2012级本科《大学英语二》答案

2012级本科《大学英语二》答案
试题1
Passage 2 P189
Are you planning a vacation?？If you like hot and extremely dry summers, go to phoenix, Arizona. For hot temperatures but lots of rain and thunderstorms, try Miami, Florida. If you want average temperatures and rainfall, St. Louis, Missouri, is the spot. Or if you’re a cold weather fan, head to Fairbanks, Alaska. Its winters are very cold with little precipitation (冰雹). Each of these cities has a certain type of weather. The average weather for a place over many years is called climate, and in no two places in the world is it exactly the same. How can this be?
Many things in nature, such as sunshine, temperature, and precipitation, affect climate. Nearness to mountain, oceans, and large lakes affects it too. Another factor is altitude, or height above sea level. Air cools as altitude increases. So a city at a higher altitude may be colder than one at a lower altitude. Finally, winds affect climate. They move heat and moisture between the oceans and continents. Winds keep the tropics from overheating. They keep the polar regions from getting overly cold.
Climate changes over long periods of time. Some scientists think, for example, that the earth’s climate changed at the time of the dinosaurs (恐龙时代). They think the dinosaurs died because of the change. What causes a climate to change? One possible cause may be changes in the sun. Sunspots, for example, are cool, dark spots that form on the sun. Sunspots may decrease precipitation on the earth and cause unusually dry periods. Changes in the atmosphere may change climate too. Volcanic eruptions (火山的爆发)，for instance, release solid particles into
the air. These particles may form a cloud that blocks out the sun’s heat. Human activity is another cause of climate change. Air pollution and reduction of forest cover may have long-term effects on climate.
6. This passage is concerned with things that affect ______B_______.
A. idea
B. climate
C. altitude
D. sunspots
7. Change in climate may have caused _____A_______.
A. dinosaurs to die
B. dark spots to form on the sun
C. volcanic eruption
D. air pollution
8. The effect of a volcanic eruption on climate may be to make it ___D__.
A. wetter
B. dryer
C. warmer
D. colder
9. To help readers understand how climate can change, the writer uses ___A______.
A. examples
B. a story about the seashore
C. order of importance
D. a strong argument
10. Which of the following is the place of greatest altitude on
a mountain?（C）
A. the foot of the mountain
B. 8, 500 feet up the mountain.
C. the top of the mountain
D. 15, 785 feet up the mountain.
Passage 3
One day in 1965，when I was a library worker at school，a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do . “Could he help in the library?” she asked. I said, “Send him along.”
Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. “Do you have a job for me?” he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, “Is it a kind of a detective job?” I answered yes, and he then began his work. .
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, “Time for rest!” He argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.
The next morning, he arrived early. “I want to finish these books.” he s aid. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.
After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy’s home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to the lost books?” he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say good-bye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.
Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.
11. Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates?（C）
A.Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy.
B.Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job.
C.Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others.
D.Because the library needed a new worker.
12. What do you know from the passage?（B）
A.Library work was very difficult for Bill Gates.
B.Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty.
C.The librarian was too busy to have a rest.
D.His mother hoped that Bill Gates would leave his job.
13. The sentence “He picked up the idea immediately” means that ___A_.
A.he learned that system quickly
B.he collected that system quickly
C.he lifted up that system quickly
D.he improved that system quickly
14. What is Bill Gates expected to do in the library?（D）
A.Finding the lost cards.
B.Learning the system.
C.Helping the worker with everything in the library.
D.Finding books with wrong cards.
15. How did Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area? （C）
A. Sad
B. Pleasant
C. Worried
D. Interested
Passage 4
How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is
fed, looked after and loved whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
16. People can experience happiness if they _B__.
A.always think of the past and regret it
B.value the present
C.are no longer young
D.become old and have much experience
17. When people were young, they used to _B _.
A.be in charge of many businesses
B.have few things to think about and take on
C.look after their younger sisters and brothers
D.face a lot of difficulties
18. The pains of children lie in the fact that _D__.
A.no one helps them make right decisions
B.they are often beaten by their parents
C.they can not be accepted and praised by others
D.they are not allowed to do what they like to do
19. Children are usually happy because _D__.
A.old people lose interest in them
B.they are free to do wrong
C.they are familiar with everything going on around them
D.things are new to them
20. Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?（C）
A.Hard work.
B.Being free from troubles.
C.Wealth.
D.Health
PartⅡVocabulary and Structure
21. I’m afraid I’ve rather __B_______ the house this week so it’s a bit of mess.
A. ignored
B. neglected
C. forgotten
D. left out
22. The drivers were killed in a head-on __B_____ involving a number of cars on the main road
into town.
B. collision
C. clash
D. crack
23. I came __C_____ real interest, not just to have a good time.
A. due to
B. under
C. from
D. out of
24. She _____C__ each of the children to an ice-cream.
A. entertained
B. feed
C. treated
D. supplied
25. I soon _B_____ myself in the rediscovered pleasures of the game.
A. concentrated
B. lost
C. focused
D. devoted
26. He spent the whole night thinking over __C______ Mr. Smith had said at the meeting.
