大学英语2 第四套

1、精选题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干They provide information on methods to improve the # training programs for older workers, including helping older workers to find productive employment.选项A. formation B. efficiency C. selection D. dignity答案 B解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2

2、类别考试题干 Drinking a cup of hot water should help to # the pain in the short term, but, if it persists, you should see a doctor as soon as possible.选项A. fortify B. shift C. wrap D. relieve 答案 D解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 If people are made aware that the better the serv

3、ice, the more they earn, then it really is an # to work hard and perform well.选项A. incentive B. atmosphere C. communityD. gratitude答案 A解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 A personal friend of an artist may have a real # in writing criticism, as he may learn about the artisti

4、c intentions which are not explained to others.选项A. advantageB. observation C. background D. privacy 答案 A解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 They saw a great deal of each other, but, because Diana was so much younger and usually just one of a party, no one who saw them toget

5、her ever # she was a girlfriend.选项A. revealed B. suspected C. proceeded D. stretched答案 B解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 We had decided that our last day would be spent # one of the many activities which the hotel offered to arrange.选项A. consolidatingB. sampling C. procee

6、ding D. selecting答案 B解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 Burns can be caused when skin that isnt used to the sun is # to short bursts of strong sunlight.选项A. exposed B. snapped C. wrinkled D. revealed答案 A解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 Every man

7、has moved into position and must remain silent and unobserved until the # moment.选项A. painful B. emotional C. critical D. favorite答案 C解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 As anyone who has # an accident will tell you, the apparent security of cars is deceptive.选项A. sampled B.

8、 survived C. vanished D. Scraped答案 B解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 Test Yourself 1&2 类别考试题干 Henry # into a table and landed heavily on the floor and had to be helped to his feet by friends.选项A. crashedB. proceeded C. retreated D. limped答案 A解析难度较易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干 Thanks for the l

9、ovely party and the delicious food. #.选项A. No, thanks. B. Never mind.C. Thank you for coming.D. That's all right.答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干 Thanks for inviting me, John, but I've already made other plans. #. Maybe another time.选项A. I hope you enjoy it B. That's goodC. Oh!

10、I'm sorry to hear that D. Great! I really had a good time答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干How do I transfer calls? #.选项A. Do as you like.B. It is a bit difficult. C. Let me show you.D. Not at all.答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干Would you like to come over tonight? #.选项A. Yes, la

11、st night. B. Yes, over there. C. Sure, I'd love to. D. Yeah, I liked it too.答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干 This box is too heavy for me to carry upstairs. #.选项A. You may ask for help B. Ill give you a hand C. Please do me a favor D. Id come to help答案 B解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别

12、考试题干Thats a beautiful dress you have on! #.选项A. Oh, thanks. I got it yesterday B. Sorry, its too cheap C. You can have it D. See you later答案 A解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干David injured his leg playing football yesterday. Really? #?选项A. Who did that B. Whats wrong with him C. How did that hap

13、pen D. Why was he so careless答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干Hi, is Mary there, please? #.选项A. Hold on. Ill get her. B. No, she isnt here. C. Yes, she lives here. D. Yes, what do you want?答案 A解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干Its rather cold in here. Do you mind if I close the window? #.

14、选项A. Yes, please B. No, go ahead C. Sure, please D. I dont like it答案 B解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型单选题章节 类别考试题干Could I speak to Don Watkins, please? #.选项A. Im listening. B. Oh, how are you? C. Speaking, please. D. Im Don.答案 C解析难度易分数2子题子题型题干选项答案解析分数题型阅读理解章节类别考试题干A study suggests that dirty air can reduce

15、 lung development. Researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles published their work in the New England Journal of Medicine.About one thousand seven hundred children from different communities in Southern California took part in the study. The scientists tested the children ev

16、ery year for eight years, starting at age ten. They say this is the longest study ever done on air pollution and the health of children.The scientists found that children who lived in areas with the dirtiest air were five times more likely to grow up with weak lungs. Many were using less than eighty

17、 percent of normal lung strength to breathe.The damage from dirty air was as bad as that found in children with parents who smoke. Children with reduced lung power may suffer more severe effects from a common cold, for example.But the researchers express greater concerns about long-term effects. The

18、y say adults normally begin to lose one percent of their lung power each year after age twenty. The doctors note that weak lung activity is the second leading cause of early deaths among adults. The first is smoking.By the time people are eighteen, their lungs are fully developed, or close to it. Th

19、e doctors say it is impossible to recover from any damage.Researchers say they are still not sure how air pollution affects lung development. They believe that pollution affects the tiny air spaces where oxygen and carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) are exchanged.Arden Pope is an economics professor at Brigham Y

20、oung University in Provo, Utah. Professor Pope wrote a commentary about the study. He noted that air quality in Southern California has improved since the study began in the early nineteen-nineties. Clean-air laws have reduced pollution from vehicles, industry and other causes.But dirty air is still

21、 a problem in areas of California and other places. Professor Pope says continued efforts to improve air quality are likely to provide additional improvements in health.选项答案解析难度难分数15子题子题型题干 A study done by researchers at the University of Southern California indicates that #.选项A. 1,700 children from

