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--------------- 河 南 科 技 大 学 2009 至 2010学年第二学期试卷 课程 大学英语A(2) 年级、专业 全校各专业学生 harmless snowballing of the redcoats degenerated (恶化) into a mob attack. Someone gave the order to fire, three Bostonians lay dead in the snow. At the suggestion of the Virginia Congress, colonial representatives were 试 called on to meet in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, “to consult upon the 卷 present unhappy state of the Colonies.” Delegates (代表) to this meeting, known as ︵ the first Continental Congress, were chosen by provincial congresses or popular A - -- - -号---- 线 -学 --- - - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -名封- 姓- --- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - 密 -- - -- - -- - -- - -- 级---班---、--- 业- -- -专 -- -题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 ︶ conventions. Every colony except Georgia sent at least one delegate, and the total 得分 number of 55 was large enough for diversity of opinion but small enough for genuine debate and effective action. 第 1. The first permanent settlement in North America was founded most probably in Part I Reading Comprehension 1 ________. 页 A)1510 C)1613 Directions: There are several passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some ︵ B)1610 D)1615 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), 共 B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter 7 2. Before the Independence War, ________. on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 页 A) all the colonies were under control of the British Passage One B) some colonies had gained self-independence Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: ︶ C) all the colonies had their own governments The obvious disagreements between England and America began in 1763, more D) some colonies hadn’t their own governments than a century and a half after the first permanent settlement had been founded at Jamestown, Virginia. The colonies had grown vastly in economic strength and 河3. What was the population of the colonies in 1700? cultural attainment and virtually all had long years of self-government behind them. 南A) About 220,000. C) About 350,000. Their combined population now exceeded 1,500,000 --- a sixfold (六倍的) increase 科B) About 250,000. D) About 375,000. since 1700. 技4. What happened at the first Continental Congress? To tighten its control over America, the British imposed heavy duties on 大A) There was a heated debate. American people. When the “Stamp Act” was issued, which provided that revenue 学 B) A decision was made that all colonies should fight against the British. stamps be affixed (粘贴) to all newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases, or 教 C) The colonies declared independence. other legal documents, organized resistance started to appear. 务 On March 5, 1770, 18 months after the British sent troop to Boston, hatred D) The colonies declared war against Britain. 处between citizens and soldiery became stronger than ever before. What began as a 5. What will the next paragraph most probably talk about? -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- 号---- - - - -- 学---- - - - 线 -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- - -名-- 封 -- 姓---- - - - -- - -- - - - - -- - -- - - 密- - -- - - - - -- - -级---班---、------ 业专-- A) The Declaration of Independence. C) The American Civil War. against bird flu－computer hacking is dismissed by one expert as primarily the B) Gorge Washington. D) Thomas Jefferson. works of hormone-crazed (荷尔蒙分泌旺盛的) teenaged boys. Passage Two 试 “We’ve got a pretty good idea of the profile－a lot of it is just young guys. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: 卷 They’re just not mature yet, and they do what young guys do－they cause trouble. A new Internet worm, the Bagle.B, started spreading itself around the world ︵ It’s that simple,” says Dorothy Dennings, a professor at the Naval Post-Graduate last week. Experts ranked it the third most dangerous computer bug ever after the A School in California. notorious Sobig.F and Mydoom.A. By early last Wednesday, it had been found in ︶ 6. What can we know about the new Internet worm the Bagle. B? 66 countries and had an infection rate of one in every 16 emails worldwide. A) It’s by far the most dangerous computer bug. The bug installs a backdoor function on infected computers. That allows its B) One such bug can be found in every 18 emails worldwide. creator and hackers to access the machines for evil purposes, such as stealing 第 C) The worm has attacked more than 100 countries. confidential information, or passwords, analysts have said. 2 D) The bug can make it possible for hackers to steal confidential information Fortunately, experts expect that the outbreak will end soon, maybe this week. 