大学英语一作业

大学英语一作业

第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

1. —You look nice in white.

—____A______.

A. Thank you

B. No, I am far from it

C. Don’t mention it

D. Not at all

2. —Would you like to go to the party with me?

—______A________.

A. Yes, I’d love to

B. I will not

C. I would not

D. I don’t go

3. —This week, I will travel to Japan.

—______A________.

A. Have a good time!

B. Let me go with you

C. Do you have money?

D. Don’t joke

4. —Do you like apple or banana?

—_____D______.

A. Thank you

B. You are so nice

C. I want oranges

D. Either will do

5. —Thank you for carrying the box for me.

—____B______.

A. Don’t say so

B. That’s my pleasure

C. You are kind to say so

D. That’s all right

第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）

Passage 1

The first Monday in September is Labor Day in the United States. It marks the unofficial end

of summer and a traditional signal that school is about to start.

But now public schools often begin sometime during August. They have different reasons for

starting early.

The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona began classes on August eleventh.

Communications Director Chyrl Hill Lander says the earlier start time makes it possible for

students to take semester（学期） exams before winter vacation in December. She says the school

district also wants to follow a calendar similar to that of the nearby University of Arizona.

Many schools in Virginia still open the day after Labor Day. But the public schools in

Montgomery County, in the southwestern part of Virginia, began classes on August twentieth.

Human Resources Director Mark Pashier says his county has been opening schools in August for

at least the past eight years.

The main reason, he says, is the tests that schoolchildren in Virginia take every spring.

School officials want the students to have the most time to prepare for them -- which means

starting the year before Labor Day.

6. When is the American Labor Day? C

A. September 1st B. May 1st

C. the first Monday in September D. the end of summer

7. Which day shows that a new school semester will begin in America? C

A. September 1st B. The end of summer

C. Labor Day D. The first Monday in September

8. Which of the following statements is the reason why the Tucson Unified School District in

Arizona began classes in August? A

A. The earlier start time enables students to take semester exams before winter vacation.

B. Chyrl Hill Lander thinks it is good for students.

C. Winter vacation is in December.

D. The students have to prepare for the tests.

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A

A. American public schools will start after the American Labor Day.

B. The first Monday of September is the unofficial end of summer in the United States.

C. Not all Public schools in Virginia open after the American Labor Day.

D. Schoolchildren in Virginia will take the tests in spring.

10. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? C

A. Labor Day in the Unites States B. American public schools

C. The start time of American public schools D. Labor Day and American Public schools

Passage2

If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The

weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not

have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the

beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People

have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.

One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and

Bess." He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern United

States. It opens with these words: "Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the

cotton is high." Leontyne Price sings the song.

The nineteen fifties and sixties produced many songs about teenagers enjoying their summer

vacation from school. The songs are about having fun, swimming in the ocean, driving in cars.

However, for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games. Some of them had to

work to earn money.

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11. Why do most Americans like summer? D

A. The weather is warm. B. People do not have to go to schools.