新编英语教程2测试题

新编英语教程2测试题

时间：90分钟总分：100分Part I V ocabulary and structure.

Section A

Fill in the blanks.（15%）

1.People say the city ____ (map) out a construction plan for the next

year. And they will carry out according to this map.

2.One of the most popular myths____ (identify) Heracles and his father

Zeus as progenitors of the Games.

3.I hear the origin of the Olympics____ (shroud) in mystery and legend.

4.American football, not____ (confuse) with the football called soccer,

is the American national sport.

5.More and more recreation areas where ____ (优先权) is given to the

amusement of the public.

6.Many of them became so tame that they were a ____ (令人讨厌的事

物) ，and sometimes is a danger.

7.The increasing number of taxis and scooters have added ____

(consider) to the problem.

8.Air, water, and soil --- all harmed by pollution ---are necessary to the

____ (survive) of all living things.

9.Every wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is as ____

(complex) as it is serious.

10.Some psychologists believe that daydreams are a kind of ____ (痴心

妄想) that occurs when inner needs cannot be expressed in actual behavior.

11.You can improve at first stage, perception, or____ (感觉记忆) ,by

paying close attention.

12.We ____ (would have like to watch/should have watched) the

volleyball match on TV, but we had to finish our homework before the deadline.

13.Did you copy the names of all the students in your class? But

you____ (needn’t have done/couldn’t have done) it.All students’ names are on the teacher’s desk.

14.Players try to carry the ball over ____(对手的)line, and then to earn

more points by kicking the ball between the upright goal posts above the bar.

15.More than 100,000 mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, students

and football fans from the general public,____(涌进)the huge ,____(奢华的)stadiums.

Section B

Translations (15%)

1.国家公园对旅客做出了让步。

2.我的体育老师明显缺乏想象力。

3.滴水穿石。

4.事实胜于雄辩。

5.熟能生巧。

Part 2 Reading

Section A (10%)

Read the passage, and make a brief answer.

Credit and debit cards are expected to overtake cash this year as Britain's most popular method of payment, according to a new industry report. It will be the first time that card payments have outstripped cash outlay for goods and services. There are 246 plastic card transactions made every second. Total plastic card use is expected to exceed ￡269 billion in 2004, just a whisker ahead of the predicted ￡268 billion for cash payments, said banking industry body the Association for Payment Clearing Services.

The group, which represents the major banks, said credit cards had become “demonized”（魔鬼化）as one of the main causes of ballooning debts, but added: “Without plastic, our society would virtually grind to a halt.”

Last year, the number of plastic cards in use in Britain grew by 13 million, or 9%, to 160 million—the equivalent of 3.5 cards per adult. Two-thirds of card transactions are now made using debit cards.

Plastic accounted for ￡244 billion of spending in 2003. “This year, total plastic card use, if business card usage is included, is expected to top