大学英语泛读试卷B

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试卷代码：曲靖师范学院2010─2011学年第一学期英语专业、0312、0313班《阅读1》期末考试试卷(B 卷)任课教师：杨乐、李丹、闫凌系（室）主任：（签字）注意：1．本试卷共10页，请考生仔细检查，有错、漏、破烂及时报告监考教师更换。

2．考生班级、学号和姓名必须写在指定地点。

3．考试形式：闭卷，考试时间120分钟。

Part I Multiple Choices （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）Directions : There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 1. ________ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.A. Being publishedB. PublishedC. PublishingD. To be published2. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner ________ at the very moment of the crash. A. should have died B. must be dying C. must have died D. ought to die3. We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came ________ view. A. from B. in C. before D. into4. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, ________ was to be expected. A. that B. what C. so D. as5. The ________ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------A. jointB. intensiveC. overallD. decisive6.________ the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for many years not felt any population pressure.A. Thanks toB. By means ofC. In line withD. With regard to7. ________ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.A. Much asB. Only ifC. If onlyD. As much8. When I go out in the evening I use the bike ________ the car if I can.A. rather thanB. regardless ofC. in spite ofD. other than9. It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios ________ after 11 o’clock at night.A. were not playedB. not to playC. not be playedD. did not play10. ________ the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time.A. But forB. In case ofC. In spite ofD. Because of11. I have kept that portrait ________ I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my university days in London.A. whichB. whereC. whetherD. when12. If I had remembered ________ the window, the thief would not have got in.A. to closeB. closingC. to have closedD. having closed13. It’s reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory ________ by about 10%.A. will have risenB. has risenC. will be risingD. has been rising14. In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are ________ enough to get into universities.A. ambitiousB. fortunateC. aggressiveD.substantial15. She had a tense expression on her face, ________ she were expecting trouble.A. even thoughB. as thoughC. even asD. now that（阅读1）·第 3 页共 16 页Part II Word Match （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）Directions : Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five words.1. negotiation a. a group of people selected to do something special2. committee b. not simple; complicated3. tentative c. unpleasant4. Sophisticated d. discussion aimed at reaching an agreement5. offensive e. not certain6. conceive f. connect7. legal g. lack of what is needed 8. associate h. become pregnant 9. deficiency i. marvelous 10. spectacular j. allowed by law11. faithful k. almost; nearly; 12. virtually l. lonely13. alleviate m. true to somebody14. solitary n. make less hard to bear; relieve15. survey o. look at, examine (a person, place, or condition) as a wholePart III Sentence Completion （共10题，每题1分，共10分）Directions : Fill in each of the blanks with the given word in its proper form.1. I was so ________ at the sight of a snake crawling in the grass near my feet. (frighten)2. Lincoln had many of the qualities of _________ that American admire. (lead)3. The _______ power of an engine can be measured by a dynamometer. (effect)4. To run away at the first sight of danger is a _______ action. (coward)5. The medicine is ________ if taken in large quantities. (poison)6. The judge would give _______ to his decision when new evidence came to light. (consider)7. My father cannot read and write; he is _______. (literate)8. The boy's answer seemed to come from the _________. (conscious) 9. On that sea trip, he was quite _______ and threw up. (sick, sea)10. In the United States , a ________ is empowered to serve as president in the latter's absence or disability. (president)Part Ⅳ Cloze （共10空，每空1分，满分10分）Directions : In this part, there are ten blanks in the passage, choose one word for each blank from the list below. Write down the answer on the Answer sheet .logical playing birthday wonderful mental sense lived brother paid spend honest alone memory affect degreeSigmund Freud, the world-famous doctor of Vienna, was a thinker who changed the way we look at mental trouble. He also had a 1 of humor.Once, at his 70th birthday party, a relative asked Freud if he could put his work into simple words. “Well ,” said the Professor, “we take the patient out of his 2 trouble, and return him to the common misery.”Freud had three sisters. They had never married. They each 3 in a small apartment. Freud and his brother 4 the sisters ’ bills. The sisters lived simply. The brother asked Uncle Sigi, as Freud was called in his large family, if the sisters could live together. “It ’s班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------（阅读1）·第 5 页共 16 页logical,” said the 5 , “It would save money.”Freud said, “Yes, it ’s 6 , but it wouldn ’t be psychological.” The sisters kept their own apartments, and the idea was dropped.Freud was a devoted son. His mother used to 7 her summers in Ischl, a small mountain town in Austria. The Emperor Franz Josef used to spend his summers in Ischl, too.Grandma Freud, as she was called by the family, used to sit at the window and watch the crowds on Main Street. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. The band was 8 _ a lively tune. The old lady ’s memory must have failed her. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the Emperor ’s 9 . The Professor told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday.” She believed him and had a 10 day.Part Ⅴ Reading Comprehension （共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分）Directions : There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:A fire drill is, to put it mildly, an inconvenient exercise at the best of times. A fire drill at 2:00 in the morning in terrible weather conditions, like the one we had on Thursday night and Friday morning last, is incomparably more inconvenient. This is why writing this note to thank you all most sincerely for your excellent co-operation and the spirit with which you endured the inconvenience.A fire drill is not an idle exercise. It is an extremely serious one and can, in fact, save lives in the long run. Last week’ f ire drill has already revealed a number of important things regarding班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------fire precautions in the Hall. For instance, there seem to exit a number of “deaf spots” in the Hall, namely, the two rooms in Purser House and some rooms in the Bottom corridor. I have no reason to doubt that residents from these areas could not hear the alarm. I shall request an immediate examination of this problem.I should, also, remind you that it is a requirement that fire drills should be regularly carried out (at least two in every one year)and each resident should be made fully aware of this and obliged to take part. All residents must take fire precautions with the seriousness they deserve. Failure to do so can result bin fines and expulsion(驱逐)from the Hall. Thank you again for your co-operation.1. The last fire drill caused much more inconvenience because_________.A. it was in bad weatherB. there were “deaf spots”C. a big fire startedD. it was at the weekend2. The phrase “in the long run” (L.2, Part.2) means_________.A. effectivelyB. endlesslyC. eventuallyD. efficiently3. Some people did not make their appearance at the last drill because_______.A. they were deafB. they could not hear the alarmC. nobody waked them upD. they refused to leave their rooms4. A fire drill is extremely important according to the writer for_________.A. it is a good physical exerciseB. it cultivates people’s enduranceC. it is a legal requirementD. it can save lives in case of a fire5. Which of the following was NOT stated by the author?A. A fire drill is very important and useful.B. The last fire drill received inactive co-operation from the residents.C. Those who do not take fire precautions will be fined and driven out.D. It has been made a rule that fire drills will be performed regularly.Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passageAccidents are caused; they don’t just happen. The reason may be easy to see: a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the misfortune—frustration, tiredness or just bad temper—that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.By definition, an accident is something you can not predict or avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness.It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety precautions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are injured from work due to accidents. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgment—noise and fatigue, boredom or worries are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.6. The passage suggests that________.A. Accidents are usually caused by psychological factors.B. Accidents mostly result from slippery roads.C. Drinkers run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories.D. About 50 000people lose their lives at work in Britain every day.（阅读1）·第7 页共16 页7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor of accidents?A. Mood.B. Tiredness.C. CarelessnessD. Weather8. The wo rd “accidents-prone” (L.2 Para.2) means________.A. likely to have accidentsB. injured in accidentsC. possible to die in accidentsD. responsible for road accidents9. What can we infer about the author’ opinion of accidents?A. Safety precautions are of little use in accidents.B. Many accidents can and should be avoided.C. Factory accidents, unlike road accidents, are inevitable.D. Most road accidents are caused by just a few careless drivers.10. The best title for the passage would be __________.A. Accidents and AnxietyB. How to Deal with Accidents on Road and in FactoriesC. Human Factors in AccidentsD. How to Prevent Accidents on Road and in FactoriesPassage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆). Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The dowry was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to with hold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, and more than just a right; the documents show that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case do the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.The wife shared in the manage ment of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite班级____________________学号____________________姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------（阅读1）·第 9 页共 16 页was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, with the context of the family, a powerful economic position.11. Originally, the purpose of a dowry is to ____.A. give a woman the right to receive all her husband’s propertyB. help a woman to enjoy a higher position in the familyC. protect a woman against the risk of desertionD. both A and C12. According to the passage, the legal status of the wife in marriage was ____. A. higher than that of a single woman B. higher than that of her husband C. lower than that of her husband D. the same as that of her husband13. Why does the author give us the example of Maria Vivas? ____A. To show that the wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property.B. To show that the wife can defend her own inheritance.C. To prove that women have powerful position.D. To illustrate how women win her property.14. The compensation Maria Vivas got for the field is ____.班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------A. some of the land Miro had inheritedB. a tenth of Miro’s landC. money for household expensesD. money from Miro’s inheritance15. The author’s attitude towards Maria Vivas is ____.A. sympatheticB. disapprovalC. indifferentD. objectivePassage 4Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:Is language, like food, a basic human need? Judging from the result of the violent experiment by a German King, Frederick II, in the 13th century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent.All the infants died before the first year. But clearly there was more than language deprivation here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected.Today no much violent deprivation exists as that by Frederick II. Nevertheless, some children are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to map up language rapidly. There are critical times, it seems, when children learn more readily. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring language skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again.Linguists (语言学家) suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ.Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the capacity to speak. What is special about Man’s brain compared wit h that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables achild to connect the sight and feel of , say, a teddy-bear(玩具熊)with the sound pattern “teddy-bear”.But speech has to be stimulated, and this depends on interaction between the mother and the ch ild, where the mother recognizes the signals in the child’s babbling(牙牙学语), grasping, crying, smiling, and responds to them. Insensitivity of the mother to these signals dulls the interaction because the child gets discouraged and sends out only the obvious signals. Sensitivity to the child’s non-verbal signals is essential to the growth and development language.16. Frederick II’s experiment was violent because_________.A. he wanted to prove children are born with ability to speakB. he ignored the importance of mothering to the infantC. he was unkind to the nurseD. he wanted his nurses to say no mother tongue17. The reason some children are backward in speaking today that_________.A. their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speakB. their mothers are not intelligent enough to help themC. they do not listen carefully to their mothersD. their brains have to absorb too much language at once.18. By “critical times” in Paragraph 3 the author means__________.A. difficult periods in the child’s l ifeB. moments when the child becomes critical to its motherC. important stages in the child’s developmentD. times when mothers often neglect their children19. Which of the following in NOT implied in the passage?A. Ability to learn to speak a language is inborn in manB. Children do not need to be encouraged to learn to speakC. Early language starters are not necessarily highly intelligent（阅读1）·第11 页共16 页D. Most children learn their language in definite stages20. If the mother does not respond to her child’s signa ls_________.A. the child will never be able to speak properlyB. the child will stop giving out signalsC. the child will invent a language of his ownD. the child will make little effort to speakPassage 5Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Ask Steveland Morris and he’ll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely and totally with sight in 1950. He became Steve Wonder ----- composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie s widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the music world.As a child, Stevie learned not to think about things he could not do, but to concentrate on the thing that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also help him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound. He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment , he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica (口琴), and listened to the radio.Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir and the leading singer. In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches of neighbor’shomes.班级____________________学号____________________姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------（阅读1）·第 13 页共 16 页One of Stevie sessions was overhead by Ronnie White, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie’s talent and took him to audition (试演) for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recoding company known as Motown. Stevie recorded his first smash hit “Fingertips” in 1962 at age 12, and the rest of Stevie’s story is music history.21. This passage could be entitled _____.A. The Music WorldB. Stevie WonderC. Great MusiciansD. Blind People22. Which of the following is NOT true about Stevie’s childhood? A. Stevie used to tell people that a blind people is not necessarily disabled. B. He learnt to concentrate on things that he could do.C. He played as often as possible with his brothers, who had normal sight.D. He tried very hard to train his sense of hearing.23. BY saying” Stevie soon graduated from toy instrument to real instruments,” the author means that _____.A. Stevie finished his study at a toy instruments schoolB. Stevie began to study in a real instruments schoolC. Stevie gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instrumentsD. Stevie started to play real instruments24. The author mentions all the following facts EXCEPT that _____. A. Stevie’s neighbor could often enjoy his playing and singingB. It was Ronnie White that recognized Stevie’s talent and let him to a successful careerC. Berry Gordy helped him to set up his own recording companyD. Stevie’s parents played a very important part in training his sense of hearing 25. The “Fingertips” _______.班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------A. recorded Stevie’s musical performance that won him instant fameB. was a record that turn out to be a great successC. carried the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertipsD. all of the above（阅读1）·第 15 页共 16 页Answer SheetPart I Multiple Choices （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1-5: _______________ 6-10: _______________ 11-15: _____________Part II Word Match （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1-5: 6-10: 11-15:Part III Blank-filling （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）1. _____________2. ___________3. ____________4. ___________5._____________6. ___________7. ____________8. ____________9. ____________ 10.___________Part Ⅳ Cloze （共10空，每空1分，满分10分）1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________6. ________7. ________8. ________9. ________ 10. ________Part Ⅴ Reading Comprehension （共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分）1-5: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 6-10: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 11-15: _____ ______ ______ ______ ______16-20: _____ ______ ______ ______ ______21-25: _____ ______ ______ ______ ______班级____________________ 学号____________________ 姓名____________________ ----------------------------------------密----------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线--------------------------------。

