朝三暮四翻译大学英语二级补考试卷

2021年1月19日发(作者：composed)
大学英语二级补考试卷


























(January 9, 2008)



























(100 minutes)

Part I

Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:
There are several passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:




In some classes and at some schools, mid-terms seem to be almost non-existent. The phrase is
used loosely to represent a short period of time occurring closer to the first day of classes than to
finals with no specific calendar designed for it. Some classes require so many exams and papers
th
at a “mid
-
term” never really happens. Other courses don’t give any exams at all; they require
written assignments only. Nevertheless, there still exists a sizeable number of schools and
curricula that rely on the traditional mid-term/final peaks in the semester to assess student
performance.




The mere fact that mid-
terms are intended to monitor one’s understanding of a subject
mid-way through the term carries a heavy burden for most students. At one end of the spectrum,
students who perform well on their mid-terms tend to then study with far less consistency for their
final exams
－
thus reducing their overall grade for the course. On the other end of that same
spectrum, students who perform poorly on a mid-term often become psychologically negative;
viewing the rest of the semester as a hopeless void. Almost immediately upon receiving their
mid-
term grade, they’re already looking at the course syllabus, trying to compute what their final
grade will be if only they can score on their final and on other relevant assessments.




Of course, to avoid becoming a victim of negative mid-term psychology on either end of the
spectrum, it is recommended that you should work hard to do very well on your mid-semester
exams. Plan in steps. Too many students only loosely understand their subject material and then
attempt to learn it all on their own one week before or even one night before an exam. But this
tactic rarely works! Ease the anxiety of mid-terms by covering whatever you learned in the
previous class and study that material. In the long run, this tactic really takes less time than the
“night before cram session”.

1. For most students, mid-term exams ____.
A) are almost non-existent
B) are a heavy burden
C) just written assignments
D) not important to them
2. Students who ____ would worry more about the final exams.
A) score high on mid-exams
B) do well in other performances
C) perform poorly on mid-exams
D) know how to compute the final scores
3. The biggest problem students with poor performance have after mid-exams is ____.
A) their low scores on mid-exams
B) stress and anxiety about final assessment

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C) how to calculate the final scores
D) how to prepare for the final exams
4. To excel at your study, you are suggested to ____.
A) study before exams
B) be confident in yourselves
C) treat each class seriously
D) relax before exams
5. Before each class, ____.
A) review all you have learnt before
B) focus on what you’ve learnt last time

C) preview the lessons
D) do self-check
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:




The man who, legend has it, escaped from an early grave when his uncle pulled him from
drowning in a dirty pond is notorious for his dirty deeds but what cannot be forgotten are his
achievements in the 1986 World Cup. The man is Maradona.




Forget the handball against England, feel the quality of his 50-yard solo goal in the same
game and the near repeat performance in the semi-final against Belgium. The Argentina side of
1986 was functional and hard-working but it was Maradona who fired them to the final and then
set up two of the goals in their 3-2 win over West Germany in the final.




In 1990, a barely-fit Maradona fought his way to the final where the Germans took their
revenge. Fe
w people shared Diego’s post
-match tears. In fact many rejoiced that such an ugly
brute of a team had lost.




Eight years before, in Spain, Maradona, then newly arrived at Barcelona, disgraced himself
by being sent off in a Second Phase game with Brazil. Even four years before that the 18-year-old
Maradona was a source of great controversy when he was left out of the victorious squad that won
on home ground.




USA 1994 was the end for Maradona as a player. Right after the Nigeria game, he was picked
for drugs- screening and tested positive for banned stimulant ephedrine (
麻黄硷
). He was banned
from the rest of the tournament and the team fell apart, going out in the second round to Romania.
6. How many World Cups are mentioned in the passage?
A) Three.
B) Four.
C) Five.
D) Six.
7. Which country won the 1990 World Cup?
A) Argentina.
B) Germany.
C) Romania.
D) England.
8. Maradona won the World Cup ____.
A) once
B) twice
C) three times
D) four times
9. When in 1994, Maradona was driven out of the World Cup, he was close to ____.

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A) 18
B) 24
C) 26
D) 31
10. According to the passage, Maradona is a man ____.
A) full of ideas
B) with cruel behaviors
C) having good luck
D) of great controversy
Passage Three
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:




Long hours at the screen can cause aching eyes, blurred vision and headaches, experts say. In
fact, eyestrain surpasses even wrist pain as the top physical complaint among heavy computer
users.




When peering into the computer screen, the eye’s focus
ing muscle is at constant tension. Like
any muscle, it feels sore when overloaded. And when someone spends a lot of time looking at
something close, the eye muscle can get stuck on the near-focus setting and have difficulty
relaxing, leaving the person temporarily nearsighted, a condition called accommodative spasm (
痉
挛
) that can last seconds or hours.




This is why after looking at a monitor all day, some computer workers complain that their
distance vision is blurred when they attempt to drive home.




The letters on the screen are not as clearly defined as on a printed page. Take a magnifying
glass to your monitor and you’ll see the letters, each made up of pinpoint sources of light, have no
sharp edges. But those liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, like those found on laptop
computers, are easier on the eyes because they display sharper images.




