大学英语预备级1复习纲要一.doc

201209学期大学英语预备级1复习纲要一Part I. Vocabulary and Grammar Directions: For each of the following 10 incomplete sentences, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 1Tom _ in the library every night since last month.Aworks Bworked Chave been workingDhas been working2I dont really like James. Why did you invite him?Dont worry. He _ come. He said he wasnt certain what his plans were.Amust notBneed notCwouldDwill not3Its important for the figures _ regularly.Ato be updatedBto have been updatedCto update Dto have updated4Experiments of this kind _in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.Ahave conducted Bhave been conductedChad conducted Dhad been conducted5_Barbara Jones offers to her fans is honesty and happiness.AWhich BWhat CThat DWhom6 Mary was much kinder to Jack than she was to the others, _ , of course, made all the others upset.Awho BwhichCwhat Dthat7That must have been a long trip.Yeah, it _ us a whole week to get there.Atakes Bhas takenCtook Dwas taking8Where are the children? The dinners going to be completely ruined.I wish they _ always late.AwerentBhadnt beenCwouldnt be Dwouldnt have been9_ volleyball is her main focus, shes also great at basketball.ASince BOnce CUnless DWhile10Maybe if I _ science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.Astudied Bwould studyChad studied Dwas studyingPart II. Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 2 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.Passage 1“I Went Skydiving at 84!”As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of a woman to do that. I got a taste of that dream in 2001,when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be very dull. Around that time ,I told my husband that I wanted to skydive. So when our retirement community（社区）announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Brush Sr. did it at age 80. Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard nothing. But then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just couldnt believe it. Inspired by this, I decided to realize my dream, even though some of my family members and my doctor were against it.One June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience. The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasnt frightenedI was really just looking forward to the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to throw myself out of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a second I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” But then everything got calmer. We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute（降落伞）, then we just floated downward for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I have ever feltmuch better than the hot air balloon. I was just enjoying it.Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at me and realize that you dont stop living just because you are 84 years old. If theres something you want to experience, look into it. If its something that is possible, make it happen.11What happened to the author in 2001? _.AShe flew an airplane BShe entered a competitionCShe went on a hot air balloon ride DShe moved into a retirement community12The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to_.Abuild up her own reputationBshow her admiration for himCcompare their health conditionDmake her argument persuasive13How did the author feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane? _.AExcitedBScared CNervous DRegretful14What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving? _.AThe beautiful clouds BThe wonderful viewCThe company of Jay DThe one-minute free fall15What did I do on my birthday of 2011? _.ARide in a hot air balloon BHave a wonderful viewCHave a party DThe one-hour free fallPassage 2Beyond the Factory: Child Labor in the CitiesAt the beginning of the nineteenth century, factory owners faced few restrictions on the way they employed their children workers, who were between the age of 7 and 12. Gradually laws came into being.The first child-labor laws were passed at the state level in America and usually focused on both required education and a minimum age for employment. And added rules limited the length of the workday for children. Pennsylvania, for example, limited the workday to 10 hours for children under 12. However, government officials cared little whether businesses followed the law. In fact one group of children was left entirely unprotected by labor laws the children of immigrant families.By the beginning of the twentieth century, piecework appeared, for which people were paid by the piece. Significant numbers of women sewed baby dresses or mens neckties and made the artificial flowers used to decorate hats. Piecework turned homes into factories that were free from the law, and countless children worked long hours alongside their mothers and old sisters.Manufactures exploited the system shamelessly and paid the lowest wages they could. Embroidering (刺绣) a silk dress, which was a 10-day job, might generate a five-dollar payment. In the case of willowing, workers needed to add more strands to ostrich feathers used on hats to make them longer and more graceful. The first willowers were paid 15 cents per inch, but a few months later, the pay was reduced to 13 cents. Within three years, willowers were earning only three cents per inch.In order to survive under these circumstances, pieceworkers had even their youngest children help them. In one Italian neighborhood, a three-year-old girl helped her mother sew clothes. In another case, a child of eight who had lived in New York for three years had never been to school at all and could speak almost no English. Slowly child labor laws brought these abuses to an end.16The first child-labor laws required _.Aworkplace safety and conditionsBminimum payment and ageCeducation and working timeDminimum payment and schooling17Manufactures who hired women to do piecework _.Awere kind and concerned employersBwere sometimes called willowersCusually paid the lowest salaryDforced children to turn home into factories18Willowing was a kind of _.Ahandwork activity BworkplaceCpayment requirement Dworkers19By raising the example of the three-year-old girls experience in the last paragraph, the author intended to _.Ashow how poor the situations were for children workersBblame those adult pieceworkers for allowing children to workCattract attention to protect young childrenDemphasize the importance of educating young children20Which of the following sentences best summarizes the passage? _ AThe first child-labor laws were limited due to working at the state level.BEarly child-labor laws offered no protection to children who worked at home.CSome immigrant children did not learn English because of their piecework.DChild-labor laws should have come into being before children became workers.Part III. Translate English into Chinese. Directions: For this part, you are required to translate English into Chinese. When you go to the doctor, you like to come away with a prescription. It makes you feel better to know you will get some medicine. But the doctor knows that medicine is not always needed. Sometimes all a sick person needs is some re