大学英语2期末考试模拟试题

大学英语2期末考试模拟试题
总共47题共100分
一. 单选题 (共10题,共10分)
气体处理
1. The government official commented on the present economic situation with _____ satisfaction, saying that it is showing signs for the better. (1分)
A.deliberate
B.moderate
C.unpopular
D.middle
 
     
 
2. Only those who can ___ to lose their money should make high-risk investments. (1分)
A.maintain
B.sustairt
C.endure
D.afford
3. Linda _____ off to Paris last weekend by herself without telling anyone. She said she just suddenly felt like going away for a few days and left. (1分)
A.conceived
B.departed
C.sneaked
D.challenged
4. Some of Lu Xun’s writings were lost for decades, but they were _____ in the mid-80s. (1分)
A.retried
B.rediscovered
C.reminded
D.recalled
5. This research has attracted wide coverage in the ________and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World. (1分)
A.data
B.source
C.message
D.media
6. Mary likes to hear ______ on her appearance. (1分)
A.praises
Bpliments
C.affections
D.introductions
7. I'm ___ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams. (1分)
A.realistic
B.conscious
C.register
D.resolve
8. She’s an excellent translator, and her _____ is ancient Greek poetry. (1分)
A.specialty
B.curiosity
C.affection
D.profession
9. When his ______ employers learned that he had had a drinking problem, they decided against hiring him. (1分)
A.ultimate
B.likely
C.prospective
D.eligible
10. The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ______of the murder committed last month. (1分)
A.observers
B.witnesses
C.audiences
D.viewers
二. 阅读理解 (共20题,共40分)
1. Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we’ll have a way to change its course.
Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn’t be cheap.
Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk re: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare—but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. “If we don’t take care of these big asteroids, they’ll take care of us,” says one scientist. “It’s that simple.”
The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday (毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,” said a New York Times article. (10分)
 (1) What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? (2分)
A.They are heavenly bodies different in composition.
B.They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
C.There are more asteroids than meteoroids.
D.Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.
 (2) What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth? (2分)
A.It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
B.Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.
C.Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.
D.It’s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.
 (3) What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the courses of asteroids? (2分)
A.It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.
B.It may create more problems than it might solve.
C.It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.
D.Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.
 (4) We can conclude from the passage that ________. (2分)
A.while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world
B.asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future
C.the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime
D.workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
 (5) Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in this passage? (2分)
A.Optimistic.
B.Critical.
C.Objective.
D.Arbitrary.
2. Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!
When the Great Depression (大萧条) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽车旅馆) for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you. (10分)
 (1) What Kemmons’ mom often told him during his childhood was ______. (2分)
A.caring
B.moving
C.encouraging
D.interesting
   
 
 (2) According to the author, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again? (2分)
A.Doctors.
B.Nurses.
C.Friends.
D.Mom.
 (3) What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself? (2分)
A.His terrible experience in the hotel.
B.His previous business success of various levels.
C.His mom’s support.
D.His wife’s suggestion.
 (4) Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother? (2分)
A.Modest, helpful, and hard-working.
B.Loving, supportive and strong-willed.
C.Careful, helpful and beautiful.
D.Strict, sensitive and supportive.
 (5) Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage? (2分)
A.Self-confidence, hard work, higher education and a poor family.
B.Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.
C.Clear goals, mom’s encouragement, a poor family and higher education.
D.Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education and opportunities.
3. Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing the disputed refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees.
The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge.
Observers noted down the referees’ errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number.
The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyse the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum (最佳的) distance is about 20 meters.
There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second.
If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
He also says that FIFA’s insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical. (10分)
 (1) The experiment conducted by the researcher was meant to ________. (2分)
A.review the decisions of referees at the 1998 World Cup
B.analyse the causes of errors made by football referees
C.set a standard for football refereeing
D.reexamine the rules for football refereeing
 (2) The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was ________. (2分)
A.slightly above average
B.higher than in the 1998 World Cup
C.quite unexpected
D.as high as in a standard match
 (3) The findings of the experiment show that ________. (2分)
A.errors are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball
B.the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the errors
C.the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely will errors occur
D.errors are less likely when a referee stays in one spot
 
