大学英语精读第二册修订本练习试卷2含答案及讲解

1、华东理工大学继续教育学院成人教育基础英语（二级）模拟试卷二 I. Vocabulary and structure (30%)1. Water is _ hydrogen and oxygen. A) composing of B) composed of C) made of D) consisted of 2. Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated, but will _ when cooled.A) contract B) compress C) reduce D) contrast 3. N

2、o matter how frequently _, the works of Beethoven always attract large audience. A) performing B) performed C) to be performed D) being performed 4. Ten years had passed, but mention of the air crash would still _ her sometimes.A) unfasten B) open C) disturb D) undo5. Having lived under the same she

3、lter for more than thirty years, his tastes and habits _ completely with those of his wife.A) correspond B) exchange C) consistent D) coincide6. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _.A) crisis B) urgency C) emergency D) emergence7. My trousers _ when I crouche

4、d down to help the old lady.A) broke B) cracked C) separated D) split8. The patient is still highly _, so you had better keep away from the ward.A) spreading B) contagious C) passing D) catching9. They have developed techniques which are _ to those used in most factories. A) more talentedB) betterC)

5、 greaterD) superior10. Unfortunately, very few sheep _ the severe winter last year.A) survivedB) enduredC) spentD) remained alive11. They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no _.A) endB) conclusionC) result D) judgment12. I suddenly realized that he was trying to _ quarrell

6、ing with me. A) considerB) enjoyC) avoidD) prevent13. Thousands of people _ to see the parade (游行). A) turned offB) turned outC) turned upD) turned over14. Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature _.A) takenB) to takeC) takeD) taking15. When he was very young, Joe often wondered why his mo

7、ther wouldnt _ a penny on herself. A) spendB) takeC) costD) pay 16. The doctors report _ that her death was due to heart disease. A) indicated B) investigatedC) influencedD) informed17. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was a(n) _ event which brought America into World War II. A) ambiti

8、ousB) unexpectedC) delicateD) feasible18. By careful examination, the doctors hope to _ the source of the infection. A) track downB) light upC) ring outD) set back 19. Once he realizes that it is his mistake, Jim never _ to admit and correct it. A) hesitatesB) intendsC) resistsD) postpones 20. Histo

9、ry shows that the United States as a nation _ a great deal to the Afro-Americans(美国黑人). A) influencesB) obtainsC) owesD) prefers 21. All the local farmers _ against the building of a new airport on their rich farmland. A) proceededB) protestedC) protectedD) promoted 22. It was a long drive to get to

10、 the beach and we three took the wheel (驾驶) _.A) by returnB) on turnC) in returnD) in turn23. He was a(n) _ person in spite of his great success. A ) modestB) ambitiousC) profoundD) incompetent24. The patient was so seriously ill that he was _ the possibility of recovery. A) aboveB) underC) beyondD)

11、 against25. After a whole days discussion, the doctors _ that the patient was too weak to be operated on. A) concluded B) debated C) suggested D) added26. Help arrived at the _ moment when the flood was about to drown the houses. A) constantB) critical C) contagiousD) current 27. A visit to the plac

12、es where he had lived and worked during his youth _ many fond memories. A) brought backB) brought aboutC) brought upD) brought forth 28. Last month a city-wide campaign was _ to dissuade people from smoking. A) reinforcedB) identifiedC) launchedD) revealed 29. Social sciences such as psychology and

13、sociology are concerned with the study of human _.A) incidentB) evidenceC) indicationD) behavior30. The new buildings were all _ with steel, for the sake of safety in case of an earthquake. A) attachedB) linkedC) preservedD) reinforced II. Reading comprehension (30%)Questions 31 to 35 are based on t

14、he following passage: There are some steps you can take yourself to avoid catching a cold. Contrary to popular belief, colds are not caused by exposure to severe weather. Colds are caused by viruses (病毒) harbored in the body, and youre better off out on the ski slopes or even waiting for the bus on

15、a snowy day than you are in a toast warm room, surrounded by friends, co-workers, or fellow students, who just may be passing the virus around. If you feel a chill when youre coming down with a cold, youre already sick. A chill (寒冷) is an early symptom: its the cold that caused the chill, not the ot

16、her way around. While the virus can spread through droplets (飞沫) propelled into the air when a cold-sufferer coughs or sneezes, surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission. Numerous studies have now shown that the overwhelming majority of colds are “caught” by hand contact. A col

