大学英语综合课程2第三单元

大学英语综合课程（二）第三单元

: Quiz

Part 1 Fill in the blanks with the help of the first letter(s)

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Directions: Fill in the blanks with the help of the first letter(s).

learned at a very young age how to eliminate tasks and appointments that could

possibly

____________me

from

doing

what

needed

to

be

done.(Suggested

first

letter(s):

dis )

and

more

urban

people

are

turning

to

organic

food,

and

anything

that

is

__________as

his working experience _________mine, he is hired as a manager while I am only a

computer operator in the company.(Suggested first letter(s): pa )

chairman was very persuasive and repeatedly gave more details to _________his

argument

until

finally

no

one

could

argue

with

him.(Suggested

first

letter(s):

re

)

skillful magician, though very young, ___________his audience into thinking that

he had really sawed the woman in half.(Suggested first letter(s): de )

maintains if you don't throw away a lot of worthless ideas, you are unlikely to

come

up

with

creative

and

__________ones,

either.(Suggested

first

letter(s):

sen

)

refused to exclude the possibility of __________to force to interfere with an

independent

country

if

all

the

diplomatic

efforts

failed.(Suggested

first

letter(s):

re )

appealed

for

information

from

anyone

who

had

__________the

accident,

particularly

people who were there at about the same time.(Suggested first letter(s): wit )

Booth described how each country in Europe had its own ________flavor because of

its distinctive building structures.(Suggested first letter(s): pe )

teenager

felt

he

was

mature

enough

to

think

for

himself

and

bitterly

_________being

treated like a child by his parents.(Suggested first letter(s): re )

Part 2 Fill in the blanks with the given words

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Directions: Fill in the blanks in the sentences with the words given in the box.

Change the form where necessary.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.

deceive

snap

witness

distract

rouse

acquaint

confuse

affirm

hesitate

surrender

1.

More

and

more

unexpected

stress

and

pressure

began

to

get

to

her,

and

one

morning

she just (1) _________as she could no longer bear them.

2.

The

young

and

handsome

speaker

was

standing

in

front

of

a

large

crowd

of

people,

attempting to (2)____________ the crowd with a cry for action.

3. No matter where we are, we must not let cultural, racial, or social barriers

(3)__________ us from the job that must be done on our responsibility.

4.

The

government

has

(4)___________ itself

to

the

pressure

from

big

business

and

companies and eventually brought down interest rates.

5.

The

fresh

air

and

bright

sunlight

(5)___________ me

into

thinking

I

might

still

have some youthful energy left in these old bones of mine.

6. The man denied having (6)___________ the accident because he was afraid of

getting himself involved in a long process of investigation.

7. The press gave a completely different version of the events, which greatly

(7)___________ those who tried to understand the truth.

8. He continued to (8)___________ that the introduction of divorce would make it

more difficult for people to lead

9. Staff members were asked to (9)____________ themselves with what had been

discussed and covered if they were absent from the meeting yesterday.

10.

The

young

writer

(10)__________

,

reluctant

to

destroy

any

part

of

his

own

work,

for which he had devoted all his time for quite a few years.

Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage or dialog.

considering

apart

commercial

somewhat

up-to- date

peculiar

somehow

contemporary

overnight

hollow

1.

There

is

a

feeling

among

a

lot

of

people

that

the

1980s

generation

of

novel

writers

in China have become too (11)___________ in their writing.

2. Religious and

private schools receive

little

or no support from public funds

in

the United States, so they are usually (12)_____________ expensive to attend.

3.

He

was

young,

yet

his

face

(13)____________ gave

people

the

impression

that

he

was approaching 60, especially when he was deep in thought.

4. It shouldn't be too difficult to bargain with the company, (14)______________

the overwhelming evidence you've already collected against your employer.

5. In my opinion, the language the author used in this book seems overused and out

of touch with the (15)___________ society and reality.

6.

Your

standards

and

abilities

may

have

been

perfectly

fine

for

the

level

you

were

at a year ago, but

have

you worked to keep your

skills

(16)____________ with

your

position?

