山师英语阅读二试题D及答案

山师英语阅读二试题D及答案
山师英语阅读二试题D
及答案
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山东师范大学成人高等教育英语专业
英语阅读（二）试题D
I．Choose the correct definition of the underlined word according to the context.（20*2=40）
1. Chinese not only use numbers to appeal for good fortune, they also
bring them out to chew people out.
(a) praise (b) speak angrily to (c) amuse (d) shout at
2. Add to this that people have psychological activity and the ability to link things together in their minds, and a whole set of auspiciousness-attracting and evil-expelling habits took shape.
(a) came to be formed (b) disappeared (c) followed (d) were added
3. We often say "three yang make good fortune" to describe the hope that misfortune will be held at bay and good luck will follow.
(a) no longer be something dreadful (b) be changed to something auspicious
(c) be of no importance (d) be kept away
4. Li Heng-li says that the only significance numbers have is what people ascribe to them.
(a) explain to (b) describe to (c) attribute to (d) take away from
5. They are more wary of one, three, five, seven, and nine.
(a) cautious of (b) worried about (c) aware of (d) generous to
6. And in North China, there is the saying that "if you want to succeed, don't stray from eight."
(a) run across (b) wander away from (c) stay with (d) fight against
7. The writing style was rather meticulous.
(a) interesting (b) humorous (c) careful (d) boring
8. Huang Bo-he, a scholar of folk traditions, argues that Chinese have always been rather inclined to the number three.
(a) fascinated by (b) attracted by (c) disappointed by (d) considering
9. But in Taiwan four is not especially well looked upon.
(a) looked after b) regarded (c) taken care of (d) used
10. In general, Chinese assign little good or bad significance to "five."
(a) give (b) sign (c) send (d) deliver
11. Some buildings were dilapidated.
(a) slanted (b) empty (c) shabby (d) collapsing
12. "Hello" a reedy voice called.
(a) sweet (b) shrill (c) happy (d) honest
13. She drew out the last word as if responding to the sight of a luscious cake.
(a) delicious (b) lustrous (c) attractive (d) soft
14. She seemed to genuinely admire it.
(a) generously (b) gently (c) truly (d) seriously
15. Mable commenced sweeping up the sawdust while I packed up my tools.
(a) commented (b) started (c) completed (d) supported
16. Two weeks before, Mable affixed placards to utility poles, admonishing us to move our cars on the Saturday specified.
(a) warning (b) compelling (c) advising (d) guiding
17. That incongruous sight was soon eclipsed by one of a gushing fire hydrant and phalanxes of neighbors pushing brooms to wok the water and dirt down the street.
(a) glorious (b) adventurous (c) inharmonious (d) sharp
18. The cleaning was infectious.
(a) tiresome (b) monotonous (c) continuous (d) contagious
19. As the sun brightened, the atmosphere became festive.
(a) cold (b) still (c) joyful (d) depressing
20. She was not merely thin but skeletal.
(a) short (b) unhealthy (c) nervous (d) skinny
II．Reading Comprehension: Choose the best answer for each question.
（20*3=60）
Passage One
Everyone who eats in Carman's Country Kitchen in South Philadelphia knows that if you need a job, a place to stay or a friendly ear on a blue day, you come to Carman Luntzel. The six-foot, 46-year-old powerhouse not only cooks, she also acts as her restaurant's discussion leader and matchmaker. When breakfast regular Stephen Sacavitch wasn't meeting women, she put his picture on a bulletin board, with the words: "Girls. Nice guy. Give him a break."
Last September a coffeepot left on a red-hot burner nearly destroyed the restaurant. Luntzel didn't have insurance. But bad news has a way of turning good at Carman's.
Bereft at the thought of no more buttermilk pancakes or homemade pear pie － and no more Carman dishing out advice and help －her customers pitched in. They boarded up her windows, removed debris and primed and painted her scorched
walls. It wasn't just the regulars. A guy on a motorcycle dropped off some cash. A woman from a nearby restaurant scoured charred dishes and stuck two $50 bills in Luntzel's pocket as she left. Just three weeks after the blaze, Luntzel was serving breakfast again. "It was incredible," she says.
"There's a sense about Carman that is just can-do," says regular Kevin Vaughan. "It's infectious."
1. The word "powerhouse" in paragraph one means ________.
(a) a small powerplant (b) a good restaurant
(c) an energetic person (d) an angry woman
2. Carman Luntzel was all of the following except ________.
(a) a cook (b) a discussion leader (c) a matchmaker (d) an insurance
agent
3. What happened last September
(a) There was a fire which nearly destroyed the restaurant.
(b) Luntzel lost a coffeepot.
(c) An insurance company offered to help.
(d) Carman could always turn bad news into good news.
4. How many weeks did it take to reopen the restaurant
(a) Two weeks. (b) Three weeks. (c) Two months. (d) Three months.
5. What was infectious about the restaurant
(a) The food served. (b) The efficiency of work
(c) The desire of regular diners. (d) The spirit of helping others. Passage Two
One night last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa
Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I
couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not
knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four
more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take from there.
