西安交通大学现代远程教育 大学英语 答案版

西安交通大学现代远程教育 大学英语 答案版
西安交通大学现代远程教育 大学英语 答案版

现代远程教育

2012年专升本大学英语

入学考试复习题

(一)

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I. Grammar Structure and Vocabulary

Section A ( 1.5 marks each)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

1. Not long ago, a person whom I know very well was ___ an accident.

A. related to

B. involved in

C. included in

D. subjected to

2. We want him to retire but he won’t ___ to it.

A. accept

B. admit

C. agree

D. allow

3. He doesn’t enjoy ___ fish, you know.

A. eat

B. to eat

C. eating

D. to eating

4. The girl didn’t go to bed ___ her parents came home.

A. until

B. unless

C. when

D. as

5. In the newspaper, we can learn ___ is going on in the world.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. who

6. The bridge was named ___ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.

A. after

B. with

C. by

D. from

7. I wish I ___ a doctor.

A. have been

B. am

C. were

D. will be

8. We are going to ___ up for our lost time by taking a short cut.

A. make

B. take

C. find

D. put

9. No sooner had we returned home ___ it rained.

A. then

B. than

C. when

D. as

10. I can’t afford ___ a new dress.

A. buying her

B. her to buy

C. buy for her

D. to buy her

11. The new technique has ___ them to double the production of the factory.

A. enabled

B. made

C. dissuaded

D. occupied

12. I ___ an old schoolmate while taking a walk yesterday.

A. ran over

B. ran after

C. ran into

D. ran down

13. He ____ me that he decided to leave on Monday.

A. spoke

B. said

C. talked

D. told

14. As scheduled, the communications satellite went into ___ round the earth.

A. circle

B. orbit

C. path

D. course

15. Salt ____ when it is put in water. The mixture is called a solution.

A. solves

B. disappears

C. mixes

D. dissolves

16. We can see a lot of people doing morning exercises in the parks even ____ a

cold morning.

A. on

B. at

C. in

D. during

17. An object is said ___ if its temperature is much higher than that of our bodies.

A. as being hot

B. as hot

C. hot

D. to be hot

18. Please ____ me, I didn’t mean to hurt you.

A. apologize

B. recognize

C. forgive

D. pardon for

19. Everyone used to get up early, ____?

A. didn’t they

B. do they

C. didn’t he

D. doesn’t he

20. He didn’t seem to mind ____ TV while he was trying to study.

A. their watching

B. them to watch

C. that they watch

D. theirs watching

21. She refused to ____ the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his

safety belt.

A. hand in

B. hand out

C. hand down

D. hand over

22. He doesn’t word but he gets a good ___ from his investm ents.

A. wage

B. earning

C. income

D. salary

23. If he ___ to do this work, he might do it in some other way.

A. were

B. was

C. will

D. can

24. I ____ here for four years, by next summer I shall have graduated.

A. shall study

B. have studied

C. shall be studying

D. have been studying

25. Mary learnt how to ____ a bicycle in her childhood.

A. open

B. ride

C. drive

D. guide

26. Most part of the world is covered ___ water.

A. at

B. in

C. on

D. with

27. We never understood the reason ____ he left us.

A. because

B. why

C. unless

D. until

28. He broke the world ___ for the 100 meters.

A. mark

B. level

C. standard

D. record

29. Diamond is ___ natural substance which is known.

A. hardest

B. one of hardest

C. harder

D. the hardest

30. Since her blood pressure is much higher than it should be, her doctor insists that she Dsmoke. Section B (1 mark each)

Directions: In this section of the test, there are 10 sentences with the underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

31. It was said that John decided to go to the university rather than get a job.

A B C D

32. The more he tried to help her fix the radio, the lesser she seemed to like it.

A B C D

33. A great many educators firmly believe that English is one of the poorest taught

A B C

subjects In high schools today.

D

34. I, who is a doctor, work now in a factory, but not as a doctor but as a worker.

A B C D

35. Hardly had he entered the office than he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

A B C D

36. We are to make such computers which are needed in different branches of science.

A B C D

37. Jean is the only one of those girls who go to classes after work.

A B C D

38. If the policeman would have arrived earlier, he would have seen the accident.

A B C D

39. We advice him to give up smoking and do a lot of exercise.

A B C D

40. Thunder is the sound produced by the rapid expanding of air heated by lighting.

A B C D

II. Reading Comprehension (2 .5marks each, 40 minutes)

Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

Questions 41 ~ 45 are based on the following passage:

There are three common calendar systems in use by the United States higher education institution. Semester Systems are one of them.

The academic year is divided into two terms, each of which provides for about 15 weeks of instruction plus a week for final examinations. The fall semester, considered the first term of the academic year, usually begins in September or late August, and it is increasingly common for the term to start early enough to be completed before the two-week Christmas holiday. Colleges start later in September. The second or spring semester usually begins sometime in January and ends in late May or early June. Most schools schedule a one- or two-week vacation in March or April. A variation of the semester system being tried by some institutions is the “4—1—4” calendar, which has a four-month fall semester ending in December, a one-month short term in January for which students may enroll if they wish, and another four-month semester beginning early in February.

