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大学英语（二）(第二版) 2014年7月考试考前练习题一 完型填空Passage 1 For many people today，reading is no longer relaxationTo keep up their work they must read letters，reports，trade publications，interoffice communications，not to mention newspapers and magazines：a never-ending flood of wordsIn 1 a job or advancing in one，the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failureYet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readersMost of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age，and never get over themThe main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itselfwordsTaken individually，words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrases，sentences and paragraphs 7 ，however，the untrained reader does not read groups of wordsHe laboriously reads one word at a time，often regressing to 8 words or passagesRegression，the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read，is a common bad habit in readingAnother habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalizationsounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 readsTo overcome these bad habits，some reading clinics use a device called an 12 ，which moves a bar（or curtain）down the page at a predetermined speedThe bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable，in order to “stretch” himThe accelerator forces the reader to read fast， 14 word-by-word reading，regression and subvocalization，practically impossibleAt first 15 is sacrificed for speedBut when you learn to read ideas and concepts，you will not only read faster， 16 your comprehension will improveMany people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training 18 Charlce Au，a business manager，for instance，his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training，now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minuteHe is delighted that he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short period of time1Aapplying Bdoing Coffering Dgetting2Aquickly Beasily Croughly Ddecidedly3Agood Bcurious Cpoor Durgent4Atraining Bhabits Csituations Dcustom5Alies Bcombines Ctouches Dinvolves6Asome Ba lot Clittle Ddull7AFortunately BIn fact CLogically DUnfortunately8Areuse Breread Crewrite Drecite9AwhatBwhichCthat Dif10Ascales Bcuts Cslows Dmeasures11Asome one Bone Che Dreader12Aaccelerator Bactor Camplifier Dobserver13Athen Bas Cbeyond Dthan14Aenabling Bleading Cmaking Dindicating15Ameaning Bcomprehension Cgist Dregression16Abut Bnor Cor Dfor17Aour Byour Ctheir Dsuch a18ALook at BTake CMake DConsider19Afor Bin Cafter Dbefore20Amaster Bgo over Cpresent Dget through附参考答案Passage 1题号12345678910答案DACBACDBAC题号11121314151617181920答案BADCBACBDDPassage 2 Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zooOne of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2 The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoosAccording to my parents，the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”， 4 the word “zoo”，which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone，in order to 7 me up，would take me to the zooWhen I 8 a little older，we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets，ranging from owls to seahorses，and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets 12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo，as a student 13 ，to get experience of the large animals，such as lions，bears，bison and ostriches， 14 were not easy to keep at homeWhen I left，I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since thenThough a collectors job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ，it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20 1Ahow Bwhere Cwhen Dwhether2Aregion Bfield Cplace Dcase3Aclarity Bemotion Csentiment Daffection4Aexcept Bbut Cexcept for Dbut for5Arecite Brecognize Cread Drepeat6Avolume Bnoise Cvoice Dpitch7Aclose Bshut Cstop Dcomfort8Agrew Bwas growing Cgrow Dgrown9Amany Bamount Cnumber Dsupply10Aliving Bcultivating Creclaiming Dexploring11Aincrease Binclude Cadd Denrich12ALater BFurther CThen DSubsequently13Aattendant Bkeeper Cmember Daide14Awho Bthey Cof which Dwhich15Aluckily Bgladly Cnearly Dsuccessfully16Apay Bprovide Callow Dfinance17Anormally Bregularly Cusually Doften18Aexpectations Bsorrows Cexcitement Ddisappointments19Afor Bwith Cto Dfrom20Aexcursion Btravel Cjourney Dtrip附参考答案Passage2题号12345678910答案ACABDCBACD题号11121314151617181920答案CADDDDBDCBPassage 3 If you were to begin a new job tomorrow，you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknessesSuccess or 1 in your work would depend，to 2 great extent， 3 your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage 4 the utmost importance is your attitudeA person 5 begins a job convinced that he isnt going to like it or is 6 that he is going to fail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his successOn the other hand，a person who is secure 7 his belief that he is probably as capable 8 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 9 it possesses a certain strength of purposeThe chances are that he will do well 10 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strengthLacking those skills is obviously a weaknessA book keeper who cant add or a carpenter who cant cut a straight line with a saw 11 hopeless casesThis book has been designed to help you capitalize 12 the strength and overcome the 13 that you bring to the job of learningBut in order to measure your development，you must first 14 stock of somewhere you stand now 15 we get further along in the book，well be 16 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 17 skillsHowever， 18 begin with，you should pause 19 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your 20 ，your reading and communication skills，and your study habits1Aimprovement Bvictory Cfailure Dachievement2Aa Bthe Csome Dcertain3Ain Bon Cof Dto4AOut of BOf CTo DInto5Awho Bwhat Cthat Dwhich6Aensure Bcertain Csure Dsurely7Aonto Bon Coff Din8Ato Bat Cof Dfor9Anear Bon Cby Dat10AHave BHad CHaving DHad been11Abeing Bbeen Care Dis12Aexcept Bbut Cfor Don13Aidea Bweakness Cstrength Dadvantage14Amake Btake Cdo Dgive15AAs BTill COver DOut16Adeal Bdealt Cbe dealt Ddealing17Alearnt Blearned Clearning Dlearn18Aaround Bto Cfrom Dbeside19Ato Bonto Cinto Dwith20Aintelligence Bwork Cattitude Dweakness附参考答案Passage 3题号12345678910答案CABBACDCDC题号11121314151617181920答案DDBBADCBAC二 阅读理解Passage 1 The government may control prices when there is a problem such as rapidly increasing rents or a rise in the cost of livingWhen the government controls prices，there is no longer a normal relationship between the price of a product and the quantity consumers will buyGovernment controls may help in an emergency（紧急情况）However，some economists believe that controls can have negative effects over a long period of timeIn cities with rent control，the