21世纪大学英语I unit2练习题.doc

Test Two选择题（110）1.Heis_friendsthanI. A.muchmore B.manymoreC.verymore D.toomore2.Whichisthe_country,JapanorAustralia? A.moredeveloped B.moredevelopingC.mostdeveloped D.mostdeveloping3. Therewere_shopsinthecityin1982thanin1990.A.little B.fewC.fewer D.less4.Ifyouarenotfreetoday, comeanotherday_.A.tooB.soC.insteadD.yet5Hecanttellus_,Ithink.A.importantanythingB.anythingimportantC.importantsomethingD.somethingimportant.6.TheHuangRiveristhesecond_riverinourcountry.A.longB.longerC.longestD.thelongest7.Thelightintheofficewasnt_forhimtoread. A. enough bright B. bright enough C. brightly D. enough brightly 8. There was an accident at the corner. _, the girl wasnt _hurt. A. luckily, badly B. luck, hardly C. Lucky, heavily D. Lucky, strongly 9. You must keep your eyes _ when you do eye exercises. A. close B. open C. closed D., opened 10. Five days has passed, but I havent finished half of the work. _, A. already B. still C. too D. yet 对话（52）Mary: Hi, Tom, nice to see you! Tom: Hi, Mary, _1_ M: Tom, I have heard that you have won praise for your invention. T: Oh, yes. M: Really? What is that? T: _2_M: Toothpick? Can you describe some details? T: Yeah, a trough is put into the container of toothpicks. If you want to take toothpicks out, you should press the bottom which is connected by the trough. So the toothpick is wedged into the trough,_3_. M: Oh, I get it now. You are clever. T: Thank you! M: But what make you invent it? T: Yeah, it mainly because my teeth is bad, so I use toothpicks frequently. But I think the traditional toothpick contains are not very convent. M: Oh, I see._4_ T: Maybe, I will have a talk with some specialists. I think their suggestion is very useful. M: Yeah, that is true. Congratulations again! T: Thank you! M: Time is limited. _5_ See you! T: See you!A. nice to see you, too! B. and the toothpick has been taken outC. Do you apply for the patent?D. It is a tool of making toothpicks.E. I will go to the library now.阅读理解（152） 1When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern era, two universitystudents who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist（存在）According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post，the tragedy（悲剧） occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water More than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children Two children were quickly rescued，but the third diedThe childs body was not found for three hours. Two of the rescuers，Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao，also died of cold and exhaustion（筋疲力尽）.The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next dayA student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake When they heard the childrens cries for help， they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children But the ice kept breaking， causing most of them to fall into the icy water Local residents held mourning ceremonies（祭奠仪式） at the lake Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation， but their lives were no longer in danger 1The underlined word “occurred” here means“” A. employed B. mixed C. guided D. happened 2When the three students fell into water，the university students were A. skating on the ice B. taking photos at the lake C. having a picnic D. walking along the lake 3Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ A.T hree students died on the same day in all B. Hao Longbiaos body was found on December 14,2002 CThe university students didnt think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake D. Local residents were not brave in face of danger 4It can be inferred that A. people think little of the two university students death B. the ice on the lake wasnt strong enough to skate on C. some students regretted for what they had done D. heroes dont agree with the steps of modern times 5The author wrote the passage to A. warn people of the danger of skating on ice B. call on people to learn from the brave university students C. tell us a tragedy D. advise university students to cherish（珍惜） their lives 2Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world in his own back yard. He sold the stone to a diamond dealer for over three hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the diamond was resold. This time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. The true value of a diamond is never known until it has been cut. Once cut successfully, its value can increase a thousand times. Its easy to understand why the owner of the Joker diamond went to the best diamond cutter he knew, Kaplan. The cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months. When he felt he was ready to start work, he discovered a flaw (瑕疵). He had to begin with his calculations (计算) all over again, or he might have made the stone useless. Six more months passed, and Kaplan finally said to the owner, “I am ready to start my work. There will be one excellent diamond that will be comparable to any in the world, plus eleven small diamonds of first-class quality.” Kaplan waited a few more days until be felt he was in the best physical and mental (精神的) condition possible. He picked up his tools and held his breath as he made the first blow. The diamond split (切开) exactly as he promised. 6. Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world _. A. in a minute B. at the foot of a big mountain C. in his own backyard D. in a garage 7. A diamond dealer is a person _, A. in the diamond business B. who stores diamonds C. who cuts diamonds D. who sells diamonds 8. When the diamond was resold, _. A. the dealer lost a lot of money B. Joker made some more money C. the dealer got 800,000 dollars D. Kaplan got 800,000 dollars 9. The owner of the diamond thought that if the diamond was cut successfully it might be worth _. A. $300,000 B. $500, 000 C. $300, 000,000 D. $800, 000, 000 10. Kaplan studied the diamond for _. A. one and a half years B. more than half a year C. over eighteen months D. more than nineteen months 3 Mans First real inventions, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and machine in the world depend on it. The wheel is the simplest yet but perhaps the most remarkable (值得注意的) of all inventions. Because there are no wheels in natureno living thing was ever created with wheels. How, then, did man come to invent the wheel? Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the carcass (尸体) of a heavy animal through the forest on log more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot. It must have taken a great prehistoric (史前的) thinker to imagine two thin slices (薄片) of log connected at their centers by a strong stick, this would roll along just as the logs did and axle came into being, and with them the first carts 11. The wheel is important because _. A. it was mans first real invention B. all transportation depends on it C. every machine depends on it D. both B and C 12. The wheel is called _. A. simple B. complicated C. strange D. unusual 13. It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because _. A. it led to many other inventions B. man had no use for it then C. there were no wheels in nature D. all of the above 14. The wheel was probably invented by _. A. a group of early hunters B. the first men on earthC. a great prehistoric thinker D. the man who made the first cart 15. This selection says that the first wheel may have been a _. A. ground piece of stone B. heavy log C. piece of mental D. slice of log 翻译（52）1. Dont you think