2014年大二英语期末考试

一、适当词形式填空
1、After a while as an ambulance driver , you get hardened to what you see at accidents.
2、It will only weaken his position if he continues to stick to his strange ideas.
3、The most noticeable change was in my younger brother , who had grown quite a bit and was now a third-grader.
4、Day and night Martin could not drag his mind from the failure he had suffered.
5、The young man was hooked on heroin（海洛因）and lost his job and his life.
6、It is a very popular play , and it would be wise to reserve seats in advance.
7、The actor’s performance in Hamlet has been impressive .
8、A photograph can often convey far more than words.
9、The new project is expected to start early next year ; it has won the approval of the board .
10、Cool foresight and a quick mind enable him to react swiftly in an emergency.
11、The doctor recommended that he should stays a few more days in the hospital.
12、The emphasis was to be laid mainly on the traffic in inner city areas.
13、This is an important matter , so we must give it priority over all other business.
14、She attributed her broken marriage to her husband’s short temper.
15、He is always ready to render help to others , so he is the most respectable person in the neighborhood.
16、He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to world peace.
17、With foreigners and tourists coming from all over the world , New York is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world.
18、It is very important to confine your speech to the subject.
二、汉译英
1、他说话很自信，给我留下了很深的印象。

He spoke confidently, which impressed me most.
2、我父亲太爱忘事，总是在找钥匙。

My father is so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys.
3、就像机器需要经常运转一样，身体也需要经常锻炼。

(Just) as a machine needs regular running, so does the body need regular exercise.
4、令我们失望的是，他拒绝了我们的邀请。

To our disappointment, he turned down our invitation.
5、在会上，除了其他事情，他们还讨论了目前的经济形势。

（among other things）
At the meeting they discussed, among other things, the present economic situation.
6、我对大自然了解得越多，就越痴迷于大自然的奥秘。

（the more…the more…）
The more I learned about the nature, the more absorbed I became in its mystery.
7、我认为警察的职责就是保护人民。

（be mean to do sth）
I think the police are meant to protect people.
8、在每周例会上，每个人的发言都不能偏离会议议题。

（confine to）
At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.
三、英译汉
1、The plan may be several hours late , in which case there’s no point in our waiting.
飞机可能会晚点几个小时，要是那样，我们等着就没有什么意义了。

2、People starved of sleep may find it difficult to focus their minds on what they are doing.
缺少睡眠的人会感到很难集中心思干活。

3、(Just) as table tennis is to the Chinese , so is football to Italians.
足球之于意大利人，就像乒乓球之于中国人。

4、Windy days are characteristic of March in the north of China.
在中国北方，三月份往往多风。

5、These people are made aware that the better the service is , the more they will earn.
这些人明白了他们的服务越好，他们就挣得越多。

6、The amount of financial aid offered has become more central to students’ decisions about which school to attend.
能获得多少经济资助已成为学生选择上哪所学校的更重要的因素。

7、While this position offers you honor and power , it imposes on you a great responsibility.
虽然这些职位给你带来荣耀和权力，但是它也赋予你巨大的责任。

8、Sometimes we find ourselves climbing the ladder of success , only to find that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall .
有时我们发现，自己爬上了成功的阶梯，却发现阶梯靠在错误的墙壁上。

（即：我们爬上去了，却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。

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9、The ambitious young man wanted very much to achieve something to make his parents proud of
him.
这个年轻人志向高远，非常希望能有所成就，让父母为他骄傲。

四、单选
1、I recommend that he use the new method.
2、He substituted for the work who was ill.
3、For some reason , he has to turn down his proposal.
4、This training course will qualify you a better job.
5、It was the training that he had at school that made him a good jumper.
6、The boy broke the window , for which he was criticized by his father.
7、His sole（唯一的）objective is to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
8、I opened the box , only to find it was empty.
9、When he writes , he always keeps a dictionary at hand.
10、Have you read a play titled A-Mid-Summer Night’s Dream ?
11、John had never been aboard before , accordingly he found the business trip very exciting. CCCAA。