americans continue to speak their 67language as well as English. They cook traditional foods. They practice their own religions and have their own way of thinking 68 life and death. In addition, they set 69 time to celebrate the important occasions of their native culture 70 special ceremonies
61. A. states B. areas C. cultures D. fields