大学英语4阶段练习2
朱清时-黄豆芽生长过程
《大学英语网络教程２》阶段练习卷（II）
Part I
Structure
1. Today’s children seem to be more
mature __A__ they are compared
with children
ten years ago.
a. when b. while
c. which d. that
2. In this changing
world, the quantity of knowledge increases
faster
__A__ individuals can keep pace
with.
a. than b. that
c. as d. which
3. Someone in the
office had made mistake, and forgot __B__
the
electricity.
a. switching b. to
switch c. switch d. being
switched
4. These books, which you can get at
any bookshop, will give you
__A__ you
need
a. all the information
b. all of information
c. all the informations
d. all information
5. I walked for perhaps a
block or two __B__ I came to a
fashionable
restaurant.
a. unless
b. until c. as soon as d.
while
6. I __B__ on weekends when I was a
college student.
a. used to going to movies
b. used to go to movies
c. was used to going to
movies d. was used to go to
movies
7. This course requires that every
student __C___ in a paper of two
pages at least
and four pages at most.
a. will turn b.
to turn c. turn d. would
turn
8. __A___ the look on Adam’s face, the
news must have been terrible.
a. Judging by
b. Judged by
c. Having judged by
d. Having been judged by
9. You are always
complaining, I really do not see any point
__C___.
a. to make fuss over trivial things
b. in having made fuss over
trivial
things
c. in making fuss over
trivial things d. to have made fuss over
trivial
things
10. __B___ to qualify as a
doctor, he took up teaching.
a. He had failed
b. Having failed
c. Failing
d. As he failed
11. It is foolish and
unreasonable, scientists have argued, to talk
of
computers as if __B___.
a. they
are human brains b. they were human
brains
c. they have been human brains d.
they had been human brains
12. __B___ we have
already settled the problem, it is meaningless to
talk
about it again.
a. For b.
Since c. Before d.
While
13. Kate is the most beautiful student
__D___ have ever studied in my
class.
a. who
b. whom c. which d.
that
14. You should always tell the truth. If
you __B___, you will be in
serious
trouble.
a. will not b. do not
c. would not d. are not
15. As a rookie,
the teacher finds it difficult __B___ today’s
students.
a. cope with b. to cope with
c. coping with d. have coped with
16.
The picture about the tiger was so vivid that it
looked as if the tiger
__D___ the wall and come
to life.
a. had jumped off
b. have jumped off
c. will jump off
d. would jump off
17. When will you be back at
the office? – I __B___ until 10 o’clock.
a.
will be back b. will not be
back
c. would be back d.
am back
18. Bob denied __B___ the window, but I
am sure he did.
a. to break b. breaking
c. break d. to have broken
19. We
have been in the same department for quite a few
years. Now we
__A___ together.
a. are used
to working b. used to
work
c. are used to work d.
are working
20. If only I __C___ English like a
native speaker.
a. speak b. can
speak c. could speak d. will
speak
21. Let’s face it. It is no good __D___
any more.
a. to worry b. to be worrying
c. be worrying d. worrying
22. The World Cup
is a series of games in which teams from an
countries
play to see __D___ is the best.
a.
what b. as c. that
d. which
23. I could not understand __B___ the
passengers treated the taxi driver
with such
patronizing disregard.
a. how
b. why c. that d.
if
24. In the past thirty years, soccer has
become the sport of the world,
__B___ World Cup
is more successful than the last.
a. Every
b. Each c. All d.
Most
25. According to history, there was a time
__D___ all stories were
printed on sheep
skin.
a. what b. which
c. that d. when
26. __C___ for the
doctor’s expertise, the child could not be sitting
in
this classroom.
a. Had it not
b. If it were not
c. Had it not been
d. If had not been
27. At today’s meeting I
managed __A___ the floor.
a. to get
b. to be got c. getting d. being
got
28. It would be a great honor __C___ to
address at the open ceremony.
a. for me to ask
b. for my asking
c. for me to be asked
d. of me to be asked
29. Mother bought a __D__
scarf.
a. small Scottish square red
b. Scottish small square red
c. square red
small Scottish d. small square red
Scottish
30. I feel sorry because I can not
find anything __B___ to satisfy the
children’s
needs.
a. but b. else
c. or d. other
Part II
Vocabulary
1. The World Cup wasn’t recorded
show; it is __B___.
a. alive b. live
c. living d. lively
2. The decision
was taken yesterday and will remain in __A___
until
further government instructions.
a.
effect b. act c. action
d. influence
3. Only high officials had access
__B___ the president.
a. of b.
to c. with d. in
4.
