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考试科目:《大学英语（二）》 （总分100分）
一、交际英语 1、May I use your dictionary? ____________. A：Yes, here youare B：No, you won't C：Never mind D：Sorry here itis 2、Would you mind if I use your car? Of coursenot. _____________. A：I'm sorry Ican't B：I'm afraidnot C：It's over there D：I have no car 3、-This is Mr. Green and this is Mr. Brown. -_____________. A：How do you do B：How are you C：Fine, thankyou D：Hi, how areyou getting on 4、How do you like the story? ____________. A：I'd like toread it B：I like itvery much C：fine, thankyou D：It's veryinteresting 5、Happy New Year to you. ____________. A：The same toyou B：Yes, I'mhappy C：What aboutyou D：Very well,thanks 二、阅读理解 1、A young manwho lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became hisfiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while thegirl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. Hewanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, ashe had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were manyfine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were tooexpensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was abeautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had beenlooking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him.The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what hadhappened to him. The young man told him everything. Themanager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him.The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the youngman saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When theservant enters the room, he will drop it." On the birthday of his fiancée the young manwas very excited. Everything happened as had been planned. Theservant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. Therewas horror on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw thateach piece was packed separately. (1)、The story took place in the United States. A：T B：F (2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich,according to the passage. A：T B：F (3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl. A：T B：F (4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorlydressed. A：T B：F (5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girlwas in love with him. A：T B：F 2、 A pretty, well-dressed young ladystopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, "Do you see thatyoung man at the other side of the square?" "Yes," said the taxi driver. Theyoung man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at hiswatch every few seconds. "Take me over there," said the young lady. There were a lot of cars and buses in thesquare, so the taxi driver asked, "Are you afraid to cross thestreet?""Oh, no!" said the young lady. "But I promised thatI would meet the young man for lunch at one o' clock, and it is now a quarterto two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried not tobe late." (6)、The story doesn't tell us how the young woman got to the square. A：T B：F (7)、The lady stopped the taxi because she was afraid of walking across thestreet. A：T B：F (8)、The young man at the other side of the square had probably been waitingfor a long time. A：T B：F (9)、The young lady was clever at making excuse. A：T B：F (10)、The young lady was just pretending that she had tried. A：T B：F 3. Antiquedealers have an "in" joke. If two of them come to a desert island,they say, at the end of the year both will claim they have made a million. It'sa story which sums up "the trade". Objects, some precious, some whoseonly value is the old age, pass from hand to hand in search of home.
Buying an antique is always an event.Collectors, bitten by the bug, develop a selective photographic memory. Pointto any cherished object they own and they can tell you when they bought it,where, form whom and for how much. They may even remember what they ate forlunch that day and whether it rained.
Britain is the world's biggestantique treasure store. Across the country, any day of the week, there may beseveral dozen auctions taking place. Even a small town will boast a couple ofshops. In historic centres like Bath,the numbers may run into hundreds, not counting the stall holders packingspecialists markets there, like Guinea Lane.
In theory, the public's best chanceof coming out ahead is in the sale rooms. They may be very famous, such asSotheby's, Christies or Phillip's or lively provincial firms like Hobbs and Bath.Bidding is rapid and the auctioneer will try and process as many as 140 lots anhour. Given the pressure and the tensions, it's more than sensible to view theitems to be sold in advance, either the previous day or before the sale begins.Then is the time to decide how far you are prepared to go and not to decide inthe heat of battle. 11. The joke is told to ____.
A) reveal the nature of the trade of auction
B) play a trick on the antique dealers
C) show that antique dealers often act against the law
D) show that antique dealers can find antique anywhere 12. It is NOT mentioned that antiquecollectors will remember ____.
A) the money they spent on a favorite collection item
B) from whom they bought the item
C) the weather of the day the deal was made
D) the history of the item 13. The numbers" in the thirdparagraph refers to the numbers of ____.
A) auction every day
B) antique dealers
C) antique shops
D) antique collectors 14. To make a right decision, it issuggested ____ .
A) to have a look at the items to be sold before the auction
B) not to hesitate to bid at the auction
C) to relax oneself the day before the sale begins
D) to arrive on time and choose a good seat 15. The atmosphere in sales room is ____.
A) fast-paced
B) casual
C) harmonious
D) agreeable 三、词汇与语法 1、______ did he know what had happened during the two months when he wasaway. A：A little B：Little C：A few D：Few 2、Standing under a big tree to _______ getting wet in a rain is not a goodchoice. This is especially true when it is the thunderstorm reason. A：avoid B：keep C：stop D：drop 3、While ________ for the bus at the bus station, I met an old friend of minewhom I haven't seen for 10 years. A：being waited B：waiting C：having waited D：waited 4、She has been working hard day and night during these years _______ shecould pay for the lost necklace. A：in order that B：as long as C：the moment D：because 5、When the girls saw the funny man, they couldn't ____ laughing. A：keep from B：keep on C：keep away D：keep at 四、完型填空 1、 Memory is very important in our life. A good memory is a great help forlearning a language. Everybody learns ___1___ own language by keeping in mindwhat he hears when he is a small child. Some children like those who ___2___abroad with their ___3___, seem to learn two languages easily as they do one.In school, it's not easy for pupils ___4__ a second language because they havevery ___5___ time for it. Memory is like a diary that we keep every day. (1)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn (2)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn (3)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn (4)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn (5)、 A：live B：little C：parents D：his E：to learn 五、英译汉 1、Not all Americans are interested in sports, of course. 2、I think the picture shows us how fruit is necessary to life. 3、Jenny is fond of reading and oftenborrows books from the city library. 六、写作 Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 1.从事体育运动有哪些好处； 2.你常做的体育运动。 Physical Exercise
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