统考英语 复习题

厦门大学网络教育2011-2012学年第一学期
《英语2》复习题
I. Reading Comprehension:
Passage 1
A good opportunity for many international students to pursue a higher education is to leave their native country and come to the United States.
189 international students, mostly from India, decided to attend Southern University. Following his father‟s footstep, Rajeshekhar Chimmalgi, a freshman of physics major from India, came to Baton Rouge in 1998 and attended Southern University. He has good things to say to hopeful attendees.
“At Southern, the physics department staff and students helped me get through the registration process and advised me how to study and what classes to take,” Cimmalgi said.
The majority of international students at Southern are there to obtain a graduate degree and then return to their home country. However, during their short stay in the U. S., many international students find it hard to fit in.
“It‟s really difficult because you are the only one and you don‟t know anyone.” Chimmalgi said.
One of the easiest ways for them to feel comfortable is to be around people from their own culture. “I have some friends from Jamaica and Trinidad, so I don‟t feel so out of place.” said one student named Boogle.
Farhana Lubna, a third semester graduate student from Bangladesh, feels that Southern could do more to make them feel comfortable. He said, “At Louisiana State University, they have an international expo and foreign students introduce their culture to the university. I think Southern could do something similar to that.”
答案：DCBAB
1. Where was Chimmalgi from according to the passage?
A. Jamaica.
B. Trinidad.
C. Bangladesh
D. India.
2. What was the reason for Chimmalgi to attend Southern University?
A. It is the best university in the States.
B. It has the largest number of international students in the States.
C. It is the university that his father graduated from.
D. It has the best international student program in the States.
3. How did Chimmalgi feel about studying at Southern University?
A. He was receiving the best education.
B. The staff and students were very helpful.
C. He found it very hard to fit in the American culture.
D. He felt out of place most of the time.
4. What did most international students plan to do after graduation?
A. Returning to their home country.
B. Staying for postgraduate studies.
C. Getting a job in the States.
D. Working for some international expos.
5. What can Southern University do to improve its international student program?
A. Employing better teachers for foreign students.
B. Having foreign students introduce their culture.
C. Letting foreign students live in the same building.
D. Providing more native food to foreign students.
Passage 2
America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways --- education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society --- one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person's age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There's no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn't as strong as it used to be. It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, "I am much younger than my mother -- or my father -- was at my age." No one says "Act your age" any more. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
答案：DCABA
6. The population of 65 years old and over today is _____ times as many as that of fifty years ago.
A. 4
B. 10
C. 100
D. 2.5
7. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.
A. has made people feel younger
B. has changed people's social position
C. has changed people's understanding of age
D. has slowed down the country's social development
8. The underlined word "one" refers to______.
A. a society
B. America
C. a place
D. population
9. "Act your age" means people should ______.
A. be active when they are old
B. do the right thing at the right age
C. show respect for their parents young or old
D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
10. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most
probably consider it ______.
A. normal
B. wonderful
C. unbelievable
D. unreasonable Passage 3
As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself"(DIY) trend(趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
"We needed furniture for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn't have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time
when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. Hs has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420."I was deeply upset about it. Now I've finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself."
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourselfer", you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
答案：ACBAC
11. We can learn from the text that many newly married people ________.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
12. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ________.
A. run a DIY shop
B. save time and money
C. make or repair things
D. improve the quality of life
13. Which of the following is true about the DIY course taken by John and his wife?
A. It was free.
