大学英语二复习题.doc

大学英语二复习题I. Vocabulary and StructureThere are 100 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence.2. He often breaks his word, and his actions and his promises _C_ sharply.A. actB. compareC. contrastD. perform4. As the play _A_ to a climax, all the spectators held their breath and silence reigned through the hall.A. evolvedB. involvedC. beganD. climbed6.After she was married, Jane _D_ herself and was not pretty any more. A. neglectedB. emphasizedC. satisfiedD. switched8.Father come home and told us about his promotion _B_.A. in courseB. in due courseC. in right courseD. in due10.Im tired of working for other people so I decided to up my own business _D_.A. on my ownB. in my ownC. lonelyD. on myself12.The old lady is trying her best to supply facts _B_ to the case.A. correctB. relationC. relevantD. restorative14.I like the green one, in my opinion, its _D_ the red one.A. preferB. better toC. superior thanD. superior to16.The building is _D_ to be blown down by the storm.A. availableB. liableC. liberalD. audible18.His persistence was _B_ when the car finally started.A. rewordedB. rewardedC. awardedD. rewired20.In Britain today women _C_ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.A. build upB. stand forC. make upD. conform to22.If he can get five As in his studies, hell gain the _B_ awarded by the school.A. allowanceB. scholarshipC. tipsD. fund24.This man _C_ his first statement, notwithstanding that several persons contradict him.A. holds inB. holds backC. holds upD. holds to26.The management _A_ the right to refuse admission.A. deservesB. reservesC. conservesD. serves28.The jury _A_ from the courtroom to consider their verdict.A. retortedB. retractedC. retiredD. retraced30.The medical team _B_ 6 doctors and 3 nurses.A. consists ofB. is consisted ofC. is composed byD. is made up with32.Its hard for the 5-year-old child to _D_ such a pill.A. suckB. gulpC. eatD. swallow34.The incident gradually _C_ out from the popular mind.A. disappearedB. vanishedC. lostD. faded36.You should get in touch with Mr. Prescott. He is _C_ the accounting department.A. in the order ofB. in favor ofC. in charge of D. in answer to38.Im sorry to tell you, he cant speak. He is _A_.A. dumbB. dullC. deafD. dusky40. The heavy snow separated us from the other parts of the country. Whats more, we had _A_ our supplies of food.A. exhaustedB. motivatedC. penetratedD. relieved42._B_, the medical supplies will reach you within a week.A. At any rateB. At any caseC. At any costD. At any pace44.She was born in 1939, I in 1937. Thus she is my _C_ by 2 years.A. youngerB. juniorC. minorD. inferior46.The actress read the essay in a musical _B_ of voice.A. atmosphereB. tuneC. appearanceD. tone48.Child _D_ is a punishable offence.A. educationB. problemC. crimeD. abuse50.No sign of him yet! I do like a man to keep an _D_.A. assignmentB. arrangementC. accomplishmentD. appointment52.An author must not be so _B_ to criticism.A. sensibleB. sensitiveC. senselessD. insensible54.Two generations often have _A_ attitudes towards the education of children.A. converseB. convertC. controversyD. conflict56.I rely _C_ you to finish the work today.A. inB. onC. toD. for58.Land was _B_ as the ship moved far away.A. in sightB. out of sightC. at the sightD. on sight60.Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors expanded _A_ 27%A. byB. forC. to D. inII. Reading ComprehensionThere are four six passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage onePassage two In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as theyve become wealthier and more worldly-wise. Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in 10 citizens will go abroad. Exposed to higher standards of service elsewhere, Israelis are returning home expecting the same. American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers. Chains such as KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut are setting a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff. Even the American habit of telling departing customers to “Have a nice day” has caught on all over Israel. “Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, Lets be nicer, ” says Itsik Cohen, director of a consulting firm. “Nothing happens without competition.”Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well. Monopolies that until recently have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing professor, calls “the revengeful consumer.” When the government opened up competition with Bezaq, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share, even while offering competitive rates. Says Perry, “People wanted revenge for all the years of bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly stopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. Now, appointments are scheduled to the half-hour. The graceless El Al Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖)，has retrained its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad campaign with the slogan, “You can feel the change in the air.” For the first time, praise outnumbers complaints on customer survey sheets.1. It may be inferred from the passage that .A) customer service in Israel is now improvingB) wealthy Israeli customers are hard to pleaseC) the tourist industry has brought chain stores to IsraelD) Israeli customers prefer foreign products to domestic ones2.In the authors view, higher service standards are impossible in Israel .A) if customer complaints go unnoticed by the managementB) unless foreign companies are introduced in greater numbersC) if theres no competition among companiesD) without strict routine training of employees3. If someone in Israel today needs a repairman in case of a power failure, .A) they can have it fixed in no timeB) its no longer necessary to make an appointmentC) the appointment takes only half a day to makeD) they only have to wait half an hour at most4.The example of El Al Airlines shows that .A) revengeful customers are a threat to the monopoly of enterprisesB) an ad campaign is a way out for enterprises in financial difficultyC) a good slogan has great potential for improving serviceD) staff retraining is essential for better service5. Why did Bezaqs international branch lose 40% of its market share?A) Because the rates it offered were not competitive enough.B) Because customers were dissatisfied with its past service.C) Because the service offered by its competitors was far better.D) Because it no longer received any support from the government.Passage threeWhy, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour ( 吞食、毁灭 ) all our crops and kill our cattle, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects, but all of them put together kill only a very small amount of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the insect eaters+ spiders never do the least harm 10 us or our belongings. Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.How many spiders are engaged in the work on our behalf? One authority on spiders made a research of the spiders and found that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre; that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football field. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by the spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all human beings in the country.1. Spiders should be our friends, because _ .A. they only eat harmful InsectsB. they are great insect-eating animalsC. they destroy large numbers of insects which do harm to the human raceD. their harmfulness is the least2. The difference between spiders and insects is that _ .A. insects have only six legs B. insects only cat plantsC. spiders eat insects D. spiders have more legs than insects3. One authority on spiders estimated _ .A. that there were more than 2,250,000 insects in a grass field in the south of EnglandB. that every football field in England had 6,000,000 spidersC. the quantity of different spiders in England was very bigD. that there were 6000,000 kinds of spiders on a football field4. In the last sentence the writer means _ -A. experts on spiders know exactly how much spiders eat in one yearB. experts on spiders can only make an estimation of the weight of insects eaten by spidersC. authority on spiders know the weight of all the people in EnglandD. authority on spiders know both the weight of the insects eaten by spiders and the weight of people in England5. Which one of the following statements is the main idea?A. Spiders, the greatest insects-eating animals, protect us from being destroyed by harmful insects and they should be our friends-B. Spiders are not insects but in fact animals.C. There are great numbers of spiders engaged in destroying harmful insects on behalf of the human race.D. The weight of the insects eaten by spiders in one year is greater than the weight of all people in England.Passage fourIn recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more various jobs lead to greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers life more enjoyable, it does not actually makes him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, then variety is not an important factor.Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important, and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important there is usually very little that can be done to create it.Another very important consideration is how each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is degree of the worker contribution an important factor, therefore, but it is also one we can do something about.To what extent does more money lead to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.1. Which of the following is the best way to make workers work harder according to the author?A. Increasing their pay.B. Giving them more spare time.C. Making the work itself meaningful.D. Replacing large production lines with small ones2. The reason why a worker cannot have freedom in doing the job in his own way is that_?A. the machinery is so complex that it should be fixed.B. The production lines are too large in modern factories.C. The bosses can create very little freedom of choices for workers.D. The machines must be operated strictly according to instructions and rules.3. For a worker on an assembly line in a car factory, the job is not enjoyable becauseA. he can only make a part of a carB. he does not know what he is doingC. his life in spare time is more interestingD. the importance of his Job is not clear to him4. In the article, the word productivity meansA. the activity of producing somethingB. the production volume in a time unitC. the plan and the method of productionD. both the quantity and quality of a product5. The best title for this passage may be _ A. Problems of Modern Workers B. Making Jobs More InterestingC. Pushing Workers to Product More D. How to Improve Labor ProductivityIII. ClozeThere are more than forty universities in Britainnearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 1 converting old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the 2 of students more than doubled, from 70000 to 3 than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 4 twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has its 5 governing councils, 6 some local businessmen and local politicians as 7 a few academics(大学教师). The state began to give grants to them fifty years 8 , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 9 from state grants. Students have to 10 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place 11 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 12 unless his parents are 13. Most 14 take jobs in the summer 15 about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside 16 during the academic year. The Department of Education takes 17 for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the 18 , but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence 19 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly 20 of academics. 1.A. with B. by C. at D. into2.A. amount B. quantity C. lot D. number3.A. more B. much C. less D. fewer4.A. with B. to C. from D. beyond5.A. self B. kind C. own D. personal6.A. making B. consisting C. including D. taking7.A. good B. long C. little D. well8.A. ago B. before C. after D. ever9.A. suggestions B. grades C. profits D. funds10.A. make B. pay C. changeD. delay11.A. what B. which C. where D. how12.A. living B. drinking C. food D. shelter13.A. poo