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Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3 .In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested. Student’s willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified, another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would 8 subsequent experiments reproduced, this effect with otherstimuli 9 the sound of finger nails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to_10_is deeply rooted in humans. Much the same as the basic drives for_11_or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can _12_New Scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such_13_can backfire, the insight that curiosity can drive you to do _14_things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to 15 , however, in a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likelyto 17 to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one’s curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19 it is worth the endeavor. ”Thinking about long-term 20 is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity. Hsee says “in other words, don’t read online comments”.1. [A]Protect [B] resolve [C] discuss [D] ignore2. [A]refuse [B] wait [C] regret [D] seek3. [A]hurt [B] last [C]mislead [D] rise4. [A]alert [B] tie [C] treat [D] expose5. [A]message [B] review [C] trial [D] concept6．[A] remove [B] weaken [C] interrupt [D] deliver7．[A]when [B] if [C] though [D] unless8．[A] continue [B] happen [C] disappear [D] change9．[A] rather than [B] regardless of [C] such as [D] owing to 10．[A] discover [B] forgive [C] forget [D] disagree11．[A] pay [B] marriage [C] schooling [D] food12．[A] lead to [B]rest on [C] learn from [D] begin with13．[A] withdrawal [B] persistence [C] inquiry [D] diligence14．[A] self-reliant [B] self-destructive [C] self-evident [D] self-deceptive15．[A] define [B] resist [C]replace [D] trace16．[A] overlook [B] predict [C] design [D] conceal17．[A] remember [B] promise [C] choose [D] pretend18．[A] relief [B] plan [C] duty [D] outcome19．[A] why [B] whether [C] where [D] how20．[A] consequences [B] investments [C] strategies [D] limitationsSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain?As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schoolsin the family of vocational education “have that stereotype...that it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,”he says.On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More educationis the new principle. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all –and the subtle devaluing of anything less – misses an important point: That’s not the only thing the American economy need. Yes, a bachelor’s degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percentof workers are adequately trained.In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren’t equipped to do them. Koziatek’s Manchester school of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.Koziatek’s school is a wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation’s diversity of gifts.21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students’lack of .[A] practical ability[B] academic training[C] pioneering spirit[D] mechanical memorization22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who .[A] have a stereotyped mind[B] have no career motivation[C] are not academically successful[D] are financially disadvantaged23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates .[A] used to have big financial concerns[B] used to have more job opportunities[C] are reluctant to work in manufacturing[D] are entitled to more educational privileges24. The headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all .[A] helps create a lot of middle-skill jobs[B] may narrow the gap in working-class jobs[C] is expected to yield a better-trained workforce[D] indicates the overvaluing of higher education25. The author's attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as .[A] supportive[B] tolerant[C] disappointed[D] cautiousText 2While fossil fuels—still generate roughly 85 percent of the world’s energy supply, it’s clearer than ever that the futurebelongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US, reported the US Energy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels—especially coal —as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation—and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.The question “What happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.While there’s a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up—perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does—or doesn’t do—to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.26. The word “plummeting”(Line 3, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to .[A] stabilizing[B] changing[C] falling[D] rising27. According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America .[A] is progressing notably[B] is as extensive as in Europe[C] faces many challenges[D] has proved to be impractical28. It can be learned that in Iowa, .[A] wind is a widely used energy source[B] wind energy has replaced fossil fuels[C] tech giants are investing in clean energy[D] there is a shortage of clean energy supply29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6？[A] Its application has boosted battery storage.[B] It is commonly used in car manufacturing.[C] Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.[D] Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy____.[A] will bring the USA closer to other countries.[B] will accelerate global environmental change.[C] is not really encouraged by the USA government.[D] is not competitive enough with regard to its cost.Text 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing-Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for＄l3.5bn,but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn't have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users' friendships and social lives.Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Therea May's enemies are currently plotting? Itmay be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of Change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power. But there is a deeper conceptual problem, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don't pay for them. The users of their Services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them-and Facebook and Google, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies.The product they're selling is data, and we, the users, convert our lives to date for the benefit of the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew the produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield. Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spamme out of our inboxes. It doesn't feel like a human or democratic relationship, even if both sides benefit.31. According to Paragraph 1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its .[A] digital products[B] user information[C] physical assets[D] quality service32. Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may .[A] worsen political disputes[B] mess up customer records[C] pose a risk to Facebook users[D] mislead the European commission33. According to the author, competition law .[A] should sever the new market powers[B] may worsen the economic imbalance[C] should not provide just one legal solution[D] cannot keep pace with the changing market34. Competition law as presently interpreted can hardly protect Facebook users because .[A] they are not defined as customers[B] they are not financially reliable[C] the services are generally digital[D] the services are paid for by advertisers35. The ants analogy is used to illustrate .[A] a win-win business model between digital giants[B] a typical competition pattern among digital giants[C] the benefits provided for digital giants ’customers[D] the relationship between digital giants and their usersText 4To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, recommends building a habit of “deep work”-the ability to focus without distraction.There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work- be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task; developing a daily ritual; or taking a “journalistic” approachto seizing moment of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it.Newport also recommends “deep scheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more done in less time. “At any given point, I should have deep work scheduled for roughly the next mouth. Once on the calendar, I protect this time like I would a doctor’s appointment or important meeting”, he writes.Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you priorities your day – in particular how we craft our to-do lists. Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students .Harford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “be lazy”.“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body …”[idleness]is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done,”he argues.Srini Pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counterintuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the may our brains operate. When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.“What people don’t realise is that in order to complete these tasks they need to use both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain,” says Pillay.36. The key to mastering the art of deep work is to .[A] keep to your focus time[B] list your immediate tasks[C] make specific daily plans[D] seize every minute to work37. The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that .[A] distractions may actually increase efficiency.[B] daily schedules are indispensable to studying[C] students are hardly motivated by monthly goals[D] detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected38. According to Newport, idleness is .[A] a desirable mental state for busy people.[B] a major contributor to physical health[C] an effective way to save time and energy[D] an essential factor in accomplishing any work39. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused .[A] can result in psychological well-being[B] can bring about greater efficiency[C] is aimed at better balance in work[D] is driven by task urgency40. This text is mainly about .[A] ways to relieve the tension of busy life[B] approaches to getting more done in less time[C] the key to eliminating distractions[D] the cause of the lack of focus timePart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subtitles from the list A-G for each numbered paragraph (41-45). There are two extra subtitles which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A.Just say itB.Be presentC.Pay a unique compliment, places, thingsE.Find the “me too”sF.Skip the small talkG.Ask for an opinionFive ways to make conversation with anyoneConversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.You meet new people every day: the grocery worker, thecab driver, new people at work or the security guard at the door. Simply starting a conversation with them will form a link.Here are five simple ways that you can make the first move and start a conversation with strangers.41、______________________________________________Suppose you are in a room with someone you don’t know and something within you says “I want to talk with this person”-this is something that mostly happens with all of us. You wanted to say something-the first word –but it just won’t come out, it feels like it is stuck somewhere. I know the feeling and here is my advice: just get it out.Just think: what is the worst that could happen? They won’t talk with you? Well, they are not talking with you now!I truly believe that once you get that first word out everything else will just flow. So keep it simple: “Hi”，“Hey”or “Hello”- do the best you can to gather all of the enthusiasm and energy you can , put on a big smile and say “Hi”。
Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to 1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will 2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3 .In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested. Student ’ s willingness to 4 themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one 5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed werefrom a previous experiment. The twist? Half of the pens would 6 an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified, another twenty-seven were told only that somewere electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who didnot know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what wouldstimuli 9 the sound of finger nails on a chalkboardand photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to_10_is deeply rooted in humans. Much the sameas the basic drives for_11_or shelter, says Christopher Hsee ofthe University of Chicago Curiosity is often considered a good instinct-it can _12_New Scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such_13_can backfire, the insight that curiosity can drive you to do _14_things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to 15 , however, in a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to 16 howthey would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were lesslikely to 17 to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the 18 of following through on one’s curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19 it is worth theendeavor.” Thinking about long-term 20 is key to reducingthe possible negative effects of curiosity. Hsee says“in other words, don’t read online comments”.1.[A]Protect [B] resolve [C] discuss [D] ignore2.[A]refuse [B] wait [C] regret [D] seek3.[A]hurt [B] last [C]mislead [D] rise4.[A]alert [B] tie [C] treat [D] expose5.[A]message [B] review [C] trial [D] concept6．[A] remove [B] weaken [C] interrupt [D] deliver7．[A]when [B] if [C] though [D] unless8．[A] continue [B] happen [C] disappear [D] change9．[A] rather than [B] regardless of [C] such as [D] owing to10 ．[A] discover [B] forgive [C] forget [D] disagree11 ．[A] pay [B] marriage [C] schooling [D] food12 ．[A] lead to [B]rest on [C] learn from [D] begin with13 ．[A] withdrawal [B] persistence [C] inquiry [D] diligence14 ．[A] self-reliant [B] self-destructive [C] self-evident [D] self-deceptive15 ．[A] define [B] resist [C]replace [D] trace16 ．[A] overlook [B] predict [C] design [D] conceal17 ．[A] remember [B] promise [C] choose [D] pretend18 ．[A] relief [B] plan [C] duty [D] outcome19 ．[A] why [B] whether [C] where [D] how20 ．[A] consequences [B] investments [C] strategies [D] limitationsSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answerson the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning isnot something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed bya broken bike chain?As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.But he ’ s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Workingwith your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schoolsin the family of vocational education“have that stereotype...that it’s for kids who can’ t make it academically,”he says.On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product ofAmerica ’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic enginethat it once was. The job security that the US economy onceoffered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the new principle. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all–and the subtle devaluing of anything less–misses an important point: That ’s not the only thing the American economy need. Yes,a bachelor ’s degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percentof the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such asconstruction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.In other words, at a time when the working class has turnedthe country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunitythat once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, butthe workers who need those jobs most aren ’t equipped to do them. Koziatek ’s Manchester school of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.Koziatek ’s school is a wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nation ’s diversityof gifts.21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students’lack of .[A]practical ability[B]academic training[C]pioneering spirit[D]mechanical memorization22.There exists the prejudice that vocational educationis for kids who .[A]have a stereotyped mind[B]have no career motivation[C]are not academically successful[D]are financially disadvantaged23.We can infer from Paragraph 5 that highschool graduates .[A] used to have big financial concerns[B]used to have more job opportunities[C]are reluctant to work in manufacturing[D]are entitled to more educational privileges24.The headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all .[A] helps create a lot of middle-skill jobs[B] may narrow the gap in working-class jobs[C] is expected to yield a better-trained workforce[D] indicates the overvaluing of higher education25. The author's attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as .[A]supportive[B]tolerant[C]disappointed[D]cautiousText 2While fossil fuels — still generate roughly 85 percent of the world ’s energy supply, it ’s clearer than ever that the futurebelongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The moveto renewables is picking up momentum around the world: Theynow account for more than half of new power sources going online.Some growth stems from a commitment by governmentsand farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solarpanels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of windturbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already aprincipal energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. Whilethe rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe,the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March,for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than10 percent of the power generated in the US, reported the USEnergy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels—especially coal —as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa,he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. Butthat message did not play well with many in Iowa, where windturbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation—and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to powertheir data centers.The question“What happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’ t shine?” has provided a quick put- down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity ofbatteries is making their ability to keep power flowing aroundthe clock more likely.The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers,who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, thismassive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.While there ’s a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up —perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does —or doesn ’t do —to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.26.The word “ plummeting ”(Line 3, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to .[A]stabilizing[B]changing[C]falling[D]rising27.According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America .[A]is progressing notably[B]is as extensive as in Europe[C]faces many challenges[D]has proved to be impractical28. It can be learned that in Iowa, .[A]wind is a widely used energy source[B]wind energy has replaced fossil fuels[C]tech giants are investing in clean energy[D]there is a shortage of clean energy supply29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6？[A]Its application has boosted battery storage.[B]It is commonly used in car manufacturing.[C]Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.[D]Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.30.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy____.[A]will bring the USA closer to other countries.[B]will accelerate global environmental change.[C]is not really encouraged by the USA government.[D]is not competitive enough with regard to its cost.Text 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing-Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for＄l3.5bn,but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn't have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users' friendships and social lives.Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Therea May's enemies are currently plotting? Itmay be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is notso much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of Change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power. But there is a deeper conceptual problem, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don't pay for them. The users of their Services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them-and Facebook and Google, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies.The product they're selling is data, and we, the users, convert our lives to date for the benefit of the digital giants.Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew the produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield. Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spamme out of our inboxes. It doesn't feel like a human or democratic relationship, even if both sides benefit.31.According to Paragraph 1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its .[A]digital products[B]user information[C]physical assets[D]quality service32.Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may .[A] worsen political disputes[B] mess up customer records [C]pose a risk to Facebook users[D] mislead the European commission33.According to the author, competition law .[A] should sever the new market powers[B]may worsen the economic imbalance[C]should not provide just one legal solution[D]cannot keep pace with the changing marketpetition law as presently interpreted canhardly protect Facebook users because .[A]they are not defined as customers[B]they are not financially reliable[C]the services are generally digital[D]the services are paid for by advertisers35. The ants analogy is used to illustrate .[A]a win-win business model between digital giants[B]a typical competition pattern among digital giants[C] the benefits provided for digital giants’customers[D]the relationship between digital giants and theirusers Text 4To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, recommends building a habit of “deep work ”-the ability to focus without distraction.There are a number of approaches to mastering the art ofdeep work- be it lengthy retreats dedicated to a specific task; developing a daily ritual; or taking a“journalistic” approachto seizing moment of deep work when you can throughout theday. Whichever approach, the key is to determine your lengthof focus time and stick to it.Newport also recommends“deep scheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more done in less time.“At any given point, I should have deep work scheduled for roughly thenext mouth. Once on the calendar, I protect this time like Iwould a doctor’s appointment or important meeting”, he writes.Another approach to getting more done in less time is torethink how you priorities your day –in particular how we craft our to-do lists. Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: somewere advised to set out monthly goals and study activities;others were told to plan activities and goals in much moredetail, day by day.While the researchers assumed that the well-structureddaily plans would be most effective when it came to theexecution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students .Harford argues that inevitabledistractions often render the daily to-do list ineffective, whileleaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap thebest results.In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “be lazy ”.“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it isas indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body”[idleness]is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any workdone, ” he argues.Srini Pillay, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, believes this counterintuitive link between downtime and productivity may be due to the may our brains operate. When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.“What people don ’t realise is that in order to complete these tasks they need to use both the focus and unfocus circuits in their brain, ” says Pillay.36.The key to mastering the art of deep work is to .[A] keep to your focus time[B] list your immediate tasks[C] make specific daily plans[D] seize every minute to work37.The study in the early 1980s cited by Harford shows that .[A]distractions may actually increase efficiency.[B]daily schedules are indispensable to studying[C]students are hardly motivated by monthly goals[D]detailed plans may not be as fruitful as expected38. According to Newport, idleness is .[A]a desirable mental state for busy people.[B]a major contributor to physical health[C]an effective way to save time and energy[D]an essential factor in accomplishing any work39. Pillay believes that our brains’ shift between being focused and unfocused .[A]can result in psychological well-being[B]can bring about greater efficiency[C]is aimed at better balance in work[D]is driven by task urgency40. This text is mainly about .[A]ways to relieve the tension of busy life[B]approaches to getting more done in less time[C]the key to eliminating distractions[D]the cause of the lack of focus timePart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subtitles from the list A-G for each numbered paragraph (41-45). There are two extra subtitles which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A.Just say itB.Be presentC.Pay a unique compliment, places, thingsE.Find the“me too”sF.Skip the small talkG.Ask for an opinionFive ways to make conversation with anyoneConversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen thelink.You meet new people every day: the grocery worker, thecab driver, new people at work or the security guard at the door.Simply starting a conversation with them will form a link.Here are five simple ways that you can make the first moveand start a conversation with strangers.41 、______________________________________________Suppose you are in a room with someone you don’t know and something within you says“I want to talk with thisperson ” -this is something that mostly happens with all of us.You wanted to say something-the first word–but it just won’t come out, it feels like it is stuck somewhere. I know the feelingand here is my advice: just get it out.Just think: what is the worst that could happen? They won’t talk with you? Well, they are not talking with you now!I truly believe that once you get that first word outeverything else will just flow. So keep it simple:“Hi”，“ Hey”or “ Hello ” - do the best you can to gather all of theenthusiasm and energy you can , put on a big smile and say“Hi ”。