B. It was given at a night school.
C. It took about a month.
D. Few people took the course.
14. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ________.
A. keeps house and looks after his children
B. does his own car and home repairs
C. does extra work at night
D. makes shoes in his home
15. What would be the best title for the text?
A. the Joy of DIY
B. Welcome to Our DIY Course!
C. You Can Do It Too!
D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY. Passage 4
A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancee. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: rings, gold watches, diamonds—but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancee. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him.
A brilliant idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: “I can help you. I shall order my servant to pack it and take it to your fiancee. When he enters the room, he will drop it.”
On the birthday of his fiancee the young man was very excited.
Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybody‟s face. When the vase was unpacked the
guests saw that each piece was packed separately.
答案：BBDCB
16. The word “ fiancee” means _________.
A. a good friend
B. a woman engaged to get married
C. a beautiful girl with a boy friend
D. a girl who is going to have her birthday
17. Why did the young man want to buy a present for the girl?
A. He wanted to give her a Christmas present.
B. Her birthday was coming soon.
C. He fell in love with her.
D. They were going to get married.
18. The vase in the corner of the shop was broken. Who broke it?
A. The young man.
B. A servant.
C. The shop manager.
D. Someone not mentioned in the story.
19. Who thought out the clever idea?
A. The young man.
B. The girl.
C. The shop manager.
D. The manager‟s servant.
20. Who do you think packed each piece separately?
A. The clever manager.
B. The servant.
C. The beautiful girl.
D. The unhappy young man.
Passage 5
In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral Islands".
A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island.
If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers.
If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.
Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island.
The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?
答案：CDACB
21. A coral island looks like ____.
A. a round cake
B. a beach
C. a ring of land
D. a round lake
22. There are ____ in the holes in coral.
A. flowers
B. little plants
C. grass
D. sea animals
23. How did seeds of trees, grass and flowers come to the coral islands?
A. The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands.
B. Only the wind brought them there.
C. People brought them there.
D. Fishes brought them there.
24. From the story we learn that ____.
A. small workers can‟t do big things if they don't work hard
B. only big workers can do big things without working hard
C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time
D. all small things can do big things and work wonders
25. The underlined word island probably means ______.
A. a kind of sea fish
B. a piece of land surrounded by water
C. a type of sea animals
D. a kind of sea flowers
Passage 6
The best way to improve your vocabulary is through reading. The successful person reads a lot.
We learn nearly all of our active vocabulary through context, and usually through context in reading. We learn what a new word means from the words and sentences around it. Only once in a while do we give up and look the w ord up in a dictionary. But this is not laziness; it‟s a good way to learn. Words that we learn through their use in context are much more likely to stay with us than words we memorize by themselves, as in a list or in a dictionary if we are prone to read a dictionary.
The words we learn through reading will improve not just our reading vocabulary but our listening, speaking and writing vocabulary as well. It is these four types of vocabulary that have a direct impact upon our daily lives. They control how well we understand what we hear and read how well we speak and write. So we can see that vocabulary is so much more than …fancy words you won‟t use‟. It represents your thoughts. It gives you social, economic, and academic power.
答案：CBDAA
26. According to this passage, it is a good idea ___.
A. to look up the unknown words in dictionary
B. to give up some unknown words
C. to learn the meaning of almost all the active words from the words and sentences around
D. to use the four types of vocabulary
27. What is meant by …prone (to)‟ in the last sentence of the second paragraph?
A. happy (to)
B. likely (to)
C. willing (to)
D. eager (to)
28. Which of the following has an immediate influence on our daily lives?
A. Reading and listening vocabulary.
B. Only reading vocabulary.
C. Speaking and writing vocabulary.
D. Both A and C.
29. The author thinks that we learn most of our vocabulary ___.
A. through context in reading
B. through a list of words
C. through contact with others
D. through repeating unfamiliar sentences
30. By saying …that vocabulary is so much more than “fancy words you won‟t use”‟, the author
