大学英语考试题2

(20 年至20 学年度第学期)考试时间年月日(120分钟) 课程大学英语专升本教师签名_____一、英语知识运用(每题2分，共20分)本部分共有10小题，每题给出A B C D 四个选择，要求从中选出最佳答案。

1. —Who’s that speaking?—This is Tom ____________A. speaksB. spokenC. speakingD. saying2. —I’m sorry. I lost the key.—____________A. Well, it’s OK.B. No, it’s all right.C. You are welcome.D. You are wrong.3. —It’s rather cold in here. Do you mind if I close the window?—____________A. Yes, please.B. No, go ahead.C. Sure, please.D. I don’t like it.4. —____________—He teaches physics in a school.A. What does your father want to do?B. Who is your father?C. What is your father?D. Where is your father now?5. —Excuse me, how much is the jacket?—It’s 499 Yuan. ____________.A. Oh, no. Tha t’s OK!B. How do you like it?C. Which do you prefer?D. Would you like to try it on?6. —____________—Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week.A. When did your parents arrive at Paris?B. How long have your parents been in Paris?C. Did your parents arrive at Paris last Wednesday?D. When will your parents go to Paris?7. —How often do you go dancing?—____________A. I will go dancing tomorrow.B. Yesterday.C. Every other day.D. I’ve been dancing for a year.8. —You know, I have three kids now.—____________A. Well, I’ve grown a mustache.B. That’s terrific!C. Say, you’ve really changed your hair.D. Well, I gave up drinking.9. —How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight?—____________A. Forget it.B. Sorry, I like Mexican food.C. That’s great!D. Glad you like it.10. —Madam, do all the buses go downtown?—____________A. Wow, you got the idea.B. No, never mind.C. Pretty well, I guess.D. Sorry, I’m new here.二、阅读理解(每题2分，共40分)本部分共有四篇短文，每篇短文后面有四个阅读理解题，根据短文从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案。

Passage 1The first Olympic competition was held in the ancient Greek city of Olympia more than two thousand seven hundred years ago. The modern day summer Olympics begin today in the Greek capital, Athens.At the first Olympics, men took part in foot races during celebrations to honor the Greek god, Zeus. More races and sports were added later.Greece held these Olympic games every four years for the next one thousand years. The ancient Romans banned (禁止)them in the fourth century.The modern Olympic games began more than one hundred years ago. Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France proposed a world celebration of sports like the ancient games of Greece.The first modern Olympics were held in Athens in eighteen ninety-six. Athletes (运动员) from eight countries competed in ten sports. The purpose was to help athletes develop strength and values through competition(竞争). It also provided a way for athletes of all nations to become friends.The Olympic symbol of five linked rings represents this friendship. Baron de Coubertin designed it in nineteen thirteen. The rings represent the linking through sports of the major populated areas of the world—Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the two American continents, represented by one ring. The colors of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. The flag of each nation competing in the games has at least one of these colors. Under the rings is the Olympic saying in Latin: "Citius, Altius, Fortius". The words mean "Swifter, Higher, Stronger".1.The first Olympic competition was held ______________.A. about two thousand nine hundred years agoB. more than three thousand seven hundred years agoC. about two thousand seven hundred years agoD. more than two thousand seven hundred years ago2.According to the passage in the fourth century ______________.A. Greece held Olympic games every four yearsB. Olympic games were forbidden by the ancient Romans.C. more and more men took part in foot races.D. the modern Olympic games began.3.Which of the following about Baron Pierre de Coubertin is Not TRUE?A.He proposed a world celebration of sports.B.He made great contribution to the modern Olympic games.C.He was an American.D.He designed the Olympic symbol.4.The purpose of the modern Olympic games is to ______________.A. develop strength , values and international friendship through competitionB. fight against social problemsC. have a world celebration of sports like the ancient games of GreeceD. honor the Greek god, Zeus5.The Latin word “Altius” means ____________ in English?A. swifterB. higherC. strongerD. none of the abovePassage 2Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he became oversensitive (过度敏感的) to the reviews (评论)of his playing. Unfortunately, in those days, a critic (批评家) was not considered a critic, unless he found something wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young man ready to give up his dream and return home.He was invited to play in Helsinki (赫尔辛基). The rich, the famous, the leaders of State were all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his young life. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the reviews were so unkind. The young musician was painful.That day, as he sat in his hotel room in total despair, there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer (作曲家) Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of that and began to quote some of the newspaper critics. “Hands of iron. No imagination. Little skill, no joy. Don't you hear what they say?” He asked.Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, “ Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected a statue (雕像) for a critic.”6.According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis______________.A. was a bad pianistB. cared too much what the critics had saidC. refused to play in HelsinkiD. was praised highly by the critics7. A critic in those days usually______________.A. found fault with musicians’ performances.B. said kind and encouraging words to musicians.C. helped musicians become famousD. asked more people to go to concerts.8.The young musician was painful because______________.A. he was very strict with himself.B. he didn’t trust himself.C. some of the reviews were so unkind.D. he felt lonely in his hotel room.9.The reviews mentioned all EXCEPT______________.A. hands of ironB. no imaginationC. little skillD. wonderful10.Jean Sibelius came to visit the young musician because______________.A. he wanted to tell the young man the critics were right.B. he wanted to tell the young man not to lose his temper at that time.C. he wanted to tell the young man his performance was great.D. he wanted to tell the young man to respect the critics’ opinion.Passage 3In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions (脚本) for silent movies. Within two years, he was writing scripts (剧本) and working as an assistant director.For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another, in Britain and on location in Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready (匆忙做成的) affair and the assistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a story－not through dialogue, but through visual images. This paved the way for his success later.When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audience’s attention and kept tension (紧张感). He succeeded. Hitchcock’s ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense (悬念) movies.11.Alfred Hitchcock’s first job at the studio was______________.A. writing scriptsB. working as an assistant directorC. writing captions for silent moviesD. directing his own films12.According to the context (上下文), “step in and plug gaps” (in line 3, paragraph 2) means__________.A. take one’s place to do somethingB. ask for one’s helpC. make up one’s mind to do somethingD. congratulate someone on something13.______________ prepared Hitchcock for his success later.A. Telling a story through dialogueB. Telling a story through visual imagesC. Directing silent filmsD. Rewriting scripts14.He was determined to ______________ in his film-making.A. tell stories that move the worldB. show people the meaning of lifeC. show what is affecting the natureD. draw the audience’s attention and keep tension15.Which of the following about Hitchcock is TRUE?A. He didn’t go to work until he was twenty.B. He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded.C. He first direct his own films in Hollywood.D. He is the greatest maker of suspense movies.Passage 4People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People’s understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term－quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.Why has the emphasis (重心) of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of aperson's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.26.______________ leads to people’s deeper understanding of health.A. Common knowledgeB. Progress in scientific researchC. Better conditions of livingD. Quality of life27.According to the passage, to people of today, health means______________.A. absence of illness,B. a long life.C. good conditions of living,D. overall satisfaction with life.28.The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because______________.A. people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer.B. people pay more attention to their physical health.C. people have realized the importance of mental well-being.D. people are inspired by medical advances.29. We can infer from the passage______________.A. nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in thequality of foodB. the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th centuryC. those who never fall ill are the truly healthy peopleD. those who were born before 1900 could not have lived long30. This passage is mainly about ______________.A. different understandings of the term "health"B. improving the quality of life.C. the importance of quality living.D. people's expectations of a long and healthy life.三、词汇与结构(每题2分，共40分)A部分：本部分共有10小题，每题给出A B C D 四个选择，要求从中选出最佳答案。