《大学英语第一册综合练习》
《大学英语》第一册综合练习
Part one: Multiple Choice
1. Don’t you know he is an old friend of ______?
A. my brother
B. my brothers
C. my brother’s
D. my brother’s friend
2. ______ you return those books to the library immediately, you will have to pay a fine.
A. Until
B. Unless
C. If
D. Provided
3. When you worry you can’t sleep and when you can’t sleep you worry ______.
A. much more
B. even more
C. many more
D. few more
4. The river was high because it ______ for several weeks.
A. had been raining
B. was raining
C. has been raining
D. rained
5. ______ the few who have failed their examinations, all the students in the hall are in very high spirits.
A. Except for
B. Besides
C. Due to
D. Apart from
6. It ______ a fine day, we went for a walk.
A. is
B. be
C. being
D. to be
7. You ______ a letter to him. However, you didn’t.
A. ought to write
B. ought to have written
C. should write
D. should be writing
8. You ______ be tired; you have only just begun to work.
A. can not
B. should not
C. mustn’t
D. may not
9. All ______ is a nice meal.
A. what I want
B. that I want
C. the thing I wanted
D. which I want
10. By the end of June, you ______ here for three months.
A. will have studied
B. studied
C. will study
D. have studied
11. You ought to go by sea, ______?
A. ought you
B. shouldn’t you
C. won’t you
D. don’t you
12. If he ______ to come tomorrow, I would tell him everything.
A. was
B. is
C. were
D. be
13. Bread and butter ______ liked by Westerners.
A. be
B. are
C. were
D. is
14. We wish you ______ so much.
A. haven’t smoked
B. aren’t smoking
C. don’t smoke
D. didn’t smoke
15. ______, everything would have been all right.
A. He had been here
B. Here he had been
C. Been here he had
D. Had he been here
16. At the beginning of a year, everybody ______ many plans for the coming days.
A. goes over
B. talks over
C. comes up with
D. sets aside
17. We have enough time to ______ the food and drinks before the guests arrive.
A. lay out
B. take over
C. smooth out
D. take advantage of
18. The farmers ______ a mysterious object flying over when they made their way home.
A. kept up with
B. caught sight of
C. made use of
D. pulled into
19. More and more listeners are expected to ______ the phone-in programme on the radio.
A. look into
B. hold up
C. be involved in
D. break off
20. The manager promised in the letter to ______ the goods to be delivered in no time.
A. arrange for
B. result in
C. stick to
D. carry out
21. Many things did not ______ quite as satisfactory as we had expected.
A. set out
B. come down
C. lay down
D. turn out
22. We’ll have to ______ the matter carefully before we can draw any conclusion.
A. find out
B. base on
C. look into
D. search for
23. He is ______ more hard-working than any of the other boys in the class.
A. by far
B. by way of
C. by now
D. by and by
24. She ______ a sum of money for her old age.
A. set up
B. set aside
C. set in
D. set off
25. Try to ______ what had happened just before the accident.
A. talk
B. speak
C. say for
D. describe
26. The explorer told the boys about his ______ in the African forests.
A. excursion
B. voyage
C. flight
D. adventures
27. They were rather disappointed ______ the result of the test.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. for
28. Do you think this present is ______ for a little girl?
A. sufficient
B. qualified
C. suitable
D. useful
29. Improvements are increasing ______ number day by day.
A. over
B. in
C. for
D. on
30. If you feel sympathy ______ them, you’d better try your best to help them.
A. for
B. with
C. from
D. up
31. I am pleased with ______ you have told me.
A. that
B. all that
C. all what
D. which
32. Go and get some milk, ______?
A. will you
B. shan’t you
C. don’t you
D. do you
33. I ______ the novel by next Monday.
A. shall finishing reading
B. shall have finished reading
C. shall be finishing reading
D. shall have been finishing reading
34. He commanded that she ______ him everything.
A. must tell
B. might tell
C. shall tell
D. tell
35. ______ conclusion, I shall not accept the invitation.