city government sets the maximum rent that a landlord（房主）can charge for an apartmentSupporters of rent control argue that it protects people who are living in apartmentsTheir rent cannot increase；therefore，they are not in danger of losing their homesHowever，the critics（批评者）say that after a long time，rent control may have negative effectsLandlords know that they cannot increase their profitsTherefore，they invest in other businesses where they can increase their profitsThey do not invest in new buildings which would also be rent-controlledAs a result，new apartments are not builtMany people who need apartments cannot find anyAccording to the critics，the end result of rent control is a shortage of apartments in the cityEconomic theory predicts the results of economic decisions such as decisions about rent control，price control and the minimum wageThe predictions may be correct only if other things are equalEconomists do not agree on some of the predictionsThey also do not agree on the value of different decisionsSome economists support a particular decision while others criticize itEconomists do agree，however，that there are no simple answers to economic questions1According to Paragraph 1，price control _ Adoes more harm than goodBis good in every sense Cis necessary but harmful in the long term Dshould be avoided2It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that _ Athanks to rent control，it would be easier for many to find apartments Blandlords may take back their apartments if the rent is too low Cthe tighter the rent control is，the fewer new apartments will be built Dlandlords will not invest in other businesses after price control is approved by the government3Which of the following do all economists agree on？_ AControls can have negative effects over a long period of time BThe government must take measures to control rent increase CThe maximum rent system protects people who dont have their own houses DEconomic questions are difficult to deal with4The attitude of the author to price control is _ Asubjective Bobjective Cindifferent Dsupportive5The purpose of this passage is to _ Aargue Bpersuade Canalyze Ddescribe附参考答案Passage 1题号12345答案CCDBCPassage 2 False teeth have been found in Italy in human heads that are over 2,500 years oldThey were made of bone and set in goldHowever，for hundreds of years afterwards，the apparent dental skill of those early people was lostWithout false teeth people looked old before their time，since so many lost their teeth at an early ageToward the end of the 17th century，rich people could buy false teeth made from ivoryThe teeth were tied together with silk thread，but it was difficult to keep them in the mouthThat was why rich people would rather buy teeth from the poor who would often sell their teeth to buy food and clothingEarly in the 18th century a French doctor used steel springs to hold teeth in placeHowever，it was difficult to close ones mouth！Late in the same century porcelain（瓷）teeth set in gold were often used to make false teethAlthough the use of artificial teeth increased，human teeth continued to be used alsoIn the 19th century，teeth from soldiers killed in battle were made into artificial teethFor example，teeth from the dead in the American Civil War were sent to EnglandBy the middle of the 19th century，an American doctor，Claudius Ash，invented a better kind of porcelain tooth made of a special kind of hard rubber1When did people with the earliest false teeth live according to the passage？_ AAt the end of the 17th century BIn the early 18th century CIn the middle of the 19th century DOver 2,500 years ago2Which material would wealthy people use to make artificial teeth in 1693？_ APorcelain BHard rubber CIvory DBone3Who first used steel springs to tie false teeth together according to the passage？_ AAn Italian doctor BA French doctorCAn American doctor DAn English doctor4We can learn from the passage that _密封线内不要答题 Aone looked older than his real age with artificial teeth Bwe are using the same method as ancient people in making false teeth Cpoor people would often sell their teeth to get money in the 17th century Dhuman teeth were no longer used in making false teeth after the 18th century5The passage is mainly about _ Athe discovery of false teeth Bthe material of false teeth Cthe use of false teeth Dthe history of false teeth附参考答案Passage2题号12345答案DCBCDPassage 3More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Ren CotyCharles Deschanel was then the financial ministerHe stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial productionIt would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countriesThe French economy needed a larger share of the international market to balance its import and export tradeFrench industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people，let alone long-ranged developmentsEssential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking pointRents were tightly controlled，but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of foodFood costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers incomeWages，it is true，had risenExtensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state，and there was full-time and overtime employmentTaken together，these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of securityIn this precarious（不安定的）and discouraging situation，workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wagesThe government was reluctant to let workers leave the countryIt was feared that this migration of workers would deplete the labor forceThe lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products producedQualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countriesAlso the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries1According to the passage，the French workers were _ Awilling to work overseas Bable to save more money with the increase in his wages Canxious to work abroad Doften unable to find work in France2The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave the country，because _ Ait would enlarge the working force Bit would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial production密封线内不要答题 Cit would hinder the increase in quantity of exports Dit would damage the imports3Rents in France _ Awere extremely high Bwere tightly controlled Ctook as much as 80 percent of the workers income Dhad doubled in two years4According to the passage，French production _ Awas inadequate to meet the needs of the French people Bwas flooding the international market with inferior products Cemphasized industrial production at the expense of agricultural production Dwas enough for the local market5According to the passage the French government _ Aprohibited the French workers to work abroad Breduced taxes to fight inflation Cpaid family allowances and benefits D