中国地质大学远程与继续教育学院大学英语（专升本）阶段性作业4
单选题
1. A coelaca nth is a kind of livi ng fossil, first discovered whe n one was caught off Madagascar 达加斯加)in 1938.
A coelacanth is a kind of ____ (5 分) (A) rock (B) pla nt (C) fish (D) ani mal 您的回答：C正确
2.1 wasn ' t going to be one of those people who die wondering. What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test--- eve n though it meant livi ng with un certa in ty a nd fear of failure. This is the shadow land of hope, and every one with a dream must learn to live there. “ the shadow land of hope ” means _____ (5 分) (A) the won der land one ofte n dream about (B) the bright future that one is look ing forward to
(C) the state of uncertainty before one ' s final goal is reached (D) a world that exists only in one ' s imagination 您的回答：C正确
3. Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promoti on (5 (A) Valuable (B) useful (C) doubtful (D) helpful 您的回答：C正确
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4. Many different people find that online method requires them to use their experiences and
that online learning offers them a place to communicate with each other. This forum for com muni catio n
removes the visual barriers that hin der some stude nts in express ing
themselves. (5 分)
(A) a place for on li ne lear ning (B) a place to excha nge opinion (C) a place to excha nge opinion (D) the experience for online learning 您的回答：C正确
5. I can make this decision because rve gone down this road with patients many times. Recently I operated in vain on an eighty-year-old woman with cancer of the liver... There was nothing I could do to relieve the problems the cancer had caused. “ in vain ” means __ (5 分) (A) un successfully (B) effortlessly (C) with difficulty (D) with expectatio n 您的回答：A正确
阅读理解
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about mon ey. But most mistakes are about people. Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen? ” When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?
doubts like these can make us feel bad. But whe n we look back, it ' too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends — or our en emies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don ' really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose some one tells you, you 're a lucky dog ”.ls he really on your side? If he says, you 're a lucky guy” or you 're a lucky gal ” that 'being friendly. But lucky dog ”？ There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn
” When we look back,
'see it himself. But bringing in the dog ” bit puts you down a little.
中国地质大学远程与继续教育学院大学英语(专升本)阶段性作业4