A. As
B. On
C. By
D. In
36. When I ______ my breakfast, I shall ring her up.
A. had had
B. had
C. have had
D. have
37. The world ______ we live is in constant change.
A. where
B. which
C. what
D. that
38. Ours ______ a great people, ______?
A. are … aren’t they
B. are … aren’t we
C. is … isn’t it
D. is …isn’t she
39. It’s high time you ______.
A. stop smoking
B. stopped smoking
C. stop to smoke
D. will stop to smoke
40. None of the students arrived on time, ______?
A. did he
B. didn’t he
C. did they
D. didn’t they
41. ______ the football match started than it began to rain.
A. Hardly
B. No sooner
C. Hardly had
D. No sooner had
42. I didn’t believe ______ he said, ______ annoyed him very much.
A. what … which
B. which … what
C. that … how
D. that … how
43. It was decided that the search ______.
A. was ended
B. be ending
C. had to be ended
D. be ended
44. The reason I didn’t go abroad was ______ ill.
A. because I was
B. that I was
C. due to being
D. because of being
45. ______ succeed.
A. Only by working hard we can
B. Only we can by working hard
C. Only by working hard can we
D. Only can we by working hard
46. Let’s hurry up, ______?
A. do we
B. didn’t we
C. will we
D. shall we
47. Our bill in the restaurant ______ $ 500.
A. ran to
B. went to
C. arrived at
D. came to
48. She was ______ by her aunt.
A. brought up
B. grown up
C. taken up
D. looked up
49. Her dress was ______ silk.
A. made up
B. made of
C. made from
D. made in
50. The Second World War ______ in 1939.
A. broke down
B. broke into
C. broke out
D. broke up
51. You could tell from his big nose that he ______ his father.
A. took after
B. took care of
C. took off
D. took down
52. They sent the letter to me ______.
A. with mistake
B. on mistake
C. for mistake
D. by mistake
53. We were ______ tired ______ we could not work any more.
A. too … that
B. so … that
C. such … so
D. so … so
54. It was your carelessness that ______ the accident.
A. resulted from
B. resulted on
C. resulted with
D. resulted in
55. It’s ______ making an effort.
A. useful
B. use
C. worth
D. worthy
56. My brothers ______ nearby.
A. settled down
B. settled in
C. settled on
D. settled up
57. China is larger than ______ country in Asia.
A. all
B. any
C. other
D. any other
58. There are many ______ products on show.
A. latter
B. later
C. latest
D. last
59. The cook was ______ for being incompetent.
A. dismissed
B. employed
C. hired
D. missed
60. She went back to her house to ______ her umbrella.
A. gather
B. fetch
C. reach
D. carry
61. Of the ten plays which she has written, the first three were ______.
A. much the best
B. better
C. more good
D. best
62. He put his coat over the baby for fear that she ______ cold.
A. catches
B. caught
C. should catch
D. will catch
63. We had to read the book, ______?
A. shouldn’t we
B. would we
C. mustn’t we
D. didn’t we
64. ______ in 1995 ______ they came to know each other in Beijing.
A. Only … and
B. It was … that
C. Only … that
D. It was … then
65. ______ and the lecture began.
A. In the professor comes
B. In the professor came
C. In came the professor
D. In comes the professor
66. The old woman is ______ composer as any younger.
A. as good a
B. such good a
C. as a good
D. so good a
67. He has ______ the courage she has.
A. as twice
B. twice
C. twice as much
D. twice as
68. Wear your ______ dress and you will look more beautiful.
A. silk white new
B. white new silk
C. white silk new
D. new white silk
69. ______ a young woman, the office was empty.