means ___.
A. there exist much more words learnt through four types of vocabulary than those we seldom
use
B. we can understand some of the special words through imagination
C. we can learn new words through four types of vocabulary much more easily
D. there are fewer unfamiliar words in popular writings
II. Vocabulary and Structure
1. ---“I am not quite myself today.” B
---“________ go and see a doctor?”
A. Why don‟t
B. Why not
C. Why you
D. Better to
2. There is a forecast that the _______ for a good crop harvest will be rather poor this year. A
A. prospect
B. protection
C. proportion
D. promise
3. Only members of the company are __________ to use the facilities. B
A. deserved
B. entitled
C. undertaken
D. guaranteed
4. After that they drove to the Guest House at __________ speed. A
A. top
B. head
C. whole
D. every
5. Medical care reform has become this country's most important public health _____________.
C
A. question
B. stuff
C. matter
D. reason
6. They found the lecture hard ________.B
A. to be understood
B. to understand
C. for understanding
D. to have been understood
7. The football match had to be _________ owing to (由于) the bad weather. A
A. cancelled
B. advanced
C. arranged
D. held
8. The gray building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts
____________. B
A. are producing
B. are produced
C. produced
D. being produced
9. Homework __________ on time will lead to better grades. A
A. done
B. be done
C. having done
D. having been done
10. The box is too heavy, so _____________ give me a hand? D
A. would you mind
B. will you like to
C. will you please too
D. would you please
11. He is _____________ to speak the truth. A
A. too fearful
B. so much fearful
C. too much fearful
D. so much of fearful
12. Having ___________ the bear in the woods for one week, the man was almost out of food. C
A. caught
B. shot
C. trailed
D. seeking
13. Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to __________ your voice. C
A. improve
B. increase
C. raise
D. open
14. Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as _______ at the party. C
A. actor
B. guest
C. host
D. dancer
15. There is no easy ______ to the problem. C
A. result
B. consequence
C. solution
D. reason
16. If you are always ____________ to others' troubles, you won't get any help whenever you are
in trouble yourself. A
A. indifferent
B. regretful
C. romantic
D. phenomenal
17. Many students found the book _____________; it provided them with a large amount of
information on the subject. A
A. informative
B. confusing
C. distracting
D. amusing
18. Seeing that the last bus was leaving, he made a ____________ for it while shouting "Wait!
Wait!" B
A. drive
B. dash
C. race
D. relay
19. ─ There were already five people in the car but they managed to take me as well. D
─ It _________ a comfortable journey.
A. can't be
B. shouldn't be
C. mustn't have been
D. couldn't have been
20. I was surprised to see the little girl play the piano so skillfully; she must have a ___________
future in music. C
A. promised
B. processed
C. promising
D. processing
21 "Are you going to the football game?" D
"No. The tickets are _______ expensive for me."
A. very much
B. so much
C. highly
D. far too
22. This ticket ____________ you to a free meal in our new restaurant. C
A. gives
B. grants
C. entitles
D. credits
23. As so many overseas business people have come to start and build new businesses, the place
looks much more _________ than it did a few years ago. C
A. propertied
B. tedious
C. prosperous
D. unremarkable
24. Hearing a _____________ noise in the backyard, Pamela went there to have a look. A
A. cracking
B. crack
C. cracked
D. cracker
25. Life insurance (保险), _______ available only to young, healthy persons, can now be obtained
for old people. D
A. before
B. after
C. former
D. previously
26. She bought a blue and yellow hat to __________ her new blue dress. A
A. match
B. shade
C. combine
D. marry
27 With the help of the foreign experts, the factory produced ______ cars in 2001 as the year
before. D
A. as twice many
B. as many as twice
C. as twice as many
D. twice as many
28. I listened to Dr. Smith's lecture about the history of Britain, but I failed to understand its key
____________. B
A. words
B. points
C. notes
D. message
29. My parents are not interested in modern music. They are _______. B
A. before the date
B. behind the times
C. after the fashion
D. against the tides (潮流)
30. When workers are organized and united, managers find it hard to lay them _____________. A
A. off
B. aside
C. out
D. down
III. Cloze: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET.
Many TV programs seem to be quite realistic. One 1 watches TV often feels that whatever happened in the film may as well happen to him. With only a little thinking, every man in the street may 2 to be a thief, or a spy, or a murderer. Jane had been watching a spy film at a friend‟s home. In it a young girl had been 3 and killed. She felt a little frightened. She took a train back to the center of the city. There were a lot of people traveling with her, so she felt much 4 .
