4月份考试大学英语2第一次功课

2014年4月份考试大学英语（2）第一次作业一、单项选择题（本大题共40分，共 40 小题，每小题 1 分）1. The park was filled with people ( ) on their cell phones.A. to talkB. talkedC. talkD. talking2. I ( ) by the teacher at the meeting next week.A. am praisedB. have been praisedC. shall praisedD. shall be praised3. He used to feel confident ( ) language ability.A. in the term ofB. in terms ofC. in term ofD. in a term of4. I saw him at （）__, not at （）__．A. my uncle．．．the BlacksB. my uncle’s．．．the BlacksC. my uncle’s．．．the Blacks’D. my uncle．．．the Blacks’5. I’m on night duty． When you go to （）__, I go to（）__．A. the bed．．．the workB. bed．．．the workC. bed．．．work the bed．．．work6. Let’s take a rest and have a cup of coffee, （）?A. shall weB. won’t weC. shall youD. won’t you7. Thousands of people were gathering in the square．（）!A. What large crowdB. What a large crowdC. How large crowdD. How a large crowd8. To most of the students, Economics （）__ always an important subject, also a difficult one．A. is areB. have beenC. was9. There were so many people that police found it very hard to bring the situation ( ) control.A. AtB. underC. withD. on10. The teacher takes the students ( ) there is something interesting to see.A. thatB. wheneverC. whereverD. in which11. A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch.Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened theItalian with his fist（拳头） and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s. One night he went out for _______ alone.A. a rideB. a walkC. a drinkD. rest12. This map is printed _____ the scale of 1:465,000,000.A. uponB. toC. onD. in13. I have never spoken ill of her, ( ) I don't like her.A. ifB. becauseC. so thatD. though14. Her sister cares much about fashion and her clothes were always （）.A. up to dateB. up-to dateC. up to-dateD. up-to-date15. Spring （）, we may perhaps look forward to better weather.A. to comeB. having comeC. to be comeD. having been come16. A hot shower, a cup of milk, a bag of potato chips, and then a good sleep _____ the luxury that he needed after the examination.A. areB. wasC. wereD. is17. Do what I tell you --_____!A. or elseB. or soC. and thatD. and do18. “Can I pay my bill by ( )card?”A. telephoneB. postC. creditD. passing19. Treasure hunts（寻宝）have excited people''''s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson''''s Treasure Island．Kit Williams，a modern writer，had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues（线索）found in a book when he wrote a children''''sstory，Masquerade，in 1979．The book was about a hare，and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire．The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare，but Williams put in a lot of “red herrings”，or false clues，to mislead them．Ken Roberts，the man who found the hare，had been looking for it for nearly two years．Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time，he found it by logic（逻辑），not by luck．His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start．He had realized that the words：“One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon，the first of Henry VIII''''s six wives．Even here，however，Williams had succeeded in misleading him．Ken knewthat Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridge shire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there．He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him．He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill，inBedfordshire，and thought that he must have buried the hare in aplace he knew well，but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon，until one day he came across two stone crossesin Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773．Even then his search had not come to an end．It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided towrite to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there．Williams encouraged him to continue，and on February 24th 1982，he found the treasure．It was worth ￡3000 in thebeginning，but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable．What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Robertsfind the hare？A. Two stone crosses in Ampthill．B. Stevenson''''s Treasure Island．C. Katherine of Aragon．D. Williams'''' hometown．20. By using both ears one can tell the direction （）a sound comes.A. in whichB. from whichC. beyond whichD. with which21. A:“I hope you will be ready to leave on time. ”B:“Don''''t worry. I''''ll be ready by the time the taxi （）. ”A. arrivingB. arrivesC. will arriveD. will have arrived22. The Internet allows people the ____ to shop and conduct other business at their own convenience.A. freeB. freedomC. lightheartedD. lightheartedness23. Though he was very angry with her, he tried to refrain from （）.A. let it outB. letting it outC. to let it outD. lets it out24. Mom was always worried about my health, therefore （） departure, she prepared a lot of medicine for me.B. inC. whenD. at25. She is a devoted mother and is willing _____ anything for her children.A. doB. to doC. doingD. done26. Where are you going to have the TV set （）?A. repairB. repairingC. repairedD. to repair27. A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft（救生艇） in the seas of Central America after their boat sank.Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, theymet some whales（鲸鱼）. “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water.For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water — two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw（生的）. Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some sharks（鲨鱼） came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldn’t stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat andtook them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over. Duringtheir days at sea, _______ saved their livesA. tins of food and bottles of waterB. a fishing-line and a machineC. whales and sharksD. Twenty passing ships28. The number of the visitors, ( ) we had expected, was well overtwo hundred.A. thatB. whereD. as29. I have no cash in my pocket; I have to （） some money from the bank.A. withdrawB. takeC. bringD. fetchA. WithdrawB. takeC. bringD. fetch30. —Someone took my book. —Well, I didn't and ( ).A. nor did JackB. nor Jack didC. Jack did norD. Jack nor did31. I ordered three dishes, each of ( ) carried a surcharge: soup, roasted chicken, steak.A. WhichB. thatC. whatD. this32. I don’t know which of her brothers she was ( ).A. referred toB. referring toC. referredD. referring33. If I were you, I ( ) the job.A. AcceptB. would have acceptedC. would acceptD. had accepted34. Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber（海参）. All living creatures, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual.What else can be said about an odd animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets（美食家）？