A. But for
B. Besides
C. Except for
D. Except
70. Please tell her your story exactly ______ you have told it to me.
A. as
B. that
C. like
D. which
71. The dictionary is to the student ______ the tool is to the worker.
A. which
B. what
C. whichever
D. whatever
72. It was merely ______ chance that he discovered the mistake.
A. in
B. on
C. from
D. by
73. The woman who had been ______ in an accident was taken to hospital.
A. hurt
B. broken
C. injured
D. wound
74. I was held up in a traffic ______.
A. crush
B. jam
C. crash
D. block
75. The flat ______ of four rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom.
A. consists
B. contains
C. composes
D. includes
76. The pupil was so ______ that he didn’t hear what the teacher said.
A. disappointed
B. exhausted
C. confused
D. absent-minded
77. We were ______ that he could walk on his hands.
A. scared
B. shocked
C. amazed
D. frightened
78. Measles ______ a long time to get over.
A. takes
B. take
C. spends
D. spend
79. The manager announces with ______ that the prices must be increased.
A. pity
B. blame
C. regret
D. sympathy.
80. It was necessary to ______ the factory.
A. grow
B. increase
C. extend
D. broaden
81. The holiday was spoiled by ______ of rainy days.
A. a succession
B. succeeding
C. progress
D. success
82. The harbor can ______ large liners and cargo-boats.
A. let in
B. admit
C. receive
D. let out
83. Could you ______ the fact that this box is extremely heavy?
A. account
B. count
C. calculate
D. explain
84. The moment they ______ the train it began to pull out of the station.
A. boarded
B. got
C. jumped
D. took
85. The sad news broke her ______.
A. mind
B. emotions
C. heart
D. feeling
86. The new technique has ______ them to double the production of the factory.
A. persuaded
B. enabled
C. made
D. dissuaded
87. She ______ a dentist a few days ago.
A. ought to see
B. ought to be seen
C. ought to be seeing
D. ought to have seen
88. The girl ______ herself in sunlight.
A. dived
B. divided
C. bathed
D. stayed
89. Brazilian coffee is usually ______ by ships because this way is cheaper.
A. traded
B. transported
C. transferred
D. transmitted
90. He ______ his coffee before tasting it.
A. stirred
B. streamed
C. steered
D. stayed
91. He is ______ to visit us if he knows where we live.
A. likely
B. possible
C. probable
D. necessary
92. Anne ______ the news to everybody.
A. told
B. said
C. advised
D. spoke
93. I am very much ______ your visit next week.
A. seeing
B. looking forward to
C. waiting for
D. hoping
94. On ______ in London Smith went to see the House of Parliament.
A. coming
B. arriving
C. reaching
D. getting
95. Students are expected to ______ their classes regularly.
A. present
B. attend
C. go
D. follow
96. If you ______ your money to mine, we shall have enough.
A. add
B. combine
C. join
D. unite
97. If you want to telephone him you will have to _____ the number in the book.
A. look at
B. look up
C. look through
D. look after
98. The ______ from the forest fire could be seen ten miles away.
A. smell
B. spark
C. steam
D. smoke
99. On entering another country, a tourist will have to ______ the Customs.
A. pass through
B. pass by
C. pass over
D. pass for
100. Don’t wait for me if you ______.
A. have a hurry
B. are in a hurry
C. have a speed
D. are in a speed
101. She was fined $ 20 for failing to keep her dog under ______.
A. control
B. command
C. hand
D. orders
102. Don’t drop your cigarette butts on the floor. You could ______ fire to the house.
A. cause
B. make
C. set
D. start
103. We must ______ that our customs and habits are different from theirs.
A. keep up with
B. keep in mind
C. keep to ourselves
D. keep in touch
104. ______, what he said at the meeting is true except that a few figures he quoted are not very reliable.
