预备级英语

2011年下半年《大学英语预备级》考前辅导一、选择填空（每题1分，共15分）1. I’ll finish this work A a week.a. inb. afterc.before d. on2. Neither of the twins D clever, i’m afraid.a. aren’tb. arec.isn’t d. is3. The ice is too thin for you to C .a. walkb. walkingc. walk on itd. walk on4. I’ll give it to her as soon asshe D back .a. comeb. camec. will comed. comes5. We all carefully butwe C nothing.a. listened…listened tob. heard…heardc. listened…heardd. heard…listened to6. Is this the key B the door?a.ofb.toc.ford. ｆrom7. there A a table tennis match sometime next week, isn’t there?a. is going to beb. is going to havec. will haved. will be8. she told her daughter B in the street any more.a. to not playb. not toplayc. don’t playd. not play9. “what’s on the desk?” “______D __ some glasses.”a. it isb. there isc. they ared. there are10. you can have C fish meat, but you can’thave .a. neither…nor…bothb. both…and…neitherc. either…or…bothd. either…or…neither11. there’s not D work to do. i can leave soon.a. manyb. ac.little d. much12. the box on the desk is made A wood.a. ofb. ｆromc.in d. out13. you can’t go into the room because it C yet.a. isn’t cleanedb. not cleanedc. hasn’t been cleanedd. won’t be cleaned14. she B has lunch at home on sundays.a. don’tb. hardlyc.does n’t d. not15. what’s wrong D this machine? it doesn’t work.a. onb. atc.of d. with二、阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）passage 1The weekends are a time for families in Britain. Often the parents are not at work.having worked a five-day week from Monday to Friday, Saturdays are a busy time for shops with many families going shopping.Sundays ｕｓｅd to be a very special day of the week in Britain. it was the one day of the week for “worship and rest”. the shops were closed ａnd most people were at home ｏr at church. popular leisure activities on Sunday ｕｓｅd to be going to church ａnd doing odd jobs around the home such as gardening and diy.Until a few years ago shops were not permitted to open on a Sunday. Sundays today are becoming like any other day other week with shops open. some families will now spend their time shopping rather than going to church ｏr they will combine the two activities.Britain is becoming a far less Christian country with fewer people regularly attending church. many Christians believe that Sunday should be kept special, as a time given to worship god. they think it is important for Christians to meet together, listen to readings from the bible and celebrate holy communion. others believe that it is important that families have time to be together. (the shopping hours on a Sunday are less than on any other day of the week.)1.the following activities are popular on sunday in britain except ___B____.a. gardeningb. going to the zooc. shoppingd. diy2. in the second paragraph, the phrase “worship ａnd rest” refers to _____D___.a. going to the churchb. doing housework at homec. having a rest at homed. both a, b ａnd c3. which of the following is true according to the passage?( A )a. English people usually work five days a week.b. in Britain, shopping is regarded as the most important activity in the weekend.c. nowadays, more ａnd more people prefer to go to church on sundays.d. most people think the shopping hours on sunday should be longer.4. Britain is becoming less christian probably because ____C______.a. many people refused to go to the church.b. going to the church is too boringc. people think that staying with one’s family i s more important than going to thechurchd. many people think that christians should meet together on sundays.5. the passage mainly tells us ____B________.a. what british people think of christianb. what british people do in the weekendsc. why british is far less christiand. how to spend your leisure timepassage 2I was arguing about the price for a table in a second-hand shop when a young man camein carrying a chair, put it down before the manager ａnd asked how much it was worth.“Three dollars,” replied the manager.The young man looked surprised. “it isn’t worth more than that?”“Three dollars is all i can give you for that piece, son.” the manager shook his head and bent (俯身) to examine the piece. “see that?” he pointed to a crack (裂缝) in the chair leg, adding, “and see here ｗhere the paint is peeling (剥落)? well, three dollars is all its worth to me.”“all right then,” said the young man, smiling. “i’ll take it.” he pulled out his wallet. “i saw it in front of your shop with something marked $10, but i thought maybe it was a mistake ａnd you could tell me how much it was worth.”1. the young man came to the shop C .a. to have an argument with the bossb. to carry an old chairc. to buy an old chaird. beforethe writer did2. it is clear that D .a. the chair belonged to the young manb. the manager had a good memoryc. the young man didn’t have enough money to buy the chaird. the manager mistook the cha ir for the young man’s3. ｆrom this passage, we can see that the young man was C .a. very honestb. a poor manc. veryclever d. a cheat4. which of the following is not true according to this passage?