《大学英语2》期末考试+答案(全)

《大学英语2》复习资料

一、单词或短语英汉互译

1.将下列词语译成中文

(1)economist （2）goods （3）profit

（4）consumer （5）Interest

1. 经济学家； 2. 商品; 3. 利润;

4. 消费者 5.利息

（6）charge （7）affect （8）industrious

（9）package （10）machinery

6.收费 7.影响 8.勤劳的

9.包装 10.机械

（11）concern （12）furniture

（13）strong-willed （14）snowstorm

11.关心 12.家具

13.意志坚强 14.暴风雪

（15）cosmetics

15.化妆品

2.将下列词语译成英文

（16）投资 （17）需求

（19）市场 （20）制造商

ment 17. demand

19. Market cturer

(21) 破坏 (22)受益

(24) 进口 （25）资源

22. Benefit

24. Import ce

（26）条形码 （27）结账

(18)炊具

18. cooker

(23)超过

23. Exceed

（28）以防万一

26. universal product code 27. check out

28. In case

（29）气候 （30）免费

e 30. Free

二、单项选择题

1. Apparently, it wasn't an accident. Someone must have done it on( B ).

A. intention B. determination

C. purpose D. reason

2. The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a

patient( A )him.

A. disturbing B. disturbed

C. being disturbed disturb

3. ( D ) Americans have different views on many issues, they tend to agree

on one subject: taxes are too high.

A. Despite B. In spite of

C. Because D. Although

4. These little things aren't important( B ) themselves, but put

together, they can cause troubles.

A. by B. in C. for D. at

5. If there were any inhabitants of the moon, they would see our earth reflecting

the light of the sun, again like a huge mirror ( C )in the sky.

A. hang B. hanged C. hung D. hangs

6. When we call a word “learned,” we do not mean that it is used by learned

persons alone, ( C )simply that its presence in the English vocabulary is due

to books and the cultivation of literature rather than to the actual needs of ordinary

conversation.

A. so B. since C. but D. for

7. ( A )is accepted as true often is relatively, and not absolutely, true.

A. What B. That C. Which D. It

8. I( D ) awake for about two hours last night.

A. lie B. lied C. laid D. lay

9. In theory, every person will have( B )to an unlimited amount of

information with the development of telecommunication satellites.

A. entry B. access

C. entrance D. opening

10. It is in Iran( A )the family members are involved in the wedding

preparations.

A. where B. in which

C. that D. from which

satellite also demonstrated how it could provide help to people living in

isolated areas where( A )is difficult.

A. transportation B. instruction

C. application D. compensation

12. As we have been very busy recently, we go to the theatre only( D )．

A. absolutely B. frequently

C. Continually D. occasionally

13. We can come to the ( C ) that the more we practice, the more skillful

we will be.

A. tradition B. generation

C. conclusion D. fact

14. Since the road is wet this morning， last night( C

A. it must be raining B. it must rain

C. it must have rained D. it must have been rained

15. A few years later， I found my hometown completely (

A. changed B. changing

C. to be changed D. to change

16. This novel is worthy of ( D ).

A. reading B. read

C. having read D. being read

).

A ).

17. It is very kind ( C ) see me.

A. from you to B. as C. as if D. like that

18. It looks ( C ) it‘s going to rain.

A. that B. as C. as if D. like that

19. The stone was so heavy that it was difficult for the old man to ( A

A. lift B. reach C. rise D. touch

20. They lives ( B ) the other side of the road.

A. in B. on C. for D. by

21. She can speak Japanese better than ( C )else.

A. the one B. no one C. anyone D. another

22. This lesson is ( D ) than the last one.

A. more easier B. more easy C. very easier D. much easier

23. Today‘s weather isn’t as cold as it was yesterday， ( B )？

) it.

A. wasn’t B. is it C. was it D. isn’t it

24. This book is for students ( D ) native language is not English.

A. of whom B. that C. which D. whose

sports meet has been ( A ) till next week because of the bad

weather.

A. put off B. put aside

C. put up D. put down

26. Either you or the headmaster( D ) the prize for these gifted students at the

meeting.

