2001年10月英语二试题及答案

第一部分（选择题，共50分）

Ⅰ. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points,1 point for each item)

从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

1. Should she come tomorrow, I _________ take her to the museum.

[A] can

[B] will

[C] would

[D] must

2. Many of us visited the industrial exhibition, __________, to our disappointment, we saw very few high-tech（高技术）products.

[A] where

[B] which

[C] as

[D] that

3. There networks are on the __________ for warning signs that show the weakening of rock layers that can precede an earthquake.

[A] eagerness

[B] alarm

[C] alert

[D] guard

4. His name will be crossed out from the list _________ he makes the same mistakes again.

[A] if

[B] unless

[C] because

[D] though

5. With the soaring of prices, a number of young college graduates cannot earn their living, ___________ supporting their parents.

[A] not to say

[B] to say nothing of

[C] not saying

[D] saying nothing of

6. _________ it was raining, many international tourists were haying picnics in the woods.

[A] In spite

[B] In spite of

[C] In spite of that

[D] In spite of the fact that

7. The students would not have made so much progress under less

________ conditions.

[A] popular

[B] welcome

[C] favourable

[D] prosperous

8. Lots of empty beer bottles were found under the young man's bed;

he ________ heavily.

[A] must have drunk

[B] must drink

[C] should drink

[D] had to drink

9. On the other hand concern is also growing about the possibility of

a new economic order _________ resource-rich nations of the Third World would combine to set high commodity prices.

[A] which

[B] what

[C] that

[D] in that

10. _________ home, she found that she had left the key at the office.

[A] To have arrived

[B] To arrive

[C] While arriving

[D] Arriving

Ⅱ. Cloze Test (10 points,1 point for each item)

下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

Writing in a diary, watching television, talking with friends, speaking on the telephone, and 11 a menu ─ what do they have in common? They are all 12 of communication. It has been 13 that people spend more time communicating than they spend in any other complex activity in life. 14 , communication is a word that most people have difficulty 15 and talking about.

The word communication may be used to identify activities that do not 16 people. For example, the word may sometimes be used to describe

the 17 that animals relate to each other. 18 , it is said that electronic devices“communicate”with each other. However,