矿大英语自主学习(大一上)

1单元 Part 2 Cloze (with Options)

I am talking to the children in the street and also thinking

about the very difficult question of how best to learn their

language. The problem is 6. far awayfar morefar from

simple. Learning a first language is easy. These children,

for example, started listening to their own language even

before they were born and they will keep 7.

workingthinkingpracticing it throughout their lives. They

aren't even aware they are learning it most of time. I,

however, have not had 8. abilityaccesspurpose to or the

benefit of speaking and listening to my second language 9.

toonfrom a very young age.

I am often 10. frustratedcomfortedadvised trying to express

myself in my second language. I want to be like the

children I see on the street who can speak the 11.

similarsamedifferent language so well. I make myself 12.

getfeelsay better by telling myself that I have more

experience and knowledge than those children and so I can

13. lecturearguecommunicate better. But, instead of

holding on to this 14. comfortedcomfortingcomfortable

thought for a couple of moments, I turn right around and

remind myself that having knowledge and experience is not

always 15. positivepossibleworth. For example, knowledge

and habits that I have taken from my first language often

cause me to make mistakes that a child 16.

oughtneedwould never make. In fact, I have reaped very

few 17. benefitsbeginningsbeliefs being an older language

learner. I think about how I can keep notes to help me

remember what I have learned 18. thereforewhilewhere

young children cannot. But, of course, if I 19. hadhavehave

had the memory of a child, I would not need to keep so

many notes. Sometimes I feel like just 20. giving upmaking

upkeeping up.

A child must gather information about a language from all

around and use that language for many years in order to

communicate well. The same is 21. realtruesimple for me.

But, 22. unlikealikedislike a child, I use experience and

insight I've 23. gatheredchosewatched and find

opportunities to try to discuss more difficult subjects and,

24. howeverforeveras a result , I often make bigger

mistakes than a child would. When I ask for directions or

25. introducelecturewatch myself, I embarrass myself. I

should only talk to the children on the street for now.

Part 3 Vocabulary and Structure

26. As a reward ________ passing the exams, she got a new bike from her parents.

A. in

B. on

C. by

D. for

27. She felt like ________ frustration, but she was

determined not to lose her self-control.

A. to cry out of

B. to cry for

C. crying out of

D. crying for

28. All animals communicate, but our special method of

speech is __________ to human beings.

A. aware

B. unique

C. absolute

D. continual

29. The method he used turned out to be _______ in

improving the students' English.

A. effective

B. ability

C. response

D. explicit

30. The boss refused to give any _______ on the fact that

his workers were out of jobs.

A. response

B. comment

C. answer

D. reply

31. The police searched the city in an effort to catch the

man who ______ the murder last week.

A. limited

B. made

C. did

D. committed

32. They had to examine the dead tiger before they were

_______ as to who killed it.

A. positive

B. senior

C. virtual

D. vital

33. He could be ________ about everything else in the world, but not about Manet, his loving child.

A. visual

B. critical

C. favorite

D. essential

34. Measures had to be taken in face of the housing

problem that ________ in the city.

A. founded

B. raised

C. arose

D. produced

35. Some previous study of music or performance

experience is desirable though not a formal ________ for

students wishing to take the course.

A. requirement

B. commitment

C. management

D. assignment

Part 4 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

Mr. and Mrs. Jones' flat was full of boxes, big and small;

trunks (大皮箱); and furniture. The two of them were busy

with pencils and paper, checking their list of luggage (行李)

when there was a ring at the door. Mrs. Jones went to open

it, and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The

lady said that she lived in a flat beside theirs, and that she

had come to welcome them to their new home.

Mrs. Jones invited her in.

"I hope you'll excuse us for all this mess (杂乱)," said Mrs.

Jones, "We are trying..."

"Oh, that's quite all right," said the lady. "Do you know, in

some parts of this town, neighbors are not at all friendly?

There are some streets-and even some buildings-where

people don't know their neighbors-not even their next-door

ones. But in this building, everyone is a friend with

everybody else. We are one big, happy family. I'm sure

you'll be happy here."

The lady was greatly surprised when she visited the same

flat the next time, because she found that a different man

and a woman had moved in. On the lady's first visit, Mr.

and Mrs. Jones had not the heart to tell her they were not

the new owners of the flat, but the old owners, who had

lived beside her for two years. All this time she had never

visited or even noticed Mr. and Mrs. Jones, her next-door neighbors.

36. Someone knocked at the door when Mr. and Mrs. Jones

were ________.

A. cleaning their house

B. counting (数) their luggage

C. moving their furniture

D. writing their shopping list

37. This writer of this passage suggests that the

middle-aged lady ________.

A. lives in a big happy family

B. lives alone

C. does not do what she says

D. is a bothersome neighbor

38. According to the middle-aged lady, in some parts of the

town, people ________.

A. had big, happy families

B. had small, unhappy families

C. didn't know their neighbors

D. didn't like their neighbors

39. From the passage, we know ________.

A. the middle-aged lady was warm-hearted

B. the middle-aged lady had been living in the building

for two years

C. Mr. and Mrs. Jones told the middle-aged lady the truth

D. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were the middle-aged lady's old

neighbors

40. What is the tone (语气) of the writer in the passage?

A. Happy.

B. Sad.

C. Indifferent (不关心的).

D. Critical.

2单元Part 2 Cloze (with Options)

Older people just don't understand teenagers. We are not all

the same and we don't just listen to rock and roll and

hip-hop. And, not all of the tunes that 6. appealattractdraw

to us have lyrics that are offensive. What is more, we have

a lot to offer our community. Most of us 7.

takeparticipateget in community and school activities that

have a positive influence 8. towithon the public as a whole.

It 9. movesseemsfollows that older people think that

everything teenagers think and do is harmful and 10.