A西南大学培训与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷 学期：2024年春季 课程名称【编号】： 英语阅读二【0065】 A卷 考试类别:大作业 满分：100 分 I. 语法和词汇填空。（每题2分，10小题，共20分） 1. This kind of behavior A the criminal mind. A. characterizes B. characters C. features D. characteristic 2. The relics D miraculous powers. A. are credited to B. are credited for C. are credited of D. are credited with 3. Exercise B the flow of blood. A. encourages B. stimulates C. spurs D. reduces 4. He D from the storm in a hut. A. took hostage B. took away C. took leave D. took refuge 5. People under stress A express their full range of potential. A. tend to B. inclined to C. likely D. intend to 6. The ambassador personally C the president's message to the premier. A. showed B. told C. conveyed D. sent - 1 -
7. Do you B an authority on the subject? A. view him as B. look upon him as C. think him as D. consider him as 8. David C his company's success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work. A. devoted B. contributed C. attributed D. offered 9. He is a Russian A he was born in Russia. A. insomuch as B. in terms as C. so much so that D. insofar as 10. The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason ____B___ they have been around a bit longer. A. why B. that C. since D. after II. 1. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never requited. ( D ) A. reconsidered B. realized C. required D. rewarded 2. When I left a 20-year-career in the Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. ( A ) A. chances of future success B. financial support C. social connections D. permanent job 3. On the phone was an old acquaintance from the Coast Guard, now stationed in San Francisco. ( D ) A. working B. found C. busy D. resting 4. He produced the egg from a capacious overalls pocket, letting it lie on the palm of his hand. ( D ) A. large B. small - 2 - C. dirty D. round 5. The white eggshell had shattered where the egg had struck. ( D ) A. had straightened B. had flattened C. had changed color D. had broken into pieces 6. Pieces of it had flaked away and what shone through was a dull yellow in color. ( C ) A. had become thin B. had become irregular C. had fallen off D. had grown hard 7. That incongruous sight was soon eclipsed by one of a gushing fire hydrant and phalanxes of neighbors pushing brooms to wok the water and dirt down the street. ( C ) A. glorious B. adventurous C. inharmonious D. sharp 8. The cleaning was infectious. ( A ) A. tiresome B. monotonous C. continuous D. contagious 9. Surprisingly, she’d slept, though her mind was churning when she went to bed. ( B ) A. a total blank B. agitated C. confused D. sharp 10. And there were suites available, if she could stand living in an apartment without a yard or garden.（A） 近义词和短语选择。（每题2分，20小题，共40分） A. sets of rooms B. sets of huts C. places suitable D. places needed 11. Other fathers are watching their sons cope with the demons of today. （ D ） A. diseases B. difficulties C. poverty D. evils 12. The photos are designed to encompass the relationship between father and son. （ A ） A. include B. show C. improve D. enhance 13. Chinese not only use numbers to appeal for good fortune, they also bring them out to chew people out. （ B ） A. praise B. speak angrily to C. amuse D. shout at 14. Add to this that people have psychological activity and the ability to link things together in their minds, and a whole set of auspiciousness-attracting and evil-expelling habits took shape. （ A ） A. came to be formed B. disappeared C. followed D. were added 15. We often say “three yang make good fortune” to describe the hope that misfortune will be held at bay and good luck will follow. （ D ） A. no longer be something dreadful B. be changed to something auspicious C. be of no importance D. be kept away 16. In the haze I saw two of my trek mates. （ C ） A. darkness B. light C. thin mist D. heavy smog 17. I quickly washed up, then joined the boiled potato feast. （ C ） A. achievement B. party C. meal D. meeting 18. Curiosity gripped me. （ D ） A. surprised B. disappointed C. got rid of D. took hold of 19. I held onto the rail with a feeble grip and began to descend the treacherous steps. （ A ） A. insecure B. tricky C. complicated D. wicked 20. On the fourth step down I slipped, fell, and was just barely able, with my right hand, to check my slide. ( A ) A. examine B. push C. stop D. pull III. 阅读理解。（每题2分，10小题，共20分） Passage 1 A mysterious “black cloud” approaches the earth – our planet’s weather is severely affected. Throughout the rest of June and July temperatures rose steadily all over the Earth. In the British isles the temperature climbed through the eighties, into the nineties, and moved towards the hundred mark. People complained, but there was no serious disaster. The death number in the U. S. remained quite small, thanks largely to the air-conditioning units that had been fitted during previous years and months. Temperatures rose to the limit of human endurance throughout the whole country and people were obliged to remain indoors for weeks on end. Occasionally air-conditioning units failed and it was then that fatalities occurred. Conditions were utterly desperate throughout the tropics (热带地区) as may be judged from the fact that 7943 species of plants and animals became totally extinct. The survival of Man himself was only possible because of the caves and cellars (地窖) he was able to dig. Nothing could be done to reduce the hot air - 3 -
西南大学2024年春季英语阅读二【0065】课程考试大作业参考答案
