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大学英语第二学期练习资料I 阅读理解Passage 1Marketing by emailing is on the increase. Compared to other media, email messages are extremely cheap to send. With TV, you are spending on ad agencies and cable channels. With print ads, you are helping to keep newspapers and magazines alive. Direct mail costs more than $600 per thousand pieces. With email, there are almost no costs at all. Its low cost makes email marketing become the most cost-effective (划算的)advertising method available today.With TV, you do not know who is watching your ads. Even with direct mail, you cannot be sure that your mail has been delivered, or that anyone reads it when it gets there. With email, you know within 24 hours exactly which messages have been opened, by whom, what links the openers clicked on (点击)，and what part of your message was working.Because of electronic links, those who open your emails can do their own research: they can explore and see any of the thousands of products that you sell. They can see the colors and sizes. They can, and they do, read ratings and reviews. They can put products in their shopping carts and buy them.1. Email marketing has become the most cost-effective advertising method because______________.A. it is of extremely low costB. it is a new marketing methodC. it is popular with young peopleD. it is the best marketing method available2. By saying “with print ads, you are helping to keep newspapers and magazines alive” (Para. 1),the writer means that __________.A. your investment is important to newspapers and magazinesB. your ads are helping newspapers and magazines surviveC. print ads are more attractive than TV and email adsD. print matters are less expensive than emails3. According to the passage, if you place an ad on TV, you are unable to know_____________ .A. how often your ad is displayedB. how much your ad costsC. when your ad is shownD. who your audience is4. If you market by emailing, you can learn within a day ________.A. who have opened your messagesB. how old your message readers areC. what quality your advertised product hasD. how much your advertising messages cost5. What enables the email ad readers to do their own research?A. The TV program ratings and reviews.B. The product’s color and size.C. The electronic links.D. The shopping carts.Passage 2To make your driving experience in the United States safe and enjoyable, our company is providing you with this “Rules of the Road” pamphlet. Please not e, however, that this pamphlet does not represent a complete list of the motor vehicle and traffic laws of the various states. Regardless of whether or not a specific law is outlined below, it is your responsibility as the driver to follow all applicable（适合的）motor vehicle and traffic laws.Do not drink and drive!Each state strictly prohibits Driving While Drunk.Wear Seatbelts —It’s the Law!Also, the use of child seats for babies and small children (usually under age 5) is required to stay in all states. Place child seats in the back seat only.Stay to the RightIn the United States, motor vehicles are operated on the right hand side of the road. Be extremely careful to stay to the right at all times — especially if you are from a left-hand drive country.Obey the Speed LimitIn most states, the maximum highway speed is 65 miles per hour (mph) in rural areas and 55mph in urban（市区的）areas. Speed limits on secondary roads and in cities and towns are usually significantly lower, generally 30mph and even lower in school zones.Stop for School BusesTraffic approaching in both directions must stop for school bus while its red lights are flashing.1. The purpose of the “Rules of the Road” pamphlet is to___________A. provide a full list of traffic laws and regulations in the USB. help drivers to enjoy safe and pleasant driving in the USC. tell drivers to avoid dangerous roads in various statesD. show drivers the different road signs in all the states2.If you travel with a child under the age of 5, you should ___________ .A. put him in a child seatB. carry him in your armC. have him sit beside youD. fasten him in the front seat3. What does a driver from a left-hand drive country need to do while driving in the US?A. Stick to his driving practice.B. Apply for a new driving license.C. Take a special retraining course.D. Keep to the right side all the time.4. The speed limit set for school zones is __________.A. 65 miles per hourB. 55 miles per hourC. Lower than 30 miles per hourD. Higher than 30 miles per hour5. When a school bus flashes its red lights, ________.A. people should cross the street quicklyB. approaching vehicles must stopC. all vehicles must slow downD. police should be called inPassage 3It was Mother’s Day. But the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs in the garden.Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, “I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.” So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs. The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers, Carefully, she picked a few here and few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face.When they were passing a nursing house, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too. When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her. “Who is that old granny? Why d id you give our flowers to her?” “I don’t know her,” their mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children. I have all of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flower meant to her.”1. The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother’s Day because____.A. She didn’t have a presentB. she was a long way from her motherC. she didn’t know it was Mother’s DayD. she wanted to see he father2. There were many beautiful lilacs_____.A. in her gardenB. in the marketC. in her mother’s gardenD. in the nursing home3. The young women had____.A. one childB. no childC. more than one childD. a boy and a girl4. The young women gave the flowers to the old granny because____.A. she was her motherB. she didn’t lik e those flowersC. her mother asked her to do soD. she wanted the old granny to be happy as well5. Which of the following is not true?A. The young woman was kind.B. The young woman was understanding.C. The