曲蔚然2009-2010第二学期英语专业期末试题---精读试卷A

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曲阜师范大学杏坛学院2009—2010学年第二学期期末试卷 (A卷)

年级：2008级 专业：英语 考试科目：精读
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lary (20×1=20%)
i. Directions
：
Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.
1. The Prime Minister’s policy ________ many back benchers. (alien)
2. Her first two books are ___________ to each other. (complement)
3. He looked at the enemies __________. (fury)
4. The cotton fields to the north of the road were an ________ of shimmering white.
(expand)
5. The police invaded the dorms and ______ the students there. (savage)
ii. Directions
：
Match the following words or expressions of similar meaning.
6. to ensue
7. polygamy
8. crony
9. savagely
10. to impoverish
A. to reduce to poverty
B. the condition of a man having more
than one wife
C. a close companion
D. to follow or take place immediately
afterward as a consequence
E. mercilessly
iii. Directions
：
There are ten items in this section. Beneath each sentence there
are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the
sentence.
11. Just ten a great sense of pride _____ him.
A. fell on B. swept over C. overcame D. overpowered
12. It is a small country _____ beautiful lakes, and the few million people were


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concentrated in a few cities rather than _____.
A. filled with, divided B. covered with, separated
C. spread with, dotted D. dotted with, scattered
13. Throughout his life my grandfather was _____ the land, but the land he _____
did not belong to him.
A. chained to; tilled on B. chained by; tilled
C. chained to; tilled D. confined to: worked
14. Many definitions view the essence of leadership ___the ability to motivate
groups to achieve certain goals, without the use of any force or coercion.
A. to be B. being C. as being D. been
15. Being colour- blind, Sally can’t make a _____ between red and green.
A. difference B. distinction C. comparison D. division
16. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their
world.
A. relevant B. simultaneous C. consistent D. practical
17. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer
must indeed be ___.
A. restless B. skilled C. strong D. versatile
18. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.
A. economic B. thrifty C. frugal
assumption is one of the marvels of history.
A. shake off B. get off C. fight off D. dispose of
20. Failure to follow the club rules ________ him from the volleyball team.
A. disfavored B. dispelled C. disqualified D. dismissed
II. Cloze (15×1=15%)
Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there
are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You
should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the
corresponding letter on answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
D. careful
19. The age-long struggle of the greatest intellects in the world to ____ that

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The jumper I was given for my birthday was too small for me, and one day
while showing some friends around London, I thought it would be __________ to
dash into the large department store where it was bought and exchange it for a
__________ one. I told my friends to wait in the car and rushed into the store.
____________ , they had no others in my size, so I left with the ________ gift after
putting it and the____________ for it back in my bag. As I dashed out of the store
to_____________ my friends, who were still waiting in the car, my arms were
grabbed ____________ by a stern man and a similar woman. I ______________to
know what I had done wrong, but this was met with silence as they
______________me through a side entrance to the store and to a small room
upstairs. I had always____________ that a receipt would be enough to prove a
shopper’s innocence in such_______________ . but when I showed them mine,
they looked at me as if I were trying to ____________ with a particularly cunning
trick.. I was furious and upset. But I continued to __________ that I was not a
shop- lifter. Eventually, and with great reluctance, the two detectives left to find the
shop assistant I _____________. When the manager arrived a litter later, and
begged forgiveness, it was naturally rather satisfying. But even the most enjoyable
visions of managers on their hands and knees ____________ me. The detectives’
rude behavior had left me badly shaken, and I dreaded to think what might have
happened if I had had a less clear-cut case.
21. A. logical B. rational C. reasonable D. sensible
22. A. better B. larger C. newer D. right
23. A. Disappointed B. Naturally C. Obviously unately
24. A. first B. former C. original D. other
25. A. account B. bill C. receipt ent
26. A. participate B. rejoin C. take part in D. unite with
27. A. greedily B. heartily C. jokingly D. viciously
28. A. asked B. begged C. commanded D. demanded
29. A. marched B. paraded C. strolled D. wandered
30. A. assumed B. convinced C. doubted D. suspected
31. A. charges B. cases C. occasions D. instances
32. A. break free B. get away C. run off D. shake off
33. A. complain B. confirm C. persist D. protest
34. A. spoke B. spoke to C. had spoken D. had spoken to
35. A. can’t really comfort B. couldn’t really comfort
C. can’t really have comforted D. couldn’t really have comforted
III. Reading Comprehension (10×2=20%)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some
questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You
should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One：Questions 36 to 37 are based on the following passage.
The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and
their ethnic identity. Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a
collective style of living, which they retained until late in the 18
th
century. Historical
records document a group-oriented existence, in which one room was used for
eating, entertaining guests, and sleeping. People ate soups from a sommunal pot,
shared drinking cups, and used a common pit toilet. With the development of ideas
about individualism, people soon began to shift to the use of individual cups and
plates; the eating of meals that included meat, bread, and vegetables served on
separate plates; and the use of private toilets. They began to build their houses with
separate rooms to entertain guests-living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping,
separate work areas-kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms.
In Mexico, the meaning and organization of domestic space is strikingly
different. Houses are organized around a patio, or courtyard. Rooms open onto the
patio, where all kinds of domestic activities take place. Individuals to not have
separate bedrooms. Children often sleep with parents, and brothers or sisters share a
bed, emphasizing familial interdependence. Rooms in Mexican houses are locations
for multiple activities that, in contrast, are rigidly separated in the United States.
36. Changes in living styles among early immigrants were initially brought about by

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