13春东财《大学英语2》考前模拟题

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一、交际用语  
【1】 Nicholas: Hello. May I speak to Tom?
Tom: ______  
A: Sorry, the number is engaged. Will you hold?  
B: Hello. Who're you, please?  
C: Hello. Thank you for calling.  
D: Yes, speaking.  
资料: D  
【2】 Student A：I feel sick.
Student B：______
Student A：I'm not sure， but I have got a bad headache.  
A: I'm sorry to hear that.  
B: How are you feeling now？  
C: How long have you been sick？  
D: Do you have a temperature？  
资料: D  
【3】 Desk Clerk：Good afternoon，Holiday Inn.
Customer：Hello，I'd like to book a double room for the nights of 23rd and 24th please.
Desk Clerk：______  
A: What's the matter？  
B: Just a minute, please.  
C: What can I do for you？  
D: Can I help you？  
资料: B  
【4】 Richard：You've given us a wonderful Chinese dinner， Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu：______  
A: I'm glad you enjoyed it.  
B: Oh，I'm afraid I didn't cook very well.  
C: Come again when you are free.  
D: It's not necessary for you to say so.  
资料: A  
【5】 White: How are you?
Harrison: I'm fine. Thank you. And you?
White: _______  
A: Me, too.  
B: I, too.  
C: Fine.  
D: Thanks.  
资料: A  
【6】 -How's your brother these days?
-He hasn't been too well just recently.
-________. What's the matter?
-I think he's been overworking.  
A: It'll be pleased to hear you ask after him  
B: That's not too bad  
C: I'm sorry to hear that  
D: I'll tell him what you said  
资料: C  
【7】 Guest: Have you a single room for tonight and tomorrow night with a telephone and shower?
Clerk: We haven't any rooms with a shower free just now, but there's a bathroom available on each floor.
Guest: ______.  
A: All right. That'll do  
B: Oh, sorry. Forget it  
C: How regretful! I give it up  
D: All right. It does  
资料: A  
【8】 Salina: Dear Jacky, why don't you come on holiday with us?
Jacky: ______  
A: How dare you invite me? I won't go.  
B: Yeah, thanks anyway.  
C: Whether I'll go or not is not your business, ok?  
D: That's very kind of you. I'd love to.  
资料: D  
【9】 Waiter: Welcome, sir. May I help you?
Customer: ______  
A: Thank you. I'll have fried tofu and stir-fried cauliflower.  
B: Sorry. I don't need your help, thank you.  
C: If you want to help me, I'll be glad to accept it.  
D: Yes, please. I'd like a hamburger and a chocolate shake.  
资料: D  
【10】 Jessica: I got home very late last night. I hope I didn't disturb you.
Landlady:______,  
A: No. I heard a lot of noise  
B: Yes, I didn't hear any noise  
C: Yes. I didn't hear you  
D: No. I didn't hear a thing  
资料: D  
二、阅读理解  
【11】 Although stage plays have been set to music since the era(年代) of the ancient Greeks when the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus were accompanied by lyres(里拉琴) and flutes, the usually accepted date for the beginning of opera as we know it is 1600. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat(贵族) Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Peri produced his famous Euridice, generally considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata began to revive(复兴) the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.
1. This passage is a summary of ____.  
A: the development of opera  
B: the Camerata  
C: opera in Italy  
D: Euridice  
资料: A  
2. According to the author, Jacopo Peri wrote ____.  
A: the opera The Camerata  
B: the first opera  
C: the opera Maria de Medici  
D: Greek tragedy  
资料: B  
3. We can infer that the Camerata ____.  
A: developed a new musical drama based upon Greek drama  
B: was the name given to the court of King Henry IV  
C: was a group of Greek musicians  
D: was not known in Italy  
资料: A  
4. The author suggests that Euridice was produced ____.  
A: in France  
B: for the wedding of King Henry IV  
C: without much success  
D: originally by Sophocles and Aeschylus  
资料: B  
5. According to this passage, modern opera began in the ____.  
A: sixteenth century  
B: fifteenth century  
C: time of the ancient Greeks  
D: seventeenth century  
资料: D  
【12】 The origins(起源) of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abner Doubleday, a civil engineering student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize(使标准化) the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cat, the ancestors(祖先) of baseball. By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown rapidly. Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of "Baseball Players" that had proclaimed(宣布) a set of standard rules. These teams were amateurs(业余爱好者) or semi-professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869. Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding. Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association. Competition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season(季后赛) contest, the first "world's series". The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1900 the American League was organized.
1. According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because ____.  
A: Abner Doubleday invented a special diamond-shaped pitch  
B: the rules of earlier games were amalgamated(合并) and regularized  
C: the old games died out and a new one was needed  
D: civil engineering students became interested in playing games  
资料: B  
2. What was different about "Baseball Players" compared with earlier players?  
A: They travelled widely.  
B: They belonged to many clubs.  
C: They played by agreed rules.  
