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23212151 大学英语2
一、单项选择题(每题1分，共30题)
1. Last year the advertising rate ___D___ by 20 percent.
A raised B aroused C arose D rose
2. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were __A__ and many houses collapsed.
A wrecked B spoiled C torn D injured
3. __C___ one time, Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.
A On B By C At D Of
4. It so happened ______D_____ there was no one in the house at the time of the accident.
A. but B. why C. what D. that
5. The bomb attack caused ______A____ condemn all over the world.
A. social B. universal C. vital D.personal
6. Keep the medicine out of the ____C_______ of the children.
A. reach B. mind C. hands D. trouble
7. The detectives made a ___B____ search of the suspect’s house.
A whole B thorough C deep D solid
8. ___D___ is careless when disposing of his garbage.
A Man who B Man C It is man D The man who
9. “You realize that you were driving at 100 mph, don’t you?”
“No, officer, I ___B____. This car can’t do more than 80 (mph).”
A needn’t have been B may not have been
C didn’t need to be D couldn’t have been
10. He believed in conventional behavior which ____C____ to the highest standards.
A confirmed B confronted C conformed D affirmed
11. According to the contract he had signed, John had a (an) ____B___ to pay the bank on the first day of every month.
A obligation B duty C responsibility D ethics
12. __C_____ of half-starving wolves were roaming the snow-covered mountainous area.
A Flocks B Herds C Packs D Swarms
13. An iron and steel works together with some satellite factories ____A_____built here.
A will B is to be C is being D are to be
14. You must walk through the underground___C______ to get across that busy street
A way B road C passage D route
15. ____B_____ , and James, too, ceased smoking.
A Did not answer Ian B When Ian did not answer
C Ian did not answer D Not did Ian answer
16. When was ___C____ the government decided to move the citizens out of the downtown area?
A. that what B. that which C. it that D. it which
17. -Excuse me, Sir! Could you tell me the way to Tianfu Square?
-Sorry, but I’m a stranger here as well.
-____A_____.
A．Thanks, anyway. B．It doesn’t matter.
C．Never mind. D．No problem.
18. The number of people in the world ____C_____ about 6 billion and large quantities of waste ________ each year.
A．total; has been produced B．totals; is produced
C．totals; are produced D．total; are being produced
19. Jim’s close ____A___ to his brother made people mistake them for one another.
A. alike B. likely C. likeness D. dislike
20. Take care during the holidays! Drinking too much can A heart disease and cause
high blood pressure．
A．contribute to B．relate to C．attend to D．devote to
21. I like the city, but I like the country better ___A___ I have more friends in the country.
A. in that B. for that C. with that D. at that
22. The government lost a great deal of ___B_____because of the large increase in food prices.
a. strength b. support c. power d. progress
23. The letter I had been anxiously waiting for ____C____me just now.
a. arrived b. received c. reached d. got to
24. I’m very busy, so I can’t ____A___that problem with you for the moment.
a. discuss b. quarrel c. answer d. explain
25. Please ___C____ in ________ front of the classroom.
A. seat, the B. be seated, the C. sit, / D. sit down, the
26. Please lend me a hand. Don’t just __A__ by.
A. stand B. go C. pass D. look
27. It’s getting warmer. It’s time to __B___ your fur coat.
A. put down B. put away C. put up D. put aside
28. —-You look ____D_____. Take a rest. —The work is really _______.
A. like tired, tiring B. like tire, tiring C. tired , tired D. tired, tiring
29. “How about taking a walk?” ” Oh, I think it’s __ C__ cold for a walk.”
A. very much B. too much C. much too D. so much
30. We must __A__ speaking English more often.
A. practise B. use C. promise D. mean
二、阅读理解(A、B、C、D、E每题10分，共5题)
A. To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation ;it docs not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well . The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology ; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use out technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.
Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the industrial Revolution . Yet when we ask why the industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.
In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that pees the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.
31 . A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it___C______.
A is used both as a cultural and a physical object
B serves different purposes equally well
C is utilized by man
D can be of use to both man and animal
32 . The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that______B___.