大学英语b考试题及答案解析

大学英语b考试题及答案解析大学英语B考试题及答案解析一、听力理解（共20分）1. A) 根据对话内容，选择正确答案。

A) Yes, he is.B) No, he isn’t.C) I don’t know.[录音内容]- Person 1: Is Tom going to the party tonight?- Person 2: Yes, he is.[答案] A) Yes, he is.2. B) 根据对话内容，选择正确答案。

A) She will go shopping.B) She will go to the cinema.C) She will stay at home.[录音内容]- Person 1: What are you going to do tonight?- Person 2: I’m going to the cinema.[答案] B) She will go to the cinema.[解析] 听力理解部分要求考生根据听到的对话或短文内容，快速准确地选择正确答案。

在练习时，考生应注意提高听力速度和理解能力。

二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

[短文内容]In recent years, the number of international students in the United States has been increasing steadily. This trend is attributed to the high quality of education and the diverse cultural environment.A) The number of international students is decreasing.B) The United States offers high-quality education.C) The cultural environment in the United States is not diverse.[答案] B) The United States offers high-quality education.2. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

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大学英语泛读教程4(第三版)期中期末试卷Reading Master 1_Midterm Exam B

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The manager asked me to ______ a sick staff member so I was paid for overtime work.a. take onb. drum upc. fill in ford. clock out9. The department store ______ its fall season with a huge sale and prizes for customers.a. set upb. teed offc. knocked outd. kicked off10. Fitness experts agree that you should always do ______ exercises before doing a full work out.a. take partb. warm upc. try outd. pull ahead11. The students were ______ that the teacher was about to give them a surprise quiz.a. unawareb. unidentifiedc. unconvincingd. unsophisticated12. It was a ______ moment as the entire court room waited for the judge to announce his decision.a. amazingb. identifyingc. awared. tense13. Although Santa Claus is not real, he is a(n) ______ of kindness and generosity duringChristmas season.a. cueb. languagec. cousind. symbol14. The president ______ herself calmly as she addressed the nation on TV to announce herretirement.a. tensedb. conductedc. recognizedd. copied15. 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She may never work again; if she does, she says that she will take small temporary jobs.Some people, on the contrary, have quit jobs that were boring or meaningless to them. An office employee who has been pushing papers (has been doing paperwork) for years may start wondering whether those papers are achieving anything. An engineer in a large company, aware that he could be replaced by any man with the same training, may come to feel unimportant as an individual. Such people leave their work in the hope of finding stronger interests and a sense of personal worth.There are also people who leave their work to fulfill an old dream, such as writing books, painting, sailing to remote islands, or growing fruit trees. An army officer left the service at thirty-eight to build doll houses, and another one, who had always been interested in archaeology,（考古学）did the same at forty-five to dig ancient Indian sites. His wife was delighted-instead of keeping house, she was going to satisfy her own dream of learning to make paper.But most of the men and women who drop out of the working world have no special interest and no desire to take up any occupation. They want only to enjoy their freedom, their independence, and their leisure. No more rushing to catch a morning train, no more commuter（通勤者）traffic, no more anxiety to please a boss, no more meetings, no more obligations to behave and dress according to the rules. This endless vacation does not necessarily bring happiness; many of those who have chosen it as a style of life admit that leisure, too, can become boring. But they still prefer it to their former existence(But they like it more than working for a living). The main problem remains the lack of financial security, for, with few exceptions, the "dropouts"（退出世俗社会的人）are not wealthy. And so they survive by selling their possessions, by borrowing from friends and family, and by taking an odd job(a small temporary job) now and then for a short time when it becomes absolutely necessary.Sam would never have understood their attitude. In the first place, he had never been unhappy with his occupation, and he had never felt any conflict between his work and his personal life. Neither had he ever dreamed of doing anything but selling groceries and chatting with Fred. And there was yet another factor. Today's dropouts can always find some small job to do when they are in need of money, or perhaps they can get unemployment compensation（补偿）from the government for a while. But Sam had lived through the 1930s, when work of any type was almost impossible to find. In those days a job, no matter how unpleasant or poorly paid, was a man's most precious possession. Losing it was a disaster; not looking for another one, a shame. 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Reading Comprehension(A)Directions: Read the following excerpt from Elon Musk’s Mission to Mars and answer the questions that follow.Elon Musk has a mission, and any time the South African-born entrepreneur sets out to do something, he usually ends up achieving his goal. Musk started out as a tech wiz before he had even hit his teens, designing a video game at the tender age of 12 years old.However, Musk sees this success as just the beginning. He is on the record as saying he will send humans to Mars within the next 20 years. The first stage will be to land on the Red Planet with a modified Dragon, which would include a rover that will engage in a fact-finding mission. The rover would search for signs of life – past and present – and take samples from the surface of Mars in an attempt to better ascertain the habitability of the planet. This would lay the ground for future manned missions. Long-term, Musk believes that humans will be able to colonize Mars and he is already working on plans to make this dream a reality. Musk is known for keeping the press and public guessing as to what his next move might be and has been tight-lipped about his exact scheme for getting a population of 80,000 people onto the surface of Mars. However, he has dropped hints that a huge reusable rocket would be used and that the pioneering colonists would bring a lot of vital equipment with them. This would include the technology to produce fertilizer for food and oxygen from the carbon dioxide that comprises over 95 percent of the atmosphere on Mars.43. Which word best describes Elon Musk prior to becoming an entrepreneur?a. Explorer.b. Software designer.c. Engineer.d. Businessperson.44. What is Elon Musk’s future goal?a. To travel to Mars himself.b. To create video games about Mars.c. To get large populations to Mars.d. To plan a return trip to Mars.45. According to the excerpt, how might people be able to live on Mars?a. The rover will find food.b. Astronauts will bring enough food the first time.c. People will grow it using the equipment available.d. No information is given.46. The word scheme is closest in meaning to which of the following?a. Wiz.b. Colony.c. Hint.d. Plan.(B)Directions: Read the following excerpt from James Cameron: Into the Abyss and answer the questions that follow.The submarine’s tools included a variety of gauges to measure temperature, pressure and salinity – the amount of salt in the waters – as well a device for collecting sediment samples. The Deepsea Challenger was also equipped with a “slurp gun” for sucking up small marine animals. Unfortunately, this contraption malfunctioned, meaning that Cameron was not able to bring any of the creatures he observed back to the surface. However, the video he shot has revealed at least two previously unrecorded species that have generated excitement among marine biologists. One was a kind of sea cucumber that appears to exist in large numbers on the ocean floor, and the other was a strange, squid-like worm. Also captured on camera were giant amoebas – single cell organisms, which remain poorly understood by science. Overall, what has excited biologists is the apparent abundance and diversity that exists at the bottom of the ocean. It is hoped that future exploration and discoveries will give us a better understanding of the conditions in which life can survive or even thrive.47. What would best describe the main idea of the paragraph?a. A deep swim.b. A new discovery.c. An exploration.d. A contraption.48. What problem was encountered?a. The submarine failed.b. Some equipment failed.c. Scientists failed to see life.d. There was too much salinity in the water.49. What were scientists able to view that they hadn’t previously?a. A slurp gun.b. An amoeba.c. A strange worm.d. All of the above.50. Which of the following is closest in meaning to abundance?a. Plenty.b. Species.c. Condition.d. Captured.。