 (4) The word “officials” (Line 2, Para. 4) most probably refers to ________. (2分)
A.the researchers involved in the experiment
B.the inspectors of the football tournament
C.the referees of the football tournament
D.the observers at the site of the experiment
 (5) What is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment? (2分)
A.The ideal retirement age for an experienced football referee is 45.
B.Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.
C.A football referee should be as young and energetic as possible.
D.An experienced football referee can do well even when in poor physical condition.
4. One day Marilla said, “Anne, your new teacher, Miss Stacy, spoke to me yesterday. She says you must study for the examinations for Queen’s College in two years’ time. Then if you do well, you can study at Queen’s in Charlottetown for a year, and after that you’ll be a teacher!”
“That doesn’t matter, Anne. When Matthew and I adopted you three years ago, we decided to look after you as well as we could. Of course we’ll pay for you to study.”
So in the afternoons Anne and some of her friends stayed late at school, and Miss Stacy helped them with the special examination work. Diana didn’t want to go to Queen’s, so she went home early, but Gilbert stayed. He and Anne still never spoke and everybody knew that they were enemies, because they both wanted to be first in the examination. Secretly, Anne was sorry that she and Gilbert weren’t friends, but it was too late now.
For two years, Anne studied hard at school. She enjoyed learning, and Miss Stacy was pleased with her. But she didn’t study all the time. In the evenings and at weekends she visited her friends, or walked through the fields with Diana, or sat talking to Matthew.
“Your Anne is a big girl now. She’s taller than you,” Rachel Lynde told Marilla one day.
“You’re right, Rachel!” said Marilla in surprise.
“And she’s a very good girl now, isn’t she? She doesn’t get into trouble these days. I’m sure she helps you a lot with the housework, Marilla.”
“Yes, I don’t know what I’d do without her,” said Marilla, smiling.
“And look at her! Those beautiful grey eyes, and that red-brown hair! You know, Marilla, I thought you and Matthew made a mistake when you adopted her. But now I see I was wrong. You’ve looked after her very well.”
“Well, thank you, Rachel,” replied Marilla, pleased.
That evening, when Matthew came into the kitchen, he saw that his sister was crying.
“What’s the matter?” he asked, surprised. “You haven’t cried since… well, I can’t remember when.”
“It’s just… well, I was thinking about Anne,” said Marilla. “I’ll…I’ll miss her when she goes away.”
光杆排线器“When she goes to Queen’s, you mean? Yes, but she can come home at weekends, on the train.”
“I’ll still miss her,” said Marilla sadly.”
In June the Avonlea boys and girls had to go to Charlottetown to take their examinations.
“Oh, I do hope that I’ve done well,” Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables. “The examinations were very difficult. And I’ve got to wait for three weeks before I know! Three weeks! I’ll die!”
Anne wanted to do better than Gilbert. But she also wanted to do well for Matthew and Marilla. That was very important to her.
Diana was the first to hear the news, she ran into the kitchen at Green Gables and shouted, “Look, Anne! It’s in Father’s newspaper! You’re first… with Gilbert… out of all the students on the island! Oh, how wonderful!” Anne took the paper with shaking hands, and saw her name, at the top of the list of two hundred. She could not speak.
“Well, now, I knew it,” said Matthew with a warm smile.
“You’ve done well, I must say, Anne,” said Marilla, who was secretly very pleased.
For the next three weeks Anne and Marilla were very busy. Anne needs new dresses to take to Charlottetown.  (10分)
 (1) Which of the following statements is true? (2分)
A.To be a teacher was one of Annes’ dreams.
B.Both Anne and Diana studied hard for the special examination.
C.Matthew and Marilla were Anne’s parents.
D.Anne was adopted by Matthew and Marilla.
 (2) Why are Anne and Gilbert enemies? Because _____________. (2分)
A.they were competitors in school
B.they didn’t like each other
C.it wasn’t mentioned in the passage
