东北财经14-15年秋学期《大学英语2》期末考核作业答案

1、东北财经14-15年秋学期大学英语2期末考核作业答案一、单选题（共 20 道试题，共 60 分。）1. Even though we had lost the _ of our family, everyone came on Christmas Day-making an effort to be cheerful.A. bachelorB. masterC. doctorD. post doctor 满分：3 分2. Marilyn: Dont you like to eat Korean food?Robbie: _. A. No, Korean food is not real to

2、my tasteB. No, because Korean food is very goodC. No, I prefer to have Chinese noodlesD. No, I like very much to eat Korean food 满分：3 分3. According _ travel agents, the growth trend in travel is the half-week sneak-away built around a weekend.A. atB. onC. toD. in 满分：3 分4. The health seeking youths c

3、an following the _ of natural living.A. principlesB. principalsC. principalityD. prince 满分：3 分5. _ I tell you yesterday not to touch that dog!A. HaventB. HasntC. DidntD. Arent 满分：3 分6. Speaker A: Want to come over Thursday for supper? Speaker B: _ .A. I really cant. Youll not mind, I thinkB. Lets pu

4、t it off till laterC. Thanks, but I have to work that eveningD. No, I dont want to 满分：3 分7. I _ bacon and eggs every morning. A. am used to eatB. used to eatingC. am used to eatingD. am using to eat 满分：3 分8. Guest: Have you a single room for tonight and tomorrow night with a telephone and shower? Cl

5、erk: We havent any rooms with a shower free just now, but theres a bathroom available on each floor. Guest: _. A. All right. Thatll doB. Oh, sorry. Forget itC. How regretful! I give it upD. All right. It does 满分：3 分9. I walked _ the Seventh Avenue to catch a bus.A. untilB. as long asC. as far asD. t

6、ill 满分：3 分10. Jessica: I got home very late last night. I hope I didnt disturb you. Landlady:_,A. No. I heard a lot of noiseB. Yes, I didnt hear any noiseC. Yes. I didnt hear youD. No. I didnt hear a thing 满分：3 分11. There are other techniques that might help you _ your studying.A. withB. atC. intoD.

7、 over 满分：3 分12. Teacher：Where is Mike this morning？Student：Hes got a cold.Teacher：_A. He is absent.B. Whats the matter with him？C. Just tell him to take it easy.D. What? Where is he？ 满分：3 分13. Never _ , well see the film next week.A. mindB. to mindC. mind youD. in mind 满分：3 分14. Gregory: Lets take a

8、 coffee break, shall we? Flora: _, but I cant.A. I wish I couldB. We shallC. Yes, letsD. You will 满分：3 分15. They resort _ fast food which is fatty and contains high amount of cholesterol.A. withB. atC. onD. to 满分：3 分16. Thad: Gee, Susan. Id love a cup of coffee. Susan: _. Is instant OK? A. Sure thin

9、gB. No problemC. Im sureD. No kidding 满分：3 分17. My I have two _ instead of beans, please?A. corns earB. corn earsC. ear of cornsD. ears of corn 满分：3 分18. Henry Ford was himself a _ mechanic and could build a car with his own hands.A. bear B. boreC. bornD. bearing 满分：3 分19. Would you _ the stamps on

10、to the envelope for me, please?A. stickB. suckC. pickD. spit 满分：3 分20. I cant remember her name. Its on the _ of my tongue.A. endB. pointC. topD. tip 满分：3 分二、阅读理解（共 2 道试题，共 30 分。） HYPERLINK /StudentCenter/OnLineJob/DoHomework.aspx?CourseExerciseID=240292&key=ad41dbdf7e485adf&SubmitCount=7&SectionInd

11、ex=2V1. Although stage plays have been set to music since the era(年代) of the ancient Greeks when the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus were accompanied by lyres(里拉琴) and flutes, the usually accepted date for the beginning of opera as we know it is 1600. As part of the celebration of the marriage of