7.

It

was

really

a

big

challenge

for

the

local

government

to

evacuate

more

than

500

children (17) ____________who were at risk in that disastrous earthquake.

8. I almost forget the exact age difference between my friend Mark and his brother

Brian

—

they're about two or three years (18)____________ .

9. No matter how people look at it, it was something of a (19)_________ victory

—

she won the case but lost all her bank savings in legal fees.

10.

A

symptom

like

this

one

is

strange,

rare,

and

(20)_____________

,

and

it

is

often

of great importance to the doctor who diagnoses it.

Part 3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs

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Directions:

Fill

in

the

blanks

in

the

following

sentences

with

appropriate

prepositions or adverbs. Fill in each blank with only ONE word.

might as well resign myself ________ the fact that I'm not going to get a job as

a TV producer because it's too challenging.

is nothing attractive about the house apart ________ the fact that it has a good

view and easy access to freeway.

's interesting to see that very often some people are likely to fall __________ a

sleeplike condition when they are in deep thought.

online

learning

you

can

have

a

responsible

teacher,

who

is

never

tired

__________

repeatedly answering your questions at any time and at any place.

company makes the best possible use of its staff, and it is very strict ________

respect to work ethics and the relationships between employer and employees.

of the problems for hand-raised birds is that they are bond __________ humans so

they are unable to socialize with their own kind.

non-smokers

are

not

kept

separate

__________

smokers,

the

smoke

will

do

great

harm

to non-smokers, even more harmful than it will to the smokers.

we tend to focus on others' looks when we make some decisions, and much of the

impression we get from them is based ____________ their physical appearance.

usually

follow

their

parents

implicitly,

so

smoking

by

parents

could

have

a

negative

effect __________ their children.

can see that I may have some difficulty explaining the first part of my story,

especially to anyone not acquainted ___________ the academic life.

Part 4 Banked Cloze

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Directions:

Fill

in

the

blanks

in

the

following

passage

by

selecting

suitable

words

from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

A. mysterious

D. liquid

G. miserable

J. implicit

M. tends

B. previous

E. indispensable

H. labeled

K. exploit

N. intends

C. fluid

F. stable

I. shift

L. explore

O. frame

I

don't

want

any

sort

of

traditional

stability

in

my

life

right

now.

The

thought

of

marriage,

staying

in

one

place

and

doing

one

thing,

will

make

me

feel

1.

______because there are too many things on my to-do list. Don't take me wrong that

I won't to marriage, but certainly not yet.

The four common life phases, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age,

are now added with two more,

the less understood is odyssey that frequently occurs between adolescence and

adulthood.

For our parents' generation, adulthood to be defined by achieving certain

things. We all know them

–

owning a house, having a career, getting married and

ultimately having children.

We

use

ourselves

to

7.

_________the

concept

of

the

odyssey

years,

but

it's

more

important

for

us

to

understand

the meaning:

the

pursuit

of

knowledge

and

making use of the accessibility of information and experiences around us.

In a time when everything is , it seems that the old recipes and time frames

for

accomplishing

things

don't

apply.

We

don't

have

the

same

expectations

as

we

once

had.

We to

find

our

own

meanings

to

things

and

give

voices

to

our

hearts.

It

seems

it becomes more important to find out why we are here before we choose to settle.

Part 5 Paragraph Translation

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Directions: Translate the following paragraphs into English.

几千 年来，

中国人一直都很重视家庭。

由于传统的中国家庭受儒家思 想影响很大，

大家庭受

到高度的重视。

几代人一起生活在一个屋檐下是很常见的。

四世同堂被认为是家庭繁荣和幸

福的标志。

年纪最大的男性是家庭的领导者，

有最大 的权力决定所有重要的事情，

譬如年轻

家庭成员的教育、婚姻、 和职业生涯。即使年轻人不同意长辈的决定，他们最终也会服从

（

obey

）长辈的意愿，并会在他们的晚年时照顾他们。确实，

孝顺——尊重和照顾家庭中的

长辈——在传统上被认为是所有素质中最重要的。

Part 6 Vocabulary and Structure

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Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,

B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

winter

was

very

severe,

especially

at

night,

so

the

mom

had

to

put

an

extra

blanket

over the baby for fear that __________.

