华南理工大学网络教育学院2010-2011学年度第一学期期末考试《大学英语2》模拟题（B卷）I. Use of English (10%)Directions: In this part there are 5 incomplete dialogs. For each dialog there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each dialog.1. —There’s something I’d like to talk to you about, Mr. Smith. ____ B_______.— Yes, would Thursday morning at 10 suit youA) Please come to my office .B) Could you come to my office sometime this weekC) Can you phone me D) Would you like to have dinner with us this evening2. — Oh, welcome! B_____________.— We are sorry for being late. You know, there was a lot of traffic in the street this evening.A) Thanks for your present. B) I’m glad you could come.C) I’ve be en waiting for you all evening. D) Why not come early3. —It’s a great pl easure to have a talk with you.— ___B___________.A) It’s very good of you to say so.B) You are welcome.C) See you.D) It can’t be true.4. —What’s the matter with you, Jim You look pale.— ____B__________.A) Oh, it is well. B) I feel awful today. I d idn’t get any sleep last night.C) Yes, but I don’t care. D) It has nothing to do with you.5. — ______B________.—Oh, please don’t.A) I think you’d better cut down your smoking. B) Would you mind if I smoke hereC) You smoke like a chimney. Smoking might kill you. D) I like smoking.II. Multiple-Choices (10 points)Directions:In each of the following sentences, there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence.1. How can I get it ____B__ to him that this is really importantA) over B) through C) up D) on2. The famous author spent half of his life __B____ this novel.A) to write B) writing C) on write D) on writing3. It took Mike a couple of days to ___D___ out what had happened.A) work B) get C) take D) figure4. Teaching materials _A_____ greatly from school to school in the United States.A) vary B) various C) variety D) different5. Police __C____that there may be further terrorist attacks.A) fearless B) fearful C) fear D) afraid6. The girl I met yesterday __B____ to be one of my sister’s old friends.A) turns off B) turns out C) turn on D) turn over7. The old in the country __D____ taken good care of.A) has B) have C) is D) are8. Anybody will do, __C___ they are responsible for that.A) so far as B) as far as C) as long as D) as soon as9. One of the computers is broken and he’s blaming it ___A___ me.A) on B) to C) for D) at10. — ____D__.—I’m not sure what I’ll do. I hope to watch TV and enjoy myself.A) Will you go on a picnic with us tomorrow B) I have a lot of things to do during the summer break.C) Will you go with us to visit the Great Wall D) What are you going to do during the summer breakIII. Cloze Test (10 points)Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence.Research has found that compulsive spending is more common than previously thought. It is 1. __A______ that in the U.S. alone, about 20 million people suffer from an 2. ____B____ urge to spend, risking their jobs, marriages, families, and finances. The truth is, they would rather shop than 3. __D______ anything else.What is at the 4. _B_______ of the problem 5. ___A_____ to psychiatry (精神病学) professor Donald Black, “Sometimes it is a very pleasurable impulse, and people act on those impulses. Other times, bottled-up anger is the trigger, and shopping is a way of 6. _____A___ the anger.”While 90% of obsessive shoppers are 7. __D______, Black also points 8. ____A____ that many men have the addiction. Male shopaholics (购物狂) are often 9. ______C__ of as “collectors”, buying things like hardware, electronics, and C Ds. Women 10. ____C____ to buy lots of cheaper clothes, along with shoes, jewelry, and make-up.1. A) estimated B) estimates C) estimating D) estimation2. A) controllable B) uncontrollable C) uncountable D) countable3. A) did B) doing C) done D) do4. A) end B) root C) base D) result5. A) According B) Due C) Owing D) Considering6. A) tackle B) destroy C) handling D) dealing7. A) children B) men C) youth D) women8. A) out B) to C) in D) up9. A) supposed B) considered C) thought D) viewed10. A) intend B) attend C) tend D) leanedIV. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions. For each question there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence.Passage 11 Vitamins are a group of substances found in food. The body needs them for life and health. So naturally, many people are concerned with the question: Am I getting enough vitamins, and am I getting the right kind2 Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, that many people have not enough vitamins has some basis. And this has something to do with their diet — the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of foods gets all the vitamins now known to be needed with the possible exception of vitamin D. The problem is that there are many people who don’t choose foods wisely, don’t get enough variety, and don’t eat the basic foods they need to get their v itamins. So the answer to this question is: No extra vitamins are needed, if you eat proper food. In fact, many of the vitamins can not be stored in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even harmful to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be true of vitamin A and D, when large amounts are taken in.3 What foods supply what vitamins Here is a general idea. Vitamin A, for the health of the eyes, skin, teeth, and bones, is found in green vegetables, fruits, eggs, liver and butter. Vitamin B1 which helps the nervous and digestive systems and prevents certain diseases, is found in cereals, pork and liver. Vitamin B2 is found in milk, eggs, green vegetables and meats. Vitamin C, which helps bones and teeth, is found in tomatoes, certainfruits and vegetables. These are only a few of the most important vitamins the body needs.1. Our body needs ___A___ for life and health.A) small amounts of each vitamin B) extra vitaminsC) all vitamins except vitamin D D) large amounts of certain vitamins2. C Vitamin A is needed by___C_ and can be found in ______.A) bones, pork B) nervous system, milkC) eyes, green vegetables D) teeth, meats3. A Vitamin B1 is very important to __A____.A) the digestive system B) bones C) liver D) skin4. What will be the result if you take more vitamins than you really need DA) They will do great harm to our body. B) We get all the vitamins needed.C) Our body will function more properly. D) Our body simply gets rid of them.5. The passage has probably been taken from _B_____.A) a sports magazine B) a journal of medical scienceC) an aged magazine D) a youth journalPassage Two1 Many centuries ago, a group of Jews (犹太人) landed in India and immediately went to the king. They told him that they were lost and wanted to settle in his kingdom.2 In those days any foreigner was viewed with suspicion (怀疑), so the king was hesitant about letting them in. He sent for one glass of milk and one glass of water. He asked the leader of the Jews to taste the milk. Then he poured out some milk and added some water. He asked the leader to taste the milk again and said, “What is the difference in taste”3The leader said, “The second time the milk tastes terrible.” “That is because of the water added to the milk,” said the king.