大学英语二级2题(1)

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did not mean to attack people's different religious ________.

A)believes

B)believs

C)belief

D)beliefs

was glad to see her child ________.

A)to take care of

B)taking care of

C)take care of

D)taken care of

. Smith warned her daughter ___ after drinking.

A)never driving

B)never drive

C)to never driver

D)never to drive

we may be able to say ______ between music and noise.

A)what is the difference

B)that what the difference

C)the difference is what

D)what the difference is

wishes

that

he

_____

law

instead

of

literature

when

he

was

in

college.

A)studied

B)would study

C)could study

D)had studied

6._____ was unimportant.

A)If he enjoyed our dinner

B)B)Although he enjoyed our dinner

C)No matter how he enjoyed our dinner

D)Whether he enjoyed our dinner or not

is second only ______ heart disease as a cause of death.

A)with

B)from

C)of

D)to

case the house ______ down, we'll get the insurance money.

A)burn

B)would burn

C)burns

D)will burn

teacher has his students _____ a composition every other week.

A)writing

B)to write

C)written

D)write

little man was ____ more than one meter fifty tall.

A)almost

B)hardly

C)nearly

D)quite

was surprised by ______ having to pay for the accident.

A)you

B)yourself

C)your

D)yours

12.I am very sorry for _____ for so long.

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A)having kept you waiting

B)keep you waiting

C)keep you wait

D)waiting for you

13.____ people are not allowed to drive a car according to the traffic rules.

A)Drunk

B)Drink

C)Drunken

D)Drank

you _____ these seeds from the fruit

A)remind

B)remember

C)remain

D)remove

is difficult to _____ our anger.

A)hold to

B)hold on

C)hold on to

D)hold back

would rather have a room _____ than sleep with her sister.

A)on her own

B)of herself

C)by herself

D)of her own

book proves the highest_____ of the art.

A)success

B)progress

C)improvement

D)achievement

I was free, I accepted the _____ to attend his party.

A)reply

B)report

C)resolve

D)request

live _____ Mary's parents in New York.

A)due to

B)exhausted

C)thanks to

D)next to

trees

are

considered_____

when

they

begin

bearing

fruit.

A)immature

B)young

C)old

D)mature

can find European tourists in ____ every part of China.

A)mostly

B)all most

C)the most

D)almost

looked

at

four

cars

today.

The

first

two

were

far

too

expensive,

but______ ones were reasonable priced.

A)other

B)others

C)another

D)the other

boy lost his_________ when he stepped on the icy road.

A)direction

B)weight

C)way

D)balance

don't take it______. People just say it out of politeness.

A)truly

B)really

C)possibly

D)seriously

old

friend,

Jake

wasn't

_______

with

what

I

said

to

him.

A)pleasant

B)present

C)precious

D)pleased

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are

trying

our

best

and

we

hope

to

______

our

services

in

the

future.

A)import

B)impress

C)imply

D)improve

trained hard and _______ the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

A)took advantage of

B)took care of

C) took the place of

D)took part in

Yellowstone National Park, _____ all of the deer, sheep, birds and

small animals are unafraid of people.

A)much

B)most

C)more

D)almost

idea was to get us to _____ the sports meet because of the rain.

A)call up

B)call at

C)call back

D)call off

day I booked a room in the hotel, but now I want to _______ my

booking.

A)connect

B)concern

C)cancel

D)consume

for

food,

bring

a

_____

lunch,

because

we

will

spend

the

whole

day there.

A)pasted

B)packed

C)paced

D)passed

nds of websites help people keep up with the _____ news.

A)latter

B)latest

C)last

D)later

industrial production _____ increased by 20 per cent last year.

A)as to

B)as for

C)as a whole

D)as a rule

34.______ hard she tried, she did not pass the exam.

A)Whoever

B)Whatever

C)Whenever

D)However

ten

years,

all

these

youngsters

became_____.

A)grown-up

B)growns-ups

C)growns-up

D)grown-ups

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阅读理解。

Passage 1

One

summer

afternoon

Jean

and

Lestar,

an

elderly

couple,

visited

their

daughter at her home in Lille, France. A few minutes before six o'clock,

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they decided to leave. They walked to their car, and got in. They expected

a quiet, peaceful ride home. Mr. Lestar was about to start the car when a

gun-man

jumped

up

from

the

back

seat.

me

to

Paris!

he

demanded.

you want to go.

But first let my wife out of the car.

After Jean was safely out of the car, Mr. Lestar started the motor slowly,

but his mind was racing. Unarmed and 81 years old, he knew he needed

help.

Where

were

the

police

my

luck,

thought.