young woman was friendly.D. The young woman was surprised.Passage 4Many students want to know about the differences between American English and British English. How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this question. At first the language in Britain and American was the same. In 1776 American became an independent country. After that, the language slowly began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about “fall”. Today, most British people talk about “autumn”, but Americans still talk about “fall”. In the same way Americans still use the expression “I guess” (meaning “I think”), just as the British did 300 years ago.At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, ending up with different words. For example, the British took “typhoon” from Chinese, while the American took “tornado” from Spanish.In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English, so he changed the spelling of many words. That’s why the words colour, centre and traveller are spelt color, center and traveler in American English. Except for these differences in spelling, written English is more or less the same in both British and American English. The differences are greater in the spoken language. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.1.America stopped being a part of England in ________.A. 1707B. 1828C. 1776D. 19112.Which of the following statements is true?A. After 1776 American English and British English stayed the same.B. After 1776 American English changed but British English stayed the same.C. After 1776 British English changed but American English stayed the same.D. After 1776 both British English and American English changed.3.British English is different from American English because ______.A. British decided to change the spelling of many American words.B. American English changed but British English stayed the same.C. the American and British took different words from other languages.D. America is a bigger country.4.Noah Webster was ______.A. an American presidentB. a Spanish farmerC. a British teacherD. an American writer5.Which of the following statements is true?A. In the future both American English and British English will stay the same.B. In the future American English will change but British English will not.C. In the future British English will change but American English will not.D. In the future both British English and American English will changePassage 5Canada, one of the world’s largest countries, is also the largest country in the Western Hemisphere and comprises all the North America Continent north of the United States, with the exclusion of Alaska and Greenland. The great majority of Canadians were born in Canada, and most are of European descents. Canada has two official languages, English and French, which have equal status in affairs of the federal and provincial governments and federal courts. Of the total population, 67 percent speak only English, 18 percent speak only French, and 13.5 percent speak both languages. The majority of new immigrants prefer to learn English rather than French, and to put their children in schools in which the language of instruction is English.Canada is one of the world’s most sparsely populated nations, with an average population density of 2.5 persons per square kilometers. This overall figure is misleading, however, and obscures the fact that nine-tenths of the country is almost uninhabited and the population is concentrated in the other one-tenth.Canada is a major world producer and exporter of lumber, wood products, wood pulp, paper and newsprint, and the leading producer of fish and fish-related products.1. Canada comprises all the North America continent north of the United States,_____________.A. including Alaska and GreenlandB. including GreenlandC. excluding Alaska and GreenlandD. excluding Greenland2. As both English and French are official Language, of the total population, _______ percent speak both languages.A. 100B. 67C. 18D. 13.53. The majority of new immigrants prefer to learn ___________.A. English rather than FrenchB. French rather than EnglishC. both English and FrenchD. neither English not French4. Can ada is one of the world’s ________ populated nations.A. most thicklyB. most thinlyC. most denselyD. least thinly5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the last paragraph? Canada is a major world producer and exporter of ______.A. lumberB. wood productsC. paperD. machineryPassage 6Social customs and ways of behaving change. Today, people can do many things that “polite” people didn't do many years ago. In the past, if a man thought of himself as a gentleman, it was impolite behavior to smoke on the street.Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? What about table manners?The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that could make other people feel uncomfortable---especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a rich gentleman who had a dinner party. When the food came, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the gentleman calmly picked up his knife and began to eat in the same way. He didn't want to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.1. Social customs and ways of behaving ____________.A. always remain the sameB. are different in different countriesC. do not include table mannersD. are not important at all2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. People today are less polite than those in the past in every way.B. Nobody smoked in the street in the past.C.A man should always walk on the left or on the right of a woman.D. If you go to a foreign country, you may find different customs.3. What is the most important thing that a host should do when he has some guests?A. He should make sure that every guest has good table manners.B. He is not to smoke during the course.C. He must try to make his guests feel comfortable.D. He ought to make his guests laugh at each other.4. What the guest use when he eat the peas, which made the other guests so shocked?A. KnifeB. ForkC. ChopsticksD. Spoon5. What is the passage mainly about?A. Social customs and ways of behaving.B. Politeness.C. Table manners.D. Jokes.II 英译汉单选1.The book sold more than 16 million copies.A.这本书售出了超过16000本。