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大学英语精读四作业2 第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分） 1. — Could you turn the radio down a little? — A. Yes, of course B. I’dbe delighted to. Which word? C.Yes. I’ve already put the radio down D. I don’t want to turn it off 2. — Is there anything I can do for you? — . A.I feel it is unnecessary B. No, thank you just the same C.It’s impossible D. There’s no need 3. —Have a good day! — A.Me, too. B. I hope so. C.You, too. D. It’s a wonderful day,isn’t it? 4. —I’m sorry. I gave you the wrong message. — A.Oh, I’m sorry that you did. B.How foolish of you to do so. C.The wrong message? Oh, yes, you did! D.Oh, that’s all right. Please be careful next time, though. 5. —It seems that you’re very careless in your spelling. — . A.Oh, that’ll be OK B. I’m not sure C.Oh, no, that’s terrible D. yes, I’m always very careful
第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分） Passage 1 Most of us canfind 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. Itmay be a free period or a regular wait, say in the queue for a bus or meal ---even while eating breakfast. One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spendat least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night.Whether he went to bed at 10 pm or 2:30 am made no difference. Even if youcannot keep to this kind of discipline, it is a good idea to make sure youalways have a general interest book in your pocket. Don’t forget it should be abook which entertains you and the English must not be too difficult for you. Nearly all “speedreading” courses have a “pacing”element --- some timing device which lets the student know how many words aminute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check theaverage number of words per page for the particular book you are busy reading. Well,this is difficult at first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period,or you can read within hearing distance of a public clock which strikes thequarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the samekind of easy, general interest book. You should soon notice your habitualw.p.m. rate creeping up. 6. The passage recommends setting aside for reading practice. A. two hours a day B. one hour a day C. 15 minutes or half an hour a day D. three minutes a day before meal 7. One famous surgeon always made it a ruleto read . A.15 minutes at 10 pm each night B. for at least 15 minutes at bedtime C. no matter it was early or late D. whenever he had a spare moment 8. It is a good idea always to carry inyour packet . A. a book you will never forget B. a serious book C. several books of various kinds D. an easy and interesting English book 9. According to the passage, a “pacing”device . A. measures a student’s reading speed B. is not included in most speed reading courses C. is an aid to vocabulary learning D. should be used whenever we read alone 10. Looking at your watch every 5 or 10minutes . A. avoids the need for reading faster B. is not the same as pacing C. is not easy at first D. helps you to remember the page number you were at last time
Passage2 Old Japanese living alone can now hire a“family” for lunch and a few hours’ pleasant talk. Just give them a telephonecall and ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. They will show upat your door, and greet you emotionally as if they hadn’t seen you for years. Some 15 couples have so far hired “families”.“We have nearly 80 people on the waiting list.” Said the president of thecompany that offers such services, “What is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirstyfor human love. We are helping them make their dreams come true.” Where once big families with three or moregenerations living together were common, now numbers are reducing fast. Incities there are very few indeed. Many old people see their families onlyrarely, if at all. This may be because the children’s bosses have sent them toa distant city, even abroad, or just because busy family members cannot findtime to visit their parents. “We’ve seen many cases in whichparent-children relations are not in a happy state,” company presidentcontinues. “When a son finally visits his parents after a long while, it isoften just to ask for money or for them to let him have their property(财产)early.” Loneliness is not aone-way street.“One young mother came to us to ask about grandparents,” he added. The company is now developing into otherfields. Their services include providing “employees” for businessmen to scoldand “lovers” for young people unlucky in love. Company’s “lovers” for hire isnot a service to be misunderstood, company president makes clear. “You shouldn’t think about our lover tooromantically,” he said, “She’s there to act as an adviser on how to find agirlfriend.” 11. Oldcouples in Japanhire family members . A. to ask for help when they areill B. to realize their big-familydreams C. to seek love and comfort D. to strengthen parent-children relations 12. In the sentence“what is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for humanlove”, “senior citizens” could best be replaced by . A. high-ranking officials incities B. rich old couples living incities C. respectable ladies andgentlemen D. old people 13. Which of thefollowing is not the reason that Japanese grown-ups seldom visit their parents? A. They are too busy. B. They work in distant cities. C. They can’t afford expensivevisits to their parents. D. Their relations are not verytight. 14.“Loneliness is not a one-way street” means that . A. both the old and the young willfeel lonely B. living alone is not a one-way street C. young mother with a little child will feellonely D. one young mother will hire “grandparents”for their child 15. Whena Japanese young man hires a “lover”, . A. she will be his lover B. she will offer him valuable advice on loveaffairs C. she will bring him a girlfriend D. she will tell him her own love story
第三部分：词汇与结构（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分） 16. As a publicrelations officer, he is said some very influential people. A. to have been knowing B. tohave known C. to be knowing D. to know 17. I wasnot satisfied with my school performance. . A. Neither my parents were. B. Neither were my parents. B. Nor did my parents. D.Nor my parents were 18. Thecommittee suggested that the new construction project . A. will be canceled B. be canceled C. should cancel D. was canceled 19. Weall thought important that you should obey the companyrules. A. this B. that C. it D. which 20. John regretted to the meeting last week. A. not going B. not to go C.not having been going D. not to be going
第四部分：完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by thecrowding of large groups of people into cities. Satisfying the 21 of the people leads to further polluting byindustry. If the rapid increase in human population 22 at the present rate (比率), there may be much greater harm.Some scientists speak of the 23 in number of people as “Population Pollution”. About 2000 years ago, the world 24 was probably about 250 million. It reached abillion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is 25 three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year2000. If the population continues to grow at the same 26 , there would be 25 billion people in theworld a hundred years from now. Man has been using the earth’s 27 more and more rapidly over the years. Some of themare almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s greatest 28 is how to control the growth of thispopulation. The materials in the world will not support the human population intime to come if the present rate of increase continues. 29 there is over crowding in thecities and hunger in some countries. Can man’s rate of increase continue? Many people believe that human survival (幸存者) in the future 30 on the answer to the question.
| 21. A. needs | B. supplies | C. service | D. supports | | 22. A. stops | B. continues | C. slows down | D. adds to | | 23. A. increase | B. reduce | C. country | D. improvement | | 24. A. people | B. situation | C. population | D. land | | 25. A. now | B. in the past | C. in the future | D. then | | 26. A. place | B. time | C. rate | D. result | | 27. A coal | B. oil | C. mines | D. resources | | 28. A. problem | B. power | C. plan | D. idea | | 29. A. Already | B. Yet | C. Still | D. Often | | 30. A. feeds | B. lives | C. keeps | D. depends |
第五部分：英译汉（共3小题；每题5分，满分15分） 31. Inside,this large plane looks more like a high building than a plane. 32. Hewanted to help all the wounded people no matter which side they were fightingfor. 33. Thefarmer didn’t spend much time working on his farm.
第六部分：写作（满分15分） 请根据下面所给的题目和情景，用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。 某天下午，由于你说了一些无礼的话，惹怒了你的同学/同事，事后你有所悔悟。请你给他/她写封信，表示歉意。 Letter of Apology
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