Reading Master 2 – Final Exam A
A. Vocabulary
Directions: Choose the correct phrasal verb to compete the sentences. Each is used only one time.
put off turned up add up build up
builds on took up scare off
1. I like a good ghost story, but I am ______ by too much blood and gore in horror movies these days.
2. We used to have a problem with mice around here so we got a cat to ______ them ______. 3. My lost wallet ______ at a police station since someone had found it on a bus and returned it. 4. One way to ______ your resume is to include some volunteer experience related to the job you are applying for.
5. A good salesperson ______ the relationships he or she has with existing clients.
6. Over spending and using credit cards too much will only ______ to financial disaster in the long run.
7. Alice ______ the guitar when she was only five and now performs with her band.
Directions: Choose a word from the box to complete the sentences below. Each is used only one time.
pursuing peeped retaliation flexibility rigorous universally perplexing sophistication 8. Dean had a quiet ______ about him that made him good at helping people with their problems. 9. Most Olympic athletes have the ambition of ______ and winning a gold medal. 10. The tiny mouse ______ its head through the hole before racing across the kitchen floor. 11. As part of my daily routine to keep fit, I do a variety of ______ exercises in the morning. 12. It is ______ how these lottery winners all seem to waste their money within a few years of receiving it.
13. English is the ______ accepted language of communication for airline pilots.
14. My new job has a lot of ______ because I mostly do the work out of my office at home. 15. In ______ for the protesters throwing rocks, the police sprayed water cannons to make them disperse.
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Reading Master 2 – Final Exam A
B. Grammar
16. The new smartphone was ______ perfectly designed that it became difficult to obtain one. a. so b. such c. too d. enough 17. After studying for so many hours, Kiki thought she’d had ______ for one day. a. so b. such c. too d. enough 18. Everyone ______ to applaud the actors as they lined up on stage. a. stand up b. standing up c. stood up 19. I felt ______ chill when I saw the ghost of my uncle in the mirror. a. a little b. fairly c. slightly 20. It was ______ interesting performance given by the students. a. quite b. reasonable c. absolutely
d. stands up
d. rather
d. a rather
21. Once Stanley has ______ high school, he must ______ the army. a. completed / join b. completes / join c. completed / joins d. completing / join 22. By the time you ______ this post card, I ______ already left France. a. read / have b. read / will have c. reads / will have d. reading / will 23. You ______ the table, while we ______ the dishes.
a. wipes / did
b. wiped / does
c. wipe / do
d. wiping / did
24. ______ that danger was near, Spider-man leaped out of the way of the falling bridge. a. Sense b. Senses c. Sensed d. Sensing 25. ______ tried so many different jobs over many years, Gary decided to open his own business. a. Have b. Has c. Having d. Had 26. A trained police dog is given a final test to see if it can ______ drugs from a hidden location. a. sniffs out b. sniffed out c. sniff out d. sniffing out 27. Every year on February 1st, groundhog Willy comes out of his hole ______ whether spring will come early or not. a. signify b. signifies c. signified d. to signify 28. When I went to London last summer, there were ______ of Japanese tourist taking pictures of everything. a. hording b. horde c. hordes d. horded Directions: Change the sentences to their reduced relative clauses by crossing out the unnecessary words. 29. The famous inventor created a device which was made of mostly plastic and glass. 30. The number of students who have been late for Mr. White’s class is disappointing.
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Reading Master 2 – Final Exam A
C. Reading Comprehension
(A)
Directions: Read the excerpt from Escaping the Labyrinth in Unit 7 of the textbook and answer the questions that follow.
Mazes are almost as old as human civilization. They appear in ancient tales, like the Greek myth of the Minotaur and have continued to capture the imagination over the centuries. They have also featured in several notable psychological experiments which are now seen as important contributions to our understanding of how spatial memory and awareness works. Homeward Bound Considered the grandfather of maze-related experiments, the first research to test the maze-learning abilities of animals probably took place at Clark University in the laboratory of prominent psychologist Edmund Sanford. Their experiments were conducted by William Small and were inspired by a conversation he had with his fellow graduate student Linus Kline. Both men were interested in the “home-finding” ability of rats. When Kline mentioned having seen a network of runways used by rats living under the porch of an old cabin on his father’s farm, Sanford was reminded of the famous maze at Hampton Court, a royal palace in England. Small and Kline created a replica of the maze and set about examining how rats moved around it to find their nest. Although the research seems a little outdated and unscientific by today’s standards, it did yield some important findings. For example, although two of Small’s rats were blind, they managed to learn the routes of the maze just as easily as their full-sighted fellows. This established that vision was not required for spatial perception. 31. According to the passage, how long have mazes existed? a. as long as rats have existed b. as long as people have existed c. since experiments took place at Clark University d. No information is given.
32. Which best explains why the writer uses the heading Homeward Bound? a. The Greeks imagined they would go home. b. Rats tend to find their way home. c. Small and Kline wanted to go home. d. There are rats in Hampton Court. 33. What did Kline observe at his father’s farm? a. rats playing on the porch b. rats digging through the cabin c. rats running through pathways d. rats communicating with each other
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大学英语泛读教程2期末试卷及答案-Final Exam A