大学英语（二）期末考试试卷1.(2分)To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.A. took upB. caught onC. carried outD. made for【答案】A2.(2分)There is ______ hope that she may be cured.A. timidB. powerlessC. faintD. reliable【答案】C3.(2分)______ two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.A. As forB. BesidesC. WithD. Because of【答案】C4.(2分)The panic attack may ______ for only a few minutes; some, however, continue for several hours.A. happenB. beginC. lastD. end【答案】C5.(2分)Violent programs on TV may have a bad ______ on children.A. pressureB. influenceC. powerD. control【答案】B6.(2分)You ______ be tired---you’ve only been working for an hour.A. must notB. won’t beC. can’tD. may not【答案】C7.(2分)The writer was ______ in his writing that he forgot to walk his dog as usual.A. concentratedB. devotedC. absorbedD. fixed【答案】C8.(2分)The party has failed to ______ the majority of voters that it is capable of governing the country.A. trustB. creditC. convinceD. believe【答案】C9.(2分)The nurse took ______ of my blood to test.A. an exampleB. an instanceC. a caseD. a sample【答案】D10.(2分)It will be quite a long time _____ she is back again, so don't be too crosswith her.A. thatB. sinceC. beforeD. until【答案】C11.(2分)Windy days are characteristic ______ March in that country.A. onB. ofC. forD. by【答案】B12.(2分)I ______ you not to move my dictionary---now I can’t find it.A. askedB. askC. was askingD. had asked【答案】A13.(2分)--Have you read this book?-- Yes. It is ______ worth reading. I suggest you read it if you have time.A. bestB. wellC. betterD. more【答案】B14.(2分)On the river there is ______ bridge.A. an old stone fineB. a stone old fineC. an old fine stoneD. a fine old stone【答案】D15.(2分)Please ______ my best wishes to your parents.A. transferB. transmitC. conveyD. speak【答案】C16.(2分)As _____ my request, my father sent me a check of $500, only half the moneyI badly needed.A. a response forB. a response toC. respond toD. respond for【答案】B17.(2分)The principal dwelled ______ traffic safety in his talk.A. onB. inC. atD. for【答案】A18.(2分)The flu is believed ______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.A. causingB. being causedC. to be causedD. be have caused【答案】C19.(2分)The forest guards often find campfires that have not been ______ completely.A. turned downB. put outC. put awayD. turned over【答案】B20.(2分)The gold medal was ______ to Mr. Brown for his fine show of vegetables.A. rewardedB. awardedC. rewardingD. awarding【答案】B21.(2分)The records of this music group are ______ being bought, for their songs can bring energy into us.A. worthyB. worthC. worthwhileD. worthy of【答案】D22.(2分)After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, ______ our astronauts desire to do is walk in space.A. whereB. whatC. thatD. how【答案】B23.(2分)______ the program, they have to stay there for another two weeks.A. Not completingB. Not completedC. Not having completedD. Having not completed【答案】C24.(2分)______ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress.A. ItB. AsC. ThatD. What【答案】B25.(2分)Another worry is that telecommunication systems may isolate people ______ each other.A. fromB. forC. withD. to【答案】A26.(2分)You can’t imagine ______.A. what did we have awful weatherB. what weather awful we did haveC. what awful weather we did haveD. what awful weather we had【答案】D27.(2分)Between the two suggestions, the former one sounds reasonable while the ______ seems unacceptable for us.A. secondB. laterC. lastD. latter【答案】D28.(2分)The driver drove ______ hit a big tree and the car came to a stop.A. too carelessly toB. carelessly enough toC. so carelessly that heD. so careless that he【答案】C29.(2分)______ for your advice, I would have been taken in.A. Had it not beenB. Had it notC. It had not beenD. Not had it been【答案】A30.(2分)I don’t ______ rock ‘n’ roll. It’s much too noisy for my ears.A. go afterB. go away withC. go intoD. go in for【答案】D31.(2分)I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life _____ so happy.A. did I feelB. I feltC. I had feltD. had I felt【答案】D32.(2分)He warmly congratulated them ______ what they had achieved.A. ofB. onC. forD. about【答案】B33.(2分)Social customs ______ from country to country.A. varyB. veryC. modifyD. revise【答案】A34.(2分)We’ll have to find a new _______ of income.A. originB. resourcesC. sourceD. idea【答案】C35.(2分)Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was ______ an assistant secretary of the Department of Transportation in 1971.A. appointedB. employedC. designedD. discharged【答案】A36.(2分)The writer described the crimes against the Jewish people in Germany in _____ detail.A. horrifiedB. terrifiedC. horrorD. horrifying【答案】D37.(2分)______, he could not lift the weight.A. Strong while he wasB. However strong as he wasC. Strong as he wasD. Strong although he was【答案】C38.(2分)Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercises. ______, our minds aredeveloped by learning.A. likelyB. SimilarlyC. ProbablyD. Generally【答案】B39.(2分)Many people want to buy it because, ______, the price is low; ______, it’s rather durable (耐用的).A. for one thing, for anotherB. on one side, on the other sideC. on the one hand, on the other handD. in one part, in the other part【答案】A40.(2分)He felt ______ by his lack of courage when his girlfriend suggested an adventure to the African virgin forest.A. delightedB. worriedC. embarrassedD. excited【答案】C41.(2分)This statement is ______ various interpretations.A. capable forB. capable ofC. competent forD. competent of【答案】B42.(2分)There were dirty marks on her trousers ______ she had wiped her hands.A. whereB. whichC. whenD. that【答案】A43.(2分)Without a sufficient amount of evidence, no justifiable _______ can be drawn.A. reasonB. agreementsC. sourcesD. conclusions【答案】D44.(2分)Little Tom was very excited by the ______ of owning his own pony.A. prospectB. attractionC. determinationD. intention【答案】A45.(2分)In ______ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children.A. traditionalB. historicC. remoteD. initial【答案】A46.(2分)The man went into the room, ______ rather strange.A. to lookB. lookingC. lookedD. and looking【答案】B47.(2分)Felix is ______ a bunch of red roses by a young girl as he came out of his car in front of a large house outside London.A. presentedB. offeredC. volunteeredD. supplied【答案】A48.(2分)The neighbors do not consider him quite ______ as most evenings he awakens them with his drunken singing.A. respectfulB. respectedC. respectableD. respective【答案】C49.(2分)After the accident, she had ______ all over.A. painsB. painC. acheD. aches【答案】B50.(2分)Don’t leave for tomorrow ______ you can do today.A. ifB. unlessC. thatD. what【答案】D。
上海同济中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期期末试题含解析一、选择题1. ----Can those ______at the back of the classroom hear me?----No problem.A.seatB. sitC. seatedD. sat参考答案：C2. ---Can I ask for a leave tomorrow. Mrs. Harmon?--- . You've missed half of the lessons already.A. That all dependsB. Forget itC. Never mindD. Don't worry参考答案：B3. _______ is reported, talks between the two countries are making progress.A. AsB. ItC. ThatD. What参考答案：A4. Being a disabled man has difficulty ( ).A.earning livingsB.to earn his livingB.to earn livings D .earning his living参考答案：D5. When reading, you should _____ your attention on the main idea and the structure of the passage, not on specific words or sentences.A. payB. focusC. putD. expand参考答案：B6. Mr. Lee hasn't arrived. But it's already 9 o'clock. He should ________ at any time.A. bring upB. turn upC. look upD. pick up参考答案：B7. On Saturdays, students are very proud to be on the street to guide passers-by to obey traffic rules.A. charactersB. volunteersC. operatorsD. graduates参考答案：B8. I thought the work would be very difficult. The truth is it is very easy.A. thatB. whatC. whyD. when参考答案：A9. ________ work has been done to improve the people’s living standard.A. ManyB.A large amount ofC. A great manyD. A number of参考答案：B10. .In the early1960s, they gave me a family_______by a network.A.connectB.connectsC.connectedD.connecting参考答案：C11. We a basketball match at five tomorrow afternoon.A. will be watchingB. watchC. can watchD. will have watched参考答案：A12. My mother is against my suggestion while my father is__________ it.A. in need ofB. in face ofC. in favor ofD. in place of参考答案：C13. I’d rather you didn’t talk about such a horrible thing in the ______ of young children.A. presenceB. appearanceC. existenceD. surface参考答案：A14. He seldom finishes his work in time, ____ always makes his boss very angry.A. thatB. asC. whichD. what参考答案：C29. — That woman has been taking care of the two white tigers for 8 years.— Oh, dear! She a lot of difficulties!A. could do throughB. might go throughC. ought to have gone throughD. must have gone through参考答案：D略16. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; ______, he could neither eat or sleep.A. as a resultB. after allC. anywayD. otherwise参考答案：A17. The last time I saw him, he ________ for three years.A. had gone to prisonB. had been in prisonC. has gone to prisonD. has been in prison参考答案：B由for three years可知，谓语动词应用延续性动词，从句为过去时，所以谓语应属过去范畴。
同济大学继续教育学院2012学年秋季学期期终考试专升本大学英语（二）课程考试题（复习卷）学号应考班级级专业考试形式卷姓名题号总分得分Part I. Vocabulary & Structure (30%)Directions: Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1.As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all thestudents to ____ the temptation to cheat on exams.A. refuseB. rejectC. resistD. resolve2.You don’t agree with me on this matter, I know, but ____ you’ll see I am inthe right.A. at timesB. in timeC. at one timeD. all the time3.As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principlesof the WTO, the government decided to ____ them as soon as possible.A. abolishB. accomplishC. distinguishD. establish4.It is impossible for me to sing a song these days, for my voice is ____.A. going ofB. going toC. going offD. going away5.The old man regained consciousness and found himself lying in a roomwhich had nothing but ____ walls.A. blankB. emptyC. vacantD. bare6.The typical symptom of the epidemic SARS is ____ high fever and acutecough.A. persistentB. resistantC. subsequentD. perseverant7.The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main course, salad, bread,and vegetables, and ____ a variety of desserts, for example, pies, puddingsand ice-cream.A. involvesB. featuresC. characterizesD. protrudes8.____ the events of last week, I think, we could have handled things moreefficiently.A. Falling back onB. Looking back onC. Getting back onD. Going back on9. A suicide bomb exploded in a Jewish ____, killing dozens of people.A. siteB. plantationC. terminalD.settlement10.In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become____ words; almost everyone has heard of them.A. familyB. homeC. houseD. household11.It can said without exaggeration that no part of the United States is noteasily accessible by car, by train, or by air, and ____ by all the three of them.A. more often thanB. more often than notC. no more often thanD. less often than12.While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite(精英), some ofthem appear to lack common sense ____ following traffic regulations.A. coming toB. when coming toC. when it comes toD. when they come to13.Dangerous animals such as bears and wolves can be ____ by lighting a firewhen you go camping in a virgin forest.A. kept in handB. kept at bayC. kept in touchD. kept in mind14.As she matured as an artist, she ____ realize that “all artists are a product oftheir culture”.A. came toB. kept toC. took toD. went to15.He always uses the same ____ of lies to cheat strangers.A. numberB. flockC. groupD. web16.Many European countries ____ all alliance(同盟) against Hitler’s militaryinvasion.A. passed forB. forgedC. compelledD. authorized17.Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union ____ a worldwideban on British beef and beef product exports.A. challengedB. chargedC. forgedD. imposed18.The ancient tribes there are supposed ____ from the mainland to the island.A. to moveB. to be movingC. to have movedD. to have been moving19.Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes(行车道)for bicycles on some of the main streets, but though they have got some supporters, ____ likes the idea.A. everyoneB. not everyoneC. no oneD. someone20.On Children’s Day, our nieces and nephews were taken to the departmentstore and then ____ to pick their favorite toys.A. set outB. let aloneC. brushed asideD. turned loose21. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ______.A. in betweenB. among themC. far apartD. from each other22. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _________.A. stand up toB. put up withC. come up withD. make up for23. Some fish have a greater ________ for acid water than others.A. toleranceB. resistanceC. dependenceD. persistence24. Many scientists have been _________ the goal of a practical and economical way to use sunlight to split water molecules.A. pursuingB. chasingC. reachingD. winning25. I have no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can get _________ in a dark suit?A. throughB. byC. atD. off26. The money I get from teaching the piano is a useful _________ to my ordinary income.A. implementB. complementC. supplementD. compliment27. The _________ consists of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, their son and two daughters.A. houseB. householdC. homeD. housing28. He never talks to me _________ to ask for something.A. besidesB. aside fromC. apart fromD. other than29. I _________ my grant by working in the evenings.A. complimentB. complementC. supplementD. implement30._________ my point I have done a comparative study.A. IllustratingB. To illustrateC. Having illustratedD. Being illustratedPart II. Reading Comprehension (30%)Passage One:When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples --- people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.1.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growingbusinesses?A. Selling home furnishings.B. Renting furnished apartments.C. Selling used furniture.D. Renting home furnishings.2.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.B.Because it saves them a lot of money.C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.3.What can you infer from the passage?A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.C.Only those who don’t have enough money rent furniture.D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A. rent or Buy?B. A New Way of Getting Home FurnishingsC. Furnished ApartmentsD. A New Idea5.Young people liked renting home furniture in that _______.A. They have less money.B. They don’t want to buy old furniture.C. The new furniture is of good quality.D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.Passage Two:For the most part, rapid economic development has been a boon. But there is a down side to development – health problems such as overweight are all becoming more prevalent, as more people take taxis to work instead of riding their bicycles, and other labor-saving devices become more popular.An increasing fast pace of life makes it difficult for people to spend time working out or playing sports. “I know exercise is good for your health,” a young lady said. “But after a busy work week, the only thing I want to do is watch some TV and go to sleep.” That attitude may explain the results of a recent nationwide study, which suggested 15 percent of urban adults I China are overweight, a large number of people over the age of 40 suffer from high blood pressure and cardiac ailments.Local researchers found that 31.2 percent of elderly respondents were getting enough exercise, but less than 9 percent of youngsters and the middle-aged got an adequate amount of physical activity.Elderly people understand the importance of protecting their health. The young people, however, are busy working and use this as an excuse to avoid exercise. In fact, physical exercise doesn’t require much time, money or a special gymnasium. People can make use of any time and any place at their convenience to take part in sports. Walking quickly, cycling, climbing the stairs and dancing are all helpful methods to enhance one’s health.The benefits of adding a little more activity to your lift are priceless. “There is no need to be an athlete, however,” a local doctor said. People should walk for 30 minutes a day and take part in other physical activity three to five times a week. He warns, however, that people in poor physical shape should start slowly, and build up over time.China has taken the need for more exercise to heart, with the government running several activities last Sunday, which was the designated World Health Day. Pamphlets and posters based on the theme“Move for Health” were distributed nationwide, encouraging people to develop a positive and healthy lifestyle.6.Rapid economic development has resulted in all the following except ____.A.an increasing number of taxi passengersB.the wide use of labor-saving devicesC.an increasingly fast pace of lifeD.people’s awareness of the importance of exercise7.Some people are getting overweight because ____.A.they are too busy to have any time for exerciseB.they are ignorant of the benefits of exerciseC.they are too weak to participate in physical activityD.they are short of money to pay for different exercises8.According to the passage, who need regular daily exercise most?A.People taking taxis to work.B.Urban adults with full-time jobs.C.Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure.D.Youngsters dreaming of becoming professional athletes.9.What is the main idea of the last paragraph but one?A.Many people are still unable to afford the cost of physical exercises.B.Nobody should take part in physical activity in order to be an athlete.C.Moderate physical exercise is usually enough for ordinary people.D.Old or sick people should only take part in physical exercises of theslowest type.10.By referring to rapid economic development as “a boon” at the beginning ofthe passage, the author means that ____.A.it has benefited the general public greatlyB.it has done harm to people’s health nationwideC.it is going faster than anyone could have imaginedD.it has helped to establish a positive and health lifestyle of the publicPassage Three:Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem – how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which utilizes not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus’s six buildings comfortable.Some parts of most modern buildings – theaters and offices as well as classrooms – are more than amply heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter. The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called “heat recovery”. A few modern buildings recover heat, but the University’s system is the first to recover heat from some buildings andreuse it in others.Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students emit more heat than female students, and the larger a student, the more heat he produces. It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working, overweight male genius.11.Until recently, body heat has caused problems because it_____.A. was difficult to collectB. came in variety of formsC. was difficult to get rid of itD. tended to be absorbed by physical objects12.Which of the following is true of the heating system of the Johnstowncampus?A. The heat is supplied by human bodiesB. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and otherheat-emitting objectsC. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and conventional fuelD. The heat is supplied by human bodies, other heat-emitting objects, and conventional fuel13.At the Johnstown campus, how many of the buildings are heated entirely bythe heat collection system?A. NoneB. TwoC. FourD. Six14.According to the passage, which of the following would produce theLEAST amount of heat?A. A fat female who studies hardB. A thin female who does not studyC. A fat male who does not studyD. A thin male who studies hard15.In the last paragraph, the “hottest prospect” means the____.A. most intelligent studentB. most desirable studentC. most diligent studentD. most learned studentPassage Four：The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.16.The library resources can be helpful when we ______.A. want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward musicB. are preparing a paper for a professional journalC. are writing a dissertationD. All of the above17.Readers’ familiarity with different resources ______.A. is more or less the sameB. varies slightlyC. differs greatlyD. should not be different18.The author believes that ______.A. library resources should be used frequently and completelyB. library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available tousC. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually notavailableD. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of libraryresources19.When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, theyoften ______.A. publish it in a professional journalB. organize professional meetingsC. get access to it in the libraryD. make use of some library services20.The chapter in question mainly ______.A. deals with the ways of dissertation writingB. presents information on publishing papers in professional journalsC. introduces some library servicesD. describes some professional meetingsPart III. Cloze (15%)One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of 1 “It’s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea,” Jamie said. “Yes. I’m thinking of those fishing boats at sea,” she said.At that moment 2. went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.“The coastline will be in the dark,” Jamie’s mother said. She got more worried. 3 always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold.“Now, don’t worry, mum. They’re right.” They’re 4 to come through this all right.But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 5 the cove in the dark.Jamie took flares and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 6 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.He 7 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 8 the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 9 sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 10 the fishermen of the village.A. the windB. the cloudsC. the rainD. the weather1. A. Jamie B. his motherC. the fireD. the lights2. A. Messages B. AccidentsC. TroublesD. Questions3. A. sure B. luckyC. safeD. ready4. A. lose B. missC. leaveD. forget5. A. pushed B. pulledC. carriedD. climbed6. A. made B. triedC. failedD. finished7. A. were at B. had foundC. had passed byD. were going into8. A. now B. thenC. onceD. again9. A. answer B. saveC. find outD. look forPart IV. Translation (25%)1．至于这本杂志，它刊载世界各地许多报刊杂志上文章的摘要。
同济大学继续教育学院2017学年秋季学期期终考试专升本复习卷Part I. Reading Comprehension (30%)Passage OneFor the most part, rapid economic development has been a boon. But there is a down side to development –health problems such as overweight are all becoming more prevalent, as more people take taxis to work instead of riding their bicycles, and other labor-saving devices become more popular.An increasing fast pace of life makes it difficult for people to spend time working out or playing sports. “I know exercise is good for your health,” a young lady sai d. “But after a busy work week, the only thing I want to do is watch some TV and go to sleep.” That attitude may explain the results of a recent nationwide study, which suggested 15 percent of urban adults I China are overweight, a large number of people over the age of 40 suffer from high blood pressure and cardiac ailments.Local researchers found that 31.2 percent of elderly respondents were getting enough exercise, but less than 9 percent of youngsters and the middle-aged got an adequate amount of physical activity.Elderly people understand the importance of protecting their health. The young people, however, are busy working and use this as a n excuse to avoid exercise. In fact, physical exercise doesn’t require much time, money or a special gymnasium. People can make use of any time and any place at their convenience to take part in sports. Walking quickly, cycling, climbing the stairs and dancing are all helpful methods to enhance one’s health.The benefits of adding a little more activity to your lift are priceless. “There is no need to be an athlete, however,” a local doctor sai d. People should walk for 30 minutes a day and take part in other physical activity three to five times a week. He warns, however, that people in poor physical shape should start slowly, and build up over time.China has taken the need for more exercise to heart, with the government running several activities last Sunday, which was the designated World Health Day. Pamphlets and posters based on the theme “Move for Health” were distributed nationwide, encouraging people to develop a positive and healthy lifestyle.1.Rapid economic development has resulted in all the following except ____.A.an increasing number of taxi passengersB.the wide use of labor-saving devicesC.an increasingly fast pace of lifeD.people’s awareness of the importance of exercise2.Some people are getting overweight because ____.A.they are too busy to have any time for exerciseB.they are ignorant of the benefits of exerciseC.they are too weak to participate in physical activityD.they are short of money to pay for different exercises3.According to the passage, who need regular daily exercise most?A.People taking taxis to work.B.Urban adults with full-time jobs.C.Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure.D.Youngsters dreaming of becoming professional athletes.4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph but one?A.Many people are still unable to afford the cost of physical exercises.B.Nobody should take part in physical activity in order to be an athlete.C.Moderate physical exercise is usually enough for ordinary people.D.Old or sick people should only take part in physical exercises of the slowest type.5.By referring to rapid economic development as “a boon” at the beginning of the passage, theauthor means that ____.A.it has benefited the general public greatlyB.it has done harm to people’s health nationwideC.it is going faster than anyone could have imaginedD.it has helped to establish a positive and health lifestyle of the publicPassage TwoFor Roy Johnson, a senior magazine editor, the latest indignity came after a recent dinner at a fancy restaurant in the wealthy New York City suburb where he and his family live. First the parking valet handed him the keys to his Jaguar instead of fetching the car. Then an elderly white couple came out and handed hi the keys to their black Mercedes-Benz. “It took them a while to realize that I was not a valet,” says Johnson.“It didn’t matter that I was dressed for dinner and had paid a handsome price for the meal, just as he had. What mattered was that I didn’t fit his idea of someone who could be equal to him.”Such incidents, which are depressingly familiar to African-Americans of all ages, incomes and social classes, help explain why black and white attitudes often differ so completely. A recent survey found that 68 percent of blacks believe racism is still a major problem in America. Only 38 percent of whites agreed.Many Americans find the gulf between blacks and whites bewildering. After all, official segregation is a bad memory and 40 years of laws, policies and court decisions have helped African-Americans make significant progress toward equal opportunity. Indeed, a black man born iin Harlem could be the nation’s next president.But racism persists, unmistakable to every black but largely invisible to many whites. It is evident in the everyday encounters. African-Americans have with racial prejudice and discrimination, like the valet parking incident. Such encounters often strike whites as trivial misunderstandings. But they remind blacks that they are often dismissed as less intelligent, less industrious, less honest and less likely to succeed. Some insults are patently racist; others may be evidence of insensitivity or bad manners rather than racial prejudice. But the accumulation of insults feeds anger.“What is amazing to me is the number of whites who express surprise that any of this happens,”observes Mary Frances Berry, chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, who says she hasbeen watched at shopping malls.6.The Word “valet” in the first paragraph most ly probably means ____.A. a restaurant ownerB. a driver of expensive carsC. a wealthy-looking gentlemanD. a restaurant employee taking care of the cars of the diners7.Roy Johnson was unfairly treated because ____.A.his car was inferior in qualityB.he forgot to wear proper clothesC.he failed to express himself clearlyD.he is black8.From the passage we can learn that ____.A.both blacks and whites are bewildered by racismB.examples of racism are common in the USC.some government officials have very bad memoriesD. a black man born in Harlem will be the next US president9.It is implied in the passage that many white people deny the presence of racism in the USbecause ____.A.they tend to regard instances of racism as trivial misunderstandingB.they have never seen any instance of racism in their countryC.they believe that black people are inherently less intelligent and less industriousD.they have always treated black people as their equals10.Judging from the context, the most possible explanation for Mary Frances Berry’s being watchedat shopping malls is that ____.A.she was a national celebrityB.she didn’t fit people’s idear of an Afro-American womanC.many people nowadays are insensitive and rudeD.she is blackPassage ThreeAs a century of grand retailing comes to a close, the 94-year0old “merchant prince of Teas”–who turned Neiman Marcus from a small specialty shop into one of the world’s major retail stores –says department stores today must recreate themselves if they are to survive.Marcus is worried about that customer service is being igored. He considers hoe shopping networks “a step above snake oil peddlers”. And despite all the advantages he sees in selling over the Internet, he says it is no substitute for a good salesperson.Today, as head of his own Dallas consultancy firm, Marcus is moving into the next century advocating the same philosophy he held throughout the 20th century: focus on quality and service, and sales will take care of themselves.“I’ve always believed that quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten,” says Marcus, who still makes regular visits to the flagship Neiman Marcus store in downtown Dallas, where he looks over new fashion lines, examines the latest fine imported luggage and greets young salespeople eager to talk with him. “The price of a great meal disappears from the memory, but the price of a bad one will be remembered for years. If you force a bad buy on a customer, he will never forgive you.”Marcus puts much of the blame on business schools for what he sees a lack of quality – and vitality –in department stores. He says the schools are turning out graduates who are excellent money managers and cost cutters, but who lack the skills that helped make the great stores like Macy’s, and his own, into retailing legends. The MBA programs do not teach principles of selling, principles of human understanding, principles of leadership speaking, which, he believes, is the most important thing.“I do not want ‘trained’ salespeople. The word training is the most terrible word. You train dogs and bears to do repetitive action. But with people, you educate them, because no amount of training takes the place of experience that enables them to answer all the questions that customers will ask.”11.What is the problem with department stores today?A.Neglect of customer service.B.Excessive running costs.C.Fierce challenge from the home shopping network.D.Uncompetitive prices.12.In Marcus’s view, good salespeople ____.A.will soon be replaced by the InternetB.can compete with peddlersC.ensure the success of a retailing businessD.have recreated department stores13.Which of the following is likely to be long remembered?A.Good service.B.The price of a bad buy.C.The price of a good buy.D.Good quality.14.What is the problem with MBA programs?A.Failure to teach principles of human understanding.B.Too much emphasis on cost cutting.ck of vitality.D.Neglect of strict training.15.What is the major difference between training and educating according to Marcus?A.Training is applied to animals while educating is applied to humans.B.Training is a terrible word while educating is a wonderful one.C.Training enables the trainee to imitate while educating enriches his experience.D.Training is aimed at action while educating is aimed at answering questions.Passage FourSeveral commentators and scientists have suggested that it might in some cases be ethically acceptable to clone existing people. One possibility is generating a replacement for a dying relative. All such possibilities, however, raise the concern that the clone would be treated as less than a complete individual, because he or she would likely be subjected to limitations and expectations based on the family’s knowledge of the genetic “twin.” Those expectations might be false, because human personality is only partly determined by genes. The clone of an extrovert(性格外向的人) could have a quite different way of behavior. Clone of athletes, movie stars, entrepreneurs or scientists might well choose different careers because of chance events in early life.Some people have also put forward the notion that couples in which one member is infertile might choose to make a copy of one or the other partner. But society ought to be concerned that a couple might not treat naturally a child who is a copy fo just one of them. Because other methods are available for the treatment of all known types of infertility, conventional therapeutic avenues seem more appropriate. None of the suggested uses of cloning for make copies of existing people is ethically acceptable to my way of thinking, because they are not in the interests of the resulting child. It should go without saying that I am strongly opposed to allowing cloned human embryos to develop so that they can be tissue donors.It nonetheless seems clear that cloning from cultured cells will offer important medical opportunities. Predictions about new technologies are often wrong: societal attitudes change; unexpected developments occur. Time will tell. But biomedical researchers looking into the potential of cloning now have plenty to do.16.What is the author’s concern about cloning an existing person?A.The clone created will have one defect or another.B.The clone created will be mistreated.C.The clone created is unlikely to fulfill your expectations.D.The clone created is ethically unacceptable.17.It can be inferred from the text that a clone will ____.A.choose the same career as the person it is created fromB.behave in the same way as the person it is created fromC.share the same characteristics with the person it is created fromD.be partially similar in personality to the person it is created from18.According to the passage, one’s personality is determined by ____.A.their genesB.the environment they live inC.both their genes and the environment they live inD.neither their genes nor the environment they live in19.In the author’s view, which of the following uses of cloning is justifiable?A.To replace a lost relative.B.To help childless couples to have a baby.C.To develop tissue donors.D.To culture cells for medical purposes.20.What is the author’s attitude towards cloning technology?A.It should be condemned.B.It has medical potential for scientists to explore.C.It should wait till people’s views change.D.It was unethical from the very beginning.Part II. Vocabulary & Structure (30%)1.As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students to ____ thetemptation to cheat on exams.A. refuseB. rejectC. resistD. resolve2.You don’t agree with me on this matter, I know, but ____ you’ll see I am in the right.A. at timesB. in timeC. at one timeD. all the time3.As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the WTO, thegovernment decided to ____ them as soon as possible.A. abolishB. accomplishC. distinguishD. establish4.It is impossible for me to sing a song these days, for my voice is ____.A. going ofB. going toC. going offD. going away5.The old man regained consciousness and found himself lying in a room which had nothing but____ walls.A. blankB. emptyC. vacantD. bare6.The typical symptom of the epidemic SARS is ____ high fever and acute cough.A. persistentB. resistantC. subsequentD. perseverant7.The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main course, salad, bread, and vegetables, and____ a variety of desserts, for example, pies, puddings and ice-cream.A. involvesB. featuresC. characterizesD. protrudes8.____ the events of last week, I think, we could have handled things more efficiently.A. Falling back onB. Looking back onC. Getting back onD. Going back on9. A suicide bomb exploded in a Jewish ____, killing dozens of people.A. siteB. plantationC. terminalD. settlement10.In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become ____ words; almosteveryone has heard of them.A. familyB. homeC. houseD. household11.It can said without exaggeration that no part of the United States is not easily accessible by car,by train, or by air, and ____ by all the three of them.A. more often thanB. more often than notC. no more often thanD. less often than12.While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite(精英), some of them appear to lackcommon sense ____ following traffic regulations.A. coming toB. when coming toC. when it comes toD. when they come to13.Dangerous animals such as bears and wolves can be ____ by lighting a fire when you gocamping in a virgin forest.A. kept in handB. kept at bayC. kept in touchD. kept in mind14.As she matured as an artist, she ____ realize that “all artists are a product of their culture”.A. came toB. kept toC. took toD. went to15.He always uses the same ____ of lies to cheat strangers.A. numberB. flockC. groupD. web16.Many European countries ____ all alliance(同盟) against Hitler’s military invasion.A. passed forB. forgedC. compelledD. authorized17.Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union ____ a worldwide ban on British beef andbeef product exports.A. challengedB. chargedC. forgedD. imposed18.The ancient tribes there are supposed ____ from the mainland to the island.A. to moveB. to be movingC. to have movedD. to have been moving19.Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes(行车道) for bicycles on some ofthe main streets, but though they have got some supporters, ____ likes the idea.A. everyoneB. not everyoneC. no oneD. someone20.On Children’s Day, our nieces and nephews were taken to the department store and then ____to pick their favorite toys.A. set outB. let aloneC. brushed asideD. turned loose21.Even when the houses are exactly ____, as they are in many housing developments, clusterplanning adds interest and variety to the scene.A. likelyB. alikeC. aliveD. same22.What I have said about this person ____ anyone else when I find trespassing(非法侵入) on my land.A. stands forB. speaks forC. goes forD. struggles for23.Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from high-handedor incompetent public officers. The system has worked so well that it has been ____ in other countries, too.A. adaptedB. takenC. adoptedD. importedck of employment outside the home tends to make women ____ to depression.A. vulnerableB. immuneC. indifferentD. sensitive25.Success in anything will not just happen. ____ your abilities and skill mastery, you will need tomanage your time efficiently in order to succeed in college.A. Regardless ofB. Because ofC. Instead ofD. Proud of26.The long war that broke out in 1861 make the country suffer a lot and thus ____ its wealth.A. dismissedB. dissolvedC. deducedD. diminished27.To protect the environment, scientists and engineers are researching ways to ____ electricitymore cheaply from such renewable energy sources as the wind and sun.A. generateB. manufactureC. constructD. transform28.I don’t think the young children wil l really ____ the foreign travel.A. evaluateB. calculateC. appreciateD. formulate29.In this part of the city you have to keep your ____ about you all the time when you are driving.A. eyesB. witsC. mindsD. brains30.For traditional Chinese painters, fame and fortune come late, and it is ____ for artists to hold theirfirst exhibitions when they are over seventy years old.A. hardly commonB. less frequentC. not unheard ofD. just usualPart III. Cloze (20%)As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and __1__ the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly __2__ forward. At that moment, the air-hostess __3__. She looked very pale, but was quite __4__. Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she __5__ everyone that the pilot had __6__ and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machine – or at __7__ how to drive a car. After a moment’s __8__, a man got up and followed the hos tess into the pilot’s cabin.Moving the pilot __9__, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the __10__ instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport __11__. The plane was now dangerously close __12__ the ground, but to everyone’s __13__, it soon began to climb. The man had to __14__ the airport several times in order to become __15__ with the controls of the plane. __16__ the danger had not yet passed. The terrible __17__ came when he had to land. Following __18__, the man guided the plane toward the airfield. It shook violently __19__ it touched the ground and then moved rapidly __20__ the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.1. a. although b. while c. therefore d. then2. a. shifted. b. thrown c. put d. moved3. a. showed b. presented c. exposed d. appeared4. a. well b. still c. calm d. quiet5. a. inquired b. insured c. informed d. instructed6. a. fallen b. failed c. faded d. fainted7. a. best b. least c. length d. first8. a. hesitation b. surprise c. doubt d. delay9. a. back b. aside c. about d. off10. a. patient b. anxious c. urgent d. nervous11. a. beneath b. under c. down d. below12. a. to b. by c. near d. on13. a. horror b. trust c. pleasure d. relief14. a. surround b. circle c. observe d. view15. a. intimate b. familiar c. understood d. close16. a. Then b. Therefore c. But d. Moreover17. a. moment b. movement c. idea d. affair18. a. impression b. information c. inspections d. instructions19. a. as b. unless c. while d. so20. a. around b. over c. along d. above Part IV. Translation (20%)1．至于这本杂志，它刊载世界各地许多报刊杂志上文章的摘要。
高等学历继续教育《大学英语2》考试题库一、单选题（每题1分，共56道小题，总分值56分）1.In fact he had done_______ he could do to help the poor.（1分）AwhatBwhichCasDall which【正确答案】A2.The idea sounds very good but will it work in __________?（1分）ApracticeBplaceCadvanceDcompany【正确答案】A3.I would have told him the answer had it been possible, but I_____ so busy then.（1分）AamBwereCwasDwould be【正确答案】C4.I'd like to take ________of this opportunity to thank you for your co-operation.（1分）AadvantageBoccasionCbenefitDprofit【正确答案】A5.Peter, whom everyone suspected, _______ to be innocent.（1分）Aturned outBturned offCturned upDturned over【正确答案】A6.I have to _________ my visit as I’ll be very busy next month.（1分）Acall forBcall offCcall onDcall in【正确答案】B7.We have decided to call _____ Mr. Black sometime next week at his home.（1分）AonBatCuDfor【正确答案】A8.No sooner had she entered the house _______ the telephone rang.（1分）AwhenBthanCasDwhile【正确答案】B9.Three people, ________, were injured in the accident.（1分）Aincluded a childBinclude a childCincluding a childDincludes a child【正确答案】C10.Sorry, I don’t know he is a friend of _________.（1分）Ayour brother’sByour brothersCyour brother’s friendDyour brother【正确答案】A11.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people______ harm them.（1分）Afewer thanBother thanCrather thanDbetter than【正确答案】C12.The young man promised to his parents, “I would never_________ again.”（1分）Alet you outBlet you downClet you inDlet you by【正确答案】B13.It's vital that enough money __________ collected to get the project started.（1分）AisBbeCmust beDcan be【正确答案】B14.Would the news _____he failed to pass the exam bother you?（1分）AwhichBthatCof whichDon which【正确答案】B15.We were deeply impressed by her important _______ to the success of the project.（1分）AworkBdeterminationCimprovementDcontribution【正确答案】D16.It is very important for the strong man to know that _______ strong he is, he cannot be the strongest.（1分）AwhateverBwheneverCwhicheverDhowever【正确答案】D17.“Good—bye, Miss liu. I’m very pleased _________（1分）Ato meet youBhaving met youCmeeting youDto have met you【正确答案】D18.The new English dictionary I bought yesterday ________ me almost twenty yuan.（1分）AspentBpaidCcostDtook【正确答案】C19.Isn’t that _______ they cal l peace and friendship?（1分）AwhichBthisCwhatDwhere【正确答案】C20.________the last one, I answered all the questions.（1分）AExceptBBesidesCExcept forDIn addition to【正确答案】A21.The mother didn't know __________ to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out.（1分）AwhoBwhenChowDwhat【正确答案】A22.Had the weather been good, the children ________out for a walk.（1分）Ahad goneBwould goCcould have goneDwent【正确答案】C23.History is the story of _____ happened to the people before today.（1分）AwhicheverBwhomeverCwhateverDwherever【正确答案】C24.We use plastics _________ wood and metal now.（1分）Ain place ofBto take ofCtake the place ofDto take place【正确答案】A25.You had better _________ a doctor as soon as possible.（1分）AseenBsawCseeingDsee【正确答案】D26.I must tell you how _______ a letter from you.（1分）Apleased I was to receiveBpleased I was to receivingCwas I pleased to receiveDpleased I was receiving【正确答案】A27.__________ was once regarded as impossible has now become a reality.（1分）AWhatBThatCWhichDAs【正确答案】A28.She is very careful. She______very few mistakes in her work.（1分）AdoesBtakesCmakesDgets【正确答案】C29.His failure to pay the debts _______ the suspicion that he was not to be trusted.（1分）AconcernsBconfessesCconfusesDconfirms【正确答案】D30.By the time you arrive this evening, __________ for two hours.（1分）AI will studyBI will have been studiedCI had studiedDI will have been studying【正确答案】D31.I am considering ________ my job as I’m not getting on well with my boss.（1分）AchangingBto changeCchangedDto be changed【正确答案】A32.I didn’t go to the party, but I do wish I ________ there.（1分）AwereBhad beenCwould beDwill be【正确答案】B33.I will never forget the ten years ________ we both spent in the little village.（1分）AwhenBduring whichCin whichDwhich【正确答案】D34.Let's finish our homework in a few seconds; it's time we __________.（1分）Aplayed footballBwill play footballCplay footballDare playing football【正确答案】A35.You may write to me or come to see me. ____________ way will do（1分）AAllBBothCOneDEither【正确答案】D36.The question __________ at the meeting tomorrow is very important.（1分）Ato discussBbeing discussedCto be discussedDwill be discussed【正确答案】C37.We consider __________the instrument be adjusted each time it is used.（1分）Athat it necessaryBit necessary thatCnecessary thatDnecessary of it that【正确答案】B38.Some pop singers have much influence ________ the young people.（1分）AtoBforContoDon【正确答案】D39.Of those _____ had applied for the jobs, only two were accepted.（1分）ApersonsBthatCwhoDwhich【正确答案】C40.______ I admit that there are problems, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.（1分）AWhenBAsCWhileDSince【正确答案】C41.It is because she is very devoted to her students _________ she is respected by them.（1分）AwhoBwhichCwhatDthat【正确答案】A42.Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to ______ any further responsibilities.（1分）Atake onBget onCput upDlook up【正确答案】A43.Do you think Tommy is ________ the truth?（1分）AsayingBspeakingCtellingDtalking【正确答案】C44.We had to wait a long time to get our passports, __________?（1分）Awon't weBdon't weCdidn't weDshouldn't you【正确答案】C45.I'd like to_______a special table for the coming Valentine's Day.（1分）ApreserveBdeserveCconserveDreserve【正确答案】D46.Only recently __________ to deal with the environmental problems.（1分）Asomething has doneBhas something doneChas something been doneDsomething has been done【正确答案】C47.It is from my grandparents ______ I learned a lot.（1分）AwhoBwhomCthatDwhich【正确答案】C48.Pierre often makes himself __________ by gesturing with his hands.（1分）Ato understandBunderstandingCto be understoodDunderstood【正确答案】D49.The fact _______ he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.（1分）AwhyBthatCwhatDwhich【正确答案】B50.They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no_______.（1分）AendBconclusionCresultDjudgment【正确答案】B51.I believe he _________ an accident, otherwise he would have arrived on time.（1分）Awould have hadBcould have hadCmust have hadDshould have had【正确答案】C52.I gave John a present but he gave me nothing ________ .（1分）Ain turnBin returnCin advanceDin vain【正确答案】B53.It is so hot. You should put the food into the refrigerator now. otherwise, it will ______ soon.（1分）AharmBhurtCspoilDdamage【正确答案】C54.Don’t forget ________ the window before leaving the room.（1分）Ato closeBto have closedChaving closedDclosing【正确答案】A55.Not always ________ they want to.（1分）Apeople can do whatBcan people do whatCPeople cannot do whatDcan’t people do what【正确答案】B56.Mr. Smith, together with his wife and children, _______ going to the party this weekend.（1分）AamBisCareDwill【正确答案】B二、翻译（每题1分，共9道小题，总分值9分）1.At the weekly meeting, _everyone must confine his remarks to the subject.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】每个人的发言都不能离开会议议题展开2.They tend to suffer from heart diseases.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】他们往往容易患心脏病展开3.As long as you don’t lose heart, no difficulty is too great to triumph over. （1分）考生答案:【正确答案】只要你永不灰心展开4.Whether they will want to meet him remains to be seen in a few weeks.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】要到几星期以后才知道展开5.The purpose of this committee is tolighten your load and save your life.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】减轻你的负担，拯救你的生命展开6.For most parents, the decision to send their children abroad for study is made after careful thinking.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】送孩子出国学习的决定是经过仔细考虑后做出的展开7.The more friends you make, _.the less lonely you will feel.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】你就越不孤独展开8.Happiness does not always go with money.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】有钱不一定幸福展开9.His father is _so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys.（1分）考生答案:【正确答案】太忘事了，老是在找钥匙展开三、完形填空（每题20分，共2道小题，总分值40分）1.Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 1 to go everywhere. They had to decide where to go and which animals to visit as their time was 2 . So both of them agreed not to 3 after choosing a 4 at every fork(岔路口).A road sign at the first fork 5 one way to the lion area and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the former after a 6 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division going separately to the panda and peacock. They 7 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. 8 they made choices all along th e way and each choice meant 9 what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and 10 , for it brooked(容忍)no delay. If they hesitated(犹豫不决) they would miss 11 . Only 12 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 13 possible regret.Life is 14 like this- choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 15 jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you 16 give up the other-you can get half of it. If you 17 weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 18 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 19 you have got half of the desirable things in life-something that is 20 to come by.