二级试题及答案

[A卷]College English Achievement Test--- Band Two ---试题册（120 分钟）2004.6Part II Reading ComprehensionPassage OneWhat makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime defense plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way home from work or to take the family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one.Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, and it offers a “fun” break.21. American women left home to work in large numbers because of _____________.A) the improved living standard B) the increase in food pricesC) the need of war-time industry D) the modernization of the kitchen22. The phrase “pitch in” in Line 2, Paragraph 2, is closest in meaning to____________.A) “offer help or support”B) “eat with good appetite”C) “offer compliment”D) “disagree with”23. What is a working mother’s best choice if she does not have time to preparedinner for the family according to the passage?A) Making a meal out of canned food.B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it.C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place.D) Heating up frozen dinners.24. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their ownmeal at home?A) Single working mothers. B) Unmarried mature people.C) Elderly people living alone. D) Unemployed women with family.25. What is this passage mainly about?A) Women’s liberation in America.B) Changes in the American family during World War II.C) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America.D) Rising divorce rate in America today.Passage TwoIn order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal of language use is communication; then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increase. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying "I do it" to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting (交际) with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say "I'11 do it". The resulting discrepancy (差异) can serve as a basis for the student to modify his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.26 . According to the passage, the present tense in English is _________.A) not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate futureB) used with some verbs but not with others to express future intentionC) basically the same in English as it is in Spanish .D) not the most difficult problem for foreign students27. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of theirmistakes by ________.A) asking native speakers for explanationsB) reading good books in the foreign languageC) comparing their speech with that of native speakersD) speaking without regard to native speakers28. According to the passage, foreign language students who do not interact withnative speakers wi11 NOT _______.A) learn very much about the foreign cultureB) learn about the history of the foreign languageC) have to worry about making mistakesD) take advantage of available language models29. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too muchabout making mistakes because ________.A) native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their languageB) communication is the primary goal of language learningC) native speakers will ignore their mistakesD) everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a stranger language30. The author's major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign languagelearning is that _________.A) mistakes are not important in learning a foreign languageB) learners are often very afraid of making mistakesC) making mistakes can help the learner discover the roles of the languageD)native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakesPassage ThreeIt is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely qualifies literacy (读写能力).Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).31. Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population ofAfrica is .A) approximately seven hundred millionB) approximately one hundred and twenty-five millionC) approximately eight or eight point five thousand millionD) exactly twenty-four million32. The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises .A) zero point one per cent of that of illiteracy in the worldB) zero point two per cent of the world adult populationC) thirty-five per cent of Europe’s populationD) three point five per cent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe33. It is obvious that UNESCO .A) is a company in FranceB) is a world organization attached to the U. N.C) works mainly at combating illiteracyD) has many experts whose level of attainment is far from literacy34. A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at .A) training responsible citizensB) enforcing the functions of UNESCOC) helping illiterates learn how to read and writeD) urging Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy35. The author implies that this world plan is to .A) be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like AfricaB) be realized in ten yearsC) be drawn up by Parisian expertsD) be debated at an international conferencePart III Vocabulary and StructureDirections:There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the one answer thatbest completes the sentence.36.You can hang up what you like on these __________ walls.A) bare B) empty C) blank D) vacant37.It seems that there is __________ that I can’t do.A) nothing B) anything C) everything D) none38.________ a good beginning is made, the work is half done.A) As soon as B) While C) As D) Once39.He glanced________ the newspaper quickly because he was in a hurry.A) in B) at C) through D) among40.The box was so heavy that it was difficult for the old lady to ______ it.A) lift B) reach C) rise D) touch41.They have asked us to ___________ in the negotiations.A) involve B) be mixed C) participate D) take place42.Jean often ____________ stories to amuse her little brother.A) makes up B) makes out C) send out D) puts up43.I don’t think we’ve met before. You are confusing me with ________.A) some other B) someone else C) other person D) one other44.When Jane fell off the slide, the other children ___________ .A) couldn’t help laughing B) weren’t able to stop laughingC) could not avoid to laugh D) could not stop but laughing45.The picture could be of a __________ from a play or opera.A) viewpoint B) scenery C) view D) scenest year Mary earned ___________ his brother, who has a better position.A) twice as much as B) twice more thanC) twice as many as D) twice as more as47. There has been an upsurge of interest in chamber music. ________, opera isreceiving a boost from increased record sales.A) Alike B) Likely C) Likewise D) Liking48. He would often be working _________ on his word processor late into the night.A) along B) away C) far D) awhile49. When you're older I think you're better equipped mentally to cope with ___happens.A) whatever B) whicheverC) no matter how D) no matter when50. He got a message from Mr. Johnson __ the manager could not see him thatafternoon.A) who B) which C) what D) that51. A sacred site might be a mountain that is ________ some significance to a tribe.A) with B) by C) of D) at52. He said it was important that every member ___ his subscription by the end of themonth.A) send B) sent C) had sent D) would sent53. I was made ________ two hours for an appointment in the chilly wind,A)wait B) to wait C) waiting D) waited54. He practices ______ English every morning in order to improve his oral English.A) reading B) to read C) read D) to have read55. Tom was absent yesterday because he had his tooth ______.A) filling B) to fill C) filled D) fill56. He suggested ______ to tomorrow's concert together.A) we go B) we went C) we shall go D) we to go57. Come here a moment, ______?A) won’t you B) shall we C) shan’t we D) will you58. This tape recorder is far ______ that one both in quality and in design.A) superior than B) superior toC) more superior than D) more superior to59. In recent years the ______ of living has almost doubled and I can hardly makeboth ends meet.A) price B) expense C) charge D) cost60. People can react badly ______ certain food additives.A) to B) on C) against D) atPart IV ClozeScientists had to find out many things 61 they could land men 62 the moon. They needed more 63 about space conditions and their effect 64 human beings. How long can man 65 in space? Would the astronauts be able to survive the travel 66 the moon? Would they be able to leave their spaceship and get back to 67 safely? Would they be able to walk about and work in a weightless 68 ?There was only one way to discover the secrets. Men would have to fly into space and 69 experiments there.It’s interesting how NASA chose their astronauts for landing them on the moon. They chose men 70 the age of twenty and thirty-five. There were 71 fifty of them. Many were 72 air pilots, others were scientists with two or three degrees. NASA telephoned 73 man they were going to choose; told him the plans and the dangers they might get in. They then asked him if he was 74 to be trained as an astronaut. “How could any man refuse such an exciting 75 ?” One of them said, “Dangerous? Of course, it’s dangerous, but most exciting!”61. A) before B) after C) first D) for62. A) to B) at C) in D) on63. A) data B) news C) information D) details64. A) on B) to C) at D) against65. A) survive B) live C) be D) remain66. A) around B) to C) over D) through67. A) the moon B) the earth C) it D) them68. A) way B) situation C) occasion D) condition69. A) carry on B) carry out C) carry off D) answer70. A) between B) among C) from D) amidst71. A) at B) just C) exactly D) about72. A) inexperienced B) unskilled C) experienced D) considerate73. A) individuals B) each C) single D) one74. A) willing B) going C) unwilling D) planning75. A) trip B) experiment C) outing D) exploration姓名：准考证号：密封线大学英语考试试卷二(A卷)Part V Translation from Chinese into English76. 汤姆学习很刻苦。