大学英语 A 2

一、阅读理解

1、 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarreling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family including their kid has.

You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗 ) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn ( 呵欠 ) and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

(1)、If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably .

A：he is a lazy person

B：he is not sure when his energy is low

C：he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

D：he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

答案： D

(2)、Which of the following may end family quarrels according to the passage?

A：Awareness of family member's energy cycle.

B：Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

C：Attempts to change family member's energy cycle. 9

D：Familiar monologues.

答案： A

(3)、If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should .

A：get to bed earlier

B：get up earlier than usual

C：overcome his laziness

D：change his energy cycle

答案： B

(4)、You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.

A：help to keep your energy for the day's work

B：keep your energy cycle under control all day

C：enable you to concentrate on your routine work

D：help you to control your temper early in the day

答案： A

(5)、Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A：Children have energy cycles, too.

B：Habit may help a person adapt to his own energy cycle.

C：Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.

D：Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energy.

答案： C

2、 It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on landmines(地雷) . Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her." The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.

But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人) ". The Princess responded by brushing aside(不予理睬) the criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help." Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess.

To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.

For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.

(1)、Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 ______.

A：to clarify the British government's stand on landmines

B：to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims

C：to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there

D：to voice her support for a total ban of landmines

答案： D

(2)、What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home tome" (paragraph1)?

A：Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.

B：She just couldn't bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.

C：The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.

D：Seeing the pain of the victims make her realize the seriousness of the situation.

答案： D

(3)、Some members of the British government criticized Diana because ______.

A：she had not consulted the government before the visit

B：she was ill-informed of the government's policy

C：they were actually opposed to banning landmines

D：they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola

答案： C

(4)、How did Diana respond to the criticisms?

A：She made more appearances on TV.

B：She paid no attention to them.

C：She rose to argue with her opponents.

D：She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.

答案： B

(5)、What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?

A：It had caused embarrassment to the British government.

B：It had greatly promoted her popularity.

C：It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.

D：It had affected her relations with the British government.

答案： C

二、词汇与语法

1、The smile on her face ________ that she was willing to go.

A：suggested

B：explained

C：supposed

D：insisted

答案： A

2、Carol made a ________ to work hard at school this year.

A：resolution

B：revolution

C：involution

D：evolution

答案： A

3、Ten minutes earlier, we could have caught the last train.

A：or else

B：but

C：otherwise

D：and

答案： D

4、Maggie ____the floor when she _____the door bell ring.

A：was sweeping … heard

B：swept … heard

C：was sweeping … was hearing

D：swept … was hearing

答案： A

5、Grace advised us to withdraw ________.

A：so as to get not involved

B：as not to get involved

C：so as not to get involved

D：as to not get involved

答案： C

6、It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants.

A：however

B：whatever

C：whichever

D：whenever

答案： B

7、They found the conditions there ________.

A：much improve

B：much to improve

C：much improved

D：be much improved

答案： C

8、They are willing to care for the _____ and disabled.

A：oldest

B：elder

C：older

D：elderly

答案： D

9、John suggested _________ anything about it until they found out more facts.

A：not to say

B：not say

C：to say not

D：not saying

答案： D

10、 You may get good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will only succeed ________ by studying hard every day.

A：in particular

B：in the long run

C：in season

D：in the end of

答案： B

三、完型填空

In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the 2 of our own family and from our familiar associates, and which we should know and use 3 we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life, and are the stock in trade (惯用手段) of all who 4 the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 5 and are not the exclusive right of a limited class. 6 , our language comprises a multitude of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings 7 to every educated person, but there is little necessity to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first 8 with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, but from books that we read, lectures that we listen to, or the more formal conversation of 9 educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the 10 between them and "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.

(1)、A：at

B：by

C：with

D：through

答案： C

(2)、A：members

B：relatives

C：mates

D：fellows

答案： A

(3)、A：despite

B：even if

C：since

D：as well as

答案： B

(4)、A：say

B：apply

C：practise

D：speak

答案： D

(5)、A：at least

B：at most

C：at large D：at best

答案： C

(6)、A：As a matter of fact

B：In short

C：In general

D：On the other hand

答案： D

(7)、A：know

B：are known

C：are knowing

D：knowing

答案： B

(8)、A：encounter

B：approach

C：acquaintance

D：experience

答案： C

(9)、A：highly

B：deeply

C：greatly

D：mainly

答案： A

(10)、A：contradiction

B：discrepancy

C：similarity

D：distinction

答案： D

四、汉译英

(1)、他不但乒乓球打得好，而且钢琴弹得好。

(2)、你知道联合国是哪一年成立的吗?

(3)、当他到达山顶的时候，他感到又饿又累。

(4)、正是由于他在面试中表现不错，他才获得了这份工作。

五、写作

Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.

You are to write an essay on the topic " My Dream House ". You should base your essay on the outline below:

a)描述你现在住所的状况

b)你梦想的住所是什么样子

c)在你的梦想住所都可以做哪些活动