西安电子科技大学英语二（上）期末试题4答案

《英语（二）（上）》期末考试试题

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I. 交际与对话(每题2分，共10分)

此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

1. —              ?

—Yes, can you tell me where I can find women’s wear?

A. Do you want to buy something

B. Excuse me, what are you doing

C. Are you just looking around

D. Is there anything I can do for you

答案：

解析：服务员问顾客要买什么，符合上下文。

 2. — What do you do for a living?

—             .

A. I live in the city          B. I live in the countryside

C. I’m a shoemaker         D. I do a lot of things

答案：

解析：询问职业。

  3. —What do you do for fun?

    —___________.

A. Jogging    B. sleeping   C. eating     D. living

答案：

解析：“散步”符合上下文。

  4. —Have you heard about the chess match?

   —_________

A. I like chess very much.     B. I like match very much.

C. Not yet, anything special?    D. I like chess match .

答案：

解析：问是否听说了象棋比赛，该答案符合上下文。

5. —My computer broke down yesterday. I’m wondering where I can get it repaired.

   —___________

A. Bad luck!                      B. Lucky you are!    

C. What seems to be the problem?     D. You can buy a new one.

答案：

解析：问计算机具体出了什么毛病。该答案符合上下文。

Ⅱ.阅读理解(每题2分，共30分)

此部分共有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

Passage 1

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pain: he is not so free to do what he wished to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished what he has done wrong.

When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.

6. People can experience happiness if they_____.

A. always think of past and regret it     B. value the present

C. are no longer young         D. become old and have much experience

答案：

解析：第一段表明此意。

7. When people were young, they used to _____.

A. be in charge of many businesses

B. have few things to think about and take on

C. look after their younger sisters and brothers

D. face a lot of difficulties

答案：

解析：第二段第一句话表明此意。

8. The pains of children lie in the fact that_____.

A. no one help them make right decisions

B. they are often beaten by their parents

C. they cannot be accepted and praised by others

D. they can not allowed to do what they like to do

答案：

解析：第二段最后一句话表明此意。

9. Children are usually happy because_____.

A. old people lose interest in them

B. they are free to do wrong

C. they are familiar with everything going on around them

D. things are new to them

答案：

解析：第二段中间表明此意。

10. Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?

A. Hard work.                B. Being free from troubles.

 C. Wealth.                   D. Health

答案：

解析：只有“财富”没有提到。

Passage 2

When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.

    What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples — people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

     One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

11. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?

  A. Selling home furnishings.

  B. Renting furnished apartments.

  C. Selling used furniture.

  D. Renting home furnishings.

答案：

解析：第一段表明此意。

12. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

  A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.

  B. Because it saves them a lot of money.

  C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.

  D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.

答案：

解析：第二段表明此意。

13. What can you infer from the passage?

  A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

  B. Renting furniture is not popular with the majority of Americans.

  C. Only those who don’t have enough money rent furniture.

  D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.

答案：

解析：从全文可以推测出来，一少部分人租旧家具。

14. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

  A. Rent or Buy?           B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.

  C. Furnished Apartments.    D. A New Idea.

答案：

解析：该选项全面击中要害。

15. Young people like renting home furniture in that_________

  A. They have less money.

  B. They don’t want to buy old furniture.

  C. The new furniture is of good quality.

D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.

答案：

解析：第二段最后一句表明此意。

Passage 3

For more than eight years Achim and I have lived aboard our sail boat Pangaea. Because we are linked to the wider world by a radio modem, our location has become irrelevant when it comes to keeping in touch, making us part of a new breed of world travelers: tech-nomads.

  Some traditional sailors avoid the use of communications technology on board. “If you’re going to be so tied to civilization,” they ask, “why leave it at all?” But I’m not a hermit. Connectivity has yet to make a romantic South Seas sunset less special to us.

  Going wireless was an evolutionary process. In 1993, before our first Atlantic crossing, high tech meant rowing to land with our laptop computer and finding Europe’s southernmost telephone booth in the Canary Islands to send a fax. Locals on the island of Hierro stuck their noses into the telephone booth, wide-eyed, watching us perform our electronic magic. By 1998 we could remain at our chart table while sending and receiving e-mail. That same year, we took the link a step further and created the first radio-updated Website, Pangaea.

  When I transmit our daily location update via e-mail to our friends and family members, I imagine them sinking pins in wall maps all over the world. If they stopped hearing from us, they would forward our last position to search-and-rescue authorities. During our first “wired” voyage, Pangaea had some engine trouble, and we had to make a choice between Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica for an emergency repair. Readers, who were “virtually” on board with us, offered advice regarding repair facilities.

  The Internet serves as an emotional lifeline when we are far away from land. The connection we feel with family, friends and other Web-site readers helps keep up our spirits and makes the adventure more manageable, We look forward to the day when we can share more of the far reaches of this wonderful planet with anyone who cares to sail with us virtually.