What I have said only __A___ to some of you.
a.
applies b. supplies c. implies
d. complies
5. Think how much the parents of
the kidnapped boy must have
__A___.
a.
suffered b. endured c. stood
d. tolerated
6. She gave every __C___ of being
extremely rich.
a. feature b.
mark c. appearance d.
trace
7. This sort of music is too old-
fashioned to __D___ any longer.
a. appear
b. amaze c. appreciate d.
appeal
8. Our aim is to break __A___ barriers
that exist between teachers and
parents.
a.
down b. through c. into
d. in
9. Why are you so __B___ of the
government?
a. crucial b. critical
c. Vital d. decisive
10. I work very
_C____ and am decisive, and accurate in my
judgment.
a. effectively b. sufficiently
c. efficiently d. adequately
11. He had
to __C___ some of his duties to his
assistant.
a. turned on b. turned off
c. turned over d. turned up
12. We had to
break __C___ our vacation and return home
immediately.
a. out b. down
c. off d. up
13. Some of the most
efficient refrigerators ___B__ 70 percent
less
electricity than traditional models.
a.
spend b. consume c. cost
d. expend
14. It took them six years to pay
__C___ their debt.
a. for b. out
c. off d. back
15. She soon __C___
French when she went to live in France.
a. made
up b. slowed up c. picked up
d. held up
16. Under the present system, state
enterprises must __D__ all profits to
the
government.
a. turn down b. turn up
c. turn out d. turn in
17. The school
strives to treat pupils as individuals and to help
each one
to achieve their full __A___.
a.
potential b. genius c. talent
d. possibility
18. He’s an easy-going, friendly
young man with a __C___ sort of
attitude
towards money.
a. accidental b.
incidental c. casual d.
informal
19. The second injection should be
given once the first drug has __C___.
a. taken
place b. taken turns c. taken effect
d. taken steps
20. It happened without my being
__C___ of it.
a. acquainted b. sensitive
c. aware d. awake
21. We’re waiting
until the weather __B___ a little.
a. piles up
b. picks up c. pulls up d. puts
up
22. He was in a coma for days, but now he’s
fully __A___ again.
a. conscious
b. aware c. alert d.
sensible
23. After the break, we felt refreshed
and started to __C___ with our
work.
a.
advance b. progress c. proceed
d. process
24. You should follow your letter
__B___ a phone call.
a. with b. up
with c. through d. up
25. The
only __A___ to this room is along the long and
dark corridor.
a. access b. outlet
c. entrance d. exit
26. The term
“visually handicapped” __A___ students who have
serious
difficulty in seeing.
a. refers to
b. reports to c. sticks to d.
turns to
27. To finance the programs they had
to __B___ the public for the funds
they
needed.
a. turn down b. turn to
c. turn in d. turn out
28. I don’t think
this kind of medicine has any __C___.
a. answer
b. cause c. effect d.
work
29. If you want to learn something, you
had better pay __C___ in class.
a. care
b. respect c. attention d.
notion
30. When a fire __B___ at the National
exhibition, at least ten priceless
paintings
were completely destroyed.
a. broke off
b. broke out c. broke down d. broke
up
Part III Use of English
1. It’s so
late that I can’t work. What about you?
_D______________________________.
a. I fall
asleep.
b. So can I.
c. Don’t get out of the
room.
d. Nor can I.
2. Could you pick me up
on your way to work?
_C______________________________.
a. Thank
you.
b. Yes, please.
c. Sure.
d. It
doesn’t matter.
3. Which festival is the most
important in Chinese?
_A______________________________.
a. The
Spring Festival.
b. Yes, I like it.
c. I
will you later.
d. I will think about it.
4.
How often do you have parties with friends?
_B_______________________________.
a. I don’t
have many friends.
b. Once every month.
c.
This Sunday.
d. We have interesting
parties.
5. I really enjoy going to parties.
How about you?
_D_______________________________.
a. I like
watching TV.
b. No, he won’t go with us.
c.
Let’s go swimming.
d. So do I.
6. Do you
play football as well as your brother?
_D_______________________________.
a. He
doesn’t play football.
b. We both do.
c. No,
he doesn’t.
d. Yes, I do.
7. How can I send
you the picture?
_B_______________________________.
a. Please
send it.
b. Please e-mail it to me.
c.
Please don’t.
d. Thanks a lot.
8. You have
got a good job. Why aren’t you happy?
_C_______________________________.
a. I want to
do well in it.
b. I’m not feeling well.
c. I
don’t like it.
d. I’m tired.
