大学英语复习资料 及答案

PartⅠ. Use of English交际用语

Directions: In this part there are five incomplete dialogues in each group. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the dialogue.

1. —Why didn’t you tell Anna the truth?________.

A. Yes, I was afraid to be scolded by her.

B. No, but I wanted to.

C. But I did.

D. I always hate telling lies.

2. —You can’t finish the book in less than an hour, I suppose? _______.

A. Yes, I’m sure I can.

B. No, hardly.

C. Sorry, I can’t.

D. I think I can’t.

3. —_______ I’d like to know the telephone number of your hotel.

A. What do you want?

B. Can I help you?

C. What are you waiting for?

D. Why are you here?

4. —Shall I keep the book or pass it on to Mary?_______.

A. Yes, please.

B. No, you mustn’t.

C. Yes, you may keep it.

D. Pass it on to Mary.

5.—Please help yourself to the fish._______.

A. Thanks, but I don’t like fish.

B. Sorry, I can’t help.

C. Well, fish don’t suit me.

D. Well, I can’t.

6. —Are these magazines yours, sir?

—Yes, _______.

A. that’s right

B. all right

C. that’s quite all right

D. they are right

7. —The fish smells terrible!

—_______.

A. So does it.

B. So it does.

C. So does the fish.

D. So it is.

8. —Would you mind my closing the door?

——_______.

A. Yes, very much.

B. Not a bit.

C. Yes, I mind.

D. No, you can’t.

9. —Are you close to your uncle and aunt?

——_______.

A. Mostly on holidays.

B. No, they are not all right.

C. No, their house is far away.

D. Not particularly.

10. —Hi, is Mary there, please?

—_______.

A. A.No, she isn’t here.

B. Yes, she lives h ere.

C. Hold on. I’ll get her.

D. Yes, who are you?

Part II. Reading Comprehension 阅读理解(40 marks)

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

Once a rich man was giving a great dinner. He had got every kind of food that he required except fish,

which happened to be hard to get, for the weather had been too stormy for fisherman to go out to seas.

On the very morning of the dinner, however, a fisherman appeared at the rich man’s house with a fine turbot (比目鱼) for sale. The fish was gladly accepted, and the fisherman was asked to name his price.

“One hundred lashes (鞭子), sir, and nothing less,” was the strange answer. “And these lashes must be laid on my bare back.”

As the fisherman could not be persuaded to take money instead of whipping, the lashes were laid. After he had received fifty lashes out of the hundred, he cried out, “Stop! I have had my share. I have a partner in this business, and it is right that the remaining fifty should be given to him.”

“What!” said the rich man. “Is there another such madman in the world? Call him in, and let us see him.”

“You need not go far, sir, ” said the fisherman. “He is your own porter. He would not let me pass until I promised that he should have half of the price to be paid for my fish.”

“Call him in,” said the rich man angrily. “He shall have his fifty lashes.”

The fifty lashes given, the porter was dismissed and the fisherman was paid for his fish.

11. The rich man was hard to get fish because _______.

A. he did not really need any fish

B. of the bad weather the fishermen couldn’t go out to seas

C. the fishermen did not want to give fish to him

D. the fish were in deep seas

12. The fisherman reached the rich man’s house _______.

A. when all the guests had come

B. just as the dinner was being cooked

C. after the dinner was ready

D. just on time

13. Why did the fisherman ask for 100 lashes for his fish?

A. Because he did not need any money.

B. Because he was foolish and mad.

C. Because he wanted to whip the porter himself.

D. Because he wanted the porter to be also whipped.

14. The porter would not have been whipped if ____.

A. he had treated the fisherman as a guest

B. he had asked for less money

C. he had let the fisherman pass without asking for anything

D. the fisherman had agreed to his requirement

15. Which statement is true?

A. The porter was dismissed but got half of the money.

B. The porter got neither money nor punishment.

C. The fisherman received the money but was given the remaining fifty lashes.

D. Either the fisherman or the porter was satisfied with e result of the matter.

Passage 2

The Atlantic Ocean is one of oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.

Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world”. Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator the ocean would be boiling hot.

The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest spot it is about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) wide. This narrowest place is between South America and Africa.

Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.

There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers, it would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2 km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico (波多黎各). This “deep” measures 30,246 feet ——almost six miles (9.6 km).

16. In the first sentence “the New” refers to _______.

A. Asia

B. Africa

C. America

D. Australia

17. Why were the early sailors unwilling to sail far out into the Atlantic?