函授英语四--2答案

1、SHANDONG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ENGLISH TESTFOR NON-ENGLISH MAJORS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (2)（本科第4册）I. Vocabulary and Structure (15%)There are 30 questions in this part. For each of the questions, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best answers the question.1. Researchers ha

2、ve only succeeded in marking off fragmentary stretches of DNA. D A. combined B. single C. connected D. disconnected2. Companies now have an incentive to file more selective applications. A A. motivation B. excitement C. amusement D. pressure3. The sloppy reasoning of the speaker disappointed his sup

3、porters. D A. plain B. discontinuous C. inconsistent D. careless4. After three years of efforts, the scientists got _A_ further than isolating a single gene with a single known function. A. noB. NeverC. seldomD. not5. There is still B about Lawrences novels. A. competitionB. controversy C. contentio

4、nD. contest6. Some films have a misleading _A on children. A. effect B. affect C. fault D. deficiency7. Global warming is likely to _C a series of unpleasant effects.A. double B. fasten C. trigger D. alleviate8. That young man still denies _C_ the fire behind the store.A. start B. to start C. having

5、 started D. to have started9. _C_ receiving financial support from family, community or the government isallowed, it is never admired.A. As B. Once C. Although D. Lest10. Id rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _A a room withsomeone else.A. share B. to share C. sharing D. to have

6、shared11. American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public throughtelevised _D_ from the United States.A. transfer B. deliveries C. transportation D. transmissions12. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is _C_

7、. A. granted B. implied C. exaggerated D. remedied13. Philip Roth was _B_ as a major new author in 1960. A. published B. hailed C. guided D. supposed14. A _ B number of books on this subject are in the library. A. little B. limited C. tiny D. low 15. The river dried up during the hot C _.A. period B

8、. fit C. scorcher D. spell16. Daylight _B_ long in the summer time. A. lingers B. stays C. hovers D. persists17. An electronic message snapped his concentration. B A. caused to lose concentration suddenly B. broke off C. ceased D. stopped18. It is vital for parents to supervise teens as well as to t

9、each them how to manage time. B A. prior B. very important C. fatal D. superior19. The solid particles were filtered _C_ before the solution was used. A. outB. overC. offD. on20. I had a bizarre taste, which I acquired playing football games. D A. odd B. unconventional C. special D. extra21. The res

10、ult of the first game was catastrophic. A A. gloomy B. prosperous C. valueless D. of a total failure 22. It dawned on us that we were engaged in a sport, not in play. B A. It was clear B. We came to understandC. We were forced to believe D. We were convinced23. By making tapes for her children, Rebe

11、kah tried to cram a lifetime of love _D_ a few precious hours. A. withB. inC. onD. into24. The terminal patient has to face and contend D death. A. toB. againstC. toD. with25. She breathed a _A_ of relief when the expected disaster did not happen. A. sighB. breathC. airD. gas26. He had to contend _

12、B _ many difficulties when he was a young man. A. withB. againstC. uponD. over27. Democracy and freedom in American families enable each family member to have a _D_. A. speakB. tellC. sayD. talk28. Fred _A_ the bag as his by telling what it contained. A. identified B. recognized C. determined D. adm

13、itted29. It was his _B wish that we should go without him. A. aggressive B. suggesting C. distinct D. express30. These surveys indicate that many crimes go _B_ by the police, mainlybecausenot all victims report them.A. unrecorded B. to be unrecordedC. unrecording D. to have been unrecordedII. Cloze

14、(10%) There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.It fascinates me to observe the way in _ (31)_ children so often react against their parents ideas, while at the same time _ _(32)_ their p

15、arents characteristics. That is to say, the children grow up to _ _(33)_ different views from their parents, yet to have _(34)_ personalities. There is a _ _(35)_ going on in the toy world at present over whether children should be _(36)_ to have war toys. I dont believe in encouraging war toys, but

16、 I do not see any _(37)_ in forbidding them when I think of the _ (38)_ of my friend Harry.Harry is the _ (39)_ of strict parents who were totally opposed to war. He was never allowed toy soldiers _ (40)_ a boy, never allowed toy guns. Harry grew up and went into the army, becoming a first-class sol

17、dier and _(41)_ all sorts of military honors in a rather fierce unit. He became the opposite in _ (42)_ way of what his parents might have expected _ (43)_ their son. And yet there is a gentleness about Harry which shows a _(44)_ personality. There is a sympathetic element about the man which I can

18、see _ (45)_ have come from his family. In _(46)_ of doing things differently from our parents, a lot of the spirits gets passed on.Parents in all conscience have to _(47)_ their children what they believe to be right; but it is not so much your ideas that the children _ (48)_ as your example. Perhap