9. How do you
like your new company?
_D_______________________________.
a. You are
great.
b. I am an office worker.
c.
It’s far from here.
d. I like it very
much.
10. Why do you want to be a teacher?
_B______________________________.
a. I enjoy
study.
b. I like being with children.
c. I
love all the teachers.
d. I do well in
English.
Part IV Reading
Comprehension
Passage One
When companies
need new employees, they usually place
advertisements
in newspapers in order to
attract as many applicants as possible. But
many
large well-known companies hire new people
frequently without putting
advertisements in
newspapers, because they already have many resumes
on
file. Therefore, it is not always best to
apply only to companies that place ads
in
newspapers. A person looking for a job is advised
to send his resume with
a cover letter to a
well-known company even if a position is not then
open.
He can follow up with a telephone call to
inquire if his resume has been
received and if
any jobs are available. If the company has not a
job at that
time, he can ask that they keep his
material on file and contact him in the
future
when something is available.
Sometimes if a
company is not hiring at the time, a letter
explaining that
a position is not currently
available will be sent. If a person sends a letter
and
resume to a company that is not then hiring
and later sees an advertisement in
the
newspaper for a job with that company, he should
call the company to
make certain they have his
material on file and will consider him for
the
position. So, a person has nothing to lose
and everything to gain by sending
in his
resume.
1. What kind of companies are the best
choice for a person to write to find a
job?
C
a. Companies that place ads in
newspapers.
b. Small trading companies.
c. Larger, well-known companies.
d. The
companies which are looking for new personnel
now.
2. Which of the following is not true?
A
a. A person looking for a job should
only apply to companies that advertise
in
newspapers.
b. Many larger, well-known
companies hire new people frequently.
c. A
person looking for a job is advised to send his
resume with a cover letter
to a well-known
company even if a position is not then open.
d. When companies decide to hire new people they
usually place an ad in the
newspaper to attract
as many people as possible.
3. When people are
looking for jobs, what should send to companies,
according to the passage? C
a. A resume
and recent photos.
b. A cover letter and an
application.
c. A resume and a cover
letter.
d. Only a phone call.
4. If you
send your resume to a company that isn’t hiring at
the time, what
might the company do? D
a. The company might call you and tell you that
they have no positions now.
b. The company
might hire you anyway.
c. The company will
not write back because they are not interested in
you.
d. The company might write back and tell
you that there are no positions
available at
the time.
5. According to the author,
__B____.
a. it is a bad idea to send in one’s
resume if one is not certain there is a
job
available.
b. it is always a good idea
to send in one’s resume whether or not one
is
certain there is a job available.
c. it
is not necessary to send in one’s resume if one
knows that there is not a
job available.
d. it is always necessary to make an inquiry phone
call first before one sends
in his resume.
Passage Two
We often use gestures to
express our feelings, but the problem is that
the
gestures can be understood in different
ways.
It is true that a smile means the same
thing in any language. So does
laughter or
crying. Fear is another emotion that is shown in
much the same
way all over the world. In
Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like
“he
went pale and began to tremble” suggests
that the man is either very afraid or
he
has just got a very big shock. However, “he opened
his eyes wide” is used
to suggest anger in
Chinese, whereas in English it means surprise. In
Chinese,
surprise can be described in phrase
like “they stretched out their
tongues!”
“Stretching out our tongue” in
English is an insulting gesture or
expresses
strong dislike.
Even in the same
culture, people differ in their ability to
understand and
express feelings. Experiments in
America have shown that women are
usually
better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love
and happiness on
people’s faces. Other studies
show that older people usually find it easier
to
recognize or understand body language than
younger people do.
6. Which of the following is
true according to the passage? D
a. We can
easily understand what people’s gestures mean.
b. Words can be better understood by older
people.
c. Gestures can be understood by most
people but words are not.
d. It is difficult
to tell what people’s gestures really mean
sometimes.
7. People’s facial expressions may
be misunderstood in different cultures
because
__D____.
a. people of different sexes may
understand a gesture differently
b. people
speaking different languages have different facial
expressions
c. people of different ages may
have different interpretations
d. people from
different cultures have different meanings about
some facial
expressions.
8. From the
passage, we can conclude that _A____.
a.
gestures can be used to express feelings
b.
gestures can be more effectively used than words
to express feelings
c. words are often more
difficult to understand than gestures
d.
gestures are used as frequently as words to
express feelings
9. In the same culture,
people __D____.
a. hardly ever fail to
understand each other’s ideas and feelings
b.
are equally intelligent even if they have
different backgrounds
c. almost all have the
same understanding of the same thing
d. may
have different abilities to understand and express
feelings
10. The best title for this passage
can be ___C___.
a. Gestures
b. Feelings
c. Gestures and Feelings
d. Culture and Understanding
Passage
Three
Until the twentieth century
cigarette smoking was not a widespread
habit.
