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厦门大学网络教育2011-2012学年第二学期 《英语2》复习题 I. Reading Comprehension: Passage 1 Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a step back from the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every imaginable contact between human beings becomes automatic by machine, the alienation quotient goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anywhere. Phone assistance is almost always fully automatic by machine. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the worker when you can use your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Placing money at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just put your credit card into the ATM? Pretty soon you won't have the hard task of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some grocery chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing. (215 words) ADCDB 1. The effect of increased communication technology is ____________. A. the retreat of human closeness B. the lack of care for neighbors C. the saving of more free time D. the advance of our contacts 2. If his mom has a question, he will ____________. A. find new ways to reach her B. send her an email message C. try to get her a voice machine D. answer through voice mail 3. Judging from the context, the word "alienation" (Line 2, Paragraph 2) means ___________. A. relationship B. closeness C. strangeness D. stress 4. ATMs in banks have changed life by __________. A. making it more difficult to want human contact B. making it faster to receive money from banks C. making it easier to obtain bank credit cards D. making it unnecessary to talk with bank clerks 5. The writer's attitude toward advances in communications technology may be described as __________. A. unconcerned B. critical C. positive D. uninterested Passage 2 The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture（针灸）to help perform operations for about 4000 years without putting the patient to sleep. This involves inserting flexible needles（针）into certain parts of the body. The needles used are available in a number of stores in China and every one may buy them. To learn how to use needles takes about one month of training. But to be skillful requires greater time. The person who performs the acupuncture knows how to insert the needles so the needles themselves are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. The needles are not necessarily inserted near the region where the pain is to be prevented. In the past, a particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles. Today the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or why a needle in the wrist, for example, would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth. A patient who needs an operation is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting him to sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no sickness after the operation whereas the chemical may make the patient sick for a few hours or a day. (273 words) CCDBB 6. Acupuncture is a _____. A. medical machine B. medical needle C. medical technique D. medical operation 7. Which statement is NOT true of the performer of acupuncture? A. He knows where to insert the needles without causing pain. B. He knows where the operation is performed. C. He knows how to perform the operation to cure the patient. D. He knows how to use needles in an operation. 8. To learn how to use needles, it takes a person _____. A. several months B. half a year C. a life time D. a month or so 9. It can be learned from the passage that _____. A. the person performing the acupuncture knows a lot about the making of needles B. an operation now needs fewer needles than in the past C. acupuncture has existed in China for as long as 2000 years D. few patients prefer acupuncture to chemicals 10. Which is implied but not stated in the passage? A. The Chinese mainly use acupuncture to cure strange diseases. B. The Chinese are learning to be more skillful and efficient in acupuncture. C. The Chinese have spread acupuncture all over the world. D. Most Chinese patients prefer acupuncture to chemicals in curing diseases. Passage 3 Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress helps to bring it on. It is worthwhile to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them. Are we under-employed, or overburdened with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all they should be? All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them honestly, and to bring our frustrations into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings. If our self-examination has brought any causes of stresses to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in Bible “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” is good advice from the health point of view as well as the religious. (223 words) CDADA 11. Which of the following statements is true? A. Freedom from responsibilities helps relieve stress. B. Stress is the direct cause of cancer. C. The causes of stress are worthy of serious study. D. Cancer is the number one killer in our society today. 12. According to the passage, which of the following types of people is more likely to suffer from stress? A. People who have cancer. B. People who like to quarrel with others. C. People whose living standard is low. D. People who have more responsibilities than they can handle. 13. Judging from the context, the word “row” in the third paragraph most probably means A. a noisy quarrel. B. a very loud noise. C. a neat line of things side by side. D. a journey in a boat. 14. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress? A. Changing our jobs. B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy. C. Speaking out about our frustrations. D. Reading the Bible. 15. “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” probably means A. Don’t let your anger last long. B. Don’t get angry while the sun is going down. C. Don’t get angry easily about little things. D. Don’t watch the sun set while you are angry. II. Vocabulary and Structure 1. Seeing that the last bus was leaving, he made a _______B_____ for it while shouting "Wait! Wait!" A. drive B. dash C. race D. relay 2. When workers are organized and united, managers find it hard to lay them _______A______. A. off B. aside C. out D. down 3. An __B___ of territory had always been a wish of the ruler of that country. A. introduction B. expansion C. intention D. expectation 4. She invited 500 people ___C_______ her beautiful ship. A. abroad B. aboard C. board D. broad 5. Hearing a ___A__________ noise in the backyard, Pamela went there to have a look. A. cracking B. crack C. cracked D. cracker 6. I don't have courage to tell him the bad news to his face, so I have to do it in a(n) ____C_____ way. A. direct B. strange C. indirect D. brave 7. This book is full of practical _____B________ on home improvements and repairs. A. helps B. tips C. nods D. clues 8. The chances of seeing a plane in my small hometown are one _____C________ a million. A. for B. to C. in D. against 9. In the geography class, the teacher explained wind and water might cause soil _____D_______. A. pollution B. excellence C. explosion D. erosion 10. ___B_____ students often find it difficult to live in China at first. A. Outside B. Overseas C. National D. Abroad 11. Homework __A________ on time will lead to better grades. A. done B. be done C. having done D. having been done 12. There ___A____ a lot of _______ on the roads yesterday. A. was... traffic B. were... traffics C. was... traffics D. were... traffic 13. Houston experienced a ____D______ growth after the war. A. broad B. mechanical C. wide D. spectacular 14. Some say yes and others say no; I don't know ___C_______ to follow. A. whether B. what C. whom D. how 15. The aircraft vanished without ___A_______. A. trace B. trouble C. destination D. product 16. Finding a job in such a big company has always been ____D_________ his wildest dreams. A. under B. over C. above D. beyond 17. This ticket _____C_______ you to a free meal in our new restaurant. A. gives B. grants C. entitles D. credits 18. I am not surprised at all that she chose the white skirt. She always has a _C______ for white. A. prefer B. preferable C. preference D. preferred 19. He is ___A__________ to speak the truth. A. too fearful B. so much fearful C. too much fearful D. so much of fearful 20. This is an illness that can result in total blindness ___B_____ left untreated. A. after B. if C. since D. unless 21. Until then, his family ____D_________ from him for six months. A. didn't hear B. hasn't heard C. hasn't been hearing D. hadn't heard 22. The __B_____ of the film star really disappointed her fans. A. precious B. absence C. present D. absent 23. My bag looks ___B_______ to Mary's, so I often take hers by mistake. A. the same B. identical C. different D. like 24. Shall we request the chairman ___A_______ our suggestion again? A. to consider B. considering C. consider D. considered 25. The football match had to be ____A_____ owing to the bad weather. A. cancelled B. advanced C. arranged D. held 26. I'm very sorry to have ___D_______ you with so many questions on such an occasion. A. benefited B. offended C. impressed D. bothered 27. Only members of the company are ___B_______ to use the facilities. A. deserved B. entitled C. undertaken D. guaranteed 28. A ___D____ of robbers broke into the bank and took away all the money. A. gather B. school C. rank D. gang 29. __C_____ Tom is supposed to make an appointment with the dentist, he says he is too busy. A. However B. Whoever C. Whenever D. Whatever 30. I know you're angry with their decision, and I ___D_______. A. disagree B. agree C. object D. sympathize 31. Don't get your schedule _____C________; stay with us in this class. A. to change B. changing C. changed D. change 32. Anne ____C______ from outside her home last Wednesday. A. appeared B. lost C. vanished D. entered 33. Our department __C_____ courses in several foreign languages. A. accepts B. considers C. offers D. takes 34. People who want the typist's job will be judged ____B______ how accurate and fast they are. A. in favor of B. in terms of C. in ways of D. in spite of 35. His __C_____ deeds were almost unbelievable! I have never heard of someone as brave. A. fearful B. loving C. heroic D. shy 36. ____D______ how little he had studied, he did very well in the exam. A. Thinking B. Talking about C. Saying D. Considering 37. The gray building is where the workers live, and the white one is where the spare parts ___B______. A. are producing B. are produced C. produced D. being produced 38. The girl has made up her mind to go abroad with her boyfriend despite her parents' ____D_____. A. agreement B. allowing C. letting D. objection 39. I ___D____ Alice, who was on her way to see how I was getting along. A. came up with B. got out of C. ran over D. ran into 40. With the price _____C______, the fruits are selling much better now. A. lowering B. is lowered C. having been lowered D. is being lowered 41. After that they drove to the Guest House at ____A______ speed. A. top B. head C. whole D. every 42. Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to __C________ your voice. A. improve B. increase C. raise D. open 43. She has nothing to do with the murder case. She is not __C_____ it. A. concerned about B. related in C. involved in D. concerned in 44. The train for London will _____C_____ from Platform 6 in ten minutes. A. leave B. come C. depart D. remove 45. The program was designed to ____B_______ industry, to make it develop more quickly. A. tax B. stimulate C. control D. trap 46. His company promised to pay for his health ____D___ in addition to other benefits. A. examination B. service C. check D. insurance 47. The price they offered for my old car was so low that I ____B_____ it down. A. brought B. turned C. called D. refused III. Cloze: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. There 1 two main kinds of sports. These two kinds of sports are team sports and individual sports. Team sports are such sports _ 2_ _ baseball, basketball, and volleyball. Team sports require two separate teams. The teams play ___3 each other. They compete against each other 4 get the best score. For example, in a football game, if team A gets 7 points and team B gets 3 points, team A 5 the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports. Besides team sports, there is 6 main type, or kind, of sporting activity. The second type is individual sports. In 7 sports there are no teams. There isn’t any competition. People play individual sports in order to get exercise. They don’t play individual sports 8 competition. 9 speaking, they want to get some exercise, not to win a game. Individual sports are such sports as swimming, 10 , and running. CBABD DAADB 1. A. is B. was C. are D. were 2. A. for B. as C. in D. at 3. A. against B. with C. to D. on 4. A. for B. in order to C. as D. with 5. A. lose B. win C. loses D. wins 6. A. one B. a C. other D. another 7. A. individual B. team C. football D. basketball 8. A. for B. at C. to D. on 9. A. General B. In general C. When D. Generally 10. A. ski B. skiing C. to ski D. skis Jungle country is not friendly to man, but it is possible to survive there. You must have the right ___1_ and you must know a few important things about the jungle. Then your chances of staying ___2___ are very good. In the jungle, you should always carry a ___3___. Then you can ___4___ which way to go. Again and again you must check your position by it. Keep alert. Watch the ground in front of you carefully. Stop and listen ___5___. If you lose your___ 6___, do not be afraid. Mark the spot where you are with blazes on a tree. Then you can always know where you started. Finding water that is safe to drink can be a problem. Many streams and rivers carry germs that can be ___7___ to man. Luckily, the jungle has many kinds of plants and vines that give water. ___8___ in the jungle is a science. Learn as much as you can about what to ___9___ in the jungle. Then no part of the jungle will seem completely unfriendly or frightening. In fact, you will be able to “___10___” it for a long time. DCDBA ACDAC 1. A. advice B. partner C. tool D. equipment 2. A. life B. live C. alive D. lively 3. A. gun B. watch C. telescope D. compass 4. A. say B. tell C. speak D. talk 5. A. now and again B. here and there C. more or less D. more and more 6. A. way B. sense C. direction D. position 7. A. good B. bad C. deadly D. healthy 8. A. Staying B. Living C. Sleeping D. Surviving 9. A. expect B. want C. wait for D. look forward to 10. A. depend on B. get rid of C. live off D. fight against Many Chinese students don't diverse enough attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice speaking English 1 class, but not out of class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language __2___ in everyday life. A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down _3 . When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers 4 it and took them out again in order to express that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak 5 . The waiter soon brought a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took 6 the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. The man tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make 7 understood. Finally another man came in. He spoke English _8 . In a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table before him. So you 9_ , a man often goes hungry if he doesn't _ 10 a foreign language. CCABD CBAAC 1. A. from B. into C. in D. on 2. A. correct B. free C. freely D. right 3. A. at a table B. on a table C. at the table D. on the table 4. A. upon B. into C. to D. onto 5. A. Japanese B. French C. Chinese D. English 6. A. over B. in C. away D. out 7. A. that B. himself C. him D. it 8. A. clearly and fluently B. clear and fluently C. clearly and fast D. clear and fast 9. A. see B. understand C. look D. know 10. A. know B. study C. master D. learn IV. Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English: 1. 我父亲太忘事, 老是在找钥匙。 My father is so forgetful that he’s always looking for his keys. 2. 有钱不一定幸福。 Happiness doesn’t always go with money. 3. 要是我没说那些愚蠢的话该多好! If only I hadn’t said those silly words! 4. 那人弯腰从地上把书拣起来。 The man bent down and picked up the book from the floor. 5. 她容貌秀美, 举止优雅,很吸引人。 Her good looks and elegant manners are very attractive. 6. 在有些人眼里，他的画显得十分荒谬。 In the eyes of some people, his paintings would seem rather fo