大学英语(2)阶段练习2

华东理工大学网络教育学院大学英语（2）课程阶段练习二Part I Vocabulary and structureDirections: Choose the best one from the four choices to complete the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.1.For the ______ of the guests, the front desk is almost always located near the hotel’s mainentrance.A. easeB. easinessC. convenienceD. difference2.My college roommate and I lived together for one year, but I was never able to ______ upany rapport with him.A. takeB. giveC. gainD. build3.It is ______ to take some time, to slow down, and to think about the past.A. worthB. worthyC. deserveD. worthwhile4.He was tired of his wife’s ______ complaints, so whenever she complained, he left her alone.A. immediateB. commonC. constantD. clear5.Not ______, the process of choosing names varies widely from culture to culture.A. convenientlyB. necessarilyC. trulyD. surprisingly6.Mr. White was forced to ______ the idea of travelling to the countryside.A. abandonB. giveC. throwD. move7.It is said that people can predict how likely someone will be to get ill from colds and flu fromtheir facial ______.A. characteristicB. exhibitionsC. typeD. features8.Because of the ______ accident, the factory has been asked to suspend business for half ayear.A. essentialB. crucialC. fatalD. vital9.The local government attaches great importance to the opinions of the______.A. majorityB. weightC. harvestD. fame10.Ships have been the main form of ______ in world trade for thousands of years.A. communicationB. transportationC. exchangeD. contact11.Money plays a ______ role in the administration and development of libraries.A. financialB. moralC. crucialD. physicalmunicate with native speakers on a frequent ______, and you can get a lot of feedbackfrom them.A. baseB. basisC. foundationD. root13.It is believed that many family problems are caused at least partially by failure to ______.A. communicateB. exchangeC. converseD. neglect14.Those who object to it argue that students should not spend their ______ time on part-timejobs.A. efficientB. rareC. preciousD. average15.It is suggests that when a person is under unusual stress he should be especially careful tohave a well-balanced _____.A. eatingB. dietC. mealD. food16.The founding of the People’s Republic of China is a great ______ in the history of mankind.A. occurrenceB. eventC. incidentD. happening17.What is the ______ of college students having trouble sleeping?A. amountB. percentageC. per centD. part18.People may have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her. ______, she is a greatmusician.A. As a resultB. As usualC. In other wordsD. After all19.If you want to see the doctor, you’d better make an appointment with him ______.A. in turnB. in returnC. in advanceD. in all20.They have been trying to arrive at a practical solution ______ the problem.A. toB. inC. onD. with21.I don’t think he paid enough at tention to his work. That is to say, his failure resulted ______not working hard enough.A. inB. toC. fromD. on22.I ______ too busy to have enough practice, so I didn’t take the driving test last week. I’mgoing to take it this week.A. wasB. have beenC. amD. had been23.Mum, I climbed to get the Teddy Bear from the top of the shelf.My goodness! You ______ yourself. You mustn’t do that next time.A. must have hurtB. should have hurtC. may have hurtD. can have hurt24.The girl as well as the boys _____ learned to drive a car.A. hasB. haveC. isD. are25.Do you admit to ______ these books without telling anybodyA. takingB. takeC. be takingD. taken26.He left home early only _______ he was late as he had gone a wrong way.A. foundB. to findC. findingD. being found27.All flights ______ because of the storm, we decided to take the train.A. having cancelledB. having been cancelledC. were cancelledD. have been cancelled28._____ your letter, I would have started off two days ago.A. If I receivedB. Should I receiveC. If I could have receivedD. Had I received29.The workers in France demanded that their pay _____ from the following week on.A. would be raisedB. was raisedC. be raisedD. raised30.Have you seen the film “Titanic”, ______ leading actor is world famous?A. itsB. it’sC. whoseD. which31.Have you ever been to Beijing?No, but I wish I ______.A. haveB. willC. doD. had32.______ I know the children are safe, I shall not worry about them.A. Even thoughB. UnlessC. AlthoughD. As long as33.These wild flowers are so special that I would do ______ I can to save them.A. whateverB. thatC. whichD. whichever34.______ that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point.A. During the 1960’sB. That it was in the 1960’sC. It was in the 1960’sD. It was the 1960’s35.It is near the place where there is a tomb ______ we found the dead man.A. whereB. thatC. whenD. whichPart II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from distant countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern technology information travels fast.How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller.Of course, this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach the Americas. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, a few battles in the war of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans (新奥尔良州) was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty (条约) had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.36.News spreads fast because of ______.A. modern transportation (交通)B. new technologyC. the changes of the worldD. a peace agreement37.According to this passage, ______ is very important to people in a disaster area.A. fast communicationB. modern technologyC. the newsD. new ideas38.Which of the following statements is true based on the text?A. The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.B. The world is actually smaller today.C. The world is changing in size.D. The distance between England and America has changed since the War of 1812.39.Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried ______.A. by telephoneB. by landC. by airD. by sea40.The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed______.A. by both sidesB. in timeC. in AmericaD. in EnglandPassage 2A few years ago it was common to speak of a generation gap between young people and their elders. Parents said that children did not respect and listen to them, while children said that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many people argue that it is built into every part of our society.One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own ways of life. In a more traditional society, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and like, and often to continue the family jobs. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose jobs different from those of their parents.In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did, to find better jobs, to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, that is another cause of the gap between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is the third cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, senior people are valued for their knowledge, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities. No doubt, the generation gap will continue in American life for some time to come.41.The first paragraph tells us that ______.A. the problem of the generation gap draws much attention from peopleB. it is out of date to talk about the generation gapC. children and parents are trying to understand each otherD. it is very important for people to frequently communicate with each other42.In a more traditional society, old people ______.A. have their children respect and listen to themB. do not care for their children at allC. expect their children to rebel against themD. do not live together with their children43.In American society young people ______.A. do not need to find jobsB. marry people younger than themC. have better education than their parentsD. leave home at an early age44.Which of the following is NOT the cause of the generation gap?A. Young people like to depend more on themselves.B. Parents do not love their children dearly.C. American society changes rapidly.D. Parents expect too much of their children.45.The main idea of the passage is ______.A. that the generation gap needs consideringB. when the generation gap is necessary in American societyC. why the generation gap existsD. how we can reduce the generation gapPassage 3Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child whe n he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.46.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ______.A. listening to skilled people’s adviceB. asking older people many questionsC. making mistakes and having them correctedD. doing what other people do47.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?A. Give children correct answers.B. Allow children to make mistakes.C. Point out children’s mistakes to them.D. Let children mark their own work.48.According to the writer, teachers in school should ______.A. allow children to learn from each otherB. point out children’s mistakes whenever foundC. give children more book knowledgeD. correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible49.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ______.A. different from learning other skillsB. the same as learning skillsC. more important than other skillsD. not really important skills50.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Teachers should correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible.B. Children should be able to find out the right answer with the help of the teacher.C. Teachers should tell the children what to do and what to learn at school.D. Children should learn how to measure their own work at school.Passage 4I didn’t know the city at all and what’s more, I couldn’t speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day sightseeing (观光) in the town center, I decided to lose my way on purpose on my second day, since I believed that this was the surest way of getting to know my way around. I got on the first bus that passed and descended some thirty minutes later in what must have been a suburb.The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. I discovered little book shops in back streets and had coffee in an open-air café. Then I decided to get back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about aimlessly for some time, I determined to ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived ----and even that I pronounced badly.I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he thrust (用力推，插) the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was an old lady. She was very hard of hearing and I repeated the word several times. When she finally heard me, she seemed to become angry and began shouting and shaking her walking-stick at me. I hurried away quickly and was relieved to see a policeman on a corner. The policeman listened attentively to my question. There was a distant look in his eyes as he pointed left and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station!51.In the last sentence of paragraph one, what does the word “descended” mean?A. got offB. handed downC. passed byD. attacked on52.What trouble did the author have in the city?A. He didn’t know the city at all.B. He couldn’t speak a word of the language.C. He didn’t have a friend to help him.D. All of the above.53.How many days has the author stayed in the city?A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. Four54.Why did the author decide to lose his way on purpose?A. He wanted to have a sightseeing aimlessly.B. He wanted to know his way around.C. He wanted to meet different people.D. He wanted to see a policeman.55.What can you infer from the passage?A. The policeman