《大学英语(2)》期末考试A卷 例如,你能通过乘坐公共交通减少汽油的用量吗? 11 12 13 14 15 如果你经常在外面吃饭,可以考虑在家多做几餐。 A 一、阅读:20% (每小题2分) D C 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 A A B C B D D 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. A B A B B C B B D D 一、阅读:20% (所有答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不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 得分) ( 1 ) In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has 三、语法与词汇:30%(每小题2分) B B C D D C D B C B 答:做一些思考关于你的费用和你如何尽可能减少开销。 some good luck. 把它们写在纸上是明智的,因为这样不容易忽略。 1 Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people D. many people in the United States think anyone can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who the funny side of it and started to write a series of short tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors. stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, A. they want to be as rich as their 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 there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one riding every day. When he saw that rich people had must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems gave big parties for their new neighbors. It was like a race, but one could never finish this 1. The writer of the selection believes___A __. race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and his wife could not do that. 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 A. anyone in the United States can become rich 4. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if series of short stories because Jones is __C___. he works hard and has some good luck A,. an important name C. he can become rich in the future D. like to have many neighbors B. like to live in New York City to be ahead. C. like to live outside New York City A. like to live in apartments because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. 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 __B___. D. they want others to know or to think that they are rich B. they want to be happy C. they don’t want others to know they are rich because ____A__. 2. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses B. his neighbor’s name C. a popular name in the United States D. not a good name of forest. The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise(陡坡) at one end. The pilot thought there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter it to him on the map. “But there is nowhere to land said that the other pilot had done so the year before, there,” said the pilot. “I have flown over that we 5. According to the writer, it is ____B_. A. correct to keep up with the Joneses B. interesting to keep up with the Joneses C. impossible to keep up with the Joneses D. good to keep up with the Joneses so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned can’t land anywhere between this river and these right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he mountains.” smiled happily and said, “Yes, that is exactly how the “I thought you were a wonderful pilot,” said the hunter, “some of my friends said you could land a plane 6. The hunter in the story went to the forest on a postage stamp.” ___D___.` “That’s right,” answered the pilot. “I can land A. once B. two times C. many times D. none a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.” 7. In the story the hunter asked a pilot to take him “And what if I tell you that another pilot did land to the piece of forest. This pilot was ____D__. me there last spring?” said the hunter. “Is that true?” asked the pilot. once “Yes, it is. I swear it.” B. a different pilot who had never been to that part Well, this pilot could not let himself beaten by another, so he agreed to take the hunter. C. a pilot who had been to the place many times When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out D. a pilot who had never heard of such a place of the country A. the same pilot who had taken him to the place of the above other pilot managed it last time.”. ( 2 ) A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to. He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snow melted in 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 railways. He asked the pilot to take him back to the piece 3
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