大学英语基础教程_复习题2.doc

大学英语函授课程 大学英语基础教程复习题第二套Part I Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: There are passages in this section. Each followed by some questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice. Passage AAmericans like to have meetings. In the United States, there are about eleven million meetings taking place every working day. The reason is that people can often find better ideas when getting together. A meeting gives each member a chance to present his or her ideas and to discuss them with others. People hope that they can have a better use of time and money in this way.However, meetings must be controlled. If everyone wants to have a chance at a meeting, it can be very noisy; some people may even get angry. On the other hand, if no one wants to say anything, the meeting will be very dull and awkward. How can we deal with this problem? In fact, there is a man called chairman at a meeting, whose job is to keep the discussion in order. He helps to guide the discussion and makes decisions. Therefore, most of the time whether a meeting is a success or a waste of time depends on the chairman. 1. What is this passage about?A) American people. B) Good ideas. C) Meetings. D) Discussions.2. Why do people have meetings?A) Because they can have a better time.B) Because they can have better ideas.C) Because they can have better chairs.D) Because they can have more money.3. Why do we have to control meetings?A) Because we need to keep the people happy.B) Because we need to keep the people noisy.C) Because we need to keep the people awkward.D) Because we need to keep the people in order.4. Who will control a meeting?A) Everyone. B) No one. C) A chairman. D) A member.5. Which will a chairman not do at a meeting?A) To help guide the discussion. B) To make decisions.C) To keep the discussion in order. D) To help earn money.来源： Passage BWhen Pat just graduated from college, she decided to see more about the world. However, she had no money. Therefore, she accepted a teaching position in a South American country. She taught 20 students English. All the students spoke Spanish but knew little about English.Fortunately, since Pat could say some Spanish, they could understand each other. Pat was a diligent teacher. She often read about how to learn a foreign language. One day she saw a famous writers words, which said if you could dream in a foreign language, and then you could learn it well. She told her students many times about the sentence. A week later, one of her worst students was very late for class. Pat asked him why. The student said in Spanish:Miss, I didnt sleep well last night. I dreamed a lot and all my dreams were in English. Everyone was surprised, since he was such a poor student.Oh? That is great. Tell us about your dream, said Pat.All the people spoke English, the student went on, All the newspapers and magazines were in English.”But thats wonderful! You can speak English well this time. You wont have much hard time from now on. What did the people say?Thats why I slept so badly and got up late: I dont understand a word. It was a bad dream. 6. What was Pats job?A) A student. B) A teacher. C) A writer. D) A reporter.7. What did Pal find one day?A) A famous writers words.B) A poor students words.C) A wonderful dream.D) A useful Spanish song.8. According to the student, why did he fail to come to class on time?A) Because he was very poor.B) Because he could only speak English.C) Because he could speak English well.D) Because he did not sleep much the night before.9. Why was everyone surprised? A) Because the poor student dreamed in English. B) Because the poor student can not understand an English word.C) Because the poor student cant sleep well every day.D) Because the poor student can speak English well now.10. What can we learn from the passage?A) Sometimes dreams mean different things to different people.B) If you are deeply interested in something, youll dream about it.C) Dreams can help people learn a foreign language.D) Poor students sometime have better dreams than good students.来源： Passage Parrots have been praised because their strange ability to copy some human speech. Recently, an Amazon parrot(中美或南美产的鹦鹉) put her talents to unusual use. She helped the police catch a gang of thieves. A mans home was broken in and a lot of money was stolen. The thieves left no proof for the police to do anything about it. Then, a few days later, the man found that his parrot, whose name was Baby, was saying some new words he never taught her. Baby used to have only a twenty-eight-word vocabulary. However, after the robbery, she began saying come back, Robert and come here, Denny!The police detective was delighted; Because Robert and Denny were the name of two thieves he already knew. Soon three thieves were caught. Their story explained why. That night when they broke in the house, they heard someone talking. They thought that someone was at home.Robert and Denny ran away very quickly. When the third thief found out that it was just a parrot, he called Robert and Denny back. At that moment the bird happened to be willing to learn some new words, thus the important evidence was taken down.11. Why have parrots been popular for centuries?A) Because they are good at singing. B) Because they are very beautiful birds.C) Because they are able to copy some human speech.D) Because they are able to speak as well as humans.12. Why couldnt the police find the thieves at first?A) Because they left a bird.B) Because they left very quickly.C) Because they left no evidence.D) Because they left a baby.13. How did Baby help the police?A) She recognized the thieves.B) She learned the thieves names.C) She found the missing money.D) She reported it to the police.14. Which of the following statements is true?A) Baby used to be able to say only 24 words.B) Only a baby was at home that night.C) There were more than two thieves in the story.D) Baby was so afraid that she cried out.15. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?A) A baby detective. B) A clever parrot. C) Catching thieves. D) Sound recording.Passage Welcome to join our group. I believe that everybody has noticed the dark circle-like lines on a piece of wood. We call them tree rings. They are so natural and beautiful that we usually keep them on our furniture as decoration. Actually they are the basic texture for many of our designs now. That is why some of the art students are more interested in them. But do you know how these tree rings are formed?Well, let me tell you something about it. As we know, trees live in natural conditions, they dont have anything to protect them against various weather conditions, especially cold winter. So any change in the weather can affect their growth. In the summer, when the weather is good for their growth, they grow fast and this part of wood is white and wide, but in winter, or when the weather is bad for growth, they grow very slowly and this part of wood is dark and narrow. Thus a tree ring is formed between these two parts.Its very important for us to know that tree rings are more than beautiful. Scientists can tell us not only the trees age, but also the weather conditions about the years during which a tree has grown. If the tree ring for a certain year is wider than other years, we can say that the weather of that year is good, if the tree ring is narrower, then the weather must be bad.16. What is the passage about?A) Telephone calls and trees.B) Travel in the forest.C) Grow plants for decoration.D) Tree rings and weather conditions.17. What are tree rings?A) The imagined lines on old trees. B) The beautiful decoration for trees.C) The dark circle-like lines on a piece of wood. D) The important materials for making furniture.18. What can we use tree rings to do?A) To find trees in a circle.B) To make furniture change size.C) To tell something about the weather.D) To get something for house decorating.19. What can we say if the tree ring is narrow?A) The weather of that year is good. B) The weather of that year must be bad.C) The wood is older than we expected.D) The wood is younger than we expected.20. On which class is the talk given?A) Designing. B) Meteorology(气象学). C) Geology. D) Botany（植物学）.Part II Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.1. David and his president _ their Chinese friends around London.A)pay B)look C)make D) show2. There are a lot of trees and flowers _ the library.A) outside B)out C)away D)below3. They shake hands, _ themselves and exchange their name cards.A)introducing B) introduce C)introduced D)have introduced4. They meet for the first time and _ each other.A)talk B)smile C) greet D)make5. Do the students _ the campus in the morning?A)look after B)take care C)look up D) jog around6. Our English teacher always _ to do in the office.A)have anything B)have nothing C) has something D)has many7. Do they often call _ their Chinese friends?A) on B)down C) off D) at8. They are very happy to _ us at their home.A)call B)get C)make D) have9. The students all look very _, because they like the teachers lessons.A)disappointing B)satisfying C)sad D) happy10. You should _ this application form very carefully.A) set up B) fill in C) put up D) look for11. I saw a big bear in the zoo. “Bear” means_.A) 忍受B) 熊C) 结果实 D) 带有12. She _ a lot of experience from this research.A)get B)learn C)saw D) obtained13. Could you please _ this report to the chairman of the department?A)subject B)surprise C)satisfy D) submit14. The old man _ glasses and a tie.A) wears B)have C)put on D)takes15. What _ do people do on Thanksgiving Day?A)other B) else C)another D)others16. Im worried about my parents health. So Im _ to enjoy the scenery of snow.A)in mood B) good mood C)no mood D) in no mood17. Our teacher is very strict _ us. We can learn a lot from him.A)of B)in C)on D) with18. He_ some medicine, but he still felt sick.A) took B)drink C)eats D)has19. We studied in the library for _ a while.A)long B) short C) quiet D) quite 20. You have to call the teacher to _ sick leave.A)seek for B)look for C)search for D) ask for 来源： Part III Cloze Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage according to our textbook.A. list B. ahead C. handled D. sure E. basicF. what G. interviewer H. successful I. enthusiastically J. experienceIf you want to be 1_ in a job interview, the following advice may be helpful to you. First, plan well. One type of planning is to 2_ all paid or volunteer work you have done, where you did it, who your boss was, exactly 3_ you did, and what you have learned there, that is, how the 4_ has helped you grow professionally. You also need to think about what kind of person you are, what you like to do and why. If you havent thought about that 5_ of time, youre asking for trouble. Second, be yourself. Its really important for the 6_ to like you and want to give you a chance. Show enthusiasm for hard work, talk about how you have 7_ daily problems well, show that you want to succeed in what you do. This is very important if there is more than one applicant, who has the 8_ qualifications. Third, relax and have a conversation with the interviewer. Fourth, give no simple yes-no answers. Always give examples. Talk about yourself and what youve done 9_ and in detail. Last but not least, be 10_ you know what kind of business a company or organization does. And be sure you dress for business, not for a sporting event. Part IV Translation 1. 我每天早上总要慢跑1,000米，因为我想参加200米赛跑。2.他们今晚想邀请了所有的朋友来参加吉他 (guitar) 比赛。3. 周末她总是去体育馆打网球。4. 在图书馆里读者要保持安静。5. 开往北京的火车定于后天早上10点发车。6. 汤米为自己的无礼行为向教授道歉。7. 你会发现香港有许多便宜货等你去购买。8. 李英正在试穿那条黄裙子。裙子有点长。9. 她去和她的外教谈如何写一份英文简历。10. 你也可以在你的简历中写上你的业余爱好和其他个人情况。Part V Writing Write a short passage according to the Chinese hints.购物广告你如何购买你想要的东西(things you want)？是不是仅仅走入一家商店，挑选一下(pick out)，付了款(pay for)就拿走? 还是走几家商店，认真比较(compare carefully)一下价格？这样购物的确很累(a tiring business)！你利用购物广告(shopping ad)吗？假如(suppose)你想要买一件衬衫，你会怎么办？很显然(obviously)你不能一家家商店(shop after shop)地走，因为这样很费时间(time consuming)。所以，