大学英语(专升本)阶段性作业4

大学英语(专升本)阶段性作业4单选题1.Acoelacanthisakindoflivingfossil,firstdiscoveredwhenonewascaughtoffMadagascar马达加斯加）in1938.

Acoelacanthisakindof_____(5分)(A)

rock(B)

plant(C)

fish(D)

animal参考答案：C2.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest---eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andeveryonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

“theshadowlandofhope”means_____(5分)(A)

thewonderlandoneoftendreamabout(B)

thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto(C)

thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached(D)

aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination参考答案：C3.Yetyouwillfindlittleifanythingwrittenonwhatitistobeanemployee.Youcanfindagreatdealofverydubiousadviceonhowtogetajoborhowtogetapromotion

(5分)(A)

Valuable(B)

useful(C)

doubtful(D)

helpful参考答案：C4.Manydifferentpeoplefindthatonlinemethodrequiresthemtousetheirexperiencesandthatonlinelearningoffersthemaplacetocommunicatewitheachother.This

forum

forcommunicationremovesthevisualbarriersthathindersomestudentsinexpressingthemselves.

(5分)(A)

aplaceforonlinelearning(B)

aplacetoexchangeopinion(C)

aplacetoexchangeopinion(D)

theexperienceforonlinelearning参考答案：C5.

IcanmakethisdecisionbecauseI'vegonedownthisroadwithpatientsmanytimes.RecentlyIoperatedinvainonaneighty-year-oldwomanwithcanceroftheliver...TherewasnothingIcoulddotorelievetheproblemsthecancerhadcaused.

“invain”means_____(5分)(A)

unsuccessfully(B)

effortlessly(C)

withdifficulty(D)

withexpectation参考答案：A阅读理解Wecanmakemistakesatanyage.Somemistakeswemakeareaboutmoney.Butmostmistakesareaboutpeople.“DidJerryreallycarewhenIbrokeupwithHelen?”“WhenIgotthatgreatjob,didJerryreallyfeelgoodaboutit,asafriend?Ordidheenvymyluck?”Whenwelookback,doubtslikethesecanmakeusfeelbad.Butwhenwelookback,it’stoolate.

Whydowegowrongaboutourfriends—orourenemies?Sometimeswhatpeoplesayhidestheirrealmeaning.Andifwedon’treallylisten,wemissthefeelingbehindthewords.Supposesomeonetellsyou,“you’realuckydog”.Ishereallyonyourside?Ifhesays,“you’realuckyguy”or“you’realuckygal”,that’sbeingfriendly.But“luckydog”?There’sabitofenvyinthosewords.Maybehedoesn’tseeithimself.Butbringinginthe“dog”bitputsyoudownalittle.Whathemaybesayingisthathedoesn’tthinkyoudeserveyourluck.

Howcanyoutelltherealmeaningbehindsomeone’swords?Onewayistotakeagoodlookatthepersontalking.Dohiswordsfitthewayhelooks?Doesthathesayssquarewiththetoneofvoice?Hisposture?Thelookinhiseyes?Minuteyouspendthinkingabouttherealmeaningofwhatpeoplesaytoyoumaysaveanothermistake.(25分)6).Fromthequestionsinthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthatthespeaker_______.(5分)(A)

feelshappy,thinkingofhownicehisfriendsweretohim(B)

feelshemaynothave“read”hisfriends’truefeelingscorrectly(C)

thinksitwasamistaketohavebrokenupwithhisgirlfriend,Helen(D)

issorrythathisfriendslethimdown参考答案：B7).Inthesecondparagraph,theauthorusestheexampleof“You’realuckydog”toshowthat_______.(5分)(A)

thespeakerofthissentenceisjustbeingfriendly(B)

thissayingmeansthesameas“You’reluckyguy”or“You’realuckygal”.(C)

sometimesthewordsusedbyaspeakergiveacluetothefeelingbehindthewords(D)

theword“dog”shouldn’tbeusedtoapplytopeople参考答案：C8).Thispassagetriestotellyouhowto_______.(5分)(A)

.avoidmistakesaboutmoneyandfriends(B)

bringthe“dog”bitintoourconversation(C)

avoidmistakesinunderstandingthatpeopletellyou(D)

keeppeoplefriendlywithouttrustingthem参考答案：C9).Inlisteningtoaperson,theimp