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大学英语复习提纲Part 1 Vocabulary 1.We can do without carpets. I preferwooden floors throughout the house.DA) emptyB)bareC) leanD) primitive2.Three people were killed in the bomb explosion, but police have not yet identified the CA) representativesB) statisticsC) victimsD) circumstances3.He was ashamed. That feeling, and he was never comfortable in church after that.DA) lingeredB) stalkedC) saturatedD) flourished4.In some areas China is the developed countries, but it will take some years beforewe can catch up with them.CA) growing intoB) whipping upC) gaining onD) heading for5. I madeuse of my spare time, mixing with a lot of different people and practicing my English.CA) mobileB) fierceC) profitableD) swift6.Certainly in our society teachers dont enjoy the respect that isto doctors and lawyers. BA) rewardedB) accordedC) designatedD) transferred7.The changes our city in the past few years are little short of miraculous. BA) cataloguedB) underwentC) inheritedD) furnished8.Their heavy commitments do not allow themselvescurrent affairs as fully as they might wish.AA) put throughB) immerse inC) switch onD) settle in9.The woman is a offender and has been arrested five times this year for shoplifting.AA) persistentB) inevitableC) bluntD) dreary10.Any excitement you have at starting a new job is alwayswith a certain amount of fear. AA) mingled B) dotted C) joined D) scarred11.My trip to the small village under the control of the enemy fire was full of delays and difficulties,but I eventually.DA) got byB) turned it overC) hit the sackD) made it12.For traditional Chinese painters, fame and fortune come late, and it isfor artists to hold their first exhibitions when they are over seventy years old. CA) hardly commonB) less frequentC) not unheard of D) just usual13.When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy is always lost as heat., no energy conversion is ever 100% efficient. BA) In other termsB) In other words C) In another way D) In some way14.While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite, some of them appear to lack commonsensefollowing traffic regulations. CA) coming to B) when coming to C) when it comes to D) when they come to15.A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enougha fair deal afterwards. DA) being given B) been given C) given D) to be given16.Because of the mad cow disease, the European Uniona worldwide ban on Britishbeef and beef product exports.A) challengedB) chargedC) forgedD) imposed17.The exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Centersuch endangered animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to protect them.A) detectsB) exploitsC) featuresD) demonstrates18.A computer file is a collection ofdata, used to organize the storage and processing of data by computer.A) electricalB) artificialC) electronicD) genuine19.To protect the environment, scientists and engineers are researching ways toelectricity more cheaply from such renewable energy sources as the wind and sun.A) generateB) manufactureC) constructD) transform20.In social dancing, the participants dance for their own pleasure rather than for theof an audience.A) appreciationB) entertainmentC) leisureD) temptationPart 2 Reading Comprehension Passage 1In the early 1600s, a group known as the Separatists lived in England. They were people who wanted to worship God, study the Bible and pray, but the English laws did not allow them to worship as they desired. They were hunted down, beaten, and locked up.Eventually, they heard about freedom of religion in Holland, and planned to escape. After much hardship, they were allowed to leave England.Now called Pilgrims, they lived in Holland for 12 years, but left because they couldnt stand the hard life, and couldnt work their own trades. They wanted to find a Kingdom of God for their posterity to practice religion freely. So they hired the Speedwell and the Mayflower to carry them across the Atlantic to a new land in America.The Speedwell had many leaks and had to turn back. The Mayflower took in their passengers, making a total of over 100. They sailed two months and three days, cramped and hungry.On November 11,1620, the Mayflower spotted land. They landed in Province town, Massachusetts. For over a month, they sent men to find the perfect place for them to build their colony. When they finally found a place, they called it Plymouth.Right away they started building homes, knowing winter was near.Unfortunately, a violent storm hit when the houses were not yet finished. The Pilgrims were forced to stay on the cramped Mayflower for their first winter in the new world. When this winter was over, over half of them had died.The Pilgrims eventually made a good friend who helped them. His name was Squanto. He showed them where fish swam, how to hunt deer, and how to plant corn.Squanto was a Native American who was kidnapped earlier in his life and taken to England. This is why he was able to communicate with the Pilgrims.With the help of the Native Americans, there was plenty for everyone to eat that first summer, and also plenty to last for the next winter.The Pilgrims had so much to be thankful for. They gave thanks for good friends, new homes, freedom of religion, and