大学英语泛读试题与答案.docx

1、大学英语泛读试题与答案大学英语泛读期末考试试卷及答案 1(1(1 Georges case is not unique. In the last fifteen or twenty years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to drop out of the working world to try a different kind of life. Most of them are in their thirties and forties, often well educated, although all agesand ba

2、ckgrounds can be found among them. A variety of reasons have led them to give up their work and the security itprovided. b5E2RGbCAPSome, like George, have given up a career that was demanding too much from them. Others couldnt stand the pressure and thecompetition. A thirty-five-year-old woman, who

3、had a high position in her company, decided to leave when she found herselfsuffering from allergies that made her life miserable. She had two children and no savings 。 but even her anxiety about the futurecouldnt spoil her feeling of relief and her newpeace of mind. Her health improved. She may neve

4、r work again。 if she does, shesays that she will take small temporary jobs. p1EanqFDPwSome people, on the contrary, have quit jobs that were boring or meaningless to them. An office employee who has been pushing papers (has been doing paperwork for years may start wondering whether those papers are

5、achieving anything. An engineer in alarge company, aware that he could be replaced by any man with the same training, may come to feel unimportant as an individual. Such people leave their work in the hope of finding stronger interests and a sense of personal worth. DXDiTa9E3dThere are also people w

6、ho leave their work to fulfill an old dream, such as writing books, painting, sailing to remote islands, or growing fruit trees. An army officer left the service at thirty-eight to build doll houses, and another one, who had always beeninterested in archaeology,考古学） did the same at forty-five to dig

7、 ancient Indian sites. His wife was delighted-instead of keeping house, she was going to satisfy her own dream of learning to make paper. RTCrpUDGiTBut most of the men and women who drop out of the working world have no special interest and no desire to take up any occupation. They wantonly to enjoy

8、 their freedom, their independence, and their leisure. No more rushing to catch a morning train, no more commuter. The main problem remains the lack of financial security, for, with few exceptions, the dropouts now and then for a short time when it becomes absolutely necessary. 5PCzVD7HxA Sam would

9、never have understood their attitude. In the first place, he had never been unhappy with his occupation, and he had never felt any conflict between his work and his personal life. Neither had he ever dreamed of doing anything but selling groceries and chatting with Fred. And there was yet another fa

10、ctor. Todays dropouts can always find some small job to do when they are in need of money, or perhaps they can get unemployment compensation 补偿） from the government for a while. But Sam had lived through the 1930s, when work of any type was almost impossible to find. In those days a job, no matter h

11、ow unpleasant or poorly paid, was a mans most precious possession. Losing it was a disaster 。 not looking for anotherone, a shame. As for not wanting towork at all, it was unthinkable, for society was not used to loafers 流浪者） then. A nonworking family man would have lost the respect of his friends a

12、nd his place in the community of responsible men. jLBHrnAILgGeorge might have tried to explain to his father the new point of view, to tell him that people have a right to be free, independent, and to watch birds all day if they want to. But he would not have convinced Sam, for whom independence and

13、 leisure were luxuries that had to be deserved through hard work. Sam himself had enjoyed a vacation once in a while, and he had been happyto rest in the sun without his tie. But that was only because, having earned his fun, he could enjoy it with a good conscience 良心） .It would have shocked Sam to

14、learn that those shameless people who choose to live in unearned idleness When young people get their first real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortabl

15、e and insecure in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes cant be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world. lzq7IGf02EPerhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a wo

16、rker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts in a crisis. Perhaps even more important, you will be able to see what is his approach to day-to-day situations. zvpgeqJ1hkWhile you are

17、 observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations. By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits. NrpoJac3v11. The young people jus

18、t graduated from school may not behave well in the working world, because _. 1nowfTG4KIA. what they learned in university classes is not adequate for theirnew lifeB. they are not well educated fjnFLDa5ZoC. the society is too complicated to adapt toD. they failed to work hard at school tfnNhnE6e52. I

19、n the last line of the first paragraph, the word arise means _. HbmVN777sLA. bring about B. come into beingC. occur to D. cause to happen V7l4jRB8Hs3. The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is _. 83lcPA59W9A. to find a worker and follow him closelyB. to find a person you admire and

20、 make friends with himmZkklkzaaPC. to find a person you respect and watch carefully how he acts indifferent situations AVktR43bpwD. to make the acquaintance of a model you admire4. In the last line of the second paragraph, the word approach means_. ORjBnOwcEdA. means of enteringB. speaking to someon

21、e for the first time2MiJTy0dTTC. way of coming nearer toD. manner of doing something gIiSpiue7A5. The passage could be best entitled _.A. Learn from a ModelB. Learn, Learn and Learn AgainC. Learn ForeverD. One Is Never Too Old to LearnuEh0U1Yfmh01 级泛读期末试卷 (B 卷 1、 fill in the brackets with the words

22、given below the passage.IAg9qLsgBXKenneth and Isabel were both South African born . They got married in London . When they (1 by ship at their homeland ,their entry was barred when the immigration (2 found that Kenneth was (3 The offical began to (4 them .When asked about the reasons (5 their (6 , K

23、enneth simply replied that they came (7 because they were South Africans. The senior offical had to (8 them to proceed but he warned them that they would be committing a crime if they (9 together . This shows that the law in South Africa forbids a (10 between the white and the coloured . WwghWvVhPE

24、(3 The first English window was just a slit in the wall. It was cut long, so that it would let in as much light as possible, and narrow, to keep out the bad weather. However, the slit let in more wind than light. This is why it was called the winds eye. The wordwindow itself comes from two Old Norse

25、 words for wind and eye. asfpsfpi4kBefore windows were used, the ancient halls and castles of northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their great roomswere high, with only a hole in the roof to let out the smoke from torches and cooking fires. ooeyYZTjj1As time went on, people wanted more light and air in