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大學英語泛讀期末考試試題( B )(1)( 1 )When young people get their first real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can't be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world.Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts in a crisis. Perhaps even more important, you will be able to see what is his approach to day-to-day situations.While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations. By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits.1. The young people just graduated from school may not behave well in the working world, because _____.A. what they learned in university classes is not adequate for their new lifeB. they are not well educatedC. the society is too complicated to adapt toD. they failed to work hard at school2. In the last line of the first paragraph, the word "arise" means _____.A. bring aboutB. come into beingC. occur toD. cause to happen3. The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is _____.A. to find a worker and follow him closelyB. to find a person you admire and make friends with himC. to find a person you respect and watch carefully how he acts in different situationsD. to make the acquaintance of a model you admire4. In the last line of the second paragraph, the word "approach" means_____.A. means of enteringB. speaking to someone for the first timeC. way of coming nearer toD. manner of doing something5. The passage could be best entitled _____.A. "Learn from a Model"B. "Learn, Learn and Learn Again"C. "Learn Forever"D. "One Is Never Too Old to Learn" ( 2 )The first English window was just a slit in the wall. It was cut long, so that it would let in as much light as possible, and narrow, to keep out the bad weather. However, the slit let in more wind than light. This is why it was called "the wind's eye." The word window itself comes from two Old Norse words for wind and eye.Before windows were used, the ancient halls and castles of northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their great rooms were high, with only a hole in the roof to let out the smoke from torches and cooking fires.As time went on, people wanted more light and air in their homes. They made the wind's eyes wider so as to admit air and light. They stretched canvas of tapestry across them to keep out the weather.1. The first window was a _____.A. large hole in the wallB. hole covered with canvasC. slit in the wallD. slit with a piece of paper over it2. The word window meant _____.A. opening to look throughB. light givenC. windD. wind's eye3. The window got its name because it _____.A. kept out the windB. blew out the smokeC. let in more wind than lightD. let in mostly light4. In the ancient castles, smoke went out through _____.A. the windowsB. the doorsC. the chimneyD. a hole in the roof5. It seems true that the larger, canvas-covered windows _____.A. were not as good as the first windowsB. let in more light and kept out more windC. did not let any air inD. were as good as today's windows( 3 )It was once believed that a person was in great danger when he sneezed-people imagined that the soul could escape from the body at the moment of sneezing. "God bless you" was a prayer for assistance in keeping the soul where it belonged.The German word Gesundheit (good health) is a variation of this prayer; the Irish deiseal and the Italian felicita are similar prayers. The Hindus say a word that means "live," and when a Mohammedan sneezes, he praises God.The Zulus of South Africa, far from being afraid of sneezes, believe that a sneeze signifies a friendly spirit's blessing. Whenever a child sneezes, they shout "Grow!" hoping the friendly spirit that stimulated the sneeze will help the child grow tall and strong. The ancient Hebrews also believed that a sneeze was good-a sneeze indicates life; the dead never sneeze.The Japanese say that if you sneeze once, someone is saying good things about you; if you sneeze twice, bad things are being said about you; if you sneeze three times, you have caught a cold.1. People once thought that anyone who sneezed was _____.A. sickB. in dangerC. in good healthD. evil2. "God bless you" was said in order to _____.A. make children grow tall and strongB. insure good healthC. keep the soul in the bodyD. prevent someone from saying evil things about the sneezer3. Gesundheit is a sneezing prayer most like _____.A. the Zulu prayerB. "God bless you"C. the Japanese prayerD. a warning4. The Zulus believe that sneezing is caused by _____.A. a good spiritB. a bad spiritC. illnessD. children5. It would be reasonable to conclude that _____.A. many people say prayers when they sneezeB. a prayer keeps the soul where it belongsC. all peoples were afraid of sneezesD. the moment of sneezing is very dangerous( 4 )Brenda Linson never goes anywhere without an empty spectacles case. It is as vital to her as her purse. Yet, she doesn't wear glasses. The reason she can't do without it is that she can't read and she can't write. If ever she gets into any situation where she might be expected to do either of these things, she fishes around in her bag for the specs case, finds it's empty, and asks the person concerned to do the reading for her. Until a few months ago hardly anybody knew about her problem. Her husband didn't know and her children didn't know. The children still don't.She had any number of tactics for hiding her difficulty-for example, never lingering near a phone at work, in case she had to answer it and might be required to write something down.It has never occurred to the children that their mother cannot read. She doesn't read them stories, but then their father doesn't either, so they find nothing surprising in the fact. Similarly they just accept that Dad is the one who writes the sick notes and reads the school reports. Now that the elder boy Tom is quite a proficient reader, Brenda can skillfully get him to read any notes brought home from school simply by asking, "What's that all about, then?"Brenda's husband never guessed the truth in ten years of marriage. For one thing, he insists on handling all domestic correspondence and bills himself. A salesman for a large company, he travels a great deal and so is not around so much to spot the truth. While he's away Brenda copes with any situations by explaining that she can't do anything until she's discussed it with her husband. Brenda was very successful in her job until recently. For the last five years she had worked as waitress at an expensive restaurant, and had eventually been promoted to head waitress. She kept the thing a secret there too, and got over the practical difficulties somehow.1. Brenda carries an empty spectacles case wherever she goes because_____.A. she is always so forgetfulB. she uses it as a purseC. it may provide her with an excuseD. she wishes to look like an educated woman2. The word "fish" in the first paragraph means _____.A. searchB. pretendC. examineD. touch3. Brenda's children have never found out about her problem as _____.A. she isn't often at homeB. they are too young to guess the truthC. they find it normal to ask their father for everythingD. they think it natural that short-sighted people like their mother don't do much reading or writing4. What most probably made Brenda try hard to hide her difficulty?A. Her desire to be successful in her job.B. Her fear of losing face.C. Her deceitful nature.D. Both A and B5. Of the following suggested titles, which is the most appropriate?A. Brenda and Her FamilyB. A Woman Who Doesn't Wear GlassesC. A Woman with an Empty Specs CaseD. The Miserable Life of a Waitress( 5 )George's case is not unique. In the last fifteen or twenty years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to drop out of the working world to try a different kind of life. Most of them are in their thirties and forties, often well educated, although all ages and backgrounds can be found among them. A variety of reasons have led them to give up their work and the security it provided. Some, like George, have given up a career that was demanding too much from them. Others couldn't stand the pressure and the competition. A thirty-five-year-old woman, who had a high position in her company, decided to leave when she found herself suffering from allergies that made her life miserable. She had two children and no savings; but even her anxiety about the future couldn't spoil her feeling of relief and her new peace of mind. Her health improved. She may never work again; if she does, she says that she will take small temporary jobs.Some people, on the contrary, have quit jobs that were boring or meaningless to them. An office employee who has been pushing papers (has been doing paperwork) for years may start wondering whether those papers are achieving anything. An engineer in a large company, aware that he could be replaced by any man with the same training, may come to feel unimportant as an individual. Such people leave their work in the hope of finding stronger interests and a sense of personal worth.There are also people who leave their work to fulfill an old dream, such as writing books, painting, sailing to remote islands, orgrowing fruit trees. An army officer left the service at thirty-eight to build doll houses, and another one, who had always been interested in archaeology,（考古學）did the same at forty-five to dig ancient Indian sites. His wife was delighted-instead of keeping house, she was going to satisfy her own dream of learning to make paper.But most of the men and women who drop out of the working world have no special interest and no desire to take up any occupation. They want only to enjoy their freedom, their independence, and their leisure. No more rushing to catch a morning train, no more commuter（通勤者）traffic, no more anxiety to please a boss, no more meetings, no more obligations to behave and dress according to the rules. This endless vacation does not necessarily bring happiness; many of those who have chosen it as a style of life admit that leisure, too, can become boring. But they still prefer it to their former existence(But they like it more than working for a living). The main problem remains the lack of financial security, for, with few exceptions, the "dropouts"（退出世俗社會の人）are not wealthy. And so they survive by selling their possessions, by borrowing from friends and family, and by taking an odd job(a small temporary job) now and then for a short time when it becomes absolutely necessary.Sam would never have understood their attitude. In the first place, he had never been unhappy with his occupation, and he had never felt any conflict between his work and his personal life. Neither had he ever dreamed of doing anything but selling groceries and chatting with Fred. And there was yet another factor. Today's dropouts can always find some small job to do when they are in need of money, or perhaps they can get unemployment compensation（補償）from the government for a while. But Sam had lived through the 1930s, when work of any type was almost impossible to find. In those days a job, no matter how unpleasant or poorly paid, was a man's most precious possession. Losing it was a disaster; not looking for another one, a shame. As for not wanting to work at all, it was unthinkable, for society was not used to loafers（流浪者）then. A nonworking family man would have lost the respect of his friends and his place in the community of responsible men.George might have tried to explain to his father the new point of view, to tell him that people have a right to be free, independent, and to watch birds all day if they want to. But he would not have convinced Sam, for whom independence and leisure were luxuries that had to be deserved through hard work. Sam himself had enjoyed a vacation once in a while, and he had been happy to rest in the sun without his tie. But that was only because, having earned his fun, he could enjoy it with a good conscience（良心）.It would have shocked Sam to learn that those "shameless" people who choose to live in unearned idleness （懶惰）have a good conscience too.1. In the last fifteen or twenty years, people like George have chosento drop out of the working world because _____.A. they have earned enough money to spend for the rest of their livesB. they are not well paid at workC. they want to live a more leisurely lifeD. all of them have work that is too demanding2. After leaving her position the thirty-five-year-old woman felt _____.A. relieved and peaceful, though worried about her securityB. bored, without friends and companionsC. that she needed another jobD. the pressures and burdens of life3. According to the text, people would probably not drop out of the work force if they _____.A. often worry about their workB. work without any complaintsC. find it very easy to do their jobsD. don't mind being controlled by others4. According to Sam, a man's value lies in _____.A. reaching a higher position in societyB. enjoying full freedom and independenceC. working hard and having a good relationship with his communityD. earning money and sending his children to colleges and universities5. Which of the following statements might cause Sam and George to argue?A. To be either a shopkeeper or a geologist will give one satisfaction.B. Happiness can be obtained only through hard work.C. Dropouts live a happier life than anyone else.D. Dropouts live a miserable life if they have no financial security.01級泛讀期末試題(B 卷)1、fill in the brackets with the words given below the passage.Kenneth and Isabel were both South African –born . They got married in London . When they (1) by ship at their homeland ,their entry was barred when the immigration (2) found that Kenneth was (3) The offical began to (4) them . When asked about the reasons (5) their (6) , Kenneth simply replied that they came (7) because they were South Africans. The senior offical had to (8) them to proceed but he warned them that they would be committing a crime if they (9) together . This shows that the law in South Africa forbids a (10) between the white and the coloured .Given words:[A ] for [B] question [C] colored [D] returning [E] officals [F] arrived [G] marriage [H] lived[I] allow [J] back2、Choose the best answer to each question。

