东财18春学期《大学英语2》.doc

1.When hosts place dishes on the table, they will arrange the main course at the center with the other dishes_placed around them. A:evenly B:even C:odd D:oddly参考答案:A2.My watch is not working. _? Its ten past eleven. A:What time is it B:Whats the time C:What time is it by your watch D:What is time by your watch 参考答案:C3. Today, many cultures divide music_ art music and music of the people. A: from B: into C: over D: beneath 答案 into4. My mother was relieved that her son would be satisfied with his performance so he wouldnt do another one, at least for her _. A: sake B: lake C: make D: wake 答案 sake5.She used_all her clothes there. A:buy B:to buying C:buying D:to buy答案D6.My I have two_instead of beans, please? A:corns ear B:corn ears C:ear of corns D:ears of corn 参考答案:D7 .Maria: Morley, where are the cookies. Dont tell me you ate them all!Morley: Yes, I did. _ . A:I couldnt bear it. B:They were too good to eat C:I couldnt help it. D:They were good to eat 参考答案:C, 8 Operator: _, May I help you?Bill: Id like to set up a telephone service, please. A: Speaking B: Hey C: Im John Smith D: Pacific Bell 答案 Pacific Bell 9. Throughout their history, Americans have been people _ the move. A: in B: on C: to D: with 答案 on 10 Jackson: Whats there to do at night?Clerk: There are clubs, concerts, plays, and so on._! A:You make it B:You name it C:You find it D:You manage it 参考答案:B, 11.Desk Clerk：Good afternoon，Holiday Inn. Customer：Hello，Id like to book a double room for the nights of 23rd and 24th please. Desk Clerk：_ A:Whats the matter？ B:Just a minute, please. C:What can I do for you？ D:Can I help you？ 参考答案:B, 本题解释 12 Receptionist: Can I help you? Customer: _. Where do I pay my fees? A: As you please B: Yes, please C: Thank you D: Yes, you can 答案 Yes, please 13 Nicholas: Hello. May I speak to Tom? Tom: _ A: Sorry, the number is engaged. Will you hold? B: Hello. Whore you, please? C: Hello. Thank you for calling. D: Yes, speaking. 答案 Yes, speaking. 14 Its very kind of you to help me with my English._. A:Never mind B:Not at all C:Thats all right D:Youre so welcome 参考答案:B, 本题解释 15、 Do not express shock for what you hear_C_matter how shocking it might seem. A、not B、never C、no D、none 16 If you had taken the medicine yesterday, you_D_much better now. A、must have felt B、might have felt C、would have felt D、would feel 17 Were _ to hand in our homework next week. A: proposed B: supposed C: opposed D: imposed 答案 supposed18 Student A：I feel sick. Student B：_ Student A：Im not sure， but I have got a bad headache. A: Im sorry to hear that. B: How are you feeling now？ C: How long have you been sick？ D: Do you have a temperature？ 答案 Do you have a temperature？ 19 His long _ raised fears about his safety. A: absent B: absentee C: absenting D: absence 答案 absence20 Daddy was in a _ for several days. A: drama B: coma C: soma D: tome 答案 comaThe Smokey Bear(护林熊) fire prevention program has resulted in a savings of $20 billion on all federal(联邦的), state and private forested land(私有林地). In 1941, 208,000 forest fires burned 30 million acres, while in 1981, fewer than 165,000 fires burned about three million acres. While forest usage has increased, the proportion(比例) of human-caused fires has remained stable; people still cause mine out of ten forest fires. But the biggest cause of fires is arson(纵火), accounting for(引起) 34 percent of forest fires in 1981.1. According to the passage, use of forested land has A. stabilized. B. been privatized. C. decreased. D. risen.2. According to the passage, in 1941 forest fires burned A. less acres than in 1981. B. 3 million acres. C. ten times as many acres as in 1981. D. 20 million acres more than in 1981.3. According to the passage, the number of human-caused fires A. has remained the same proportionately. B. has increased. C. is he same as the arson cases. D. accounts for 34 per cent of forest fires.4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. Nine out of ten fires are caused by arsonists. B. The Smokey Bear program has saved the nation a lot of money. C. There are more forest fires now than before. D. People do not use the forests as much as they did in the past.5. It may be inferred from the passage thatA. the majority of fires are caused by humans.B. arson is increasing every year.C. more acres are destroyed by fire each year.D. fewer people are using the forests. 【答案】1D 2C 3A 4B 5APassage 3The origins(起源) of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abner Doubleday, a civil engineering student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize(使标准化) the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cat, the ancestors(祖先) of baseball. By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown rapidly. Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of Baseball Players that had proclaimed(宣布) a set of standard rules. These teams were amateurs(业余爱好者) or semi-professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding. Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association. Competition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season(季后赛) contest, the first worlds series. The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1900 the American League was organized.1. According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because A. Abner Doubleday invented a special diamond-shaped pitch. B. the rules of earlier games were amalgamated(合并) and regularized. C. civil engineering students became interested in playing games. D. the old games died out and a new one was needed.2. What was different about Baseball Players compared with earlier players? A. They travelled widely. B. They belonged to many clubs. C. They played by agreed rules. D. They were not professional.3. According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1869 A. because baseball had become more popular by then. B. to enable the amateur players to become professional. C. so that the public had the opportunity to profit from a professional team. D. to produce a means of making money.4. From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to A. reorganize the professional teams. B. enable more professional teams to be set up. C. to provide a governing authority for baseball. D. authorize amateur and professional teams to combine.5. According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were A. the American League and the National League. B. the American League. C. the American Association and the American League. D. the American Association. 【答案】1B 2C 3D 4C 5APassage 2In the years after the Civil War most American painters received their training in Europe, the majority studying in the French schools at Paris or Barbizon, and a smaller number in Germany at Munich(慕尼黑) and Dusseldorf(杜塞尔多夫). The teaching of the Barbizon school, which stressed the use of color and the creation of an impression or a mood, influenced many American artists. One group of American painters, led by James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, expatriated(移居国外) themselves from the American scene and settled in Europe. Whistler, who is often ranked as the greatest genius(天才) in the history of American art, was a versatile(多才多艺的) and industrious(勤奋的) artist who was equally proficient(熟练的) in several media-oil, watercolor, etching(铜版画)-and with several themes-portraits and his so-called nocturnes(夜景画), impressionistic sketches(印象画) of moonlight on water and other scenes. He was one of the first to appreciate the beauty of Japanese color prints and to introduce Oriental concepts into Western art.1. For a period after the Civil War, the majority of American painters A. was influenced by the Barbizon school. B. painted in the impressionist style. C. studied art in Europe. D. used striking color in their work.2. According to the passage, one group of American painters A. left America never to return. B. turned their back on the American art tradition. C. copied the style of Whistler and Sargent. D. were unaffected by the European style of painting.3. From the passage we are led to believe that Whistler A. did much of his painting at night. B. produced a large number of pictures. C. combined several media and themes in his paintings. D. was most proficient in impressionistic sketches.4. According to the passage, Whistler was one of the first Western painters to A. use Japanese ideas in his own work. B. become interested in Japanese printing. C. admire Japanese oil paintings. D. start producing Japanese sketches.5. The main theme of this passage is A. Whistlers influence on Western art. B. The influence of European art on American painters. C. The influence of Oriental art on Whistler. D. The American painters influence in Europe. 【答案】1C 2A 3B 4A 5BPassage 4Although stage plays have been set to music since the era(年代) of the ancient Greeks when the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus were accompanied by lyres(里拉琴) and flutes, the usually accepted date for the beginning of opera as we know it is 1600. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat(贵族) Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Peri produced his famous Euridice, generally considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata began to revive(复兴) the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.1. This passage is a summary of A. opera in Italy.B. the Camerata.C. the development of opera.D. Euridice.2. According to the author, Jacopo Peri wroteA. Greek tragedy.B. the first opera.C. the opera Maria de Medici.D. the opera The Camerata.3. We can infer that the CamerataA. was a group of Greek musicians.B. developed a new musical drama based upon Greek drama.C. was not known in Italy.D. was the name given to the court of King Henry IV. 4. The author suggests that Euridice was producedA. in France.B. originally by Sophocles and Aeschylus.C. without much success.D. for the wedding of King Henry IV. 5. According to this passage, modern opera began in the A. time of the ancient Greeks.B. fifteenth century.C. sixteenth century.D. seventeenth century. 