大学英语C8.doc

大学英语C8一、阅读理解1、 When I was about 12, I suddenly began to like writing poetry. I gave up all my other hobbies, such as collecting stamps, reading novels, playing football, etc, and spent all my spare time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible occasion（场合） soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very carefully, but it was not long before I got caught. One day while I was busy writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing over me. He looked rather angry because I was not paying attention. He tore my poem up, and warned me not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I believed that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from memory. Not long after, I read about a poetry contest（比赛） and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up hope, I got a letter telling me I had won the first prize. Everyone at school was very impressed - except the geography teacher. He watched me more carefully than ever. He was quite sure that I was not going to write poetry in his lesson!(1)、What was the hobby that the author picked up when he was 12 years old? A：Collecting stamps B：Writing poems C：Reading novels D：Playing football答案： B(2)、The author was so interested in his hobby that _. A：he did nothing else in class but write poems B：he wrote poems everywhere in the classroom C：he did it when he had no interest in a lesson D：he did it in every geography class答案： C(3)、The geography teacher was very angry because _. A：the author looked up to the teacher B：the author lowered his head C：he had found that the author was writing poetry in the geography class D：the author was not careful答案： C(4)、What did the author think of the poem that was torn up by the teacher? A：He thought it was a good poem B：He thought it was his best poem C：He didnt give it much thought D：He didnt like it at all答案： A(5)、Which of the following is true about the poem that the author wrote in the geography class? A：It made the author lose hope about poetry writing. B：It brought the author the honor of a first-class prize in a poetry competition. C：It made the geography teacher feel sorry for his tearing it up. D：It brought the author the freedom of writing poetry in geography classes.答案： B2、As late as 1800, womens only place was in the home. The idea of women in the business world was unthinkable. Men thought that no woman could do a good job outside the home. When the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846, they had to sign their books with mens names instead.Teaching was the first profession open to women after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men. Hospital nursing became a respectable job for women only after Nightingale became famous. Seeing that she was not only a nurse but also a rich and well-educated woman, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be ladies. Miss Nightingale opened Englands first training school for nurses in 1860.The invention of the typewriter in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world. By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals and offices in both England and America. Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted. (1)、The first job outside the home for women was _. A：teaching B：nursing C：business D：law答案： A(2)、It was believed in 1800 that _. A：women could do as well as men B：no women could do well in the jobs outside homes C： women could be good writers D： teaching was the right job for women.答案： B(3)、The first training school for nurses was set up in _. A：1867 B：1800 C：1860 D：1900答案： C(4)、Women began to work in offices after _. A：1900 B：1860 C：1867 D：1800答案： C(5)、Which of the following is not true? A：Nightingale was rich and well-educated. B：The Bronte sisters used their true names when they published their books. C：Women could be good nurses. D：Women could work in the business world.答案： B 二、词汇与语法1、That is _ dog. A：black B：a black C：the black D：black a 答案： B2、There is a map _ China on the wall. A：for B：to C：of D：about答案： C3、Nowadays science fiction isnt as _ as cartoons among teenagers. A：popular B：more popular C：less popular D：the most popular答案： A4、_, you will make progress. A：If you work hard B：Work hard C：Works hard D：To work hard答案： A5、It is very necessary _ a foreign language. A：learning B：to learning C：to learn D：learn答案： C6、Its time _ basketball. A：to play B：play C：playing D：for play 答案： A7、If you _ know the answer, please tell me now. A：will B：do C：must D：can答案： B8、The music _ like the singing of a bird. A：hears B：listens C：sounds D：listens to答案： C9、There _ a post office, a bank and two parks there. A：is B：are C：have D：has 答案： A10、Since he came here last year, we _ happy. A：are B：were C：have been D：had been答案： C 三、选词填空1、Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter 1 his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he 2 only look for somebody to write his letter late 3 night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer who was Nasreddin.Nasreddin was already in bed. It is late, he said. What do you want? I want you to write a 4 to my wife, said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, Has the letter got to go far?What dose that matter? answered Ali. Well, my writing is so strange 5 only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money.(1)、 A：to B：letter C：could D：that E：at答案： A(2)、 A：to B：letter C：could D：that E：at答案： C(3)、 A：to B：letter C：could D：that E：at答案： E(4)、 A：to B：letter C：could D：that E：at答案： B(5)、 A：to B：letter C：could D：that E：at答案： D2、We are learning English. But how can we _1_ English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he cant speak English.If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the _2_and if you want to be a football _3_, you must play f