D: They were not professional.  
资料: C  
3. According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1869 ____.  
A: to produce a means of making money  
B: to enable the amateur players to become professional  
C: because baseball had become more popular by then  
D: so that the public had the opportunity to profit from a professional team  
资料: A  
4. From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to ____.  
A: to provide a governing authority for baseball  
B: authorize amateur and professional teams to combine  
C: enable more professional teams to be set up  
D: reorganize the professional teams  
资料: A  
5. According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were ____.  
A: the American League and the National League  
B: the American Association and the American League  
C: the American Association  
D: the American League  
资料: A  
【13】 In the years after the Civil War most American painters received their training in Europe, the majority studying in the French schools at Paris or Barbizon, and a smaller number in Germany at Munich(慕尼黑) and Dusseldorf(杜塞尔多夫). The teaching of the Barbizon school, which stressed the use of color and the creation of an impression or a mood, influenced many American artists. One group of American painters, led by James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent, expatriated(移居国外) themselves from the American scene and settled in Europe. Whistler, who is often ranked as the greatest genius(天才) in the history of American art, was a versatile(多才多艺的) and industrious(勤奋的) artist who was equally proficient(熟练的) in several media-oil, watercolor, etching(铜版画)-and with several themes-portraits and his so-called "nocturnes(夜景画)", impressionistic sketches(印象画) of moonlight on water and other scenes. He was one of the first to appreciate the beauty of Japanese color prints and to introduce Oriental concepts into Western art.
1. For a period after the Civil War, the majority of American painters ____.  
A: painted in the impressionist style  
B: was influenced by the Barbizon school  
C: used striking color in their work  
D: studied art in Europe  
资料: D  
2. According to the passage, one group of American painters ____.  
A: turned their back on the American art tradition  
B: copied the style of Whistler and Sargent  
C: were unaffected by the European style of painting  
D: left America never to return  
资料: D  
3. From the passage we are led to believe that Whistler ____.  
A: combined several media and themes in his paintings  
B: produced a large number of pictures  
C: did much of his painting at night  
D: was most proficient in impressionistic sketches  
资料: B  
4. According to the passage, Whistler was one of the first Western painters to ____.  
A: admire Japanese oil paintings  
B: start producing Japanese sketches  
C: use Japanese ideas in his own work  
D: become interested in Japanese printing  
资料: C  
5. The main theme of this passage is ____.  
A: The influence of European art on American painters  
B: The American painters' influence in Europe  
C: Whistler's influence on Western art  
D: The influence of Oriental art on Whistler  
资料: A  
【14】 The Smokey Bear(护林熊) fire prevention program has resulted in a savings of $20 billion on all federal(联邦的), state and private forested land(私有林地). In 1941, 208,000 forest fires burned 30 million acres, while in 1981, fewer than 165,000 fires burned about three million acres. While forest usage has increased, the proportion(比例) of human-caused fires has remained stable; people still cause nine out of ten forest fires. But the biggest cause of fires is arson(纵火), accounting for(引起) 34 percent of forest fires in 1981.
1. According to the passage, use of forested land has ____.  
A: decreased  
B: stabilized  
C: been privatized  
D: risen  
资料: D  
2. According to the passage, in 1941 forest fires burned ____.  
A: 3 million acres  
B: 20 million acres more than in 1981  
C: ten times as many acres as in 1981  
D: less acres than in 1981  
资料: C  
3. According to the passage, the number of human-caused fires ____.  
A: has increased  
B: has remained the same proportionately  
C: is the same as the arson cases  
D: accounts for 34 per cent of forest fires  
资料: B  
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?  
A: People do not use the forests as much as they did in the past.  
B: There are more forest fires now than before.  
C: The Smokey Bear program has saved the nation a lot of money.  
D: Nine out of ten fires are caused by arsonists.  
资料: C  
5. It may be inferred from the passage that ____.  
A: fewer people are using the forests  
B: arson is increasing every year  
C: the majority of fires are caused by humans  
D: more acres are destroyed by fire each year  
资料: C  
三、词汇与结构  
【15】 As we took our seats on the bus, I noticed a woman ______ with a young adult close to us.  
A: sit  
B: be sit  
C: sitting  
D: sits  
资料: C  
【16】 Regardless ______ his appearance, he is innocent.  
A: to  
B: in  
C: of  
D: for  
资料: C  
【17】 Food alone is not the ______ of energy.  
A: source  
B: resource  
C: force  
D: grocer  
资料: A  
【18】 There are other techniques that might help you ______ your studying.  
A: with  
B: at  
C: into  
D: over  
资料: A  
【19】 Tom was sitting just ______ Jack and Jerry.  
A: except  
B: among  
C: beside  
D: off  
资料: C  
【20】 The health seeking youths can following the ______ of natural living.

