大学英语A统考

大学英语A2一、阅读理解From the time we were babies we have been taught our manners. We are taught how to hold a knife and a fork and not to talk with our mouths full. We are taught how to shake hands and when to stand and when to sit and the way to introduce people.Sometimes good manners in one place are very bad manners somewhere else. Almost everywhere eating together means that you are very friendly to each other. But in parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. They politely turn their backs on each other when they are taking food.Some East Africans spit four times as a kind of blessing（祝福）. They do it to show that they want a sick person to get well, or to bless a new born baby. In most other places, spitting means just something completely different. It's something to do to show that you hate someone.When we go to visit someone we say "Hello" and "How are you" and things like that. If you were visiting an East African village, everyone would be very careful not to pay any attention to you. The polite thing there would be for you to go quietly, without speaking to anyone, and sit beside your friend. You would wait until he had finished what he was doing and then he would begin talking to you.In a village in Arab, a visitor walks behind all the tents until he gets to the one he wants to visit. If he passed in front，he would be invited into each tent and asked to eat. It was rude to refuse.1.We have been taught________.A.it's bad manners to stand and to sitB.it's good manners to hold a knife and a forkC.it's good manners not to talk with our mouths fullD.how to shake hands when we introduce people答案：C2.In parts of Polynesia it's not polite________.A.to be eating aloneB.to stand eatingC.to be seen eatingD.to take food away答案：C3.In most places，spitting means________.A.a kind of blessingB.you want a sick person to get wellC.you give a new-born baby the blessingD.you hate someone答案：D4.If you visit an East African village, you________.A.had better say "Hello" or "How are you" to othersB.will keep quiet and not to speak to anyoneC.should be very careful and not to pay any attention to othersD.must wait until the villagers have finished their work and then begin to talk to them答案：B5.If you pass in front of the tents in Arab, ________.A.you would be invited in and eat in each tentB.you just refuse to go into the tentC.you can walk behind all the tentsD.you can't get to the one you want to visit答案：A“You’re trying to control my life,” says my nine-year-old son. “I don’t know why you think you can do that, but you can’t.” I received this bit of infor mation after I asked Gabriele to put his dirty socks in the basket. And I get no sympathy from my mother, who says,“You let him have his way from the beginning.”It’s true. I have always asked Gabriele’s opinion, found out how he felt about things - treated him as my peer, not my child. And what have I got from my troubles? A lot of back talk. At least I’m not alone; it’s a complaint heard among parents across the country.It’s not just that we’re confused by the contradictory advice offered in parenting bo oks. The fact is, in an effort to break away from how we were raised - to try something more liberal than our parents’ “do it because I say so”approach - our generationhas gone too far. “Today’s parents want to be young, so they try to be friends with thei r children,”says Kathy Lynn, a parenting educator.“When it comes to discipline, our society has gone from one extreme to the other,”says Ron Moorish, a behavior specialist. “We used to use the strap, to intimidate. Then we had permissiveness, and now it’s about giving children choices and allowing them to learn from their own experiences.”Real discipline, says Moorish, is about teaching. “By correcting our children when they do something wrong, we teach them how to behave properly,”he says. But this only works, he emphasizes, if parents regain their position of authority. Children will always be children. The key is for parents to choose to take the time to guide and teach their kids.Rita Munday, a mother of four children, couldn’t believe the dramas that played out in the children’s shoe store she operated. She often saw children insist on having the high-priced, brand-name shoes. And even when the mother didn’t want to spend the money, she would give in when the kid started acting up and throwing shoes around.Rhonda Radice, Munday’s younger colleague, is one parent who has bucked the trend and is proud of it. “I don’t negotiate with them. You can’t. I’ve seen parents come into the store and bribe their children to behave. You shouldn’t have to buy love and respect.”6.The author’s way of treating her son ____________.A.is shared by many parentsB.is encouraged by her motherC.proves to be quite successfulD.shows little concern for the child答案：A7.It can be inferred from the passage that __________.A.parents should learn to make friends with their childrenB.parents need to follow the advice of parenting booksC.today’s children enjoy more freedom than the previous generationD.today’s parents are better at raising children than the previous generation答案：C8.According to the passage, to have “discipline”means that parents should ___________.A.adopt the “do it because I say so”approachB.teach their children to understand the rulesC.negotiate with their children for a decisionD.never allow their children to have their ways答案：B9.If Ronda Radice is the parent who has “bucked the trend”, which of the following can also be cited as the example for “bucking the trend”?A.Parents buy whatever their children want.B.Parents treat their children as their equals.C.Parents make decisions for their children.D.Parents maintain authority over their children.答案：D10.The main point of the passage is to __________.pare different ways of raising childrenB.analyze the problems faced by today’s parentsC.explain the importance of understanding childrenD.point out the mistakes made by the older generation答案：B二、词汇与语法11.My new house is really ________ for me because I can go to work in 10 minutes on foot.A.availableB.affordableC.convenientfortable答案：C12.Bob doesn't look his age, I guess he is somewhere in ________.A.his fortyB.his fortiesC.fortiesD.forty答案：B13.A good ad often uses words ______ people attach positive meanings.A.in whichB.to whichC.whichD.that答案：B14.― Cathy, this is Mike. I ______ because I am going to meet some guests at the airport. So I will not have lunch.― That's OK. I will wait for you at supper time.A.have telephonedB.was telephoningC.telephonedD.am telephoning答案：D15.John suggested _________ anything about it until they found out more facts.A.not to sayB.not sayC.to say notD.not saying答案：D16.Our products are displayed in Stand B22, _____ you will find me during office hours.A.whenB.whichC.thatD.where答案：D17.Not until 1868 ______ made the capital of the state of Georgia.A.Atlanta wasB.was AtlantaC.when Atlanta wasD.when was Atlanta答案：B18.I wish he would ________ from scattering his ash all over the carpet.A.refrainB.preventC.shelterD.protect答案：A19._____ pollution control measures are expensive, local governments hesitate to adopt them.A.AlthoughB.HoweverC.BecauseD.Moreover答案：C20.Not only Tom but also his wife ______fond of watching television.A.areB.wereC.beD.was答案：D三、完型填空The American Millionaire is the personification（象征）of the American Dream. In the "Land of the Free", they worked their way up to the top __21__ the factory floor. Many, having devoted their youth to making and saving money, __22__ their later years giving money away. __23__, the Rockefeller family who made their money through banking and oil, donated（捐献）$530 million to medical research and education. They founded two national parks and __24__ the vast Rockefeller Center in the middle of Manhattan. The first Rockefeller, who started life as a clerk, led a life of __25__ simplicity.Many find __26__ hard to understand why these American millionaires labored so hard to acquire wealth, then __27__ so much of it away. The answer __28__ be guilt or even pride. Perhaps it is only __29__ materialism（物质享乐主义）and generosity, the urge to acquire wealth and the urge to share it,__30__side by side in the character of many Americans.21.A.ofB.atC.fromD.on答案：C22.A.spentB.keptC.turnedD.had答案：A23.A.On occasionB.Such asC.For exampleD.Once upon a time 答案：C24.A.builtB.devisedC.raisedD.molded答案：A25.A.continualpleteC.emotionalD.relevant答案：B26.A.thatB.thisC.themD.it答案：D27.A.broughtB.gaveC.tookD.carried答案：B28.A.mustB.shouldC.willD.may答案：D29.A.whichB.whatC.thatD.how答案：C30.A.existsB.existC.existedD.existing答案：B四、汉译英31.那是我去过的最好的音乐会之一。