浇水的英文大学英语综合课程(二)第二单元quiz

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大学英语综合课程（二）第二单元
Quiz

Part 1 Fill in the blanks with the help of the first letter(s)

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Directions: Fill in the blanks with the help of the first letter(s).

experts that the markets in this area for these cell phones will expand by
200 percent in the next three years.(Suggested first letter(s): cal )

is hoped that the governments throughout the world will take joint actions to
the economy and rescue the world from another economic crisis.(Suggested first
letter(s): b )

public opinion, hard as the road for these students after school will be, their
are bright since they are all well- rounded.(Suggested first letter(s): pro )

spite of his repeated failure, the Olympic hero must have determination, power,
and
passion
to
make
sacrifices
for
the
sake
of
glory
to .(Suggested
first
letter(s): per )

is
the
development
strategy
of
the
company
to its
overseas
expansion
so
as
to make more profit in the world market.(Suggested first letter(s): ac )

is
not to
attribute
reduction
in
mental
function
to
getting
old.
In
fact,
the
reduction might result from neglecting to stay physically active.(Suggested first
letter(s): lo )

practice, the institutions are trying to move toward one language, with
one or two other working languages.(Suggested first letter(s): dom )

teenagers
like
to
see
frighteningly
violent
yet movies
which
may
have
some
negative impact upon them.(Suggested first letter(s): com )

activities
in
college
enrich
the
students'
life,
cultivate
their
abilities
to
adapt
to society, and possibly their studies.(Suggested first letter(s): p )

book,
The
Human
Use
of
Human
Beings
(1950), that
robots
taking
over
human
jobs
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may eventually lead to growing unemployment.(Suggested first letter(s): spe )

Part 2 Fill in the blanks with the given words

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Directions: Fill in the blanks in the sentences with the words given in the box.
Change the form where necessary.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.

persist

evaluate

speculate

boost

accumulate

undertake

invest

accelerate


orient

calculate


1. The United Nations official said to (1) a new peace move in the Middle
East when there is a chance to reach an agreement.

2. We might (2) further from the story and say that these people probably
lived very close to the well because of the importance of water to life.

3. As they are not sure about the situation in the flood-stricken area, they will
first send trained nurses there to (3) the needs of each patient.

4. If the extremely hostile relationships tend to (4) , the conflicts
between
the
two
parties
make
it
difficult
to
recognize
that
they
share
common
needs
and goals.

5.
As
more
students
are
inclined
to
choose
business
as
their
major,
the
college
has
to offer more courses that are business- (5) .

6.
If
workers
believe
inflation
is
likely
to
(6) ,
they
will
demand
higher
wages to compensate for expected increases in prices.

7. If you have a good planning to set aside 500 dollars per month, it would take
two years to ________the minimum sum needed for your child.

8. If the population continues to rise at the present rate, scientists have (8)
that the world's population will double by the end of the century.

9. The cost of repairing damaged public facilities is so high that some local
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governments are unwilling to (9) in the rebuilding projects.

10.
According
to
recent
research
reports,
learning a
new
dance step
may
(10)
the brain in the same way that learning a language does.

Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage or dialog.

enroll

recruit

acknowledge

bother

reform

confirm

install

revise


invest

shrink


1. Steve Jobs has been (11) as a genius in business; his greatest skills
are his insight, creative mind, and his management ability.

2.
To
keep
the
companies
going,
firms
need
to
(12) candidates
frequently
to
replace those who choose not to continue their contracts.

3.
I
believe
I
have
to
(13) my
ideas
about
my
boss
—

he's
stubborn
sometimes
but very clever and creative in many cases.

4.
In
order
to
improve
their
job
skills
—

to
get
new
jobs
or
to
advance
in
the
ones
they
already
have,
many
(14) in
some
forms
of
continuing
education
courses.

5. In business settings, email is best used to convey some key information, to
(15)_______________appointments, to document decisions, or to contact a decision
maker directly.

6.
Wetland
losses
have
caused
populations
of
some
bird
species
—

starved
for
water,
food, and nesting sites
—
to (16) by 60 to 80 percent.

7.
Better
technology
means
you
can
(17) more
sensitive
alarm
systems
in
your
home and carry less cash on the street.

8.
The
name
Joe
particularly
(18) me
as
some
think
it
makes
me
more
qualified
to be a baseball player rather than an art critic.

9.
We
can
surely
(19) our
public
health
care
system,
but
it
still
gives
us,
for all its flaws, the best health care in the world.

10.
The
manual
labor
in
the
countryside
for
10
years
had
(20) him
with
a
strong
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will and perseverance to overcome difficulties.

Part 3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs

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Directions:
Fill
in
the
blanks
in
the
following
sentences
with
appropriate
prepositions or adverbs. Fill in each blank with only ONE word.

to the professor, if you are invested common-sense ideas, you will have
necessary skills for a lifetime employment.

is the child's first taste of living away from home, in the place where he must
stand on his own two feet, and where he must stand himself.

the 60s and 70s in the last century, it was reported that many people who lived
in the East Germany tried to defect the West.

I
began
my
undergraduate
study,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
be
exposed the
full
range of engineering courses.

victim described her attacker a well-built man in his 30s though he
pretended to be an old man that night.

improve our medical service, the number of operations may have to be limited
the number of experienced doctors.

is not good reporting, which should involve all of the key facts and an account
of those facts _____________an objective manner.

recent progress in technology, computer-aided language learning (CALL) is now a
good alternative the usual ways
of
practicing listening and speaking.

order to pay less in tax, people are keen to know how many kids
you
have will have
no bearing ____________how much tax you pay.

