404什么意思综合英语2 新视野大学英语读写2 U校园 题库+答案

Word in use

1.

2.

A number of countries are coordinating their efforts to send out food to the area worst affected by the flood.

Americans defend the right to obtain a gun, and they have consequently been willing to turn a blind eye to the harm that people

owning guns have caused.

3.

Apart

from

technological

development,

the

20th

century

witnessed

an

enormous

worldwide

political,

economic

and

cultural

transformation.

4.

As

can

be

probably

perceived,

a manned

trip

to

Mars

may

soon

commence

since

scientists

have

achieved

the

manned

moon

mission.

5.

As the finance ministry rejected the deal for its

lodged a complaint with the European Commission that this

deal was against the law.

6.

7.

Being a single parent, there is no way for her to calculate the time and energy she has devoted to her children for the past 10 years.

Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the master must make the decision of when it is safe to proceed across the

road.

8.

Economists

are

interested

in

all

the

factors

that

can

help

to

predict

the

extent

to

which

a

price

change

will

affect

supply

and

demand in the market.

9.

Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination rather than from analysis, reason and language.

10.

Ernest

Hemingway's

keen

insight

into

his

society,

ardent

love

for

people

and

perceptive

abilities

helped

him

to

form

his

own

peculiar characteristic of writing.

11.

He is a very considerate and generous person, and he is also one of those who can often derive pleasure from helping others.

12.

In

our

class,

most

discussions

and

activities

take

place

in

assigned

small

groups.

These

groups

provide

a

supportive

and

safe

environment that promotes learning.

13.

In short, participation in sports is extremely beneficial for college students not only physically but also emotionally and socially.

14.

It is a(n) paradox that in some odd way world peace appears to depend on our spending millions of pounds on weapons that can

kill us all.

15.

It

is

essential

that

you

start

by

listening

because

one

of

the

main

barriers

teenagers

and

their

parents

face

in

forming

positive

relationships is that neither listens to the other.

16.

It is far more effective for parents to allow for the child's perspective and let him make his own choice rather than make a decision

for him.

17.

It is sensible for every family to make earthquake emergency plans and know how to leave the area during the chaos following an

earthquake.

18.

It is the development strategy of the company to accelerate its overseas expansion in order to take a slice of the world market.

19.

It was reported that there was a vehicle missing every 20 seconds in the US. If the trends continue, experts predict annual vehicle

thefts could exceed two million.

20.

It's not unusual for teenagers to go through a(n)

phase when they feel ashamed of their parents, afraid that they might not live

up to their friends' standards.

21.

Many children are addicted to computers, so they often defy their parents and play the computer games for hours every day.

22.

Most parents, in fact, aren't very helpful with the problems that their sons and daughters have in adjusting to their college life.

23.

Moving

forward

even

in

the

face

of

great

difficulties

has

become

my

most

important

asset

in

my

life

since

it

has

helped

me

accomplish something remarkable.

24.

My roommate is always very optimistic, and that's why he still retains his good humor after all the setbacks.

25.

Nearly six million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, attracted by the mystery of her smile. When you're not looking at her,

she seems to be smiling; when you look at her, she stops.

26.

Not until recently have we realized that the increasing world population may lead to a potential gloomy

prospect for humanity:

starvation.

27.

Researchers put patients through a set of psychological tests to determine the negative consequences of sleep deficit.

28.

Starting Monday, all foods labeled

effect now

29.

State

governments

and

the

colleges

themselves

have

granted

financial

help

to

students

with

special

abilities

and

those

with

financial needs.

30.

The

each other.

31.

The anger and frustration displayed by the local people who do not understand what is happening to them will be a terrible and

dangerous force.

32.

The change in smoking habits parallels a change in the incidence of lung cancer. The more people smoke, the more chances of

occurrence for lung cancer.

33.

The committee agreed that his papers deserved a wider circulation because of their essential and fundamental interest to a larger

audience.

34.

The lawyer proclaimed they couldn't jump to conclusions because acceptable conclusions must be supported by adequate facts

and evidence.

35.

The mayor decided to

condense

his speech in order to leave enough time for his audience to raise questions

36.

The new teaching program was suspended last semester because the teachers in the department protested its demand for more

intense work.

37.

The

organization

has

been

working

with

local

authorities

as

well

as

regional

government

and

officials

to

tackle

the

problem

of

climate change.

38.

The project is on the point of collapse, and unless something very radical is done to repair the damage there will be no hope for the

project.

39.