16. We can infer from the second paragraph that some traditional sailors ____.

  A. lack communications technology to keep in touch with the outside world

  B. avoid the use of communications tools in order to get away from civilization

  C. think they will get lost because they don’t have communications technology on board

  D. feel it less romantic if they use communications technology on board

答案：

解析：从第二段可以推测出来。

17. What does the author mean by saying “Connectivity has yet to make a romantic South Seas sunset less special to us” (Line3,Para 2)?

  A. Being linked to the outside world does not make our adventure less romantic.

  B. Being linked to the outside world, we feel less romantic watching the sunset on the South Seas.

  C. Being connected with the outside world helps to make our journey more romantic.

  D. Connectivity saves us the trouble of going to the South Seas to enjoy a romantic sunset.

答案：

解析：从上下文中理解出来。

18. How does the author now keep in touch with friends when at sea?

  A. By making telephone calls from time to time.

  B. By sending and receiving e-mail on board their boat.

  C. By sending faxes with their laptop computer.

  D. By creating a radio-updated Website on the Internet.

答案：

解析：第三段表明此意。

19. What did the author and her husband do when Pangaea had some engine trouble?

  A. They went to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica for emergency repairs.

  B. They sought advice from their friends and relatives at home.

  C. They read advice offered on the Internet about repair facilities.

  D. They appealed to search-and-rescue authorities for help.

答案：

解析：第四段表明此意。

20. We can infer from the passage that ____.

  A. the Internet makes it more romantic to travel to the far reaches of the earth

  B. the Internet makes it unnecessary for family and friends to gather together

  C. easy access to the Internet will get more people interested in sea voyages

  D. we can virtually share in sea voyagers’ experiences in the far corners of the world

答案：

解析：从最后一段可以推测出来。

Ⅲ. 词汇与结构(每题1分，共10分)

此部分共有10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

21. Five minutes earlier, _______ we could have caught the last train.

A. and      B. but         C. or          D. if

答案：

解析：虚拟语气而且是固定搭配结构。

22. I         an interesting news item in yesterday’s Times.

A. came across     B. camp up    C. came to    D. came over

答案：

解析：固定搭配，“遇见”也符合上下文。

23. Did you see the guy ________ head looked like a big potato?

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

答案：

解析：用形容词性关系代词。 

24. What is the flight ________ to Shanghai?

A. fee         B. money        C. fare         D. cost

答案：

解析：飞机票固定说法。

25.       some officials, Napoleon inspected his army.

A. Followed                  B. Followed by   

C. Being followed             D. Having been followed

答案：

解析：过去分词短语作时间状语，一般式即可。

26. Anybody will do, _______ he is responsible for that.

　A. as far as    B. so far as      C. as long as     D. as soon as

答案：

解析：连词“只要”符合上下文。

27. The field was used by horses from the riding school that is _____ the farm.

A. attaching to                B. attached with

   C. attach with                 D. attached to

答案：

解析：固定搭配而且要用被动态。

28. It’s worth _____ to your financial advisor before making your final decision.

A. to talk          B. talking          C. talk         D. talked

答案：

解析：固定搭配，用现在分词。

29. The computer system _________ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

A. broke down     B. broke out      C. broke up      D. broke in

答案：

解析：固定搭配，“出毛病”符合上下文。

30. How can he _________ if he is not _________?

A. listen; hearing            B. hear; listening

C. be listening; heard        D. be hearing; listened to

答案：

解析：该答案既符合英语语法又符合上下文。

Ⅳ.完形填空(每题1分，共10分)

以下短文中共包含10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中空缺部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

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31. A. because   B. because of   C. as        D. since

答案：

解析：用介词表示原因。

32. A. from     B. away        C. against   D. contrary

答案：

解析：该介词有“躲避”意思。

33. A. at       B. in           C. to        D. on

答案：

解析：固定搭配。

34. A. late      B. soon        C. later      D. after

答案：

解析：多长时间之后，符合上下文。

35. A. dying    B. dead        C. die       D. being died

答案：

解析：形容词作表语。

36. A. saw     B. watched      C. noticed    D. examined

答案：

解析：用“看见”符合情景。

37. A. say      B. thought over    C. made sure    D. agreed to

答案：

解析：固定结构，又符合情景。

38. A. possibly  B. possible     C. probably     D. mainly

答案：

解析：形容词修饰名词。

39. A. although   B. because of   C. even though   D. since

答案：

解析：要用连词表示原因。

40. A. others    B. other       C. another       D. one other

答案：

解析：“另一个”符合情景。

Ⅴ.英汉互译(每题4分，共20分)

  41. It would be nice to spend our holiday on the sandy beach.

  42. When it’s hot, it’s better to quench your thirst with water than with soft drinks.

  43. 在印度，牛被看作是神圣的动物。(sacred)

  44. 听到那个坏消息，老太太深深地叹了一口气。(sigh)

  45. 房间里如此安静，以至于我可以听见自己的心跳声。（heartbeat）

Ⅵ. 作文(20分)

要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和中文提纲用英语写出一篇不少于100词的短文。

Check on Population Growth in China

1.中国的人口现状  

2.控制人口过分增长的必要性

3.控制人口增长有哪些措施