大学英语泛读教程4（第三版）期中期末试卷ReadingMaster1_FinalExamB

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Scientists have calculated that of the billions of stars in the ______, there must be millions of life forms.a. colleagueb. universec. theoryd. decade8. In many Latin American countries you can buy ______ leather bags that are very high in quality.a. genuineb. imaginaryc. marined. elusive9. The ______ in the story of The Wizard of Oz is the wicked witch of the west.a. villainb. copc. kidnapperd. victim10. After investigating the UFO ______, the government still would not confirm nor deny we had been visited by aliens.a. amusementb. arrestc. incidentd. burglar11. The years I spent in my grandpa’s care were ______ the happiest of my childhood.a. rapidlyb. horizontallyc. undoubtedlyd. majorly12. Although Officer White was ______, he still carried a gun with him at all times.a. warmed upb. off dutyc. arrestedd. tucked in13. The police ______ all the main highway entrances to the city so they could check cars for bombs.a. barricadedb. impersonatedc. dozedd. arrested14. Although recent advances in medicine have effectively treated cancer, an actual cure remains ______.a. extinctb. elusivec. affectionated. genuine15. The Gold Coast of Australia is known for its underwater beauty and abundant ______ life.a. elusiveb. enormousc. imaginaryd. marine16. In the near future most houses will have the ability to absorb ______ energy and change it into electricity.a. high-techb. fascinatingc. automatedd. solar17. Sweet and sour pork is a(n) ______ and traditional Chinese dish.a. roastedb. savoryc. cuted. historic18. Since humans have ______ so much of the world’s oil supply, they need to look for alternative resources.a. consumedb. raisedc. roastedd. reacted19. The fire fighters arrived at the car accident and found that there were still two people trappedinside the ______.a. vehicleb. roadc. elevatord. cofounder20. Before ______ me ______, my mother would always read aloud until I was asleep.a. chopping / upb. warming / upc. tucking / ind. putting / awayB. Grammar21. The best way to enjoy a cup of tea is ______ the cup with hot water before serving the tea.a. warms upb. to warm upc. warmed upd. to warm up22. As a child, many years ago, I ______ set up my tent in my backyard and sleep outside.a. wasb. willc. use tod. would23. Dad ______ exercise, but now that he’s turned 50 he takes better care of himself.a. used to b was c. is d. didn’t use to24. Fiona ______ getting up early because she goes for a run every morning before leaving for work.a. is used tob. isn’t used toc. use tod. would25. A good test-taker always ______ their answers before handing in the exam paper.a. checkb. to checkc. checksd. checking26. I don’t mind ______ you money as long as you pay it back.a. to lendb. lendingc. borrowd. borrowing27. Since ______ from my trip two days ago, I have felt a little dizzy.a. returningb. returnedc. returnd. returns28. The whole house will need ______ if we intend to sell it at a good price.a. paintb. paintedc. to paintd. painting29. Richard ______ the idea that selling insurance would be a great way to make easy money.a. bought intob. buying intoc. buys intod. buy into30. I ______ get a job for the summer, but I’d rather take a French cou rse at school.a. couldb. could havec. must bed. couldn’t have31. Amanda ______ nervous before her piano performance because she was shaking.a. were clearlyb. was definitec. was clearlyd. were definitely32. This ______ the house we are looking for; it’s the only one on the block.a. may beb. must bec. might haved. must have33. Melissa ______ Professor White for 20 years until his death in 2005.a. had knownb. have knownc. were to knowd. was to know34. The company’s pr esident ______ much of the blame for the profit loss and was eventually fired.a. boreb. baresc. bared. bears35. Everything was perfect for Oscar at college, ______ that he missed spending time with his family.a. exceptingb. acceptsc. acceptd. except36. If I ______ to win the lottery, I ______ buy a fancy car and a large house.a. were / willb. weren’t / wouldc. were / wouldd. weren’t / will37. The crime scene investigators discovered ______ the murder had taken place in the kitchen.a. whob. whichc. whered. that38. My two dogs, ______ are poodles, won trophies at the national dog show.a. whichb. both of whichc. many of whichd. both of39. Littleton College of Music is the school in ______ I spent 5 years perfecting my piano skills.a. whob. whichc. whered. that40. Danica Patrick is a professional race car driver ______ beauty combined with driving skills have made her so famous.a. whoseb. whoc. thatd. whichC. Reading Comprehension41. According to the article, what can happen if you win the lottery?a. You can be happy for the rest of your life.b. You can happily share the money with family and friends.c. You may encounter serious personal difficulties.d. You may be able to make more money from your investments.42. Which word is closest in meaning to pitfall?a. overdoseb. dangerc. jackpotd. demon43. Which of the following is true about Andrew Whittaker?a. He was already a millionaire before 2002.b. He didn’t really want to share his winnings.c. He eventually died from drugs.d. His spouse stole most of his money.44. Why did Whittaker give away a house, truck and cash to a woman?a. She asked him for help.b. She sued him for those items.c. She worked for his construction company.d. She sold him the winning lottery ticket.45. In the end, what happened to Whittaker’s money?a. It was stolen.b. It was taken by family.c. The casino got it all.d. The charities got it all.(B)The Great Fairy HoaxAre alleged species like Bigfoot or the Loch Nessmonster real beasts on earth or do they only exists inthe minds of con men and their unsuspecting believers?Despite what many might see as mounting evidenceagainst their existence, the jury is still out. It is a pitythe same cannot be said for the great fairy hoax of theearly 20th century. This hoax may cause you to burstwith laughter now, but at the time many believers defended its credibility. This very well-planned hoax would continue to fool people for years to come!Having appeared throughout Western cultures since the middle ages, the legend of fairies is widespread. Arguably the most famous of fairy hoaxes is the Cottingley Fairies. A series of photographs were taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths who happen to be youngcousins living in the north of England. The photographs depict the two girls with the supposed mythological creatures. Taken in 1917, the photos divided their growing audience, including the parents of Elsie and Frances.Of course many suspected they were fakes, but others including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, saw them as authentic evidence of the existence of these spirits. It was not until 1981 that Wright and Griffiths finally admitted the photos were actually designed using cardboard cut-outs of the tiny winged creatures. If fact, Wright was an accomplished artist and photo technician so it is difficult in a way to call this hoax a lame attempt to fool people. After all, they managed to fool half the world, didn’t they?46. When did the fairy hoax originally take place?a. the late 20th centuryb. 1981c. the early 20th centuryd. the middles ages47. What does the author mean by the jury is still out?a. Cryptids exist for sure.b. Cryptids might exist.c. Fairies exist for sure. c. Fairies might exist.48. Which of the following is closest in meaning to authentic?a. actualb. fictionalc. burstingd. accomplished49. What were the fairies made out of?a. real tiny peopleb. paperc. tiny winged insectsd. No information is given.50. Why were the pictures of fairies so believable?a. The girls used cutting-edge technology.b. They used pictures from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s books.c. One of the girls was very artistic.d. The photos were sent to a technician to add color.。

