南京大学碎尸案大学英语精读2试卷 (1)

2013-2014

学年第二学期期末

英语精读试卷

使用对象：英 语

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出题学院：外语学院

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I. Choose the best answer (25%)

1. The movie star _________ with your sister , didn't he?

A. was used to dance

B. used to dancing

C. used to dance

D. was used to dancing

2. The girl in the snapshot was smiling sweetly, _________________.

A. her long hair flowed in the breeze.

B. her long hair was flowing in the breeze.

C. her long hair flow in the breeze.

D. her long hair flowing in the breeze.

3. Mother insisted that _____________.

A. they are to be back before nine in the evening.

B. they ought to be back before nine in the evening.

C. they be back before nine in the evening.

D. they had to be back before nine in the evening.

4. The professor paused as if _____ his students to ask questions on the point he had

just made.

A. expecting

B. to expect

C. expected

D. to have expected

5. I couldn't understand why he pretended ________ in the bookstore.

A. to see me not

B. not to see me

C. not see me

D. to see not me

6. The classroom was almost empty ____________ a desk or two.

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A. besides

B. except for

C. except

D. In addition to

7. It was in that small room ________ they worked hard and dreamed of better days to

come.

A. what

B. in which

C. which

D. that

8. __________, you must show your ticket to go into the cinema.

A. No matter whoever you are

B. Whoever you are

C. Whomever you are

D. No matter who are you

9. ________ that the left side of the human brain is responsible for logic.

A. It generally is believed

B. It is believed generally

C. It is generally believed

D. Generally it is believed

10. Scientists didn't know much about lung cancer ___________.

A. before long

B. until recently

C. long before

D. in the past few years

11. Nobody would believe his words though he said he was

of the crime.

A) pure

B) clear

C) innocent

D) guilty

12. The university are having to

the government for more money.

A) call at

B) call on

C) appeal for

D) appeal to

13.

The

basic

reason

for

a

protective

tariff

is

to

goods

that

will

undersell

products made in the home country.

A) keep off

B) keep out

C) keep up

D) deep down

14. A lawyer

’

s income is usually high,

more than 200 000 dollars a year.

A) add up to

B) added up to

C) amounted to

D) amounting to

15. Most offices are having to

themselves against computer theft.

A) assure

B) ensure

C) sure

D) insure

16. It was very

of you to let us know you were going to be late.

A) considering

B) considerate

C) considerable

D) considered

17. The little boy cried and would not

the boy which he wanted his mother

to buy for him.

A) let off

B) let away

C) let go of

D) let alone

18. The fall in price is directly

to the increase in output.

A) concerned

B) connected

C) related

D) united

19. Do you have any idea what he meant? I really can

’

t

what he said at

this morning

’

s meeting.

A) figure on

B) figure out

C) find out

D) find

20. We should really take some effective

to prevent such terrible things from

happening again.

A) steps

B) means

C) measure

D) ways

21.

If you love plants, the chances are you buy them on _____ and then wonder where to

put them.

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A). purpose

B). impulse

C). display

D). cue

22. We should see ourselves as part of nature rather than in ________ with it.

A). argument

B). connection

C). conflict

D). crash

23. During the nine months before her baby is born, he face is one ______ smile.

A). humble

B0. exclusive

C). perpetual

D). modest

24. His bedroom ________ a single bed with a small television at its foot.

A). makes up

B). consist of

C). lays out

D). serves as

25. Andrew was determined to _____ a computer career after graduation.

A). apply

B). shave

C). purse

D). select

II. Cloze (20%)

When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used

to ask me time and again:

“

Where

’

s the fog?

”

Almost all foreigners ____26____ to find the city

wreathed(

萦绕

)in yellow- grey mist for most of the year. Dickens, who was ___27_____

responsible for painting this ____28_____ in people

’

s minds, certainly wasn

’

t exaggerating in

those days. People __29____ in the nineteenth century that when someone __30____ suicide by

jumping into the Thames he was choked by the fog and poisoned by the terrible __31_____ of

the river before he had time to drown himself. In fact, the situation ___32____ in recent years.

When I was a boy in London thirty years ago I was often unable to see ____33___ of the road

when I left home on winter mornings.

The decisive steps that have turned London into one of the ___34____ cities in the world

__35____ taken at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still ___36___ that fog ___37___ returns.

The change took place as a result of two main improvements. Factories were compelled to install

clean air equipment __38____ close down, and private householders were not allowed to

___39_____ coal unless it was smoke- free. But the ___40____ ecological miracle in London

occurred __41____ 1964 onwards when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast

___42___ of dissolved oxygen into the river. ____43____, all the species of fish that had

gradually disappeared from the Thames __44____ 1800 have returned. Some are even caught by

fishermen ___45___ the House Of Parliament.