A. he catches a cold

B. he be catching a cold

C. he caught a cold

D. he would catch a cold

might

have

been

killed

__________

the

timely

arrival

of

the

ambulance

and

immediate

operation in the hospital.

A. besides

B. except for

C. but for

D. except

are

aware

that

coal,

which

has

gone

to

mass

production,

is

still

a

finite

resource,

though _________ than either oil or gas.

A. a much more abundant energy source

B. the much more energy abundant source

C. much more energy abundant source

D. energy source more abundant

of

the

shortage

of

money,

they've

set

up

a

plan

__________

they

can

spread

the

cost

over a quite long period.

A. whereabouts

B. wherever

C. whereas

D. whereby

though they were in danger, they did not find __________ to prepare for the worst

conditions they might meet.

A. worth their while

B. it worth

C. it worthwhile

D. it worthy

__________, this nuclear power station will supply all the neighboring towns and

villages with clean and low-cost electricity.

A. completed

B. it completed

C. it being completed

D. it completes

is

distinguished

from

other

forms

of

communication

__________

the

advertiser

pays

for the message to be delivered.

A. in which

B. in that

C. in order that

D. in that way

you

have

never

planted

anything,

you

won't

be

able

to

know

the

pleasure

of

watching

the thing you have planted __________.

A. grow

B. to grow

C. grown

D. to be grown

will take your suggestion into consideration as it is beneficial to the company

and I am sure it will __________ the problem.

A. contribute to solve

B. be contributed to solve

C. contribute to solving

D. be contributed to solving

the

flights

__________

because

of

the

snowstorm,

we

had

to

take

the

train

instead,

though it would take much longer time.

A. were canceled

B. had been canceled

C. having canceled

D. having been canceled

days the president of the college, together with the deans, __________ planning

a conference for the purpose of laying down a series of regulation.

A. were

B. are

C. was

D. is

our research so far has not produced any answers to the problem, we need to adopt

a different __________ to it.

A. approach

B. manner

C. style

D. method

wanted

to

become

a

writer,

but

his

father

didn't

think

it

was

a

__________

profession,

so he had to give it a second thought.

A. respectful

B. respective

C. respectable

D. respecting

__________ degree was awarded to him by Cambridge for his great contribution in

the theoretical physics.

A. honorable

B. honorary

C. honored

D. honoring

audience

applauded

enthusiastically

as

the

girls

from

the

ballet

school

performed

a __________ dance.

A. grateful

B. gracious

C. gradual

D. graceful

Part 7 Skimming and scanning

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Directions:

You

are

going

to

read

a

passage

or

passages

with

10

statements

attached

to each. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.

Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a

paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

1. More

youngsters

move

out

of

their

parents'

home

when

the

economic

situation

is

favorable while they stay home for a longer time during the recession.

2. The recession has a great effect on the family construction/formation and

childbearing plan.

3. Due

to

the

unfavorable

employment

situation,

many

youngsters

have

had

to

return

to school in order to be more competitive in the future employment.

4. Many parents offer to help adult children pay their education, rent, vehicle

expenses and so on.

5. Many

parents

are

willing

to

offer

the

help

to

their

children

so

that

their

kids

won't be faced with too many financial difficulties.

6. It is very likely for children with good personalities, even at a young age,

to get financial support.

7. Considering their career development' people with higher levels of education

postpone having kids.

8. According

to

a

sociologist,

the

relationships

between

parents

and

children

are

closer especially when children get financial help from their parents.

9. With parents' financial support some youngsters experience fewer financial

problems such as loans.

10. The

life

of

older

people

is

financially

affected

if

they

accommodate

their

adult