2022年电大英语II综合练习

1、综合练习题（1）第一部分 交际用语1.Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now?C. sorry, he is busy at the moment 2. What kind of TV program do you like best?A. Its hard to say, actually 3Oh, sorry to bother you.C. Thats okay 4Can you turn down the radio, please?A. Im sorry, I didnt realize it was that loud 5. -Would y

2、ou mind if I open the window for a better view?C. Of course not6. Hello, could I speak to Don please?B. Whos speaking7. -May I know your address?A. Sure. Here you are8. Hows the movie? Interesting?B. Far from. I should have stayed home watching TV 9. What if my computer doesnt work?B. Ask Anne for h

3、elp10. -Lets take a walk. C. Yes, please 11. Whats the problem, Harry?A. I cant remember where I left my glasses 12. Is this the motel you mentioned?A. Yes, its as quiet as we expected 13. Would you like to have dinner with us this evening?B. Sorry, but this evening I have to go to the airport to me

4、et my parents 14. Well, Mary, how are you?C. Im fine 15. Would you like to see the menu?A. No, thanks. I already know what to order 16. - I think the Internet is very helpful.A. Yes, so do I 第二部分 词汇与构造1. The difinition leaves _ B. much room _ for disagreement.2. I prefer classic music _ pop music. B

5、. to3. Ancient Greece is the _ of western civilization. C. origin 4. It is very convenient _here. A. living5. All the team members tried their best. We lost the game, _. A.as6. The sun heats the earth, _ is very important to living things. C. which7. When we were having a meeting, the director _ the

6、 bad news by telephone. B. was told8. More and more people in China now _ to work regularly. A. drive9. Let me _ the case carefully before I draw a conclusion. B. look into10. The patient acted on the doctors _ and finally recovered. C. advice11. Silk _ by Chinese for thousands of years now. A. has

7、been used12. You _ to lock the door at night. B. ought13. You must explain _ how they succeeded _ the experiment. C. to us, in14. Before I got to the cinema, the film _. A. had begun15. I have lived here _ 1997. B. since16. A lecture hall is _ where students attend lectures. B. one17. Im tired. I _

8、working very hard. B. have been18. He keeps _ at himself in the mirror. B. looking19. The bedroom needs _. C. decorating20. Before she left on the trip, she _ hard. A. had trained21. He is the man _ dog bit me. C. whose22. Mary forgot _ a letter to her mother, so she wrote to her just now. B. to wri

9、te23. Whats happened to Tom? - _ to hospital. A. Hes been taken24. He was _ about his new job. C. over the moon25. Everything _ if Albert hadnt called the fire brigade. B. would have been destroyed26. On his first sea _, he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm. B. voyage2

10、7. I broke my leg when I _ skiing in America. A. was28. She was convicted _ murder. C. of29. He, as well as I, _ a student. A. is30Mother was busy. Although she was not watching the basketball on TV, she _ it on the radio. A. was listening to31. Hardly _ home when it began to rain. A. had I got32. I

11、t happen _ a winter night. C. on第三部分 完型填空Passage 1There are advantages and disadvantages to 1 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 2 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 3 American students. They also study more hours each day th

12、an Americans 4 . The study is difficult, but it 5 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 6 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they

13、 have memorized.The advantage to the education in North America, 7 the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 8 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they havent memorized 9 many basic

14、 rules and facts as students in other countries 10 . B1. A. only B. both C. allC2. A. for B. as C. to C3. A. to B. for C. thanA4. A. do B. have C. doesC5. A. provides B. getsC. prepares B6. A. andB. yet C. justB7. A. at B. on C. underC8. A. old B. poor C. newC9. A. moreB. less C. asA10. A. haveB. do

15、esC. havent Passage 2A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) _ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)_, even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that (4) _ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged m

16、en in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness exper

17、t, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_ a non smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But dont misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)_, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pre

18、ssure (9)_ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nations health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_.C1. A. forB. ofC. to A2. A. orB. and C. but C3. A. these that do

19、 notB. these who do notC. those who do not C4. A. the littleB. less C. the leastB5. A. if or notB. whether or notC.whenA6. A. to be fatB. being fat toC. doingA7. A. beingB. beC. to be C8. A. smokedB. to smoke C. smoking B9. A.for B. on C. to C10. A. exercised B. exercising C. to exercise Passage 3Mo

20、re and more people (1) _ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) _ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) _ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can b

21、e a problem for people (4) _ are struggling to make (5) _ ends meet. The alarms, (6) _ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _ but have not installed them (9) _. The insurance compan

22、ies told people (10) _ the alarms on all doors and windows.C1. A. has B. had C. haveB2. A. have been asked B. have been asking C. asked A3. A. due B. because of C. because B4. A. which B. who C. what C5. A. the B. all C. ( 不填) A6. A. which B. who C. thatC7. A. estimate B. estimating C. estimatedB8.