19、s the best _ (49)_ to teach ones child gentleness is not to forbid toy guns, but to be gentle in ones _ (50)_ every day life.31. A. whatB. itC. whichD. that32. A. holdingB. attainingC. carryingD. keeping33. A. giveB. haveC. getD. grow34. A. similarB. identicalC. commonD. ordinary35. A. fightingB. st

20、ruggleC. warD. quarrel36. A. dismissedB. encouragedC. misledD. ventured37. A. stainB. spotC. pointD. dot38. A. experienceB. advantageC. expenseD. adventure39. A. nieceB. sonC. nephewD. daughter40. A. whenB. forC. whileD. as41. A. winningB. wonC. having wonD. did win42. A. eachB. singleC. individualD

21、. every43. A. onB. atC. fromD. against44. A. calmB. quietC. silentD. serene45. A. mustB. needC. wantD. long46. A. caseB. spiteC. situationD. occasion47. A. putB. placeC. teachD. give48. A. followB. traceC. watchD. expect49. A. meansB. routeC. methodD. way50. A. ownB. individualC. privateD. publicIII

22、. Reading Comprehension (40%)There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some True-False questions or Multiple-Choice questions. Choose among A, B, C, and D or between T and F to answer each question.Passage 1The bustle of the hospital was a welcome distraction as I opened my new

23、patients chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a drivers license. For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about

24、 than I did.Rebekah was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery. When I entered her room it took me a moment to spot her amid the bouncing forms of three giggling little girls.I told Rebekah I would be her nurse and she introduced her husband, Warren; six-year-old Ruthie; four

25、-year-old Hannah; and two-year-old Molly. Warren coaxed the girls away from their mother with a promise of ice cream and assured Rebekah they would return the next day.As I rubbed alcohol on her arm to prepare it for the intravenous line, Rebekah laughed nervously. “I have to tell you that Im terrif

26、ied of needles.” “Itll be over before you know it,” I said. “Ill give you a count of three.”Rebekah shut her eyes tightly and murmured a prayer until it was over. Then she smiled and squeezed my hand. “Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table?” I handed her the worn book. “Do you have a

27、favorite Bible verse?” she asked.“Jesus wept. John 11:35.”“Such a sad one,” she said. “Why?”“It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow.”Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me.During the following months

28、 I watched Rebekah struggle with the ravages of chemotherapy. Her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children. Meanwhile I continued to contend with raising my own kids. They always seemed either out or holed up in their rooms. I missed the days when they were as attached to me

29、 as Rebekahs little girls were to her.For a time it had seemed Rebekahs chemotherapy was working. Then doctors discovered another malignant lump. Two months later, a chest X-ray revealed the cancer had spread to her lungs. It was terminal. Help me to help her through this, I prayed.One day when I en

30、tered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder. She picked up a yellow pad and held it out to me. “Im making a tape for my daughters,” she said.I read the list on her pad: starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation. While I worried about how to help her deal with dea

31、th, she was planning for her childrens future.She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions. She filled them with family stories and advicetrying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours. Finally, every item in her not

32、es had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband.I often wondered what I would say in her place. My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where theyd been and who they had been with. Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?It was

33、 three oclock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital. Rebekah wanted me to come immediately with a blank tape. What topic has she forgotten? I wondered.She was blushed and breathing hard when I entered her room. I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her l

34、ips. “Ruthie, Hannah, Mollythis is the most important tape.” She held my hand and closed her eyes. “Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you. Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday. Hannah, tell her yo

35、u dont want meat sauce on your spaghetti. She wont know you like it separate. Molly, dont get mad if there is no apple juice. Drink something else. Its okay to be sad, sweeties. Jesus cried too. He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again. Remember, Ill always love you.”I shut off the

36、 recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply. “Thank you, Nan,” she said with a weak smile. “Youll give this one to them, wont you?” she murmured as she slid into sleep.A time would come when the tape would be played for Rebekahs children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekahs blanket, I got in my car an

37、d I hurried home. I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious. That night the kids didnt go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried into the dishes. And we ta

38、lkedwithout interrogations, without complaintslate into the night.51. According to the first paragraph of the passage, the nurse was not happy because D .A. she was disappointed with her sonB. she had an argument with her daughterC. she did not want to work in the hospitalD. she was dissatisfied wit

39、h her children52. According to the nurse, Rebekah was most concerned with D .A. the progress of chemotherapyB. the tape that would let the children remember herC. the happy and healthy growth of her children at their different stages of lifeD. the relationship between her children and their future s

