2008.05.25二级考试(A卷)

青 岛 大 学大学英语二级考试试题册2008.05.25(启封前绝密)考生在拿到试卷后请认真阅读以下注意事项：1) 请在答题卡试卷类型一栏立即选涂A。2) 在答题卡上用钢笔或圆珠笔写清姓名、准考证号（即学号的后10位数），并将准考证号对应的数字用铅笔涂黑,用其它笔涂无效。3) 答题卡上科目代号一栏选涂“英语”。4) 在试卷二上写清班级、姓名、准考证号（即学号的后10位数）。5)Part I、Part II、Part III和Part IV的答案要用铅笔按序号涂在答题卡上，否则无效；Part V的答案要写在试卷二答题纸(Answer Sheet)上。6)考试结束后，试题册、答题卡和试卷二答题纸都要上交。 (Spring, 2008) College English Test (Band Two) A Paper I Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 statements. Each statement will be read two times and then there will be a pause. Choose the ONE best answer from the four choices A), B), C) and D) given for each statement. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil. Now you will hear an example:You will read: A) The question cant be answered. B) The question should be corrected. C) The question must be remembered. D) The question may be right. Sample Answer: A) B) C) D)Answer C) is closest in meaning to the statement The question is too important to forget. Therefore you should choose C) and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. A) Jim will arrive on Monday. B) Jim will arrive on Tuesday. C) Jim will arrive on Wednesday. D) Jim will arrive on Thursday. 2. A) Mrs. Black needs one pound of potatoes now. B) Mrs. Black needs half a pound of potatoes now. C) Mrs. Black needs one and a half pounds of potatoes now. D) Mrs. Black needs two pounds of potatoes now. 3. A) The passengers must be at the airport at 2:15. B) The passengers must be at the airport at 2:50. C) The passengers must be at the airport at 3:15. D) The passengers must be at the airport at 3:50. 4. A) Davids mother doesnt know of his condition. B) Davids mother doesnt notice his condition. C) Davids mother has already known about his condition. D) Davids mother has kept the news as a secret. 5. A) It will be warm tomorrow. B) It will be hot tomorrow. C) It will be mild tomorrow. D) It will be cold tomorrow. 6. A) Mr. Williamss door needed repairing. B) Mr. Williams couldnt work out the problem. C) Mr. Williams had lost all his keys. D) Mr. Williams couldnt open the door. 7. A) No one but Laura liked the show. B) All except Laura liked the show. C) Laura lost interest in the show. D) Many audience were not interested in the show. 8. A) Paul has been getting much of physical exercise. B) Paul has been working quite hard. C) Paul has been studying quite hard. D) Paul has been traveling to a lot of places. 9. A) Jean wasnt able to hear well. B) Jean didnt do her homework. C) Jean couldnt understand the teacher. D) Jean didnt know how to do the homework.10. A) Lewis cant understand Physics. B) Lewis doesnt have to take the class. C) Lewis doesnt like the Physics class. D) Lewis often stands up in class.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short paragraphs. Each paragraph will be read two times and then there will be a pause. For each paragraph, there are four choices A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE which best gives the meaning of the paragraph.Now you will hear an example:You will read: A) James wanted to sell his car at a low price. B) James bought a new car some time ago. C) James could not find a buyer for his old car. D) James read the advertisements for new cars. Sample Answer: A) B) C) D)Among the four choices, C) best summarizes the paragraph you have just heard. Therefore you should choose C) and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.11. A) Bob doesnt want to work overtime. B) Bob knows how to get away from extra work. C) Bob is willing to work overtime. D) Bob cant find the way out of the office.12. A) They were not on vacation last year in order to save money. B) They bought a new house last year when on vacation. C) They will have their first baby next month. D) They can not afford to buy a new house now.13. A) Mr. Smith wont get any raise in his pay. B) Mr. Smith will look for a new well-paid job. C) Mr. Smiths raise will be less than $5 a day. D) Mr. Smiths pay will be raised by $5 a day.14. A) George is going to change his job. B) George is satisfied with his salary. C) George will not leave his present job. D) George prefers a job with high salary.15. A) Bill never does his homework early. B) Bill isnt going to do his homework. C) Bill always does his homework quickly. D) Bill is always late for handing in his homework.16. A) Alan is sure he can pass the examination. B) Alan doesnt think he can pass the examination. C) Alan would like to continue to study. D) Alan prefers working for his father.17. A) Frank has just found a new job. B) Frank cant afford losing his job again. C) Frank prefers working to visiting his parents. D) Frank is too busy with his work to go to London.18. A) Henry got up too late to meet his friend on time. B) Henry was 15 minutes late for the appointment. C) Henry didnt try his best to go there on time. D) Henry was late because of the poor bus service.19. A) Mary went to the concert, then to the party. B) Mary went to the party, then to the concert. C) The party stopped Mary from going to the concert. D) The party ended before the concert began.20. A) Lucy goes to work by bus. B) Lucy goes to work by car. C) Lucy goes to work on foot. D) Lucy goes to work by bicycle.Part II Reading Comprehension (30 minutes)Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Each of them is given four suggested answers A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: As a major contributor of tax (税) dollars to public education, industrial America is getting a poor return on its investment. Not only are schools today not preparing children for jobs, they arent even teaching them to read and write properly. In the U.S., 30% of all high school students - one million teenagers each year - drop out before graduation. Most are actually unemployable. Of those who do graduate, many do not have the problem-solving skills to act in an increasingly complicated information society. All this has the business world worried - and ready, finally, to take action. Threatened with an extreme shortage of talent (有才能的人), industrial America is becoming a powerful new supporter of reform in the public schools. Says Apple Computer Chairman John Sculley, who ranks education - along with drugs and economy - as one of the top three issues on the national agenda(日程): Education is in crisis, but there are a lot of people ready to do something about it.21. What seems to be the proper title for this passage? A) Top Problems: Drug, Education and Economy B) American Schools: High Drop-out Rate C) Industrial America: Slow Development D) Education Crisis: What Business Can Do22. According to the passage, what is true of high school students in America? A) Most of them drop out of school before graduation. B) Nearly one third of them can not find a job after graduation. C) One million of them do not graduate each year. D) They can not go to college if they dont graduate. 