A if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our world
B technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it
C technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man
D being a human creation, technology is liable to error
33. According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because ____D______.
A the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mind
B the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people before
C it has helped to switch to an information technology
D it has a great potential impact on society
34. By using the phrase “the human quality of technology” , the author refers to. the fact that technology____B______.
A has a great impact on human life
B has some characteristics of human nature
C can replace some aspects of the human mind
D does not exist in the natural world
35. The passage is based on the author’s____A______.
A keen insight into the nature of technology
B prejudiced criticism of the role of the industrial Revolution
C cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers
D exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology
B. Each child has his individual（个人的）pattern of social, as well as physical, development. Some of it depends on his home life and his relationships with the people who love him. Children in large families learn how to get along with others through normal brother- sister play and tussles （打斗）. An only child, on the other hand , may have to learn his lessons in social living through hard experiences on the playground or in the classroom. Twins who always have one another to lean on may be slow in responding to others because they do not need anyone else.
A child who is constantly scolded and made to feel he does everything wrong may have a difficult time developing socially. He may be so afraid of displeasing the adults around him that he keeps to himself （where he can’t get into trouble）or he may take the opposite route and go out of his way to create trouble. Like the deserted child, he too may return to infantile （幼稚的）pleasures, developing habits that will satisfy him, but create barriers（障碍）toward social contact.
36．Which of the following may have effect on children’s paten of social development? C
A. Age. B. Education
C. Home life. D. Gender（性别）
37．The passage implies that which of the following may have the earliest time learning to get along with others? B
A. An only child B. A child from a large family
C. Twins D. Children who are continually scolded
38．Which of the following is implied by the passage? A
A. Too much scolding of children may make their social development difficult.
B. All children developed in the same ways.
C. Children who are constantly scolded may learn to get along with others quickly.
D. Deserted children often exhibit quicker social development.
39．We can inferred from the passage that____B____.
A. continual scolding is not harmful to the child.
B. continual scolding holds back healthy social development.
C. continual scolding has no effect on obeying orders.
D. continual scolding has no effect on physical development
40．Where does the passage say the only child learns his social lessons? C
A. School and home B. Home and playground
C. Classroom and playground D. All of the above
C. They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that explains the cause of 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed. A storm of anger boils up at the government -sponsored（政府资助的）youth center, event among those who are continuing their studies.
“We study for jobs that don’t exist, ” Nicollets Steggerda, 23, said.
After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing.
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent. The title of a rock song“ No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France.
Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment（部署）in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths’ confidence（信心）in the future.
One form of protest （an action that shows disagreement ）tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of prosperity.
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation , even the right, to a standard of living that they see around them.
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the cafe, and sit and stare, ” said Isabella Cault. “There is usually not much conversation. You look for happiness. Sometimes you even find it.”
41．Unemployment in the Netherlands has affected___A_____.
A. about 0.6 million people
B. 250, 000 people
C. less than half of the population
D. one million people
42．What Nicollete Steggerda said （Para. 2）means that____B____.
A. what the students learn is more than necessary
B. the students cannot get work after graduation
C. the students’aim in study is not clear
D. school education is not sufficient（enough）
43．What does the underlined word“prosperity” most probably mean? D
A. advance in politics B. economic troubles
C. political crisis（危机） D. achievements in economy
44．British youths___B_____.
A. have pity on the unemployed on the Continent
B. have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness
C. care about unemployment in France and Belgium
D. are trying to find work on the Continent
45．It seems that young Europeans___A_____.
A. are more like Americans than their elders in their way of thinking
B. look more like Americans than their elders do
C. expect more from Americans than from their elders
D. look upon life as their elders do
D. Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged , biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive (认知的)areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age. People will be alert (警觉的)and receptive (愿意接受的)if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind. Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. “The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information,” says James Fozard, associate director of the National Institute on Aging. “Most of us don’t need that kind of skii1.Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintain mental alertness. “Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because t hey enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work. Gene Cohen ,acting director of the same institute ,suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. “The point is, you need to do both,” Cohen says. “Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size.”