A. In general
B. In particular
C. In respects
D. As a matter of fact
105. Reading detective stories is one of his favourite ______.
A. occupations
B. hobbies
C. engagements
D. habits
106. Last night’s strong wind nearly took the roof ______.
A. away
B. out
C. down
D. off
107. He is the manager of the company. He’s ______ it.
A. charge
B. in the charge of
C. charged
D. in charge of
108. He felt ______ tired, but he did n’t stop studying.
A. little
B. fairly
C. rather
D. few
109. We went to the station to ______.
A. see them out
B. see them off
C. goodbye them
D. say them goodbye
110. I’d like to take ______ of this opportunity to thank you all for your co-operation.
A. profit
B. occasion
C. benefit
D. advantage
111. I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time.
A. get into
B. be in
C. keep in
D. lose
112. I wish you ______ Jim so much. He’s still very depressed.
A. had not hurt
B. have not hurt
C. shall not hurt
D. hurt
113. All ______ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.
A. what is needed
B. the thing needed
C. for our needs
D. that is needed
114. He asked ______ since he had been chairman for seven years.
A. not to have been re-elected
B. not to be re-elected
C. to not be re-elected
D. to have not been re-elected
115. The reason ______ we should study a foreign language is very clear.
A. when
B. which
C. who
D. why
116. Every teacher and student ______ to come to class immediately.
A. has been told
B. have been told
C. has told
D. have told
117. I ______ to the hospital yesterday but I forgot all about it.
A. had to go
B. should have gone
C. ought to go
D. should go
118. John had his leg ______ while playing football this morning.
A. broken
B. break
C. to break
D. breaking
119. I think you have paid ______ your health.
A. too few attention to
B. too little attention for
C. too little attention to
D. too a few attention to
120. Do you remember ______ to our president when you visited our school last month?
A. to be introduced
B. being introduced
C. introduced
D. to have introduced
Part Two: Reading Comprehension
One
From the beginning rivers have played an important part in the life of man. Primitive man used rivers as a means of travel.
In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires and
civilizations. Rome today still stands on both sides of the Tiber. The Menam runs through modern Bangkok, still serving as a great waterway for the transport of goods and people.
Water is Nature’s most precious gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations far and wide rivers mean life and wealth. The Irrawaddy, Nile, Ganges and a host of other rivers feed and clothe the nation around them. A shortage of water in heavily populated agricultural areas will cause great hardship and starvation as crops fail.
Water is also a source of energy and power. Man constructs huge dams across rivers to control the water for irrigation and obtain the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then channeled to homes, cities, factories, television stations and the military.
Man uses billions of litres of water each day. His main source of water comes from reservoirs which in turn obtain their water from the rivers.
1. Rivers have been important to man ______.
A.since Roman times
B.since many years ago
C.since a few hundred years ago
D.for a very long time
2. In ancient times empires and civilizations grew up near ______.
A.the Tiber
B.the Menam
C.rivers
D.the Irrawaddy
3. Rivers bring ______.
A.life and wealth
B.the most precious gifts
C.food and clothes
D.crops
4. A heavily populated agricultural area is one where ______.
A.there is a shortage of water
B.there are huge dams
C.there are hardship and starvation
D.there are too many farmers living close to one another
5. Energy is obtained from rivers by ______.
A.controlling the water
B.building dams across them
C.building bridges
D.driving generators
Two
Television, the modern wonder of electronics, brings the world into your own home in sight and sound. And the word “ television” means seeing far.
Television works in much the same way as radio. In radio, sound is changed into
electromagnetic waves which are sent through the air. Experiments leading to modern television took place mare than a hundred years ago. By the 1920s inventors and researchers had turned the early theories into working models. Yet it took another thirty years for TV to become industry.
The influence of TV on the life of the people is incalculable: it can influence their thoughts and their way of life. It can also add to their store of knowledge. Educational TV stations offer teaching in various subjects. Some hospitals use TV for medical students to get close-up views of operations. At first television programs were broadcast in black-and-white. With the development of science and technology, the problem of how to telecast them in full color was solved and by the middle 1960s the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color.
