新视野大学英语2(第三版)考试试题

长治学院2014 —— 2015学年第二学期期末考试补考卷

Section TWO:

考试科目: 大学英语2（A、B 级） 考试对象：2014级A、B级班

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

I. Reading Comprehension（40 Points） Passage one: When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost of Yale, Section ONE: Fast Reading

who’ll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor — a position equivalent to university president in America. Directions: In this part, you are to go over the passage quickly and choose the best answer from the four Hamilton isn’t the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc, possible choices.

have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and Shopping in America

competitive business nowadays, and like so many business, it’s gone global. Yet the talent flow isn’t Going shopping seems easy, but actually it takes a lot of learning, especially in America. In fact, universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.

many Americans who are not so well-off often shop at “sales” or at special stores that sell things at low The chief reason is that American schools don’t tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For prices, which you may find interesting. In America, the important rule of dressing is that one should example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a change his or her clothes every day. For example, in an American college, neither professor nor students leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university’s budget. “We didn’t do are seen in the same clothes two days in a row.

any global consideration,” says Patricia Hays, the board’s chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce So you may find it necessary to buy more clothes than you have in China. While you are shopping in Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to do well in the main the United States, you will discover that prices range considerably form time to time. The purchase of task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, used, second-hand clothing, furniture, or other household articles may be an excellent way of saving since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of money. Most second-hand clothes are of pretty good quality. If you are going to settle down in the experience and necessity.

United States and want some furniture, you may go to a “loan closet”, where furniture is rented at low Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But cost, or you may also go to a “furniture exchange” place in the community.

government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number. The decline in government Sheets, blankets, and other bedclothes go on sale in most communities twice a year. Advertisements support has make funding –raising an increasing necessarily ability among administrators and has for “white sales”, that is, sales on bed linen, towels, etc., often appear in January, as well as in May, June hiring committees hungry for Americans.

or July. Once or twice every season, there will be “garage sales”, where you can get almost anything, In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when from a yacht to a pair of shoes, at low prices. Prices at “discount stores” and “thrift shops” are also as Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, low as you can imagine.

the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen “a major strengthening of When shopping for food, you should look for special prices for various items that are put on sale Yale’s financial position.”

weekly. To economize, it would be a good idea for you to plan the weekly menu according to what is on Of course, fund-raising isn’t the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means sale, including in it the meats, vegetable, fruits, etc. that can be bought at special prices that week.

more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind of promote Exchange and return policies vary from store to store. You should also keep in mind that exchange international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on and return policies for sales items can be different from standard store policies, especially for the prices established practices.

before making your purchase. Obtaining an exchange or a return without a store receipt is often difficult. 6. What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage ? So, to save yourself the headache, you’d better hold onto any paper or other proof of purchase. A. Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S. 1. Shopping in the United States ____.

B. A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators.

A. seems easy for Americans B. requires some learning

C. American universities are enrolling more international students. C. is very easy for foreigners D. is only for “well-off” people D. University presidents are paying more attention to fund-raising.

2. Americans change their clothes daily, because _____.

7. What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators? A. clothes are sold at low prices B. people take it as a rule A. The political correctness. B. Their fame in academic circle. C. they enjoy doing so D. everyone is very “well-off” C. Their ability to raise funds. D. Their administrative experience. 3. People shopping in America will discover _______.

8. What do we learn about European universities from the passage? A. American goods are excellent B. most clothes come from China A. The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably. C. prices vary much sometimes D. used clothes are of poor quality B. Their operation is under strict government supervision. 4. A person who needs furniture can ______

C. They are strengthening their position by globalization. A. exchange their goods for furniture B. settle in a place that has furniture D. Most of their revenues come from the government.

C. get some free of charge D. rent some at low cost 9. Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because_____?

5. At a “white sale”, one can buy ______.

A. she could help strengthen its ties with Yale. B. she was known to be good at raising money. A. almost anything B. sheet, cooking utensils C. she knew how to attract students overseas. D. she had boosted Yale’s academic status. C. bed linen, towels, etc. D. shoes at low prices

10. In what way do top-level administrators form abroad contribute to university development? A. They can enhance the university’s image.

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B. They will bring more international faculty. C. purple hearts and pink flowers D. blue clouds and green flowers C. They can build new academic disciplines.

14. The heart painted by a little boy was very unusual because _____.

D. They will view many things from new perspectives

A. it was bright and lively B. it was dark and lifeless Passage two: Last Tuesday I was invited to participate in a party for Tuesday’s Children, an C. it was of lively colors D. it was sad to look at organization that helps children with the AIDS virus. I was asked to attend because I’m on a television 15. Why did the boy choose the color? _____.

show. I don’t think that most of the kids recognized me as a famous person, but as a big kid who came to A. Because he thought it looked better. B. Because he happened to like the color. play with them for the day. I think I liked it better that way.