A. is handing in B. are to hand out

C. are handing in D. is to hand out

27. The teacher and writer( B ) asked to make a speech at the meeting.

A. is B. was C. are D. were

28. Four-fifths of the workers here( C ) workers.

A. is woman B. are woman C. are women D. is women

29. The rest of the food ( D ) in the refrigerator.

A. is to keep B. are to be kept

C. are to keep D. is to be kept

30. This room is much too hot; it’s like a ( D ).

A. fantasy B. fossil C. fashion D. furnace

31. , I couldn't get a job in this company （ B ）

A. Try as I might B. As I might try

C. Try though I might D. I might try

32. Contrary popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your

appetite

（ D ）

A. on B. at

C. against D. to

33. When she worked with the government, she the difficult task of

monitoring elections（ D ）

A. overworked B. overtook

C. underwent D. undertook

34. I hope you will be higher spirits when we meet next time

（ D ）

A. to B. on

C. of D. in

35. I'm wondering why he hasn't turned at the

meeting( B )

A. down B. up

C. out D. over

36. It is a well-known fact a person will move in a circle when he cannot

use his eyes to control his direction ( A )

A. that B. if

C. when D. whether

37. , Mary went out with delight ( B )

A. With her homework doing B. With her homework done

C. Her homework was done D. Done her homework

38. the storm, we have to postpone the flight( A )

A. Owing to B. Thanks to

C. Because D. As

39. Tom's father home until yesterday（ D ）

A. doesn't write B. don't write to

C. didn't write to D. didn't write

40. Are you sure you don't have advice to give me? I really need

（ D ）

A. any； any B. some； any

C. any； some D. any； some

三、改错

下列句子中有A，B，C，D 四个划底线部分，其中有一个是错误的，选出错误部分的字

母，无需改正错误：

1. My parents wanted make a scientist of me.

A B C D

2. He has a bad habit of interrupting others when they are speak.

A B C D

3. The room is being a little small; in addition it is so hot.

A B C D

4. I wish I had know her address yesterday.

A B C D

5. The harder he studies, the greater progresses he’ll make.

A B C D

参考答案:

1. B 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.B

四、完形填空

Insure means to protect _1_ a loss of money. Most people can budget their money

so that their income will cover expected expenses _2_ food, clothing, housing, and

public services. But, there is no way to know _3_ who will suffer a crisis (危机) such as a

serious illness, fire, flood, or a car accident. Such crises usually _4_ great expense. Even

if people could predict crises, it would be hard to save enough money to _5_ the

expenses. Insurance is a system _6_ a company collects money from many individuals

and then pays certain expenses whenever one of those insured individuals is faced

with a certain crisis. An insurance policy _7_ how much the insurance costs and how

much the company will pay when a policy holder is faced with a certain crisis. There

are many different kinds of insurance, _8_ hospital, motor-car and fire. Insurance can

be rather expensive but most people buy insurance of some kind. Insurance is

something _9_ people buy and hope they will _10_ need.

1. A. for B. from C. against D. with

2.A. such as B. for example C. that D. the same as

3.A. predict B. ahead C. in advance D. earlier

4.A. result from B. make C. take D. result in

5.A. cover B. pay back C. fill D. make full

6.A. that B. by which C. what D. where

7. A. said B. agree C. make sure D. states

8.A. include B. including C. as well as D. also

9.A. which B. that C. as D. Like

10.A. never B. ever C. sometimes D. often

参考答案:

Why do some nations remain so much poorer than others?

In a new study, economist Eli Berman of Boston University (1) ___B___ that part of

the answer lies in the natrue of technological change. (2) ___C__ the early 1960s, he

notes, a small group of nations has made impressive progress. But on average, in the

(3) ___A___ world per capita incomes have grown (4) ___D___ faster than those in

advanced nations, which means the gap between the two has continued to (5) ___B___

in absolute terms.

Berman points out that technological progress in recent decades has notably (6)

__C___ on more educated work forces (7) ___D___ high levels of physical captial. Citing

substantial research in the U. S. and (18) ___B___, attributing the widening wage gap

between poorly-educated and well-educated workers to the (9) ___C___ demand for

skilled labor generated by new technology, Berman theorized that nations with high

levels of skilled workers should grow faster than (10) ___A___ with lower level of such

resources.

(1) A. proposes B. suggests

C. guarantees

(2) A. Up to

C. Since

(3) A. developing

C. developable

(4) A. not

C. less

(5) A. lengthen

C. deepen

(6) A. focused

B. During

B. developed

D. developmental

B. much

D. no

B. broaden

D. heighten

B. caught

D. complains

D. In times of

C. depended D. held

(7) A. combining with B. suffering from

C. subjected to D. equipped with

(8) A. anywhere B. elsewhere

C. somewhere D. wherever

(9) A. grown B. grown-up

C. growing D. growing-up

(10) A. those B. that

C. some D. any

从所给词汇中为每空选一个适当的词。有必要时，改变其形式。

medium in this way made from carry around

civilization contain extra

made of inaccurate show around although

stand for necessary

as known

Primitive man learned that he could have more of the good things of life by

trading with other men. For example, he could exchange a(n)(1) __extra____ animal

skin for food, a spear or something else. With the coming of (2) __civilization____ man

began to use grain, olive oil and cattle as barter items. But trading with goods was (13)

___inaccurate___ and burdensome, it was necessary to (4) __carry around____ a load of

hay on your back to exchange for a dozen bushels of wheat. In about 700 B.C. A man

in Asia Minor (5) known as the Lydians decided that gold, silver and other metals

should (6) ___stand for___ the value of goods. They invented a rough coin called the

“stater”, which was (7) __made for____ gold and silver. A certain number of

“staters” could be used to buy a bag of salt, a tool, or clothing. (8) __in this way____

the old custom of barter was gradually replaced by the use of money, (9)

__although____ some primitive people still use goods as (10) __medium____ of

exchange.