26. A. look forward

B. manage

C. wish

D. expect

27. A. first of all

B. above all

C. after all

D. all the more

28. A. picture

B. image

C. photo

D. portrait

29. A. were used to saying

B. used to saying

C. were used to say

D. used to say

30. A. made

B. committed

C. did

D. was committed

31. A. fume

B. smell

C. smoke

D. gas

32. A. only has changed

B. only changed

C. has only changed

D. changed only

33. A. other side

B. another side

C. the other side

D. another side

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34. A. clean

B. cleaner

C. cleanest

D. more clean

35. A. was

B. were

C. have been

D. had been

36. A. find it strange

B. find out strange

C. find strange

D. find out it strange

37. A. hardly

B. barely

C. scarcely

D. seldom

38. A. and

B. but

C. to

D. or

39. A. use

B. make

C. produce

D. burn

40. A. true

B. truly

C. real

D. really

41. A. in

B. from

C. on

D. through

42. A. numbers

B. number

C. amount

D. quantities

43. A. Therefore

B. Nevertheless

C. However

D. As a result

44. A. before

B. since

C. after

D. in

45. outside

B. in the front of

C. inside

D. beside

III. Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You

should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a

single line through the centre.

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage

.

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself,

especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.

If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but”

can

render

the

apology

ineffective:

“I

had

a

bad

day”

or

“your

noise

was

giving

me

a

headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his

bad behavior in expecting an apology.

Another

method

by

which

people

appear

to

apologize

without

actually

doing

so

is

to

say

“I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get

upset by what the other person has done.

Then

there

is

the

general,

all

covering

apology,

which

avoids

the

necessity

of

identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is

apologizing

should

promise

never

to

do

again.

Saying

“I’m

useless

as

a

parent”

does

not

commit a person to any specific improvement.

These

pseudo-apologies

are

used

by

people

who

believe

saying

sorry

shows

weakness.

Parents

who

wish

to

teach

their

children

to

apologize

should

see

it

as

a

sign

of

strength,

and

therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help

to

become

aware

of

the

complexities

of

saying

sorry.

A

three-year-old

might

need

help

in

understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a

playmate over the

head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling

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other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12

-year-old might need to be shown that

raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is

acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s

clothes without permission is not.

46

. If a mother adds “but” to an apology, _______.

A) she doesn’t feel that she should have apologized

B) she does not realize that the child has been hurt

C) the child may find the apology easier to accept

D) the child may feel that he owes her an apology

47

. According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means “_______”.

A) You have good reason to get upset

B) I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame

C) I apologize for hurting your feelings

D) I’m at fault for making you

upset

48. It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _______.

A) it gets one into the habit of making empty promises

B) it may make the other person feel guilty

C) it is vague and ineffective

D) it is hurtful and insulting

49. We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry _______.

A) the complexities involved should be ignored

B) their ages should be taken into account

C) parents need to set them a good example

D) parents should be patient and tolerant

50. It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _______.

A) a social issue calling for immediate attention

B) not necessary among family members

C) a sign of social progress

D) not as simple as it seems

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage

.

Keiko

loved

London

-----

the

shops,

the

entertainment

and

the

low

prices.

English

weather

though

was

one

thing

that

trouble

her.

Every

time

she

went

out

she

felt

under

the

weather.

In one hour the weather could change from cloud and rain to warm sunshine and back

again. She never knew what to wear. In Japan there are typically four seasons and she always

knew what weather to expect. When winter came she would carefully put away her husband

’

s

summer suits and she would never let him wear them again until June 1

st

, no matter how hot it

became. But in England she had to have all the clothes at hand all the time in case the weather

changed.

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She was always annoyed when she went to her English conversation lessons with Mr.

Boyd

because

she

was

either

over-dressed

or

underdressed.

Mr.

Boyd

was

an

elderly

teacher

who didn

’

t encourage students to call him by his first name and Keiko liked that. She asked him

about the weather problem. Mr. Boyd said,

“

The weather is a good topic to use in conversation

and can help to break the ice. If you don

’

t what to say next, you can always say something about

the weather.

”

This was true because Keiko had noticed the many times Mr. Boyd had talked about the

weather to her. Mr. Boyd was very unusual in his habits and always carried an umbrella even in

the sunniest weather. All the teachers and students made fun of him about it.

“

You never can

tell,

”

he always said. As she was about to leave the school one day Keiko was angry to see that

the sunny day had turned to rain. She had neither a coat nor an umbrella. Mr. Boyd smiled as he

passed her in the school doorway and putting up his umbrella said,

“

Every cloud

has a silver

lining!

”

51. What troubled Keiko most when living in London?

A. the shops

B. The entertainment

C. The low prices

D. the weather

52. Which of the following statements is

NOT

true?

