电大本科汉语言文学《英语II》试题及答案2

1、中央广播电视大学2008-2009学年度第二学期“开放本科”期末考试英语(2) 试题注 意 事 项2009年7月 一、将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。 二、仔细阅读每题的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案必须写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上无效。 三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。第一部分交际用语(共计l0分，每小题2分) 15小题：阅读下面的小对话，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。1一lve got a bad cold todayA

2、Thank you for telling meBOh，dear!I hope you get better soon CIt isnt seriousDItU be better soon2一Would you like a tea?AYes，I prefer coffee BI like green teaCYes，please D.N0，I dont mind3一Could I talk to ProfLee?AYes，speaking,BOhitS youC 1m waiting for youDI am the operator here4、一So sorry to trouble

3、you-AIm sorrytoo BItS your faultCI dont think S0DItS a pleasure5一Are you on holiday here?AWe are on holiday here，tooBWe1ive here，t00 CN0。we arentWe live here DYas。we live here：第二部分词汇与结构(共计20分。每小题2分) 615小题：阅读下面的句子，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。6Unfortunately the poor girl cant do anyth

4、ing butall her belongings at alow price Ato sell， BsellingCsell Dsold 7The doctor advised herenough rest before going back to work Aget BgotCgets Dto get 8They were asked tO avoidany water which had not been boiledAdrinking BtO drink Chaving Dnot tO be drunk 9She is very carefulShevery few mistakes

5、in her workAdoes BtakesCmakes Dgets10Before joining the army，he spent a lot of time in the villagehe belongedAwhich BtO whichC tO where Dat which11The workers are busymodels for the exhibition AtO make Bwith makingCbeing making Dmaking 12Dont forgetthe window before leaving the roomAtO close Bto hav

6、e closed Chaving closed Dclosing 13she couldnt understand was why fewer and fewer went to him for helpAThat BWhenCWhat DWhere14The old man is used to early in the morning。 Aexercises Bexercise Cexercised Dexercising 151 was sick，bot I it at the weekend Agot by Bgot over Cgot at Dgot up第三部分完形填空(共计20分

7、。每小题2分) 1625小题：阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填人相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。 Genetic Engineering Many people are unaware 16 a lot of the foods they eat every day,17 breadham and cheese，have been altered by using new technologyFood can be changed It can bemade to taste l8 or to look differentcarrots ca

8、n be made to taste of chocolate andapples can be made redderSome food that appears the same has been l9 improVed，forexample，fish can be made to grow fasterShould we be pleased or worried?Will newtechnology bring benefits，or is it about to go 20 control? Genetically engineered foods are produced by t

9、aking genetic material from one speciesand transferring it 21 anotherFor example，anantifreezegene which appearsnaturallv in Arctic fish has been introduced into tomatoes and straWberries 22 theydont freeze in coid weather；a human gene has been introduced into pigs to make them 23 more quickly Some c

10、laim great advantagesThey point out that crops can be made stronger and moredisease resistant， 24 pesticides can be reducedThey also maintain that food can bemade more nutritious or that the fat content can 25 to make it healthier 16Athat Bwhat Cfor Dof 17Asuch that Bsuch as C SO that DSO as 18Adiff

11、erence Bdifferently Cdifferent Ddiffering19Ascientifically Bscience Cscientific Dscientifical20Aunder Binto Coat Dout of 21Afor Bto Cout Dinto 22Asuch that Bin order to CSO that DSO as to24.Abecause Bcause Cresult Ds0 25Abe reducing Bbe reduced Creduced Dreducing第四部分 阅读理解(共计30分。每小题2分)2635小题：阅读下列短文，从

12、A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。短文理解lI never used to go anywhere without the carI regarded it as an essential part of myselfBut when the price of gas doubledin this year，I decided not to use the car except when absolutely necessaryFor example，I always used to take the car when l went to fetch t

13、he papers on Sundaymornings，although our newsagentS is only lo minuteswalk awayNow I go on footI tell myself that lm not only saving the gas but keeping fit at the same timeItS all a question of habit reallyIm sure you can get used to anything if you try and already feel that I rely on the car less

14、than I used t0 Besides，now that we live in the suburbs，I can walk down the road and catch a bus to the office or to any part of the townWe used to live in the country about l 5 miles from town and then l would frequently drive to and fro twice in，one dayThat meant l would use 15 gallons of oil or mo

15、re in a weekNow I only need half that amountThe trouble is that I am also getting used to the gas pricesThey dont seem SO high to me any morePerhaps it is easier to get used to expensive gas than it is to doing without the Car26When the prices of gas doubled in this year，the author decidedAto go eve

16、rywhere without a carBonly to take the car to fetch the papersCto use thecar when he had toDto go on foot everywhere27In the sentence“ItS all a question of habit really”the pronoun“It”refers toAsaving the gasBkeeping fitCnot only saving the gas but keeping fit at the same timeDnot relying too much o

