大学英语4习题2.docx

1、大学英语4习题213Part I. Use of English Directions: In this part, there are 10 incomplete dialogues. For each dialogue, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the dialogue. 1 Are you from Italy?_ 正确答案 解析 A. Yes, we are. B. No, we dont. C. No, I dont. D. No, w

2、e wont. 正确答案：A解析：本题问的是：你们是来自意大利的吗？所以正确答案应该选A，即：“是的，我们是。” 2 What do you do?_ 正确答案 解析 A. What do you do? B. Fine, thank you. C. Im a college student. D. I do well in my studies. 正确答案：C解析：本题问的是：你的职业是什么？所以正确答案应该选C，即：“我是一名大学生。” 3 Do you think this is a nice place? _ 正确答案 解析 A. Thats right. B. Youre right

3、. C. No, its not here. D. Yes, I think so. 正确答案：D解析：本题问的是：你认为这是个好地方吗？所以正确答案应该选D，即：“是的，我认为是这样。” 4 Hows your mother doing?_ 正确答案 解析 A. She is very kind. B. She is very well. C. She is not very old. D. She is doing shopping now. 正确答案：B解析：本题问的是：你的母亲还好吗？相当于问“How is your mother?”，所以正确答案应该选B，即：“她很好。” 5 How

4、 did Mr. Jones get to the cinema? _ 正确答案 解析 A. At 10 oclock.B. With Mrs. Jones.C. By car.D. To the Grand Theater. 正确答案：C解析：本题问的是：琼斯先生是怎么去电影院的？所以正确答案应该选C，即：“开车去的。” 6 What do you think of your new teacher?_ 正确答案 解析 A. He came to teach us last week.B. He teaches us English.C. He has two children.D. He

5、is very nice. 正确答案：D解析：本题问的是：你认为你的新老师怎么样？所以正确答案应该选D，即：“他很好。” 7 Are you going on holiday?_ 正确答案 解析 A. Not until next week. B. Three weeks ago. C. To Beijing. D. For only a day or two. 正确答案：A解析：本题问的是：你打算去度假吗？所以正确答案应该选A，即：“要到下周。” 选项B表示已经于三周前去过了，选项D表示要去度假多长时间，都不符合题意。 8 Have you been to Paris?_ 正确答案 解析 A

6、. No, I didnt go there last year. B. No, but I hope to go there sometime next year. C. Paris is a nice place to visit. D. No, it was a long time ago. 正确答案：B解析：本题问的是：你去过巴黎吗？所以正确答案应该选B，即：“没去过，但我希望明年的某个时候去。” 选项A表示去年没去过，选项D意为“不，那是很久以前的事了”，前后自相矛盾，因此都不符合题意。 9 Mary, are you and your husband busy this weeke

7、nd?_ 正确答案 解析 A. This weekend we may go to cinema. B. No, were not. C. Oh, its none of your business. D. Welcome to our party. 正确答案：B解析：本题问的是：玛丽，你和你丈夫周末忙吗？所以正确答案应该选B, 是最直接的回答，即：“我们不忙。” 选项A意为“我们周末不忙可能会去看电影”，选项D 意为“欢迎参加我们的聚会”，都答非所问；选项B意为“不关你的事”，回答不礼貌，也不可取。 10 How many students do you teach?_ 正确答案 解析 A.

8、 Quite a bit. B. More boys than girls. C. About 50. D. Three classes. 正确答案：C Part II. Reading Comprehension Directions:There are three passages in this part. Passage 1 and Passage 2 are followed by five questions each. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. For Passage 3, t

9、here are two choices after each question marked A (True) and B (False). Choose the ONE that you think is the best answer. Passage 1 Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completes a university degree or diploma course could find a good career quite easily. However, those days are gone,

10、 even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.Job seekers first have to make a careful assessment of their own abilities. One area of assessment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area.