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英语泛读考试题目及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a benefit of reading extensively?A. Improving vocabularyB. Enhancing reading speedC. Gaining cultural insightsD. Learning to play chess2. What is the main topic of the first paragraph in the text?A. The importance of readingB. The advantages of reading extensivelyC. How to improve reading skillsD. The history of reading3. The author suggests that extensive reading can help us to ________.A. understand complex ideasB. become better writersC. both A and BD. neither A nor B4. In the context of the passage, what does "diverse genres" refer to?A. Different types of booksB. Different reading techniquesC. Different writing stylesD. Different authors5. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Art of ReadingB. The Joy of Extensive ReadingC. The Benefits of Reading ExtensivelyD. How to Read Effectively二、填空题（每空1分，共10分）6. Reading extensively can help us to ________ a broader perspective on the world.7. The passage emphasizes the importance of ________ when choosing books for extensive reading.8. According to the author, extensive reading is a way to________ our imagination.9. The author believes that reading can ________ our understanding of different cultures.10. The passage suggests that extensive reading can ________ our critical thinking skills.三、简答题（每题5分，共20分）11. What are some of the benefits of reading extensively mentioned in the passage?12. How does the author describe the relationship between extensive reading and writing skills?13. Why does the author encourage readers to explore diverse genres?14. What advice does the author give on how to approach extensive reading?四、论述题（每题15分，共30分）15. Discuss the importance of reading extensively in today'sfast-paced world.16. Analyze the role of extensive reading in developing a well-rounded individual.五、答案1. D2. B3. C4. A5. C6. gain7. variety8. stimulate9. deepen10. sharpen11. The passage mentions that extensive reading can improve vocabulary, enhance reading speed, and provide cultural insights.12. The author describes the relationship as complementary, suggesting that extensive reading can make one a better writer by exposing them to different styles and ideas.13. The author encourages readers to explore diverse genres to broaden their perspectives and to prevent reading from becoming monotonous.14. The author advises readers to read with an open mind, to choose books that interest them, and to reflect on what they have read.15. [Answer will vary based on student's perspective andunderstanding.]16. [Answer will vary based on student's perspective and understanding.]。

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大学英语B2一、交际英语1.- How is your mother these days?- Oh, _____________.A. She is goodB. She is not very wellC. Never mindD. That's all right答案：B解析：问候语。

问句中How are you?/How is…? 一般回答中包含fine/well/ not bad -您母亲好吗？-哦，她最近不太舒服。

2. - Thank you for calling.- _________A. Don't mention it.B. That's fine.C. Nice talking to you.D. Call back again.答案：C解析：电话用语。

-感谢您的来电。

-很高兴与您通话。

3. - Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?- ______Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You can't miss it.A. I beg your pardon?B. What do you mean?C. You're welcome.D. Mm, let me think.答案：D解析：问路话题。

-打扰了，请问最近的邮局在哪？-让我想想。

哦，对了！在离这里两个街区的格林大街上。

你能找到。

4. - Let me introduce myself. I'm Steward．- _________A. What a pleasure.B. Pleased to meet you.C. I don't know.D. Thanks a lot.答案：B解析：-请允许我介绍自己。

大学英语泛读期末试题答案

大学英语泛读期末试题答案一、阅读理解（一）阅读理解选择题1. 根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案。

A. 作者对全球化持积极态度。

B. 作者认为全球化对发展中国家有利。

C. 全球化导致了文化同质化。

D. 文章主要讨论了全球化的负面影响。

正确答案：C2. 文章中提到的“hybrid culture”指的是什么？A. 完全由一种文化主导的文化。

B. 由两种或多种文化融合形成的新文化。

C. 保持各自独立特征的文化。

D. 被全球化影响而消失的文化。

正确答案：B3. 根据文章，以下哪项不是全球化的影响？A. 经济增长。

B. 文化交流。

C. 环境破坏。

D. 社会稳定。

正确答案：D（二）阅读理解简答题1. 简述作者对全球化的看法。

答：作者认为全球化是一个复杂的现象，它既带来了经济和文化的交流与发展，也带来了文化同质化和对本土文化的冲击。

2. 文章中提到的“cultural identity”是什么意思？答：“cultural identity”指的是一个群体或个体所具有的独特文化特征和属性，这些特征和属性使得他们在文化上有所区分和认同。

3. 根据文章内容，全球化对文化多样性的影响有哪些？答：全球化促进了不同文化之间的交流与融合，但同时也导致了文化同质化，使得一些独特的文化特征逐渐消失，从而对文化多样性产生了负面影响。

二、完形填空根据上下文，从所给选项中选择最合适的词汇填入空白处。

In today's world, the Internet has become an indispensablepart of our daily lives. It has 1 our access to information and 2 the way we communicate. However, the Internet is also a double-edged sword. While it 3 us to stay connected with friends and family, it can also lead to issues such as cyberbullying and privacy concerns.1. A) expanded B) limited C) complicated D) replaced正确答案：A2. A) accelerates B) disrupts C) restricts D) reduces正确答案：B3. A) tempts B) compels C) enables D) deters正确答案：C三、英汉互译（一）将下列英文句子翻译成汉语1. The rapid development of technology has brought about significant changes in our society.答：技术的快速发展给我们的社会带来了重大变化。

大学英语b2试题及答案

大学英语b2试题及答案大学英语B2试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确的答案。

（每题2分，共10分）A. 男人计划去图书馆。

B. 女人建议去电影院。

C. 他们决定去公园。

[答案] A2. 根据所听短文，回答问题。

（每题2分，共10分）Q: 短文中提到了哪些交通工具？A. 火车和飞机B. 汽车和自行车C. 地铁和轮船[答案] A二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 阅读以下短文，回答后面的问题。

（每题3分，共15分） [短文内容][问题]Q1: 短文主要讨论了什么主题？A. 环境保护B. 科技发展C. 教育改革[答案] A2. 阅读以下段落，选择最佳标题。

（每题3分，共15分）[段落内容][标题选项]A. 城市化的影响B. 农村生活的变迁C. 经济发展的挑战[答案] A三、词汇与语法（共20分）1. 用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。

（每题2分，共10分）- The weather was very cold, so we decided to stay _______ (inside).[答案] inside2. 选择正确的句子。

（每题2分，共10分）A. She has been working here since she graduated.B. She has been working here since she has graduated.[答案] A四、完型填空（共15分）阅读下面的短文，从所给选项中选出最佳答案填入空白处。

（每题1.5分，共15分）[短文内容][选项]A. althoughB. becauseC. despite[答案] A五、翻译（共15分）1. 将下列句子从英语翻译成中文。

（每题3分，共9分）- The company has decided to invest in new technology to improve efficiency.[答案] 该公司已决定投资新技术以提高效率。