And studies have shown that when people are working on a computer, their rate of blinking
goes down by two-thirds, which can result in dry, stinging eyes. This is especially a problem for
contact-lens wearers.
11. ___ used to be the biggest physical problem that computer users had.
A) Dry eyes
B) Blurred vision
C) Headache
D) Wrist pain
12. Working hours before the screen will _____.
A) impose too much burd
en on the eye’s focusing muscle

B) bring about near-sightedness
C) make it difficult for the user to learn driving
D) magnify the letters on the screen
13. LCD monitors are better in terms of eye protecting because ___.
A) they are more expensive
B) they w
ill not blur the user’s eyes

C) they bring about no eye problems
D) they display letters with sharp edges
14. Dry, stinging eyes are caused by ___.
A) lower rate of blinking of the computer user’s eyes

B) letters on the screen without any edges
C) overburden on the focusing muscle
D) a constant tension

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15. Which group of people are most likely to get dry, stinging eyes?
A) Drivers.
B) Doctors.
C) Glasses wearers.
D) Contact-lenses wearers.
Passage Four
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:




Culture shock is the loss of emotional balance, disorientation, or confusion that a person feels
when moving from a familiar environment to an unfamiliar one. When it is a common experience,
the degree to which it occurs will vary from one person to another. Individual personality,
previous cross-
cultural experience, and language proficiency all affect a person’s ability to interact
socially in the new culture. The basic cause of culture shock is the abrupt loss of all that is familiar,
leading to a sense of isolation.




When an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of those familiar signs and hints are
removed. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded or good-willed he
may be, a series of properties have been knocked from under him. This may be followed by a
feeling of frustration and anxiety. People react to the frustration in much the same way. First they
reject the environment which causes the discomfort: “The ways of the host country are bad
because th
ey make us feel bad.”





Another aspect of culture shock is regression (
倒退
). The home environment suddenly
assumes a tremendous importance, and everything becomes irrationally glorified. All difficulties
and problems are forgotten and only the good things back home are remembered. It usually takes a
trip home to bring one back to reality.




Common symptoms of culture shock include the following extremes. There are excessive
concerns over delays and other minor frustrations; fear of being cheated, robbed or injured;
sleeplessness or a desire to sleep more; and a great longing to go home. Underlying all these is the
uncomfortable feeling of not really belonging, of being an outsider.
16. Culture shock is basically caused by ____.
A) difficulties in using the language
B) being unable to make new friends
C) severe homesick
D) being far away from all that is familiar
17. The culture shock suffered varies ____.
A) from person to person
B) from country to country
C) in accordance with people’s ages

D) in accordan
ce with people’s characters

18. The first response a person tend to have when setting foot on a new land is ___.
A) feeling frustrated
B) feeling nervous
C) the sense of losing something precious
D) the sense of being abandoned
19. A home-coming trip will ____.
A) draw you back to reality
B) beautify the hometown
C) make you forget the troubles
D) help you solve the problems
20. Which is NOT a symptom of culture shock?

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A) Not feeling like sleeping.
B) Having fear of being cheated.
C) Longing to go back home.
D) Having excessive concerns over delays.

Part II

Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes)
Directions:
There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

21.
I’ve been in this job long enough


--
it’s time I _______.

B) moved off

C) moved out

D) moved up


A) moved on


22.
Putting in a new window will _____ cutting away part of the roof.



B) involve

C) contain

D) comprise


A) include


23.
Drivers were asked to _____ the main roads near the new park on its opening day on Sunday,


as officials gave warning of vast crowds and nightmare traffic jams.

B) steer clear away

C) steer clear by

D) steer clear across


A) steer clear of


24.
The _____ that John Reith adopted as the voice of the BBC was the one already identified by


Daniel Jones as the “Received Pronunciation”.

B) accent

C) noise

D) dialect


A) sound


25.
You must walk slowly if you want the children to ____ you.



B) come up with

C) keep up with

D) go on with


A) put up with


26.
The water at the bathing beach was ____ by refuse from the factory.



B) possessed

C) polluted

D) polished


A) poisoned


27.
The highly skilled men take supplies to areas where ____ diseases are at work, or kill


dangerous plant pests by spraying the crops.

B) died

C) deadly

D) dying


A) dead


28.
The roads were very busy so traffic ____ along at 10 miles an hour.



B) dashed

C) crawled

D) drift


A) climbed


29.
____ inspected this radio should have put his work permit number on the box.



B) Whoever

C) Who

D) Which


A) Whom


30.
To be frank, I’d rather you _____ in the case.



C) not to be involved


A) will not be involved

D) were not involved


B) not involved


31.
The problems requiring immediate solution will be given ____ at the meeting.



B) urgency

C) superiority

D) emergency


A) priority


32.
I wonder if you would mind ____ you for a moment.



C) my interrupting


A) for me to interrupt

D) I interrupting


B) me to interrupt


33.
Color- blind people often find it difficult to ____ between blue and green.



B) compare

C) contrast

D) distinguish


A) separate


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