12、King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat(贵族) Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Peri produced his famous Euridice, generally considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata began to revive(复兴) the style of musical story

13、that had been used in Greek tragedy.1). This passage is a summary of _.A. the CamerataB. opera in ItalyC. EuridiceD. the development of opera 满分：3 分2). According to the author, Jacopo Peri wrote _.A. the opera Maria de MediciB. the opera The CamerataC. the first operaD. Greek tragedy 满分：3 分3). We ca

14、n infer that the Camerata _.A. developed a new musical drama based upon Greek dramaB. was a group of Greek musiciansC. was the name given to the court of King Henry IVD. was not known in Italy 满分：3 分4). The author suggests that Euridice was produced _.A. in FranceB. for the wedding of King Henry IVC

15、. originally by Sophocles and AeschylusD. without much success 满分：3 分5). According to this passage, modern opera began in the _.A. fifteenth centuryB. time of the ancient GreeksC. seventeenth centuryD. sixteenth century 满分：3 分2. The origins(起源) of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abner Do

16、ubleday, a civil engineering student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize(使标准化) the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cat, the ancestors(祖先) of baseball. By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown r

17、apidly. Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of Baseball Players that had proclaimed(宣布) a set of standard rules. These teams were amateurs(业余爱好者) or semi-professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offer

18、ed opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding. Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association. Compet

19、ition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season(季后赛) contest, the first worlds series. The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1900 the American League was organized.1). According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because _.A. Abner Doubleday invented

20、 a special diamond-shaped pitchB. civil engineering students became interested in playing gamesC. the old games died out and a new one was neededD. the rules of earlier games were amalgamated(合并) and regularized 满分：3 分2). What was different about Baseball Players compared with earlier players?A. The

21、y were not professional.B. They belonged to many clubs.C. They played by agreed rules.D. They travelled widely. 满分：3 分3). According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1869 _.A. so that the public had the opportunity to profit from a professional teamB. to enable the amateur

22、players to become professionalC. because baseball had become more popular by thenD. to produce a means of making money 满分：3 分4). From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to _.A. authorize amateur and professional teams to combineB. to provide a governing authority

23、for baseballC. reorganize the professional teamsD. enable more professional teams to be set up 满分：3 分5). According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were _.A. the American AssociationB. the American Association and the American League C. the America

24、n League and the National LeagueD. the American League 满分：3 分三、完型填空（共 1 道试题，共 10 分。） HYPERLINK /StudentCenter/OnLineJob/DoHomework.aspx?CourseExerciseID=240292&key=ad41dbdf7e485adf&SubmitCount=7&S&SectionIndex=3V1. Ahhh, summer. Time to relax. You cannot have complete rest if you _1_it too seriously

25、. But taking vacations seriously is exactly_2_we Americans seem to do. In the same way our kids free time is now packed with activities, we adults have turned vacations into active leisure. Anytime you try very hard to relax, thats active leisure. Our vacations_3_with an agenda, a purpose. Were visi

26、ting family, attending weddings, going camping, and making sure we ride that roller coaster-no matter how long the line is. We Americans are so active in our leisure_4_we commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations. We leave home_5_; we come back exhausted. Thats why many of us have deci

27、ded not to go. Americans are_6_a few vacation days (14 days, on average) compared with other developed countries, but ironically, we dont even use them. The average American will leave four vacation days on the table this year, which adds up to a total 574 million days of_7_vacation. Our relationshi

28、p to relaxation seems contradictory. We spend more money than anyone else in the world on leisure-fully one-_8_of our income-and yet at the same time we are No. 1 in the world at not taking vacations. One of the top reasons given for not taking a vacation is that its too much extra work. We have to get_9_of our work in order to leave, and then we have to catch up on our work upon our return. The longer the vacation we take, the bigger the stumbling blocks appear. So only 14% of Americans will take a vacation two weeks or longe