大学英语(2)期末复习资料整理文稿

1、大学英语(2期末复习资料整理文稿(本资料整理自大学英语2课本【本文由大学生电脑主页 收集整理,大学生电脑主页大学生的百事通】一、“交际英语对话”与“阅读理解”复习试题Quiz 1Part I Use of EnglishDirections: In this part, there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue, there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue.1. Are you

2、from Italy?_.A. Yes, we are.B. No, we dont.C. No, I dont.D. No, we wont.2. What do you do?_.A. What do you do?B. Fine, thank you.C. Im a college student.D. I do well in my studies.3. Do you think this is a nice place?_.A. Thats right.B. Youre right.C. No, its not here.D. Yes, I think so.4. Hows your

3、 mother doing?_.A. She is very kind.B. She is very well.C. She is not very old.D. She is doing shopping now.5. How did Mr. Jones get to the cinema?_.A. At 10 oclock.B. With Mrs. Jones.C. By car.D. To the Grand Theater.6. What do you think of your new teacher?_.A. He came to teach us last week.B. He

4、teaches us English.C. He has two children.D. He is very nice.7. Are you going on holiday?_.A. Not until next week.B. Three weeks ago.C. To Beijing.D. For only a day or two.8. Have you been to Paris?_.A. No, I didnt go there last year.B. No, but I hope to go there sometime next year.C. Paris is a nic

5、e place to visit.D. No, it was a long time ago.9. Mary, are you and your husband busy this weekend?_.A. This weekend we may go to cinema.B. No, were not.C. Oh, its none of your business.D. Welcome to our party.10. How many students do you teach?_.A. Quite a bit.B. More boys than girls.C. About 50.D.

6、 Three classes.Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that you think is the best answer.Passage 1Not so long ago almost any student who

7、 successfully complete a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.Job seekers first have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities.

8、 One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring

9、 for others.The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.Jo

10、b application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors.When graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for th

11、e interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.There will alway

12、s be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one of them.11. In Para.1, the sentence “. those days are gone, even in Hong Kong .”suggest that _.A. in the past, finding a good career was easier in Hong Kong than elsewhere

13、B. nowadays, everyone in Hong Kong has an equal chance of finding a good careerC. it used to be harder to find a good job in Hong Kong than in other countriesD. Hong Kong is no longer the good place for finding jobs12. The word “relative”in Para. 2 could best be replaced by “_”.A. familyB. comparati

14、veC. considerableD. slight13. The advice given in the first sentence of Para.3 is to _.A. find out what jobs are available and the opportunities for future promotionB. examine the careers available and how these will be affected in the futureC. look at the information on, and probable future locatio

15、n of, various careersD. study the opportunities and the kinds of training that will be available14. The word “prospective”in Para. 5 is closest in meaning to “_”.A. generousB. reasonableC. futureD. ambitious15. In Para.5, the writer seems to suggest that _.A. interviewees should ask a question if th

16、ey cant think of an answerB. pretending to understand a question is better than giving an unsuitable answerC. it is better for interviewees to be honest than to pretend to understandD. it is not a good idea for interviewees to be completely honest in their answersPassage 2It is natural for young peo

17、ple to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crisis; that they talk too much about certain prob

18、lems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationship.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often irritate parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in enterta

19、iners and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents; this gives th

20、em additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group.

21、 But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog(处于劣势者: you cant win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parentscontrol. But it ignores the fact that you

22、 are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can impress others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will gi

23、ve you the authority to do what you want to do.16. This passage is primarily meant for _.A. parentsB. teenagersC. educatorsD. psychologists17. The first paragraph is mainly about _.A. the teenagerscriticism of their parentsB. the misunderstandings between teenagers and their parentsC. the parentcomp

24、laints about their childrenD. the dominance of the parents over their children18. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they _.A. want to irritate their parentsB. have a strong desire to be leaders in style and tasteC. have no other way to enjoy themselves betterD. want to sh

25、ow their existence by creating a culture of their own19. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they _.A. have a desire to be independentB. feel that they are superior in a small way to the adultsC. are not likely to win over the adultsD. have already been accepte

26、d into the adult world20. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _.A. obedientB. independentC. responsibleD. cooperativePassage 3The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerat

27、or”.In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus(剩余的 bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing wa

28、s wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased; fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed

29、 natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling .What refrigeration did promote was marketing marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price.Consequently, most of the worlds fridges are to be found

30、, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away(不断地嗡嗡作响 continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintain an artificially-cooled space inside and artifi

31、cially-heated house while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.The fridges effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you dont believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet(橱柜and turn off your

32、fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers, but at least youll get rid of that terrible hum.21. The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.”(Para.2 suggest that _.A. the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fiftiesB. the author was no

33、t accustomed to using fridges even in his fiftiesC. there was no fridge in the authors home in the 1950sD. the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s22. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?A. People would not buy more food than was neces

34、sary.B. Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.C. Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.D. People had effective ways to preserve their food.23. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?A. Inventors.B. Consumers.C. Manufacturers.D. Traveling salesmen(巡回

35、推销员.24. Which of the following phrases in Para.5 indicates the fridges negative effect on the environment?A. “Hum away continuously”.B. “Climatically almost unnecessary”.C. “Artificially-cooled space”.D. “With mild temperatures”.25. What is the authors overall attitude toward fridges?A. Neutral.B. C