A. In Japan, people can feel the difference between four seasons.

B. In England, people have to keep all the clothes at hand all the year round.

C. In winter, people in London usually put away the summer suits.

D. in summer, people in Britain will not put away the summer suits.

53. According to Mr. Boyd, the weather is _____________.

A. a good topic to use in conversation

B. a good tool to break the ice

C. a good topic to have a debate.

D. a good method to make friends.

54. What kind of person was Mr. Boyd?

A. Strict and unkind.

B. Honest but lazy.

C. honest but unkind.

D. Interesting and friendly

55. The passage gives us an impression that _________ .

A. we can never understand native speakers without a knowledge of idioms.

B. we should turn to others for help whenever we are in trouble.

C. we should bring as many coats as possible to England

D. we can easily make friends with the eccentric people in England.

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Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage

.

Although Tomas Jefferson did not begin the effort of designing the University of Virginia

until late in his life, the education of the common man had occupied his thoughts for decades. He

believed ignorance to be the enemy of freedom, and he wanted to correct what he considered to

be the weakness of educational institutions modeled on European settings. He imagined that an

“

academical village

”

around a tree-lined lawn would provide an ideal setting in which to pursue

higher education. The center of such a village would be a Temple of Knowledge that would

house the university library.

When Virginia decided to set up a state university in 1818, the retired U. S. President

finally was able to devote his talent, time, and energy to creating this new kind of educational

institution. By the time he was finished with his design, Jefferson had invented an entirely new

American setting for higher education: the college campus.

In 1812, Jefferson chose to begin building his

“

academical village,

”

the University of

Virginia, in Charlottesville, V

A, far away from the city center. He intended this spot to promote

learning because it was natural and unspoiled, and far from anything that could distract or harm

the students. The University consists of two rows of houses, five on each side, leading to a main

building. This main building, the Rotunda, became the most important part of the University,

because it contained the library. By focusing his entire institution on the library, instead of

around the church, Jefferson revolutionized American university architecture.

Jefferson

’

s aim was to create a new institutional form for his ideal educational system, a

system he thought should give every citizen the information he needs for carrying out his daily

business. This new approach to citizenship and education demanded a new type of university,

one where students and professors could coexist and share ideas. He attempted to create this

environment by combing the professors

’

houses and students

’

classrooms, and linking all the

buildings with covered walkways so intellectual exchanges between departments could go on

smoothly. Jefferson had also recognized the importance of the students

’

whole life, and given

much thought and planning to the students

’

dining, living, and exercise facilities.

56. Jefferson devoted much of his thought to the education of the common man because

he believed ________.

A. everyone who loved freedom hated ignorance.

B. a country could not be strong without education.

C. an uneducated man could not gain full freedom.

D. European educational institutions did not suit America

57. According to Jefferson, the center of a university should be ______ .

A. the church

B. the library

C. the lawn

D. the classroom

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58. Jefferson chose o locate the University of Virginia far away from the city center

because ________.

A. land in the city center could not be found.

B. there was a tree-lined lawn there

C. this was a European tradition

D. there was no distraction for the students.

59. In

Jefferson’s

view, an ideal educational system should _________.

A. be one under which every citizen enjoys equal opportunity.

B. give everyone the information he needs for conducting his business.

C

．

ensure that everyone has a chance to enter an institution of higher learning.

D. provide students with a natural and unspoiled setting for learning.

60. What was made easy by the revolutionized American campus?

A. Students

’

learning.

B. Intellectual exchange

C. Professors

’

teaching

D. Both students

’

and professors

’

life.

IV. Translation(10%)

61

．

他致力于研究工作的精神给我留下了深刻的印象，

但我对他那些深奥的理论却丝毫

不感兴趣。

62

．

不言而喻，

青年人的教育对于一个国家繁荣未来是至关重要的。

63

．

显然，

找到替代能源对我们经济的稳定发展是至关重要的

。

64.

如果让我来决定我们是要一个没有自行车的城市呢，

还是要一个没有汽车的城市，

我会毫不犹豫地选择后者。

65.

你是否认为公共汽车司机应对乘客的安全负完全的责任？

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参考答案及评分标准

I. Choose the best answer.(25%)

1

C

11

C

21

B

2

D

12

D

22

C

3

C

13

B

23

C

4

A

14

D

24

B

5

B

15

D

25

C

6

B

16

B

7

D

17

C

8

C

18

C

9

C

19

B

10

B

20

A

II. Cloze (20%)

26

D

36

A

27

B

37

D

28

A

38

D

29

D

39

D

30

B

40

C

31

B

41

B

32

C

42

D

33

C

43

D

34

C

44

B

35

B

45

A

III. Reading Comprehension (30%)

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D

56

47

B

57

48

C

58

49

B

59

50

D

60

51

D

52

C

53

A

54

D

55

A

9

C

B

D

B

B

IV. Translation (10%)

61. I was impressed by his devotion to research but I did not have the slightest interest in his

profound theories.

62. It is self-evident that the education of the young is vital to the future of a country.

63. Apparently, finding alternative energy sources is essential to the steady development of our

economy.

64. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a city without bikes or one without cars.

I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

65. Do you think bus drivers should take full responsibility for the passenger

s’

safety?

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