《大学英语（2）》（第1次）21秋重庆大学
一、单项选择题 (共 35 题、共 70 分)1.
He used to feel confident ( ) language ability.
A、
in a term of
B、
in terms of
C、
in the term of
D、
in term of
2.
It has _____ to change your life with sound decision.
A、
continental
B、
possible
C、
potential
D、
probable
3.
The experienced lecturer started his speech _____ a series of questions.
A、
upon
B、
in
C、
with
D、
at
4.
Xiao Li proposed we postpone the journey to next month and everybody disagree ____ him.
A、
at
B、
with
C、
to
D、
on
5.
Too much work and no time for rest is a （ ） on him both physically and mentally.
A、
revolution
B、
burden
C、
deposit
D、
cover
6.
Something unexpected happened （ ） our way to the seaside.
A、
at
B、
on
C、
in
D、
by
7.
His music has _____ millions of people around the world
A、
met
B、
reached
C、
touched
D、
contacted
8.
While working, we should ____ to others.
A、
not stop talking
B、
not stop to talk
C、
stop to talk
D、
stop and talk
9.
If I couldn't get a scholarship, I might get a job ____ to graduate school next semester.
A、
instead of going
B、
instead going
C、
instead go
D、
instead to go
10.
The park was filled with people （ ） on their cell phones.
A、
talking
B、
talked
C、
to talk
D、
talk
11.
Not only was he good at English ( ) at mathematics.
A、
and also
B、
as
C、
so
D、
but also
12.
There will be more internet （ ） in the library as soon as it expand its digital reading room.
A、
accesses
B、
doors
C、
gates
D、
exits
13.
Fifteen engines are scheduled for delivery this week, the remainder ____ at a later date.
A、
sending
B、
to send
C、
sends
D、
to be sent
14.
____ for your foolish act, we wouldn't have been suspected by the enemy.
A、
Had it not been
B、
If it is not
C、
If it was not
D、
It had not been
15.
( ) you are in the world, when you walk in to our hotel we want you to have best lodging experience possible.
A、
Wherever
B、
Whatever
C、
Whoever
D、
Whenever
16.
____ this method does not work, let's try another.
A、
Since
B、
Though
C、
For
D、
Even if
17.
Society ____ people with widely different abilities.
A、
is made up from
B、
is made up of
C、
makes up of
D、
makes up from
18.
Never before had I speak out my mind in public, so when someone asked to sing a song at the party, I felt too （ ） to do so.
A、
pleasant
B、
unfortunate
C、
embarrassed
D、
unwilling
19.
These trees ____ plenty of fruit in autumn.
A、
deposit
B、
receive
C、
yield
D、
manufacture
20.
The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ( ) chemist's.
A、
any
B、
some
C、
each
D、
certain
21.
I ( ) by the teacher at the meeting next week.
A、
shall be praised
B、
have been praised
C、
am praised
D、
shall praised
22.
Evidence came up ____ specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months.
A、
whose
B、
which
C、
what
D、
that
23.
While attempting to reach his home before the storm, ____.
A、
it happened that he could not start his car
B、
his car broke down
C、
there was something wrong with his car
D、
he had an accident on his car
24.
This is the house _____ windows were broken.
A、
of which
B、
which
C、
whose
D、
its
25.
Only when you have obtained sufficient data ____ come to a sound conclusion.
A、
would you
B、
can you
C、
you will
D、
you can
26.
The telephone （ ） connect you to the absent.
A、
are used to
B、
using to
C、
used to
D、
are used
27.
The retired couple （ ）a rich and colorful life.
A、
have
B、
hold
C、
lead
D、
make
28.
There are nine departments in our university, ____.
A、
with each has over 400 students
B、
each have over 400 students
C、
with each have over 400 students
D、
each having over 400 students
29.
I'll never forget ____ the Alps for the first time. The sight was impressive.
A、
seeing
B、
to see
C、
see
D、
seen
30.
Go in quietly ____ wake the baby.
A、
so as to not
B、
so as not to
C、
as not to
D、
as to not
31.
To show politeness, we usually greet an American （ ） his or her last name.
A、
by
B、
with
C、
In
D、
to
32.
I remember my father ____ me to the beach when I was a very small child. We forgot ____ a towel and I felt very cold.
