大学英语4-第二次作业

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大学英语4-第二次作业

作业二

一、单选题

1、- Would you please show me your bankbook?

- _________

A:Sorry, I have no idea.

B:Here you are.

C:Come with me.

D:Yes, I'd like to.

2、-- Did you win the 100 metre race?

-- Yes, I did.

-- Really?

-- _________.

A:Congratulations

B:Best wishes

C:Good luck

D:Right-I'm sorry. Bob is not in his office.

-_________?

A:Can you take a message for me

B:Are you sure for that

C:Would you like to leave a message

D:Can you phone me-I haven't seen Belly for 10 years.

3、

4、- I'm sorry. I lost the key.

- ________

A:Well, it's OK.

B:No, it's all right.

C:You are welcome.

D:You are wrong. 5、- Wow! This is a marvelous room! I've never known you're

so artistic.

- ______

A:Great, I am very art-conscious.

B:Don't mention it.

C:Thanks for your compliments.

D:It's fine.

6、______is the temperature today?

A:What

B:How

C:How many

D:How much

7、I ______ my home work this time yesterday evening.

A:were doing

B:was to do

C:am doing

D:was doing

8、 Had you come five minutes earlier, you ______ the train to

Birmingham. But now you missed it.

A:would catch

B:would have caught

C:could catch

D:should catch

9、Two days is not enough for him to finish the work.He

needs _______ day. A:other

B:the other

C:the third

D:a third

10、A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him___to the door.

A:hurrying B:hurried

C:hurry

D:to hurry

11、--Hi, is Mary there, please?

--_____

A:Hold on. I'll get her.

B:No, she isn't here.

C:Yes, she lives here.

D:Yes, what do you want?

12、Thank you for your nice gifts.

- _____________________

A:I'm glad you like it.

B:No thanks.

C:It's very kind of you.

D:I'm sorry to hear that.

13、--I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me

an A.

--_____

A:Don't worry about it.

B:Congratulations! That's a difficult course.

C:Mr. Brown is very good.

D:Good luck to you!

14、- How often do you go dancing?

-

A:I will go dancing tomorrow.

B:Yesterday.

C:Every other day.

D:I've been dancing for a year.

15、- How was your trip to London, Jane?

- ___________ A:Oh, wonderful indeed.

B:I went there alone.

C:The guide showed me the way.

D:By plane and by bus.

16、I won't make the _______ mistake next time.

A:like

B:same

C:near

D:similar

17、She has been working hard day and night during these

years _______ she could pay for the lost necklace.

A:in order that

B:as long as

C:the moment

D:because

18. — It’s a good idea. But who’s going to _______ the plan?

— I think John and Peter will.

A. carry out

B. get through

C. take in

D. set aside

19、Professor Smith promised to look _______my paper, that

is, to read it carefully before the thesis defense.

A:after

B:over

C:on

D:into

20. We'll hold a sports meeting if it _____rain tomorrow.

A. won't

B. isn't C. doesn't

D. has

二、阅读理解

(一)

No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people

think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the

Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago.

In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have

passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. The Persians

called their dish Sharbat, from which our word sherbet(冰冻果子露) comes.

Marco Polo, an Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth

century, noted that

he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit

juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became

popular, first in Venice and then throughout Italy.

In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the

future King Henry Ⅱof France, she took her cooks with her. They

made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them

was "ice cream". For each day of the wedding festivities(庆祝活动,庆典) Catherine's cooks prepared a different flavor of her

favorite dessert-"ice cream."

At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had

money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco

Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream

at prices people could afford. Procopio's"ice-cream parlor "

became so popular that other shops were opened.

About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England.

He had heard it was popular in Italy and France. He served ice

cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great