大学英语1试题(含答案)

English Test

I. Cloze (with choices provided)

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. (160 points)

Passage 1

Polio (小儿麻痹症) was one of the most feared diseases of the first half of the 20th century. It appeared (1)______, mostly in children, causing parents to worry during the epidemics of the 1940s and 1950s. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt caught the disease in 1921. He was (2)______ without the use of his legs.

Different to what is commonly believed, polio did not typically (3)______ serious damage to one's legs. (4)______, the majority of individuals who caught it only (5)______ small problems, such as fever and headache. These difficulties only (6)______ a few days, and many had such small cases (7)______ they did not even realize they were ill. (8)______, they often continued (9)______ their daily lives, attending school or work, unknowingly giving many others the virus. This explains (10)______ many people who had serious cases of polio believed that they were the only one in their family, neighborhood, or community to have (11)______ the disease. In truth, there could have been many individuals (12)______ whom they came into contact that had the illness, (13)______ did not show symptoms.

In 1948, Jonas Salk (14)______ research on a vaccine for the disease. (15)______ in 1955, the Salk vaccine was shown to be (16)______ in preventing the disease after trials (17)______ nearly two million children. A nationwide program to vaccinate (接种疫苗) was quickly started and (18)______ several years and improvements on the vaccine by Albert Sabin, the United States was almost entirely (19)______ the disease. Today, polio is all but forgotten, as it has (20)______ disappeared from developed countries.

1. A. by chance B. by turns C. by mistake 2. A. remained B. left C. got 3. A. result in B. emerge in C. happen in 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

A. Rather than A. implemented A. went A. that

A. Therefore A. during A. when

B. In place of B. experienced B. passed B. which B. However B. while B. why

C. Rather

C. experimented C. lasted C. so

C. In such C. with C. how

11. A. had B. done C. suffered

12. A. for B. to C. with 13. A. since B. so C. but 14. A. made B. started C. worked 15. A. After all B. Than C. Then 16. A. operative B. efficiency C. effective 17. A. involving B. affecting C. protecting 18. A. since B. after C. before 19. A. rid of B. done away C. put an end to 20. A. completely B. relatively C. inevitably

Passage 2

\anything bought or made... or buy anything sold or made... or make anything sold or bought... or repair anything sold, bought, or made. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.\ Lloyd Dobler, a character (人物) in the movie Say Anything, said this. It (21)______ the attitude of many young people entering the workforce—young men and women who were born in the 1970s—that the careers (22)______ them are not meaningful.

Many adults believe these young people are lazy and happy to (23)______ the gains made by past generations, and these adults (24)______ this generation the name \adults often (25)______ about working their way up from the bottom doing jobs like hauling and dumping trash. Other adults who have been working for (26)______ can relate to the feelings expressed by the (27)______ generation in the workforce and agree that things, (28)______, have changed and jobs are becoming less (29)______. They blame the trend toward jobs with duties that are too narrow. In order for companies to (30)______ greater efficiency from their workers, each person must continuously do one task day in and day out. Many (31)______ for more creative input and decision-making than what this model provides. In addition, many who have recently graduated from college find it (32)______ when they find out they need to get further training just to get a job that pays less than $10 an hour. Companies are also employing more part-time workers (33)______ so that they don't have to pay as much as they pay a full-time worker. Unfortunately, (34)______ someone wants to work their way up from the bottom in a company, it is hard to get the chance, (35)______ short-term workers fill most beginning positions.

(36)______ to common belief, young people do not quit at the first sign of hard work and they don't (37)______ \in their time\They do, however, call for more (38)______ careers. They want the same type of employment opportunities that existed for (39)______ generations. They want opportunities that demand courage and (40)______ their creative spirit. \Dobler. His statement expresses the hopes of those entering the workforce today.

21. A. represents 22. A. prior to 23. A. live off 24. A. have been given 25. A. yell 26. A. sometime 27. A. young 28. A. in the end 29. A. enjoying 30. A. take 31. A. want 32. A. boring 33. A. so that 34. A. even if 35. A. because 36. A. Against 37. A. look around for 38. A. training 39. A. prior 40. A. change

B. confuses B. open to B. live in B. have given B. boast B. sometimes B. youth B. at first B. enjoyed B. do B. long B. frustrating B. so much B. even B. otherwise B. Opposite B. look down on B. awarding B. before B. challenge

C. instructs C. unique to C. make living C. are given C. define C. some time C. youthful C. in fact C. enjoyable C. achieve C. desire C. convincing C. so what C. even as C. even C. Contrary C. look up to C. rewarding C. continuous C. compete