41. In the United States, the students will stay in school for about ____ a year.

A. 15 weeks

B. 16 weeks

C. 30 weeks

D. 32 weeks

42. The academic year begins ____.

A. in late September

B. in late August

C. sometime in January

D. in late May

43. The first term ends ____.

A. after Christmas holiday

B. in May

C. before Christmas holiday

D. in fall

44. The second term lasts about ____.

A. five months

B. four months

C. six months

D. five or six months

45. In the “4—1—4” calendar system, the first term begins ___.

A. In December

B. In August

C. In January

D. In February

Questions 46~50 are based on the following passage:

In sport the sexes are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same faces. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called “the weaker sex”, or, if men want to please them, “the fair sex”. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of 74, a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker?

The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The best women need 4.5 m inutes. Women’s times are always slower than men’s, but some facts are a surprise. Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teen-age girls. One of them swam 400 meters in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when

she was only 16. The first “Tarzan”(泰山) in films was an Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weiss Muller. His fastest 400 meters was 4 minutes 59.1 seconds, which is 37.9 seconds slower than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are catching men up. Conditions are very different now, and sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women athletes are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check whether the women athletes are really women or not. It seems sad that sport has such problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!

46. Women are called “the weaker sex” because ____.

A.women do as much work as men

B.people think women are weaker than men

C.sport is easier for men than for women

D.in sport the two sexes are always together

47. Which of the following is true?

A.Boys and girls study separately everywhere.

B.Women do not run or swim in races with men.

C.Famous Prime Ministers are women.

D.Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.

48. “That at least is what people say.” Means people____.

A.say other things too

B.don’t say this much

C.say this but may not think so

D.only think this

49. What problems does sport have?

A.Some women athletes are actually men.

B.Some women athletes are given hormone injections.

C.Women and men do not run or swim in the same races.

D.It is difficult to check whether women athletes are really women.

50. In this passage the author implies that ____.

A.women are weaker than men, but faster

B.women are slower than men, but stronger

C.men are not always stronger and faster than women

D.men are faster and stronger than women

Questions 51~55 are base on the following passage:

The stamp collector can learn a great deal from the colorful pieces of paper he put in his album. In addition to learning some basic things about organization and systematic arrangement, the stamp collector can receive a good course in history and geography from stamps. As a collector progresses and becomes more specialized, stamps teach him some basic facts about engraving, paper, and printing.

Stamps are excellent sources of historical information. Almost every nation celebrates its military heroes and political leaders on its postage stamps. But scientists and artists, from Einstein to Beethoven, also grace the stamps of the world. Famous battles are frequently commemorated,

as well as buil dings and scenes which have historical significance. Several of the world’s stamps are beautiful, full-color reproductions of the artistic masterpieces of different historical periods.

Stamps also offer instruction in geography. It doesn’t take long before a beginning collector checks the locations of the countries from which his stamps come. Nations like Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, Gabon, Ghana, and Afghanistan, while unknown to many, are usually quite familiar to stamp collectors. Moreover, each country tends to use stamps to advertise its natural wonders. Such renowned attractions as Yosemite National Park, Victoria Falls, Mount Everest, and the Bay and Fundy appear on the stamps of the nation within whose borders they lie.

If he wishes to become more of a specialist, the stamp collector can learn some basic things about engraving, paper, and printing. The more advanced collector learns to distinguish between offset and letterpress printing. He learns to identify the different impressions made by metal and wooden engraved plates. He finds out how to detect watermarks in the various papers used for stamps, and how to identify the characteristics of different papers and the coatings which are applied to them. To the layman, most stamps appear pretty much the same. But armed with a magnifying glass, the more specialized collector can tell the difference between a common issue and a rare variety.

51. Which of the following statements do you think best describes the main idea of the essay?

A. A stamp collector must have a great deal of knowledge in history and geography.

B. A stamp collector should be good at organization and systematic arrangement.

C. A stamp collector can learn a lot from the stamps he collects.

D. A stamp collector is a specialist who know much about engraving, paper and printing.

52. The word “album” in the first sentence means___.

A. a holder for sets of disc

B. a blank book used for collecting stamps

C. a frame in which the best stamps are displayed

D. a small box where colorful stamps are kept

53. “Basic thing about organization and systematic arrangement” refers to ___.

A.postal organizations and systems that print and issue new stamps

B.various organizations and systems that sell new stamps

https://www.360docs.net/doc/0112601131.html,anizations all over the world that offer help to stamp collectors

D.knowledge or information about how to organize and arrange things in good order

54. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Almost all nations issue stamps celebrating their military heroes or political leaders.

B.Famous battles and buildings of historical significance are frequently commemorated on

stamps.

C.Few scientists and artists appear on stamps.

D.Scientists and artists as well as political and military leaders are celebrated on stamps.