【答案】1C 2B 3B 4D 5DPassage 5From the outset(开始), railroad and canals were bitter competitors(激烈竞争者). For a time the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company blocked the advance of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad through the narrow gorge(峡谷) of the upper Potomac, and the State of New York prohibited railroads from hauling freight in competition with the Erie Canal and its branches. These restrictions(限制) and the slow pace of railroad building meant that canals carried twice as much tonnage as railroads even as late as 1852. But railroads had the advantage of speed and year-round operation (canals closed down for the winter freeze) and could be located almost anywhere, regardless of terrain(地形) and the availability of water. These assets, combined with a slight price advantage, produced a victory for railroads during the 1850s. By the end of the decade, they took most of the nations passenger traffic and carried more freight than the canals. 1. What drawbacks were there to the introduction of railroads in North America? A. Some of the gorges, such as the Potomac, were too narrow to use for railroads. B. It was forbidden to carry goods by railroad in New York. C. The Chesapeake and Ohio canals were more advanced than the railroads. D. It was more efficient to use the Erie Canal than the railroad.2. Until 1852 the canals carried more goods than the railroads because they were A. less expensive. B. much quicker. C. less restricted. D. much larger.3. All of the following factors contributed to the victory of the railroads over the canals except A. they operated all through the year. B. they could be built on any terrain. C. they were slightly cheaper. D. they needed water for operation.4. When did the railroads carry more freight than the canals? A. During the 1850s. B. At the end of the 1850s. C. In 1852. D. By the end of the 1800s.5. What is the main subject of the passage? A. The establishment of the railroads. B. Rivalry between the canals and railroads. C. The history of trains. D. Traffic in North America. 【答案】1B 2C 3D 4B 5BPassage 6Good morning, students. Today we will continue our investigation of the mosquito(蚊子). We all thought that mosquitoes follow skin odors(气味), but no such odor has been identified. It turns out, in fact, that no skin seems to be as attractive to a mosquito as a current of air(气流) having the right degree of warmth and humidity(湿度). But, a mosquito can be turned off its course by a repellent(驱蚊剂). This is how it works: a mosquito senses humidity in a airstream by means of tiny pores(气孔) in the hairs located on its antennae(触角). These hairs send electrical impulses to the central nervous system whenever they encounter humidity in the air. The repellent blocks the pores through which mosquitoes sense the presence of water vapor(水汽) in the air. As a mosquito comes in for a landing on a warm moist body, the repellent blocks the mosquitos sensors, and realizing that it has lost its moist current of air, it instinctively changes its course.1. What is the main topic of this talk?A. Independence of skin odors.B. Interaction between mosquitoes and repellents.C. The mosquitos central nervous system.D. Components of air currents.2. According to the speaker, what are mosquitoes attracted to?A. Water vapor.B. Skin odors.C. Air currents.D. Warmth and moisture.3. What does the mosquito repellent do? A. It changes the humidity of the skin.B. It blocks the pores in the hairs.C. It changes the moisture in the air.D. It blocks the hairs in the sensors.4. What happens when the mosquito comes into contact with the repellent?A. It quickly moves off in another direction.B. It sends an electrical impulse to its central nervous system.C. The pores in the hairs on its skin become blocked.D. Its sensors become blocked by the water vapor in the repellent.5. According to the passage, what can be inferred about mosquito repellents?A. A degree of instability in their use has emerged.B. More research is needed into their efficiency.C. They appear to be highly effective.D. Their reliability has yet to be proved. 【答案】1B 2D 3B 4A 5C三、词汇与结构（本题共30小题，每小题3分，共90分） 1. As we took our seats on the bus, I noticed a woman with a young adult close to us.A .sitB .be sitC .sittingD .sits【答案】C2. Tom is going to a concert tomorrow evening. So .A .I amB .am IC .I will D .will I 【答案】B 3. it is from Bristol to Glasgow!A .What long a wayB .What distance C .How long wayD .How far【答案】D4. He sent from Canada.A .her a cardB .to her a cardC .card to herD .to her card【答案】A5. The convenience of modern freeways, railways and airplanes makes travel in America as easy as .A .pieB .breadC .soupD .wine【答案】A6. The music that Americans are used to to might sound strange to someone from another culture.A .listenB .be listenedC .listeningD .listened【答案】C7. Tom was sitting just Jack and Jerry. A .except B .among C .beside D .off 【答案】C8. My I have two instead of beans, please? A .corns ear B .corn ears C .ear of corns D .ears of corn 【答案】D9. Tom is waiting the doctor. A .to see B .to seeing C .for see D .for seeing 【答案】D10. They resort fast food which is fatty and contains high amount of cholesterol. A .with B .at C .on D .to 【答案】D11. Regardless his appearance, he is innocent. A .to B .in C .of D .for 【答案】C12. Can you divide 30 6, please? A .in B .by C .with D .of 【答案】B13. Never , well see the film next week. A .mind B .to mind C .mind you D .in mind 【答案】A14. After two months, he had news of what she was doing in Tokyo. A .few B .little C .several D .a 【答案】B15. You must obtain from the landowner to fish in this river. A .permission B .om