22、 Southern California have weak lung activitiesB. children in Southern California use less lung strength to breatheC. air pollution may affect the growth of children's lungsD. 80 percent of children in Southern California suffer from air pollution答案 C解析分数3 子题型题干 According to the article, children

23、 living in dirty air #.选项A. may lose eighty percent of their normal lung strengthB. may suffer more severe effects from a common coldC. were five times more likely to catch a common coldD. were unlikely to recover from any lung damage答案 B解析分数3子题型题干 Why do the researchers express greater concern abou

24、t the long-term effects of air pollution on children?选项A. They begin to lose 1% of their lung power each year after 20.B. They do not show any signs of lung damage when they are young.C. They may suffer early death when they grow up.D. They cannot expect to have their lungs fully developed at 18.答案

25、C解析分数3子题型题干 What do we learn from the passage about the air in Southern California?选项A. It is unlikely to improve in the near future.B. It is free of pollution from vehicles and industry.C. it is as dirty as it was before.D. It is cleaner than it was in the early 1990s.答案 D解析分数3子题型题干 Professor Pope

26、believes that #. 选项A. improvement in air quality will provide further health benefitsB. clean-air laws should be passed to reduce air pollution in CaliforniaC. further studies should be done to find out how dirty air affects lung developmentD. air pollution does even greater harm to children's h

27、ealth than their parents' smoking答案 A解析分数3题型阅读理解章节类别考试题干 When Berenice Belizaire arrived in New York from Haiti with her mother and sister in 1987, she was not very happy. She spoke no English. The family had to live in a small and crowded Brooklyn apartment, a far cry from the comfortable house

28、 they'd had in Haiti. Her mother, a nurse, worked long hours. School was torture (熬煎). Berenice had always been a good student, but now she was learning a new language while enduring constant taunts (称赞) from the Americans. They cursed (咒骂 ) her in the cafeteria and threw food at her. Someone hi

29、t her sister in the head with a book. "Why can't we go home?" Berenice asked her mother. Because home was dangerous. The schools weren't always open anymore, and education her mother insisted - was the most important thing. Her mother had always pushed her: memorize everything, she

30、 ordered. "I have a pretty good memory," Berenice admitted last week. Indeed, the other kids at school began to notice that Berenice always, somehow, knew the answers. "They started coming to me for help," she says. "They never called me a nerd (书呆子) ." Within two years

31、 Berenice was speaking English, though not well enough to get into one of New York's elite (精英的) public high school. She had to settle for a neighborhood school, James Madison, a school with a history of unlikely success stories. "I didn't realize what we had in Berenice at first,” says

32、 math teacher Judith Khan. "She was good at math, but she was quiet. And the things she didn't know! She applied for a summer program in Buffalo and asked me how to get there on the subway. But she always seemed to ask tile right questions. She understood the big ideas. She could think on h

33、er feet. She could explain difficult problems so the other kids could understand them. Eventually I realized she wasn't just pushing for grades, she was hungry for knowledge. And you know it never occurred to me that she also was doing well in English and history, all these other subjects that h

34、ad to be much tougher for her than math.” 选项答案解析难度难分数15子题子题型题干 Berenice and her family came to the United States so that #.选项A. she could get a good education B. they could live a comfortable life C. they could learn to speak perfect English D. she could enjoy school together with her sister答案 A解析分数

35、3 子题型题干 How did the American students treat Berenice and her sister when they first came to New York? 选项A. They tried to help them. B. They looked down upon them. C. They tried to make friends with them. D. They kept a distance from them.答案 B解析分数3子题型题干 How was it that the American children never cal

36、led Berenice a nerd? 选项A. They came to know she had a pretty good memory. B. She spoke English as if she were a Native American. C. She could help them with their schoolwork. D. They knew she had always been a good student.答案 C解析分数3子题型题干 Why didn't Berenice get into an elite public school? 选项A.

37、Her family couldn't afford the cost. B. Her English wasn't good enough. C. It was too far away from where her family lived. D. The neighborhood school she went to had a history of unlikely success stories. 答案 B解析分数3子题型题干 Why did Berenice make such rapid progress in her studies after she came

38、 to America according to her math teacher'? 选项A. There were so many things she didn't know. B. The summer program she went to helped her a lot. C. Her mother pressed her for good grades. D. She had a thirst for knowledge. 答案 D解析分数3题型完型填空章节类别考试题干 People used to say, “The hand that rocks the c

39、radle（摇篮）rules the world ” and “Behind every successful man theres a woman.” # of these sayings mean the same thing. Men rule the world, but their wives rule them. Most of the American women like # their husbands and sons successful, # some of them want more for themselves. They want # jobs. Wh

40、en they work, they want to be better paid. They want to be as successful as #. The American womens liberation movement was started by women who dont want to stand behind successful men. They want to stand # men, with the same chance for success. They dont want to be told that certain jobs or offices

41、 are closed to them. They refuse to work side by side with men who do the same work for # pay. A liberated woman must be # of being a woman and believe in herself. If somebody says to her, “Youve come a long way, baby,” shell smile and answer, “not nearly as # as Im going to go, baby!”The movement is quite new, and many American women do not agree. But it has already made some impo