55. A layman is a person who____.

A.has just started collecting stamps

B.is a beginning collector

C.is not very much interested in stamp collecting

D.does not have much professional knowledge

III. Cloze (1 mark each)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the one answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

Some years ago, the captain of a ship was very interested in medicine. He always took medical books 56 sea and liked to talk about different diseases.

One day, a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He 57 on his bunk and groaned as if he 58 very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to 59 after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his work. Three days later 60 sailor pretended that he had something wrong 61 his chest. Once 62 the captain looked 63 his medical books and told the “sick man” to have a rest.

The other sailors were very angry because they had more work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at 64 friends, when the captain was not 65. At last one of the fellow sailors decided 66 the “sick men”. He mixed 67 some soap, glue and other unpleasant things. Then he obtained 68 from the captain to give his new medicine to the “sick men”. When they tasted the medicine, they really 69 feel ill. It was so terrible 70 one of the patients jumped out of his bunk, ran up 71 deck. He did not want 72 medicine.

The sailor told 73 of the men that they must take the medicine every half an hour, night and day. This soon cured them. They both said they felt better and wanted to start to work again. The captain realized that the men 74 to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the 75 of the voyage.

56. A. at B. to C. from D. from

57. A. lied B. laid C. lay D. lain

58. A. has been B. would be C. were D. was

59. A. look B. take C. care D. cure

60. A. one B. the other C. other D. another

61. A. in B. with C. at D. for

62. A. again B. upon C. more D. over

63. A. at B. with C. across D. in

64. A. their B. them C. his D. him

65. A. seeing B. sighting C. looking D. glancing

66. A. curing B. to cure C. having cured D. to have cured

67. A. with B. up C. together D. over

68. A. order B. idea C. permission D. advice

69. A. did B. do C. were D. are

70. A. which B. that C. when D. so that

71. A. on B. to C. across D. into

72. A. no more B. no longer C. any more D. any longer

73. A. all B. either C. everyone D. both

74. A. were trying B. had tried C. had been trying D. would try

75. A. rest B. other C. part D. remainIV. Translation from IV.

IV. Translation from English into Chinese (15 marks)

Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 76~80. After reading the passage carefully, you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese.

Science falls into two main categories: pure science and applied science. (76) Pure science considers how the universe works and how life has developed into the plants and animals we see on earth today. By means of pure science(such as chemistry, physics, geology, biology, or astronomy) we learn the laws of nature, the way the bodies of beasts and men are constructed, and how the minds of men function. (77) Applied science, often called engineering or technology (such as civil, mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering), puts the laws of nature to practical use on building better structures and machines for the comfort and convenience of men. When a man learns some new fact by research in pure science, we say that he has made a scientific discovery. (78) When he puts an earlier discovery to some practical use, in a new and original way, we say that he has made an invention. In the two hundred years since the beginning of the great change that we call the Industrial Revolution, developments both in pure and in applied science speeded up in a way that the world had never before seen. All the sciences leaped forward, neck and neck like horses in a race. (79) At one time, one pulled ahead; then another caught up with and passed it. An invention in one field made possible some discovery in another; and that discovery, in turn, permitted another new application of science for the benefit of man. (80) For example: the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of germs; eventually, the germ theory of disease made possible the curing of many ills for which no effective treatment had ever before been know.

V. Translation from Chinese into English (15 marks)

Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 76~80. After reading the passage carefully, you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese.

81.我们认为理论与实践结合是十分重要的。

82.那就是电如此广泛使用的原因。

83.这位外国朋友说起汉语来好象一个中国人似的。

84.我希望这次考试对你来说不会太难。

85.工作越艰苦,她越乐意去做。

大学英语(二)

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I. Grammar Structure and Vocabulary

