13级《大学英语2》练习题

成教12级各专业大学英语（二）练习题
题2分，共20分。

1.The police investigation discovered that three young men were_________ in the robbery.
A.caught
B. involved
C. connected
D. tightened
2.Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ________of using the private beach.
A. privilege
B. possibility
C. favour
D.advantage
3.He felt rather______ as he was the only person who wore sportswear at the dinner party.
A. in place
B. in the way
C. by the way
D. out of place
4.The_______power of the people in this town has been decreasing because most young people have left for the big cities.
A.purchasing
B.enduring
C. shopping
D.spending
5.I received a_______ parcel yesterday and I am still wondering who may have sent it.
A. sincere
B.dull
plicated
D.mysterious
6. The school bus was _____ by a thick fog.
A.broken off
B.held up
C.kept up
D.put off
7.How we ________a chance to visit your great country!
A. longed for
B.looked for
C. Waited for
D.went for
8. We’ll do what we can to get the goods _____ on time said the manager.
A.delivered.
B.reached
C.returned
D. come
9.It is the boy’s laziness that ____ his failure in the exams.
A.resulted from
B.broght in
C.led into
D. resulted in
10.The movis star_____ with your sister, didn’t he ?
A.was used to dance
B. used to dancing
ed to dance
D.was used to dancing
二．翻译下列短文。

（共30分，每段5分）
1．Earlier scientist thought that during a man’s lifetime the power of his brain
decreased. But it is now thought that this is not so. As long as the brain is given plenty
of exercise it keeps its power. It has been found that an old person who has always been mentally active has a quicker mind than a young person who has done only physical work. It is now thought that the more work we give our brains , the more work they are able to do.
2.All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the word and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.
3.If you ask my mother how I happened to become an industrial engineer, she ‘ll tell you that I have always been one. She means that I have always wanted everything to be well organized and neat. When I was still in elementart school, I liked to keep my socks in the upper left-hand drawer of my bureau, my underwear in the upper right drawer, shirts in the middle drawer, and pants, neatly folded, in the bottom drawer.
4. After graduation I retunred home to my small town in Indiana. I didn’t have a job yet. Mr. Hobbs, a friend of my father’s, owned a small shirt factory in town. Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers. Mr. Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant.
5.Now suddeenly she began to sob, holding herself in as if weeping were a disgrace. Homer wanted to get up and run, but he knew he would stay. He even thought he might stay the rest of his life. He just didn’t know what else to do to try to make the woman less unhappy, and if she had asked him to take the palce of her son, he would not have been able to refuse, because he would not have known how. He got to his feet, sa if bu standing he ment to begin correcting what could not be corrected and then he knew the foolishness of this intention and became more awkward than ever.
6.Vingo sat there stunned，looking at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs----20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a banner of welcome billowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old con
slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
三．根据解释写出合适的单词。

每词1分，共10分。

1．Person with special skill or knowledge ______________________。

2．fill with wonder _________________________。

3．the inspection of manufactured products _____________________。

4．lessen（pain，worry，etc）_______________________。

5．a line of workers and machines along which work is passed untill the finished product is made ______________________________。

6．Dismiss （sb）from a job _____________________。

7．Greater in importance . ______________________。

8．Cause to become less in size，number，etc______________________。

9．The people who are in charge of a business________________________。

10．Able to produce much ________________________。

四、汉译英（20分）
1、直到昨天下午，李先生才跟他的兄弟讨论了我的建议。

（3分）
2、工人们坚持要资方改善他们的工作条件，并且宣称如果他们的要求遭到拒绝，他们就将举行罢工。

（5分）
3、大多数学生发现，亚里士多德的哲学思想比他们原先所想的要复杂的多。

（4分）
4、他们花了两个时间想另外找个人来接替前一星期被解雇的罗平。

（3分）
5、我认为只要在学习上化时间越多，就会取得越好的成绩，但现在我已经认识到情况并非都是如此。

（5分）
五、作文（20分）
How to be a good citizen（不少于100词）
答题卡
一、填空20分
1． 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 二．翻译下列短文30分
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三．根据解释写出合适的单词。

每词1分，共10分。

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6 7 8 9 10
四、汉译英（20分）
1
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五、作文（20分）
绍兴文理学院教育学院函授大学英语（二）答案
一、填空10分
1．B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. D 10.B
二．翻译下列短文30分
1. 早期的科学家认为在人的一生中，脑力是呈现下降趋势的。

但是现在认为这个观点是不对的。

只要大脑不断地练习就会一直保持它的能量。

已经发现一个经常积极使用脑子的老人，其脑力比一个总是干体力活的年轻人还要灵活。

现在认为，我们让大脑越工作，大脑就越能工作。

2.有证据表明他十分认可他最终能够买下这些布丁，我也肯定他从来都没有想过要欺骗商店。

可怜的家伙，或许他来到这个世界就是为了能够买下称心的布丁吧。

3. 如果你问我妈我是怎样成为工程师的，她回告诉你我早就是了。

她的意思是我总是喜欢把一切东西都打理的井井有条。

当我还是小学生时，我就喜欢把短袜放在柜厨的顶层的左上抽屉里，把内衣放在右边的抽屉里，把短裤叠好放在地层的抽屉里。

4 毕业后，我回到印地安纳家乡的小镇。

我没有找到工作。

我爸爸的一个朋友霍波先生在镇上有一家做衬衫的工厂。

在过去的五年里，工作规模由20人增加到80人，霍波先生担心工厂大了效率降低，他请我去工厂做最基础的咨询工作。

5. 现在她突然开始呜咽，并把自己裹紧好象哭泣是不光彩的事。

侯莫想站起来走开，但是他知道他应该留下。

他甚至认为他应该后半辈子都留下来。

6. 略
三、根据解释写出适合的单词。

1、expert
2、amaze
3、assembly
4、release
5、assembly line
6、fire
7、major
8、decrease
9、manager 10、productive
四、汉译英
It was not until yesterday afternoon that Mrli talked over my suggestion with his brother。

The workers insisted that the managent improve their working conditions ，declaring that they would go on strike if their demands were refused。

Most students found that Aritotle‘s philosofhical thinkxing was far more complicated than they had thought。

They spent two days trying to find someone to take the place of Luoping，who had been fired the week before。

We used to think that the more time you spent on your studies，the better grades you would received But now I has realized that it is not always the case。

五、作文。

10分(略)。