四、阅读理解

Passage 1

One of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of

the previous century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers

arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested

area remained, down to a mere 1 percent of the state’s 77,000 square miles. With

wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and

during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be found.

Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块)

were found to burn evenly, hotly, and leanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no

odor, Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers’ children who would

pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed

to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young man, seeking to impress the girl

he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bag of chips rather than with a box of

candy or a bunch of flowers.

1. What is the main topic of this passage? ____ A ___

A. The solution to the Nebraska settlers’ fuel problem.

B. Life in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.

C. The importance of the American buffalo.

D. Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ____ B ___

A. Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived.

B. The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.

C. The children spent a lot of time collecting the chips.

D. Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.

3. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed ____ B ___.

A. in greater amounts in summer B. in greater amounts in winter

C. only in summer D. only in winter

4. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at? ____ A ___

A. The children needed competitions to them.

B. The buffalo chips gave off no smell.

C. Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers’ fuel problem.

D. Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.

5. What’s the best title of the passage? ____ B ___

A. Early Settlers B. One Use of the Buffalo Chips

C. Nebraska’s Problems D. How Young Men Express Their Love for Girls

Passage 2

Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accounts; they rely on depositors

(储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. If depositors should come to fear

that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might

cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay

all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be

enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it. Mrs. Elsie

Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in

December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The

other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the bank in which Mrs

Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The

officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered

in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that

the bank could not possibly pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight

for places near the tellers’ windows, The power of the panic atmosphere was such

that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all

depositors, drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had

difficulty keeping herself from doing the same.

6. A bank run happens when ____ B ___.

A. a bank is closed for one or more days

B. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time

C. there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one time

D. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank

7. The tellers in Mrs. Vaught’s bank were told to____ B ___.

A. explain why they could not pay out all accounts

B. pay out accounts as requested

C. make the depositors believe that the bank was stand

D. pay out money as slowly as possible

8. The main cause of a bank run is ____B___.

A. loss of confidence B. lack of money

C. crowds of people D. inexperienced tellers

9. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say? ____ D ___

A. She know that the bank was not sound.

B. She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the

bank.

C. She was not able to draw out her money.

D. She was tempted to draw out her money.

10. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs. Vaught’s

bank were affected mainly by the ___C____.

A. ease with which they could get their money

B. confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed

C. failure of several other banks to open

D. the crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside.

五、将下列句子译成中文

将下列句子译成中文。

r example is the paper this article is printed on. It started as wood on a

tree very far from here. Men and machines made the wood into paper, which had to

be packaged and carried by trucks and put into stores. At every step in the process

people had to be paid into stores. At every step in the process people had to be paid

for their work; money had to be used for buying and repairing the machines, and so

on.

参考答案：再举一个例子，就是用来印我们这篇文章的纸。纸起始于很远地方的木材。人

使用机器把木材制造成纸，然后纸被包装好并用卡车运输到各个商店。在这个过程中的每个阶

段，人们的工作都必须得到报酬；买机器、修机器等等都得花钱。

cturers go beyond only telling consumers about their products. They

also try to persuade customers to buy the products by creating a desire for it. Due to

advertisement, consumers think they want something they actually do not need.

厂家不仅仅想告诉消费者有关商品的信息。他们还试图通过激起消费者购买产品的欲望来

劝说消费者购买他们的产品。由于广告的作用，消费者认为他们想要他们实际上并不需要的东

西。

industrial society has turned us into spoiled children. It is this terrible

wastefulness that has got us into the mess we are in now. When there are no

resources left, we will start to look after what we have. But why can’t we act before

this happens? Why can’t we go back to a society in which the prevention of waste is

a virtue?

参考答案：今天的工业社会把我们都变成了惯坏乐的孩子。正是这种可怕的浪费使我们陷

入了目前的困境。当地球上的资源耗尽时，我们就会珍惜所拥有的东西。但是为什么在这一切

发生之前，我们就不能有所作为呢？为什么我们不能回到制止浪费就是美德的社会去呢？