《大学英语（2）》期末考试A卷 例如，你能通过乘坐公共交通工具来减少你的用气量吗？ 11 12 13 14 15 如果你经常在外面吃饭，可以考虑在家多做点饭。 D 一、阅读：20% （每小题2分） D A B C 检查你的购买习惯。 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 四．英译汉：30% （答题请不要超出边框） Do some brainstorming about your expenses and how you D D C C C D B C C C could possibly cut back on them. It is wise to write them down on paper because it is less easy to dismiss them that way. For example, can you cut down on the amount of gas 二、交际用语20%（每小题2分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 you use by taking public transportation? If you eat out often, consider making more meals at home. B B C B B D D C C D Examine your buying habits. （翻译题请在此空白处答题，否则不得分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 三、语法与词汇：30%（每小题2分） 做一些头脑风暴关于你的开支和你如何可能削减他们。 B C A B C B C A A C 把它们写在纸上是明智的，因为这样就不容易把它们打发掉。 一、阅读：20% (所有答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不得分) ( 1 ) 1 In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck. Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They left their wealthy neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck C. he can become rich in the future City. D. many people in the United States think anyone it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: he began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. Young Momand was very proud of his riches. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. But just moving there was not enough. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and A. anyone in the United States can become rich his wife could not do that. D. like to have many neighbors Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And 3. It can be inferred from the story that rich people there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one _____. must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead. 1. The writer of the selection believes _____. A. like to live in apartments B. like to live in New York City C. like to live outside New York City keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. D. they want others to know or to think that they are rich States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean B. they want to be happy C. they don’t want others to know they are rich Momand looked around him and noticed that many people can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United 2. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ______. A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors 4. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because Jones is _____. A,. an important name the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there were no roads and no Well, this pilot could not let himself beaten by another, so he agreed to take the hunter. When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out railways. He asked the pilot to take him back to the piece a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, B. his neighbor’s name C. a popular name in the United States D. not a good name 5. According to the writer, it is _____. A. correct to keep up with the Joneses B. interesting to keep up with the Joneses C. impossible to keep up with the Joneses on a postage stamp.” D. good to keep up with the Joneses “That’s right,” answered the pilot. “I can land of forest. with a steep rise(陡坡) at one end. The pilot thought The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him on the map. “But there is nowhere to land there,” said the pilot. “I have flown over that we can’t land anywhere between this river and these mountains.” “I thought you were a wonderful pilot,” said the hunter, “some of my friends said you could land a plane there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the year before, so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he smiled happily and said, “Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.”. 6. The hunter in the story went to the forest ______. A. once B. two times C. many times D. none of the above 7. In the story the hunter asked a pilot to take him a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is ( 2 ) A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.” to the piece of forest. This pilot was ______. “And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring?” said the hunter. “Is that true?” asked the pilot. B. a different pilot who had never been to that part He returned from his first visit to the place in late “Yes, it is. I swear it.” of the country A. the same pilot who had taken him to the place once there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to. autumn, and could not get back until the snow melted in 3
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