I

were

speeding, there would be a police car on every corner.

forward and Mr. Lestar began driving like a madman, running red lights,

and driving the wrong way on one-way streets but not one police officer

saw him.

Obviously, Mr. Lestar's plan was not working. He got a new plan as he

remembered that Lille Police Station was nearby.

he drove his car crashing through the doors and stopped in the courtyard

of the police station. Mr. Lestar yelled,

station came running and quickly held the man.

Mr. Lestar saw a

man pointing a gun at him, his first response

was that ________.

A)he worried about his daughter

B)he tried to drive the car to the police station

C)he agreed to do whatever the man told him to

D)he worried about his wife

order to ________, Mr. Lestar began driving like a madman.

A)get to the police station as soon as possible

B)get the police's attention

C)distract the man with the gun

D)run away from the man with the gun

. Lestar's first attempt to get the attention of the police failed because

________.

A)he was starting and driving slowly

B)the man with the gun knew his plan

C)there was no police car in sight

D)the man with the gun was very strong

seems that ________.

A)Mr. Lestar was in Lille more than one time

B)Mr. Lestart had been experienced in his policeman career.

C)Mr. Lestar knew why the gun-man wanted to go to Paris

D)Mr. Lestar was in Lille for the first time

the following are true EXCEPT _________.

A)The police are most stupid of all

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B)Mr. Lestar is lucky for escaping from the gun-man

C)Mind is sometimes more powerful than muscle

D)Mr. Lestar is cleverer than the man with the gun

Passage 2

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges

and

universities

in

the

United

States.

Yale,

Princeton,

Columbia

and

Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went

to

college.

All

the

students

studied

the

same

subjects,

and

everyone

learned Latin, Greek. Little was known about science then, and one kind

of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When

the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.

In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to

become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's

law

school.

In

1825,

besides

Latin

and

Greek,

Harvard

began

teaching

modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching

American history.

As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many

new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested

them.

Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most

of

them

are

made

up

of smaller

schools

that

deal

with

special

fields of

learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer it all.

oldest university in the US is _________.

A)Harvard

B)Columbia

C)Princeton

D)Yale

the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, ______.

A)people, young or old, might study in the colleges

B)graduates became lawyers or teachers

C)students studied only some languages and science

D)colleges and universities were almost the same

languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.

A)Latin, Green, French and German

B)Latin and Greek

C)American history and German

D)French and German

knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.

A)law and something about medicine

B)many new subjects

C)the subjects that interested students

D)everything that was known

the whole, the passage is about___________.

A)how to start a university

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B)what kind of lesson each college teaches

C)how colleges have changed

D)the world-famous colleges in America

Passage 3

Charlie Chaplin (

查理

·

卓别林

) has broken all records in making people

laugh.

No

one

else has

so

set

a

whole

world

laughing

as

the little

man

with the walking stick and the overlarge shoes.

Much

has

been

written

about

Chaplin's

art

and

his

career.

Those

who

have called him a genius stress the timeless and common qualities in his

work. It is an art filled with sad stories and deep human feeling that get

people

involved.

It

is

for

these

reasons

that

the

figure

of

Charlie

has

attracted generation after generation.

Chaplin's life history writers agree that Charlie's unhappy early years in

the poor area in London had a great influence on his development and on

the

type

of

films

he

made.

Indeed,

his

suffering

youth

had

a

lasting

influence on him. In 1918, he gave a humorous performance on war only

a few weeks before the American soldiers came home from World War I.

So

perfectly

was

it

done

that

even

the

returning

soldiers

found

it

impossible

to

hate

it.

They

deeply

appreciated

his

short

and

humorous

performance.

Chaplin

gave

lots

of

performances,

satirizing

(

讽刺

)the

cruelty

of

the

machine

age

and

even

making

fun

of

Hitler(

希特勒

).

Chaplin and his funny films continue to be popular years after his death.

of the following is NOT true about Charlie Chaplin

A)He had an unhappy early life.

B)He made fun of Hitler in his films.

C)He was born in the USA.

D)He was a funny film actor.

ing

to

the

author,

Chaplin

has

been

popular

with

generation

after generation mainly because _________.

A)he set the whole world laughing

B)he attacked the cruelty of the machine age

C)his works amused the returning American soldiers

D)his performances with human feeling get people involved

ing to Charlie Chaplin's life history writers, _________ had a

strong influence on the type of films he made.

A)his unhappy early years in the poor area in London

B)those who deeply appreciated his performance

C)the audience who praised and admired him

D)World War I in 1918

ing to the passage, which of the following is true

A)Chaplin's films are an art filled with timeless qualities and sad stories

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