The cigarette industry started in the
1870’s with the development of
cigarette
manufacturing machines. It helped
produce great numbers of cigarettes
very
quickly and reduced the price greatly. And
consequently more and more
people, both men and
women, began to smoke cigarettes. Men as a
group,
however, smoke more than women. But the
highest proportion of smokers is
found in the
age group of 24-44, regardless of sex
difference.
Income, education, and occupation
all play a part in determining a
person’s
smoking habits. City people smoke more than people
living on
farms. Well-educated men with high
incomes are less likely to smoke
cigarettes
than men with fewer years of schooling and lower
incomes. On the
other hand, if a well-educated
man with a higher income smokes at all, he
is
likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per
day.
The situation is somewhat different for
woman. There are slightly more
smokers among
women with higher family incomes and higher
education
than among the lower income and lower
education groups. These more
highly educated
women tend to smoke more heavily.
Among
teenagers the picture is similar. There are fewer
teenage smoker
from upper-income, well-educated
families, and fewer from families living
in
farm areas. High school students who are
preparing for college are less likely
to smoke
than those who do not plan to continue their
education after high
school. Children are most
likely to start smoking if one or both of
their
parents smoke.
11. When did cigarette
smoking begin to become a widespread habit
among
men and
women according to the author?
C
a. Before 1870’s
b.
In the year of 1870
c. When cigarettes were
made in large numbers
d. When women began to
smoke cigarettes
12. Among which age group of
people are you likely to find the
highest
proportion of cigarette smokers
according to the passage? B
a. Teenagers.
b. People in their thirties.
c. People over
fifty. d. Students under
twenty.
13. Which of the following has little
to do with a person’s smoking habit? D
a.
How much money he earns. b. What kind of
job he does.
c. How much education he’s got.
d. How long he had worked.
14. Which of
the following is true according to the passage?
B
a. Well-paid men with good education are
more likely to smoke.
b. Women with high
family incomes and good education are more likely
to
smoke.
c. Generally speaking, well-
educated women with higher incomes smoke
very
few cigarettes.
d. Well-educated men usually
smoke more packs of cigarettes than
well-
educated women.
15. What does the
author mean by saying “Among teenagers the picture
is
similar.” in the last paragraph? C
a.
Teenagers smoke as many cigarettes as adults.
b. There are as many teenager smokers as adult
smokers.
c. Family income and education have
much the same effect on forming
smoking habits
among teenagers.
d. Teenager smokers have a
picture that looks similar to that of adult
smokers.
Passage Four
People
travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to
see battlefields or
religious shrines. Others
are looking for culture, or simply want to have
their
pictures taken in front of famous places.
But most Europeans are willing to
pay a lot of
money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for
the sun
because they have so little of it.
Residents of cities like London,
Copenhagen,
and Amsterdam spend a lot of their
winter in the dark because the days are
so
short and much of the rest of the year in
the rain. This is the reason the
Mediterranean
has always attracted them. Every summer, more than
25
million people travel to Mediterranean
resorts and beaches for their vacation.
They
all come for the same reason: sun.
The huge
crowds mean lots of money for the economies
of
Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000
hotels are booked solid every
summer. And 13
million people camp out on French Beaches, parks,
and
roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline
attracts more people than anywhere
else. 37
million tourist visit yearly, or one tourist for
every person living in
Spain.
But there are
signs that the area is getting more tourism than
it can
handle. The Mediterranean is already one
of the most polluted seas on earth.
And
with increased tourism, it’s getting worse. The
French can’t figure out
what to do with all the
garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And
in
many places, swimming is dangerous because
of pollution.
None of this, however, is
spoiling anyone’s fun. The Mediterranean
gets
more popular every year with tourists.
Obviously, they don’t go there for
clean water
and solitude. They tolerate traffic jams and seem
to like crowded
beaches. They don’t even mind
the pollution. No matter how dirty the
water
is, the coastline still looks beautiful.
And as long as the sun shines, it’s
still
better than sitting in the cold rain in
Berlin, London, or Oslo.