页 from infected computers. But, no one can let out a sigh of relief at this moment, while the nightmare of a ︵ computer epidemic (流行病) still haunts us. Experts called 2003 “the Year of the 共 7. Which of the following is true according to the passage? Worm.” 7 A) People don’t need to worry for the outbreak of the Bagle. B will end soon. According to a 2003 China Online Security Research Report released by 页 B) Last year only a small number of computers in China were infected with iResearch, a Chinese Internet research centre, nearly 87 percent of the domestic ︶ some kind of virus. computers were infected with some kind of virus (病毒) last year. And about one in four respondents have said that their computers were attacked at least every three C) Many computers were attacked almost every three months. D) The year 2003 was called “the Year of the Worm” because some worms in months. this year were the most destructive ones in history. Some experts have estimated that the worldwide cost of the virus attacks in 河2003, including clean-up and lost productivity, amounted to at least US$82 billion. 南8. The worldwide cost of the virus attacks in 2003 amounted to at least _________. In late January, the US Department of Homeland Security launched its 科A) $2.5 billion. C) US$87 billion. National Cyber Alert System to fight the problem. Experts and non-experts can sign 技B) US$16 billion. D) US$82 billion. up with the system for email alerts about the latest computer threats. 大9. If computer users sign up with the National Cyber Alert System, they can In a day, the site had received more than one million hits, according to 学 ____________. officials, and in less than a week it had 250,000 subscribers. 教A) be sure their computers will never be attacked again Last week, Microsoft released a compact disc filled with the latest security 务B) know who to ask for help if their computers are under attack upgrades it has come up with since October to defend against viruses. 处 C) have the support of Microsoft to defend against viruses Although this is a global war,－one that seems no easier to fight than the one D) receive email alerts about the latest computer threats

- - -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- 号---- - - - -- 学----- - - - 线- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- - --- 名- 封- 姓---- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- 密 - -- - -- - -- - -- - 级--班----、---业---专--- 10. To experts like Dorothy Dennings, a lot of computer hacking is done by feelings was that ________. _________. A) they could express actions and things A) Internet criminals C) Trouble-making teenagers 试 B) they could communicate with each other B) Professional hackers D) Crazy computer experts 卷 C) they could agree upon letters Passage Three ︵ D) they could write and combine them Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: A How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of ︶ 13. What is TRUE about the words? language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow A) They are used to express only thoughts and feelings. invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that B) They are signs. they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain 第 C) They are simply sounds. signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which 3 D) They can only be written. could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call 页 words. ︵ 14. Which of the following statements is NOT true? The power of words, then, lies in their associations --- the things they bring up 共 A) The more we read and learn, the more the words that mean something to us. before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the 7 B) The more we read and learn, the more knowledge we will acquire. longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our 页 C) The more we read and learn, the more learned we are. past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean ︶ D) The more we read and learn, the more illiterate we become. something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these 15. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able ________. thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This 河A) to move men to tears C) to sing charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real 南B) to be masters D) to be charming poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sound like 科Passage Four music and by their association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to 技Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech 大Long hours at the screen can cause aching eyes, blurred vision and headaches, silly and vulgar. 学 experts say. In fact, eyestrain surpasses even wrist pain as the top physical 11. We will make our speech silly if we ________. 教complaint among heavy computer users. A) use words carefully C) use words without accuracy 务 When peering into the computer screen, the eye’s focusing muscle is at B) use words in a literary style D) use words with caution 处 constant tension. Like any muscle, it feels sore when overloaded. And when someone spends a lot of time looking at something close, the eye muscle can get 12. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and stuck on the near-focus setting and have difficulty relaxing, leaving the person temporarily nearsighted, a condition called accommodative spasm (痉挛) that can