英语泛读教程期末考试卷

英语泛读教程期末考试卷Part I: Multiple Choice (50 points)Choose the best answer for each question.1. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage?A. The history of the Industrial Revolution.B. The impact of technology on society.C. The benefits of modern inventions.D. The importance of education in the workforce.2. According to the passage, when did the Industrial Revolution begin?A. In the 15th century.B. In the 18th century.C. In the 19th century.D. In the 20th century.3. The word "innovative" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:A. old-fashioned.B. conventional.C. creative.D. typical.4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a result of the Industrial Revolution?A. Urbanization.B. Environmental pollution.C. Improved living standards.D. Decrease in population.5. What can be inferred from the passage about the future of technology?A. It will improve the quality of life for all.B. It will lead to environmental degradation.C. It will eliminate the need for education.D. It will continue to evolve and change society.Part II: Reading Comprehension (50 points)Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.Passage 1The printing press was one of the most important inventions of the Renaissance era. It revolutionized the way information was shared and helped spread new ideas across Europe. Before the printing press, books had to be copied by hand, which was a slow and expensive process. With the advent of the printing press, books became more affordable and accessible, leading to an increase in literacy rates.6. What was the significance of the printing press during the Renaissance era?A. It increased the cost of books.B. It slowed down the spread of new ideas.C. It made books more affordable.D. It decreased literacy rates.7. How did the printing press impact the spread of new ideas?A. It hindered the exchange of information.B. It revolutionized the sharing of information.C. It made books more expensive.D. It decreased literacy rates.Passage 2Globalization has both positive and negative effects on societies around the world. On one hand, it allows for increased cultural exchange and economic growth. On the other hand, it can lead to the erosion of local traditions and the exploitation of developing countries. It is important for countries to find a balance between the benefits and drawbacks of globalization.8. What are some positive effects of globalization mentioned in the passage?A. Increased economic growth.B. Preservation of local traditions.C. Exploitation of developing countries.D. Decreased cultural exchange.9. According to the passage, what is the key to managing the effects of globalization?A. Increasing exploitation of developing countries.B. Finding a balance between benefits and drawbacks.C. Ignoring the impact on local traditions.D. Preventing economic growth.Part III: Short Answer Questions (50 points)Answer the following questions in complete sentences.10. Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on society.11. Explain the importance of the printing press during the Renaissance era.12. Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on societies worldwide.End of Exam. Good luck!。

大学英语B(最全)大学英语试题

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He is a fisherman. C. He is a hunter.17. A. She is a librarian. B. She is a teacher. C. She isa nurse.18. A. He wants to buy a new car. B. He wants to sell his old car. C. He wants to rent a car.19. A. She is playing the piano. B. She is playing the guitar. C. She is playing the violin.20. A. He is excited. B. He is tired. C. He is nervous.212521. A. He is a pilot. B. He is a driver. C. He is a conductor.22. A. She is a waitress. B. She is a saleswoman. C. She is a cashier.23. A. He wants to buy a new phone. B. He wants to sell his old phone. C. He wants to repair his phone.24. A. She is washing clothes. B. She is ironing clothes.C. She is drying clothes.25. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.263026. A. He is a firefighter. B. He is a policeman. C. He is a paramedic.27. A. She is a flight attendant. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a nurse.28. A. He wants to buy a new bicycle. B. He wants to sell his old bicycle. C. He wants to repair his bicycle.29. A. She is painting. B. She is drawing. C. She is sculpting.30. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.313531. A. He is a plumber. B. He is an electrician. C. He isa carpenter.32. A. She is a hairdresser. B. She is a beautician. C. She is a manicurist.33. A. He wants to buy a new watch. B. He wants to sell his old watch. C. He wants to repair his watch.34. A. She is sewing. B. She is knitting. C. She is weaving.35. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.364036. A. He is a dentist. B. He is a veterinarian. C. He isa pediatrician.37. A. She is a librarian. B. She is a teacher. C. She isa nurse.38. A. He wants to buy a new pair of shoes. B. He wants to sell his old pair of shoes. C. He wants to repair his pair of shoes.39. A. She is playing the piano. B. She is playing the guitar. C. She is playing the violin.40. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.414541. A. He is a mechanic. B. He is a plumber. C. He is an electrician.42. A. She is a waitress. B. She is a saleswoman. C. She is a cashier.43. A. He wants to buy a new phone. B. He wants to sell his old phone. C. He wants to repair his phone.44. A. She is washing clothes. B. She is ironing clothes.C. She is drying clothes.45. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.465046. A. He is a firefighter. B. He is a policeman. C. He is a paramedic.47. A. She is a flight attendant. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a nurse.48. A. He wants to buy a new bicycle. B. He wants to sell his old bicycle. C. He wants to repair his bicycle.49. A. She is painting. B. She is drawing. C. She is sculpting.50. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.515551. A. He is a plumber. B. He is an electrician. C. He isa carpenter.52. A. She is a hairdresser. B. She is a beautician. C. She is a manicurist.53. A. He wants to buy a new watch. B. He wants to sell his old watch. C. He wants to repair his watch.54. A. She is sewing. B. She is knitting. C. She is weaving.55. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.566056. A. He is a dentist. B. He is a veterinarian. C. He isa pediatrician.57. A. She is a librarian. B. She is a teacher. C. She isa nurse.58. A. He wants to buy a new pair of shoes. B. He wants to sell his old pair of shoes. C. He wants to repair his pair of shoes.59. A. She is playing the piano. B. She is playing the guitar. C. She is playing the violin.60. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.616561. A. He is a mechanic. B. He is a plumber. C. He is an electrician.62. A. She is a waitress. B. She is a saleswoman. C. She is a cashier.63. A. He wants to buy a new phone. B. He wants to sell his old phone. C. He wants to repair his phone.64. A. She is washing clothes. B. She is ironing clothes.C. She is drying clothes.65. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.667066. A. He is a firefighter. B. He is a policeman. C. He is a paramedic.67. A. She is a flight attendant. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a nurse.68. A. He wants to buy a new bicycle. B. He wants to sell his old bicycle. C. He wants to repair his bicycle.69. A. She is painting. B. She is drawing. C. She is sculpting.70. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.717571. A. He is a plumber. B. He is an electrician. C. He isa carpenter.72. A. She is a hairdresser. B. She is a beautician. C. She is a manicurist.73. A. He wants to buy a new watch. B. He wants to sell his old watch. C. He wants to repair his watch.74. A. She is sewing. B. She is knitting. C. She is weaving.75. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.768076. A. He is a dentist. B. He is a veterinarian. C. He isa pediatrician.77. A. She is a librarian. B. She is a teacher. C. She isa nurse.78. A. He wants to buy a new pair of shoes. B. He wants to sell his old pair of shoes. C. He wants to repair his pair of shoes.79. A. She is playing the piano. B. She is playing the guitar. C. She is playing the violin.80. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.818581. A. He is a mechanic. B. He is a plumber. C. He is an electrician.82. A. She is a waitress. B. She is a saleswoman. C. She is a cashier.83. A. He wants to buy a new phone. B. He wants to sell his old phone. C. He wants to repair his phone.84. A. She is washing clothes. B. She is ironing clothes.C. She is drying clothes.85. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.90. A. He is a firefighter. B. He is a policeman. C. He isa paramedic.87. A. She is a flight attendant. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a nurse.88. A. He wants to buy a new bicycle. B. He wants to sell his old bicycle. C. He wants to repair his bicycle.89. A. She is painting. B. She is drawing. C. She is sculpting.90. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.919591. A. He is a plumber. B. He is an electrician. C. He isa carpenter.92. A. She is a hairdresser. B. She is a beautician. C. She is a manicurist.93. A. He wants to buy a new watch. B. He wants to sell his old watch. C. He wants to repair his watch.94. A. She is sewing. B. She is knitting. C. She is weaving.95. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.9610096. A. He is a dentist. B. He is a veterinarian. C. He isa pediatrician.97. A. She is a librarian. B. She is a teacher. C. She isa nurse.98. A. He wants to buy a new pair of shoes. B. He wants to sell his old pair of shoes. C. He wants to repair his pair of shoes.99. A. She is playing the piano. B. She is playing the guitar. C. She is playing the violin.100. A. He is happy. B. He is sad. C. He is angry.二、阅读理解Passage 1Questions 15 are based on the following passage.1. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The Internet has changed our daily lives.B. The Internet has both advantages and disadvantages.C. The Internet poses significant risks to privacy and security.2. According to the passage, what has the Internet revolutionized?B. Our access to information.C. Both A and B.3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a risk of the Internet?A. Privacy concerns.B. Security issues.C. Increased productivity.4. The passage suggests that the Internet has had a negative impact on which of the following?B. Our access to information.C. Our privacy and security.5. What is the author's tone in the passage?A. Positive.B. Negative.C. Neutral.Passage 2Questions 610 are based on the following passage.Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet today. The Earth's average temperature has been rising steadily over the past century, leading to a varietyof environmental consequences, such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe weather events.6. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The causes of climate change.B. The consequences of climate change.C. The history of climate change.7. According to the passage, what has been happening to the Earth's average temperature over the past century?A. It has been decreasing.B. It has been fluctuating.C. It has been rising.8. Which of the following environmental consequences of climate change is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Melting glaciers.B. Rising sea levels.C. Increased rainfall.9. The passage suggests that climate change has led to which of the following?A. A decrease in the frequency of severe weather events.B. An increase in the severity of weather events.C. No change in weather patterns.10. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?A. To inform readers about the causes of climate change.B. To argue for stronger environmental regulations.C. To present both sides of the climate change debate.Passage 3Questions 1115 are based on the following passage.The benefits of exercise are welldocumented, including improved physical health, increased mental wellbeing, and enhanced cognitive function. However, many people still struggle to incorporate regular physical activity into their daily routines due to various barriers, such as lack of time, motivation, and access to facilities.11. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The benefits of exercise are numerous.B. Many people struggle to exercise regularly.C. Both A and B.12. According to the passage, what are some benefits of exercise?A. Improved physical health.B. Increased mental wellbeing.C. Both A and B.13. Which of the following barriers to exercise is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Lack of time.B. Lack of motivation.C. Financial constraints.14. The passage suggests that regular exercise can have a positive impact on which of the following?A. Physical health.B. Mental wellbeing.C. Cognitive function.15. What is the author's tone in the passage?A. Encouraging.B. Discouraging.C. Neutral.Passage 4Questions 1620 are based on the following passage.16. What is the main focus of the passage?A. The reasons for the growth of remote work.B. The benefits and challenges of remote work.C. The history of remote work.17. According to the passage, what has enabled the growth of remote work?A. Improved office environments.B. Advances in technology.18. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of remote work?A. Increased flexibility.B. Improved worklife balance.19. The passage suggests that remote work can be challenging because of which of the following?A. The need for selfdiscipline.B. The lack of physical proximity to colleagues.C. The absence of a structured work environment.20. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?A. To promote remote work.B. To discuss the pros and cons of remote work.C. To criticize traditional office settings.Passage 5Questions 2125 are based on the following passage.The concept of sustainability has gained significant attention in recent years, as individuals and organizations strive to reduce their environmental impact and promote longterm ecological balance. Sustainable practices can range from using renewable energy sources to adopting ecofriendly production methods. While the transition to sustainability may require initial investment and changes in behavior, the longterm benefits include conservation of natural resources and mitigation of climate change.21. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The definition of sustainability.B. The importance of sustainability.C. The methods to achieve sustainability.22. According to the passage, what is one of the ways to practice sustainability?A. Consuming more resources.B. Using renewable energy sources.C. Increasing pollution.23. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of sustainability?A. Conservation of natural resources.B. Economic growth.C. Mitigation of climate change.24. The passage suggests that the transition to sustainability may involve which of the following?A. No changes in behavior.B. Initial investment.C. Immediate environmental benefits.25. What is the author's tone in the passage?A. Skeptical.B. Optimistic.C. 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The passage suggests that in healthcare may lead to which of the following?A. A decrease in the need for healthcare professionals.B. An increase in the accuracy of medical diagnoses.C. A reduction in the quality of healthcare.30. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?A. To advocate for the use of in healthcare.B. To discuss the impact of on healthcare.C. To argue against the use of in healthcare.。

