大学英语精读2试卷 (1)

2013-2014学年第二学期期末

英语精读试卷

使用对象：英语13401、13402、13403

模块名称：A卷出题学院：外语学院

考试形式：闭卷

I. Choose the best answer (25%)

1. The movie star _________ with your sister , didn't he?

A. was used to dance

B. used to dancing

C. used to dance

D. was used to dancing

2. The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, _________________.

A. her long hair flowed in the breeze.

B. her long hair was flowing in the breeze.

C. her long hair flow in the breeze.

D. her long hair flowing in the breeze.

3. Mother insisted that _____________.

A. they are to be back before nine in the evening.

B. they ought to be back before nine in the evening.

C. they be back before nine in the evening.

D. they had to be back before nine in the evening.

4. The professor paused as if _____ his students to ask questions on the point he had just made.

A. expecting

B. to expect

C. expected

D. to have expected

5. I couldn't understand why he pretended ________ in the bookstore.

A. to see me not

B. not to see me

C. not see me

D. to see not me

6. The classroom was almost empty ____________ a desk or two.

A. besides

B. except for

C. except

D. In addition to

7. It was in that small room ________ they worked hard and dreamed of better days to

come.

A. what

B. in which

C. which

D. that

8. __________, you must show your ticket to go into the cinema.

A. No matter whoever you are

B. Whoever you are

C. Whomever you are

D. No matter who are you

9. ________ that the left side of the human brain is responsible for logic.

A. It generally is believed

B. It is believed generally

C. It is generally believed

D. Generally it is believed

10. Scientists didn't know much about lung cancer ___________.

A. before long

B. until recently

C. long before

D. in the past few years

11. Nobody would believe his words though he said he was of the crime.

A) pure B) clear C) innocent D) guilty

12. The university are having to the government for more money.

A) call at B) call on C) appeal for D) appeal to

13. The basic reason for a protective tariff is to goods that will undersell products made in the home country.

A) keep off B) keep out C) keep up D) deep down

14. A lawyer’s income is usually high, more than 200 000 dollars a year.

A) add up to B) added up to C) amounted to D) amounting to

15. Most offices are having to themselves against computer theft.

A) assure B) ensure C) sure D) insure

16. It was very of you to let us know you were going to be late.

A) considering B) considerate C) considerable D) considered

17. The little boy cried and would not the boy which he wanted his mother to buy for him.

A) let off B) let away C) let go of D) let alone

18. The fall in price is directly to the increase in output.

A) concerned B) connected C) related D) united

19. Do you have any idea what he meant? I really can’t what he said at

this morning’s meeting.

A) figure on B) figure out C) find out D) find

20. We should really take some effective to prevent such terrible things from

happening again.

A) steps B) means C) measure D) ways

21. If you love plants, the chances are you buy them on _____ and then wonder where to

put them.

A). purpose B). impulse C). display D). cue

22. We should see ourselves as part of nature rather than in ________ with it.

A). argument B). connection C). conflict D). crash

23. During the nine months before her baby is born, he face is one ______ smile.

A). humble B0. exclusive C). perpetual D). modest

24. His bedroom ________ a single bed with a small television at its foot.

A). makes up B). consist of C). lays out D). serves as

25. Andrew was determined to _____ a computer career after graduation.

A). apply B). shave C). purse D). select

II. Cloze (20%)

When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used to ask me time and again: “ Where’s the fog?” Almost all foreigners ____26____ to find the city wreathed(萦绕)in yellow-grey mist for most of the year. Dickens, who was ___27_____ responsible for painting this ____28_____ in people’s minds, certainly wasn’t exaggerating in those days. People __29____ in the nineteenth century that when someone __30____ suicide by jumping into the Thames he was choked by the fog and poisoned by the terrible __31_____ of the river before he had time to drown himself. In fact, the situation ___32____ in recent years. When I was a boy in London thirty years ago I was often unable to see ____33___ of the road when I left home on winter mornings.

The decisive steps that have turned London into one of the ___34____ cities in the world __35____ taken at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still ___36___ that fog ___37___ returns. The change took place as a result of two main improvements. Factories were compelled to install clean air equipment __38____ close down, and private householders were not allowed to

___39_____ coal unless it was smoke-free. But the ___40____ ecological miracle in London occurred __41____ 1964 onwards when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast

___42___ of dissolved oxygen into the river. ____43____, all the species of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames __44____ 1800 have returned. Some are even caught by fishermen ___45___ the House Of Parliament.

