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级本科《大学英语一》复习资料及答案
英语2014级本科复习题目
PartOneReadingComprehension
Directions:
Thereare8passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetbyblackeningtheletter.
Passage1
Whenwetalkaboutintelligencewedonotmeantheabilitytogetgoodscoresoncertainkindsoftestsoreventhea\abilitytodowellinschool.Byintelligencewemeanawayoflivingandbehaving,especiallyinanewsituation.Ifwewanttotestintelligence,weneedtofindouthowapersonactsinsteadofhowmuchheknowstodo.
Forexample,wheninanewsituation,anintelligentpersonthinksaboutthesituation,notabouthimselforwhatmighthappentohim.Hetriestofindoutallhecando,andthenheactsimmediatelyandtriestodosomethingaboutit.Heprobablyisn’tsurehowitallworksout,butatleasthetries.Andifhecannotmakethingsworkoutright,hedoesn’tfeelashamedthathefailed,hejusttriestolearnfromhismistakes.Anintelligentperson,evenifheisveryyoung,hasaspecialoutlookinlife,aspecialfeelingaboutlife,andaspecialwayofhowhefitsintoit.
Ifyoulookatchildren,you’llseeagreatdifferencebetweenwhatwecall“bright”childrenand“notbright”children.Theyareactuallytwodifferentkindsofpeople,notjustthesamekindwithdifferentamountsofintelligence.Forexample,thebrightchildreallywantstofindoutaboutlife—hetriestogetintouchwitheverythingaroundhim.Buttheunintelligentchildkeepsmoretohimselfandhisowndreamworld;heseemstohaveawallbetweenhimandlifeingeneral.
1.Accordingtothispassage,intelligenceistheabilityto.
A)workbyoneselfB)dowellinanysituation
C)knowwhatisrightandwrongD)adaptoneselftoanewsituation
2.Inanewsituation,anintelligentperson
A)knowsmoreaboutwhatmighthappentohim
B)iswell-preparedforhisaction
C)paysgreaterattentiontothesituation
D)completelyignoreshimself
3.Ifanintelligentpersonfailed,hewould
A)feelashamedaboutthefailure
B)learnfromhisexperiences
C)findoutwhathecan’tdo
D)makesurewhat’swrongwithhisoutlookinlife
4.Anintelligentchild
A)learnsmoreabouthimself
B)showsinterestinthingsaroundhim
C)studieseverythingthatmaybeinteresting
D)looksdownuponunintelligentchildren
5.Whydoesanunintelligentchildseemtohaveawallbetweenhimandlifeingeneral?
A)Becausehecanhardlyseetheoutsideworld
B)Becauselifeisfarawayfromhim
C)Becauseheknowsnothingaboutlifeingeneral
D)Becausehehaslittleinterestinthingsaroundhimself
Passage2
WhenIbegintolookbackonallfriendswhomIhavehad,IquicklycametotheconclusionthatJerrywasthemostimportantandhadthegreatesteffectuponmylife.HisfamilymovedtomyblockwhenIwasonly10.Jerrywas15atthetime,butthefactthathewassomucholderthanmeseemedtomakenodifferencetohim.Iwasverygladthathtlikedme.Wetooklongwalkstogether,onwhichhewouldtellmestorieshehadheardfromTVandradioprograms.
Butasmonthswentby,achangecameintoourfriendship.Jerryalmoststoppedcomingbythehouse,andeverytimeIwenttohishouseortelephoned,heputmeoffwithsomeexcusessuchas“I’mstudyingnow”or“I’vegotsomejobstodoforMum”.Whenwepassedonthestreet,hewouldstillgivemeawarmsmileandfriendlywavewitha“Hi,kid”,buthewouldhardlyeverstoptotalk.FinallyIrealizedthathewasnolongerinterestedinmeandthathistastehandchanged.Inoticedhimwithagirloncenawhileandseveraltimessawhimgoingoutinhisfamily’scaronaFridayorSaturdaynight.Isimplycouldn’tunderstandwhatwassogreataboutgirlsandparties.
ButIwashurtwhenhefinallymademeknowthatourfriendshipwasatanend.Ofcoursehedidn’treallymeanttohurtme,butitwasalongtimebeforeIrealizedthatitwasanageproblemthatcausedthebreak.Therewereaworldofdifferencesbetweentheideasandinterestsofa17-year-oldanda12-year-old.NowthatI’moversixteenmyself,Irealizedthis,andthehurtIgotthenhasbecomehappymemoriesofthegoodtimeswewereoncetogether.Iwonderifmillionsofotherboysandgirlshavehadasimilarexperience.