40、tep-mother53. The words in italics in the fifteenth paragraph of the passage refer to A .A. what the nurse thought about in her own mindB. questions the nurse asked her childrenC. the fact that the nurse blamed herself for not taking good care of the patientD. questions the nurse asked Rebakah54. Wo

41、rds on the last tape do not support which of the following statements? C A. Rebekah respected her children when they had some different habits.B. Rebekah was lenient and amiable thinking of the step-mother her children would have in the future.C. Rebekah was very strict with her children and she for

42、ced them to change.D. Rebekah cared for her children so much that she looked into great details of their growth. 55. It can be inferred from the passage that the nurse and her children would C .A. remain alienated from each otherB. talk with interrogations and complaintsC. be as attached to each oth

43、er as Rebekah and her childrenD. contend with each otherPassage 2There are a few ineluctable facts about buildings. They are expensive, time consuming and labor intensive to make. They are strongest if built from the sturdiest materials. Well, no, on all accounts.Japanese architect Shigeru Ban first

44、 turned to paper tubes because they were cheap but then discovered they had other qualities too: strength, recyclability and, most importantly, beauty. He has built homes, pavilions and churches, some of them permanent, using little more than cardboard tubes. “I was interested in weak materials,” sa

45、ys Ban, 42. “Whenever we invent a new material or new structural system, a new architecture comes out of it.” Ironically, Ban may be closer to the old modernist ideals than many who build today in glass and steel. He wants beauty to be attainable by the masses, even the poorest.Ban first began to us

46、e the tubes in the 80s, in exhibitions. Impressed by the materials load-bearing capacity (he calls cardboard “improved wood”), he thought of them again in 1995, after the Kobe earthquake, and used donated 34-ply tubes to build a community hall and houses. Working with the United Nations, Ban has sha

47、ped paper log houses to Turkey and Rwanda. “Refugee shelter has to be beautiful,” he says. “Psychologically, refugees are damaged. They have to stay in nice places.”But its not all about utility. Ban has managed to turn ugly-duckling cardboard into some gorgeous swans. The Japanese pavilion he creat

48、ed for this years EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Germany, is a huge undulating grid of paper tubes enclosed, like a covered wagon, with a paper canopy. An eight-ton, 27-m-long lattice arch of tubes currently swoops over the garden at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, casting a thatch of ever changin

49、g shadows.Bans designs touch the earth lightly in more ways than one. After EXPO 2000, his pavilion will be shipped to a recycling center to be returned to the pulp from whence it came. Just try that with bricks. 56. Accordingtothefirstparagraph,theauthorsuggeststhatC.A.buildingsshouldbemadeoutofstu

50、rdiestmaterialsB.buildingsarealwaysstrongiftheyarebuiltfromthesturdiestmaterialsC.somematerials,seeminglyweak,canbuildstrongbuildingsD.sturdiestmaterialscannotbuildstrongestbuildings57.Wheneverweinventanewmaterialornewarchitecturalsystem,anewarchitecturecomesoutofit.Theunderlinedpartmeans A.A.comesi

51、ntobeingB.getsoutofit C.getsridofitD.breaksawayfromit58. TheauthorsaysBanmaybeclosertotheoldmodernistidealsbecause C.A.hedoesntbuildinglassandsteelB.papertubesarenotconsideredasmodernmaterialsC.hegivesthemassesaccesstothebeautyofarchitecturebyusingpapertubesD.eventhepoorestcanaffordhousesmadebypaper

52、tubes59. WhatisthemostimportantfactorthatcausedBantousethepapertubesinbuildings?AA. Beauty.B.Load-bearingcapacity. C.Rarity. D.Warmthbroughtaboutbythematerial.60.“Justtrythatwithbricks.”Bythissentence,theauthorsuggeststhatA.A.ironically,itisimpossibleforothermaterialstoberecycledaspeopledowithpapert

53、ubesB.peopleshouldtrydifferentwaystorecyclebuildingmaterialsC.renovationsshouldbemadetorecyclebricksD.itispossibleforbrickstoberecycledthesamewayaspapertubesPassage 3Living standards have soared during the twentieth century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does th

54、at mean that we humans can look forward to increasing happiness?Not necessarily, warns Richard A. Easterlin, an economist at the University of Southern California, in his new book, Growth Triumphant: the Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective. Easterlin concedes that richer people are more likely to report themselves as being happy than poorer people are. But steady improvements in the American economy have not been accompanied by steady increases in peoples self-assessment of their own happiness. “There has been not improvement in average happiness