helped the author to find his way.B. The newspaper-seller helped the author at last.C. The old lady helped the author to find his way.D. The author helped himself to find his way.Part III ClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in each of the following passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.1Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it 56 . Albert Einstein was 57 to get a job as a physics professor. He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to 58 . I should give up on it and settle for something else.”59 , he wrote the two most famous papers while 60_ as a patent office worker. After the _61 , there was not any major 62 in the world that would not have wanted him to work for them.If you want to work as an artist and are 63 as a waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who 64 one day to become an artist. That puts the 65 you love somewhere off in the distant future. Rather, think yourself as 66 , supporting yourself by waiting tables and paint, or draw as much as you can. It is 67 to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week. That 68 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft in the 69__ hours.While seeking the work you love _70 helps to expand your awareness into the universe of all possibilities. You don’t wa nt to be 71_ the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before. Having opened 72 the possibilities, you can make a final 73 and select the work you love as your own.Doing the work you love _74 that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the __75_ . It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true.56. A. full-time B. hard C. easily D. part-time57. A. unable B. able C. unwilling D. anxious58. A. science B. math C. physics D. money59. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides60. A. employed B. regarded C. worked D. recognized61. A. publication B. location C. failure D. job62. A. city B. factory C. university D. company63. A. known B. making a living C. leading a life D. chosen64. A. thinks B. imagines C. hopes D. decides65. A. man B. woman C. person D. work66. A. an artist B. a waiter C. a waitress D. a painter67. A. impossible B. possible C. important D. lucky68. A. sends B. spares C. leaves D. takes69. A. on B. office C. business D. off70. A. it B. which C. that D. this71. A. interested in B. devoted to C. limited to D. troubled by72. A. no B. all C. few D. both73. A. decision B. plan C. conclusion D. judge74. A. suggests B. requires C. insists D. encourages75. A. necessary B. practical C. careful D. honest2Several days ago, I met a stranger in the street who stopped and asked me direction. I 76 to show him the way to the destination, but to my 77 _, he coldly refused my offer. I asked him why. Finally he told me that he was _78 I would ask him for money if I 79 him in this way.Money! I 80 deep into thought. Is it money that comes between us? Money has no __81 ; it cannot be 82 with good or bad. The problem 83 what attitude we have towards it.At present, we have a more 84 material life than ever before, but we’re becoming more and more _ 85_ . Why? In my opinion, the 86 is the change in people’s personal 87 . They wrongly believe that 88 money should be their only aim in life, so they 89 all sorts of ways they can to 90 this aim. They are afraid of being 91 and fooled. If everyone acts like this, what will our 92 be like?Needless to say, money is becoming more and more important in our society, __93_ it shouldn’t be the “be-all and end-all” of life. If a person only concentrates on __94__, he will be lonely and void (空虚), and even go astray (犯错误).It is up to us to make our lives happy, not money. We should try our best to help others __95__ and freely. If everyone does so, our society will be better and better.76. A. advised B. offered C. asked D. wished77. A. joy B. fear C. excitement D. surprise78. A. anxious B. glad C. sorry D. afraid79. A. stopped B. told C. asked D. helped80. A. fell B. felt C. kept D. caught81. A. problem B. price C. life D. use82. A. joined B. judged C. connected D. seemed83. A. takes in B. depends on C. leads to D. smoothes away84. A. powerful B. beautiful C. plentiful D. healthy85. A. cold-hearted B. warm-hearted C. good-looking D. humorous86. A. key B. money C. man D. creature87. A. worth B. habits C. fame D. values88. A. taking B. costing C. spending D. making89. A. think up B. come up C. give off D. break out90. A. realize B. recognize C. take D. shoot91. A. found B. discovered C. cheated D. followed92. A. life B. society C. belief D. money93. A. or B. but C. if D. since94. A. life B. nature C. society D. money95. A. separately B. obviously C. mainly D. whole-heatedlyPart IV Word FormationDirections: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in the brackets and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.96.All the people were deeply impressed by her important _____ to the success of the project.(contribute)97.Passengers have to pay _____ charges for their extra luggage. (add)98.The woman’s eyes ______ with fear at the sight of the robber’s gun. (wide)99.My father is planning for a new phase of his life after he _________. (retirement)100.The ______ of the island has long been established beyond dispute. (own)101.Do not put much ______ on the handle; it may break. (press)102.Their agreement to buy our house was ______ on us leaving all the furniture in it.(unconditional)103.If there were no ______ solution to this problem, we never would taste the happiness of the harmonious society. (properly)104.War broke out, plunging the people into ______and suffering. (miserable)105.In order to prove the servant’s ______ she left a purse containing money on the table.(honest)Part V TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English.106.如果出现一些问题，请详细解释，以便我们采取相应措施。