A. all what
B. which
C. all
D. that
27. It was not until recently ____C__ we learned the famous film star would marry that politician.
A. when
B. which
D. then
28. We ____ B____ that they would co-operate with us in working out the best solution to the
problem.
A. took for granted
B. took it for granted
C. took that for granted
D. took as granted
29. We will still have to practice economy, _____C_ our income for this year has risen 30 percent
compared with that of last year.
A. even if
B. even though
C. even then
D. as though
30. Ruth Handler, ____B______ created Barbie, the world’s most popular doll, died last Sunday
morning at the age of 85.
A. that
B. who
C. she
D. whom
31. He was __D______ to a school as a teacher in a mountain village.
A. affected
B. impressed
C. assigned
D. adjusted
32. I was speaking to Emily on the phone when suddenly we
were _A_________.
A. cut off
B. run out
C. broken down
D. hung up
33. He took a wait-and- see _C______ to the new situation.
A. key
B. answer
C. attitude
D. assistance
34. Because of the mist, none of those who saw the flying object could tell its __C____ shape.
A. steady
B. likely
C. precise
D. rigid
35. Looking at the state of his car, it’s a ______A____ that he wasn’t killed!
A. miracle
B. forehead
C. capacity
D. knot
36. The doctor ___A____ me that the discomfort would disappear in a couple of days if I followed
his advice.
A. assured
B. ensured
C. confirmed
D. assumed
37. She looked behind her from time to time to ___B___ that
she was not followed.
A. rely on
B. make sure
C. drive away
D. pull up
38. He gave his son some money for the ___C___ of a new dictionary.
A. benefit
B. capacity
C. purchase
D. insight
39. The team really looks good tonight because the coach had them _____A_ every night this
week.
A. practice
B. to practice
C. practiced
D. practicing
40. _____A____ so busy, I should go with you.
A. Were I not
B. Was I not
C. If I’m not
D. Had I not been
41. Would you please ___A___ your name, address and telephone number here?
A. fill in
B. write in
C. write with
D. fill with
42. Last year the advertising rate ____D_____ by 20 percent.
B. aroused
C. arose
D. rose
43. Your hair needs _______B_. You’d better have it _______ tomorrow.
A. to be cut…do
B. to be cut…done
C. cutting…do
D. cutting…to be done
44. Her face became red ______C__ she learned that she had made a silly question.
A. as long as
B. as far as
C. the instant
D. as well as
45. Police are trying to discover the ____A__ of a baby found by the side of a road.
A. identity
B. forehead
C. principle
D. gesture
46. Most of the housework was done by two members of the family, my mother and A .
A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. my
47. Nixon’s parents D on the 10:30 train tomorrow.
A. is arriving
C. arrives
D. are arriving
48. May I use A bike? is being repaired.
A. your; Mine
B. his; My
C. yours; It
D. your; He
49. A group of boys and girls B in the coffee house.
A. is drinking
B. drinks
C. are drinking
D. drink
50. Keep a secret, don’t tell B your name.
A. some
B. anybody
C. somebody
D. nobody
51. B student with a little common sense should be able to answer the question.
A. Each
B. Either
C. Any
D. One
52. By 1996, production in the area was expected to double
D of 1988.
A. that
B. one
C. it
D. what
53. We’ll find the bus stop ____B______.
A. easy
B. easily
C. usual
D. slightly
54. If you don’t know the way, you can ___D____ the policeman.
A. tell
B. find
C. say
D. ask
55. The old man has two ____A____. One is rich and the other poor.
A. sons-in-law
B. sons-in-laws
C. son-in-law
D. sons-ins-laws
56. Can you tell me on which floor the ___B_____ hats are?
A. woman
B. women’s
C. woman of
D. womens’
57. The newly-built hotel is a ___A_____.
A. five-storey building
B. five storeys buildings
C. five-storeyed building
D. five storeys’ building
58. Jackie Chan is many people’s ____B____actor.
A. best
B. favorite
C. popular
D. like
59. The children felt ____D____ to be interviewed (会见) by the President.
A. honor
B. the honor
C. have honor
D. honored
60. Kissing is a ___B____ way of greeting with each other in the western countries.
A. usually
B. common
C. certain
D. following Part III Cloze
Patience plays an important role in creating a more peaceful and loving self. The more 61 you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life 62 exactly as you would like it to be, 63__ patience, life is extremely _64 . You are easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated. Patience _65 ,ease and acceptance to your life. It’s 66 for inner peace. Becoming more patient 67 opening your heart to the present moment, __68 you don’t like it.If you are 69__ in a traffic jam, opening to the 70 would mean gently reminding yourself to relax 71 your thinking got our of 72 .It might also be a good time to breathe as 73 as an opportunity to 74 yourself that being late is “ 75 stuff”
Being patient will help you to see things in their right 76 . You’ll see even a difficult situation, 77 your present challenge, isn’t “life of death” but simply a minor obstac le that must be dealt with. 78 you’re needing to 79 children, your boss, or a
difficult person or situation, 80 your patience level is a great way to start.
C、61. A. important B. peaceful C. patient D. annoyed
D、62. A. is B. was C. were D. be
B、63. A. With B. Without C. Having D. Possessing
A、64. A. frustrating B. exciting C. moving D. delighting
B、65. A. leads B. adds C. attributes D. assigns A、66. A. essential B. especial C. special D. social
C、67. A. solves B. resolves C. involves D. evolves B、68. A. if B. even if C. unless D. as long as A、69. A. stuck B. stored C. stretched D. spoiled
D、70. A. heart B. accident C. case D. moment A、71. A. before B. after C. until D. till A、72. A. hand B. limit C. level D. standard D、73. A. good B. worthwhile C. worth D. well A、74. A. remind B. ask C. restrain D. advise C、75. A. great B. big C. small D. precious
A、76. A. perspective B. perception C. percent D. performance
B、77. A. speak B. say C. tell D. utter
C、78. A. What B. How C. Whether D. Which
C、79. A. put up with B. work with C. deal with D. cooperate with
C、80. A. extending B. enlarging C. improving D. arising
PartⅣTranslation
81. Through such movies people were exposed to martial arts and wondered how they might learn
similar skills. An interest in martial arts as well as other things Asian started spread.
通过这样的电影人接触到武术，想知道他们如何学习类似的技能。