plenty of food in a three-day celebration with their Native American friends.Today we continue the celebration of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans, and call it Thanksgiving.21.The Separatists left England in pursuit ofA) wealthB) adventureC) an easier lifeD) religious freedom22.The Pilgrims spend their first winterA) in their newly finished housesB)on the ship that carried them across the AtlanticC)celebrating their newly-won freedomD)making friends with the native people23.The Pilgrims learnt to adapt to the new environment A) with the help of the nativesB) by imitating the Native AmericansC) by trial and errorD) by learning from their earlier experience in Holland24.How did the Pilgrims get along with the Native Americans?A) They were hostile to each other.B) They kept a distance from each other.C) They were very friendly to each other.D) They learned from each other.25.What is the central idea of this passage?A) The origin of Thanksgiving.B) Religious Freedom.C) Early English settlements in America.D) Hardships experienced by the Pilgrims.Passage 2Recently, one of my best friends Jennie, with whom I have shared just about everything since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we have both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boy friend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didnt want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didnt believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like Iwas getting nowhere. I just couldnt believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boy friend.By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating that I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didnt. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate test. Wed been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boy friend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.26.What word best sums up Jennies boy friend?A) A drug user.B) A loser.C) A trouble maker.D) A criminal.27.What was the attitude of Jennies parents towards her relationship with her boy friend?A) They were rather tolerant.B) They were indifferent to it.C) They thought their daughter deserved a better friend.D) They did not allow her to continue it.28.How did the author react to Jennies relationship with her boy friend?A) She tried her best to dissuade Jennie from continuing it.B) She threatened to break up with Jennie if her advice was ignored.C) She was overcome with pride that Jennie told her about her boy friend.D) She was very angry with Jennie for choosing such a friend29.How did the author feel when Jennie told her she had broken with her boy friend?A) She felt relieved.B) She felt happy and proud.C) She felt frustrated and angry.D) She felt exhausted.30. What message does the author try to convey in this passage?A) The power of true friendship can conquer anything.B) Young people should be careful in choosing their friends.C) Parents should take good care of their children.D) Drugs can destroy innocent young people.Passage 3For Roy Johnson, a senior magazine editor, the latest indignity came after a recent dinner at a fancy restaurant in the wealthy New York City suburb where he and his family live. First the parking valet handed him the keys to his Jaguar instead of fetching the car. Then an elderly white couple came out and handed him the keys to their black Mercedes-Benz. It took them a while to realize that I was not a valet, says Johnson. It didnt matter that I was dressed for dinner and had paid a handsome price for the meal, just as he had. What mattered was that I didnt fit his idea of someone who could be equal to him.Such incidents, which are depressingly familiar to African-Americans of all ages, incomes and social classes, help explain why black and white attitudes often differ so completely. A recent survey found that 68 percent of blacks believe racism is still a major problem in America. Only 38 percent of whites agreed. Many Americans find the gulf between blacks and whites bewildering. After all, official segregation is a bad memory and 40 years of laws, policies and court decisions have helped African-Americans make significant progress toward equal opportunity. Indeed, a black man born in Harlem could be the nations next president.But racism persists, unmistakable to every black but largely invisible to many whites. (S2) It is evident in the everyday encounters African-Americans have with racial prejudice and discrimination, like the valet parking incident. Such encounters often strike whites as trivial misunderstandings. But they remind blacks that they We often dismissed as less intelligent, less industrious, less honest and less likely to succeed. Some insults are patently racist; others may be evidence of insensitivity or bad manners rather than racial prejudice. But the accumulation of insults feeds anger.What is amazing to me is the number of whites who express surprise that any of this happens, observes Mary Frances Berry, chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, who says she has been watched at shopping malls.31.The word valet in the first paragraph most probably meansA) a restaurant ownerB) a driver of expensive carsC) a wealthy-looking gentlemanD) a