（20分）(1)（1分）AeasyB difficultCimpossibleD possible【正确答案】C (2)（1分）Aenough BlimitedC tight Dplentiful【正确答案】B (3)（1分）Areturn BcontinueCgoDstop【正确答案】A (4)（1分）Asign Bbranch CcrossingD highway 【正确答案】B (5)（1分）Ashowed Bpointed Cintended Dmade【正确答案】A (6)（1分）AbriefBlongCnoD heated【正确答案】A (7)（1分）Ahoped Bwanted CfavoredDgot【正确答案】C (8)（1分）AHappily BThusCThen DFinally【正确答案】B (9)（1分）Btaking Cpicking up Dgiving up 【正确答案】D (10)（1分）Aslowly Bimmediately C timely Deasily【正确答案】B (11)（1分）AlessBmoreCmostDleast【正确答案】B (12)（1分）AhighBslowCshortD rapid【正确答案】D (13)（1分）Aincrease Bcause Creduce Draise【正确答案】C (14)（1分）Ajust exactly Bmore or less Chardly Dmost【正确答案】B (15)（1分）Aunwanted Bdifferent Cbad Ddesirable 【正确答案】D (16)（1分）Aought to BmayD have to【正确答案】D(17)（1分）Aspend timeBkill timeChave a hard timeDhope for【正确答案】A(18)（1分）Astart withBget upCsucceed inDend up in【正确答案】D(19)（1分）ABy no meansBNot in the leastCAt mostDAt least【正确答案】D(20)（1分）AstupidBdelightedC hardD supported【正确答案】C2. My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and 1 life in a foreign country.It was a milestone in Dan’s life, a change from school days to 2.When we were to say goodbye,I 3 closely at his face. I would like to provide him with good 4 that would last longer than here andnow.But not a sound came over my lips. I 5 motionless and silent, looking 6 my son’s green eyes.I knew that this wasn’t the first time I 7 such an opportunity pass me by. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on the first day in preschool. I 8 the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came round the corner. He lookedat me—just 9 he did now. And then he boarded the bus and 10 . The bus drove away. And I hadn’t 11 a word.Some ten years later, a similar episode 12 . His mother and I drove him to the university where he was going to 13 .The next morning Dan began to throw up (呕吐). He was ill in bed when I wanted to say goodbye. 14 the words let me down. I only murmured（嘟哝）something like “I hope you are 15 , Dan.” Then I turned around and left.Now I stood in front of him and recalled all the 16 when I hadn’t made use of those opportunities. Why does it have to be so 17 to tell your son how you feel? My mouth was 18 , and I knew I would only say a few words.“Dan,”I 19 stammered out（结结巴巴地说）, “if I had the choice myself, I would 20 you.”That was all I could say. It was nothing, and yet it was everything.（20分）(1)（1分）AleadBexperienceCenjoyDlive【正确答案】B(2)（1分）A college lifeBchildhoodCadulthoodDfreedom【正确答案】C(3)（1分）AlookedBfixedCglaredDglanced【正确答案】A(4)（1分）AgiftBsupportC skillDadvice【正确答案】D(5)（1分）AsaidB stoodCsat Dwondered【正确答案】B (6)（1分）AupBforCatD into【正确答案】D (7)（1分）AmadeBkeptC letDnoticed【正确答案】C (8)（1分）AfeltBknewCfound Drealized【正确答案】A (9)（1分）AwhenBlikeCsinceDonce【正确答案】B (10)（1分）ArodeBranCdrove Ddisappeared 【正确答案】D (11)（1分）AheardBsaidCgaveDleft【正确答案】B (12)（1分）Atook placeB took on Cturned out Dturned up 【正确答案】A(13)（1分）A playBvisitC study Dsearch【正确答案】C (14)（1分）ALuckilyB Once CAgain DTherefore 【正确答案】C (15)（1分）Aworse Bhappier Cgreater Dbetter【正确答案】D (16)（1分）Atimes BplacesC days Dchances【正确答案】A (17)（1分）Aeager Bimportant Cdifficult Dlovely【正确答案】D(18)（1分）A wetB dry Canxious Dtight【正确答案】D (19)（1分）Adirectly BfinallyCkindly Dnervously 【正确答案】D(20)（1分）A love BpraiseC support Dchoose【正确答案】C。
2018年大学生公共英语二级真题试卷及答案目录2018年大学生公共英语二级真题试卷 (1)2018年大学生公共英语二级真题答案 (20)2018年大学生公共英语二级真题试卷(总分110,做题时间90分钟)第一部分听力理解第一节听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What is the woman going to do?A Have a coffee.B Attend a meeting.C Clean her office.2.What does the woman ask for?A A dress of different size.B A dress of better quality.C A dress of a bright color.3.What does the man want to do?A Take his leave.B Borrow a ladder.C Clean the roof.4.What will the woman probably do next?A Go to the man's place.B Reserve an exhibition hall.C Call the Hillsboro Hotel.5.Where are the speakers?A At home.B In a museum.C In the city square.第二节各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
1.Why has the man hardly seen the woman lately?A She had a traffic accident.B She moved to another place.C She is working unusual hours.2.Where does the conversation take place?A In an apartment.B At a bus stop.C In an office.3.What does the man have to do now?A Plan a trip.B Look for a job.C Make a decision.4.What does the woman think of the journey to South America?A Exciting.B Dangerous.C Expensive.5.What advice does the woman give to the man?A Staying at home.B Going abroad.C Opening a bookstore.6.What is the radio program for?A Discussing language skills.B Promoting community service.C Sharing personal feelings.7.What is the second point Prof.Sheffield mentioned?A To conclude the article.B To introduce main ideas.C To give details and facts.8.What makes an excellent article according to Prof.Sheffield?A Detailed facts.B Personal style.C Formal language.9.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A A summer job.B A food company.C A birthday party.10.What does the man's company do?A Offer food services.B Organize concerts.C Design furniture.11.What will the man do before the party?A Play music.B Cook food.C Set tables.12.What does the woman think of the man's work?A Difficult.B Interesting.C Valuable.13.What do the Hoffmans do for a living?A They are gardeners.B They sell vegetables.C They run a guesthouse.14.How much direct sunshine do tomato plants actually need every day?A Five hours.B Eight hours.C Twelve hours.15.Why do Irish potatoes grow better in the shade?A They have deeper roots.B They have wider leaves.C They have bigger flowers.第二部分阅读理解第一节短文理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
同济大学继续教育学院2012学年秋季学期期终考试专升本大学英语（二）课程考试题（复习卷）学号应考班级级专业考试形式卷姓名题号总分得分Part I. Vocabulary & Structure (30%)Directions: Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1.As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all thestudents to ____ the temptation to cheat on exams.A. refuseB. rejectC. resistD. resolve2.You don’t agree with me on this matter, I know, but ____ you’ll see I am inthe right.A. at timesB. in timeC. at one timeD. all the time3.As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principlesof the WTO, the government decided to ____ them as soon as possible.A. abolishB. accomplishC. distinguishD. establish4.It is impossible for me to sing a song these days, for my voice is ____.A. going ofB. going toC. going offD. going away5.The old man regained consciousness and found himself lying in a roomwhich had nothing but ____ walls.A. blankB. emptyC. vacantD. bare6.The typical symptom of the epidemic SARS is ____ high fever and acutecough.A. persistentB. resistantC. subsequentD. perseverant7.The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main course, salad, bread,and vegetables, and ____ a variety of desserts, for example, pies, puddingsand ice-cream.A. involvesB. featuresC. characterizesD. protrudes8.____ the events of last week, I think, we could have handled things moreefficiently.A. Falling back onB. Looking back onC. Getting back onD. Going back on9. A suicide bomb exploded in a Jewish ____, killing dozens of people.A. siteB. plantationC. terminalD.settlement10.In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become____ words; almost everyone has heard of them.A. familyB. homeC. houseD. household11.It can said without exaggeration that no part of the United States is noteasily accessible by car, by train, or by air, and ____ by all the three of them.A. more often thanB. more often than notC. no more often thanD. less often than12.While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite(精英), some ofthem appear to lack common sense ____ following traffic regulations.A. coming toB. when coming toC. when it comes toD. when they come to13.Dangerous animals such as bears and wolves can be ____ by lighting a firewhen you go camping in a virgin forest.A. kept in handB. kept at bayC. kept in touchD. kept in mind14.As she matured as an artist, she ____ realize that “all artists are a product oftheir culture”.A. came toB. kept toC. took toD. went to15.He always uses the same ____ of lies to cheat strangers.A. numberB. flockC. groupD. web16.Many European countries ____ all alliance(同盟) against Hitler’s militaryinvasion.A. passed forB. forgedC. compelledD. authorized17.Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union ____ a worldwideban on British beef and beef product exports.A. challengedB. chargedC. forgedD. imposed18.The ancient tribes there are supposed ____ from the mainland to the island.A. to moveB. to be movingC. to have movedD. to have been moving19.Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes(行车道)for bicycles on some of the main streets, but though they have got some supporters, ____ likes the idea.A. everyoneB. not everyoneC. no oneD. someone20.On Children’s Day, our nieces and nephews were taken to the departmentstore and then ____ to pick their favorite toys.A. set outB. let aloneC. brushed asideD. turned loose21. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ______.A. in betweenB. among themC. far apartD. from each other22. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _________.A. stand up toB. put up withC. come up withD. make up for23. Some fish have a greater ________ for acid water than others.A. toleranceB. resistanceC. dependenceD. persistence24. Many scientists have been _________ the goal of a practical and economical way to use sunlight to split water molecules.A. pursuingB. chasingC. reachingD. winning25. I have no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can get _________ in a dark suit?A. throughB. byC. atD. off26. The money I get from teaching the piano is a useful _________ to my ordinary income.A. implementB. complementC. supplementD. compliment27. The _________ consists of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, their son and two daughters.A. houseB. householdC. homeD. housing28. He never talks to me _________ to ask for something.A. besidesB. aside fromC. apart fromD. other than29. I _________ my grant by working in the evenings.A. complimentB. complementC. supplementD. implement30._________ my point I have done a comparative study.A. IllustratingB. To illustrateC. Having illustratedD. Being illustratedPart II. Reading Comprehension (30%)Passage One:When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples --- people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.1.Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growingbusinesses?A. Selling home furnishings.B. Renting furnished apartments.C. Selling used furniture.D. Renting home furnishings.2.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?A.Because the furniture they get in this way is new.B.Because it saves them a lot of money.C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.3.What can you infer from the passage?A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B.Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town.C.Only those who don’t have enough money rent furniture.D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A. rent or Buy?B. A New Way of Getting Home FurnishingsC. Furnished ApartmentsD. A New Idea5.Young people liked renting home furniture in that _______.A. They have less money.B. They don’t want to buy old furniture.C. The new furniture is of good quality.D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.Passage Two:For the most part, rapid economic development has been a boon. But there is a down side to development – health problems such as overweight are all becoming more prevalent, as more people take taxis to work instead of riding their bicycles, and other labor-saving devices become more popular.An increasing fast pace of life makes it difficult for people to spend time working out or playing sports. “I know exercise is good for your health,” a young lady said. “But after a busy work week, the only thing I want to do is watch some TV and go to sleep.” That attitude may explain the results of a recent nationwide study, which suggested 15 percent of urban adults I China are overweight, a large number of people over the age of 40 suffer from high blood pressure and cardiac ailments.Local researchers found that 31.2 percent of elderly respondents were getting enough exercise, but less than 9 percent of youngsters and the middle-aged got an adequate amount of physical activity.Elderly people understand the importance of protecting their health. The young people, however, are busy working and use this as an excuse to avoid exercise. In fact, physical exercise doesn’t require much time, money or a special gymnasium. People can make use of any time and any place at their convenience to take part in sports. Walking quickly, cycling, climbing the stairs and dancing are all helpful methods to enhance one’s health.The benefits of adding a little more activity to your lift are priceless. “There is no need to be an athlete, however,” a local doctor said. People should walk for 30 minutes a day and take part in other physical activity three to five times a week. He warns, however, that people in poor physical shape should start slowly, and build up over time.China has taken the need for more exercise to heart, with the government running several activities last Sunday, which was the designated World Health Day. Pamphlets and posters based on the theme“Move for Health” were distributed nationwide, encouraging people to develop a positive and healthy lifestyle.6.Rapid economic development has resulted in all the following except ____.A.an increasing number of taxi passengersB.the wide use of labor-saving devicesC.an increasingly fast pace of lifeD.people’s awareness of the importance of exercise7.Some people are getting overweight because ____.A.they are too busy to have any time for exerciseB.they are ignorant of the benefits of exerciseC.they are too weak to participate in physical activityD.they are short of money to pay for different exercises8.According to the passage, who need regular daily exercise most?A.People taking taxis to work.B.Urban adults with full-time jobs.C.Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure.D.Youngsters dreaming of becoming professional athletes.9.What is the main idea of the last paragraph but one?A.Many people are still unable to afford the cost of physical exercises.B.Nobody should take part in physical activity in order to be an athlete.C.Moderate physical exercise is usually enough for ordinary people.D.Old or sick people should only take part in physical exercises of theslowest type.10.By referring to rapid economic development as “a boon” at the beginning ofthe passage, the author means that ____.A.it has benefited the general public greatlyB.it has done harm to people’s health nationwideC.it is going faster than anyone could have imaginedD.it has helped to establish a positive and health lifestyle of the publicPassage Three:Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem – how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which utilizes not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus’s six buildings comfortable.Some parts of most modern buildings – theaters and offices as well as classrooms – are more than amply heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter. The technique of saving heat and redistributing it is called “heat recovery”. A few modern buildings recover heat, but the University’s system is the first to recover heat from some buildings andreuse it in others.Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers. The harder a student studies, the more heat his body gives off. Male students emit more heat than female students, and the larger a student, the more heat he produces. It is tempting to conclude that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a hard-working, overweight male genius.11.Until recently, body heat has caused problems because it_____.A. was difficult to collectB. came in variety of formsC. was difficult to get rid of itD. tended to be absorbed by physical objects12.Which of the following is true of the heating system of the Johnstowncampus?A. The heat is supplied by human bodiesB. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and otherheat-emitting objectsC. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and conventional fuelD. The heat is supplied by human bodies, other heat-emitting objects, and conventional fuel13.At the Johnstown campus, how many of the buildings are heated entirely bythe heat collection system?A. NoneB. TwoC. FourD. Six14.According to the passage, which of the following would produce theLEAST amount of heat?A. A fat female who studies hardB. A thin female who does not studyC. A fat male who does not studyD. A thin male who studies hard15.In the last paragraph, the “hottest prospect” means the____.A. most intelligent studentB. most desirable studentC. most diligent studentD. most learned studentPassage Four：The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.16.The library resources can be helpful when we ______.A. want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward musicB. are preparing a paper for a professional journalC. are writing a dissertationD. All of the above17.Readers’ familiarity with different resources ______.A. is more or less the sameB. varies slightlyC. differs greatlyD. should not be different18.The author believes that ______.A. library resources should be used frequently and completelyB. library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available tousC. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually notavailableD. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of libraryresources19.When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, theyoften ______.A. publish it in a professional journalB. organize professional meetingsC. get access to it in the libraryD. make use of some library services20.The chapter in question mainly ______.A. deals with the ways of dissertation writingB. presents information on publishing papers in professional journalsC. introduces some library servicesD. describes some professional meetingsPart III. Cloze (15%)One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of 1 “It’s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea,” Jamie said. “Yes. I’m thinking of those fishing boats at sea,” she said.At that moment 2. went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.“The coastline will be in the dark,” Jamie’s mother said. She got more worried. 3 always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold.“Now, don’t worry, mum. They’re right.” They’re 4 to come through this all right.But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 5 the cove in the dark.Jamie took flares and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 6 himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.He 7 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 8 the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 9 sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 10 the fishermen of the village.A. the windB. the cloudsC. the rainD. the weather1. A. Jamie B. his motherC. the fireD. the lights2. A. Messages B. AccidentsC. TroublesD. Questions3. A. sure B. luckyC. safeD. ready4. A. lose B. missC. leaveD. forget5. A. pushed B. pulledC. carriedD. climbed6. A. made B. triedC. failedD. finished7. A. were at B. had foundC. had passed byD. were going into8. A. now B. thenC. onceD. again9. A. answer B. saveC. find outD. look forPart IV. Translation (25%)1．至于这本杂志，它刊载世界各地许多报刊杂志上文章的摘要。
成教英语2试题及答案一、选择题（每题1分，共10分）1. Which of the following is not a fruit?A. AppleB. BananaC. OrangeD. Potato2. The opposite of "agree" is:A. DisagreeB. AgreeC. CompromiseD. Negotiate3. The phrase "break the ice" means:A. To stop the ice from meltingB. To start a conversationC. To make the ice thickerD. To cool down the room4. In the sentence "She is a ______ of her father," the correct word to fill in the blank is:A. LikenessB. ImageC. ResemblanceD. Imitation5. The word "unique" is often used to describe something thatis:A. CommonB. UnusualC. OrdinaryD. Rare6. The past tense of "begin" is:A. BegunB. BegotC. BeganD. Begging7. "The weather is getting ______." The correct word to complete the sentence is:A. HotterB. ColderC. WetterD. Drier8. "I have no idea what you are talking about" is the same as saying:A. I completely understand.B. I am not sure what you mean.C. I agree with everything you said.D. I have a lot of questions.9. The word "abandon" means:A. To leave something behindB. To keep something safeC. To pick something upD. To take something with you10. "She is a ______ in the kitchen," the correct word tofill in the blank is:A. DisasterB. GeniusC. AmateurD. Professional二、填空题（每题1分，共10分）11. The ______ of the meeting has been postponed due to bad weather.[Answer: Date]12. He is a ______ in the field of computer science.[Answer: Expert]13. The ______ of the company is to provide quality products to its customers.[Answer: Motto]14. She ______ a lot of books before she started writing her own.[Answer: Read]15. The ______ of the building is quite impressive.[Answer: Architecture]16. They ______ the project last month.[Answer: Completed]17. The ______ of the old bridge is a matter of concern.[Answer: Stability]18. He is a ______ of the local football club.[Answer: Member]19. The ______ of the new policy will be announced soon.[Answer: Details]20. She ______ the room with fresh flowers.[Answer: Adorned]三、阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）[文章略]21. What is the main topic of the passage?A. Environmental protectionB. Technological advancementsC. Economic developmentD. Cultural diversity22. According to the passage, what is the author's opinion on the issue?A. PositiveB. NegativeC. NeutralD. Not mentioned23. What does the author suggest as a solution to the problem?A. Stricter regulationsB. Public awarenessC. Government interventionD. International cooperation24. What is the relationship between the two examples givenin the passage?A. Cause and effectB. ComparisonC. ContrastD. Sequence25. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The problem is widespread.B. The solution is simple.C. The issue is controversial.D. The outcome is uncertain.四、翻译题（每题5分，共10分）26. 请将以下句子翻译成英文：这个项目的成功依赖于团队的协作。
Unit1我们的计算机系统出了毛病，但我觉得问题比较小。
1.We have a problem with the computer system, but I think it’s fairly minor.父亲去世时我还小，不能独立生活。
就在那时，家乡的父老接过了养育我的责任。
2. My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over (responsibility for) my upbringing at that point.这些玩具必得在达到严格的安全要求后才可出售给儿童。
3. The toys have to meet strict/ tough safety requirements before they can be sold to children.作为新闻和舆论的载体，广播和电视补充了而不是替代了报纸。
4. Radio and television have supplemented rather than replaced the newspaper as carriers of news and opinion.至于这本杂志，它刊载世界各地许多报纸杂志上文章的摘要。
5. When it comes to this magazine, it is/ carries a digest of articles from many newspapers and magazines around the world.Unit2虽然受到全球金融危机后果的巨大影响，但是我们仍然相信我们能够面对挑战，克服危机。
1.Though greatly affected by the consequences of the global financial crisis, we are still confident that we can face up to the challenge and overcome the crisis.在持续不断的沙尘暴的威胁下，我们被迫离开我们喜爱的村庄，搬迁到新的地方。
2.Under threat of constant sand storms, we were compelled to leave our cherished village and move to the new settlement.根据最近的网上调查，许多消费者说他们也许会有兴趣考虑购买电视广告中播放的产品。
3.According to a recent online survey, a lot of consumers say they may be motivated to consider buying products shown in TV commercials.看到卡车司机把受污染的废弃物倒在河边，老人马上向警方报告。
4.Having spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the river, the old man reported to the police at once.一些科学家坚信人们总有一天会喜欢转基因农作物的，因为它们能够提高产量，帮助发展中国家战胜饥荒和疾病。
5.Some scientists hold to the firm conviction that people will come to like genetically modified crops someday since they can increase yields and help combat hunger and disease in the developing world.Unit3无论是在城市还是在农村，因特网正在改变人们的生活方式。
1. The Internet is changing the way people live, (no matter) whether they are in urban or rural areas.和大公司相比，中小公司更容易受到全球经济危机的威胁。
2.Medium-sized and small companies are more vulnerable to the threat of the global economic crisis than large ones.关于期末论文，教授要求我们先分析失业图表，然后对国家的经济发展提供批评性的见解。
3. With regard to our term paper, the professor asked us to analyze the unemployment chart first, and then provide critical reflections on the nations economic development.他出来也没有想到他们队会以大比分赢得那场篮球赛。
4.It never occurred to him that their team would win the basketball match by a large margin.回顾二十年的中学教学，我把我的成功归结为耐心、才能和对知识的不断追求。
5. Looking back on my twenty years' teaching in high school, I attribute my success to patience, talent, and the constant pursuit of knowledge.Unit4红十字会派遣的志愿人员非常小心地对村里的饮用水进行消毒，以避免爆发瘟疫。
1.The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the drinking water in the village so as to avoid an outbreak of plague.爱因斯坦用了多年时间试图把电磁学理论和引力理论结合起来，但是没有成功2.Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.因其在激发学生创造性想象力方面的出色表现，王教授获得了校长奖。
3.Professor Wang received/won the Presidential Award for his excellence in stimulating students' creative imagination.因存在一些设计上的重大缺陷，董事会没有同意那个经济刺激计划。
4. As there were some major design flaws, the board of directors didn't approve of the economic stimulus package.乔丹意识到没人能给他帮助，终于得出结论他必须面对现实，独自接受挑战。
5.Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan finally came to the conclusion that he had to face reality and take up/meet the challenge by himself.Unit5奶奶想当然地认为粮价要涨，所以买了许多大米。
1.Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.我可以给你引用几个例子来说明她献身科学的精神。
2.I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.20世纪80年代中国一些经济特区开始迅速发展起来。
3.The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in China.两国关系的紧张部分是由最近的间谍事件引起的。
4.Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.彼得已在一家律师事务所当了多年律师。
你可以考虑请他做你的律师，当你需要法律援助时，由他代你行事。
5.Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help.Unit6这座红房子在参天古树的映衬下十分夺目。
1.The red house stands out against the old trees that reach high up to the sky.我的新工作薪酬很高，但是其他方面我并不满意。
2. The salary in / for my new job is great, but for the rest, I’m not satisfied.两条溪流的水在我们村子附近汇合了。
3.The waters of the two streams mingle near our village.我们不应该嘲笑别人的宗教信仰。
4.We should not mock at other people’s religious beliefs.这间房间的窗帘同家具的风格不太协调。
5.The curtains of the room are not quite in tune with the style of the furniture.。