C. Because he felt sick and hopeless. D. Because he had no other colors to use. At the party, they had all kinds of activities. I was drawn to one in particular because all the children Passage three: Roger Sperry and Robert Ornstein of the California Institute of Technology won a were taking part in it. In that activity, anyone who wanted to participate could paint a square. Later all Nobel Prize in 1972. They discovered that the human brain has two sides, and each side has different the painted squares were going to be sewn together to make a wall hanging. The wall hanging would be work to do. The left side of the brain controls language and number; it analyses and reasons. The right presented to a man who had devoted much of his life to this organization and would soon be retiring. side controls our imagination; it controls our understanding of music and our sense of rhythm. It is the They gave everyone some paints in bright, beautiful colors, and asked the kids to paint something right side of our brain which daydreams.

that would make the wall hanging beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw pink hearts and Great artists and great scientists are similar: they both use the two sides of their brain. It is bright blue clouds, beautiful orange sunrise, and green and purple flowers. The pictures were all bright, well-known that Albert Einstein, a great scientist, spent time enjoying art, playing the violin and positive, and uplifting. All except for one.

sailing. Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination rather than from analysis, The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. It lacked the reason and language. He said that written and spoken words were not important in his thinking. He got bright, lively colors that his fellow artists had used.

ideas by using his imagination. Following this, he used the left side of brain to use analysis, number At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But and reason and then he used language to explain it.

when I asked him about it, he said his heart was that color because his heart felt dark and he was very Usual education in schools encourages us to use the left side of our brains. Language, number, sick. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better. He looked straight into my eyes and said, analysis and reason are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming. “There is nothing anyone can do that will help.”

However, we are encouraged to hop when we have two perfectly good legs! Then why don’t we give I told him I was sorry that he was sick and I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could more value to visual thinking?

even understand why he had made his heart a dark color. But I also told him that it isn’t true that there is In fact, all of us need both sides of our brain. We need to use our imagination to think of solutions nothing anyone can do to help. Other people may not be able to make him better, but we can do things to problems and to enjoy feeling and creative experiences. And we need to be logical and to be able to like sharing our time and our love, which in my experience can really help when people are feeling sad. I analyze and organize in order to live on this world.

told him that if he liked, I would be happy to spend some time talking with him so that he could see what It is true that some people find it easier to use one side of the brain rather than the other, but all of I meant. But instead of talking with me, he did something different. He instantly came near to me and us can use both sides and all of us benefit by using all the powers we have.

wrapped his arms around my neck. When he did this, I felt my own heart had burst with the love for this 16. According to the passage, a great composer composes music by using ________ of his brain. sweet little boy.

A .the right side B. the left side C .both sides D. neither side He sat there talking with me for a long time and when he had had enough, he jumped down to finish 17. Albert Einstein’s example is used to support the idea that ______. his coloring. I asked him if he felt any better and he said that he did, but he was still sick and nothing A. all scientific discoveries are based on imagination. would change that. I told him I understood. I walked away feeling sad, but I determined that I would do B. people should do nothing but daydream. whatever I could to help.

C. using two sides of the brain is important.

As the day was coming to and end and I was getting ready to head home, I felt a slight pull on my D. scientists are good at imagining what may happen.

jacket. I turned around and found the little boy was standing there with a smile on his face. He said, “My 18. It is implied in the passage that regular education________.

heart is changing colors. It is getting brighter. I think love really does work.”

A. should be praised because it suggests using both sides of the brain. On my way home I felt my own heart and realized it, too, had changed to a brighter color. B. finds it very important to have daydreams.

11. From the first paragraph we know Tuesday’s Children is _________

C. claims that analysis and reason are of no value. A .a TV show for small kids B. a party for small kids

D. fails to develop the right side of the brain.

C .a group for helping kids with AIDS D. an organization the author proposed 19. Is it true that some people find it easier to use one side of the brain rather than the other? _____. 12. What was the purpose of making the wall hanging? ______. A. Yes B. No C. Not mentioned. D. Both are ok. A. It would be given to a man as a gift.

20. The author’s attitude toward using two sides of the brain is _____.

B. People will buy it so that more money can be raised for the kids. A. positive B. negative C. not logical D. critical C. It was a special gift for the kids with AIDS.

D. The author wanted it at the day of his retirement. II. Cloze（20 Points）

13. Most of the children painted _____ on the squares.

Standing in the door of Mr. Murphy’s office, I could see he was __21__ something he was reading. A. white clouds and red sunrises B. orange hearts and red flowers

He had both elbows on his desk, his head was resting _22___ one hand and his other hand was cupped about his mouth. I knew that he was keeping his office hours and that student _23___ was encouraged,

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but all the same, I was afraid to _24___. Then, as I turned to leave, my foot _25___ against the bottom 45. The money offered may not be much, but ____ any case I’ll take the job.

of the door, startling me and causing the professor to __26___. His eyes had simply moved from the A. of B. to C. for D. in desk to me, but the rest of his physical __27__ remained the same. He invited me in without gesture, just 46. The young couple ______ about the high cost of visiting Europe.

a “Come in. What is it that you need?” There was little if _28__ warmth or tone in his voice; it wasn’t A. complaining B. complains C. to complain D. complained exactly _29___. Despite being intimidated, I made a conscious effect to relax and _30___ myself to 47. Will you see _____ it that this letter gets posted today?

smile and enter the room. “Mr. Murphy,” the _31___ of my voice rose as I began my introduction, “I’m A. to B. / C. on D. in

sorry to _32___, My name is Peter. I am in your second-period English class.”