D.their parents were enemies
 (3) The paragraph “Oh Marilla! I’d love to be a teacher! But won’t it be very expensive?” should be put between ___________. (2分)
A.paragraph and
B.paragraph and
C.paragraph and
D.paragraph and
 (4) What will be written in the following paragraph? (2分)
A.Anne’s summer holiday.
B.What will Anne talk about her college life with Diana
C.How will Miss Stacy help Anne study.
D.What will Anne do before attending college.
 (5) From the passage, we can learn that _____________. (2分)
A.Miss Stay liked Anne very much
B.when Anne became a teacher, she would have lived in the family for six years
C.Marilla cried because Anne would leave for ever
D.Rachel was a teacher of Anne’s
三. 完型填空 (共10题,共15分)
1. Why are people afraid of failure? One reason is that we assume any failure is bad. ____1___ we don’t always recognize is that what looks failure may, in the long run, prove ______2___.
It’s true that failure is never pleasant. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Ask yourself why you failed and how you can improve, resisting the ___3____ to blame others. If you couldn’t find the answer, don’t be shy to ask for help. Sometimes other people can be very helpful. Even a total failure can be useful because it can ____4_____ fresh thinking, a change of direction.
Success, however, which encourages ____5_____ of old behavior, is not _____6_____ as good a teacher as failure. Certain kinds of success can indeed be destructive: too early success, success that comes too easily and success that is achieved _____7______ the cost of total quality of an experience. Also success in one area often precludes success in ____8____.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “A man’s success is made ___9___ failures, because he experiments and ventures every day and the more falls he gets, moves ____10______on.”
 (15分)
 (1) None (1.5分)
A.That
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B.Which
C.What
D.Why
 (2) None (1.5分)
A.benefit
B.beneficial
C.beneficent
D.beneficiary
 (3) None (1.5分)
A.impulse
B.impulsion
C.impulsive
D.impute
 (4) None (1.5分)
数字标签A.prompter
B.prompt
C.prompting
D.promptly
 (5) None (1.5分)
A.repeat
B.repeated
C.repetition
D.repetitive
 (6) None (1.5分)
A.nearly
B.near
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C.far
D.further
 (7) None (1.5分)
A.with
B.at
C.by
D.in
 (8)  None (1.5分)
A.other
B.others
C.the other
D.another
 (9) None (1.5分)
A.up to
B.up
C.of
D.up of
 (10) None (1.5分)
A.fast
B.fastest
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C.faster
D.the fastest
四. 汉译英 (共5题,共10分)
1. (他很快就习惯了当地的食物。)___________________________________.He liked it. (2分)
 标准答案:He quickly became accustomed to the local food.
2. (或许你会碰巧在旧书摊上买到这本辞典。)________________________ I like it. (2分)
 标准答案:Perhaps you might chance on the dictionary at some old bookstall
3.  Inexperienced she was, (但她能巧妙地克服这些困难。)____________________________. (2分)
 标准答案:she could cope with the difficulties wonderfully well.
4. ( 他成功激发起雇员的团队精神。)________________________________.He is a good manager. (2分)
 标准答案:He managed to imbue his employees with team spirit.
5. (他因你们所送的礼物而感到愉快。)______________________________. I like it too. (2分)
 标准答案:He was delighted with the present you sent.
五. 英译汉 (共1题,共10分)
1. Time went on and on. Fortunately for everyone, both the Japanese and American sides of the joint venture had heard enough horror stories about cultural conflicts to recognize the value of George’s skills;They also realized that without George’s help, many things occurred before could have been in an irremediable degree. So when he proposed this new position for himself, the idea was quickly approved. They were unanimous in supporting him. The wisdom of this decision was proved again and again over the years. (10分)
 标准答案:岁月如梭。对于大家来说都很幸运的是,合资企业的美日双方已经听说过足够多的有关文化冲突的骇人故事,并从中悟出了乔治的技能的价值。他们不约而同地认识到以往要是没有乔治的助阵解围,很多事情可能已经弄到覆水难收的地步了。所以,当他为自己提出这个新的职位时,这个想法很快便被采纳了,而且是一致通过。在这几年中,这一决定的英明一次又一次地得到了证明。
 考生答案:   
 考生得分:0 分  评语:
六. 作文 (共1题,共15分)
1. Directions:
1.人们对职业务有不同的理想
2.我理想的职业是什么
3.我怎样为我理想的职业做准备 (15分)
 标准答案:Everyone has his own ideal job. Some want to be doctors, some want to be teachers, and some want to be engineers.
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