The programs that people watch are not only local and national ones. Since the launching of the first c ommunications satellite, more and more programs are telecast “live” from all over the world. People in San Francisco were able to watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. And live telecasts now come from outer space. In 1969, the first astronauts to land on the moon televised their historic “moon walk” to viewers on the earth. Since then, astronauts have regularly sent telecast to the earth.
6. The launching of communications satellites made it possible for people in San Francisco to ______.
A.get close-up views of operations
B.store knowledge
C.watch the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo
D.watch national programs
7. The development of science and technology made it possible for television programs to ______.
A.be telecast in full color
B.be telecast in San Francisco
C.be telecast in Tokyo
D.be telecast in black-and-white
8. The word “incalculable” means ______.
A.easy to tell
B.very great
C.difficult to tell
D.very small
9. Television is said to be the modern wonder of electronics, because ______.
A.it influences people’s way of life
B.it makes people see far
C.it brings the world into people’s own home in sight and sound
D.it works as radio
10. Television became an industry in ______.
A.1950
B.the 1960s
C.the 1920s
D.the 1950s
Three
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations ─the things they bring up before our minds, Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which like music and by their association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.
11. We will make our speech silly if we ______.
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0016569287.html,e words carefully
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0016569287.html,e words in a literary style
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0016569287.html,e words without accuracy
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0016569287.html,e words with caution
12. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings was that ______.
A.they could express actions and things
B.they could communicate with each other
C.they could agree upon letters
D.they could write and combine them
13. What is true about the words?
A.They are used to express only thoughts and feelings.
B.They are signs.
C.They are simply sounds.
D.They can only be written.
14. Which of the following statements is not true?
A.The more we read and learn, the more the number of words mean something to us.
B.The more we read and learn, the more knowledge we will acquire.
C.The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.
D.The more we read and learn, the more illiterate we become.
15. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able ______.
A.to move men to tears
B.to be masters
C.to sing
D.to be charming
Four
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether are a book-lover or only there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book. You soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment ─without buying a book, of course.
The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You might want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
16. The best title for this passage may be ______.
A.The Attraction of Bookshops
B.How To Spend Your Time
C.Bookshops and Their Assistants
D.Buying Books
17. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is ______.
A.to chat with assistants in a bookshop
B.to take a walk in the streets
C.to make some appointment in a bookshop
D.to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop
18. In a good bookshop, ______.
A.all the books there are interesting
B.you are satisfied
C.you can find shelter from a shower
D.you need to buy something you don’t want
19. An assistant in a bookshop helps you ______.
A.on your entering the shop
B.just before you finish reading
C.only when you want to find out where a particular section is
D.when you are reading
20. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.
B.There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.
C.People go to bookshops only to buy books.
D. A book with an attractive design must be an interesting one.
Five
In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to take the oath of office in the nation’s permanent capital, Washington D. C. Although Washington was a new city, it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jefferson had helped plan the capital’s streets and public buildings. Besides being a city planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, and the inventor of several tools.
Jefferson lived in the Presidential Palace. The Palace was more than a home; it contained offices for the President and some of his staff and advisors. It also included dining and reception rooms, where the President could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did not give many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady. Jefferson’s wife had died in 1782. But it was also because Jefferson liked to live in a simple fashion. Once, he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes and slippers! Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so casually.
Jefferson was different from the first two Presidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the country should be run, and about what part a President should play in running it.
21. According to the passage, the Presidential Palace was built to be ______.
A.an office building and home
B. a meeting place for congressmen
C. a home
D.an office building
22. According to the passage, Thomas Jefferson was all of the following except ______.
A. a writer
B. a city planner
C.the third president of the United States
D. a carpenter
23. Thomas Jefferson did not entertain very often in Washington D. C. because ______.
A.he did not have new clothes
B.the food there was bad
C.he did not enjoy carefully prepared parties and there was no First Lady
D.his wife did not like it
24. Which of the following statements about Washington D. C. is true?
A.It was not the first capital of the United States.
