大学英语2习题6

Unit 6

I.Write the English words or expressions according to the following definitions.

1.that cannot be believed

2.not happening often

3.have or own

4. a person who buys goods or service

5. a rough outline or version

6. a single piece of news; a single artic le

7.add (sth.) in order to make a thing more attractive to look at

8.put (time or money) away for a special purpose

9.wait patiently for a chance

10.(in the habit of) doubting that sth. is true, right, etc.

II．Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the following :

sophisticated take in draft harmony set aside

item decorate possess at intervals incredible.

1.They bought many ______ modern weapons.

2.The country ______ rich mineral resources.

3.They ______ a large amount of money for special purpose.

4.They were completely ______ by his story.

5.He comes back to see us ______ regular ______.

6.There is an important ______ of news in today’s newspaper.

7.This is the ______ of the report. It needs modifying.

8.He earns an ______ amount of money.

9.The Christmas tree was ______ with coloured lights.

10.The designer’s aim is to produce a ______ of shape and texture.

III. Choose the most suitable answer.

1.During the investigation about his bribery, he was quite _____ about the amount of the money

involved.

A. sophisticating

B. positive

C. rarely

D. vainly

2. He noticed that there was an interesting _____ about the movie star in the newspaper today.

A. news

B. periodical

C. item

D. draft

3. The _____of the accused man was in doubt. However, the public all wished him to be sentenced

to death.

A. guilt

B. nature

C. bulletin

D. reproach

4. In a beautiful picture there is _____ between the different colors. No doubt it is his masterpiece.

A. decoration

B. draft

C. theory

D. harmony

5. All joking _____, can you swim 15 miles?

A. cared for

B. skeptically

C. incredibly

D. aside

6. After the carpet bombing, a fire soon _____ all the old wooden buildings in the neighborhood.

A. consumed

B. undid

C. took in

D. hit home

7. The boy _____ the books he could get about fairy tales in the library.

A. consumed

B. devoured

C. researched

D. sought

8. According to the Constitution of the country all the young men do a year's _____ service.

A. client

B. corporation

C. organizational

D. military

9. We looked at him suspiciously, as he gave an _____ explanation of the cause of the accident,

A. incredible

B. undoing

C. guilty

D. sophisticated

10. He likes traveling, especially to the place clean and quiet, which has _____ you couldn't find

in a big city.

A. an expense

B. a charm

C. a credit

D. a decoration

11. His voice began to _____ at the mention of his sufferings in the old days.

A. reproach

B. bide

C. falter

D. take in

12. After the excitement of the audience died _____, the speaker restarted his speech.

A. off

B. out

C. down

D. of

13. Be patient and calm in court. Y our youth and simplicity _____ for you in this instance.

A. plead

B. stir

C. weigh down

D. soak up

14. One friend of mine has decided to _____ his highly-paid but demanding position in his

company recently.

A. gain credit

B. quit

C. soak up

D. seek after

15. House repairs, holidays and other _____ reduced her bank balance to almost nothing

A. cost

B. expenses

C. payment D expending

16. She wept and watched till the noise of the car _____ in the distance.

A. died of

B. died out

C. died away

D. died off

IV. Complete the sentences with the words given in their proper forms.

1.It was ______ difficult to know the truth of this case. (incredible)

2._____, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea.

(occasion)

3.Y ou shouldn’t feel _____ all the time---you’ve done nothing to be ashamed of. (guilt)

4.We set off, with Pam chattering _____ all the way. (gay)

5.The lighting in the room is functional as well as _____. (decorate)

6.She gave him her most _____ smile when she wanted something. (charm)

7.Most people reacted quite _____ to the proposal.( positive)

8.The boy’s parents have made an emotional _____ for him to come home. (plead)

9.We hope that all immigrants can integrate _____ into Australian society. (harmony)

10.He treated this statement with a healthy degree of _____. (skeptical)

V. Cloze

In Japan, most people still feel that a woman's place is in the home; and most women willingly

accept their 1 role as wife, leaving the business of making a living 2 their husbands. For those who do want a 3 of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to 4 for lower wages, fewer promotions, less responsible 5 .

In America, on the other hand, most women, 6 wives and mothers, work most of their lives. But 7 , few have had real careers. As in Japan most fields are 8 by men and

opportunities for women have been 9 , salaries low, chances for advancement 10 . American women work mainly because they 11 in these days of inflation and luxury living, 12 income per family is simply not enough to 13 . So American women actually have two jobs: one nine-to-five position outside the home, and 14 round-the-clock in-the-home job 15 wife, house-maid, cook, and nurse.

One of the main goals of the modern women's liberation movement, which started 16 , was to eliminate sex discrimination in the work force, and to 17 careers for women that were previously 18 for men. And though there is still a long way to 19 , a lot of progress has been 20 .

