大学英语A2.doc

大学英语A2一、阅读理解1、Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunters triumph of killing his prey.To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving as cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attackers.Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting their food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, was put to a new use-that of controlling and domesticating their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead, the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that were no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten but there were other much simpler ways of obtaining a meaty meal.(1)、The author believes that sporting activities _. A：are forms of biological development B：have actually developed from hunting C：are essentially forms of taming the prey D：have changed the ways of hunting答案： B(2)、In a football game what is equal to the prey in hunting is _. A：any member of the opposing team B：the goal C：The goalmouth D：the football答案： C(3)、For over a million years, our forefathers were basically _. A：successful farmers B：cooperating hunters C：runners and jumpers D：skillful sportsmen答案： B(4)、The word operation (Paragraph 4) refers to _. A：sports activities B：hunting C：prey killing D：domesticating animals答案： B(5)、Which of the following best summarizes the idea of the passage? A：It is farming that gives human beings enough leisure time for sporting activities B：Farming is very important in human civilization because it saves human beings from risks and uncertainties of hunting for survival C：It is hunting that provides human beings with much simpler ways of obtaining meaty meals D：Sporting activities satisfy the desire of modern man to exercise hunting skills which his forefathers developed for survival答案： D2、Since World War II, there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, go steady through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. And it can almost be put down as a dictum that any marriage seldom solves ones problems, more often, it merely makes them worse. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is an institution that is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that success is the ultimate good, but they erroneously believe that they themselves have found the true center of lifes meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and disappointments are often bound to follow.Shall we, then, join the chorus of Miseries over early marriage? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by time, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasible, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so are bad ones.(1)、According to this article the trend toward early marriages _. A：was the result of the Great Depression of the 1930s B：could not be easily determined C：is one that could be clearly seen D：is a result of the emotional maturity of the young答案： C(2)、The author suggests that many of todays early marriages are a result of _. A：escapism B：theological dictum C：lack of formal education D：convenience答案： A(3)、More often than not, early marriage will _. A：not affect ones problems B：solve a persons problems C：intensify ones problems D：ease ones problems答案： C(4)、The author states that the home as an institution is _. A：overrated B：unworthy of worship C：a god who can grant everything that you wish for D：probably not capable of being what many young people expect it to be答案： D(5)、 Many young people who marry early believe that _. A：their parents have found the true meaning of life B：they have found the true center of lifes meaning C：successis the ultimate good D：to succeed is not at all important答案： B 二、词汇与语法1、The earrings are not _ the price that I paid for it. A：worth B：worthy C：value D：equal 答案： A2、It is impolite to _ in others private affairs. A：interfere B：involve C：interrupt D：influence答案： A3、 My brother was still studying into the night while I was asleep. A：late; sound B：lately; wide C：deeply; far D：far; late答案： A4、Id like to explain the proposals _ we have received many objections. A：to which B：to where C：to who D：to what答案： A5、I believe youll get through the tough moment, _? A：dont I B：wont I C：dont you D：wont you答案： D6、By Saturday, I _ here for three weeks. A：will be working B：will have worked C：will work D：work答案： B7、You have only 1000 words in which to _ his speech. A：amount to B：sum up C：lead to D：take up答案： B8、You may get good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will only succeed _ by studying hard every day. A：in particular B：in the long run C：in season D：in the end of答案： B9、Mrs. Johnson _ about it before me. A：would not like speaking B：would not like to speak C：had better not speaking D：had better not to speak答案： B10、His brother is very _ about wines. A：aware B：learned C：knowledgeable D：skeptical 答案： C 三、完型填空Indians in the United States are faced with significant problems. First as groups of people with their 1 languages and cultures, each tribe wants to keep 2 its traditional and preserve some of its native customs. The 3 want their children to be proud of being Indians, as well as to survive in the outside world. The young people want to enter the modern world, 4 they see on television and in movies. Like everyone 5 , they are anxious to get a good education and a good job. 6 , the Indians see little prospect 7 success and become frustrated because they usually go to 8 schools and often cannot adjust 9 in the city. In addition, many Indians feel that they are discriminated against, partly because they always see themselves 10 losers in movies and history books. They have lost much of their self-confidence and pride, and they must acknowledge this fact in order to get