英语二.docx

1、英语二【题型：填空】【分数：10分】 得分：0分1The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had _1_ there had left England because they felt deprived of religious freedom. They came to the _2_ land and face

2、d difficulties in coming _3_ the ocean. The ship which carried them was _4_ Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans as they were called had _5_ to be tha

3、nkful for. Their _6_ practices were no longer a source of _7_ by the government. They learned to _8_ their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they _9_ the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbours, the Indians, to join them in _10_ and a

4、prayer of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women, and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not to live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They reflected on the 65 days voyage which tested their strength.1. A) settledB) goneC) beenD) stayed2. A

5、) poorB) newC) oldD) strange3. A) intoB) overC) byD) across4. A) titledB) knownC) regardedD) called5. A) manyB) someC) muchD) little6. A) agriculturalB) educationalC) moralD) religious7. A) criticismB) praiseC) permissionD) profit8. A) changeB) adoptC) adjustD) apply9. A) appointedB) selectedC) name

6、dD) took10. A) competitionB) dinnerC) discussionD) worship答：答案：ABDDCCACBB【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分2His few personal belongings make it possible for him to move from place to place _.Ain easeBat easeCwith easeDwith easiness答：A答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分3Considering your salary, you should be able toat least

7、twenty dollars a week.Aput forwardBput upCput outDput aside答：答案：D【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分4Wealth,education,and occupation can vary greatly _ members of middle class.AamongBbewteenCfromDinside答：答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分5It _ exactly thirty years since I graduated from college.AwasBhas beenCwill beDhad bee

8、n答：答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分6The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldnther grip on my arm.AloosenBremoveCrelieveDdismiss答：答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分7It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without.AexceptionBexclusionCmodificationDsubstitution答：答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分8T

9、here has been a collisiona number of cars on the main road to town.AcomposingBconsistingCinvolvingDengaging答：D答案：C【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分9Imenough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.ArealisticBconsciousCregisterDresolve答：答案：A【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分10

10、The machine looked like a large,，old-fashioned typewriter.AforcefulBclumsyCintenseDtricky答：答案：B【题型：单选】【分数：1分】 得分：0分11The manager did not offer him the job because of his untidy _.AsightBpresenceCviewDappearance答：答案：D【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：0分12 Disney is one of the most powerful companies in the world. I

11、n fact, it is so big and has so much influence that a new word has come into English: DISNEYFICATION. Here is a quick guide to the effects of Disneyfication.A few media and publishing giants control many of the things we watch, read and listen to. Therefore the West mainly the USA has a strong influ

12、ence on the worlds popular culture. It is easy for people to identify with the products of the entertainment corporations. These products are glamorous, exciting and full of the latest technology; they easily become part of the culture that people share with their friends and their communities. As t

13、he culture of western entertainment spreads, the world will lose a lot of its cultural variety. Everyone is becoming more and more alike: all around the world teenagers wear the same “uniform” of baseball caps, blue jeans and running shoes. Countries like Canada, France and Malaysia have been fighti

14、ng hard to protect their traditional culture by restricting the import of foreign books, films and so on. However, companies that want to increase their culture exports are in favor of a new treaty, the Multilateral Treaty of Investment. This treaty would limit the power of governments to control cu

15、ltural imports. Major corporations like Disney make consumerism part of sports, arts and entertainment. After you have taken your children to see the latest Disney movie, they will want you to buy the video, the key chain, the toys, the T-shirt, the note-paper, the pencil setEvery film comes with a

16、package of products, games, and childrens books and, of course, a careful plan for marketing them all. Theme parks are becoming a model for towns and commercial development. Everywhere, you can find chain restaurants, giant shopping malls, and modernized city centers that all follow the same pattern

17、. They are all designed to make us feel as if we are getting away from lifes problems and to make us spend money. As this kind of development spreads, there is less and less space for other values and other ways of doing things.1. The effects of Disneyfication can be seen from all of the following E

18、XCEPT that _. A. the world grows like a theme park B. we buy, buy, buy C. we have the corporate view of natureD. western culture grows stronger2. What does the world “disneyfication” imply? A. Disney is a giant corporation. B. We all become more alike. C. The local culture becomes less strong. D. Th

19、e real world is becoming more and more like a theme park like Disneyland.3. As far as the USA is concerned, the Multilateral Treaty of Investment signifies _. A. the limit of “culture exports” B. the spread of “culture exports” C. the restrict of “culture imports” D. the limit of governments power t

20、o control the culture imports4. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The big influence that Disney plays on the world. B. Disney motivates us to buy its products. C. Children are crazy about Disney fashion. D. Disney is simply a dream to us all.5. The word “glamorous” in Paragraph 2 is closest i

21、n meaning to _ in the context. A. beautiful B. attractive C. exciting D. elegant【注】答案填写按照题目顺序直接填写选项，例如（ABBCC）答：答案：CDBAB【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：0分13 If you are like most people, your intelligence varies form season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of y

22、ear. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other mens work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than is summe

23、r heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may

24、be that in the spring mans mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.1. According to the passage, mans intelligence _.A) st

25、ays the same throughout the yearB) varies from day to dayC) changes with the seasonsD) changes from year to year2. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have _.A) a great effect on everyones intelligenceB) some effect on most peoples intelligenceC) some effect on a few peoples in

26、telligenceD) no effect on most peoples intelligence3. Ellsworth Huntingtons conclusion was based on _.A) variations of his own mental abilities from season to seasonB) the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climatesC) detailed records of temperature chang

27、es in different placesD) detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples in different climates4. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking?A) Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve peoples mental power.B) Because people tend to be le

28、ss creative during summer.C) Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities.D) Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of peoples energy.5. The central idea of this passage is _.A) mans mental abilities change from season to seasonB) mans intelligence varies from place to placeC) man should take a long vacation in summerD) if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place答：答案：CBBBA【题型：阅读】【分数：10分】 得分：0分14 Kay James, Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virgini