大学英语2012作业1

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ⅠMultiple Choice (25 points)

1.You should never _____ people who are not successful at the moment. C

A. look up B. look down C. look down on D. look after

2.Although I bought the car in second—hand store, yet it is_______ C

A. quite old B. old C. in good condition D. in poor condition

3.Would you like to collect your prize by mail or _____ B

A. on person B .in person C. by person D. of person

4.With a standard bulb, only 5% of the electricity is ____to light—the rest is wasted as heat. C

A. compressed B. exhausted C. converted D. confined

5.He was very rude to the customs officer, ____ of course made things even worse. D

A. who B. whom C. what D. which

6.We all ______ Mr.Park’s advice. A

A. value B. valuable C. worth D. worthy

7.You’re the only person ____ I’ve ever met _____could do it. D

A.who;/ B./;whom C.whom;/ D./;who

8.There doesn’t seem to be a(n) _____ choice A

A. alternative B. else C. otherwise D. rather

9.Few man pay full attention to their health conditions ___ they are serio

usly ill. C

A. when B. if C. until D. before

10.Nobody believed him ____ what he said. C

A. even though B .even if C.no matter D. because

11. Remember that customers don’t _____ about price in that city. D

A. debate B.consult C. dispute D. bargain

12.____the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately. A

A. Even if B.As far as C.If only D. So long as

13.The thief tried to open the locked door but _____. B

A.in no way B. in vain C. without effect D. at a loss

14.He is always here; it’s ____ you’ve never met him. B

A. unique B. strange C. rare D. peculiar

15.He has been teaching for 2 years, but being a teacher is not his___. D

A. chance B. character C. attitude D.choice

16.These people once had fame and fortune; now ___ is left to them is utter poverty. B

A.all that B.all what C.all which D.that all

17.Had the weather been good, the children ____ out for a walk. B

A.had gone B.could have gone C.would go D.went

18.If you had worked harder before, you ____ worried about the coming examination now. D

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A.are not B.will not be C.would not be D.would not have

19.”it’s high time the doctor _____ a move on,”thought one of the men B

A.gets B.got C.to getting D.was getting

20.Either Jackson or his friends ________ wrong. A

A.is B.are C.have been D.have

21.She has thought for years to _____ a workshop entitled her son’s name. D

A.deal with B.dispose C.cope with D.conduct

22.Chinese people are famous ____ their peace-loving and hard-working nature. A

A.for B.as C.among D.between

23.I refuse to allow him to forbid _____ a wish that something does not happen C

A.to express B.expressed C.expressing D.express

24.When he came to, he found ____ in the ward of a hospital. C

A.him B.her C.himself D.herself

25._____ you get invited and I didn’t? C

A.How come B.How did C.why did D.when did Ⅱ Cloze test (15points)

Text

Most young people enjoy physical activities, walking, cycling, football, or mountaineering.

These who have a passion 26 climbing high and difficult mountains are often 27 with astonishment. Why are men and women 28 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 29 on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities 30 which men give their leisure.

There are no man-made rules, as there are for 31 as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to 32 , but it is this freedom from man-made rules 33 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to their own 34 .

If we 35 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is 36 mountaineering is not a “team work”. However, it is only our misunderstanding. There are, in fact, no :matches” 37 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may 38 , obviously, there is teamwork.

A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 39 that ate stronger and more powerful than man. His sport requires high mental and 40 quality

A mountain climber 41 to improve on skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions 42 in their early twenties. But it is not 43 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains

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in the Alps. They may take more 44 than younger men, but they probably climb more skill and less 45 of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