Passage 3

What was my favorite job? Let's (41)______. I have taken care of gardens, children, and adults without goals; made hamburgers, pizza, and houses in trees; taught English, Math, and how to find a job; served French, Chinese, and Indian food; answered calls, letters sent over the Internet, and questions about directions; and (42)______ all of those jobs, I hauled and dumped trash. I have had (43)______ that was enjoyable and frustrating, early in the morning and late at night, indoors and outdoors, paid and unpaid. I have been (44)______ at, looked down upon, praised, rewarded, scared to death, and confused. All together, I can boast that I (45)______ 23 different jobs—21 of which I quit, one of which I lost because I did a bad job and the twenty-third is my present job—and I am only 35 years old. I am living proof (证据) that working one job until you die is a thing of the (46)______. What was my favorite job? I would have to say that my favorite job was waiting tables at an East Indian restaurant (47)______

attending college and shortly after I graduated. (48)______, I hated waiting tables, but over time I grew to love it. I could really relate to the pace, the people, the attitude, and the (49)______ of the job. I went to work at around 5 p.m. and ate at the restaurant with fellow waiting (50)______ and then prepared the eating area for guests. The repetition of setting up the restaurant was a bit (51)______, but without stress. Then at 5:30 p.m. the initial guest traffic began to arrive, (52)______ not in full force. It was just kind of a warm-up for the rush of people to come. At 6:30 p.m. the rate (53)______ I did my work increased and I spoke and moved with haste as I tried to manage the (54)______ of up to six tables at once, taking their orders, serving their food, (55)______, and leaping to their side when they called for me. Things were very demanding until around 9:00 p.m. (56)______ the guest traffic slowed, and then usually (57)______ 10:00 p.m. all of the guests had left. The muscles in my legs were occasionally a little sore from (58)______ running about for four hours, but, if I (59)______ a good job or got lucky, I had a pocket full of money, tips from guests. I cleaned up the dining area and had a seat with the kitchen staff for a beer. The owner of the restaurant always paid for the first drink, so everyone usually had (60)______ one before going home. Most of us didn't go home after we left the restaurant, though. We continued on with our evening moving to a different restaurant or club.

41. A. watch B. follow C. see 42. A. prior to B. past over C. early on 43. A. career B. employment C. service 44. A. yelled B. instructed C. assisted 45. A. had got B. have offered C. have held 46. A. past B. present C. future 47. A. as B. while C. during 48. A. Absolutely B. Normally C. Originally 49. A. image B. picture C. look 50. A. members B. people C. staff 51. A. exciting B. boring C.challenging 52. A. though B. regardless C. instead 53. A. of which B. at which C. in which 54. A. necessary B. needs C. essentials 55. A. making the route B. doing the route C. making the rounds 56. A. while B. as C. when 57. A. in B. by C. after 58. A. continuously B. initially C. apparently 59. A. had had B. had done C. had made 60. A. at least B. at last C. in the end

Passage 4

I can't tell you how many times I've been asked if I own a gun. \from the United

States, so do you own a gun?\news about a robbery (62)______ a gun was used, more precisely, a pistol. America is unusual in its (63)______ to gun ownership (所有权). Most countries do not allow gun ownership. Those (64)______ to ordinary citizens' owning handguns often (65)______ the rates of crimes in other countries to the rates in the United States. The United States has (66)______ more crimes with guns than other countries where handgun ownership is not allowed. It is hard to (67)______ the fact that the country with the (68)______ rate of crime in the world is the easiest place to buy a gun.

Presently, many, (69)______ not most Americans, admit the need for tighter laws to control the ownership of handguns. And yet, most (70)______ efforts to make strict laws to keep guns out of the hands of would-be offenders are (71)______ by people who believe owning a gun is an American's right. When identifying a cause for the (72)______ of laws controlling gun ownership, many (73)______ blame to one organization (74)______, the National Rifle Association (国家枪支协会). It is one of the most (75)______ organizations in America and it (76)______ to it that public officials do not make laws that keep people (77)______ owning guns. The organization's public relations (78)______ is polished and effective, and its executives are well-connected in Washington, D.C. Persons representing this organization often point out that criminals get access to guns through means outside of the law, (79)______, laws would not do much to reduce access to handguns. It should be noted that (80)______ the efforts of the National Rifle Association, some recent handgun laws have actually been passed in the United States, but it is hard to say accurately if the laws are working to reduce access to handguns by criminals.

61. A. focus on B. turn on C. call for 62. A. to which B. for which C. in which 63. A. style B. access C. approach 64. A. opposed B. combated C. committed 65. A. compare B. compete C. illustrate 66. A. so B. too C. far 67. A. identify B. estimate C. ignore 68. A. lowest B. highest C. first 69. A. if B. when C. whether 70. A. unusual B. current C. apparent 71. A. judged B. mentioned C. challenged 72. A. desire B. need C. lack 73. A. apply B. attach C. devote 74. A. in particular B. in fact C. in addition 75. A. negative B. powerful C. absolute 76. A. finds B. looks C. sees 77. A. from B. against C. off