B.All the American presidents took the oath of office in Washington D.
C.
C.There were many old streets in Washington
D. C. before 1801.
D.Washington D. C. was planned by Thomas Jefferson.
25. It can be inferred from the passage that George Washington and John Adams both ______.
A.lived in the Presidential Palace
B.were rather formal gentlemen
C.were different from Thomas Jefferson only in how to run the country
D.dressed casually
Six
Schools in the 1990’s will be working together with businessmen and offices, and factor ies will be full of schoolchildren and teachers. Since the reforms of the nineteenth century which got children out of factories, the British have disliked mixing learning with commerce. But the past ten years of high youth unemployment have encouraged most schools to create new links with employers to provide their pupils with more marketable skills. And in the next ten years, when youth labor will become scarce rather than plentiful, many employers not yet working with schools will be encouraged to do so.
26. One of Britain’s aims of the nineteenth century social reforms must have been to ______.
A.provide pupils with more skills
B.create new links with employers
C.separate learning from commerce
D.mix learning with commerce
27. In Britain, the 1990’s will see a ______.
A.weak link between schools and factories
B. a high youth unemployment
C.higher demand for skilled workers
D.new increase in youth labor
28. In the past decade, the British schools have taken their pupils to factories because ______.
A.youth labor is plentiful
B.the British think it’s good for their children to work there
C.the employers encourage them to do so
D.they have had to prepare their students for employment
29. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.In the past ten years, Britain’s youth un employment rate is high.
B.Birth rate in Britain will become lower.
C.Most British schools have been encouraged to provide their pupils with more marketable
skills.
D.In Britain youth labor will be much less than is needed in the next decade.
30. To solve the pr oblem of labor resources in the 1990’s ______.
A.employers must have better relations with schools
B.teachers will have to work together with businessmen
C.the British will have to send their children to factories
D.the British must mix learning with working
Seven
Someday in the future we may not need to have money in your pockets. Is life easier when
people don’t need to carry any coins for currency at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things.
Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards that we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the cards. People steal money. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit card may be no better than currency.
Is there something even easier to use than credit cards? All of us have a thumbprint. No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. No person will have the same thumbprint or number. When you want to buy something you will put you r thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone’s thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprints. It will be difficult for someone to steal it or make one like it.
31. The word “currency” most probably means ______.
A.plastic cards
B.paper money
C.coins
D.metal money
32. According to the passage, we all need ______.
A.coins
B.currency
C.credit cards
D.some kind of money
33. Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ______.
A.they will help each store
B.each store will have a computer
C.every thumbprint is different
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34. Which one of the following gives the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.Credit cards are worse than currency.
B.Currency may not be more of a problem than credit cards.
C.We use credit cards because people steal money.
D.We have many problems with money.
35. Which of the following statements is not true?
A.There is something easier to use than credit cards.
B.There are no problems with currency.
C.Every person will have a different thumbprint number.
D.There are some problems with the use of credit cards.
Eight
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to profit by defeat.
Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking. Confuse defeat with failure, and you are doomed indeed to failure, for it isn’t defeat that makes you fail: it is your own refusal to see in defeat the guide and encouragement to success.
Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of. They are routine incidents in the life of every man who achieves success. But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without feeling ashamed, analyze it and learn why you failed. Defeat, in other words, can help to cure its own cause. Not only does defeat prepare us for success, but nothing else can arouse within us such a compelling desire to succeed. If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away, he will cling more and more tightly until his whole weight is suspended. It is this same reaction that should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated. If you fully use the power which defeat gives, you can accomplish with it far more than what you are capable of.
36. The author ______.
A.orders you to analyze defeat
B.wants you to face defeat
C.advises you to let a baby grasp a rod
D.warns you not to confuse defeat with failure
37. Defeat is valuable ______.
A.because it is a factor
B.because it isn’t defeat that makes you fail
C.because it provides the guide and encouragement to success
D.because it is not a thing to be ashamed of
38. What does the author know?
A.He knows every success in life.