A man sat face to face with her, 5 a newspaper. She thought nothing of it 6 she saw him looking at her for a long time. Remembering the film and feeling 7 , she got off the train and went to the bus stop. When she got on the bus, she found he was following her. When she got off the bus, she was getting more and more nervous as there was no one in the street. She walked as quickly as she could. She could hear footsteps behind her, but she didn‟t dare to look 8 her shoulder. It seemed to have been hours 9 she reached the front door. She felt for her keys, but couldn‟t find them. The 10 stopped behind her. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Instead of feeling hands round her neck, she heard a pleasant voice. “I am sorry if I frightened you. I thought I recognized you in the train, but I was not sure.”
答案：CBBDA DADAB
1. A. he B. which C. who D. she
2. A. look B. appear C. turn D. come
3. A. watched B. followed C. searched D. hurt
4. A. safe B. more worried C. dangerous D. safer
5. A. reading B. looking C. seeing D. watching
6. A. when B. after C. as D. until
7. A. frightened B. happy C. excited D. surprised
8. A. on B. for C. at D. over
9. A. before B. when C. as D. until
10. A. thief B. footsteps C. spy D. murderer
Todd was working at his gas station at night when he heard over the radio that a bank in Long Island had been ___1___ by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $ 150,000. “One hundred and fifty thousand,” Todd whistled. Here's a fellow who just ___2___into a bank and helps himself ___3___ so much money. Todd thought of the difficulty with which he managed to get the amount of money he ___4___ to start his gas station. So many papers to sign, so much money to pay back. The news continued twenty minutes later. The gunman had ___5___ a car for a ride, and then pushed out the driver. He was possibly ___6___ the Southern State Parkway in a white Ford. License plate number LJR1939. The voice of the announcer continued: “___7___ out for white cars. Don't pick up strangers, and all you folks in gas stations better not do ___8___ to a white Ford car.” Todd stood up and tried to see out into the cold night. It was dark but Todd knew the Southern State Parkway was out there. Just then, Todd saw the headlights coming at him and a car pulled in for gas. There it was, a white Ford. He saw the number, LJR1939. “What should I do?” Todd had to make a quick ___9___. “Yes, sir?” Todd asked while making up his mind for sure. “__10__ her up,” the man said sounding like any other driver. When the tank was full, Todd quickly turned round and pointed a gun at the man. …Hands up and get out!‟ 答案：DBCDD CACAB
1. A. searched for B. held up C. taken over D. broken into
2. A. walks B. looks C. marches D. drives
3. A. for B. by C. to D. of
4. A. saved B. made C. offered D. needed
5. A. bought B. borrowed C. stolen D. stopped
6. A. calling from B. fleeing from C. heading for D. looking for
7. A. Look B. Run C. Call D. Set
8. A. harm B. favor C. service D. business
9. A. decision B. call C. movement D. remark
10. A. Cover B. Fill C. Check D. Tie
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange or red? If you do, you must an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow 1 lead. If you love green, you are strong-minded and 2 . You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are 3 . At least this is 4 psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color 5 , and the effect that colors have 6 human beings. They tell us that we don't choose our favorite color as we grow up. If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one, and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier 7 more active. It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark gray.
Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life 8 a new shirt or a few colorful things. Remember also that you will know your friends and your enemies 9 when you find out what colors they like and dislike. And don‟t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character 10 you choose a piece of handkerchief.
答案：CBDCC BAADC
1. A. to B. not C. than D. as
2. A. pleasant B. determined C. happy D. cool
3. A. funny B. mild C. strange D. successful
4. A. that B. which C. what D. any
5. A. likes B. taste C. preference D. difference
6. A. over B. on C. with D. at
7. A. but B. even C. and D. also
8. A. with B. on C. at D. about
9. A. little B. less C. well D. better
10. A. where B. that C. when D. why
IV. Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English:
1. 我父亲太忘事, 老是在找钥匙。

My father is so forgetful that he‟s always looking for his keys.
2. 他总以为自己的学历和工作经历肯定会给人深刻的印象,但实际并非如此。

He takes it for granted that his educational background and work experience are surely impressive. But actually they are not.
3. 对于这位科学家来说, 凌晨两、三点钟上床睡觉是很平常的事。

It was not unusual for the scientist to go to bed at two or three in the morning.
4. 她容貌秀美, 举止优雅,很吸引人。

Her good looks and elegant manners are very attractive.
5. 杰克经验还不足, 所以让他独立完成这项任务是有困难的。

For lack of experience, Jack will have difficulty finishing the task alone.
6 有钱不一定幸福。

Happiness doesn‟t always go with money.。