26. A. look forward B. manage C. wish D. expect

27. A. first of all B. above all C. after all D. all the more

28. A. picture B. image C. photo D. portrait

29. A. were used to saying B. used to saying

C. were used to say

D. used to say

30. A. made B. committed C. did D. was committed

31. A. fume B. smell C. smoke D. gas

32. A. only has changed B. only changed C. has only changed D. changed only

33. A. other side B. another side C. the other side D. another side

34. A. clean B. cleaner C. cleanest D. more clean

35. A. was B. were C. have been D. had been

36. A. find it strange B. find out strange C. find strange D. find out it strange

37. A. hardly B. barely C. scarcely D. seldom

38. A. and B. but C. to D. or

39. A. use B. make C. produce D. burn

40. A. true B. truly C. real D. really

41. A. in B. from C. on D. through

42. A. numbers B. number C. amount D. quantities

43. A. Therefore B. Nevertheless C. However D. As a result

44. A. before B. since C. after D. in

45. outside B. in the front of C. inside D. beside

III. Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.

If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can render the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “I’m useless as a parent” does not commit a person to any specific improvement.

These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling

other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.

46. If a mother adds “but” to an apology, _______.

A) she doesn’t feel that she should have apologized

B) she does not realize that the child has been hurt

C) the child may find the apology easier to accept

D) the child may feel that he owes her an apology

47. According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means “_______”.

A) You have good reason to get upset

B) I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame

C) I apologize for hurting your feelings

D) I’m at fault for making you upset

48. It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______.

A) it gets one into the habit of making empty promises

B) it may make the other person feel guilty

C) it is vague and ineffective

D) it is hurtful and insulting

49. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry _______.

A) the complexities involved should be ignored

B) their ages should be taken into account

C) parents need to set them a good example

D) parents should be patient and tolerant

50. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _______.

A) a social issue calling for immediate attention

B) not necessary among family members

C) a sign of social progress

D) not as simple as it seems

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

Keiko loved London ----- the shops, the entertainment and the low prices. English weather though was one thing that trouble her. Every time she went out she felt under the weather.

In one hour the weather could change from cloud and rain to warm sunshine and back again. She never knew what to wear. In Japan there are typically four seasons and she always knew what weather to expect. When winter came she would carefully put away her husband’s summer suits and she would never let him wear them again until June 1st, no matter how hot it became. But in England she had to have all the clothes at hand all the time in case the weather changed.

She was always annoyed when she went to her English conversation lessons with Mr. Boyd because she was either over-dressed or underdressed. Mr. Boyd was an elderly teacher who didn’t encourage students to call him by his first name and Keiko liked that. She asked him about the weather problem. Mr. Boyd said, “ The weather is a good topic to use in conversation and can help to break the ice. If you don’t what to say next, you can always say something about the weather.”

This was true because Keiko had noticed the many times Mr. Boyd had talked about the weather to her. Mr. Boyd was very unusual in his habits and always carried an umbrella even in the sunniest weather. All the teachers and students made fun of him about it. “ You never can tell,” he always said. As she was about to leave the school one day Keiko was angry to see that the sunny day had turned to rain. She had neither a coat nor an umbrella. Mr. Boyd smiled as he passed her in the school doorway and putting up his umbrella said, “Every cloud has a silver lining!”

51. What troubled Keiko most when living in London?

A. the shops

B. The entertainment

C. The low prices

D. the weather

52. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. In Japan, people can feel the difference between four seasons.

B. In England, people have to keep all the clothes at hand all the year round.

C. In winter, people in London usually put away the summer suits.

D. in summer, people in Britain will not put away the summer suits.

53. According to Mr. Boyd, the weather is _____________.

A. a good topic to use in conversation

B. a good tool to break the ice

C. a good topic to have a debate.

D. a good method to make friends.

54. What kind of person was Mr. Boyd?

A. Strict and unkind.

B. Honest but lazy.

C. honest but unkind.

D. Interesting and friendly

55. The passage gives us an impression that _________ .

A. we can never understand native speakers without a knowledge of idioms.

B. we should turn to others for help whenever we are in trouble.

C. we should bring as many coats as possible to England

D. we can easily make friends with the eccentric people in England.

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

Although Tomas Jefferson did not begin the effort of designing the University of Virginia until late in his life, the education of the common man had occupied his thoughts for decades. He believed ignorance to be the enemy of freedom, and he wanted to correct what he considered to be the weakness of educational institutions modeled on European settings. He imagined that an “academical village” around a tree-lined lawn would provide an ideal setting in which to pursue higher education. The center of such a village would be a Temple of Knowledge that would house the university library.

