《大学英语》II考试试卷

《大学英语》II考试试卷

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I. Reading comprehension

Passage one

Finger Painting

Children need ways to show what they think and feel. For this reason, many children enjoy finger painting. Using their fingers, they can paint their own pictures and make designs.

People started finger painting long ago. Early humans used their hands to paint animals on the walls of caves. Hundreds of years ago, Chinese artists used their fingers to draw with ink.

Modern finger painting was started by an American school teacher named Ruth Shaw. A child in her class hurt a finger. The teacher told the student to put some iodine on the cut. Later she found the child using the iodine and all the fingers to draw designs. From this, she got the idea of letting children rub paint on paper with their fingers.

To finger paint, children use a special paint and paper. The paint must be harmless to the skin and wash off easily .The paper has a shiny coating on one side that holds the paint.

The young artists wet the paper before they begin their work. They paint standing up so that they will have more room to move their arms. They can paint with their fingers or with their elbows, arms or hands. As they slide the paint over the paper, they turn a sea of color into a bright design.

1. In China, artists used their fingers to_____.

A. draw standing up

B. make colors in the sea

C. draw with ink

D. paint their teacher

2. What word means “a medicine that is put on cuts ” ?

A. Shiny.

B. Paint.

C. Iodine.

D. Design.

3. Finger paints must be _____.

A. made from iodine

B. hard to wash off

C. harmless to the skin

D. shiny on one side

4. Which of the statements is true?

A. Only children with hurt fingers can draw.

B. Finger painting is only good for making designs.

C. Finger painting is not a new idea.

D. Y ou must be Chinese to use finger paints.

5. On the whole, the story is about ______.

A. American school teachers

B. Chinese artists who painted on walls

C. the origin and characteristics of finger painting

D. early paintings on the walls of caves

Passage two

Population and Pollution

Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further pollution by industry. If the rapid increase of world population in countries continues at the present rate, there may be much greater harm to human beings. Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution.”

About 2000 years ago, the world population was probably about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year 2000. If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the world a hundred years from now!

Man has been using the Earth’s resources more and more rapidly over the past years.Some of them are almost used up. Now many people believe that man’s greatest problem is how to control the gro wth of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to support the human population, in time to come, if the present rate of increase continues. Already there is overcrowding in many cities and starvation in some countries. Sh ould man’s population keep on growing so rapidly as before? Many people believe that human survival in the future depends on the answer to this question.

1. The rapid increase in population is considered to be _____.

A. the increase of resources

B. population pollution

C. the development of mankind

D. the present rate

2. The world population will be ______by the year 2000.

A. 7 billion

B. 250 million

C. 25 billion

D. 3.5 billion

3. It is very important for us _____.

A. to use the materials in the world

B. to move into cities

C. to control the growth of our population

D. to support the human population

4. If the present rate of increase continues, _______.

A. the world is going to end

B. the earth will not be able to support the growing population in the future

C. pollution has nothing to do with the rapidly increasing population

D. there would be four billion in the world a hundred years from now

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. In 1850 the world population reached a billion

B. Man must fight a battle against population pollution.

C. The world’s population is increasing with years.

D. All of the E arth’s resources are gone now.

Passage three

He Had Been Home All Night

Late one evening a man was speeding south on a highway. He had had several drinks and it showed. Soon a policeman pulled him over. As the officer was coming towards him, an accident broke out some distance away, so the officer crossed the road to see if he could help.

At that moment, the driver had got out of his car and began strolling. He was waiting impatiently. Finally he decided not to wait any longer and took off for home. He demanded his wife to tell the police, if they called, that