48. He suddenly became ______ that he was the only man who wasn’t wearing a suit at the party.. “Peter, did you say it was?” he replied. His reaction __33__ me. It was apparent that I had not made A. relaxed B. powerful C. focus D. conscious __34___ of an impression with the presentation I made in class last week. He said my name _35___ he 49. My sister has been really ______ since she lost her job.

would not have remembered it without my __36__ it for him first ------as though he were no more A. happy B. excited C. relaxed D. depressed impressed than if he had __37__ a beggar on the street. He continued, “Do you have something you 50. He ______ himself by listening to his favorite song before he addressed the meeting.

want to discuss with me, __38___ do you just stop by to visit?”

A. muse B. relaxed C. introduce D. relaxing In fact, I had stopped by to visit, but I was no longer feeling up to it and was looking for a fast exit. It seemed that the invitation he had __39__ in class, “Drop by my office for a visit anytime. My door is Ⅳ. C-E and E-C Translation（20 Points）

always open. ” was just a(n) __40__ gesture probably required by the school. I reached inside my bag 51. 网上学习的想法使她非常兴奋， 而他认为网上学习毫无意义和用处？（while） and pulled out my English language textbook. I figured I could ask him a quick question rather than try 52. 既然我们已经学完这门课程，就应该多做些复习。 （now that）

to have a meaningful conversation.

53. 一想到这些年幼的男孩和女孩被父母强迫沿街讨钱，我就生气。 （make one’s blood boil） 21. A. leaned on B. kept on C. focused on D. insist on . 即使报酬并不优厚，我还是决定接受那个新职位。 （even though）

22. A. through B. for C. on D. to

55. 他如此专心地读那本书，以至于有人进来他也没意识到。 （so…that, be absorbed in, not 23. A. interview B. participation C. presentation D. application conscious of ）

24. A. approach B. reach C. arrive D. get to 56. Distance learning courses are courses in which the instructor communicates with students using 25. A. shook B. strode C. banged D. slang computer technology.

26. A. look to B. look up C. look at D. look out 57. I suppose teenagers walking around town with tattoos and piercings all over their bodies are 27. A. appearance B. appeal C. body D. figure expressing themselves.

28. A. any B. some C. more D. many

58. When there is this type of communication barrier between parents and children, the big issues 29. A. excitement B. entertainment C. encouragement D. moment teenagers face can become bigger.

30. A. talked B. made C. persuaded D. had 59. When hearing the song, I couldn’t help crying and remembering those difficult days.

31. A. rate B. pitch C. pace D. speech 60. No matter what people are saying to you, remember that sometimes “actions speak louder than 32. A. inform B. interrupt C. admit D. come words”. 33. A. disappointed B. encouraged C. excited D. sad

34. A. most B. many C. much D. more V. Writing（10 Points）

35. A. as if B. even though C. just when D. so that

Directions: Write about the following topic: Ways to Learn English. Give your own opinion and 36. A. had stated B. having stated C. being stated D. are stating discuss the reasons. You can include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. 37. A. run B. communicated C. encountered D. went Write at least 120 words. 38. A. or B. and C. but D. because

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39. A. extended B. explained C. received D. coped 40. A. small B. empty C. nice D. hollow

Ⅲ. Vocabulary and Structure （10 Points）

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. 41. The years he spent in the countryside proved to be a(n) ____ experience.

A. rewarded B. rewards C. reward D. rewarding 42. After twenty years as a chain smoker, Mr. Nathe has given _____ the habit.

A. up B. in C. to D. from 43. Many new _______ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

A. money B. opportunity C. opportunities D. methods 44. If the bike _____ to you that much, why not buy it? You just got paid yesterday.

A. appealing B. appeals C. upset D. persisting

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考试科目: 大学英语2（A、B 级） 考试对象：2014级A、B级班

题号 分数 I II III IV V 总分 58.

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I. Reading Comprehension（40 Points）

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6________ 7_________ 8_________ 9_________ 10_________

60. 11________ 12_________ 13_________ 14_________ 15_________

得分 V. Writing（10 Points）

16________ 17_________ 18_________ 19_________ 20__________ II. Cloze （20 Points）

得分 21________ 22_________ 23_________ 24_________ 25__________

26________ 27_________ 28_________ 29_________ 30_________

31________ 32_________ 33_________ 34_________ 35_________

36________ 37_________ 38_________ 39_________ 40__________

得分 Ⅲ. Vocabulary and Structure （10 Points）

41________ 42_________ 43_________ 44_________ 45_________

46________ 47_________ 48_________ 49_________ 50__________ 得分 Ⅳ. C-E and E-C Translation（20 Points）

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