For some fifty million years, despite all eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water,or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to such up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple tentacles. Usually the creatures are cucumber-shaped — hence their name — and because they are typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combined with flexibility, enables them to squeeze into narrow cracks where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become inactive and live at a low metabolic rate — （ceding sparingly or not at all for long periods, so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty, they would devour all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs, when attacked, it squirts all its internal organs into the water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate（排出内脏） and regenerate itself if it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted. The passage is mainly about ______.A. the reason for the sea cucumber'''' s nameB. ways to identify the sea cucumberC. places where the sea cucumber can be foundD. the peculiarities that make the sea cucumber unusual35. Upon ( ), please switch off the air-conditioner.A. apartB. departmentC. apartmentD. departure36. In （） situation, we needn’t call the title of our boss.A. formalB. formerC. informalD. latter37. She said ( )A. what it was a beautiful flowerB. what a beautiful flower it was.C. how a beautiful flower it wasD. how a flower was beautiful.38. ( ) by the way she spoke to me, I left the office.A. AnnoyingB. AngryC. Been angryD. Annoyed39. The price of crude oil on the North American market increased （） 5%.A. onB. inC. atD. by40. I thought it was very ____ way to spend a weekend in countryside.A. relaxB. relaxedC. relaxingD. relaxes二、阅读理解单项选择题（本大题共60分，共 6 小题，每小题 10 分）1.During the 19th century, scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a person were hurt, he would lose the power of doing certain things. And so people thought that each part of the brain does a different job. But modem research discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does.In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of research done on the brain. Scientists have found out the way the brain works is not so simple as people in general may think. Chemists fell us that about 100,000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second. Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happens to us. We, may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen, but it is kept there in the storehouse (宝库) of the human brain. Earlier scientists thought that is not true. As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise,it keeps its power. It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain.(1). In the 19th century, scientist found that a person would lose the power to do certain things( ).A.when he got weaker in healthB.if certain parts of his brain were hurtC.after he did a quite different jobD. when he grew older(2). Scientists today are still unable to show exactly ( ).A.what each part of the brain is doingB.how many chemical changes take place in the brain each secondC.whether each part of the brain does the same jobD. which part of the brain is the most important(3). It has been found that one's brain usually works ( )A.faster when he is oldB.a little now and a little thenC.in a very simple wayD. without any rest all day long(4). Which of the following is NOT true according to the text? ( )A.Scientists are working hard at the researches on the brain.B.As many as six million chemical changes take place in the brain every minute.C.A young man doing physical labor is sure to have a much slower mind. D. Even an old man may have a quick mind if his brain is given much exercise.(5). The more work we give to our brains( ).A.the less result we will gainB.the more work they are able to doC.the weaker their power will getD. the more tired they will feel2.It would be difficult to have a society like ours without public goods such as defense, transportation, and other services.A public good is one that a person can use without reducing the use of it for another person. One of the best examples of a public goodis national defense. One person can benefit from our national defense without reducing another person''s benefits. In fact, it is difficult to keep any person in our society from enjoying the benefits ofnational defense.The market system does not work well in producing public goods. This is because a person who refuses to pay for a public good cannot be kept from using it. Suppose that the neighbors in a high crime area decide to hire a police force. Each neighbor, except Mrs. Smith, agrees to pay S 100 a year for it. Mrs. Smith refuses to pay because she knows that if all the others pay the $ 100, the police will guard the area anyway. So Mrs. Smith can enjoy the services of the police force without paying $100.The market system has no way to deal with this type of problem. For this reason, we cannot ask each person to make a direct payment in the form of product price. Therefore, we collect money for public goods by using taxes.(1). According to the passage, public goods are ( )A.services enjoyed by all peopleB.what we can buy and sell in publicC.products that we make for national defenseD. taxes paid by the people involved(2). The writer gives the example of national defense in paragraph 2 in order to show that ( )A.there will be no safety if there is no national defenseB.all the people should be responsible for national defenseC.a public good is a shared benefit for the whole societyD. some public goods are more important than others(3). The person who does not pay for a public good ( )A.keeps himself from using its benefitB.cannot enjoy its benefit at any timeC.fails to keep its benefit from being usedD. enjoys its benefit all the same(4). In the third paragraph the author explains ( )A.what role the market system plays in producing public goodshow weak the marketB. system is in producing public goodsC.why some people refuse to pay for public goodsD. what we can do to make use of the market system(5). From the passage we learn that the purpose of collecting taxesis to ( )A.ensure the continuous supply of public goodsB.reduce the difference between the rich and the poorC.get extra money to support public goodsD. remind people of their duty3.Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents.Last year, however, I took my husband with me to the sales at the large shop in the center of London. We both needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself.When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. “Oh, dear!” I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not be going to the sales again.