Section A (1.5 marks each)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

1. If you don’t know the word, why don’t you ___ in the dictionary?

A. look at it

B. look after it

C. look up it

D. look it up

2. Because of my poor English I’m afraid I can’t make myself____.

A. understand

B. to understand

C. understanding

D. understood

3. To succeed in a scientific research project ___.

A. one needs to be persistent

B. persistence is needed

C. one needs be a persistent person

D. persistence is what one needs

4. Wood does not conduct electricity; _____.

A. so d oesn’t rubber

B. also doesn’t rubber

C. nor does rubber

D. nor rubber does

5. I found ___ to answer all the questions within the time given.

A. no possibility

B. there was impossibility

C. impossible

D. it impossible

6. Being college students of new China, we should never fail to ___ the expectation of the Party and the people.

A. make use of

B. give rise to

C. get rid of

D. live up to

7. You can’t depend on John to ____ some practical suggestions for increasing sales.

A. come up with

B. come up to

C. come to

D. come across

8. The factory ___ 1 000 buses each year.

A. turns over

B. turns on

C. turns out

D. turns into

9. Mary is the most ___ secretary I’ve ever had.

A. efficiency

B. efficient

C. effect

D. affect

10. It is ___ that he will come at midnight.

A. maybe

B. lovely

C. lively

D. likely

11. Many things ___ impossible in the past are common now.

A. considered

B. considering

C. to consider

D. to be considered

12. The factory is said ___ in a fire two years ago.

A. to be destroyed

B. to destroy

C. to have destroyed

D. to have been destroyed

13. The reason for his success is ____ he worked hard.

A. why

B. that

C. because

D. for

14. By the time the course ends, ___ a lot about Britain.

A. we’ll learn

B. we are learning

C. we have learnt

D. we’ll have learnt

15. I did not know ___ him or not.

A. whether to help

B. if to help

C. how to help

D. what to help

16. Not only I but also Ted and Mary ____ fond of watching TV.

A. am

B. is

C. are

D. be

17. I am sure that ___ you say is true.

A. who

B. what

C. which

D. why

18. The house is dark, the Browns ____ to bed.

A. should go

B. should have gone

C. must go

D. must have gone

19. The mother ___ the baby from his deep sleep.

A. aroused

B. rose

C. arose

D. raised

20. The plane _____ from the airport and headed north toward Shanghai.

A. took away

B. took up

C. took over

D. took off

21. It was very good _____ him to help us.

A. by

B. of

C. from

D. about

22. We’ll have to get out and walk; the car’s _____ down.

A. fallen

B. broken

C. run

D. gone

23. There was a small _____ of sugar in the cup.

A. amount

B. number

C. size

D. parts

24. His parents died when he was young, so he was _____ by his aunt.

A. brought up

B. brought out

C. grown up

D. grown

25. He failed the examination three times but ____ he passed.

A. at end

B. at finish

C. at least

D. at last

26. Mrs. Lindon has ______ that she is unable to get a job.

A. such small education

B. so little education

C. a such little education

D. a so small education

27. ___ there is enough snow, we can’t go skiing.

A. Unless

B. Because

C. As

D. However

28. Ellen was absent this morning because she had her tooth ___.

A. filling

B. to fill

C. fill

D. filled

29. His doctor suggested that he ___ a short trip abroad.

A. will take

B. would take

C. take

D. took

30. You would prefer visiting the city to staying at home, _____?

A. won’t you

B. do you

C. would you

D. wouldn’t you

Section B (1 marks each)

Directions: In this section of the test, there are 10 sentences with the underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

31. When I was a boy, I use to swim in the river which was not far away from the highway.

A B C D

32. He walked slow in order to arrive after ten o’clock.

A B C D

33. I advise you to stop to think of carrying out such a dangerous plan.

A B C D

34. I have lost my keys; I cannot remember where I lost it.

A B C D

35. If a beggar asks you for money, will you give him some?

A B C D

36. It hasn’t rained here since more than a month.

A B C D

37. Neither your unkind words nor you unfriendly attitude have caused me any great sorrow.

A B C D

38. The reason why he makes poor grades is because of his poor study habits.

A B C D

39. We knew that they would have more trouble getting there on time than us.

A B C D

40. The prices of houses are as high that most people cannot afford to buy them.

A B C D

II. Reading Comprehension (3 marks each)

Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

Questions 41 ~ 45 are based on the following passage:

It is the duty of every man to work. The lazy man wastes his time, and his life is of no use to himself or to others. The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is generally most ready to beg or steal. Every one when he is young should learn some useful work.

But it is not enough that one should learn some kind of work. He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours. “Work while you work and play while you play” i s as good a rule for young people as for the old.

There is no better aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, is most easily formed in youth.

There is an English saying “Lost time never returns.” This means tha t everybody must be diligent, and must make a good use of his time. One must study hard when he is young, so that he may

succeed in his life and become useful to his country.

I have never heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars. Therefore, I should say that diligence is the mother of success.

41. The best title of the passage could be “_____”

A. Learn to work

B. diligence

C. Early Rising Is a Good Habit

D. Students Should Study Hard

42. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A.Habits are easily formed when one is young.

B.Old people can easily form the habit of getting up early

C.One should be diligent

D. A lazy man is likely to be harmful to society

43. From the passage, we can concluded that ______.

A.diligence can always help one to achieve success

B. laziness always leads to theft

C. “Lost time never returns” is a law of physics

D. youth is the only important period in life

44. According to the passage, the best way to make a person diligent is ___.

A. to make good use of his time

B. to learn some useful work

C. to work hard

D. to get up early

45. From the passage, we can guess that the author of the passage is ____.

A. a lazy man

B. a beggar

C. a diligent man

D. a writer

Questions 46~50 are based on the following passage:

Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man show what he was learning. He was learning Latin. He was very interested in the basics of good behavior in society and was reading English literature.

At school he seems to have been interested in mathematics. In fact his formal education was surprisingly brief and incomplete. For unlike other young men of good families, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital. In terms of formal training then, Washington was different from some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had nothing to do with everyday practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.

46. What reason does the author give for Washington not going to college?

A.His family could not afford it.

B. A college education was rather uncommon in his time.

C.He didn’t like the y oung Virginian men of good families who went to college.