17、d-sufferer rubs her nose, thereby transferring the virus to her hand. Then a friend comes to visit. “Dont kiss me,” she cautions, so the friend steps back and presses her hand. The friend then wipes her own nose or eye and several days later is stricken with a cold. Or parents pick up their childs d

18、iscarded tissues and carefully throw them away but fail to wash their hands afterward. Cold virus also can be transferred to objects telephones, towels, plate and remain infectious for up to three hours. Frequent hand washing on the part of the cold-sufferer as well as other members of the household

19、 will minimize the spread of viruses in this way.31. According to the first paragraph, youre most likely to catch a cold if _.A) you expose yourself to severe weatherB) you play outdoors long when it is snowingC) you stay in a very warm room with a lot of peopleD) you wait for a bus on a cold and wi

20、ndy day32. If you feel a chill, it means _.A) youll catch a cold sooner or laterB) youve already come down with a coldC) there are viruses hidden in your bodyD) the room is not warm enough for your health33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A) It is generally believed that

21、 colds are caused by exposure to cold weather.B) Most colds are “caught” by hand contact.C) Cold virus will keep alive for several hours once it leaves human body.D) Cold virus can spread around only through the air.34. According to the author, the best way of avoiding catching a cold is _.A) washin

22、g your hands frequentlyB) never rubbing your nose or eyesC) throwing away tissues immediately after useD) shaking hands with your friends instead of kissing them35. The best title for this passage might be _.A) Colds and VirusesB) Colds and TemperatureC) Ways of Avoiding ColdsD) The Spread of Viruse

23、sQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Computer programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.The 16-year-old works for a

24、small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. Davids firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month.But Davids biggest headache is what to do with his money, Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tigh

25、t schedules, with bonus payments(红利) and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押), or obtain credit cards.He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His computer has to pay $150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five mil

26、es to work and back every day because David cannot drive.David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some pro

27、grams,” he said.“I suppose $35,000 sounds a lot but actually thats being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.“Unfortunately, computing was not p

28、art of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added: “I would like to earn a million and I

29、 suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”36. Why is David different from other young people of his age?A) He earns an extremely high salary.B) He is not unemployed.C) He does not go out much.D) He lives at home with his parent.37. Davids greatest pr

30、oblems is _.A) making the banks treat him as an adultB) inventing computer gamesC) spending his salaryD) learning to drive38. He was employed by the company because _.A) he had worked in a computer shopB) he had written some computer programsC) he works very hardD) he had learnt to use computers at

31、school39. He left school after taking O-level because _.A) he did not enjoy schoolB) he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help himC) he was afraid of getting too old to start computingD) he wanted to earn a lot of money40. Why does David think he might retire early? A) You

32、have to be young to write computer programs. B) He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire. C) He thinks computer games might not always sell so well. D) He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: The journey two naval officers made some time a

33、go to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored. The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a bathyscaphe to find out if there are any ocean currents or signs of life.It was neces

34、sary to set out early, so that the bathyscaphe would come to the surface in daylight, and so he easily found by the mother ship which would be waiting for it. The divers began preparations at dawn and soon afterwards, when all was ready, the steel ball disappeared under the surface of the water.In t

35、ime, the temperature dropped to freezing-point and the men shivered inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone describing how they felt. Then, at a depth of 3000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut off from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men

36、 were startled by a loud, cracking noise; though, it was only one of the outer windows that had broken. Soon afterwards, the bathyscaphe touched the soft ocean floor raising a big cloud of dust made up of small, dead sea-creatures. Here, powerful lights lit up the dark water and the men were surpris

37、ed to see fish swimming just above them quite untroubled by the enormous water-pressure. But they did not dare leave the lights on for long, as the heat from them made the water boil. Quite unexpectedly, the telephone began working again and the faint but clear voices of the officers were heard on t

38、he mother ship. After a stay of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later, cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience.41. The officers started their journey at dawn _.A) with the intention of returning to the mother ship in twenty-four hoursB) becau

39、se the sea then was calmC) when the sun was not too strongD) so that they could return before dark42. What did the officers find out at the bottom of the sea?A) They only found dead sea creatures.B) They did find signs of life.C) There was no evidence of any life.D) There was only dust.43. The journ