restaurant employee taking care of the cars of the diners32.Roy Johnson was unfairly treated because A) his car was inferior in qualityB) he forgot to wear proper clothesC) he failed to express himself clearlyD) he is black33.From the passage we can learn thatA) both blacks and whites are bewildered by racismB) examples of racism are common in the USC) some government officials have very bad memoriesD) a black man born in Harlem will be the next US president34.It is implied in the passage that many white people deny the presence of racism in the US becauseA) they tend to regard instances of racism as trivial misunderstandingB)they have never seen any instance of racism in their countryC)they believe that black people are inherently less intelligent and less industriousD)they have always treated black people as their equals35. Judging from the context, the most possible explanation for Mary Frances Berrys being watchedat shopping malls is that.A) she was a national celebrityB) she didnt fit peoples idea of an Afro-American womanC) many people nowadays are insensitive and rudeD) she is blackPassage 4Add Littleton, Colorado, to the list of cities dazed with grief after a school slaughter. Two students shot and killed 12 other students and a teacher before taking their own lives. The massacre was the largest in the history of this nation. This type of crime didnt exist 10 years ago.Americans should stop acting surprised that these shootings happen in nicer neighborhoods. Thats the only place they happen. None of the recent school massacres took place at an inner-city campus; they all occurred in smaller towns or suburbs. (S3) These killers havent been from impoverished or extremely violent families. They dont appear to have been picked on any worse than kids have been for generations. They chose alienation and destruction, and they found the tools to carry out their hate-filled plan.Do not blame schools for these massacres. Schools simply take what they are sent. Question the killers parents. The parents are supposed to teach their children respect and empathy for others lives. Parents should help their offspring learn to handle taunt or conflict without resorting to violence.All concerned adults should take a youths threat to shoot someone as seriously as airport security guards take jokes about bombs. Students must be encouraged to tell teachers if a classmate threatens or jokes about violence. Administrators at schools around the country need to emphasize they will take such reports seriously, and that they will not identify any student who comes forward with such a report.More gun regulations probably wont stop these shootings, but gun owners and sellers must take more responsibility for keeping weapons away from young people. Gun owners should keep their guns unloaded, locked up and hidden away. Most car owners dont leave their keys in the careven when they park in their own garage; gun owners should be at least as careful with weapons.The federal government cant solve this problem. Schools alone cant solve it. More guns wont solve it. Americans must consciously create a culture that makes violence unacceptable. Parents need to stop allowing their childrens minds to be polluted with violence. News media need to show more restraint and thought about how and what they report.The Colorado massacre is a national tragedy. Mores the pity if Americans do not stop, reflect and vow to make it the last school massacre.36.One common feature of all the recent school massacres is that.A) they have all been carefully planned by hateful youngstersB) the killers have all failed to passed their examsC) they all occur in places that appear to be all rightD) the killers are all from disadvantaged families37.Children are less likely to become killers if.A) their parents succeed in teaching them respect and empathy for others livesB) they study hard in school and get high scoresC) teachers stop telling meaningless jokes in classD) they follow the rules set by administrators at schools around the country38.Who does the author think should take the main responsibility for campus shootings?A) School authorities.B) The federal government.C) News media.D) The killers parents.39.What is the most effective way to prevent school massacre from happening again?A) Reinforcing stricter laws and regulations.B) Introducing security guards onto campus.C) Creating a culture that makes violence unacceptable.D) Keeping weapons away from young people.40.From the passage we can infer that.A) there were a lot of school massacres in inner-cities 10 years agoB) many people turn a blind eye to school massacreC) a youths joke about violence is often ignored by other peopleD) Most gun owners like to leave their guns in their carsPart 3 Short Answer Questions We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our fathers store. We started working by doing odd jobs like dusting, arranging shelves and wrapping, and later graduated to serving customers. As we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than survival and making a sale.One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was in the eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a worn-out brown coat. His shoes were dirty and his one shoelac