D.The author doesn’t give any reason.

47. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he _____.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/0112601131.html,cked practice in public speaking

B.felt his education was not enough

C.didn’t like arguing an d debating with people

D.felt the others were being impractical

48. The reason why Washington didn’t visit France was probably that he ____.

A.didn’t really care about going

B.did not know the French leaders

C.could not communicate directly with the French leaders

D.was too busy to travel

49. According to the author, ____.

A.Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life

B.Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French

C.Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or Madison

D.Washington was a model for all Virginian men of good families

50. The main idea of the passage is that Washington’s education ____.

A.was of great variety, covering many subjects

B.was probable equal to those of most young men of good families at that time

C.may seem poor by modern standards, but was good enough for his time

D.was rather limited for a president

Questions 51~55 are based on the following passage:

The American definition of success is largely one of acquiring wealth and a high material standard of living. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans have valued education for its monetary value. The belief is widespread in the United States that the more schooling people have, the more money they will earn when they leave school. The belief is strongest regarding the desirability of a undergraduate university degree, or a professional degree such as medicine or law following the undergraduate degree. The monetary value of graduate degree in “nonprofessional ” fields such as art, history, or philosophy is not as great.

The belief in the monetary value of education is supported by statistics on income. Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimated that in the course of a lifetime a man with a college degree in 1972 would earn about $380 000 more than a man with just a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain survey findings which showed that the Americans who wished they had lived their lives differently on some way regretted most of all that they did not get more education.

51. What most Americans like most about higher education is ____.

A. its cultural value

B. its monetary value

C. its moral value

D. its material value

52. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?

A.Americans take success as acquiring wealth and a higher material standard of living.

B.In American people’s mind eyes, education has its monetary value.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/0112601131.html,cation is the only way to acquire wealth.

D. A person’s income is related to his schooling.

53. The passage says that people have stronger desire to ____.

A. study medicine

B. study history

C. study law

D. both A and C

54. In the survey findings, some Americans regretted ____.

A.not having much education

B.having too much unnecessary education

C.living differently

D.earning $ 380 000

55. In this passage, the writer wanted to show us ____.

A.the earlier you start to work, the better you live

https://www.360docs.net/doc/0112601131.html,cation is very important in the American society

C.people with little education are looked down upon by others everywhere in the United

States

D.Americans take money seriously

III. Cloze (1 marks each)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the one answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. 56 medical authorities express their 57 about the effect of smoking 58 the health not only 59 those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, non-smokers who must involuntarily inhale the air 60 by tobacco smoke may 61 more than the smokers themselves.

As you are doubtlessly 62 that a considerable number of our students have 63 in an effort to 64 the university to ban smoking in the classroom. I believe they are 65 right in their aim. 66, I would hope that it is 67 to achieve this by 68 the smokers to use good judgment and show concern 69 others rather than by regulation.

Smoking is 70 by City by-laws in theaters and in halls used for 71 films as well as in laboratories where there 72 be a fire hazard. Elsewhere, it is up to your good sense.

I am 73 asking you to maintain 74 in the auditoriums, classrooms and seminar rooms. This will prove that you have the non-smokers’ health and well-being 75, which is very important to a large number of our students.

56. A. Still B. More C. Again D. Further

57. A. concern B. trouble C. interest D. displeasure

58. A. on B. in C. with D. to

59. A. so B. about C. with D. of

60. A. polluted B. cleaned C. dirty D. fresh

61. A. endure B. suffer C. undergo D. put up with

62. A. alert B. awake C. aware D. informed

63. A. linked B. connected C. associated D. joined

64. A. make B. persuade C. cause D. tell

65. A. entirely B. totally C. just D. wholly

66. A. But then B. However C. Further D. Moreover

67. A. likely B. probable C. capable D. possible

68. A. pleading B. begging C. insisting D. calling on

69. A. with B. for C. to D. in

70. A. prohibited B. stopped C. suppressed D. prevented

71. A. playing B. demonstrating C. showing D. exhibiting

72. A. will B. should C. may D. must

73. A. hence B. therefore C. subsequently D. so

74. A. “No Smoking” B. “Non-Smokers”C. “No-Smoke” D. Non—Smoke”

75. A. on mind B. in heart C. in mind D. on your mind

IV. Translation from English into Chinese (15 marks)

Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 76~80. After reading the passage carefully, you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese.

(76) The invention of electronic computers makes it possible to free man from the labour of complicated measurement and computation.

A high speed electronic computer can carry out up to one hundred million arithmetical operations in one second. A computation which would have taken years of human work in the past is now done in a few seconds. (77) A number of various complicated problems which could not be solved before have been solved with the help of computers.

Accurate measurement and exact computation are the bases of modern engineering and scientific research. Every engineering worker must determine accurately the amount of any change that the material to be used undergoes in different conditions.