1. A. conservative B. usual C. traditional D. unhappy

2. A. for B. no C. up to D. away with

3. A. work B. career C. profession D. post

4. A. settle B. request C. ask D. search

5. A. rifles B. status C. assignments D. positions

6. A. concerning B. including C. containing D. involving

7. A. at present B. until recently C. recently D. not until recently

8. A. owned B. kept C. led D. dominated

9. A. restricted B. bounded C. reduced D. prohibited

10. A. small B. inadequate C. rare D. scarce

11. A. should B. ought C. like D. have to

12. A. one B. single C. only D. the one

13. A. live B. live on C. feed on D. support

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

15. A. such as B. like C. such like D. acting

16. A. in the early 1960s B. in early the 1960s C. early in the 1960 D. in early 1960

17. A. lead to B. open up C. offer D. set up

18. A. preserved B. observed C. concerned D. reserved

19. A. go B. travel C. strive D. pull through

20. A. made B. taken C. covered D. completed

VI. Reading comprehension

Looking for a Job

When I told my family that I was thinking of taking a cooking job, the roars of laughter were rather discouraging. No one believed that I could cook at all, as I had never had a chance to practise at home. Our cook, aged sixty-five and slightly touched⑴, had ruled in the kitchen for thirty years and had an irritating tendency to regard the saucepans, stove and indeed all the kitchen fittings as her own property.

I once crept down there when I thought she was asleep in her room to try out an omelet. Noiselessly I removed a frying pan from its hook and the eggs from their cupboard. It was the pop of the gas that woke her, I think, for I was just breaking the first egg when a pair of slippered feet shuffled round the door and a shriek of horror caused me to break the egg on the floor. This disaster upset Cook so much that she locked herself in the larder with all the food and we had to make our Sunday dinner off⑵bananas.

If the family weren't going to be helpful I would look for a job all by myself and not tell them

about it till I'd got one. I had no idea of exactly what job I should apply for, so I decided to go to an agency⑶I had seen one advertised in a local paper, so as soon as there was no one about to say 'Where are you going?' I rushed out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going to a stage audition⑷. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly through a door which said 'Enter without knocking, if you please'.

The dingy, bottle-green atmosphere of the office sobered me, and I sat meekly on the edge of a chair and could see my nose shining out of the corner of my eye⑸. I thought perhaps it was a good thing; it might look more earnest. The woman at the desk opposite scrutinized me for a while through rimless glasses⑹, and I became absorbed in the question of whether or not she wore a wig.

I had just decided that it was too undesirably shabby to be anything but her own hair⑺? when I realized that she was murmuring questions at me. I answered in a hoarse whisper because it seemed to be the thing, and because all of a sudden I started to feel rather pathetic⑻. She hinted in a delicate way that she wondered why I was looking for this sort of job, so I felt impelled to give her a glimpse of a widowed mother and a desperate struggle against poverty⑼? I almost made myself believe in the pathos of it, and we had to cough and change the subject⑽, I felt even more pathetic when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references. She rustled about among her papers for a bit and I wondered whether I ought to leave, when the telephone on her desk rang. While she was conducting a mysterious conversation she kept looking at me. Then I heard her say:

‘As a matter of fact, I've got someone in the office at this very moment who might suit.' She wrote down a number, and my spirits soared as I took the slip of paper she held out to me, saying: 'Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking dinner for ten people. Could you manage that, I wonder?'

'Oh yes,' said I---never having cooked for more than four in my life.

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Notes: 1．aged；—Slightly touched：65岁，略有点精神失常。aged、touched，均为表语形容词。⒉off作from解。⒊agency佣工介绍所。下文中的one及in search of“中的it 均指agency ⒋stage audition：舞台试演。⒌could see…my eye：从眼角可看到发亮的鼻尖。由于心情激动鼻尖冒汗的结果。⒍scrutinized…glasses：透过无框眼镜仔细打量了我好一会儿。⒎it was…her own hair：她头上的头发零乱不堪，不会是什么假发，只能是她自己的头发。⒏feel rather pathetic：感到相当地悲伤。⒐give her…poverty：向她简要的叙说了家中的寡母及贫困处境。⒑we had…subject：(因为她所谈的情况令人心酸，谈话难以继续，所以)不得不以咳嗽打破沉默的局面，进而转换话题。

1. When the girl told her family that she was thinking of taking a cooking job they all laughed because _____.

A. they didn't believe she was serious.

B. they wanted to discourage her from the idea.

C. she could not cook at all.

D. she had never cooked anything at home:

2. One Sunday when their cook got upset _____.

A. the family had to go hungry.

B. the family had to do their own cooking themselves.

C. the family only had some fruit for dinner.

D. the girl cooked dinner for the family.

3. When did the girl leave home to look for a job?

A. After the family refused to help her.

B. As soon as she saw an advertisement in a local paper.

C. She waited until there was no one at home.

D. After she had made up her mind about what to do.

4. ‘The dingy, bottle-green atmosphere of the office sobered me.' That means _____.

A. she became relaxed in the office.

B. she became less worried in the office.

C. she became sensible in the office.

D. she became disappointed in the office.

5. The woman in the office _____.

A. had very untidy hair.

B. wore a shabby wig.

C. wore a wig because her hair was untidy.

D. had very unattractive hair like a shabby wig.

6. 'It seemed to be the thing' means_____.

A. it seemed to be what the woman wanted to know.

B. it seemed proper to talk in a low hoarse voice.

C. it seemed right to answer her questions.

D. it seemed that I should feel pathetic.

7. The woman told the girl that it would be difficult for her to get a job because _____.

A. She was too young to get a job.

B. she was too pathetic to hold a job.

C. she had never learned to be a cook.

D. she had never had a job before.

8. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The girl had to struggle against poverty because her mother was widowed.

B. Her family was living in poverty because of the death of her father.

C. She lied to the woman about her family background.

D. She had to tell the truth of her family so as to get the job.