23. How does industrial America feel about American schools? A) It does not feel satisfied with the total situation of American school. B) It feels that investing money in schools is worthless. C) It feels that it should contribute more money to American schools. D) It feels satisfied with the current situation of American schools. 24. According to the passage, what can be said about industrial America before? A) It contributed more money to high schools than it does now. B) It was less enthusiastic about reforms in high schools. C) It did not have enough skilled workers. D) It was doing badly in business.25. In what way is industrial America going to deal with the education crisis? A) By putting more money into schools. B) By teaching high school graduates more skills. C) By giving schools more computers. D) By helping schools improve their education.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture to perform operations for about 4,000 years without putting the patient to sleep. This involves inserting flexible needles into certain parts of the body. The needles used are available in a number of stores in China and anyone may buy them. To learn how to use needle takes about one month of training. But to be skillful requires greater time. The person who performs the acupuncture knows how to insert the needles so the needles themselves are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. The needles are not necessarily inserted near the region where the pain is to be prevented. In the past, a particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles. Today, the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or why a needle in the wrist, for example, would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth. A patient who needs an operation is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting him to sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no sickness after the operation whereas the chemical may make the patient sick for a few hours or a day.26. Acupuncture is a medical _. A) machine C) technique B) needle D) operation 27. Which statement is NOT true of the performer of acupuncture? A) He knows where to insert needles without causing pain. B) He knows where the operation is to be performed. C) He knows how to perform the operation to cure the patient. D) He knows how to use needles in an operation.28. To learn how to use needles, it takes a person _. A) several months C) a life time B) a couple of weeks D) almost one month29. It can be learned from the passage that _. A) the person performing the acupuncture knows a lot about the making of needles B) an operation now needs fewer needles than in the past C) acupuncture has existed in China for as long as 2,000 years D) few patients prefer acupuncture to chemicals 30. What can be learnt from the passage? A) The Chinese mainly use acupuncture to cure strange diseases. B) The Chinese are learning to be more skillful and efficient in acupuncture. C) The Chinese have spread acupuncture all over the world. D) Most Chinese patients prefer acupuncture to chemicals in curing diseases.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do. For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isnt sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And, if he cant make things work out right, he doesnt feel ashamed that he failed; he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it. If you look at children, youll see great difference what we call bright children and not-bright children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life - he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But, the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.31. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability to _. A) get high scores on some tests B) do well in school C) deal with life D) know what to do32. In a new situation, an intelligent person _. A) knows more about what might happen to him B) is surer about the result he will get C) concentrates on what to do about the situation D) cares more about himself33. If an intelligent person failed, he would _. A) try not to feel ashamed B) learn from his experiences C) try to find all he could D) make sure what result he would get34. Bright children and not-bright children _. A) are two different types of children B) are different mainly in their degree of cleverness C) have difference only in their way of thinking D) have different knowledge about the world 35. The author of this passage will probably continue to talk about _. A) how to determine what intelligence is B) how education should be conducted C) how to solve practical problems D) how an unintelligent person should be taughtPart III Vocabulary and Structure (25 minutes)Directions: There are 35 items in this part. For each item there are four choices A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE word or phrase that best completes the meaning of the item. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with your pencil.36. It was not until recently _ many people began to treat the problem seriously. A) when C) while B) as D) that37. The little girl focused her _ on the picture book. A) consideration C) attention B) concentration D) intention38. The government is now considering developing the _ resources. A) popular C) precise B) probable D) potential39. To our surprise, Mr. Baker has quickly recovered from his _ illness. A) sincere C) strict B) superior D) severe40. We think Mary is _ to know all about that. A) maybe C) likely B) capable D) perhaps41. Johns friend inquired _ him about whether he would sell his stocks(股票). A) to C) at B) of D) with42. An expensive thing can be accepted _ a need if the vast majority of a country owns it. A) as C) for B) in D) on43. He raised flowers and plants; _, he raised rare fish in his spare time. A) however C) whereas B) moreover D) yet44. The players lost one game; _, they continued to try their best to win the game. A) moreover C) otherwise B) nevertheless D) thus45. The car didnt start, but _ I got it going. A) efficiently C) preferably B) essentially D) eventually46. Box A can be said to have _ the same weight as box B. A) sharply C) frequently B) similarly D) approximately47. Satellites are now used for communication _ radio. A) instead of C) except for B) apart from D) let alone48. If we know the weather _, we can make plans to fit in with the weather. A) in advance C) in common B) in contrast D) in return49. It will _ you to hear what I have paid for this watch. A) astonish C) admire B) permit D) define50. We know his uncle _ as a manager of a food factory for 10 years. A) behaved C) served B) performed D) placed51. He went to the mountainous area and soon _ himself to the climate there. A) adapted C) applied B) adopted D) acted 52. A document has been _ for the company to have a further discussion. A) settled down C) set out B) drawn up D) brought away53. U