26. [A]for [B]in [C]to [D] of A

27. [A]looked up to [B]looked forward [C]looked into [D] looked upon D

28. [A]willing [B]reluctant [C]unwilling [D] probable A

29. [A]take pains [B]run risk [C] take a risk [D] make efforts C

30. [A]to [B]with [C]for [D]towards A

31. [A]so [B] various [C] different [D]such D

32. [A] apply [B] worry [C] ignore [D] notice C

33. [A] which [B] that [C] how [D] why B

34. [A] methods [B] forms [C] rules [D] activities A

35. [A] correlate [B] relate [C] compare [D] contrast D

36. [A] for [B] what [C] which [D] that D

37. [A]within [B]from [C]beyond [D]between D

38. [A]exist [B]go [C]depend [D]confide C

39. [A]strength [B]storms [C]powers [D]forces B

40. [A]physician [B]physical [C]physiological [D]psychological

41. [A]tries [B]continues [C]wants [D]decides B

42. [A]will be [B]appear [C]are [D]is C

43. [A]unusual [B]normal [C]common [D]strange A

44. [A]strength [B]efforts [C]energy [D]time D

45. [A]shortage [B]lack [C]rubbish [D]waste D

III. Reading Comprehension（40 points）

Text I D

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Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.

Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had

prospered there — moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security is I struck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began awkwardly. “I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty. There’s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning.” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “I’m glad for you,” he said, quite out of my expectation. “I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was

seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’t, ” he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here.”

Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody — even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.

Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. “I’m resigning, Bill, ”I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”

46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous ____A___.

[A] newspaper [B] magazine

[C]temple [ D ] church

47. If the writer stayed with the Globe ____C_____.

[ A] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.

[ B] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.

[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life.

[ D] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.

48. The writer wanted to resign because __C_______.

[A] he had serious trouble with his boss.

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[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.

[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.

[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

49. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _C______.

[ A ] a trouble with its staff members

[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters

[ C ] an unfavorable business situation

[ D ]an uncontrollable business situation

50. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” （in the last paragraph） Bill Taylor meant that _____C__.

[ A ] the writer was to fail.

[ B] the writer was stupid

[ C ] he would do the same if possible

[D] he would reject the writer’s request

Text 2

Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when your labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the

forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: “Get up, Peter! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit if better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to someextent by habitually

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staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.

51. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _____D___.

[A] he is a lazy person.

[ B ] he refuses to follow his own energy cycle.

[C] he is not sure when his energy is low.

[D] he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening.

52. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? A

[AJ Unawareness of energy cycles.

[B] Familiar monologues.

[C]A change in a family member’s energy cycle.

[D] Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

53. If one wants to work efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should ___C_______.

[A]change his energy cycle

[B] overcome his laziness

[C]get up earlier than usual

[D] go to bed earlier

54. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will

___A_______.

[A] help to keep your energy for the day’s work.

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[B] help you to control your temper early in the day

[C] enable you to concentrate on your routine work

[D] keep your energy your energy cycle under control all day

55. Which of the following statements is NOT true? B

[A] Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.

[B] Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.

[C] Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.

[D] Children have energy cycles, too.

There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels （coal and oil） is creating a “greenhouse effect”— conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world's average temperature. If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the

atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth's temperature — a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would mane agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen （though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible） Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profits, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”. Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. But is it really worthwhile?

56. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ____D___.

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[ A ] cause widespread damage in the countryside

[ B ] affected the entire eastern half of the United States

[ C ] had damaged effect on health

[ D ] existed merely in urban and industries areas

57. As to the greenhouse effect, the author ______B____.

[ A ] share the same view with the scientist.

[ B ] is uncertain of its occurrenceR> [ C ] rejects it as being ungrounded

[ D ] thinks that it will destroy the world soon

58. The word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by

___B______.

[ A] slip into [ B ] make up for

[ C ] set up [ D ] catch up with

59. It can be concluded that _______B_____.

[ A ] raising the world's temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth.

[ B] lowering the world's temperature merely a few degrees would lead major farming areas to disaster.

[C] almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade.

[D] the world's temperature will remain constant in the years to come.

60. This passage is primarily about ______C____.

[A]the greenhouse effect……

[ B ] the burning of fossil fuels……

[C] the potential effect of air pollution.

[ D] the likelihood of a new ice age.