When Virginia decided to set up a state university in 1818, the retired U. S. President finally was able to devote his talent, time, and energy to creating this new kind of educational institution. By the time he was finished with his design, Jefferson had invented an entirely new American setting for higher education: the college campus.

In 1812, Jefferson chose to begin building his “academical village,” the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, V A, far away from the city center. He intended this spot to promote learning because it was natural and unspoiled, and far from anything that could distract or harm the students. The University consists of two rows of houses, five on each side, leading to a main building. This main building, the Rotunda, became the most important part of the University, because it contained the library. By focusing his entire institution on the library, instead of around the church, Jefferson revolutionized American university architecture.

Jefferson’s aim was to create a new institutional form for his ideal educational system, a system he thought should give every citizen the information he needs for carrying out his daily business. This new approach to citizenship and education demanded a new type of university, one where students and professors could coexist and share ideas. He attempted to create this environment by combing the professors’ houses and students’ classrooms, and linking all the buildings with covered walkways so intellectual exchanges between departments could go on smoothly. Jefferson had also recognized the importance of the students’ whole life, and given much thought and planning to the students’ dining, living, and exercise facilities.

56. Jefferson devoted much of his thought to the education of the common man because he believed ________.

A. everyone who loved freedom hated ignorance.

B. a country could not be strong without education.

C. an uneducated man could not gain full freedom.

D. European educational institutions did not suit America

57. According to Jefferson, the center of a university should be ______ .

A. the church

B. the library

C. the lawn

D. the classroom

58. Jefferson chose o locate the University of Virginia far away from the city center because ________.

A. land in the city center could not be found.

B. there was a tree-lined lawn there

C. this was a European tradition

D. there was no distraction for the students.

59. In Jefferson’s view, an ideal educational system should _________.

A. be one under which every citizen enjoys equal opportunity.

B. give everyone the information he needs for conducting his business.

C．ensure that everyone has a chance to enter an institution of higher learning.

D. provide students with a natural and unspoiled setting for learning.

60. What was made easy by the revolutionized American campus?

A. Students’ learning.

B. Intellectual exchange

C. Professors’ teaching

D. Both students’ and professors’ life.

IV. Translation(10%)

61．他致力于研究工作的精神给我留下了深刻的印象，但我对他那些深奥的理论却丝毫不感兴趣。

62．不言而喻，青年人的教育对于一个国家繁荣未来是至关重要的。

63．显然，找到替代能源对我们经济的稳定发展是至关重要的。

64. 如果让我来决定我们是要一个没有自行车的城市呢，还是要一个没有汽车的城市，我会毫不犹豫地选择后者。

65. 你是否认为公共汽车司机应对乘客的安全负完全的责任？

参考答案及评分标准I. Choose the best answer.(25%)

II. Cloze (20%)

III. Reading Comprehension (30%)

IV. Translation (10%)

61. I was impressed by his devotion to research but I did not have the slightest interest in his profound theories.

62. It is self-evident that the education of the young is vital to the future of a country.

63. Apparently, finding alternative energy sources is essential to the steady development of our economy.

64. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a city without bikes or one without cars.

