中南大学基础英语上在线考试及问题详解

一. 词义匹配（共10题,共10分）1. I judged from the way she replied that she wasn’t very enthusiastic （1分）A.passionateB.anxiousC.calmD.professional☆考生答案：A★考生得分：1 分评语：2. He promised his parents to work hard in the following years. （1分）A.previousB.likelyingst☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：3. Love, joy, hate, fear and grief are all emotions （1分）A.smilesB.actionsC.sadnessD.feelings☆考生答案：D★考生得分：1 分评语：4. I should teach my students that science is akin to common sense. （1分）A.similar toB.referred toC.related toD.connected to☆考生答案：A★考生得分：1 分评语：5. At no time has the country been more flourishing than at present. （1分）A.busyB.poorC.prosperousD.strong☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：6. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength. （1分）A.acceleratedB.loosenedC.increasedD.gradually weakened☆考生答案：D★考生得分：1 分评语：7. Everyone might undergo such changes once in a while. （1分）A.experienceB.understandC.experimentD.expect☆考生答案：A★考生得分：1 分评语：8. Tourism creates many jobs for local people. （1分）A.getsB.bringsC.takesD.finds☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：9. How can I return your kindness of giving me the money? （1分）A.replyB.repayC.recoverD.reserve☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：10. The herb medicine eventually cured her diseases. （1分）A.nicelyB.apparentlyC.finallyD.naturally☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：二. 词汇语法（共20题,共20分）1. He stood there motionless and ________ at the natural beauty of the sea. （1分）A.in wonderB.in doubtC.in questionD.in trouble☆考生答案：A★考生得分：1 分评语：2. We waited until five o’clock, but he did not?________. （1分）A.show offB.show upC.show aroundD.show on☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：3. Police are investigating the?______ of the explosion. （1分）A.pauseB.causeC.excuseD.caution☆考生答案：A★考生得分：0 分评语：4. The book of J. K. Rowling is sold well whenever it is_______. （1分）A.declaredB.releasedC.relievedD.announced☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：5. So many fantastic ideas! It’s too much for me to _______ all at once. （1分）A.abandonC.breakD.revolve☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：6. He bought a small _______ in the area, hoping to live the rest of his life there. （1分）A.possessionndC.propertyD.wealth☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：7. Some?senior?students?wrote?in?asking?for?information?________?postgraduate?studies.?（1分）A.concernB.concernedC.having concernedD.concerning☆考生答案：D★考生得分：1 分评语：8. We will?_____ the reform of the financial system under these circumstances. （1分）A.hurryB.rushC.accelerate☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：9. Whether the school sports meeting will be held tomorrow or not ______ the weather. （1分）A.turns onB.reflects onC.depends onD.decides on☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：10. They divided themselves into three groups_________age. （1分）A.according toB.as toC.in the form ofD.in case of☆考生答案：D★考生得分：0 分评语：11. Nowadays, people in society like to go blindly after ______ beauty. （1分）A.artisticB.artlessC.artfulD.artificial☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：12. Last week we _______ to the restaurant in the new hotel. （1分）B.have goneC.wentD.are going☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：13. They won’t buy new clothes because they _______ money to buy a new house. （1分）A.saveB.are savingC.have savedD.were saving☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：14. She _____ to the office than she got down to writing the report. （1分）A.has no sooner gotB.had hardly gotC.no sooner gotD.had no sooner got☆考生答案：D★考生得分：1 分评语：15. Children need a lot of good fresh food to ________ them. （1分）A.nourishB.furnishC.developD.finish☆考生答案：D★考生得分：0 分评语：16. _____, your health insurance and other benefits will be immediately cut off. （1分）A.Should you be firedB.Would you be firedC.Could you be firedD.Might you be fired☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：17. The little boy _______ a book from the floor and put it on the platform of the classroom. （1分）A.picked onB.picked upC.picked outD.picked over☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：18. He couldn’t help being touched by her _______ purity. （1分）A.childishB.youngC.childlikeD.childhood☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：19. The twin brothers look very ______ to each other so that we can hardly tell them apart. （1分）A.similarB.familiarC.likeD.same☆考生答案：D★考生得分：0 分评语：20. The new manager is kind to everybody. He seems easy to ___________. （1分）A.get byB.get acrossC.get along withD.get rid of☆考生答案：A★考生得分：0 分评语：三. 完型填空（共10题,共10分）1. My first “real” job was a part-time job at Burger King and I was a hostess who served coffee. I also cooked the French fries, filled drink orders, and did whatever else the Manager asked me to do.Although the work is 1(?), I did learn a lot at that job. It 2(?) me a few 3(?) I still use to this day. The most important lesson I 4(?) is that laughter is an amazing bonding tool. And I learned rapidly that workers who 5(?) together work well together too. We had a lot of 6(?) in that job.I also learned to be flexible in this job. I was officially 7(?) to be the hostess, but many nights I was asked to 8(?) a bit of time doing other duties too. In crunch times the 9(?) who just does what needs to be done is always appreciated, that’s another very 10(?) lesson learned in my first job. （10分）(1) 第1空（1分）A.happyB.funnyC.tiringD.enjoyable☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：(2) 第2空（1分）A.teachB.taughtC.showedD.tell☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：(3) 第3空（1分）A.suggestionB.helpC.adviceD.lessons☆考生答案：A★考生得分：0 分评语：(4) 第4空（1分）A.learnedB.getC.provided☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：(5) 第5空（1分）A.criedB.sharedughedD.had☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：(6) 第6空（1分）A.happyB.funC.sadD.pain☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：(7) 第7空（1分）A.firedB.trainedcatedD.hired☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：(8) 第8空（1分）A.spendC.payD.pay off☆考生答案：D★考生得分：0 分评语：(9) 第9空（1分）A.bossB.employeeC.customerD.client☆考生答案：B★考生得分：1 分评语：(10) 第10空（1分）A.necessaryB.hardC.importantmon☆考生答案：C★考生得分：1 分评语：四. 