泛读二,期中考试B卷

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He could stay at home if he liked. ________7.Many people have been put into prison for tax evasion. ________8.The vertical cliff was the most striking scenery that I had seen in my journey. ________9.The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure. ________10.The little boy looked with a longing at the toys in the shop window. ________Section B Word match1. vigilance A: use of words which are clearly opposed to one’s meaning2. forfeit B: a person who pays for professional services froma lawyer or a bank3. client C: watchful care; continual attentiveness4. strive D: to have sth. Taken away form one because some agreement or rule hasbeen broken5. irony E: to make a great effort6. considerate A: to see into or through7. penetrate B: a human being8. devastating C: thoughtful of other persons’ wishes, needs or feelings9. hospitality D: completely destructive10. mortal E: welcoming behaviorSection CSemantic variations: Choose the right meaning of the italicized word.1.He has transferred from the warehouse to the accounts office.A.to move to change from one vehicle to another in the course of a journeyB.to move from one place, job, position, etc., to anotherC.to copy recorded material2.The idea of camping has never appealed to me.A. a strong request for helpB. a call to a higher court to change the decision of a lower courtC.attractive or interesting3.An atmosphere of tension filled the room.A.the mixture of gases surrounding the earthB.the air in any given placeC.general mood or social environment4.My instructions seem simple enough---do I have to spell them out again?A.to write the letters of a wordB.have (sth) as a result; meanC.make sth clear and easy to understand5.Tom works in a police station. Now he is out on his beat.A. a blowB.regular stressC.the usual path followed by someone on duty, esp. a policeman6.Soup condenses when boiled.A.to express in fewer wordsB.to reduce the volume ofC.to become liquid7.‘I will’ can be contracted to ‘I’ll’.A.to get or begin to have (something bad)B.to become smallerC.to arrange by formal agreement8.He observed that it would probably rain.A.to make a commentB.to see and noticeC.to act in accordance with9.The environmental geological conditions of the Yidu Reach are analyzed in the paper.A.to arrive atB.to stretch out a hand or armC.part of a river/doc/ff4990349.htmlis a bright spot in an otherwise darkening outlook for the world economy.A.future probabilityB.one’s general point of viewC. a view from a particular placePartⅡ Phrases (5×2’)Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it still means the same, using the phrase in the brackets together with its correct form.1.The world believed his fantastic story of having got to the Pole alone. (take in)The world ___________________________________________________________________.2.The book was so popular that there weren’t enough copies to supply the demand. (goround)________________________________________________________________ ____________.3.I was told that it would be repaired free of charge, but the man in the shop refuses tohonor his promise. (go back on)________________________________________________________________ ____________.4.That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top if Mount Fuji. (take back)________________________________________________________________ ____________.5.I’ll explain how it w orks before you try it yourself. (go over)________________________________________________________________ ____________.PartⅢ Cloze (20×1’)The road to a successful broadcast media (媒体) career can be very rough. People in the business point out that getting started in the field is often very difficult. To __1__ with,competition for most broadcast jobs can be __2__. Then, once on the job, the __3__ and pressure are often great. Many jobs in broadcasting require long working hours, including nights and weekends. In most __4__, the salaries are not very high. What can you do to enter the career in broadcast media? Getting some kind of practical broadcasting __5__ during high school or college can be extremely important. __6__ the field is so popular, many employers are in a position to select beginners with __7__ skills. Y ou can start by becoming familiar ___8_ communications media while still in high school. If there is a media resource department in your school, ___9_ to do anything - run the slide and film projectors (放映机), work the computers. If there is no media __10__, take photos of games and social __11__. Work on the drama productions or write __12__ the school newspaper. Many beginners in broadcasting start at small local radio or TV stations. Such stations are usually more __13__ than the networks (网络) to take on people with little or __14__ experience. Here, you have a chance to be involved in many __15__ of the broadcast industry and get trained on the job. An important career in broadcasting is in the ___16_ field. The biggest need now is __17__ employees to keep the machines in good __18__. This career requires an ability of __19__ with equipment. Skills for most technical jobs can be __20__ through community college and vocational (职业的) school programs.1. [A] open [B] conclude [C] begin [D] inform2. [A] tough [B] tight [C] fantastic [D] fascinating3. [A] rate [B] pose [C] rush [D] pace4. [A] accounts [B] cases [C] times [D] occasions5. [A] performance [B] occurrences [C] experience [D] programs6. [A] Where [B] However [C] Although [D] Because7. [A] developed [B] complicated [C] duplicated [D] convinced8. [A] to [B] with [C] for [D] in9. [A] volunteer [B] huddle [C] plunge [D] cling10. [A] instrument [B] achievement [C] department [D] contentment11. [A] stories [B] events [C] necessities [D] accounts12. [A] within [B] off [C] with [D] for13. [A] aware [B] universal [C] willing [D] conscious14. [A] no [B] none [C] more [D] less15. [A] reactions [B] actions [C] prospects [D] aspects16. [A] impersonal [B] technical [C] manual [D] skillful17. [A] within [B] with [C] for [D] from18. [A] position [B] condition [C] station [D] situation19. [A] handling [B] replacing [C] tracing [D] working20. [A] obtained [B] required [C] addressed [D] revealedPart Ⅵ Reading Comprehension (20×2’)Passage 1Y our moral values are your beliefs about what is important in life. Some values refer to how one should act (be honest, unselfish, self-disciplined) while other values refer to what one wants to accomplish or obtain in life (a lot of money, fame, a family, friendships, world peace). Because a person cannot "have it all" or "be all things," priorities must be set and choices made. Setting your priorities often leads to value conflicts. Y ou may want to be successful in your career, but you may also want a more relaxing lifestyle and more time to spend with friends and family. Here, the value of success may come into conflict with the value of family. Some examples of moral values are: integrity,respect, caring, justice and openness. There are many, many moral values; thus, these represent only a very few.To understand and solve a moral dilemma, you must figure out which values are involved in the conflict, prioritize them, and act upon the primary value. The act must be grounded in a moral rule.What is a moral rule? A moral rule is very specific; it is action guiding. It tells you what to do in a specific situation. Moral rules are quite specific about what should be done. V alues are general beliefs or attitudes about something we desire or like. Our values very often underlie our moral rules. If my moral rule is "always be honest," then my value is "honesty." V alues only express what it is that we believe has value.Being a moral person requires our knowing how to make good moral decisions by using ethical standards and critical thinking. Sometimes we must choose between what we want to be and what we want or desire. V ery often what we have the right to do is not identical with what the right thing to do is. There is not one single decision making procedure which works.1. According to the passage, life is full of value conflicts because ____.[A]we find it hard to make a choice between different things[B]there are too many things we don't know how to obtain[C]money, fame, family and friendship are all valuable for us[D]people have different standards of values2. The author describes moral values as ____.[A]the way one behaves[B]the purpose of life[C]the belief one has about what is valuable in life[D]the things one has to choose in life3. When solving a moral problem, the author suggests ____.[A]we take moral value as the rule[B]we consider our choices in accordance with our social values[C]we take into account both values and value rules[D]we base our decision on a moral rule4. In the third paragraph, the author intends to ____.[A]emphasize the importance of values in our everyday life[B]explain the difference between values and moral rules[C]define the role of moral rules when we make a choice[D]describe what is a moral rule in detail5. We can infer from the last paragraph that ____.