大学英语试卷考卷

1、题目部分， （卷面共有 3 题 ,21.0 分, 各大题标有题量和总分）1、 Fill in the Blanks with the Right Word （实词填空） （1 小题 , 共 1.0 分 ） 1 （0.5 分） These charges and interest rates are vaand the Bankreserves the right to change them from time to time.2、 Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 （2 小题 , 共 20.0 分 ）1 （10 分 ）Questions 1 to 5 are based

2、on the following passage.In the United States a university professor is given a few months of freedom from his duties about every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is calleda “ study or research leave ” .Its purpose is to give the professor experiences w

3、hich will makehim a wiser person and a better teacher when he returns to his university. Few study leaves are interesting enough to be described in national newspapers and magazines.Recently, however, there was an exception. The public learned how Dr. John R. Coleman, president of Haverford College,

4、 had spent his study leave. At the age of 51, Dr. Coleman was determined to escape from university life for a few months and to get a variety of experiences in the world of work.He especially wanted to learn about people. People who do hard physicallabor were especially interesting to him.“ I wanted

5、 to get away from theworld of words and political matters and parties the things a president does, ” Dr. Coleman later explained to news writers. “As a college president you begin to take yourself very seriously and to think you havepower you don't. You forget things about people. I wanted to re

6、learn thingsI d forgotten. ” Telling no one of his plans, Dr. Coleman started his study leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working thirteen hours a day in fields, he preparedhimself physically for his next job, digging ditches in Atlanta,

7、GeorgiA 、After that, the college president washed dishes ina Boston restaurant.During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector.1. The first paragraph is mainly about .A、 why a professor should be free from his duties every seventh yearB、 how professors spend their study leave

8、C、 what a study leave is and its purposeD、 how a study leave makes a professor a wiser person and a better teacher2. A study leave is a period of freedom from duties allowed to a university teacher who has taught since his last leave.A、 for six yearsB、 for seven yearsC、 for a termD、 for a university

9、 year3. People learned about Dr. Coleman's unusual experiences from .A、 his colleaguesB、 the boss of a Boston restaurantC、 the Canadian newspapers and magazinesD、 the U.S. newspapers and magazines4. Dr. Coleman carried out his study leave in an unusual way becauseA、 he hates his university life,

10、 especially his job as a presidentB、 he wanted to learn about people, especially people who do hard physical laborC、 he wanted to make himself known to the publicD、 he wanted to write articles about people and have them printed in newspapers and magazines5. What did Dr. Coleman do during his study l

11、eave?A、 He worked on a farm, dug ditches, went to parties, and collected garbage.B、 He worked on a farm, talked to news writers,washed dishes, and collectedgarbageC、 He worked on a farm, washed dishes, talked to news writers, and wrote articles for newspapers and magazinesD、 He worked on a farm, dug

12、 ditches, washed dishes, and collected garbage.2 （10 分 ）Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.For years, it's been assumed that the inside environment （ 环境 ） limits the variety of plants that people are subjected to. Lately, however, plantsthat are usually only grown outdoors have

13、found their way into inside spaces.There are a few simple reasons why this is. The modern inside environmentcan be a good place for a wide variety of outdoor plants. Plants thatordinarily cannot grow in colder outdoor weather can be protected by the inside spaces, where temperatures are easily contr

14、olleD 、 Plants that used to be found only outside, such as trees, have become more and more popular as decorations inside houses.Orchids （ 兰花 ）, which were once only found in hot places, have begun togrow well in inside places. A large number of smaller plants have also found their way into homes. O

15、ne reason that the modern home has made exotic （引进的 ） outdoor plants more practical is the modern use of windows. In the past windows were used less often in buildings than they are today. It is partly because of the ability of large windows to admit a large quantityof light from the sun and to keep

16、 the heat in at the same time， that manyoutdoor plants have been able to make their move inside.It is true that most of the plants that have been successful in moving inside have been small. Some of the best suited varieties are the vines （藤本植物 ）. Manyvines that grow in natural locations makeexcelle

17、nt decorations where other plants prove difficult to grow. Although sometrees can be grown inside, it is not likely the larger varieties can be useD、 Unfortunately, most homes just don't have the space to grow a monkey tree.1. The passage is mainly concerned with .A、 the ability of large windows

18、B、 the difficulty of moving monkey trees into homesC、 growing plants inside housesD、 the best suited trees2. People used to believe that .A、 the plants that could grow inside were limitedB、 the plants that could grow inside were from hot placesC、 the temperature in the inside environment could be controlledD、 the larger plants grew better inside3. It is implied or suggested in the passage that .A、 the inside environment can protect plants betterB、 people like to use plants as decorations in their housesC、 people move plants into