A、
take ... taken
B、
to take ... taking
C、
taking ... to take
D、
take ... taking
33.
( ) the bad weather, the football match had to be put off.
A、
On occasion
B、
Because
C、
Because of
D、
In case
34.
I saw him at （ ）, not at （ ）．
A、
my uncle．．．the Blacks’
B、
my uncle’s．．．the Blacks
C、
my uncle．．．the Blacks
D、
my uncle’s．．．the Blacks’
35.
I ( ) see the excellent performance yesterday.
A、
was fortunately
B、
was fortunate to
C、
was luck to
D、
was lucky
二、阅读理解单项选择题 (共 5 题、共 30 分)
1.
Reading time: 6 1/2 minutes
Remembering My Grandparents
When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty -- a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seriously to me that he got that flattened tip as a small child when he fell down and stepped On his nose.
The little marks of laughter at the corners of his eyes were the product of a kindly and humorous nature. The years of work which had bent his shoulders had never dulled his humor nor his love of a joke. Everywhere he went, "Gramp" made friends easily. At the end of half an hour you felt you had known him all your life. I soon learned that he hated to give orders, but that when he had to, he tried to make his orders sound like suggestions.
One July morning, as he was leaving to go to the cornfield, he said, "Edwin, you can pick up the potatoes in the field today if you want to do that." Then he drove away with his horses.
The day passed, and I did not have any desire to pick up potatoes. Evening came and the potatoes were still in the field. Gramp, dusty and tired, led the horses to get their drink.
"How many bags of potatoes were there?" Gramp inquired.
"I don't know."
"How many potatoes did you pick up?"
"I didn't pick any."
"Not any! Why not?"
"You said I could pick them up if I wanted to. You didn't say I had to."
In the next few minutes I learned a lesson I would not forget, when Gramp said I could if I wanted to, he meant that I should want to.
My grandmother ("Gram") worked hard all day, washing clothes, cleaning the house, making butter, and even working in the field when help was scarce. In the evening, though, she was not too tired to read books from the community library. For more than forty years Gram read aloud to Gramp almost every evening. In this way she and Gramp learned about all the great battles of history and became familiar with the works of great authors and the lives of famous men.
Gram hated cruelty and injustice. The injustices of history, even those of a thousand years before, angered her as much as the injustices of her own day.
She also had a deep love of beauty. When she was almost seventy-five, and had gone to live with one of her daughters, she spent a delightful morning washing dishes because, as she said, the beautiful patterns on the dishes gave her pleasure. The birds, the flowers, the clouds -- all that was beautiful around her -- pleased her. She was like the father of the French painter, Millet, who used to gather grass and show it to his son, saying, "See how beautiful this is!"
In a pioneer society it is the harder qualities of mind and character that are of value. The softer virtues are considered unnecessary. Men and women struggling daily to earn a living are unable, even for a moment, to forget the business of preserving their lives. Only unusual people, like my grandparents, manage to keep the softer qualities in a world of daily struggle.
Such were the two people with whom I spent the months from June to September in the wonderful days of summer and youth.
1).
When Grandpa told the writer to pick up potatoes if he wanted to do that, he meant that ____
A、
he had to do it
B、
he could do it if he wanted to
C、
he could do it anytime he was ready
D、
he did not really have to do so
2).
We know that Grandpa's nose ____
A、
was flattened because it had been stepped on
B、
was not flat when he was a boy
C、
was both straight and broad
D、
was straight but its tip was a bit flat
3).
According to the passage, in the days of the writer's grandparents ____
A、
it was difficult for people to keep the "soft qualities" of mind and character
B、
most people understood how to appreciate the beautiful things in life
C、
it was the "soft virtues" that were thought to be very important
D、
only ordinary people managed to appreciate the beauty of nature
4).
The writer describes his Grandma as ____
A、
someone who could find beauty in life
B、
a very obedient housewife
C、
a woman who complained about the injustices of life
D、
a woman who loved Millet's paintings
5).
We learn from the passage that Grandpa ____
A、
loved to give orders
B、
liked making suggestions
C、
was friendly and humorous
D、
was a serious and strict person
2.