And every science worker will have to make numerous accurate computations before he can say that the results of his experiment are correct. (78) Yet there exist complex computations in science and engineering which science workers are unable to make because they are too long and too complicate. Here is an example which can illustrate how much time some of them may take. In order to solve a complicated chemical problem a chemistry worker must make about four million operations. (79) It would take him years to work the problem out, while electronic computing machine would do the same job only in a few second.

We may divide electronic computers into two groups: machines that can control and those that can count. The former is used in satellites, guided missiles, weather-forecasting instruments and other devices, both simple and sophisticated. And the later can add, subtract, multiply and divide. (80) Such machines are to do any operation which we can reduce to arithmetic. Besides, they are able to combine many problems and take them in any order.

V. Chinese-English Translation (15 points)

Directions:

There are five sentences in Chinese in this part. Please translate them into English and write your translations on the ANSWER SHEET .

81.电能用来驱动机器。

82.我们把英语作为学习西方先进科学技术的一种工具。

83.我们不知道其它星球上是否有生物存在。

84.给我看看你在长城照的照片好吗?

85.我答应一接到她的信就回信。

英语答案:

复习题(一)

1 B

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76. 理论科学研究宇宙怎样运行,生命怎样发展成为我们今天在地球上所看到的植物和动物。

77.应用科学往往成为工程或工艺(如土木、机械、电气、化学工程),它将自然规律应用到实际方面,造出更好的建筑物和机器,使人类生活得更舒服和方便。

78.当他讲早已有的发现,以一种崭新的方式用于某个实际方面,我们说他作出了一项发明。

79.在某一时期,一门科学领先,然后,另一门科学又赶超过去。

80.例如显微镜的发明导致细菌的发现,最后,关于疾病的细菌理论又能够治愈许多疾病,而这以前,人们一直不知道有任何有效的方法来治疗这些疾病。

81.We think it most important that theory should be combined with practice.

82. That is why electricity is so widely used.

83. The foreign friend speaks Chinese as though he were a Chinese.

84.I hope that the test will not be too difficult for you.

85. The harder the work, the more she enjoys doing it.

.

复习题(二)

1 D

2 D

3 A

4 C

5 D

6 D

7 A

8 C

9 B 1

D

1 1 A 1

2

D 1

3

B 1

4

D 1

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A 1

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76. 电子计算机的发明使人类有可能从复杂的测量和计算的劳动钟解放出来。

77.从前不能解决的大量的各种各样的复杂问题,现在借助于电子计算机就得到了解决。78.但是在科学和工程上还有些复杂的计算,是科学工作者不能作出的,因为它们太长太复杂。

79.他来解决这个问题要花几年,同样的工作电子计算机只要几秒钟就做了。

80.这种机器会进行我们能够将其简化为算术的任何运算。

81.Electricity can be used to operate (drive, run) machines (for operating machines).