“The water dilutes the milk and spoils its taste. So too your addition (加入) will s poil the kingdom.” The leader of the Jews thought for a moment and asked for another glass of milk. He then added sugar to the milk and asked the king to taste it. “It tastes sweet,” said the king.4The leader of the Jews bowed his head and said, “Oh, ki ng！That is how we would like to live here：as the small amount of sugar which sweetens the large quantity of milk and not as the water which dilutes the milk.” Pleased with him the king granted them perm ission to stay.6. The leader of the Jews went to the king because ___C_____ for life and health.A) they wanted to ask directions B) they wanted to drink some milk C) they wanted to live there D) they wanted to go through the kingdom7. Why was the king hesitant AA) Because he was suspicious of the foreigners.B) Because in those days any foreigner was viewed as a bad guy.C) Because he thought the Jews would rob them of their milk.D) Because Jews were not trusty.8. The king asked the leader of the Jews to taste the milk added with water just to show that __B______.A) the taste was terrible B) if the Jews joined them, they would destroy the countryC) the taste was different from the pure milk D) the taste was sweet9. The underlined word “dilutes” means _____D___.A) reduce B) weaken C) make less delicious D) make (a liquid) thinner by adding another liquid such as water10. The passage implies that the leader of the Jews was ____B____.A) humorous B) witty C) foolish D) unbelievablePassage Three1 Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning Do you sometimes oversleep Are you often late for work or school Yes Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a special bed for you. Hiroyuki’s bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works:2 The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music or other pleasant sounds. A few minutes later, a second recording plays. The second recording can be loud music or unpleasant sounds. If you don’t get up after the second recording, you’ll be sorry. A mechanical “foot” is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks yo u in the head. Then the bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly, the top of the bed rises hi gher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally, the bed is vertical. You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are awake and out of bed.3 Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to win a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years, Honda has a contest—the “All Honda Idea Contest”. In 1996 Hiroyuki won a prize for his bed.11. The purpose of the passage is ____A____.A) to introduce a special bed B) to tell a storyC) to wake somebody up D) to praise Hiroyuki12. What does the special bed do first in the morning DA) Its tape recorder plays soft music. B) Its tape recorder plays loud music. C) It kicks you in the head. D) Its alarm clock rings.13. If you don’t wake up after the clock rings, what will ha ppen CA) The mechanica l “foot” kicks you in the head. B) The bed becomes vertical and you slide off the bed.C) The tape recorder plays pleasant sounds. D) You will be late for work.14. Why did Hiroyuki make such a special bed AA) Because he wanted to win the contest held by his company. B) Because he was good at inventing new things.C) Because he wanted to make money. D) Because he sometimes overslept.15. Who is Hiroyuki BA) A scientist. B) A company worker. C) An inventor. D) A carpenter.Passage 41 Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we deny this same right to our children. We tell them that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but top performance will meet with our approval.2 When I see a child subject to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie, my youngest third-grader，he was a shy, nervous perfectionist. His fear of failure kept him from classroom games that other children played with joyous abandon. He seldom answered questions — he might be wrong. Written assignments, especially math, reduced him to nail-biting frustration. He seldom finished his work because he repeatedly checked with me to be sure he hadn't made a mistake3 I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, adored her. But even enthusiastic, loving Mary was baffled by this little boy who feared of making mistake.4 Then one morning we were working math problems at the blackboard. Donnie had copied the problems with painstaking neatness and filled in answers for the first row. Pleased with his progress, I left the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in tears. He'd missed the third problem.5 Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face brightened. From the desk we shared, she got a canister of pencils.6“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently lifting the tear-stained face from his arms. She placed the pencils on his desk. “See these pencils, Donnie” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are worn That's because we make mistakes too, lots of them. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you must learn to do, too.”7She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one pencil to you so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and just a glimmer of a smile.8The pencil became Donnie’s prize. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement and unfailing praise for even Donnie’s small successes, gradually persuaded him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.16. In the author’s opinion, we should consider failures _C_______.A) a shame可耻的 B) mistakes错误的 C) acceptable可接受的 D) accessible方便的17. Donnie is a perfectionist, which means he __A______.A) cannot afford any mistakes B) often makes mistakes C) is always perfect D) seldom makes any mistakes18. Mary Anne was puzzled by Donnie because __D______.A) he bit his nails B) he adored her C) he made mistakes in math problems D) his fear of making mistakes19. Mary changed Donnie after ___A_____.A) giving him a pencil B) kneeling beside him and lifting his face from his armsC) persuading hi m that it’s ok to make mistakes D) erasing his mistakes20. This article tells us that __D______.A) the influence of a teacher is important to a student老师的影响是重要的一个学生B) there are growing pains in a student’s life这是一个学生的生命成长的烦恼C) you should erase your mistakes and try again你应该删除你的错误并再次尝试D) making mistakes is not such a big deal, as long as you try again 犯错并不是什么大不了的，只要你再试试。
