南京大学网络教学教育学院“大学英语(二)”课程期末试卷试题

1、答案+我名字南京大学网络教育学院“大学英语（二）”课程期末试卷提示：答案文档直接在学生平台提交请将选择题答案填写在每个题号前。提交截止日期：2019年12月17日I.  Vocabulary and GrammarDirections: Complete the following sentences by deciding on the most appropriate word from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given after each sentence.  (25 points) 1. Thou

2、gh _ in New York, he preferred not to mention his childhood living together with grandparents.A) raisedB) grownC) developedD) fed2. By the end of this month, we surely _ a satisfactory solution to it.A) have foundedB) will be findingC) will have foundD) are finding3. They are teachers and

3、don't realize _ to start and run a company.A) what it takesB) what takes itC) what they takeD) what takes them4. Television is an instrument of communication _ us to see as well as to hear the performer.A) permittedB) permittingC) being permittedD) permits5. What you have done should b

4、e _ the doctor's orders.A) attached toB) consistent withC) consistent inD) responsible to6. _ the door when a gust of wind blew the candle out.A) He had no sooner openedB) Hardly had he openedC) Scarcely did he openD) No sooner did he open7. The car broke _ on the highway and was dragg

5、ed to the side of the road.A) offB) intoC) downD) up8. Mary _ $25 on the book.A) tookB) costC) gaveD) spent9. With the crowds _ , the royal party drove to the palace.A) cheeredB) cheeringC) being cheeredD) are cheering10. They decided to _ a shopping mall in the downtown area.A) set o

6、utB) set offC) set upD) set about11. Can you find us some records _ to?A) to listenB) listeningC) listenD) be listened12. Putting in a new window will _ cutting away part of the roof.A) includeB) involveC) containD) comprise13. When you looked for me I was _ a friend on a walk.A) acco

7、mpanyingB) companyingC) comparingD) companion14. There were a long list of successful diplomatic _ in the history of China.A) incidentsB) accidentsC) happeningD) occurrence15. Dont _ the speaker; put up your questions afterwards.A) interruptB) interfereC) disturbD) interpret16. I have

8、 booked the flight to Shanghai, so I must _ my packing now.A) set aboutB) set downC) set backD) set out17. The cabinet has approved a special housing _ for the poor city residents.A) objectB) developmentC) projectD) schedule18. The child didn't carry _ the instructions given by his par

9、ents and teachers.A) awayB) outC) backD) on19. _ , they came to the foot of a mountain.A) Long beforeB) Before longC) After longD) Long20. In the end he realized his dream, but _ the cost of his life.A) onB) withC) byD) at21. He was very busy yesterday, otherwise he _ to the party.A)

10、would comeB) should comeC) cameD) would have come22. The boy asked the teacher to excuse _ .A) him to interrupt herB) that he has interrupted herC) him from interrupting herD) his interrupting her23. She has nothing to do with the murder case. She is not _ it.A) concerned inB) involved wit

11、hC) associated inD) related to24. If you behave so foolishly you must bear the _.A) effectsB) consequencesC) endsD) results25. Bill doesn't _ what others say about him.A) concernB) careC) worryD) matterII. Reading comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following passages, and c

12、hoose the correct answers.  (30 points) Passage 1 Conservationists (资源保护者) may get a wrong number of the threatened animals such as elephants, say African and American researchers. The error takes place because of a weakness in the way they estimate animal number from the piles of dun

13、g (粪便) the creatures leave behind. The mistake could lead researchers to think that there are twice as many elephants as there really are in some regions, according to Andrew Plumptre of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York. Biologist (生物学家) Katy Payne of Cornell University in Ithaca,

14、 New York, agrees. “We really need to know elephant number and the evidence (证据) that we have is quite indirect,” says Payne. Counting elephants from planes is impossible in the vast rainforests of Central Africa, so researchers often estimate elephant number by counting dung piles in a given area.

15、They also need to know the rate at which dung decays (腐化). Because it's quite difficult to decide these rates, however, researchers counting elephants in one region are likely to rely on standard decay rates set up elsewhere. But researchers at the WCS have found that these decay rates differ fr

16、om region to region depending on the weather and environment. Using the wrong number can mislead the census (统计), says Plumptre. He and his colleague Anthony Chifu Nchanji studied decaying elephant dung in the forests of Banyang Wildlife Sanctuary (避难所) in southeast Cameroon. They found that the dun

17、g decayed between 55 and 65 percent more slowly than dung in the rainforests of neighboring Gabon. If researchers use decay rates from Gabon to count elephants in Cameroon, they would probably find more elephants than there are actually around. This could mean estimates in Cameroon are at least twic

18、e as high as those got from decay rates calculated locally, says Plumtre. He says that similar problems may also exist in other animal census studies that rely on indirect evidence. 26. The word “threatened” (Line 1, Para. 1) could be best replaced by_.A. endangeredB. frightenedC. spoiledD. ang

19、ered27. Why do researchers count elephants in an area by counting dung piles?A. Because elephants are difficult to catch.B. Because it is not possible to count elephants from a plane.C. Because it is impossible to follow the track of elephants.D. Because they think dung piles are most reliable

20、for counting elephants.28. Piles of dung can't be relied upon when it comes to estimating elephants number because _.A. they are different in sizeB. they scatter all over the regionC. they are different in rate of decayingD. they are difficult to be identified29. Suppose the number of

21、elephants got in Cameroon is 1000 by using the decay rates set up in Gabon, then the actual number maybe about _.A. 500B. 2000C. 400D. 250030. Which of the following is not a useful factor in estimating elephant number in one region?A. Dung piles number.B. Rates of dung decaying.C. Climate and