There is a real need to boost academic achievement in schools and help with the development of a student's overall character.

40.

There is a widely held suspicion that the politician, though retired, still has great power and is manipulating events behind the

scenes.

41.

There is more to a woman than her looks, so I resent the fact that after a woman grows old and loses her looks people stop paying

attention to her.

42.

To

help

the

employees

be

more

communicative,

the

company

is

offering

workshops

for

those

who

may

be

professionally

professionally competent but socially awkward.

43.

To live with a family whose native language is English is the ideal way to further improve one's English and to gain insight into its

culture.

44.

Too much exposure to dirty air can cause people to suffer from allergies and diseases that will eventually affect people's health.

45.

Unlike the practice in China, if you're at a hotel restaurant in the United States, expect a 15

-

20 percent service charge or add the

equivalent amount yourself.

46.

We all know the dangers of an earthquake: the destruction to buildings, the troubles can be caused by falling trees, and the terror

occurs when the earth actually opens up.

47.

When the police caught up with him, Mr. Foster had to confess that he'd broken the speed limit.

48.

When you are writing any directions for people, you've got to be direct and explicit to make everything rightly understood.

49.

Whenever my boss makes a decision that I don't agree with, I tell him what I really think, though it's tempting to make him happy

by telling him his ideas are always right.

50.

You can count how many students passed an exam, but psychological and emotional feelings cannot be precisly measured.

Banked cloze

一、

The Internet has made English learning much easier. English learners used to be 1)obliged to

spend their time in libraries looking for the books that would help them in their language studies.

It

was

very

inconvenient

because

a

lot

of

materials

could

only

be

found

in

2)tedious

and

uninteresting textbooks and readers. But today authentic content on a variety of subjects is only

a click away. This is especially 3)beneficial for those who wants to learn English earnestly.

In order to achieve fluency in English, you need to be comfortable using at least 10,000 words.

The 4)abundant materials on the Internet make it possible for you to choose appropriate content

to read and listen to. These materials can be 5)adjusted to your level if you input some key words

in the search engine. But how can you remember the 6)bulk of unfamiliar words?

In

this

case,

the

Internet

7)evidently

makes

it

easier

to

learn

vocabulary.

You

can

use

online

dictionaries to instantly find out their grammatical 8)functions and the specific meaning of these

words.

The

Internet

helps

you

to

9)efficiently

accumulate

vocabulary

based

on

lively

and

interesting

language

content,

which

greatly

reduces

your

10)distress

caused

by

inability

to

remember the new words. The efficiency of this vocabulary learning is one of the reasons why

the Internet has become an ideal place to learn English.

二、

Through

exploration

of

the

humanities,

we

learn

how

to

think

creatively

and

critically,

to

analyze, and to ask questions. Because these skills allow us to gain new 1)insight into everything

from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the

heart

of

a

liberal

arts

2)education

since

the

ancient

Greeks

first

used

them

to

educate

their

citizens.

Research into the human experience helps to 3)boost our knowledge about our world. Through

the work of humanities scholars, we learn about the values of different cultures, about what goes

into making a work of art, and about the 4)mystery of how history is made. Their efforts depict

the great accomplishments of the past, help us understand the world today, and give us tools to

imagine the 5)prospect of our future.

Today,

humanistic

knowledge

continues

to

6)promote

the

ideal

foundation

for

exploring

and

understanding the human experience. Learning another language might help to 7)invest you with

great insights as well as gain much 8)apperciation of different cultures. Taking a close look at a

sculpture

might

make

you

think

about

how

an

artist's

life

9)affected

his

creative

decisions

Reading

a

book

from

another

region

of

the

world

might

help

you

10)speculate

about

the

meaning of democracy. Listening to history courses might give you a clearer picture of what the

future will be like.

三、

There is a special life stage that our generation goes through. It is the 1)transition period,

during which we move from teenage to adolescence. We learn who we are and what we stand

for and what inspires us. Also, in this period we are 2)saddled with a lot of pressure from our

parents who want us to make something out of ourselves.

My parents have already expressed feelings of 3)anxiety over my future with academics and life.

When I expressed to them recently that I would not mind graduating in five years instead of four

in order to study abroad to 4)acquaint myself with the world, they seemed so shocked. That idea

sounded foreign and to them was 5)equivalent to lack of ambition.

Apart from that, my mother has 6)expressed to me that she is worried that I am not searching for

a boyfriend. I 7)resent this stupid idea of marrying out of college since it does not suit me one bit.

Women today can get what they want out of life without a man, even children, as it becomes