大学英语(二)第三阶段参考答案

大学英语（二）第三阶段

一、阅读理解

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How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the ori gin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike ani mals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, a ctions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and t hat later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Thos e sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they b ring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by exp erience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the mo re the number of words that mean something increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also expres s these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emoti ons. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary sty le. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his mea ning in words which sing like music and which by their position and asso ciation can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our w ords carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech sil ly and vulgar.

纠错

(1)

(4分)The origin of language is _________.

A. a legend handed down from the past

B. a matter that is hidden or secret

C. a question difficult to answer

D. a problem not yet solved

答案D 解析(2)

(4分)What is true about words _______

A. They are used to express feelings only.

B. They can not be written down.

C. They are simply sounds.

D. They are mysterious.

答案C 解析(3)

(4分)The real power of words consists in their ______.

A. properties

B. characteristics

C. peculiarity

D. representative function

答案D 解析(4)

(4分)By "association" in the last paragraph, the author means ______.

A. a special quality

B. a joining of ideas in the mind

C. an appearance which is puzzling

D. a strange feature

答案B 解析(5)

(4分)Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true _________

A. He is no more than a master of words.

B. He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.

C. He can move men to tears.

D. His style is always charming.

答案A 解析2.

No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pa in during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions a re fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have operatio n felt all its pain.

Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called "laughing gas". Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time l aughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn' t seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.

Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Well's teet h. Wells felt no pain at all.

As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pu lled out.

Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the ma n died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.

纠错

(1)

(4分)It is not long since a man felt all the pain while being operated.

A. T

B. F

答案B 解析(2)

(4分)Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he could feel nothing.

A. T

B. F

答案A 解析(3)