A: principles  
B: principals  
C: principality  
D: prince  
资料: A  
【21】 My I have two ______ instead of beans, please?  
A: corn's ear  
B: corn ears  
C: ear of corns  
D: ears of corn  
资料: D  
【22】 After two months, he had ______ news of what she was doing in Tokyo.  
A: few  
B: little  
C: several  
D: a  
资料: B  
【23】 The girl ______ the bicycle is Jane.  
A: riding on  
B: driving in  
C: riding in  
D: driving on  
资料: A  
【24】 Can you divide 30 ______6, please?  
A: in  
B: by  
C: with  
D: of  
资料: B  
【25】 The convenience of modern freeways, railways and airplanes makes travel in America as easy as ______.  
A: pie  
B: bread  
C: soup  
D: wine  
资料: A  
【26】 You must obtain ______ from the landowner to fish in this river.  
A: permission  
B: omission  
C: celebration  
D: graduation  
资料: A  
【27】 Tom is going to a concert tomorrow evening. So ______.  
A: I am  
B: am I  
C: I will  
D: will I  
资料: B  
【28】 The music that Americans are used to ______ to might sound strange to someone from another culture.  
A: listen  
B: be listened  
C: listening  
D: listened  
资料: C  
【29】 They resort ______ fast food which is fatty and contains high amount of cholesterol.