82. We use English as a tool in learning western advanced science and technology.

83. We don’t know if living thins exit on other planets

84. Will you show me the photos which you took on the Great Wall?

85. I promised to write back as soon as I heard from her

现代大学英语精读3_第二版_unit1、2课文翻译

Unit 1 Your college years 1你可曾考虑过作为一个大学生你生活中正在发生和即将发生的变化?你可曾想到过大学时代教授们以及其他教职工为了你的成长和发展制定了目标?你可曾注意过你在从青少年渐渐成人的过程中会发生某些变化?尽管大学生很少想这些,但是在大学生时代很可能会发生一些主要的变化。 2在这段时期,学生们正经受自我认同危机,他们努力要了解自己的身份,掌握自身的优缺点。当然,优缺点他们兼而有之,且两者都为数不少。重要的是人们如何看待自己,其他人又如何看待他们。皮尔斯和兰多曾在一篇文章中探讨了爱立信在《国际社会百科全书》中有关理论,根据他们的观点,性格特征是由先天基因(即父母的遗传物质)所决定,由外部环境而形成,并受偶然事件的影响的。人们受环境的影响,反过来也影响他们的环境。人们如何看待自己扮演的这两个角色无疑正是他们性格特征的部分表现。 3学生们经历自我认同危机的时候,他们也开始渐渐独立,但是可能仍然非常依赖父母。这种介于独立与依赖之间的冲突常常发生在青少年末期。事实上,这种冲突很可能因为他们选择继续接受大学教育而愈发激烈。高中一毕业,一些学生便会立即走入社会开始工作。这种选择的结果就是他们可能他们在经济上获得独立。但是大学生已经选择了用几年的时间继续掌握新知并且发展自我,因此他们在一定程度上还要依赖父母。 41984年4月杰利弗·A·霍夫曼在《心理咨询杂志》上发表了《即将成人的青年与父母的心理距离》,文章中他提及了人与父母产生心理距离的四个不同方面。第一,独立处理日常生活的能力,它包括个人独立处理实际事物和自身事务的能力,如理财的能力、选购服装的能力和决定每天工作日程的能力。第二,态度独立,即个人学会正确看待和接受自己与父母的态度、价值和信仰上的差异。第三个心理分离过程是情感独立,霍夫曼将这一过程定义为“摆脱父母的认可、亲近、陪伴和情感支持的过分依赖”。例如,大学生们会随自己所愿自由选择专业,而且并不认为必须征得父母的认同。第四是摆脱“对父母的过度内疚、焦虑、疑惑、责任、反感和愤怒的心理”。大学生们需要退一步看清自己在介于独立与依赖之间的冲突中所处的位置。 5可能大学生们面临的最紧张的问题之一就是构建自己的性别特征,这包括与异性之间的关系和对未来自身男性或女性角色的设计。每个人必须将其性格特征定义为男性或女性角色。这一过程中兴奋与受挫并存。也许没有什么比恋爱更能让学生们情绪低落或高涨的。例如,我曾经和一位年轻的大学生共事,一次他欢呼雀跃的进了我的办公室,面带笑容,声音激动。年轻人宣布:“我刚度过了人生中最灿烂的一天。”他继续解释他是如何与一位超凡脱俗的女子相遇的,而且这份浪漫的爱情与他梦中所期待的完全一致。而不倒一个星期,同一个年轻人却拖着脚步神情沮丧的进了我的办公室。他在同一张椅子上坐下来,深深地叹了口气,宣布说:“我经历了人生中最糟糕的一天。”他和那个年轻女子刚刚吵过架,两人的关系不再看好。因而,大学生们与异性交往的方式对他们的情感必定有所影响。 6于此同时,这些刚刚成年的大学生也在学习如何在成年人的世界里奉献和收获情感。在这一角度上,成长不仅要处理与异性之间的关系,还要处理与两性及所有年龄段的朋友之间的关系。随着他们渐渐成人,他们与异性交往的方式也在发生变化。这时作为成年人他们应该思索如何与同龄人和睦相处并有礼有节,如何与他们生活中的青少年儿童和睦相处,如何与他们的父母和睦相处并表达自己的感情。举个我在西南浸礼教会学院读研究生时的例子,当我刚刚修完一门咨询课程后,我去探望父母。在学习这门课的过程中我渐渐意识到,当我的世界不断扩展,新的机遇不断出现时,我的父亲,一个年过花甲之人,正在亲眼目睹自己的世界在变小,选择在变少。在家的那些日子里,我和父亲几次谈心,共同探讨了我课程的内容以及它如何应用到我的生活中。我发觉自己正以一种不同的方式看待父亲,并且把他看作一个我可以鼓励的朋友。我有意识的去鼓励这个从前鼓励过我的人。我在以一种不同的方式与父亲交流。 7大学生的另一个变化就是内化他们的宗教信仰、价值尺度和道德观念。从出生开始,就有一位或更多的父母成为他们的榜样,教给他们特定的信仰、价值和道德。然而,当他们到了青春期,这些问题却遭到了质疑,在一些情况下甚至遭到了反叛。现在他们刚刚成年,他们有机会为自己决定人生中将会如何选择何种信仰、价值和道德。60年代末,一位生活在极度歧视其他种族的环境中的年轻女子深信自己种族的

现代大学英语精读单词

U n i t 1 Baptist counsel encyclopedia agenda attitudinal contribute crisis endeavor ethical ethnic masculine resentment evaluate feminine adulthood option perceive project excessive functional genetic inherit interaction peer process stressful endowment ethnic adolescence affirm approval unquestionably heighten inhibition internalize newscast

rebel seminary theological wardrobe unit4 bearded Cynicism elegant guffaw lunatic monarch page pebble scant scratch block elaborately fountain half-naked nudge olive paradox privacy scoop squatter stroll titter sweat unit5 abundance adapt angler biocide birch bound built-in

chorus colossal confined considerable throb trout vegetation migrant suppress synthetic contamination counterpart deliberate ecologist evolve fern flame flicker gear harmony immune reserve score sicken span spiral subject mold outbreak potent primitive puzzle rapidity resurgence midst modify organism

现代大学英语第二版第二册课后翻译

我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。我们必须让他们接触各种社会问题,因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。 It was wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens. 随着时间的推移,我们不可避免地会越来越多地卷入国际事务。而冲突必然会发生,因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。 As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exists different views and interests among nations 我们为我们的成就而骄傲,我们有理由感到骄傲。但是我们永远不能变得狂妄,不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。 We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends. 信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。 Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small library. 那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件能证明他们具备必要的专门技术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。 That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres. 这些智囊团不作决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers. 国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的话,我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。 The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our people?s lives is really improved. 虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难,但作为孩子我们仍然幸福,因为有干净的空气、水;江河湖泊里有很多鱼、螃蟹,黄鳝;田野里有花,有树,有鸟。 Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.