Part 4 Banked Cloze

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每小题：
1
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Directions:
Fill
in
the
blanks
in
the
following
passage
by
selecting
suitable
words
from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.

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Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

A.

spectacular

D.

scope

G.

bothered

J.

boost

M.

knowledgeable

B.

speculate

E.

available

H.

accumulated

K.

humanities

N.

expelled

C.

span

F.

compelled

I.

prospect

L.

liable

O.

stimulated

Many
people
like
to
save
books.
If
you
walk
into
their
home,
you
are
1. to
see
anywhere
from
a
single
bookshelf
to
a
whole
library
full
of
all
kinds
of
books.
They
have
2. ____________such
a
wealth
of
books
that
the
shelves
in
their
study
rooms
reach
up
to
the
ceilings.
The collections
they
keep
on
the
shelves
are
dusted
and lined up neatly. There are two important reasons why people save books.

One
reason
people
save
their
books
is
to
use
them
as
reference
materials.
People
whose job includes studying a lot of textbooks might feel to save some of those
books for future reference. Those interested in electronic equipment keep their
books
to about
the
mystery
of
computer
technology
and
the
like.
Many
families
keep
encyclopedias (
百科全书
) for their children to their knowledge.

Another reason people save books is to make a good impression. Some think that
a library full of the books of the , such as literatures and the books about art
and
history
makes
them
look .
Some
people
have
never to
read
those
books.
Also,
some
people
like
to
show
to
visitors
their
wide of
tastes
and
interests.
In
fact,
it's just a good feeling they want to have.

Part 5 Paragraph Translation

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Directions: Translate the following paragraphs into English.

中国的古代教育历史悠久。
经过历代教育家的不断实践及努力，
形成了比较 完整的教育
机制，构成了中国传统文化不可或缺的重要组成部分。中国古代文化是靠教育传递下来的。< br>隋朝开始的科举制推动了教育事业的发展。
到了唐朝，
学校制度相对完备，
达到 了当时的世
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界水 平。专业教育开始确立，私人办学开始兴起，教育形成了多元化（
diversified
）的 格
局。
中国的古代教育塑造了中华民族独有的精神品格。
正是中国古代辉煌的教育成果 ，
才使
中国的传统文化得以不断延续和发展，也为现代的中国教育打下了基础。

Part 6 Vocabulary and Structure

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Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,
B, C and D. Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

, Malcolm X would not have been able to join the world community of thoughts and
actions.

A. If he didn't study English very hard through self-learning

B. Were he to study English very hard through self- learning

C. Had he didn't study English very hard through self-learning

D. Hadn't he studied English very hard through self- learning

pen is to a writer __________ a gun is to a fighter.

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

X would rather be fully occupied with copying a dictionary and reading aloud
__________ the time away in prison.

A. more than to idle

B. than idle

C. rather than to idle

D. more than idling

science of computer, __________ rapid progress has been made in recent years, is
the most important in all the science.

A. to which B. in which C. off which D. from which

is a small house less than 80 square meters, under __________ roof lives a large
family of three generations.

A. which B. that C. its D. whose

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Americans
live
on
credit
cards,
and
their
quality
of
life
___________,
not
how
much
they can earn.

A. is measured by how much can they loan

B. is measured by how much they can loan

C. is measured by how they can loan

D. is measured by how can they loan

I
say
or
whatever
I
do
was
viewed
through
the
politics
of
race,
faith,
and
original
nationality, so __________.

A.
my
setbacks
are B.
my
setback
were C.
were
my
setbacks D.
are
my
setbacks

no country
________
Britain, it has
been
said,
can one
experience four
seasons in
the course of a single day.

A. more than B. other than C. rather than D. less than

it was on the side of a mountain, the small village was very quiet and the view
was superb.

A. Lonely and isolated as

B. Alone and isolated if

C. Having lonely and isolated as

D. Having been alone and isolated if

he bought Penny her favorite book, the Harry Potter book series, she gave him a
__________, sweet smile of thanks.

A. genuine B. actual C. real D. authentic

military
forces
are
fully
prepared
to
__________
the
military
mission
once
the
order
is given by the President.

A. explore B. explode C. execute D. exclude

Chen
complained
that
he
had
been
unable
to
__________
any
.
students
for
more
than
five years and it seemed that no one wanted a doctorate in humanities.

A. regulate B. recruit C. reject D. release

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your daughter is ___________ to catch a cold, you'd better take her to a hospital
and give her a thorough physical examination.

A. liberal B. reliable C. logical D. liable

new
government
has
decided
to
invest
more
to
create
jobs,
expand
education,
__________ health care, and reduce taxes by adopting a series of new policies.

A. release B. revise C. reform D. reduce

have to be __________ and cancel your marriage
plan without any
hesitation if you
think that he is not reliable and responsible.

A. romantic B. realistic C. optimistic D. fantastic

Part 7 Skimming and scanning

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每小题：
1
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10
分
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Directions:
You
are
going
to
read
a
passage
or
passages
with
10
statements
attached
to each. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.
Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a
paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

1. If
a
student
is
not
sure
about
what
subject
to
learn,
he
will
be
advised
to
apply
for the subject he is interested in.

2. If a sixth- former graduate applies for medicine course, he should get to know
the deadline for it and prepare for some tests ahead of time.

3. The advantage that parents accompany their children to the open days is that
they can give their children confidence and help.

4. Many
applicants
submit
their
applications
in
the
autumn
of
year
13
rather
than
in the January of year 14.

5. Students have to
make a final decision about which university to attend by the
deadline given by UCAS.

6.

Students
are
recommended
to
choose
at
least
one
course
with
lower
entry
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