1.WhenthewriterandJerryfirstmet,Jerrywas.
A)10yearsoldB)5yearsolderthanthewriter
C)ofthesameageasthewriterD)thewriter’sclassmate
2.Theirfriendshiplastedfor
A)afewyearsB)afewweeksC)afewmonthsD)afewhours
3.Jerrystoppedplayingwiththewriterbecause
A)thewriterhadchangedB)hewasbusywithhisstudy
C)hehassomejobstodoD)hewasnotinterestedinthewriter
4.Whenachangecameintheirfriendship,thewriter
A)accepteditatonceB)couldn’tunderstandhisfriendforalongtime
C)stoppedvisitinghisfriendD)startedgoingtopartieswithgirls
5.Themainideaofthepassageisthat
A)theagedifferenceplaysapartinfriendship
B)friendshipisthemostimportantthingforchildren
C)manyboysandgirlshaveasimilarexperienceasthewriter
D)“friendshiparemadeinwineandtestedintears”
Passage3
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdifferencebetweenbeingawriterandwriting.Inmostcasestheseindividualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursaloneatatypewriter.“You’vegottowanttowrite,”Isaytothem,“notwanttobeawriter”.
Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-payingaffair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrewarded.WhenIlefta20-yearcareerintheU.S.CoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadnoprospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwhofoundmemyroominaNewYorkapartmentbuilding.Itdidn’tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadnobathroom.Iimmediatelyboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlikeagenuinewriter.
Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn’tgottenabreakandbegantodoubtmyself.ItwassohardtosellastorythatIbarelymadeenoughtoeat.ButIknewIwantedtowrite,Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering:
Whatif?
Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetesteventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.
1.Thepassageismeantto
A)warnyoungpeopleofthehardshipsthatasuccessfulwriterhastoexperience
B)adviseyoungpeopletogiveuptheirideaofbecomingaprofessionalwriter
C)showyoungpeopleit’sunrealisticforawritertopursuewealthandfame
D)encourageyoungpeopletopursueawritingcareer
2.Whatcanbeconcludedfromthepassage?
A)Genuinewritersoftenfindtheirworkinterestingandrewarding
B)Awriter’ssuccessdependsonluckratherthanonefforts
C)Famouswritersusuallyliveinpovertyandisolation
D)Thechancesforwritertobecomesuccessfularesmall
3.Whydidtheauthorbegintodoubthimselfafterthefirstyearofhiswritingcareer?
A)Hewasn’tabletoproduceasinglebook.
B)Hehadn’tseenachingforthebetter.
C)Hewasn’tabletohavearestforawholeyear.
D)Hethoughtthathelackedimagination
4.“…peoplewhodiewondering:
Whatif?
”(Line4,Para.3)refersto“those
A)whothinktoomuchofthedarksideoflife
B)whoregretgivinguptheircareerhalfway
C)whothinkalotwithoutmakingadecision
D)whoarefullofimaginationevenupondeath
5.“Shadowland”inthelastsentencerefersto
A)thewonderlandoneoftendreamsabout
B)thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto
C)thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached
D)aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination
Passage4
Itis,everyoneagrees,ahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeak,andthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.
Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyintheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeaking,andlaterstartersareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill“obey”spokeninstructionssometimebeforetheycanspeak,thoughthewordobeyishardlyaccurateasadescriptionoftheeageranddelightedcooperationusuallyshownbythechild.Beforetheycanspeak,manychildrenwillaskquestionsbygesturesandbymakingquestioningnoises.
Anyattempttotracethedevelopmentfromthenoisesbabiesmaketotheirfirstspokenwordsleadstoconsiderabledifficulties.Itisagreedthattheyenjoymakingnoises,andthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwonoisessortthemselvesoutasparticularlyindicativeofdelight,distress,sociability,andsoon.Butsincethesecannotbesaidtoshowthebaby’sintentiontocommunicate,theycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsoflanguage.Itisagreed,too,thatfromaboutthreemonthstheyplaywithsoundsforenjoyment,andthatbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewsoundstotheirrepertoire.Thisself-imitationleadsontodeliberateimitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.Theproblemthenarisesastothepointatwhichonecansaythattheseimitationscanbeconsideredasspeech.
1.By“…challengesexplanation”(Line2,Para.1)theauthormeansthat
A)noexplanationhasbeenmadeuptillnow
B)it’snoeasyjobtoprovideanadequateexplanation
C)noexplanationisnecessaryforsuchanobviousphenomenon
D)it’shightimethatanexplanationwasprovided
2.Thethirdp