英语精读期末试题

大学英语精读试题（考试时间：120分钟闭卷）A卷本次考试试卷的所有答案全部写在专用答题纸上。

考试结束后，试卷和答题纸一起上交。

一、Words：（按单词的中文意思及词性填空，单词的首字母或前几个字母已给出。

每空1分，共20分）1、决定vt. de_____________2、平衡n. eq_____________3、内在的a. in_____________4、清楚n. c_____________5、体育场n. s_____________6、评价v. e_____________7、信息n. in_____________8、社区n. com_____________9、奇迹n. ma_____________10、培养vt. cul_____________11、气候n. c_____________12、交通v. tr_____________13、极其adv. ex_____________14、财政n. f_____________15、假日n. h_____________16、居民n. d_____________17、童年n. c_____________18、熟悉的a. f_____________19、财富n. tr_____________20、大小；广大n. mag_____________二、Vocabulary & Structure：（在下列四个选项中，选出最适合题目的选项。

每题2分，共30分）21、Who will（）the cost of repair if the car is damaged?A、takeB、bearC、holdD、swallow22、The new regulation will soon come into（）.A、forceB、valueC、strengthD、effective23、The students are（）the mid-term test, which will soon be held.A、preparingB、preparing onC、preparing forD、preparing in24、As soon as the manager entered his office, he began to（）the telephone book on his desk.A、look upB、look uponC、look throughD、look for25、Her answer is not acceptable, and（）.A、neither am IB、either is mineC、neither is mineD、mine is neither26、Although the family trusted her, she let them（）badly.A、offB、downC、outD、alone27、The whole city began a fitness campaign（）goal is to make more healthy.A、whichB、whoseC、thatD、what28、He was pleased to have the（）to hear such a fine musician play his favorite piece of music.A、fateB、possibilityC、occasionD、opportunity29、（）evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.A、If beingB、It isC、There isD、There being30、What defense did his counsel（）in the trial?A、set outB、set aboutC、set inD、set up31、— Mum，I’m very thirsty.— Oh, help（）to the（）water.A、yourselves, boiledB、yourselves, boilingC、yourself, boilingD、yourself, boiled32、The hard truth is that（）Lucy（）her twin sister has yet done enough to get a passinggrade for her course.A、both…andB、either…orC、whether…orD、neither…nor33、Some（）of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a changing environment.A、kindsB、categoryC、variesD、species34、Much of the news provided by this newspaper is（）, not foreign.A、ruralB、domesticC、urbanD、familiar35、This is not an economical way to get more water;（）it is very expensive.A、or elseB、in shortC、on the contraryD、on the other hand三、Reading Comprehension：（根据文章内容，完成文章后的五个选择题。

每题2分，共20分）Passage OneAs a result of pollution, Lake Erie, on the borders of the USA and Canada, is now without any living things. Pollution in water is not simply a matter of “poisons” killing large numbers of fish overnight. Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms (生物体) to be affected are either plants or plankton. But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures. When this food disappears, the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out, and it’s not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river’s edge or on the seashore that people realize what is happening. Where do the substances which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources of sewage (污水) and industrial waste. As more detergent (洗涤剂) is used in the home, so more of it is finally put into our rivers, lakes and seas. Detergents harm water birds, dissolving the natural substances which keep their feathers water-proof. Sewage itself, if not properly treated, makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and the sea from receiving the oxygen they need. Industrial waste is even more harmful as there are many highly poisonous things in it, such as copper and lead (铅). So if we want to stop this pollution, the answer is simple: sewage and industrial waste must be made clear before flowing into the water. It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes, but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.36、Pollution of water is noticed ______.A) when the first organisms are affectedB) when a good many fish and birds dieC) when poisonous things are poured into waterD) as soon as the balance of nature is destroyed37、The living things die because there is no ______ in the lake or river.A) water B) fish C) poison D) oxygen38、Which of the following is harmful according to the passage?A) Organisms.B) Plants and plankton in the water.C) Waste water from clearing.D) Industrial waste made clear before flowing into the water.39、The way to stop water pollution is to ______.A) realize the serious situation clearlyB) put oxygen into the riverC) make the waste material harmless before flowing into the waterD) make special room in the sea for our rubbish40、We can infer that the passage is chosen from an article on ______.A) pollution B) sewage C) organisms D) industrial wastePassage TwoIf education is the transmission of civilization, we are unquestionably progressing. Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again. So our finest modern achievement is our spending of wealth and toil which never have been known before in the provision of higher education for all. Once colleges were luxuries, designed for the male half of the leisured class; today universities are so numerous that he who runs may become a Ph.D. We may not have been better than the selected geniuses of the past, but we have raised the level and average of knowledge beyond any age in history.41、We are making progress in education because ______.A) we have not interrupted the transmission of civilizationB) colleges have become less luxuriousC) college education is designed for the maleD) a lot of money and work unheard of in the past has been invested in college education42、Since there are so many universities today, ______.A) we have exceeded the selected geniuses of the pastB) anybody who runs has opportunity to get the highest academic degreeC) many geniuses are producedD) the quality of education has lowered43、Civilization is passed down from one generation to another ______.A) through the efforts of each new generationB) through inheritanceC) through exceptionally creative personsD) through transmission44、If the transmission of civilization should discontinue for one hundred years, ______.A) civilization would be easily brought back into activityB) civilization would be created betterC) civilization would be destroyedD) civilization would be made again45、The author thinks that the purpose of education is ______.A) to select geniusesB) to raise the level of knowledgeC) to produce Ph.DsD) to keep the life of civilization四、C-E Translation：（根据括号内的提示，将下列句子翻译成英文。