( C )a. the manager bent to examine the crack in the chair leg.b. the young man felt the price for the table was not reasonable.c. the manager thought the chair was worth more than three dollars.d. the manager asked the young man ｗhere the paint was peeling.5. we can imagine in the end B .a. the manager was satisfied with the priceb. the manager was regretful for what he had donec. the young man was sorry for what he had doned. the writer got the table in satisfactionpassage 3it doesn’t matter when ｏr how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. that’s what all doctｏrs thought, until they heard about al herpin, who never slept. could this be true? the doctｏrs decided to see this strange man themselves.al herpin was 90 years old when the doctｏrs came to his home in new jersey. they thought fｏr sure that he got some sleep of some kind. so they stayed with him ａnd watched every movement he made. but they were surprised. though they watched him hour after hour ａnd day after day, they never saw herpin sleeping. in fact, he did not even own a bed. he never needed one.the only rest that herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfｏrtable chair ａnd reading newspapers. the doctｏrs were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. they asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. they found only one answer that might explain his condition. herpin remembered some talk about his mother injured several days befｏre he was bｏrn. but that was all. was this the real reason? no one could be sure.herpin died at the age of 94.1. the main idea of this passage is that B .rge numbers of people do not need sleepb.a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleepc.everyone needs some sleep to stay alived.people can live longer by trying not to sleep2.the doctｏrs came to visit herpin, expecting B .a.to cure him of his sleeplessnessb.to find that his sleeplessness was not really truec.to find out why some old people didn’t need any sleepd.to find a way to free people ｆrom the need of sleeping3. after watching him closely, the doctｏrs came to believe that alherpin C .a.needed some kind of sleepb.was too old to need any sleepc.needed no sleep at alld.often slept in a chair4. one reason that might explain herpin’s s leeplessness was A .a.his mother’s injury befｏre he was bｏrnb.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habitc.his magnificent physical conditiond.that he hadn’t got a bed5.al herpin’s condition could be regarded as D .a. a common oneb. one that could be curedc. very healthyd. a rare onepassage 4in mount berry, geｏrgia, people find a group of schools built specially fｏr mountain children. the schools, as well as the mountain itself, are named after martha berry, herselfa daughter of a geｏrgian mountaineer.martha berry was bｏrn in 1866. luckier than most geｏrgian mountain children, she received an education. but she never fｏrgot other children of the mountains whose parents couldn’t a ffｏrd to send them to school. in 1902 martha berry started a school fｏr these children. it was housed in a single small log cabin ａnd was attended by only five pupils.now, eighty years later, there are a scｏre of berry schools in the area, with a total of over one thousand students ａnd a waiting list of about five thousand.martha berry in her later years received many medals ａnd honｏrs fｏr what she had done fｏr the poｏr mountain children of geｏrgia, ａnd in 1931 she was named one of the twelve most impｏrtant women in the united states. she never stopped wｏrking fｏr the mountain children till her death in 1942.1. the berry schools have a histｏry of D .a.half a centuryb.over three quarters of a centuryc.about a quarter of a centuryd. a whole century2. the first berry school was founded C .a. to honｏr martha berryb. in memｏry of martha berryc. by the effｏrts of martha berryd. in martha berry’s own house3. in mount berry there are now B .a. enough schools fｏr all the local (本地的) childrenb. still not enough schools fｏr all the local childrenc. mｏre than enough schools fｏr all the local childrend. school fｏr local children as well as children ｆrom other parts4. martha berry was named one of the twelve most impｏrtant women in the u.s.because A .a.she had helped develop one of the most backward(落后的) areasb.she had never stopped wｏrking till deathc.she had received many medals ａnd honｏrsd.she had helped set up some of the most advanced schools5. this passage mainly tells us D .a.the histｏry of the berry schoolsb.about a poｏr area in the united statesc.mount berry’s development in educationd.martha berry’s wｏrk ａnd achievement三、把下列句子翻译成汉语（每题3分，共15分）1. Bad weather can quickly turn your exciting vacation into a week spent indoors watchingfｏreign television.恶劣天气可以很快将令人激动的假期，演变成一周呆在室内看外国电视。