B.He knows the factor making for success.
C.He knows every man who is able to analyze defeat.
D.He knows the life of every man.
39. The person who was able to analyze defeat is likely ______.
A.to be a successor
B.to face it with feeling ashamed
C.to achieve success
D.to be ashamed of it
40. What does the author advise one to do with the power which defeat gives?
One should ______.
A.explore it
B.explain it
C.let a baby grasp a rod
D.learn it
Nine
If education is the transmission of civilization, we are unquestionably progressing. Civilization
is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again. So our finest modern achievement is our spending of wealth and toil which never have been known before in the provision of higher education for all. Once colleges were luxuries, designed for the male half of the leisured class; today universities are so numerous that he who runs may become a Ph. D. We may not have been better than the selected geniuses of the past, but we have raised the level and average of knowledge beyond any age in history.
41. We are making progress in education because ______.
A.we have not interrupted the transmission of civilization
B.colleges have become less luxurious
C.college education is designed for the male
D. a lot of money and work unheard of in the past has been invested in college education
42. Since there are so many universities today, ______.
A.we have exceeded the selected geniuses of the past
B.anybody who runs has opportunity to get the highest academic degree
C.many geniuses are produced
D.the quality of education has lowered
43. Civilization is passed down from one generation to another ______.
A.through the efforts of each new generation
B.through inheritance
C.through exceptionally creative persons
D.through transmission
44. If the transmission of civilization should discontinue for one hundred years, ______.
A.civilization would be easily brought back into activity
B.civilization would be created better
C.civilization would be destroyed
D.civilization would be made again
45. The author thinks that the purpose of education is ______.
A.to select geniuses
B.to raise the level of knowledge
C.to produce Ph. Ds
D.to keep the life of civilization
Ten
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 clinging 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 therefore are highly valued. Tall buildings hide the sun completely. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. Even the distinction between day and night is lost.
46. What are highly valued in big cities?
A.Sunshine and fresh air.
B.Living conditions.
C.Pavements in autumn.
D.Air-conditioned houses.
47. 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.
48. It is not easy to see much difference between day and night because ______.
A.persons living in cities are obliged to live 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
49. 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 publ ic park
C.you should see the leaves clinging to the pavement
D.you should walk on the pavement
50. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0016569287.html,rge modern cities are too big to control.
B.Sunshine and fresh air are rare in large modern cities.
C.Living in large modern cities has so many disadvantages.
D.All the simple, good things of life are imposed on the people who live in large cities.
Eleven
In everyday usage “hot” means “ having a lot of heat”. Many people think that “cold” is something completely di fferent from heat. But this is not true. “Cold” simply means “having very little heat”.
Your life depends on heat. In fact, every living thing depends on it. Without heat, every living thing would be frozen to death. All living things get their heat from the sun, which provides the conditions in which life is possible.
Since before the dawn of history, man has been able to make his own heat. He has been able to release the sun’s heat that is trapped in things such as wood, coal, and oil. And he has been ab le to use this heat.
Heat has made civilization possible. With heat, man could melt metals. As man learned to use metals and fuels, industries grew. As a result, engines were invented. These are machines that change heat energy into mechanical energy. Engines can do the work of many men. Without engines
industrial civilization is impossible.
Yet when the first engines were built in the 17th century, men were still wondering about the nature of heat. “What is it?” they asked. Not until the early years of the 19th century did they find the right answer.
51. Your life depends on heat. It means ______.
A.human beings will die when it is cold
B.the more heat you have, the better
C.it is impossible for man to live without heat
D.man is able to make his own heat
52. In eve ryday usage, “hot” means ______.
A.something completely different from “cold”
B.not having very little heat
C.it is in summer
D.having a great deal of heat
53. Which of the following is true?
A.Engines change mechanical energy into heat energy.
