华东理工大学继续教育学院成人教育 《基础英语》（二级）模拟试卷二
I. Vocabulary and structure (30%)
1. Water is _______ hydrogen and oxygen.
A) composing of B) composed of C) made of D) consisted of
2. Generally speaking, all kinds of materials will expand when heated, but will _______ when
cooled.
A) contract B) compress C) reduce D) contrast
3. No matter how frequently _______, the works of Beethoven always attract large audience.
A) performing B) performed C) to be performed D) being performed 4. Ten years had passed, but mention of the air crash would still _______ her sometimes.
A) unfasten B) open C) disturb D) undo
5. Having lived under the same shelter for more than thirty years, his tastes and habits _______
completely with those of his wife.
A) correspond B) exchange C) consistent D) coincide 6. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______.
A) crisis B) urgency C) emergency D) emergence 7. My trousers _______ when I crouched down to help the old lady.
A) broke B) cracked C) separated D) split 8. The patient is still highly _______, so you had better keep away from the ward.
A) spreading B) contagious C) passing D) catching 9. They have developed techniques which are ______ to those used in most factories. A) more talented B) better C) greater D) superior 10. Unfortunately, very few sheep _______ the severe winter last year.
A) survived B) endured C) spent D) remained alive 11. They discussed the problem three or four times, but could come to no _______.
A) end B) conclusion C) result D) judgment 12. I suddenly realized that he was trying to _______ quarrelling with me. A) consider B) enjoy C) avoid D) prevent 13. Thousands of people _______ to see the parade (游行). A) turned off B) turned out C) turned up D) turned over 14. Excuse me, but it is time to have your temperature _______.
A) taken B) to take C) take D) taking
15. When he was very young, Joe often wondered why his mother wouldn’t _______ a penny on
herself. A) spend B) take C) cost D) pay 16. The doctor’s report _______ that her death was due to heart disease.
A) indicated B) investigated C) influenced D) informed
17. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was a(n) _______ event which brought
America into World War II. A) ambitious B) unexpected C) delicate D) feasible
18. By careful examination, the doctors hope to _______ the source of the infection.
A) track down B) light up C) ring out D) set back 19. Once he realizes that it is his mistake, Jim never _______ to admit and correct it.
A) hesitates B) intends C) resists D) postpones
20. History shows that the United States as a nation _______ a great deal to the
Afro-Americans(美国黑人). A) influences B) obtains C) owes D) prefers
21. All the local farmers _______ against the building of a new airport on their rich farmland.
A) proceeded B) protested C) protected D) promoted 22. It was a long drive to get to the beach and we three took the wheel (驾驶) _______.
A) by return B) on turn C) in return D) in turn 23. He was a(n) _______ person in spite of his great success.
A ) modest B) ambitious C) profound D) incompetent 24. The patient was so seriously ill that he was _______ the possibility of recovery. A) above B) under C) beyond D) against
25. After a whole day’s discussion, the doctors _______ that the patient was too weak to be
operated on.
A) concluded B) debated C) suggested D) added
26. Help arrived at the _______ moment when the flood was about to drown the houses.
A) constant B) critical C) contagious D) current
27. A visit to the places where he had lived and worked during his youth _______ many fond
memories. A) brought back B) brought about C) brought up D) brought forth 28. Last month a city-wide campaign was _______ to dissuade people from smoking.
A) reinforced B) identified C) launched D) revealed
29. Social sciences such as psychology and sociology are concerned with the study of human
_______. A) incident B) evidence C) indication D) behavior
30. The new buildings were all _______ with steel, for the sake of safety in case of an
earthquake. A) attached B) linked C) preserved D) reinforced II. Reading comprehension (30%)
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
There are some steps you can take yourself to avoid catching a cold. Contrary to popular belief, colds are not caused by exposure to severe weather. Colds are caused by viruses (病毒) harbored in the body, and you’re better off out on the ski slopes or even waiting for the bus on a snowy day than you are in a toast warm room, surrounded by friends, co-workers, or fellow students, who just may be passing the virus around. If you feel a chill when you’re coming down with a cold, you’re already sick. A chill (寒冷) is an early symptom: it’s the cold that caused the chill, not the other way around. While the virus can spread through droplets (飞沫) propelled into the air when a cold-sufferer coughs or sneezes, surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission. Numerous studies have now shown that the overwhelming majority of colds are “caught” by hand
contact. A cold-sufferer rubs her nose, thereby transferring the virus to her hand. Then a friend comes to visit. “Don’t kiss me,” she cautions, so the friend steps back and presses her hand. The friend then wipes her own nose or eye — and several days later is stricken with a cold. Or parents pick up their child’s discarded tissues and carefully throw them away but fail to wash their hands afterward. Cold virus also can be transferred to objects — telephones, towels, plate — and remain infectious for up to three hours. Frequent hand washing — on the part of the cold-sufferer as well as other members of the household — will minimize the spread of viruses in this way.