利息，以及其他的东西亚洲武术开始蔓延开来。

82. To most people the term technology conjures up images of smoky steel mills or noisy
machines.
对大多数人来说，长期的技术让人想起了排放黑烟的钢铁厂或发出噪音的机器。

83. When one thinks of the speed with which spiteful remarks are conveyed, it seems a pity that
there isn’t more effort to relay pleasing and flattering comments.
当一个人认为的传递速度，恶意的言论，这似乎是一个可惜的是没有更多的精力去继电器的愉悦和谄媚的意见。

84. Today in the United States, there are over 22 million adults using the Web, about half of whom
access the Internet at least once a day.
如今在美国，有超过22万成年人使用网络，大约有一半的人每天至少一次访问互联网。

85. It’s a day to celebrate, a time to educate, and a way to make a difference. Earth day was first observed on April 22, 1970.
这是一个值得庆祝的一天，一时间，教育，和有所作为。

1970年4月22日地球日被首次发现。

PartⅤWriting
1. 一些人认为记住大量的英语单词是学好英语的关键；
There is a heated debate over how to memorize English words. There are mainly two kinds of opinions. It is commonly accepted that college students may learn words in the words list by heart. In contrast, others hold that people may memorize each English word through reading.
2.一些人认为学好英语的最佳方法是进行大量阅读；
Those who hold the fist opinion suggest that college students should learn new words as many as possible. In their
view, this method can save time and energy, and can bring about a striking effect. However, others think that learning new words one after another may lead to confusion and misunderstanding. They argue that the meaning of each word can be well understood only in the context.
3. 一些人认为需要有一个良好的英语学习环境；
3. 我的做法。