Part B

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Directions:

Read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of dieting. For questions 61 to 65 , -match name of each speaker to one of the statements （A to

C ）

Abbey

You can always recognize dieters from the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of their time turning their noses up at food. They are forever consulting calorie charts, gazing at themselves in mirrors, and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and double chins. What a miserable lot dieters are!

Marlin

I began making some dietary and lifestyles changes during my second year of college and have been eating this way ever since. I like the way I feel when I don't eat animal foods so much more than the pleasure I used to get from eating them. I have much more energy; I need less sleep; I feel calmer; I can maintain an ideal body weight without worrying about how much I eat, and I can think more clearly. Maggie

During my first year of college, I gained forty pounds when I began throwing the javelin. For the next twenty years, I carried all of this extra weight and kidded myself that I was in good shape since that's what I weighed in college. Now that I've lost all that extra weight, I feel great! People say all the time, "Well, how do you live without eating cheeseburgers or this or that?" and I say, "You just don't. It' s not even an option. It's not that hard once you get on it. "

Belinda

If you are on a diet, you're always hungry. You can't be hungry and happy at the same time. All the horrible concoctions you eat instead of food leave you permanently dissatisfied. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as juicy steak. So at least three times a day you will be exposed to temptation. How miserable to watch others tucking into piles of mouth-watering food while you munch a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice! And if hunger just proves too much for you, in the end you will lash out and devour five huge guilt-inducing cream cakes at a sitting. Then things will turn out to be even worse.

Wood

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I went on diet when my doctor told me that my blood pressure tended to be high. Only at that time did I realize the danger of being overweight. Since I began making dietary changes in 1982, eating this way has become increasingly accepted. I don't feel I've lost something after dieting. Instead, I've got something valuable. That is good health.

Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.

Note: there are two extra statements.

Statements

61. Abbey [A] Being on a diet is a torture. A

62. Marlin [ B] I feel better with vegetarian food.

63. Maggie [C] I lost weight after dieting. C

[ D] I began dieting for the sake of health.

64. Belinda [E] Dieting enables people to enjoy life more. G

65. Wood [F] Dieting simply causes endless worries. D

[ G] Dieting does more harm than good to one' s health.

IV Writing （40 points）

You should write your responses to both parts on ANSWER SHEET 2. Part A

66. Suppose you have got the news that the university of Science and

Technology of China is offering a scholarship for chemistry majors and that you have just received an MS degree in chemistry and are eager to have a personal interview with Dr. Wu Han wei , the Chairman. Write a letter of application for the scholarship. Your letter should include:

1. your performance at University

2. your eagerness for the personal interview

3. You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use “Wang Lin” instead. You do not need to write the address. Part B B

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67. Write an essay of about 120 words on cell phone. Refer to the following points:

1. explain the reasons why more people use cell phone nowadays

2. Talk about the advantages or disadvantages of cell phones

3. your conclusion

66.作文

Dear Dr. Wu,

I have read the announcement in the newspaper that the University of Science and Technology of China is providing a scholarship in chemistry for the students. And I would like to apply for the scholarship.

I received my MS degree in chemistry last year, and graduated with honors. I have worked as an assistant in the department of Chemistry on my university for two semesters. And in this letter I enclose my resume and a recommendation letter from my professor. I wish to have a personal interview with you at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

Wang Lin

67作文

Cell Phone

The brave new world of cell phones has finally arrived in China. The light weight, pocket-sized cell phones make our life more convenient, efficient and colorful. So nowadays there are more and more people liking to use them.

Firstly, cell phones can facilitate communications. It is very convenient for us to get in touch people with cell phones. Wherever we are, if we want to talk to people, the only thing we need to do is to pick up a cell phone.

Secondly, cell phones can make the businessmen's work more efficient. Some smart cell phones have the capacity of the computers; they can store and run simple programs. With the id of GPRS, people also can send or receive e-mail via cell phones. Lastly, we can entertain ourselves with cell phone. When you are bored, you can play the built-in java games, listen to radio or record a short video with your cell phone.

I think cell phone plays an important part in our daily life. I wish with the help of cell phones our future life would be more convenient and beautiful.

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