46. People who are cognitively healthy are those A
A) whose minds are alert and receptive
B) who are highly intelligent.
C)who can remember large amounts of information
D)who are good at recognizing different sounds
47. According to Fozard’s argument, people can make their brains work more efficiently by D
A)constantly doing memory work
B)making frequent adjustments
C)going through specific training
D)taking part in various mental activities
48. The findings of James and other scientists in their work C
A)remain a theory to be further proved
B)have been challenged by many other experts
C)are practised by the researchers themselves
D)have been generally accepted
49. Older people are generally advised to B
A) keep mentally active by challenging their brains
B)keep fit by going in for physical activities
C)maintain mental alertness through specific training
D)maintain a balance between individual and group activities
50. What is the passage mainly about? D
A)How biochemical changes occur in the human brain.
B)Why people should receive special mental training as they age.
C)How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health.
D)Why people should keep active not only physically but a1so mentally.
E. The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Sound movies in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.
The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over diseases. They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live long lives. By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60.
By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire to explore again The world is known to man but the stars are not yet. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning though. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
51. Nylon came out nearly at the same time as ___C___.
A) radio B) camera C) jet planes D) movies
52. People can live longer lives because ___B___ to help people cure
diseases have worked very well.
A) doctors B) newer methods C) medicines D) new
53. By the 1960s __C____.
A) people had known everything about the world
B) there was not much to be explored
C) only the moon had not yet been known
D) the world as a whole was known to man
54. According to this passage, ____C___.
A) only Americans have walked on the moon
B) only Russians have walked on the moon
C) China and Japan are among those countries that sent men to the moon
D) both A) and B)
55. We can safely come to the conclusion that people’s life will be
made even better through _D_____.
A) new discoveries B) greater inventions
C) better ways to help get over diseases
D) all of the above
三、完形填空(每题20分，共1题)
Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the local environment. Where an environment is undisturbed, the ecology of an area is __A__ balance, but if a creature is exterminated or an alien species __B_ , then the ecology of the district will be upset–in other _D__, the balance of nature will be __D__.
Man is a part of the __A_ and has done more to upset the ecology during __D__short span on earth than __A__ other living creature. He has done this by his ignorance, his __A__, his thoughtless foolishness and his uncontrolled wastefulness.
He has poisoned the __C__ and polluted both land and water. He has wasted the earth’s natural __B__ with no thought for the future, and has thought out the most devastating ways of killing his fellow men–and every other sort of life at the same time.
Since man has done so much __A__, it is __A__ to man to try to put matters __C__ if it is not already too __A__. If there is to be any remedy for our ills, that remedy ultimately lies in the hands of the __D__, and the sooner they start doing something about it, the __B_.
One of the main __A__ of the earth’s troubles is that the world is overpopulated and that this overpopulation is growing at an ever-increasing rate. At the same time we are __B__ up our natural resources–fuels and mineral ores–at an ever-increasing rate with no hope of replacing them.
For many years the earth has been unable to __D__ enough food for these rapidly expanding populations and the position is steadily deteriorating __C__ the fertility of some of our richest soils has been lost and vast areas that were once fertile lands have turned into barren deserts.
56. A in B out C of D off
57. A discovered B introduced C brought D killed
58. A cases B speech C way D words
59. A changed B troubled C disturbed D damaged
60. A environment B situation C science D condition
61. A their B one’s C one D his
62. A any B an C all D most
63. A greedy B hope C greed D desire
64. A sky B heaven C atmosphere D space
65. A energy B resources C sources D power
66. A destroy B injury C damage D work
67. A up B due C necessary D owing
68. A correct B right C back D forward
69. A late B soon C long D distant
70. A old B adults C young D future
71. A better B best C quicker D perfect
72. A reasons B effects C results D causes
73. A using B wasting C giving D drawing
74. A feel B support C supply D provide
75. A until B when C since D whereas
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