As to me, I prefer the latter opinion. First, simply repeating new words too many times makes us feel dull and boring. Second, reading can help us both in memorizing words and understanding the context. In a word, to learn new words through reading is the best method in English study.
试题2
Passage 1
In many countries in the process of industrialization, overcrowded cities present a major problem. Poor conditions in these cities, such as lack of housing, inadequate sanitation(卫生) and lack of employment, bring about an increase in poverty, disease and crime.
The over-population of towns is mainly caused by the drift of large number of people from the rural areas. These people have become dissatisfied with the traditional life of farming, and have come to the towns hoping for better work and play.
One possible solution to the problem would be to impose registration on town residents. Only officially registered residents would be allowed to live in the towns and the urban population would thus be limited. In practice, however, registration would be difficult to enforce; it would cause a great deal of resentment, which would ultimately lead to violence.
The only long-term solution is to make life in the rural areas
more attractive, which would encourage people to stay there, This could be achieved by providing encouragement for people to move and work in the villages. Facilities in the rural areas, such as transport, health and education services should be improved. Education should include training in improved methods of farming and other rural industries, so as to develop a more positive attitude towards rural life. The improvement of life in the villages is very important, because the towns themselves cannot be developed without the simultaneous(同步的) or previous development of the rural area.
1. Large numbers of farmers have poured into towns because___B__.
A. they can hardly support their families on farms
B. they are unhappy with their life in the country
C. the rural areas are too crowded with people
D. they hope to have their own business
2. In the author’s view, solving the cities’problem of overcrowding by strict registration is ____C__.
A. practical
B. possible
C. not realistic
D. not efficient
3. What does the word “urban” (Line3,Para.3) mean ____A__.
A. Of the city
B. Out of work
C. In a bad condition
D. Of enormous size
4. According to the writer, the problem with crowded cities will be solved if __B_____.
A. traditional methods of farming are well kept
B. conditions in rural areas are much improved
C. the government can provide more jobs
D. violence could be controlled in cities
5. Which factor is most important for people to be attracted to live in the country?（C）
A. Their expectation.
B. Their interests.
C. Their income.
D. Their attitude.
Passage 2
Today television is one of the most popular forms of entertainment in home. Some people in places where television reception is good may think that television has taken the place of radio. Television, however, is actually a kind of radio. It uses special equipment for sending and receiving the picture. The television sound system uses the same type of equipment that is used in other forms of radio.
Exchanging messages with ships at sea was one of the first uses of radio. Modern radio is still used for this purpose and for communication across oceans. On land, too, radio provides a means of instant communication even with moving vehicles such as taxicabs or service trucks.
Police forces use two-way radio to get information to and from officers in squad cars and on motorcycles. Small portable sets make it possible to communicate with a central exchange while walking or riding in a city or over countryside. Observers in airplanes can report traffic accidents and traffic jams by radio to police officers on the ground.
Radiotelephones are used in many places. Connection with the regular telephone service can be provided for boats, trains,
and cars. Isolated places in deserts, forests and mountainous regions are linked by radiotelephone in many parts of the world. Thus by means of radio people can communicate with others wherever service is provided.
6. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?（C）
A. Television has taken the place of radio.
B. Television is the most popular forms of entertainment.
C. Television is a kind of radio.
D. Television is better than radio.
7. People used radio firstly for（A）
A. exchanging messages with ships at sea
B. reporting traffic accidents and traffic jams
C. sending and receiving pictures
D. communication with others in isolated places
8. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?（C）
A. All isolated places are linked by radiotelephones.
B. By means of radio people can communicate with others wherever they are.