阅读理解判断（共10题,共20分）1. Have you ever found yourself completely disgusted by your own performance during a job interview? I have, and it was all my own fault. Here’s my worst job interview experience, along with some of the lessons I’ve learned since.Several years ago I wanted to be a federal officer. So I applied for several job openings, went through written tests and even managed to get an interview. I was very excited and felt prepared for anything. When I went in for the interview, I felt almost invincible.That feeling lasted until they started asking me for specific examples of experience,particularly those dealing with teamwork and communication. My job at the time was almost all teamwork, yet, I blanked on examples. I lamely answered those questions by explaining that my previous job required teamwork and communication all the time without any detail.In my experience, most interviewers will ask for a specific example at some point and they want to know exactly how you dealt with the issue. You’d better go over some examples concerning your abilities before the interview and this might help you avoid going blank on those questions.Another question they asked was, “What is your biggest weakness?” I gave the overused, canned answer of, “I’m a perfectionist, and it’s such a problem.” However, the old “make your weakness sound like strength” trick is clichéd, and failed me miserably. I actually saw one of my interviewers roll his eyes.Interviewers don’t want to hear that you’re a perfectionist. Too many people say that. Here’s how that works: Regardless of the job, think of a skill you have, but aren’t great at, that may be related but not important to the position you’re seeking. Explain how you want to improve and what you’re doing. It shows your desire to grow, along with an understanding that you’re human.There will always be questions that can rattle you during the job interview, but as long as you are well-prepared and always remain true to yourself, you will find the right job eventually! （10分）(1) The author applied for several jobs and got an interview successfully. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：正确★考生得分：2 分评语：(2) The author gave several vivid examples about his work during the interview. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：2 分评语：(3) The interviewee should always prepare some examples regarding his abilities before the interview. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：正确★考生得分：2 分评语：(4) The interviewers were satisfied with the author’s answer to the question “what is your biggest weakness?”（2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：2 分评语：(5) During the interview, the interviewee should always know how to make his weakness sound like strength. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：2 分评语：2. A professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.They agreed that it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.The students responded with a unanimous “yes”.The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.“Now,” said the professor as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things: your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions. And if everything else waslost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The sand is everything else —the small stuff like your job, your house and your car. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Take care of the golf balls first — the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.The professor smiled and said, “I’m glad you asked. The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.”（10分）(1) There was no room left when the sand filled up the jar. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：2 分评语：(2) The teacher told the students that the jar was similar to the life. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：0 分评语：(3) Besides your family and your health, golf, as a kind of exercises, is another important thing in your life. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：错误★考生得分：2 分评语：(4) If you set small stuff priorities, you’ll lose some important things in your life. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：正确★考生得分：2 分评语：(5) The Beer means you can share times with your friends. （2分）错误正确☆考生答案：正确★考生得分：2 分评语：五. 阅读理解选择（共20题,共40分）1. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”, said Confucius. Everyone wants to come back home and sleep stress free after a whole day’s work. So what are the jobs which provide the greatest satisfaction? Here’s a list of the most satisfying professions across the globe.Author: It is one of the professions that allow you to express your views without much limitation. Words are a powerful expression of thoughts that can stir all the emotions. And one of the biggest advantages of being an author is living a new life every single day in a world of their own.Artist: The people working in this field are the most happy of all. This is the profession that proves how job satisfaction and money are the two sides of the same coin. Creativity, flexibility and freedom are all available for an artist. When an artist is lost in the universe of imagination, the rest of the world is missing out.Psychologist: Being one of the most wonderful careers on the planet, psychology uncovers the mysterious sides of a human’s life. The amount of joy received from uncovering the reasons behind one’s attitude is simply beyond words to explain. It is a job that requires a lot of patience, but patience pays off.Teacher: Teaching is one of the noblest professions and earns a lot of respect. The process of showing a path to someone, to enlighten a soul, and to make them self-aware leads to a close bond with each other. And this is also the profession with maximum job security, even at the time of recession.Social Worker: To find happiness in someone else’s happiness, to improve the quality of one’s life, to safeguard their rights and to support them through difficult times is the work of a social worker. Needless to say, the amount of satisfaction derived from extendinga helping hand to those in need provides satisfaction that can not be matched at all. （10分）(1) What is the biggest advantage of being an author? （2分）A.Earning much money.B.Having high social position.C.Making more friends.D.Living different life every day.☆考生答案：A★考生得分：0 分评语：(2) What are the two sides of being an artist? （2分）A.Having both happiness and money.B.Having both money and satisfaction.C.Having both freedom and money.D.Having both satisfaction and freedom.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：(3) What does the job of psychologist require most? （2分）A.Time.B.Energy.C.Knowledge.D.Patience.☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：(4) Which job has the maximum job security? （2分）A.Author.B.Artist.C.Teacher.D.Social Worker.☆考生答案：D★考生得分：0 分评语：(5) Which of the following is NOT included for the social worker’s work? （2分）A.To help people earn more money.B.To safeguard people’s rights.C.To support people in need through difficult times.D.To help people improve the quality of life.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：2. If you have a job interview scheduled, it is most likely for you to feel some stress and the only way to lessen some of the stress is to prepare yourself for what may be expected in your first interview. Here are some practical tips to help you prepare yourself during the first interview.Research the company you are interviewing with! Gather as much information as you can on your prospective employer by using the library, internet and people who have worked at the company. Having this information will help you feel and appear more comfortable.Practice answering possible interview questions in front of a mirror. By watching your responses to typical questions asked by interviewers, you can find out any problem areas such as expression, posture and poise and improve it.Dress for success! Dress professionally, and appear clean, neat and tidy. It is also important during your research stage to find out how employees typically dress for the company you are interviewing with, and use that as a guide for how to dress for your interview.Be punctual! The worst thing you can do is showing up for an interview late. Your potential employer will wonder if you would be able to arrive on time should they hire you.Greet the interviewer with confidence and a smile! Put some firmness into your handshake and give it with confidence. It is also important to have a smile on your face and show some enthusiasm in becoming an employee for the company you’re interviewing with.Try to stay calm during your interview. This is easier said than done, I realize, buttake your time and remember to breathe. Pause to regroup if necessary and remember to maintain eye contact with your interviewer.By following the above tips in your first interview, you will surely appear as calm, knowledgeable, professional and enthusiastic in front of the interviewers. （10分）(1) According to the text, how can you get much information about the company you are interviewing with? （2分）A.Through library.B.Through internet.C.Through people having worked there.D.All of the above.☆考生答案：D★考生得分：2 分评语：(2) What is suggested to practice answering possible interview questions? （2分）A.To practice with your friend.B.To practice in front of a mirror.C.To find the answers on the internet.D.To find the answers in books.☆考生答案：B★考生得分：2 分评语：(3) What is the worst thing an interviewee can do for the interview? （2分）A.Dress awfully.B.Answer the questions without confidence.C.Be late for the interview.D.Ask for high pay.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：2 分评语：(4) How can you stay calm during the interview? （2分）A.By shaking hands with confidence.B.By remembering the answers of the possible questions.C.By getting to know the interviewers beforehand.D.By taking your time and remembering to breathe.☆考生答案：D★考生得分：2 分评语：(5) Among the tips mentioned in the text, which of the following is NOT included? （2分）A.Be friendly to the employees of the company you are interviewing with.B.Practice the possible answers in front of a mirror.C.Greet the interviewer with confidence and smile.D.Maintain eye contact with your interviewers.