17、n the car28To go to the newsagents to get his newspaper，the author Aused to walk for lo minutesBused to drive his car Cwalked down the road to the officeDwalked for lo minutes to keep fit29We know from the passage that the author Ais getting used to living in the country about l 5 miles from townBus

18、ed to go to and come back from town twice a day by car CusuaHy buys l59allons of oil or more in a week Donly spends half of the amount of money on gas now30The last sentence of the passage suggests that Athe author still can not get used to doing without the car Bthe author feels that the high price

19、 of gas is a great problemCit is easy to use gas at high prices Dthe price of gas is not high any more短文理解2 Cash of all kinds，the French franc，the German mark，and the Italian lita，is bound todisappear physicallyThe paper notes and gold coins may soon become curious collections ofthe pre-electronic a

20、geDigital money can replace every use of cash money It is true thatelectronic money has been around for decadesEach week billions of institutional dollarsflow through the Interbank Payment System through telephone wires and satellite linksButin the 21 st century，entirely new forms of digital moneyin

21、cluding electronic cash and“computerizedsmart cardswill become the means of most personal financial tradeWhata great change this will be! Digital credit cards， smart cards， electronic wallets and eleetronic checks will changeour way of life in the 21 st centuryThey are efficient and easy to useCusto

22、mers will nottake money with them when they go shoppin9They will pay their bills from a smart cellphone or they will buy their coffee by using a digital credit cardHow convenient it will be!And how easily people will do their，shopping in such a way I With so many changes these days，the Internet will

23、 help speed up the end of cashInEurope，some banks have been offering people electronic cash since late last yearCustomerscan withdraw money from their accounts through the banks website and store their incomeson their home PCs As the electronic cash is downloaded，the customersbank accounts arerecord

24、ed Since customers can use electronic cash to buy things on the Internet，electroniccash will transform the Internet into a global marketplace for everythin9It is going to have a very big impact on our lives The low cost of computer and communications has created a worldwide medium not j ustfor finan

25、ce，but also for many other things in our lifeThe Age of Internet has broughtebusinesses to our life，which perhaps will form the backbone of our economyMom andPop can go global一all from the comfort of their easy chairs Citizens will have access toegovernment with its website offering a wide range of

26、governmental informationpolicy andservices Racing into the 21 st Century，people all over the world are building up a series of ITDroJ ects，which is surely a part of the global futurePeople all over the world have beenworking for a brilliant future for centuries and it nOW seems the dream might come

27、true Ve。Y31The main point of the first paragraph in this passage is Athe value of the paper notes and gold coins will lie ha coilecti：bns Belectronic money has been around for decades Centire new forms of digital money will replace cash moneyDcash of all kinds is bound tO disappear slowly32The advan

28、tage of digital money is Ait is efficient and easy tO use Bit will change our way of life in the 21 st centuryCit can replace every use of cash money Dpeople will do their shopping very easily33What is NOT true about the electronic cash，according to the passage? A It will turn the Internet into a gl

29、obal marketplace where one can buy everything BThe electronic cash can be downloaded and the money withdrawn is recordedC People can buy anything worldwide by sitting comfortably in their chairs DPeople dont have to pay for anything when they go shopping anywhere34In the sentence of the fourth parag

30、raph，“The low cost of computer andcommunications has created a worldwide medium not j ust for finance “a WOrldwide medium”refers t0_ Aa worldwide market Bthe Internet Cthe Age of Internet De-business 35The author is sure thatwill bring the whole world a brilliant future Ae-government Be-business CIT

31、 projects of any kind Dthe world market 3640小题：阅读下列短文，并根据短文内容判断其后的句子是否正确(T)、错误(F)，还是文字中没有涉及相关信息(NG)。阅读理解3 Net Becomes a British Way of Life The Internet has become a part of everyday life for most Britons，says fl reportpublished this week by market research company Netinf0 Just over 70of people ques

32、tioned for the survey said the net had become essentialThe survey reveals that emailing friends and others is the nationS favourite InternetactivityIt also found that people spend an average of seven hours a week online，visitin913different websites in seven daysBut l 0of all those who suH the net ar

33、e doing it for morethan 20 hours a week Just over 2，000 adults in Britain were interviewed for the reportThe study foundalmost l 9 million people in the UKfour in ten adultsregularly went onlineBut thenumber of new users has slowed downNumbers online grew by just llover the past l2months compared wi

34、th 33the previous year The report also reveals the increasing importance of the silver surferAccording to thereport the number of older people online grew by more than 40over the past yearPeopleaged over 55 now make up l 7of the UK Internet population The survey also discovered that many workers sur

35、f the net for personal reasons while atworkAlmost threequarters of workers with Internet access admitted using it for pleasure；usually to email friends and familyAccording to Bill Wills，author of the survey，manyemployees expect some flexibility，and most employers are willing to accept this“However，e

36、mployers are less likely to be understandin9，if youre downloading movies orintroducing an unfriendly virus to your company network，”he said 36More than seven out of lo people feel they cant manage without the Internet37Young people use the Internet for emails mainly38The most common use of the Internet is surfing the web39About 40of adults use the Internet 40Most employers ban pr