I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

65. Do you think bus drivers should take full responsibility for the passenger s’ safety?

2013-2014学年第二学期期末

英语精读试卷

使用对象：英语13401、13402、13403班

模块名称：B卷出题学院：外语学院

考试形式：闭卷

II. Choose the best answer (20%)

16. The government has tried its best to ________ the needs of the market.

A. meet

B. reach

C. supply

D. greet

17. The plane had already ______ when I arrived at the airport.

A. taken off

B. set off

C. got out

D. pulled out

18. His mother told him to _____ his little brother when she was away.

A. look back

B. look over

C. look at

D. look after

19. As my beloved uncle, he gave me advice _______ money.

A. as well

B. as long as

C. as well as

D. as good as

20. He accepted his friend’s _____ to swim across the river.

A. challenge

B. battle

C. power

D. will

21. The general manager _____ back from a business trip, so he felt a little tired.

A. was just coming

B. is coming

C. has just come

D. had just come

22. The big supermarket, which_____ in 1990, is the tallest building in this city.

A. has been completed

B. had been completed

C. was completed

D. will be completed

23. He only allowed us two hours ________, so all of us were in a hurry.

A. to pack up

B. packing up

C. to be packed up

D. pack up

24. _________ trouble me most was that I forgot my student card and my ticket

A. What

B. which

C. That

D. Whatever.

25. When her baby fell asleep, she ________ her pen and began to write.

A. took on

B. took up

C. took to

D. took apart

26. Please don’t _____ at the little boy. He will be frightened by your loud voice.

A. smile

B. look

C. throw

D. shout

27. Would you mind _____ for me in downtown? Here is the list, thank you.

A. going skating

B. doing homework

C. going helping

D. doing some shopping

28. The English teacher encouraged the students to take an _____ part in the group discussion.

A. act

B. active

C. actively

D. activity

29. Experts advise us to learn ______, which means not depending on the book or the teacher.

A. sincerely

B. immediately

C. intelligently

D. independently

30. The bad weather will ______ our building plans by two weeks.

A. set aside

B. set about

C. set back

D. set up

31. Every month she tries to _____ part of her salary for buying a computer.

A. set off

B. set aside

C. set to

D. set for

32. The thief has ______ the money that he stole three days ago.

A. run away

B. run for

C. run down

D. run away with

33. When I went home, they had already ______ for the North.

A. cut off

B. called off

C. set off

D. dropped off

34. Jack told me that ______ of the two women was his teacher of Chinese.

A. the tallest

B. the most tall

C. the tall

D. the taller

35. This lesson is _______ than the last one in this book.

A. more easy

B. very easy

C. more easier

D. much easier

III. Cloze (20%)

For the past two years, I have been working on students’ evaluation of classroom teaching.

I have kept a record of informal conversations __36__ some 300 students from at __37__ twenty-one colleges and universities. The students were generally __38__ and direct in their comments __39__ how course work could be better __40__. Most of their remarks were kindly ___41___ — with tolerance rather than bitterness—and frequently were softened by the __42__ that the students were speaking __43_ some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless, __44__ the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel __45__ with things-as-they-are in the classroom.

Professors should be __46__ from reading lec ture notes. “It makes their __47__ monotonous（单调的）.”

If they are going to read, why not __48__ out copies of the lecture? Then we __49__ need to go to class. Professors should __50__ repeating in lectures material that is in the text-book. “__51__ we’ve re ad the material, we want to __52__ it or hear it elaborated on, __53__ repeated.” “A lo t of students hate to buy a __54__ text that the professor has written __55__ to

h ave his lectures repeat it.”

36. A) involving B) counting C) covering D) figuring

37. A) best B) least C) length D) large

38. A) reserved B) hard-working C) polite D) frank

39. A) over B) at C) on D) of

40. A) presented B) submitted C) described D) written

41. A) received B) addressed C) made D) taken

42. A) occasion B) truth C) case D) fact

43. A) on B) about C) at D) with

44. A) though B) whether C) as D) if

45. A) dissatisfied B) unsatisfactory C) satisfied D) satisfactory

46. A) interfered B) interrupted C) discouraged D) disturbed

47. A) voices B) sounds C) pronunciation D) gestures

48. A) hold B) leave C) drop D) give

49. A) couldn’t B) wouldn’t C) mustn’t D) shouldn’t

50. A) refuse B) prohibit C) prevent D) avoid

51. A) Once B) Until C) However D) Unless

52. A) remember B) argue C) discuss D) keep

53. A) yet B) not C) and D) or

54. A) desired B) revised C) required D) deserved

55. A) about B) how C) but D) only

IV. Reading comprehension （20%）

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

Lead deposits, which accumulated in soil and snow during the 1960’s and 70’s, were primarily the result of leaded gasoline emissions originating in the United States. In the twenty years that the Clean Air Act has mandated unleaded gas use in the United States, the lead accumulation world-wide has decreased significantly.

A study published recently in the journal Nature shows that air-borne leaded gas emissions from the United States were the leading contributor to the high concentration of lead in the snow in Greenland. The new study is a result of the continued research led by Dr. Charles Boutron,an expert on the impact of heavy metals on the environment at the National Center for Scientific Research in France. A study by Dr. Boutron published in 1991 showed that lead levels in arctic (北极的) snow were declining.