23、A. to have them installingB. to have them installed C. to have been installing them C9. A. still B. already C. yet A10. A. to install B. installed C. installing Passage 4Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)_ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) _ working in a pub when he (3

24、) _ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) _ interested in plants and flowers, (5) _he decided to set up a company (6) _ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) _, but soon he took (8) _ two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) _ for the last ten y

25、ears. Peter is now very rich, (10) _ he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!B1. A. would B. usedC. -B2. A. has beenB. was C. been C3. A. had decided B. has decided C. decidedC4. A. was B. being C. beenA5. A. so B. but C. althoughB6. A. whoB. whichC. whose C7.

26、A. himself B. self C. own B8. A. up B.on C. in A9. A.- B. upC. overD. intoC10. A. therefore B. moreover C. but 第四部分 阅读理解短文理解1There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorc

27、ed. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about

28、 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born t

29、o couples who arent married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man. The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that theres been quite a decline in the birth r

30、ate in the UK along with other European countries.C1. What does the passage mainly discuss?C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK.A2. During the last ten years, _.A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK A3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to _.A. s

31、oar (急剧上升) B4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. B5. The last paragraph tells us _.B. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now短文理解2People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and mo

32、re about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial (人造旳) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons,

33、 there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; dr

34、inks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cant be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but als

35、o to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal (解决) of the products we use in our daily lives.1. The main cause of pollution is _.A. the release of artificial or natura

36、l substances into the environment2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _.C. all sides concerned would make more efforts3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause _.B. both a litter problem and a waster of resources4. Which of the following can not help solving the problem

37、 of pollution?C. Eating.5. What does the underlined word “litter” mean in paragraph 2?C. industrial pollution短文理解3 A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other. I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interru

38、pting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and poof! I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation. The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their ba

39、bies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the

40、 person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications tec

41、hnology is a setback (退步) to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave

42、 the answer on her machine. As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a depo

43、sit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM? More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didnt really have time to talk. The technology devo

44、ted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier. I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isnt a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. Its their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz tech

45、nology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out “Gee whiz”?1. The authors experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _. A.unhappy2. According to the author, human contact in a park means _. C. both A and B3. According to the author, the more connected we get in

46、 communications technology, the _ we are. B. more disconnected 4. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? C. All of the above.5. What is the unintended result of communication techn

47、ology, according to the author?B. It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together.短文理解4Some people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle, or “bike”.In a great many cities, hundreds o

48、f people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They claim that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines

49、.For several years this group has been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to draw bicycle lanes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders have to use the same lanes as cars, there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if ther

50、e were special lanes more people would use bikes.But no bicycle lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea - they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downt

51、own to travel by bike.The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. Only on weekends, Central Park is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But Bike for a Better City says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes dow

52、ntown.1. According to the passage, bicycles _.C. are the solution to some city problems2. The idea of special bicycle lanes is most favored by _.B. some bike riders3. “Bicycle lanes” in the third paragraph probably means _.C. special parts of the road for bicycle riders only4. Which of the following

53、 is not true according to the passage?A. In New York City, many people use bikes as they have special lanes 5. The best title for this passage is _.C. Solution to Traffic Problem in New York短文理解5Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, “London is not a city, - it is a n

54、ation.” Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world. Certainly, London is the most culturally diverse city in the world. The city was founded by the Romans and since then new arrivals have constantly added to its character and prosperity. Withi

55、n 10 years 40% of Londoners will be from ethnic minority groups, including the growing number of Londoners of mixed ethnic origin, but most of them will have been born in Britain. Children of Caribbean-Chinese marriages will go to school with children of Russian-Irish couples. None of them will be E

56、nglish but all of them will be Londoners.Most of Britains ethnic minority residents live in the capital, speaking over 300 languages. Nearly all of the African population and many of the Caribbean population of Britain live in London (83% and 58% respectively); 39% of the Chinese population of Brita

57、in and 36% of the Asian population of Britain live in London. The largest migrant community is from the Irish Republic with 256,000 people, 3.8% of the total population of London.There are an estimated 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in London, with most recent arrivals coming from Easter

58、n Europe, North Africa and Kurdistan.Young people, in particular, are skilled at dealing with a large number of different and hybrid cultures. They themselves often have several different ethnic identities since their parents and grandparents may come from several different backgrounds and their fri

59、ends and partners do also. They are “skilled cross-cultural travelers” without leaving their home-town.1Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraelis statement is an understatement? Because he thinks London is _.A. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity 2. London is regarded as

60、 the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts EXCEPT that _. B. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds 3. Ethnic minority groups will make up _of the London population in the future.B. 40%4. The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _.A. young peop