(1). In January ( )A.lots of people go shopping for discountB.people have a lot of money to spend after ChristmasC.all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holidayD. people don’t have enough money to go looking for bargains(2). In this passage, the word “bargain” could best be replaced by“something ( )”A.given to peopleB.offered at a reduced priceC.offered, sold or bought which is expensiveD. sold for the purpose of reaching an agreement(3). The husband and wife in the story ( )A.wished to buy a TVB.went to the sales the year beforeC.often went to the sales to buy clothesD. were usually not short of money after Christmas(4). Which of the following is True?A.They planed to buy clothes only because they don’t have.B.The wife bought new clothes at last.C.The husband bought new clothes.D. Neither of them bought new clothes(5). After their day’s shopping, they ( ).A.were happy with their bargainsB.had got everything they wantedC.got more than they had hoped forD. had to go back to the sales the next day4.As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England. That’s where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names. This often confusespeople and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now Iwould like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands—one larger island off the northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones.These make up what is called the British Isles (不列颠群岛). The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great Britain. The smaller island is Ireland (爱尔兰).Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the Word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in These different countries spoke different language. Over many years the three countries became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the Untied Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland”. That is official name of the country. Northern Ireland is only one sixth of the island of Ireland. The rest of the island is an independent state, called the Republic of Ireland. So we have the names of “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, and “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. Now do you know what each of them means?(1). English was first spoken in ( )A.BritainB.EnglandC.Great BritainD. Ireland(2). Britain is divided into( )A.England, Britain, and WalesB.England, Scotland, and WalesC.Wales, Scotland, and Great BritainD. Great Britain, Wales, and Scotland(3). According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A.Wales is the richest of the threeScotland is the largest of the threeC.Sometimes English is used instead of BritainD. Britain is the only name of the largest island of British Isles(4). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is ( )A.part of BritainB.part of British IslesC.the official name of the whole country EnglandD. the largest country of all mentioned in the passage(5). Which of the following is an independent country?A. WalesB. ScotlandC. Northern IrelandD. The Republic of Ireland5. Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people''s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle compare their own performance with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or dong this or not. If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time to such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can''t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.(1). According to the passage, the best way for children to learn thingsis by ( )listening to skilled people's adviceB.asking older people many questionsC.making mistakes and having them correctedD. doing what other people do(2). Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?A.Give children correct answers.B.Allow children to make mistakes.C.Point out children's mistakes to them.D. Let children mark their own work.(3). According to the writer, teachers in school should ( )A.allow children to learn form each otherpoint out children'sB. mistakes whenever foundcorrect children'sC. mistakes as soon as possibleD. give children more book knowledge(4). The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ridea bicycle are ( )A.different from learning other skillsB.the same as learning skillsC.more important than other skillsD. not really important skills(5). The title of this passage could probably be ( )A.Let Us Teachers Stop WorkB.Let Us Make Children LearnC.Let Children Correct Their ExerciseD. Let Children Learn by Themselves6.I worked for a short time as a cashier（收银员） at a restaurant a few months ago; I alsohelped clear off the tables when it was especially busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guess I should have checked it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. Also, I imagined that if the wallet contained anything valuable, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an-hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. After he described the wallet exactly, I returned it to him. He expressed his sincere thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him " No", he immediately opened it and showed that it contained nearly $800 in cash. I gasped as he took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me. “A reward for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been so honest if I hadknown what was in the wallet! I think that if there had been no way to find the owner and no one had returned to claim(认领) it, I might have kept it. But it also came into my mind that I had actually saved someone''s Christmas plans by finding andreturning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth much more than anything money could buy. (272w)(1). This story happened ?( )_in a restaurant.A.sendB.becomeC.mixD. compare(2). The writer had to work as a ( ) when the restaurant. was very busy.A.are worried aboutB.are interested inC.try hard to stopD. take no noti(3). Which of the following is true?A.protect copyright of music worksB.send personal messageC.pass along songs and musicD. send voice mail(4). The writer returned the wallet to the owner because ( )A.a personB.a city in IsraelC.a state of the USAD. a company(5). The title of the passage " Finder, Keeper?" implies that the saying, “ finders keepers, losersweepers”, ( )A.The mobile companies become involved in music business.B.A mobile phone might serve as a stereo, a video play as well as an internet browser.C.Your friend might sing Karaoke and send it to your phone.D. The mobile net work is better than the internet.答案：一、单项选择题（40分，共 40 题，每小题 1 分）1. D2. D3. B4. C5. A6. A7. B8. A9. B 10. C11. B 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B16. C 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. B21. B 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. B26. C 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. A31. A 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. D36. C 37. B 38. D 39. D 40. C二、阅读理解单项选择题（60分，共 6 题，每小题 10 分）1.(1). B (2). A (3). D (4). C (5). B2.(1). A (2). C (3). D (4). B (5). A3.(1). A (2). B (3). A (4). D (5). C4.(1). B (2). B (3). C (4). C (5). D5.(1). D (2). C (3). A (4). B (5). D6.(1). C (2). B (3). A (4). D (5). D。