现代大学英语精读1第二版

Page 39 6. Translate the following sentences into English. 1.It seemed impossible to me, but all the others looked very confident. Sth. seems (to be) + adj.(表) + to sb. 2.We looked around. There wasn't a building standing in sight. The earthquake seemed to have destroyed everything. Sth. /sb. +(seem + to do)复合谓语3.He seems to be in low spirits these days. Sth./Sb. + seem to be + 表语 wonder why. I think it's because he doesn't seem to be making much progress in his studies. He is afraid of being looked down upon by his classmates. Sb. + seem to do sth There seems to be 4.What are you looking for, Dick? I seem to have lost my key. How annoying! 5.If you find that a word doesn't seem to

make any sense in the sentence, you should look it up in the dictionary. That's the only way to learn to use a word. 6.They went on arguing for hours. Neither of them seem (to be) willing to listen to each other. I suddenly remembered someone saying "Discussion is an exchange of knowledge while argument is an exchange of ignorance." 7.The situation there seems to be very complicated. The government has promised to look into it. 8.My grandpa seems to be getting better and better, but he still needs somebody to look after him. 9.Economists have already come to the conclusion that the crisis seems to be coming to an end. W orld economy is looking up. 10.When I got well I looked at my bank account. To my sadness, I found my balance was almost zero. All my savings in

现代大学英语精读1 单词

Perusal1:1 across alongside balcony band beneficial border circus cling clown conjurer convince creator crossroads curiosity daze exertion glance globe halt hatred hesitate introduction irritated joyfully lift misgiving nap observant opportunity overlook palm paradise perseverance physical rank revolve rivalry scold single sort spin startled stream stretch sunset surface sweetheart trace trick unclouded uniform universe vain in vain variety various vast whisper ---------- 2 approach awake banner billow chatter chew clench dusty engage exaltation ex-con existence fit fort fortify guy jail mask misty oak parole retreat ribbon scream stain stun swig tide tighten triumph unaware vanish wow yeah ---------- 3 agency bamboo Bangkok barter breeze buffalo bully condemn crab raft dusk Esarn evil exhausted fashionable fate fertile forefathers frog gardener greed hairdresser hardship heal infancy insult jeans litter lust old-fashioned monk nail pierce reap replace ripen ripple scarcity scent sheaves shimmer sickness sigh strip temple tend textile ungrateful wound ---------- 4 a series of account alternative anyway apparently authority balance belt branch office bully candy conclude damn deposit dismay exchange fortyish grocery helpless idiot interfere khakis loafers mustache neighborhood passion prep school protest rear represent ridiculous savings scared shrug slightly so-called upset wallet withdraw withdrawal ---------- 5 aid angel barometer calculate colleague competence course creative credit dash off deserve dilemma educational formula grade impartial inner instructor launch lean panic pendulum principle proportion recall referee resist select solve sophisticated Sputnik stopwatch string superintendent swing system temptation unit warn ---------- 6 atmosphere awful bulb chant cherry comic concern conscious crash criminal deal desperate dial electrical exchange fender flash gossip honey horizon hush impression intently jaw jerk kneel laughter lawn lighten likely maple menace meteor mob monster mower murmur nope obviously oddball operator optimistic outer overhead persistently plug polish porch portable precisely quietness react reaction reluctantly residential roar rooftop rub screw sense sidewalk space speechless spot stool stove stuff thunder tone tremendous typical upwards weird wet whirl ------ 7 alternative arrange aspect cell chili construct contact cultivate decline document dump eliminate enduring eventually fertilizer flourish fulfill hallway intellectual issue manual metaphor miner mixture nourish onion patch peanut permission pursue section seedling survive tend tender tennis warder wither ---------- 8 audience auditorium backstage bother career cast chin coach cocky comedian comedy commercial concentrate congratulate curtain dramatics eagerness embarrass exaggerated flea flushed giant groan hey humor invent jockey knee newcomer nonsense peck pleading plot promote promotion puppet sensible sharply shrimp smart stiff terrific tiptoe touchy undersized vice-president volunteer ---------- 9 able-bodied adapt to adequate affect ALS bandage bump Cambridge circumstance clumsiness comfort depression disability downplay drag enable exceptional frequency frequently function humiliation incurable liquid leuk (a) emia motor nasty nerves obstruction PhD predict rare recur scene slur span spinal strength supervisor tablecloth theoretical vacation worsen worthwhile ----------

现代大学英语第二版精读2unit1exercisesanotherschoolyear---what

Vocabulary 1 –ent 2–ent 3-ant 4–ent 5 -ant 6 -ant 7–ent 8 -ant 9 -ant 10–ent 11–ent 1 2 –ent 1 3 -ant 1 4 –ent 1 5 –ent 1 6 –ent 1 7 –ent 1 8 –ent 1 9 –ant Accountant; assistant; defendant; dependant; attendant (n.) 2 classification identification intensification justification simplification certification glorification specification globalization specialization Americanization industrialization urbanization idealization centralization marketization nationalization privatization permission discussion admission profession commission confession remission impression emission oppression submission compression transmission expression omission depression 3 1 sensitive, sensible, senseless, sensibility, oversensitive, insensitive 2 technical, technically, technician 3 specially, specialty, specialize

现代大学英语精读3课后翻译

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