☆考生答案：A★考生得分：2 分评语：3. Alfred Nobel, a chemist, a great inventor and a peace-lover, was born on October 21, 1833 in Sweden. A little over a year before he died, he wrote his will and left about 94 percent of his money to the founding of five prizes, including physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. According to Nobel’s will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to peace-lovers and those who have done the most or the best work for the peace of the world in the last years. Unluckily, Alfred did not see peace in his time. He died alone on December 10, 1896 suffering great pain.In his will, Nobel did not leave an explanation why he founded a prize for peace. The prizes for chemistry and physics were easy to be seen as he was a trained chemical engineer. But the reason behind the peace prize is less clear. According to some people, his friendship with Bertha Von Suttner may have deeply influenced his decision to include peace as one of the prizes. She is a peace activist and the first woman peace prize winner. But some others said because Nobel had some dangerous inventions, the peace prize was Nobel’s way to make up for the possible damage. But no one has got an answer for sure.It is also unclear, while the other four Nobel prizes were managed in Sweden, why Nobelwished the Peace Prize to be managed in Norway instead. Some experts reasoned at the time of Nobel’s death, Sweden was controlling Norway by force, so Nobel might consider Norway a better place for the peace prize.The Peace Prize has been awarded for more recent or immediate achievements than the other four Nobel prizes. Before World War I, the prize was often awarded to pioneers of the organized peace movements and active politicians working for international peace and agreements. Since World War II, the Peace Prize winners have been selected from areas like arms control, peace talk, human rights and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. （10分）(1) Alfred Nobel is all but a(n) ___________. （2分）A.chemistB.scientistC.engineerD.peace prize winner☆考生答案：D★考生得分：2 分评语：(2) What may be the most possible reason for the founding the Peace Prize? （2分）A.Nobel wanted Bertha Von Suttner to share his money.B.Nobel was a scientist and wanted to praise other scientists.C.Nobel wanted to do something for the peace of the world.D.Nobel had a lot of money and had no son or daughter.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：2 分评语：(3) Why was the Nobel Peace Prize managed in Norway instead of Sweden according to some experts? （2分）A.Nobel believed he must do something for Norway.B.Norway is Nobel's hometown.C.Sweden was not so peace-loving at the time when Nobel founded the prize.D.Sweden was stronger and richer at that time.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：2 分评语：(4) A Nobel Peace Prize winner can’t be a(n) ____________. （2分）A.politicianB.terroristC.activistD.peace lover☆考生答案：A★考生得分：0 分评语：(5) Which of the following statements is true according to the text? （2分）A.Till now people have had no idea why Alfred Nobel set up the prize for physics.B.Alfred Nobel may have been worried about the damages caused by his dangerous inventions.C.The standard that the Peace Prize committee adopted to award the Peace Prize must betotally different before and after World War I.D.The purpose of setting up the Peace Prize is just the same with that of the other fourNobel Prizes.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：4. Love, is the emotion that makes enemies into friends and friends into enemies. So many legends surround this emotion, from the goddess Athena and Helen of Troy to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.There are so many levels of love. Friendship starts off this list. We do feel love towardsour friends. This is what helps us get along so well and why we miss them when we don’t seeour friends for a long time. It’s also why we hold certain friends over others no matterwhat happens. Sometimes, the bond between friends deepens to the point where a stronger bondof love is made, making them family.Another level of love is for our siblings and other family members. Even though sometimes we don’t like some of our family, that bond is still there. It’s this family bond level of love that brought about the phrase—blood is thicker than water.A third level of love is the bond that brings man and woman together. This level is among the strongest of them all. It is this level of love that has brought together kingdoms into nations in the past and ended so many great wars. It’s also the love for a woman that has started a few of our well-known wars, like the Trojan Wars of ancient times.The last mentionable level of love is that bond between a mother and her children. This bond starts from the very first tiny fluttering of movement and never ends, even after death of the child. A mother protects her children in the name of love. It’s because of her children that a mother will work at a job she hates, just to make sure they have everything they could ever want or need.Poems, plays and legends can only briefly touch the true meaning of love. What is love?I don’t know, but I’ll do what I can to express it to my son, my husband, my family and friends in the best possible way that I can. （10分）(1) The emotion that makes friends into enemies and enemies into friends is ________. （2分）A.hateB.patienceC.loveD.joy☆考生答案：C★考生得分：2 分评语：(2) The phrase “blood is thicker than water” best illustrates ________. （2分）A.the love towards friendsB.the love between mother and childC.the love between a man and a womanD.the love for siblings and other family members☆考生答案：C★考生得分：0 分评语：(3) What level of love is among the strongest of all according to the text? （2分）A.The love towards friends.B.The love between mother and child.C.The love between a man and a woman.D.The love for family members.☆考生答案：C★考生得分：2 分评语：(4) According to the author, the bond between a mother and her children __________. （2分）A.starts when the children are very lovely.B.starts when the children have grown up.C.ends when the children die.D.exists even after the children’s death.☆考生答案：B★考生得分：0 分评语：(5) Which of the following legends is not cited in the text? （2分）A.Romeo and Juliet.B.Jack and Rose in Titanic.C.Helen of Troy.D.Goddess Athena.☆考生答案：B★考生得分：2 分评语：。