31. According to the first paragraph, you’re most likely to catch a cold if ________.
A) you expose yourself to severe weather B) you play outdoors long when it is snowing
C) you stay in a very warm room with a lot of people D) you wait for a bus on a cold and windy day 32. If you feel a chill, it means ________.
A) you’ll catch a cold sooner or later
B) you’ve already come down with a cold C) there are viruses hidden in your body
D) the room is not warm enough for your health
33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A) It is generally believed that colds are caused by exposure to cold weather. B) Most colds are “caught” by hand contact.
C) Cold virus will keep alive for several hours once it leaves human body. D) Cold virus can spread around only through the air.
34. According to the author, the best way of avoiding catching a cold is ________.
A) washing your hands frequently B) never rubbing your nose or eyes
C) throwing away tissues immediately after use
D) shaking hands with your friends instead of kissing them 35. The best title for this passage might be ________. A) Colds and Viruses B) Colds and Temperature C) Ways of Avoiding Colds D) The Spread of Viruses
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Computer programmer David Jones earns $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money, Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments(红利) and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押), or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver.
His computer has to pay $150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose $35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
36. Why is David different from other young people of his age? A) He earns an extremely high salary. B) He is not unemployed. C) He does not go out much.
D) He lives at home with his parent. 37. David’s greatest problems is _______. A) making the banks treat him as an adult B) inventing computer games C) spending his salary D) learning to drive
38. He was employed by the company because _______. A) he had worked in a computer shop B) he had written some computer programs C) he works very hard D) he had learnt to use computers at school
39. He left school after taking O-level because _______. A) he did not enjoy school
B) he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him C) he was afraid of getting too old to start computing D) he wanted to earn a lot of money
40. Why does David think he might retire early?
A) You have to be young to write computer programs. B) He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C) He thinks computer games might not always sell so well. D) He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: The journey two naval officers made some time ago to the very deepest point on the earth makes us realize how much of the world still remains to be explored. The two men went down seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball called a \
find out if there are any ocean currents or signs of life.
It was necessary to set out early, so that the bathyscaphe would come to the surface in daylight, and so he easily found by the mother ship which would be waiting for it. The divers began preparations at dawn and soon afterwards, when all was ready, the steel ball disappeared under the surface of the water.
In time, the temperature dropped to freezing-point and the men shivered inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone describing how they felt. Then, at a depth of 3000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut off from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were startled by a loud, cracking noise; though, it was only one of the outer windows that had broken. Soon afterwards, the bathyscaphe touched the soft ocean floor raising a big cloud of \men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them quite untroubled by the enormous water-pressure. But they did not dare leave the lights on for long, as the heat from them made the water boil. Quite unexpectedly, the telephone began working again and the faint but clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a stay of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later, cold and wet through, but none the worse for their experience.
41. The officers started their journey at dawn _____.
A) with the intention of returning to the mother ship in twenty-four hours B) because the sea then was calm C) when the sun was not too strong D) so that they could return before dark
42. What did the officers find out at the bottom of the sea? A) They only found dead sea creatures. B) They did find signs of life.
C) There was no evidence of any life. D) There was only dust.
43. The journey to the bottom of the sea helped us to realize that _____. A) much of the world hasn't yet been explored
B) there are not any signs of life at the bottom of the sea C) enormous water-pressure has great effect on fish
D) powerful lights can not be turned on at the ocean floor without killing fish 44. \A) they touched the mother ship
B) they maintained contact with the mother ship C) they stayed with the mother ship
D) they were connected t o the mother ship
45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to \worse for their experience.\
A) They were cold and wet through, which was the worst thing of all.
B) They were even worse than cold and wet through at the bottom of the sea.
C) Considering what they had just experienced, being cold and wet through was not too bad. D) For such an experience, being cold and wet through was not bad for them at all.
大学英语精读第二册(修订本)练习试卷2含答案及讲解