36、ritical.C. Objective.D. Compromising.Quiz 2Part I Use of EnglishDirections:Directions:In this part, there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue, there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. 1. Excuse me,can you tell me where the nearest

37、subway station is? _.A. Its too far from here.B. Sorry,Im a stranger here myself.C. You can take a bus first.D. Sorry,I cant.2. I wonder if you could do me a favor. _.A. Sure.B. I could.C. Yes,I do.D. No,not at all.3. The movie last night was really interesting. _.A. But it was difficult to understa

38、nd.B. I went to the movie,too.C. I couldnt agre e with you more.D. It sounds good.4. Im awfully sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. _.A. Just tell me the reason.B. You shouldnt have said so.C. No problem.D. Actually Ive only be en here for twenty minutes.5. Theres a big party at the stud

39、ents center tonight. Are you going with us? _.A. Its none of my business.B. Id love to,but I have to catch up with my maths assignment.C. Ive never had the chance to go there.D. Its beyond my expectation.6. Cherry,would you mind looking after my cat for a few days when I go on business? _.A. No,I do

40、 mind.B. No,I dont think it a good idea.C. Of course not!D. Im not used to it.7. Youd better take the umbrella with you. It looks like its going to rain. _.A. Its hard to believe.B. You may be right. Thank you for reminding me.C. Its quite unusual.D. I think you are too sensitive.8. I wonder if Juli

41、e will arrive at five thirty as she said this morning. _.A. I think so.B. She will be late.C. I dont know.D. Dont worry. S he always keeps her word.9. Mary,I heard you went skiing with your friends. What happened? _.A. Well,I never learned skiing.B. I sprained my ankle and caught a bad cold.C. Well,

42、its difficult to imagine.D. Nothing serious.10. Hows the performance? E xcellent? _.A. Far from. I should have stayed home sleeping.B. It lasted until midnight.C. My seat was far from the stage.D. Sorry. I dont agree with you.Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are three passages in this

43、part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D. Choose the ONE that you thinkis the best answer.Passage 1To understand how Americans think about things,it is necessary to understand “the point”. Americans mention it often:“Lets get righ

44、t to the point”,“My point is . ”,“Whats the point of all this?”The “point” is the idea or piece of information that Americans suppose is,or should be, at the center of peoples thinking,writing,and spoken comments. Speakers and writers are supposed to “make their points clear”, meaning that they are

45、supposed to write clearly the idea or piece of information they wish to express.People from many other cultures have different ideas about “the point”. Africans traditionally tell stories that express the thoughts they have in mind,rather than stating “the point” clearly. Japanese traditionally spea

46、k indirectly,leaving the listener to figure out what the point is. Thus,while an American might say to a friend,“I dont think that coat goes very well with the rest of your outfit”, a Japanese might say,“Maybe this other coat would look even better than the one you have on.” Americans value a person

47、 who “gets right to the point”. Japanese are likely to consider such a person insensitive if not rude.The Chinese and Japanese languages are characterized by vagueness and ambiguity(模糊. The precision(精确and directness Americans associate with “the point” cannot be achieved, at least not with any grac

48、e,in Chinese and Japanese. Speakers of those languages thus have to learn a new way of reasoning and expressing their ideas if they are going to communicate satisfactorily with Americans.11. By “the point”,Americans mean_.A. the idea or information in their mindB. the most important idea or informat

49、ionC. what they think,write and speakD. what they wish to express12. Compared with people from many other cultures,Americans are_.A. direct and honestB. clear and talkativeC. impolite and rudeD. traditional and silent13. A typical American seems to be_ to a typical Japanese.A. sensitive and rudeB. i

50、nsensitive but not rudeC. sensitive instead of rudeD. insensitive and even rude14. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. You are expected to state your idea clearly when speaking to an American.B. Telling stories to express their ideas is a traditional way of Afri

51、cans.C. Japanese often imply their disapproval with polite words.D. Chinese and Japanese languages are hard to understand because they are not clear.15. A conclusion can be made that_.A. Americans and Africans cannot communicate satisfactorilyB. Africans and Japanese cannot communicate satisfactoril

52、yC. Misunderstanding may arise when Americans communicate with ChineseD. Chinese and Japanese will certainly get on well with each otherPassage 2Your success in your studies will also depend upon your motivation(动机. This need ordesire to achieve a certain goal can make the difference between success

53、 and failure. Motivation can come from two sources:from inside of you or from outside of you. In the first case,motivation comes from your hopes and expectations,from your desire to do something or to be someone. Study purposes that result from personal inner desires are individual,and various. If y

54、ou have not already done so,you should think carefully about what you hope to gain from your studies, and why. You should set a goal and direct all your study efforts toward reaching it. A goal of this kind is important because it will determine the direction and degree of your motivation for study.

55、Not everyone is highly motivated from within and no one is continuously motivated from within. Fortunately there is another source of motivation:from outside. In education the most obvious kind of outside motivation is grades. For many students,course grades are an immediate, short-range motivation

56、for study. This is one of the reasons for examinations and grades,but they must not become a goal in themselves. Grades help to motivate you from day to day,but they are only small,artificial steps to your ultimate goal. It would be wrong to set grades as your only ambition.A textbook like this cannot provide you with motivation; that must co