大学英语综合测试卷

大学英语综合测试卷

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题号一二三四五

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Part I. Vocabulary. (20’)

Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words given below.

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1. As it turned out, the speaker was shouted down by the ______ crowd.

2. The events that occurred in his childhood_____ his whole life.

3. Lost in the strange town, the farmer found_____ for the night in an abandoned house.

4. With tear gas and fire hose the police_____ the demonstrators.

5. The road became so slippery after the rain that several cars____ sideways into the ditch.

6. Phil was said to have died in the flu____ in 1916.

7. Quickly picking up the diary, Phil_____ straight to the last entry and began reading it.

8. Many university students experience severe_____ as final exams draw near.

9. Vitamin C helps to combat stress either from worry or from intense____ exercise.

10. Not only is measles a killer, but it also causes blindness, deafness and mental ____ in

thousand of children every year.

11. Many beautiful landscapes that glow in the gallery are sadly _____ in reality.

12. The article provides a detailed _____ of the root causes of the accident.

13. There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own____ .

14. Roger was quite stubborn and it was almost impossible to ____ him of his mistakes.

15. The book I `m reading explains the ____ of plant and animal life on earth.

16. The two witnesses give contradictory _____ of what had happened that night.

17. Without an official pass, the guides will deny you____ to the courthouse.

18. It was very clever of her to ___ his argument___ himself.

19. Wilfred `s remarks____ me in my opinion that he was an honorable young man.

20. I thought that was the end of the matter but ____ events proved me wrong.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (20’)

Passage 1

Libraries have traditionally been the public `s access to the important sources of information that are necessary to function in today `s highly technical world. That function has been called into question by the fast-paced development of digital media over the past several decades. In order to continue to fulfill the public interest, libraries everywhere are forced to develop means of granting access to these expensive new services to average citizens.

In the past, the publishing industry maintained the rights of the libraries to freely distribute published materials because the libraries bought so many of their books. Because the new electronic publication can easily be copied in their entirety by the patrons of library, the publishing industry is reconsidering its former advocacy of the library system. There have even been attempts to stop libraries from distributing digital media.

In addition to waning(衰落的) cooperation of the publishing industry, there is the problem that the newer forms of information are much more specialized than those which they replace. Deciding how to divert already limited resources is increasingly difficult as the options multiply. Whereas a single reference index may have covered an entire field in the past, now there are frequently several specialized indexes available in electronic form. In order to continue to make use of the newer technology, the libraries must decide which materials are most useful to the majority of their patrons. There are many different solutions being applied, but only the process of trial and error will determine the most effective strategy.

21. The best title for this text would be ____

A. The Challenge for Today `s libraries

B. Information Technology and the Consumer

C. The Benefits of the Digital Revolution

D. Changes in Information Technology

22. It can be inferred that the problem with the new technology is that _____

A. it is not intended for use by libraries

B. it is too complicated

C. it is not as useful as traditional books

D. it is used as a political tool

23. In the second paragraph, the word “ maintained ” most closely means ____

A. taken care of

B. supported

C. used

D. announced

24. Why did publishers cooperate with the libraries in the past?

A. The libraries offered a tax exemption