Advertising can be thought of "as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services". Advertising aims to increase people's awareness and arouse interest. It tries to inform and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method. Magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local markets. Television, although more expensive, can be very effective. Posters are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertising.
There can be no doubt that the growth in advertising is one of the most striking features of the western world in this century. Many businesses such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tobacco and patent medicines have been built up largely by advertising. We might ask whether the cost of advertising is paid for by the manufacturer or by the customer. Since advertising forms part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the customer who pays for advertising. However, if large scale advertising leads to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less.
It is difficult to measure exactly the influence of advertising on sales. When the market is growing, advertising helps to increase demand. When the market is shrinking, advertising may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. What is clear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertising if they were not convinced of its value to them.
1).
According to the passage, trade fairs 1st paragraph may____.
A、
replace exhibitions and markets
B、
attract possible customers
C、
offer fun and amusement
D、
provide cheap goods
2).
Advertising is often used to____.
A、
deceive customers
B、
increase production
C、
arouse suspicion
D、
push the sale
3).
"Large scale" in the third paragraph means____.
A、
expensive
B、
well-balanced
C、
extensive
D、
colorful
4).
Advertising is in the main paid for by____.
A、
the customer
B、
the manufacturer
C、
increased sales
D、
reduced prices
5).
The word 'media' 1st paragraph refers to____.
A、
the press
B、
television
C、
radio
D、
all of the above
3.
Are you looking for a good book to read? Do you need information about universities in the United States? Do you want to know the correct price of a used car? Would you like to read newspapers and magazines from different countries? Do you need a quiet place to study? Did you answer "yes" to any of these questions? Then you should visit "the information place" -- your local library.
A library is more than just a place where books are stored. A library is a source of information. That information may come from books (fiction, nonfiction, or reference books), from periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and journals), from audio-visual material (records, cassettes microfilm, video tapes, etc.) or even from a computer terminal.
Students go to libraries to study and to write research papers. The periodicals room of a university library is where foreign students often find newspapers and magazines from their countries. In the reference room, they can find catalogs from many universities in the U.S. and other countries. If you are buying a used car, the reference librarian can show you the Blue Book, which lists the prices of new and used cars. People who need information in a burry can telephone the reference librarian at many libraries.
There are as many different library services as there are types of people who use them. Children's libraries provide materials for young readers. They sometimes have storytellers who read stories to groups of children, and a few have computers for the children to play with. Music lovers can listen to recordings of their favorite musicians in music libraries. Some libraries have painting and sculpture exhibits, and most libraries offer special services for blind people, such as books in Braille, "talking" books, and Kurzweil Reading Machines.
Libraries provide entertainment as well as information. Novels and short stories from a library's fiction collection are a good source of enjoyable reading practice. Public libraries often sponsor lectures on topics of interest to members of the community, and a few even offer concerts and films. No matter what your interests are, you will find that a library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn.
1).
Which of the following is NOT an example of a library service?____
A、
Used cars.
B、
Art exhibits.
C、
Children's storytellers.
D、
Kurzweil Reading Machines.
2).
What is another name for a library?____
A、
A bookstore.
B、
The periodicals room.
C、
A reference librarian.
D、
The information place.
3).
What is the main idea of the whole text? Choose the BEST answer.____
A、
There are many kinds of libraries.
B、
A library is a place where books are stored.
C、
Libraries provide entertainment.
D、
Libraries offer many different services.
4).
"A library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn." This means you can ____in a library.
A、
talk and laugh as much as you want
B、
find entertainment and information
C、
play with computers
D、
have a lot of rooms to work in
5).
In the reference room of the library you can find ____.
A、
the fiction collection
B、
newspapers and magazines
C、
university catalogs
D、
materials for young readers
4.
It was the second semester of my freshmen year. After several drinks, a group of friends and I went out looking for a patty. The Only problem was that it was a dry campus tier weekend. But we still managed to find an off-campus party that was kicking. I still have no clue how I got there.
When we got there, the party was already in full swing. They had a bar in a separate room in the house and roommate and I walked right over to it as soon as we saw it. And man, did they have cheap drinks So we were like "yeah let's have a few." Of course at that point we weren't thinking about how we were going to get back to our dorm.