22、environment.D. Wildlife sanctuary.Passage 2 I was in a chat room, as most online romances happen. I had been on the Internet and chatting for almost three years. I was bored one afternoon, so I decided to go into a chat room. I had been in this particular room many times before, and met some ve

23、ry interesting people in it. While I was in there, I noticed two guys talking. One was married and had kids, and the other was asking questions like what it was like to be a father, etc. I was most interested in him, he sounded so sweet. So I decided to start chatting with him. We didn't get to

24、chat long, because of the 6-hour time difference, but it was a wonderful chat. He was a few years older than me, but I figured age didn't matter if we had a good chat. We got to talking about many things, mostly music though. Before he had to leave he gave me his e-mail address and I gave him my

25、 AOL (美国在线服务公司) Instant Messenger screen name. A few days later while I was online someone greeted me, and it was him. He told me who it was and we started chatting. Like most people, we had many things in common. We had similar views on life, etc. After many conversations, I realized I was really s

26、tarting to like this guy. I had promised myself before that it's just not right for people over the Internet to be “in love”, and that I'd never do such a thing. It just didn't seem right to me. Since, I thought, you never knew whom you are really talking to. Well, my opinions started to

27、 change, very quickly too. Weeks later our relationship really started to get serious. I felt ashamed at first, because it was on the Internet, but I don't worry about it now. All I have to say is that I have never loved someone so much before. 31. We can safely say that _.A. both the guys

28、were marriedB. both the guys had childrenC. one of the guys had children but the other hadn't anyD. one of the guys was married but the other had never had a girlfriend32. What attracted the narrator at first was the second guy's _.A. personalityB. appearanceC. voiceD. curiousness33.

29、60;From the first paragraph we know that the narrator and the guy _.A. lived in the same cityB. lived very far awayC. both lived in the United StatesD. often went together to the same room to have a talk34. The word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _.A. AOLB. the narrator's screen nameC. the g

30、uy's e-mail addressD. the guy35. The narrator felt ashamed at first because _.A. she had been disloyal to her boyfriendB. she had broken her promise of not falling in love on the InternetC. the guy was her first boyfriendD. the relationship between her and her boyfriend was in danger of bre

31、akdownPassage 3 Nowadays it is understood that a diet which contains nothing harmful may yet result in serious disease if certain important elements are missing. These elements are called “vitamins (维生素).” Quite a number of such substances are known and they are given letters to identify (识别) t

32、hem, A, B, C, D, and so on. Different diseases are associated with (与有关) a lack of particular vitamins. Even a slight lack of Vitamin C, the vitamin most plentiful in fresh fruit and vegetables, for example, is thought to increase significantly our susceptibility (易感性) to colds and influenza (流感). T

33、he vitamins necessary for a healthy body are normally supplied by a good mixed diet, including a variety of fruit and green vegetables. It is only when people try to live on a very restricted (限定) diet, say when trying to lose weight, that it is necessary to have a special supply to make up the miss

34、ing vitamins. Another example of the dangers of a restricted diet may be seen in the disease known as “beriberi” (脚气病), from which large numbers of Eastern peoples who lived mainly on rice used to suffer very much. In the early years of this century, a Dutch (荷兰的) scientist called Eijkman was trying

35、 to discover the cause of beriberi. At first he thought it was transmitted by a germ (细菌). He was working in a Japanese hospital, where the patients were fed on rice which had had the outer husk (外壳) removed from the grain. It was thought that this would be easier for weak, sick people to digest. 36

36、. A diet which contains nothing harmful _.A. may yet cause one disease or anotherB. certainly has plenty of vitaminsC. will usually result in serious diseaseD. always ensures good health37. Shortages of the various vitamins _.A. cause identical diseasesB. are not serious except in the case

37、 of Vitamin CC. cause different diseasesD. are often caused by inadequate (不足) supply of sunshie38. Fresh fruit and vegetables _.A. do not contain any kind of vitaminB. decrease our resistance to diseasesC. contain every kind of vitaminD. contain more vitamin C than any other food39. A goo

38、d mixed diet _.A. normally contains enough vitamins for a healthy bodyB. still needs supplementing with vitaminsC. is suitable for losing weightD. may not be good for the health40. The disease “beriberi” _.A. used to make large numbers of western people suffer a lotB. is a disease of vitamin sh

39、ortageC. is transmitted by diseased riceD. can be caught from diseased chickens or animalsPart B Directions: This passage is about how the writer faced the frustration (挫折) in his life. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline below it.  (10 points) I worked my way up the

40、 presidency (总裁) of the Ford Motor Company. When I finally got there, I was on the top of the world. But then fate said to me, “Wait, we're not finished with you. Now you're going to find out what it feels like to get kicked off from the top.” On July 13, 1978, I was fired. I had been presid

41、ent of Ford for eight years and a Ford employee for thirty-two. I had never worked anywhere else. And now suddenly, I was out of job. As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forksthose moments of thinking, moments of truth. This was min

42、e as I wondered what to do. Should I pack it all in (完全放弃) and retire I was fifty-four years old. I had already accomplished a great deal. I was financially secure. But that just didn't feel right. I knew I had to carry on. A few months later, I became the president of Chrysler, a company which

43、was almost bankrupt at that time. Fortunately, Chrysler recovered (复原). Today I'm a hero. With strong will, with luck, and with help from lots of good people, I was able to rise up from the ashes. 1. The narrator's top position in the Ford Motor Company is (41)     &

44、#160;                              . 2. The thing happening to the narrator on July 13, 1978 is (42)                                    . 3. Things in the road of life are (43)