40、ey to the bottom of the sea helped us to realize that _.A) much of the world hasnt yet been exploredB) there are not any signs of life at the bottom of the seaC) enormous water-pressure has great effect on fishD) powerful lights can not be turned on at the ocean floor without killing fish44. They ke

41、pt in touch with the mother ship in Paragraph 3 means _.A) they touched the mother shipB) they maintained contact with the mother ship C) they stayed with the mother shipD) they were connected t o the mother ship45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to They were cold and wet through, but

42、none the worse for their experience.?A) They were cold and wet through, which was the worst thing of all.B) They were even worse than cold and wet through at the bottom of the sea.C) Considering what they had just experienced, being cold and wet through was not too bad.D) For such an experience, bei

43、ng cold and wet through was not bad for them at all.III. Cloze (10%)A few months ago the _46_ cat gave birth to _47_. There were six, and were very small. In fact, each was so _48_ that it could fit into a mans coat pocket. The Andersons little boy, Jimmy, was very excited and wanted to feed them _4

44、9_. However, he had to wait. It was _50_ they were a month old that they were able to take anything _51_ their mothers milk. When they did get bigger, Jimmy was allowed to feed them a _52_ of fish and cereal.A few weeks later Jimmys father told him that he could keep only one of the young cats and h

45、e would have to give the others away. Jimmy tried to decide which one to keep. He noticed that a small black one was almost _53_ a dog in its responsiveness to human beings and seemed to have much less _54_ to people than cats ordinarily are supposed to have. Jimmy decided to keep that one, and when

46、 he picked it up, it began to lick his hand. The little cat seemed to want to show him how _55_ it felt. Soon, the other five had been given away, and the little black one remained with the Anderson.One night, when Jimmy was _56_ in bed with his door partially shut and the windows wide open, he sudd

47、enly heard the door move with its characteristic _57_ noise. At the same time he felt a rush of cold air over him. The open window and the opening door were creating a _58_. He was very frightened and sat up. He tried to see by the _59_ moonlight streaming faintly into the room. At first, he could s

48、ee _60_. Then, looking toward the floor, he saw _61_ trying to push the door open with its _62_. Jimmy, who had been very tense with fear, felt a wave of emotion rising up in him and was soon _63_ by immense relief. He laughed and decided right _64_ what he would name the cat, which until then had b

49、een without a name. He decided to name him Explorer because he was _65_ enough to open doors.46. A) Andersons B) Andersons C) AndersonsD) Anderson47. A) potionsB) kittens C) puppiesD) ponies 48. A) huge B) tasteless C) tiny D) motionless49. A) in a right wayB) in a while C) a right way D) right away

50、50. A) until B) then C) not then D) not until 51. A) besides B) except that C) other thanD) but for52. A) portion B) mixture C) combinationD) shelf 53. A) like B) alike C) as D) as if54. A) different B) indifference C) indifferentD) difference 55. A) detachedB) uneasy C) grateful D) thoughtful 56. A

51、) laying B) lie C) laid D) lying 57. A) creak B) gay C) creakyD) costly58. A) hole B) slip C) gap D) draught59. A) dim B) light C) bright D) dark 60. A) anything B) nothing C) everything D) something 61. A) a little cat B) little cat C) the little cat D) little cats62. A) claw B) hand C) foot D) paw

52、 63. A) realized B) overcome C) overwhelmed D) mentioned64. A) here and there B) then and there C) why and howD) whether or not 65. A) A timidB) proud C) curious D) strongIV. Translation from English into Chinese (15%)66. I first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true-though any natur

53、alist would know it couldnt be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down. 67. No matter how many hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no

54、way to prepare for the next time no intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right: There is only luck. The next time I might end up dead. 68. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past, could it be that we are gett

55、ing better at revealing such dishonesty? V. Translation from Chinese into English (15%)69. 那位工业管理工程师的来信表明，他对该项计划是否可行有怀疑。(doubt, feasibility)70. 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。(act on)71. 比尔已向哈佛大学申请助教职位(teaching assistantship)，但他得到它的可能性很小。(applyfor)72. 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。(sothat, be thrown off balance)73. 迪克以为，如果他拆不开那台机器，那么很可能厂里别的工人也拆不开。（take.apart, chances were）基础英语（二级）模拟试卷二答案及详解 I. Vocabulary and structure 1. B。be composed of，be made up of, c