B.Without engines we have no industrial civilization.
C.Without engines civilization is impossible.
D.Engines were invented before industries grew.
54. He has been able to release the sun’s heat that is trapped in things such as wood, coal, and oil. From this sentence we know ______.
A.man can get heat only from wood, coal, and oil
B.only wood, coal, and oil have heat
C.man can get heat from things like wood, coal, and oil
D.all the sun’s heat is trapped in things
55. From the last two sentences, we can see ______.
A.men found the nature of heat after the 17th century
B.men found the nature of heat in the 19th century
C.men found the nature of heat when the first engines were built
D.men found the nature of heat before the dawn of history
Twelve
We don’t have beds in the space shuttle, but we do hav e sleeping bags. During the day, when we are working, we leave the bags tied to the wall, out of the way. At bedtime we untie them and take them wherever we’ve chosen to sleep.
On most space shuttle flights everyone sleeps at the same time. No one has to stay awake to watch over the space plane; the shuttle’s computers and the engineers at Mission Control do that. If anything goes wrong, the computers ring an alarm and the engineers call us in the radio.
On the space shuttle, sleep-time doesn’t mean nightti me. During each ninety-minute orbit the sun “rise” and shines through our windows for about fifty minutes; then it “set” as our path takes us around the dark side of the Earth. To keep the sun out of our eyes, we wear black sleep masks.
It is surprisingly easy to get comfortable and fall asleep in space. Every astronaut sleeps differently. Some sleep upside down, some right side up. When it’s time to sleep, I take my bag, my sleep mask, and my tape player with earphones and float up to the flight deck. Then I crawl into the bag, and float in a sitting position just above a seat, right next to a window. Before I pull the mask down over my eyes, I relax for a while, listening to music and watching the Earth go by beneath me
56. When it’s bedtime, astronauts pu t their sleeping bags ______.
A.near the windows
B.in the flight deck
C.above the seats
D.in any place they like
57. “Watch over” in para. 2 has the closest meaning to ______.
A.take care of
B.see
C.look at
D.pay attention to
58. How long does it take for the space shuttle to go round the Earth?
A.Twenty-four hours
B.Fifty minutes
C.Ninety minutes
D.Nineteen minutes
59. According to the passage, in order to get comfortable and fall asleep in space, it is necessary to ______.
A.wear a sleep mask
B.listen to music
C.sleep upside down
D.sleep sideways
60. The best title for this passage is ______.
A.Bedtime Doesn’t Mean Nighttime
B.Sleeping In Space
C.Orbiting The Sun
D.Sleeping On The Space Shuttle
Thirteen
American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict (种族冲突) and poverty. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.
After World War II, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had mire children. They needed more space. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the suburbs, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without
many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house in the suburbs.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in 1950s are now adults. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors lawyers, and executives, are moving back into the city. Many are single; others are married, but often without children. They prefer the city to the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just enjoy the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the city ―a wealthier, more mobile class.
Only a few years ago, people thought that the older American cities were dying. Some city residents now see a bright, new future. Others see only problems and conflicts. One thing id sure: Many dying cities are alive again.
61. Paragraph 1 ______.
A.explains why American cities are changing
B.is a description of cities
C.shows that American cities have many problems
D.say: American cities contain the very best aspects of a society
62. In the 1950s the American “dream” was ______.
A.to have a color TV set
B.to have a big car
C.to buy an apartment in the city
D.to buy a new house in the suburbs
63. In paragraph 3, the author gives ______ reasons why people want to live in cities.
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five
64. According to the article, cities are ______.
A.sick
B.alive again
C.living
D.dying
65. The movement of people to and from the city can explain ______.
A.social changes
B.violent crime
C.racial conflict
D.the best aspects of a society
Fourteen
Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that change society or, at least, make life easier for somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encouraged