In his new study, Dr. Boutron found the ratios of the different forms of lead in the leaded gasoline used in the United States were different from the ratios of European, Asian and Canadian gasoline and thus enabled scientists to differentiate (分区) the lead sources. The dominant lead ratio found in Greenland snow matched that found in gasoline from the United States.

In a study published in the journal Ambio, scientists found that lead levels in soil in the North-eastern United States had decreased markedly since the introduction of unleaded gasoline. Many scientists had believed that the lead would stay in soil and snow for a longer period.

The authors of the Ambio study examined samples of the upper layers of soil taken from the same sites of 30 forest floors in New England, New York and Pennsylvania in 1980 and in 1990. The forest environment processed and redistributed the lead faster than the scientists had expected. Scientists say both studies demonstrate that certain parts of the ecosystem (生态系统) respond rapidly to reductions in atmospheric pollution, but that these findings should not be used as a license to pollute.

56. The study published in the journal Nature indicates that ________.

A) the Clean Air Act has not produced the desired results

B) lead deposits in arctic snow are on the increase

C) lead will stay in soil and snow longer than expected

D) the US is the major source of lead pollution in arctic snow

57. Lead accumulation worldwide decreased significantly after the use of unleaded gas in the US ________.

A) was discouraged C) was prohibited by law

B) was enforced by law D) was introduced

58. How did scientists discover the source of lead pollution in Greenland?

A) By analyzing the data published in journals like Nature and Ambio.

B) By observing the lead accumulations in different parts of the arctic area.

C) By studying the chemical elements of soil and snow in Northeastern America.

D) By comparing the chemical compositions of leaded gasoline used in various countries.

59. The authors of the Ambio study have found that ________.

A) forests get rid of lead pollution faster than expected

B) lead accumulations in forests are more difficult to deal with

C) lead deposits are widely distributed in the forests of the US

D) the upper layers of soil in forests are easily polluted by lead emissions

60. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that scientists ________.

A) are puzzled by the mystery of forest pollution

B) feel relieved by the use of unleaded gasoline

C) still consider lead pollution a problem

D) lack sufficient means to combat lead pollution

Questions 61 to 66 are based on the following passage.

Born on Oct.28,1955, Bill Gates grew up in Seattle and attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University. While at Harvard, Gates developed the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer.

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a dream that the computer would be a valuable tool in every office and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates’idea for personal computers has been important to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.

Besides his love of computers and software, Gates founded Corbis, which is developing into one of the world’s largest resources of visual information.

Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Gates and his wife, Melinda, have also given more than $28.8 billion (as of January 2005) to help support charities in the areas of global health and learning. They hope that in the 21st century, advances in these areas will be available for all people. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given more than $3.6 billion to organizations working in global health; more than $2 billion to improving learning opportunities to bring computer, Internet access to public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada; more than $477 million to community projects; and more than $488 million to special projects.

61. When did Bill Gates develop the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer?

A. After he left Harvard.

B. When he was at Harvard.

C. Before he attended Harvard.

62. Why did Gates leave Harvard?

A. Because he wanted to spend more energies on his company.

B. Because he wanted to develop software for personal computers.

C. Because he wanted to start Microsoft with his friend.

63. What is the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry?

A. Gates’ talents for developing software.

B. Gates’ interest in programming computers.

C. Gates’ wise understanding of the future advances in personal computers.

64. Bill Gates hopes that in the 21st century, advances in ______ will be available for all people.

A. software development.

B. health and learning

C. college education.

65. What do you learn about Bill Gates from the last paragraph.?

A. He is rich, but lives a simple life.

B. He has donated a lot of money to the poor.

C. He is keen on charities.

V Translation (10%)

66. In fact, Peter would rather have left for San Francisco ________________________（而不愿待着纽约）.

67. I suggested he ____________________ (适应新环境) as soon as possible.

68. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, __________________________（正如预料的一样）.

69. ____________________________（即使计算是正确的）, scientists can .never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately.

70. If you don’t like to swim, ____________________ (你不妨待在家里).

II.Choose the best answer (20%)

III. Cloze (20%)

IV. Reading Comprehension

V. Translation (30%)

66. than stayed in New York

67. should adapt himself to new environment

68. as was expected

69. Even if the calculation is right

70. may as well stay at home

大学英语精读1题库

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