----------------------- 号 last seconds or hours. This is why after looking at a monitor all day, some computer workers complain that their distance vision is blurred when they attempt to drive home. The letters on the screen are not as clearly defined as on a printed page. Take a magnifying glass to your monitor and you’ll see the letters, each made up of pinpoint sources of light, have no sharp edges. But those liquid crystal display (LCD) 试卷 ︵ A 20. Which group of people are most likely to get dry, stinging eyes? A) Drivers. B) Doctors. C) Glasses wearers. D) Contact-lenses wearers. Part II Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer - - - -- 学----- - - - 线- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- - --- 名- 封- 姓---- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- 密 - -- - -- - -- - -- - 级--班----、---业---专--- monitors, like those found on laptop computers, are easier on the eyes because they ︶ display sharper images. that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer And studies have shown that when people are working on a computer, their rate Sheet with a single line through the centre. of blinking goes down by two-thirds, which can result in dry, stinging eyes. This is 第 21. She anxiously ________ the faces of the men leaving the train in the hope of finding especially a problem for contact-lenses wearers. 4 her husband. 16. ___ used to be the biggest physical problem that computer users had. 页 A) approached B) searched C) scanned D) recalled A) Dry eyes C) Headache ︵ B) Blurred vision D) Wrist pain 共 22. We are ________ our trip until the weather grows warmer. 7 A) abandoning B) skipping C) postponing D) fulfilling 17. Working hours before the screen will _____. 页 A) impose too much burden on the eye’s focusing muscle ︶ 23. ”We feel that you should take an active role ________ world affairs,” Nixon told B) bring about near-sightedness British Prime Minister Edward Heath in a December 1971 meeting. C) make it difficult for the user to learn driving A) in B) among C) between D) on D) magnify the letters on the screen 24. If you don’t like to go shopping, you ________ stay at home watching TV. 18. LCD monitors are better in terms of eye protecting because ___. 河 A) may very well B) may well C) may just as well D) may just well A) they are more expensive C) they bring about no eye problems 南 B) they will not blur the user’s eyes D) they display letters with sharp edges 科技25. He must be an actor, ________? A) mustn’t he B) needn’t he C) mustn’t he D) isn’t he 19. Dry, stinging eyes are caused by ___. 大 A) lower rate of blinking of the computer user’s eyes 学 26. Professor Smith’s devotion to ________ has made a deep impression on all the B) letters on the screen without any edges 教students in her department. C) overburden on the focusing muscle 务 A) teach B) teaching C) a teacher D) be a teacher D) a constant tension 处

----------------------- 号 27. Stand ________ when you’re being spoken to. 28. He shot the arrow ________ to the farthest point in Turan. A) with all his strength B) at stake C) in turn D) at his best A) highly B) upright C) primly D) right away 试卷 ︵ A A) talk B) speak C) say for D) describe 36. Work on the building site has been ________ by bad weather. 37. I’ve been doing the summer job for two months now. It would be a ________ to be A) held up B) discouraged C) canceled D) endangered - - - -学---- -- - - - 线- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- 名---- - 封姓---- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- 密 - -- - -- - -- - -- - 级--班----、--- 业---专--- ︶ able to have a day off. 29. Some parents hesitate ________ these steps because they suspect that their child is A) excitement B) security C) magic D) luxury exaggerating. A) to take B) to taking C) taking D) take 第 38. The argument ________ her determination to prove she was right. 5 A) supported B) fortified C) held D) forced 30. A completely new situation will ________when the new policy comes into existence. 页 A) rise B) arise C) raise D) arouse ︵ 39. As a senior manager, you will enjoy certain ________, such as free health insurance 共 and the right to buy shares in the company. 31. The old woman needs ________ after her shock. 7 A) assignments B) privileges C) properties D) opportunities A) comforting B) be comforted C) comforted D) to comfort 页 ︶ 40. In the smoke and dust and darkness, people ________ to one another grabbing hands 32. Some groups meet monthly, ________, or even as long as six months apart. and linking arms, they formed a human chain that made its way down stairwells and A) once two months C) every two months corridors and out into the sunlight of an unthinkable day. B) once every two month D) once every two months A) reaching up B) reaching down C) reaching for D) reaching out 河 33. My sister was angry ________ finding me asleep instead of doing my share of the 南41. The reason ________ grass is green was a mystery to the little boy. housework. 科 A) why B) which C) that D) for A) with B) at C) on D) by 技 大42. Demographers ( 人口统计专家) investigate _____ in scientific locations. 34. You misspelled a word. You ________ it up in the dictionary. 学 A) are there many people C) how many people there are A) ought to look C) ought have looked 教 B) how many people are there D) that there are how many people B) ought to have looked D) ought look 务 处 43. But for the storm, I ______ home before night. 35. Try to ________ what had happened just before the accident. A) would be B) was C) would have been D) had been

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