After two whiskey sours and two screw drivers, I was gone. I didn't realize that I was drunk until I hit my head on (the hard part of the couch) and felt absolutely no pain. One of my friends was trying to take my money away so I couldn't buy any more to drink. Not that it would have mattered anyway, as I was sneaking sips from other people' s drinks by then.
An hour later, I was completely drunk, and we made a group decision to leave the party. One problem, though, no one knew how to get home, so I drunkenly said" I know how to get home. Thanks for the great party!"
Of course, no one offered to walk us back. I guess they though that 8 girls, including 2 who were completely trashed, would be fine walking alone back to campus. And I guess they believed my drunken rambling, who knows.
Luckily, I have a pretty good sense of direction and we walked the 4 to 6 blocks back to campus. My roommate and I couldn't walk that well so the walk seemed to take forever. Once we got back to campus, however, we met up with this guy who was going to take us to another frat party just off campus (across the street from campus, actually). I was all pumped to go but--first things first---all of us had to pee.
So we stopped in a nearby dorm. One of my friends went in first and ended up overflowing the toilet (the funny thing is that she was stone sober). My drunk roommate and I then decided that we had to really pee and that we would just go back to our dorm.
So the two of us wandered back to our dorm, making a short stop at the emergency
phone to call a friend and tell hex that we were drunk. After that, we managed to get back to our dorm, without any problems.
1).
That night, the author was____.
A、
seriously drunk.
B、
completely lost
C、
out of touch with his fellows
D、
all of the above
2).
From the context, the word "dry'' in line two means____.
A、
not wet
B、
lacking humidity,
C、
producing
D、
thirstdull
3).
Who was not drunk according to the passage?____
A、
The author herself.
B、
A girl who ended up ore, owing the toilet.
C、
The author's drunk roommate.
D、
All of them.
4).
What happened to them on their way back to campus?____
A、
It took them a long time to get to the campus.
B、
They met another guy who would like to take them to another party.
C、
He felt like relieving nature.
D、
All of the above.
5).
When the author and his fellows got there, the party____.
A、
had ended
B、
was having reached a very active stage
C、
was ending
D、
was just beginning
5.
Parrots are becoming one of the most popular pets in America -- and for good reason. The parrot is an extraordinary bird that can be taught to talk, can be easily cared for, and can create a lively atmosphere anywhere. With the help of an energetic parrot owner, a parrot can develop an enormous vocabulary. In addition, a parrot can be trained to say "Pretty boy" or "Polly wants a cracker, " and it also can learn to whistle or sing. No matter what an owner decides to teach a bird, training a parrot takes much patience, but the reward is a stream of chatter. Another reason for the parrot's popularity is that this pet does not require much care. For example, even a spoiled parrot does not need a house sitter for the purpose of daily walks and daily feeding. In fact, a parrot owner may leave his or her pet with enough food for five days and have no fear that the parrot will overeat. Still another advantage of owning a parrot is its inexpensive food, including seeds, nuts, corn, and grain -- along with an apple, banana, or carrot. Perhaps the most likely reason the parrot is becoming such a well-liked pet is that it is a combination of tameness and wildness. Because the parrot can live in almost any environment, it makes a fine, tame companion for many people. In addition, because it can be easily trained, it is a delightful performer. At the same time, its colorful feathers give it an air of the mystery of the parrot's native home, the jungle. Thus, the parrot, once a highly valued gift presented to kings and noble families, is now appreciated by a growing number of people.
1).
The word "tameness" in the passage means ____.
A、
the quality of being brave or unafraid
B、
the quality of being kind or warm-hearted
C、
the quality of being uncontrollable or fierce
D、
the quality of being gentle or trained
2).
A parrot can be trained to do all the following but ____.
A、
talk
B、
help its owner
C、
sing
D、
create a lively atmosphere
3).
The writer ____.
A、
likes the parrot
B、
dislikes the parrot
C、
does not like nor dislike the parrot
D、
values the parrot highly
4).
The word "jungle" probably means ____.
A、
boundless desert with very little plant life
B、
large apartment building with pleasing surroundings
C、
wild land overgrown with thick bushes and trees
D、
snow-covered mountain top in very cold areas.
5).
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the easy raising of the parrot? ____
A、
It eats very little.
B、
Its food is inexpensive.
C、
It does not need a house sitter.
D、
It does not require daily walks as dogs do
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