This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to
look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very
expensive cab ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number
above its windshield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and
darned if it wasn't the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here," she said. "This isn't the nicest place.
I'll give you a ride home."
"You'll drive me home in the bus" I asked, perplexed.
"No, I'll take you in my car," she said.
"It's a long way," I protested.
"Come on," she said. "I have nothing else to do."
As we drove from the depot in her car, she began telling me a story. A
few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked
him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. "I’m just
passing the favor along," she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't hear of it.
"That wouldn't make it a favor," she said. "Just do something nice for
somebody. Pass it along."
6. After the car broke down, the author decided to ________.
(a) have it repaired (b) walk home (c) take a bus (d) wait for
a lift
7. The bus driver told the author that ________.
(a) her bus had four lights
(b) her route was a long one
(c) she couldn't help
(d) she would help as far as four traffic lights
8. The bus driver came back to the author because ________.
(a) the bus was out of service
(b) she had no lighted number
(c) she wanted to help the author to the end
(d) she wanted to take the author to another bus
9. When the bus driver's brother had run out of gas a few days earlier, he ________.
(a) was left on the way (b) walked to a service station
(c) was helped by his sister (d) was helped by someone he didn't know
10. In the end of the passage, the bus driver suggested that the author
________.
(a) offer some money
(b) say thank you
(c) make what she had done a favor
(d) pass the favor along
Passage Three
In any field it's important to have ambition and drive. But having worked as a psychologist with athletes, executives, artists and young people, I've learned that those who rise to the headiest heights in any field aren't necessarily the ones with the greatest natural talent.
They're the diligent few who put in the hours. They work hard. And then they work harder.
Recent research by fellow psychologists bears out the significance of focused hard work. In 1988, K. Anders Ericsson of Florida State University in Tallahassee and colleagues in Germany compared the careers of two groups of young musicians. The ten members of the first group were identified as potential topflight international performers. Another ten were identified as merely "good". Ericsson also included ten violinists performing in orchestras of international reputation, such as the Berlin Philharmonic. Both student groups kept diaries of their current practice schedules, and all three groups provided estimates of their earlier schedules.
Of the student musicians, Ericsson found, by the age of 20, the "good" group had practiced 7500 hours －an impressive total. But the potential world-class performers had practiced a staggering 10 000 hours － the equivalent of more than a year of hard work. "It's the difference between a college freshman and a junior," Ericsson says. Moreover, the top group's total practice time matched almost exactly that of the symphony performers at the same age.
Of course, there's a difference between hard work and drudgery. Keeping your nose mindlessly to the grindstone will
only get you abraded
nostrils. It's important to put in the hours. But it's not just the hours that count. For hard work to really pay off, you need to work effectively.
11. According to the author, the most important quality for one desiring the greatest achievements is ________.
(a) ambition (b) drive (c) the greatest natural talent (d) hard work
12. It can be learned from the passage that the aim of Ericsson's research work was ________.
(a) to find the highflying
(b) to find the best young musicians
(c) to find the importance of hard work
(d) to understand the psychology of potentially successful musicians
13. Ericsson's research showed that ________.
(a) the potential world-class performers had spent more years practicing in school
(b) the students in the "good" group had not worked very hard
(c) the students in the "good" group were college freshmen while the
potential world-class performers were college juniors
(d) the students in the top group spent much more time practicing
14. The word "drudgery" in the last paragraph means ________.
(a) laziness (b) light work (c) dull work (d) interesting work
15. A good title for the passage is: ________.
(a) Ericsson and His Research
(b) The Difference between Hard Work and Effective Work
(c) Practice Makes Perfect
(d) The Importance of Hard Work
Passage Four
In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern, urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the individuals. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for a marriage which is not arranged: It is called a "love match."
On my first field trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of "getting them married." In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. At most they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was suitable. Parents do not compel their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds objectionable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.
As a young American woman in Indian for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage oppressive. How could any intelligent young person agree to such a marriage without great reluctance It was contrary to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It also classed with my strongly held notions that the choice of such an intimate and permanent relationship could be made only by the individuals involved. Had anyone tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been defiant and rebellious!
At the first opportunity, I began, with more curiosity than tact, to question the young people I met on how they felt about this
practice. Sita, one of my young informants, was a college graduate with a degree in
political science. She had been waiting for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. I found it difficult to accept the docile manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would result in her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a virtual stranger, picked out by her parents.
16. According to the narrator, most marriages in India ________.
(a) are love matches (b) concern individuals only
(c) are a matter of the families concerned (d) are arranged
17. While arranging a marriage, the parents usually ________.
(a) let the bride and groom know each other well before they marry
(b) decide whether the marriage is suitable
(c) force their children to marry against their will
(d) look for many matches for one of their children at the same time
18. The narrator found the arranged marriages to be ________.
(a) defiant (b) practical (c) romantic (d) unbearable
19. The word "docile" in paragraph four means ________.
(a) rebellious (b) painful (c) educated (d) timid
20. A good title for the passage is: ________.
(a) A Love Match and an Arranged Match
(b) My Experience in India
(c) Arranging a Marriage in India
(d) Why Marriages Are Arranged in India
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