11、 Graduates should also consider their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as money, security, leadership and caring for others. The second stage is to study the opportunities available for employment and to think about how the general employmen

12、t situation is likely to develop in the future. After studying all the various options, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various careers.Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling errors.When

13、 graduates are asked to attend for interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the prospective employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be

14、 afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.There will always be good career opportunities for people with ability, skills and determination; the secret to securing a good job is to be one

15、 of them. 11 In Para.1, the sentence . those days are gone, even in Hong Kong . suggest that_. 正确答案 解析 A. in the past, finding a good career was easier in Hong Kong than elsewhere B. nowadays, everyone in Hong Kong has an equal chance of finding a good career C. it used to be harder to find a good j

16、ob in Hong Kong than in other countries D. Hong Kong is no longer the good place for finding jobs 正确答案：A解析：句意理解题。见文章第一段“Not so long ago almost any student . career quite easily. However, those days are gone, even . in the search for jobs.”，理解了这段话的意思，就不难看出选项A 是正确答案。 12 The word relative in Para. 2 co

17、uld best be replaced by _. 正确答案 解析 A. family B. comparative C. considerable D. slight 正确答案：B解析：句中的名词短语“the relative importance to themselves of such matters as .”意为“对他们来说一些比较重要的事情，例如”，因此选项B是正确答案。considerable意为 “相当大的，值得考虑的”。 13 The advice given in the first sentence of Para.3 is to_. 正确答案 解析 A. find

18、out what jobs are available and the opportunities for future promotion B. examine the careers available and how these will be affected in the future C. look at the information on, and probable future location of, various careers D. study the opportunities and the kinds of training that will be avail

19、able 正确答案：B解析：细节题。文章第三段第一句话“The second stage is . to develop in the future.”意为“第二步是研究可行的就业机会并对就业情况未来可能如何发展加以思考”，所以选项B是正确答案。 14 The word prospective in Para. 5 is closest in meaning to _. 正确答案 解析 A. generous B. reasonable C. future D. ambitious 正确答案：C解析：词汇题。the prospective employer 意为“未来的雇主”，因此选项C是正确

20、答案。 15 In Para.5, the writer seems to suggest that_. 正确答案 解析 A. interviewees should ask a question if they cant think of an answerB. pretending to understand a question is better than giving an unsuitable answerC. it is better for interviewees to be honest than to pretend to understandD. it is not a

21、 good idea for interviewees to be completely honest in their answers 正确答案：C解析：细节题目。文章第五段讲了面试中的一些注意事项，其中第三和第四句话“Interviewees should try to give positive . they are unsure about. This is much better.and giving an unsuitable answer.”告诉被面视者要诚实而不是不懂装懂，因此选项C是正确答案。 Passage 2 It is natural for young people

22、to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crisis; that they talk too much about certain problems

23、 and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationship.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often irritate parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainer

24、s and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents; this gives them a

25、dditional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But

26、in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog(处于劣势者): you cant win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents control. But it ignores the fact that you ar

27、e now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can impress others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give

28、you the authority to do what you want to do. 16 This passage is primarily meant for_. 正确答案 解析 A. parents B. teenagersC. educatorsD. psychologists 正确答案：B解析：从文章最后两段来看，作者用的you 都是指年轻人，说明文章是为他们写的，因此选项B是正确答案。 17 The first paragraph is mainly about_. 正确答案 解析 A. the teenagers criticism of their parents B. t

29、he misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents C. the parentcomplaints about their children D. the dominance of the parents over their children 正确答案：A解析：文章第一段的主题句是“It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding bet

30、ween them.”，因此选项A是正确答案。 18 Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they _. 正确答案 解析 A. want to irritate their parents B. have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste C. have no other way to enjoy themselves better D. want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own 正确答案：D解析：文章第三段中第四句话“So they create a culture and society of their own.”说得正是他们热衷于与众不同的服装和发式的动机。需要注意的是，从第三段最后一句话可以看出选项B不是正确答案，因为这不是主要动机，但很容易被误解为是正确答案。 19 Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they_