C. Modern radio is used in many ways such as at sea, in the air and on land.
D. Radiotelephone service can be provided for airplanes.
9. The word “ portable” ( Para. 3 ) means ______D______.
A. general
B. delicate
C. easily repaired
D. easily carried by hand
10. What is the passage mainly about?（B）
A. Modern communication.
B. Radio and its uses.
C. The difference between television and radio.
D. The relation between television and radio.
Passage 3
Teachers often complain that students don’t do their homework properly and that they are constantly arriving at school red-eyed and yawning(打哈欠) due to lack of sleep.
It appears that there are two main explanations for this phenomenon. Firstly, many young children stay up late to watch television. Programs suitable for them may finish as late as eight o’clock. No child wants to be an exception in an age of conformity(一致) and admit not having seen what everybody else has. Secondly, a growing number of older children, particularly those approaching school-leaving age, are taking up part-time jobs mainly involving evening or weekend work. They feel that working experience, not academic qualifications, will help them find jobs on leaving school. One can sympathize with both groups of children but it doesn’t make
a teacher’s life any ea sier.
11. According to the passage, teachers complain about___D___.
A. lack of help from their students
B. their heavy work load
C. lack of understanding and support from students’ parents
D. students’ poor homework and weak motivation in study
12. Young children stay up late to watch television because_C_____.
A. parents nowadays don’t pay enough attention to their children
B. there isn’t much homework for them to do
C. the programs suitable for them finish late
D. good programs start late
13. How do part-time jobs interfere （干扰）with study?（B）
A. School hours and work hours often clash.
B. Students usually feel very tired after their part-time jobs.
C. Part-time jobs take up little of study time.
D. Part-time jobs have nothing to do with the students’ school work.
14. The author thinks the two groups of school children___A___.
A. are understandable
B. should be punished
C. should be praised
D. should be told how difficult their teacher’s life is
15. What is the passage mainly about?（D）
A. Interference of TV programs.
B. Importance of working experience.
C. The hard life of the teachers.
D. Causes of students’ neglect of school work.
Passage 4
How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child—things
that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
16. People can experience happiness if they __ B _.
A.always think of the past and regret it
B.value the present
C.are no longer young
D.become old and have much experience
17. When people were young, they used to __B_.
A.be in charge of many businesses
B.have few things to think about and take on
C.look after their younger sisters and brothers
D.face a lot of difficulties
18. The pains of children lie in the fact that __D_.
A.no one helps them make right decisions
B.they are often beaten by their parents
C.they can not be accepted and praised by others
D.they are not allowed to do what they like to do
19. Children are usually happy because __D_.
A.old people lose interest in them
B.they are free to do wrong
C.they are familiar with everything going on around them
D.things are new to them
20. Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?（C）
A.Hard work.
B.Being free from troubles.
C.Wealth.
D.Health
PartⅡVocabulary and Structure
21. There is a ___C____ network of roads round the country.
A. mixed
B. difficult
C. complex
D. confusing
22. He had intended to ____B____ the business over to his son when he retired.
A. hand
B. turn
C. give
D. move
23. It took me a lot of time and effort to qualify as a doctor but I ________ there in the end.
A. got
B. arrived
C. succeeded
D. achieved
24. If his father _____C___ him to go into law, he would have pursued his dream of being an
archeologist.
A. has not persuaded
B. did not persuade
C. had not persuaded
D. does not persuade
25. I __A_____ early in the morning and jog around the campus when I was in college.
A. used to get up
B. used to getting up
C. was used to getting up
D. was used to get up
26. As far as I am concerned, the best approach ______C____ performance on tests is to review
lessons regularly.
A. improving
B. in improving
C. to improving
D. to improve
27. I will not go into business ____B____ I have enough capital.
A. so that
B. unless
C. in case
D. lest
28. Not until after the examinations ____C_____ how he had idled his time away.
A. he realized
B. when he realized
C. did he realize
D. when did he realize
29. The naughty boy climbed up into the tree and picked all the mangoes __C__reach.。