A: with  
B: at  
C: on  
D: to  
资料: D  
【30】 Tom is waiting ______ the doctor.  
A: to see  
B: to seeing  
C: for see  
D: for seeing  
资料: D  
【31】 ______ it is from Bristol to Glasgow!  
A: What long a way  
B: What distance  
C: How long way  
D: How far  
资料: D  
【32】 Never ______ , we'll see the film next week.  
A: mind  
B: to mind  
C: mind you  
D: in mind  
资料: A  
【33】 He sent ______ from Canada.  
A: her a card  
B: to her a card  
C: card to her  
D: to her card  
资料: A  
【34】 Tom's parents died when he was young, so he was ______ by his uncle.  
A: brought up  
B: brought out  
C: grown up  
D: taken out  
资料: A  
四、完形填空  
【35】 Ahhh, summer. Time to relax. You cannot have complete rest if you ___1___it too seriously. But taking vacations seriously is exactly___2___we Americans seem to do. In the same way our kids' free time is now packed with activities, we adults have turned vacations into "active leisure." Anytime you try very hard to relax, that's active leisure. Our vacations___3___with an agenda, a purpose. We're visiting family, attending weddings, going camping, and making sure we ride that roller coaster-no matter how long the line is. We Americans are so active in our leisure___4___we commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations. We leave home___5___; we come back exhausted. That's why many of us have decided not to go. Americans are___6___a few vacation days (14 days, on average) compared with other developed countries, but ironically, we don't even use them. The average American will leave four vacation days on the table this year, which adds up to a total 574 million days of___7___vacation. Our relationship to relaxation seems contradictory. We spend more money than anyone else in the world on leisure-fully one-___8___of our income-and yet at the same time we are No. 1 in the world at not taking vacations. One of the top reasons given for not taking a vacation is that it's too much extra work. We have to get___9___of our work in order to leave, and then we have to catch up on our work upon our return. The longer the vacation we take, the bigger the stumbling blocks appear. So only 14% of Americans will take a vacation two weeks or longer this summer. Bottom line: it's simply become too stressful to relax. We Americans take our time off so seriously that you can now get a Ph.D. in leisure studies at Penn State and 17 other famous universities. That's right-a doctorate, not just a bachelor's. It's such an up-and-coming field in academe that there is an actual shortage of___10___educators. We don't have enough people to teach leisure. I am tempted to make a joke about this, but I don't want to get the wrath of the leisure scientists. They'll beat me up with chairs.  
1)  
A: take  
B: make  
C: cake  
D: bake  
资料: A  
2)  
A: this  
B: what  
C: which  
D: that  
资料: B  
3)  
A: arrive  
B: come  
C: go  
D: leave  
资料: B  
4)  
A: these  
B: those  
C: that  
D: this  
资料: C  
5)  
A: tired  
B: tiring  
C: tires  
D: tire  
资料: A  
6)  
A: gave  
B: give  
C: given  
D: giving  
资料: C  
7)  
A: took  
B: taken  
C: take  
D: untaken  
资料: D  
8)  
A: thirds  
B: three  
C: third  
D: thirty  
资料: C  
9)  
A: clear  
B: out  
C: ahead  
D: rid  
资料: C  
10)  
A: qualification  
B: qualified  
C: qualifies  
D: qualify  
资料: B  
【36】 Music is part of every culture on Earth. Many people feel that music makes life worth___1___. We can make music ourselves if we play an instrument or sing. We can hear music on CDs and on radio or television. Music gives us pleasure. It can cheer us up, excite us, or___2__us. Music can be happy, sad, romantic, sleepy-all kinds of things. But what is it? Some people define it___3___an artful arrangement of sounds across time. Our ears___4___these sounds as loud or soft, high or low, rapid and short. The sounds need to continue for a time in some sort of pattern to become music. Music,___5___language, is a uniquely human form of communication. As with language, there are many different kinds. In North America, people listen to jazz, rock, classical, folk, country, and many other kinds of music. Each kind of music has its own rules and "speaks" to us___6___its own way. What we think of music depends on___7___we live. What Americans are used to listening to might sound___8___to someone from another culture, and vice versa. It might not even sound like music. In Indonesia, gamelan orchestras play music on gongs, drums, and xylophones. These aren't the instruments you'd find in a___9___orchestra in North America. Today, modern communications make it___10___for us to listen to music from all over the world. Music from one part of the world influences music from another part. For example, gamelan music from Indonesia influenced 20th-century American composers such as John Cage.  
1)  
A: living  
B: live  
C: to live  
D: lived  
资料: A  
2)  
A: plunge  
B: send  
C: soothe  
D: plump  
资料: C  
3)  
A: at  
B: to  
C: as  
D: with  
资料: C  
4)  
A: intervene  
B: interfere  
C: interface  
D: interpret  
资料: D  
5)  
A: unlike  
B: dislike  
C: love  
D: like  
资料: D  
6)  
A: at  
B: to  
C: in  
D: on  
资料: C  
7)  
A: when  
B: what  
C: which  
D: where  
资料: D  
8)  
A: familiar  
B: comfortable  
C: strange  
D: good  
资料: C  
9)  
A: physical  
B: economical  
C: typical  
D: chemical  
资料: C  
10)  
A: impossible  
B: like  
C: unlikely  
D: possible  
资料: D  
五、句子翻译  
【37】 We can make music ourselves if we play an instrument or sing.  
   
资料: 如果我们会使用乐器或唱歌，我们也可以作曲。

【38】 The South Pole, by contrast, is over land, on the continent called Antarctica. Not only is the South Pole on a continent, it's on a very high continent.  
   
资料: 相反，南极点位于我们称为南极洲的陆地之上。南极点不仅位于大陆之上，而且是在一个很高的大陆之上。

【39】 Several years passed on Earth, which were only a few days in heaven. Niu Lang and Zhi Nv lived happily together and had two children before the Queen of Heaven discovered Zhi Nv's absence.  
   
资料: 天上数日，地上数年。牛郎织女幸福地生活，而且还有了两个孩子。后来，王母娘娘发现了织女不在天庭。

【40】 The youths commit several mistakes in their life style, especially in diets.  
   
资料: 年轻人在生活方式上犯下很多错误，尤其是在饮食方面。

【41】 Valentine's Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Niu Lang and Zhi Nv will meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way.  
   
资料: 农历七月初七，中国的情人节这天，牛郎和织女会在横跨银河的鹊桥上相会。

【42】 The doctors said that he would gain his mobility back and be able to function normally, it would just take time.  
   
资料: 医生说他能恢复身体的活动性，也能正常发挥功能，只是这一切都需要时间。