16. The writer seems
to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the
reason
that _D___.
a. they want to see
historic remains o religious spots
b. they are
interested in different cultural traditions and
social customs
c. they would like to take
pictures in front of famous sites
d. they wish
to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back
at home
17. In Para. 2, cities like London,
Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are
mentioned
__A___.
a. to show that they are not good
cities in term of geography and climate
b. to
tell us how wealthy their residents are
c. to
suggest that these cities lack places of historic
interest and scenic
beauty
d. to prove that
they have got more tourism than they can
handle
18. According to the passage, which of
the following countries attracts more
tourists
than the others? B
a. Italy b.
Spain c. France d.
Greece
19. The latter half of the last sentence
in Para. 2, i.e., “or one tourist for
every
person living in Spain” means
__B___.
a. all the 37 millions people living in
Spain are tourists
b. every year almost as many
tourists visit Spain as there are people
living
in that country
c. every person
living in Spain has to take care of a
tourist
d. every Spanish is visited by a
tourist every year
20. According to the
passage, which of the following factors might
spoil
the tourist’s fun at Mediterranean
resorts and beaches? D
a. Polluted water
b.
Crowded buses
c. Traffic jams
d.
Rainy weather
Part V Cloze
She
didn’t really like 1A down and just staying 2B
a desk, and even 3C
the work was 4C enough,
she felt that it was, in the end, 5D of boring.
So
she took a 6B of going back to
school, and she learned to 7B a
trucker.
Driving a big truck isn’t easy, but
she became very good at it. Now she
really 8A
that being outside and being able to 9C her own
schedule, and
being responsible, mostly to
herself, for the work that she dose has 10C
her
an entirely new opinion about the place of
work in her own life.
1 a. sitting b.
seating c. getting d. keeping
2 a. by
b. at c. on d. beside
3 a. actually b.
when c. though d. fortunately
4 a.
varying b. various c. varied d.
variable
5 a. somewhat b. something c.
lots d. kind
6 a. risk b. chance c.
possibility d. reason
7 a. drive b.
become c. work as d. act as
8 a. feels
b. senses c. learns d. seems
9 a. found
b. find c. establish d. fit
10 a. taken
b. provided c. given d. presented
Part VI Translation
1. We can't judge what
he really meant by doing so till we know all
the
circumstances.
我们只有了解了全部情况后,才能对他这样做的真实意图作出判断.
2. After the
government had taken some effective measures,
prices began to
level off.
政府采取一些有效措施后,物价开始稳定了
3. Everyone should do what
he thinks right.
每个人都应该做自己认为是正确的事
4. My
parents considered my friend to have a bad
influence on me.
我父母认为我朋友对我有不良影响
5. She
is widely regarded as a potential Olympic gold
medalist.
她被认为是最有潜力的奥运金牌得主
6. What is the
point of discussing this issue further?
这件事再讨论下去有什么意义呢?
Part VII Sample
Writing
套路三：
1． 有人认为
2． 另一些人认为
3．
我的看法
作文：
On money
As far as money is
concerned, opinions vary widely. Some people
take
money as the source of happiness. They are
of the opinion that with money
they can have
delicious food to eat, fashionable clothes to wear
and a
luxurious house to live in. Without
money, they will inevitably be in
distress.
Others, however, believe that money
is the root of all evils. From their
point of
view, the pursuit of money drives many people to
commit crimes.
For instance, theft, robbing and
corruption are all connected to money.
As I see
it, we should not put the blame on money because
money itself
is a token or symbolic tool. It is
innocent. What really counts is the attitude
we
take toward it. If you always put money in the
first place in any of your
act, then money can
become troublesome, or even fatal. But when you
are
convinced that many more things in the
world are more meaningful and
important than
making money, you will surely be happier and more
open-
minded.
套路四：
1． 选择
2．
对比
3． 结论
作文：
Buy a House in the City or
in the Suburbs
When we buy a house, we will
be frequently faced with the choice
between a
house in the city and the one in the suburbs.
Before making the
right choice, we had better
make a close comparison and contrast of
them.
Both these two types of house can offer
us a new living condition and,
perhaps, new
living facilities. Despite their similarities,
their differences are
also obvious. First, it
is cheaper to buy a house in suburbs while it
is
expensive to buy a one in the city. Besides,
city offers a more convenient
transportation
service but people in the suburbs can live a quiet
life.
Moreover, it is easier for city dwellers
to have access to better education, yet
people
in the suburbs can enjoy fresh air, the green
trees and singing birds.
Therefore, it is hard
to say which is better. If you have no trouble
with
money and like to enjoy the modern
facilities of the city, you may buy
a
house in the city. But if you
appreciate the benefits of quiet life and fresh
air,
you may buy a house in the suburbs.