[A]making a moral decision is a complex process[B]our desires are the causes of moral conflicts[C]moral values are the basic standards of decisions[D]making good moral decisions requires critical thinkingPassage 2My observation is that many instructors, from elementary school through undergraduate college courses, have a standard, conventional, only "one right way" approach to the material. A student who does it differently from the instructor is labeled "wrong". I believe that such an approach is often the result of the limited intellectual ability of the instructor, who only knows one reliable technique.As a simple example of rigidity (僵化), when I was a pupil in elementary school, the textbook and instructor taught that the definition of a noun was "the name of a person, place, or thing." But I had read my mother's old college grammar book, which said that a noun was "the name of anything". I liked the latter definition better, because it was logically simpler: any name is anoun. But I was marked wrong for not using the official definition, although the definition I gave on the examination was equivalent.Students who are both intelligent and highly creative often make average grades in school, because these creative students see issues and vagueness in examination problems that the instructor did not intend. Creative students "misread the question", according to the view of the conventional instructor. This problem is particularly severe on multiple choice examinations where a creative student can quickly find situations in which either all or none of the answers are correct, whereas a noncreative student who knows the material in a conventional way simply selects the best answer and gets marked correct.Children seem to have an innate sense of curiosity, enthusiasm, and imagination. Mature adults generally lack these qualities. Where did these qualities get lost? I believe that teachers and industrial managers beat these qualities out of people, in order to make them easier to control and manage. In my experience, both as a student and professor, organized education - as a bureaucracy (官僚机构) - actively discourages creativity. I believe that creativity can be taught and encouraged in a master-apprentice setting, such as a student working in a research laboratory.1. According to the author, what is the problem with school education?____[A]The techniques used in teaching are out of date.[B]Teachers are trying to teach their students in their own way.[C]Students are encouraged to solve a problem in a fixed way.[D]Schools do not provide students with proper learning materials.2. The author points out that the problem is caused by the following EXCEPT ____.[A]teachers' poor qualities[B]the lower academic levels of schools[C]teachers' lack of instructive skills[D]the lack of learning materials3. By taking his / her early experience in education as an example, the author intends to ____.[A]illustrate how teachers are too rigid[B]remind us of the importance of early education[C]criticize the unqualified teachers in his elementary school[D]appeal for a comprehensive reform in higher education4. Creative students are more likely to make mistakes in examinations because ____.[A]they misread the questions in the examinations[B]they find that some problems in the examinations are not clear[C]they tend to understand a question in a vague way[D]they don't like to take direct approaches to examination problems5. In order to keep children curious and creative, the author suggests ____.[A]instructors make an effort to give clear instructions[B]schools provide students with interesting materials[C]students be trained in a master-apprentice relationship[D]teachers change their instructive approachesPassage 3Have you ever been startled by a loud noise or by someone appearing suddenly behind you on a dark night or by a snake in the grass? Do you remember the sudden, tight feeling in yourchest, the way your heart started to pound, the way you seemed to breathe more rapidly? Such reactions occurred because you were frightened. Y our brain sent a signal to the special gland in your body called the adrenal gland. Other parts of your body were involved, too, but the adrenal gland has a very special function.The adrenal gland is located on top of your kidney. Since you have two kidneys, you also have two adrenal glands. Each adrenal gland is divided into two parts: a cortex and a medulla. The cortex forms the outer shell; the medulla forms the central core. Both the cortex and the medulla secrete hormones, but they have different functions.The cortex produces more than forty different chemical compounds and hormones. All these things are essential to sustain life. The medulla secretes adrenalin (also called epinephrine, the hormone that prepares the body for emergencies).When you are suddenly faced with a dangerous or stressful situation, part of your brain instantly sends a signal to the adrenal gland, and all sorts of things begin to happen in your body. The medulla releases an extra amount of adrenalin into the bloodstream. The adrenalin is carried rapidly throughout the body, stimulating other glands and systems.1. In this passage, the author is mainly discussing the function of _____.[A] the human brain[B] glands and systems in the body[C] the cortex of the adrenal gland[D]the medulla of the adrenal gland2. Which of the following is NOT true?[A] The adrenal gland is located on top of the kidney.[B] Each kidney is composed of two adrenal glands.[C] The medulla is inside the cortex.[D] The cortex and the medulla have different functions.3. It is ______ that mainly helps you respond to a dangerous or stressful situation.[A] a signal sent by your brain[B] the special function of the adrenal gland[C] all stimulated parts of your body[D] All of these4. What could be said about the adrenalin?[A] It is secreted by the kidneys into the bloodstream.[B] It is the hormone that prepares the body for emergencies.[C] It is the only useful hormone produced in the body.[D] It is essential to sustain life.5. What do you suppose the author will go on to discuss in the following paragraphs?[A] The brain system.[B] Functions of the kidneys.[C] Other human organs related to the kidneys.[D] Reactions of the body to stress and danger.Passage 4During her childhood, Rachel showed an interest in nature and in writing. After high school, she enrolled in Pennsylvania State College for Women, intending to become a writer. She switched to biology, however, thereby setting the course of her life. Rachel went to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for further study and became a member of the zoology staff at the University of Maryland.For fifteen years, Rachel worked for the United States Fishand Wildlife Service, writing and editing publications. Fortunately, her employer encouraged her to reach a larger audience. Rachel's poetic style of writing in three books about the ocean caught the imagination of the general reader. Her rare talent as both a physical scientist and a gifted writer earned her the National Book Award for The Sea Around Us.Rachel's next book marked her as a leading conservationist and a crusader (努力消除公害的人) for the preservation of the natural environment. She began writing Silent Spring, knowing that she would be personally attacked and ridiculed. She continued writing despite the ill health that slowed her progress. Upon completing the book, she wrote to a close friend, "I have felt bound by a solemn obligation to do what I could —if I didn't at least try I could never again be happy in nature. But now I can believe I have at least helped a little."Rachel Carson did more than help a little. Although both government and industry opposed her, specialists in public health, the press, and the public itself all supported her fight against the irresponsible use of insecticides. Her book eventually led the government to ban DDT.1. This passage is concerned mainly with _____.[A] the environmental revolution in the United States[B] Rachel Carson as a poetic writer[C] the popularity of The Sea Around Us and Silent Spring[D] Rachel Carson as a conservationist2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?[A ]As a child, Rachel loved books and the natural world.[B] Rachel started her higher education aiming at becoming a writer.[C] She decided to switch her major to biology in Johns Hopkins University.[D] Rachel won the National Book Award for The Sea Around Us.3. She began to write Silent Spring because _____.[A] her employer encouraged her to do so[B] she felt obliged to fight against the poisoning of the earth[C] her poetic writing style was very much appreciated by the general reader[D] she knew that it would not bring her any personal harm4. The statement "Rachel Carson did more than help a little " in the fourth paragraph signifies that _____.[A] she played a significant role in the environmental revolution[B] she had proved herself to be an outstanding writer, poet and scientist[C] she knew the importance of what she was doing and she succeeded[D] she devoted her whole life to helping friends and those suffering from the poisoned environment5. We can draw from the passage the conclusion that _____.[A] Rachel Carson was the first and the last leading conservationist[B] people will remember Rachel Carson as a gifted and outstanding writer[C] whoever does his best to work in the interest of mankind will enjoy support from, and prestige among, the common people[D] it is due to the contributions of Rachel Carson that people are now living in a clean environmentAnswer Sheet for Mid- Exam of Reading Course 2Name ________ Class _______ Stu. No. _____________ Score________Part I Vocabulary (30×1’)Section A1.________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________6. ________7. ________8. ________9. ________ 10. ________Section B1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6-10: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Section C1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6-10: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____PartⅡ Phrases (5×2’)1. The world _________________________________________________________.2.________________________________________________________________.3.______________________________________________________________ ____-_____________________________.4.________________________________________________________________.5.________________________________________________________________.PartⅢ Cloze (20×1’)1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6-10: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____11-15: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 16-20: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____PartⅥ Reading Comprehension (20×2’)Passage 1 1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Passage 2 1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Passage 3 1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Passage 4 1-5: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____Section B CDBEA CADEBSection C BCCCC BBBCACLOZE CADBC DABAC BDCAD BCBDA READING ACDBA CDABC DBBBD DCBAC。