北航12年12月课程考试《大学英语2》考核要求

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一、单选题（共 20 道试题，共 40 分。）V 1.  I don’t doubt （ ）the plan will be well-conceived.
A. that
B. why
C. whether
D. when
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2.  He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just（ ）it.
A. skimmed
B. observed
C. overlooked
D. glanced
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3.  After（ ）for the job, you will be required to take a language test
A. being interviewed
B. interviewed
C. interviewing
D. havinginterviewed
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4.  I won’t go there（ ）invited.
A. unless
B. without
C. whether
D. be not to
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5.  In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly （ ）
A. gaps
B. intervals
C. length
D. distance
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6.  He can’t drive a car. Let（ ）fly an aero-plane.
A. solitary
B. lonely
C. alone
D. loneliness
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7.  Don’t put the TV set in（ ）place.
A. a such warm
B. what warm a
C. how warm a
D. too warm a
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8.  I would appreciate（ ）it a secret.
A. you to keep
B. your keeping
C. that you keep
D. that you will keep
      满分：2  分
9.  It’s difficult to keep up （ ）these changes in fashion.
A. within
B. in
C. at
D. with
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10.  After performing a successful operation, the doctor at last pulled the patient （ ）.
A. back
B. in
C. up
D. through
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11.  If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you __ now.
A. wouldn’t be smiling
B. couldn’t have smiled
C. won’t smile
D. didn’t smile
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12.  He moved away from his parents and missed them（ ）enjoy the exciting life in New York.
A. enough to
B. too much to
C. very much to
D. much so as to
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13.  As they（ ）the village, they saw a lot of new houses being built.
A. arrived
B. returned
C. came near
D. reached
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14.  Another issue（ ）the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizen.
A. confining
B. confirming
C. confronting
D. contributing
      满分：2  分
15.  In the Spring Export Commodities Fair, the __ of fine china attracted much attention of customers from all over the world.
A. succession
B. array
C. string
D. procession
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16.  A lorry （ ）Jane's cat and sped away.
A. ran over
B. ran into
C. ran through
D. ran down
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17.  On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ____ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading "Boston".
A. which
B. where
C. when
D. that
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18.  He（ ）out of the window for a moment and then went on working.
A. glanced
B. viewed
C. glimpsed
D. saw
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19.  Disappointment in love is something most young people must go （ ）.
A. with
B. on
C. through
D. by
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20.  His fame（ ）by that of his wife.
A. be obscure
B. obsured
C. was obsured
D. being ovsured
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二、阅读理解（共 3 道试题，共 60 分。）V 1.        In ancient(古代) time the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.

      In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the work of testing candidates（候选人）for a master’s or doctor’s degree.
      Generally, however, modern examinations are written. Two types of tests are commonly used in modern schools. The first types sometimes called an objective (客观性) test, it is intended to deal with facts not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have learned the material properly.
      The student has just one task: he must recognize the correct answer and copy its letter or number on his examination paper.
      For testing a student s memory of facts and details, the objective test has advantages. It can find out a great deal about the student s range of knowledge.
      For testing some kinds of learning, however, such a test is not very satisfactory. A lucky student may guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.

1). The passage is mainly about ________.
A. examinations in the ancient times.
B. modern examinations.
C. how to do well in an examination.
D. setting questions for an examination
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2). The objective test is not very satisfactory because _______.
A. it is easy and quick to score.
B. the teacher can find out a great deal about the student s range of knowledge in a short time.
C. it shows how deeply the student has thought about the subject.
D. it contains element of luck.
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3). The word “objective” probably means _______.
A. personal
B. not personal
C. common
D. not common
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4). Which of the following statements about the objective test is true?
A. Examinations in modern times are written, while in ancient times they are spoken.
B. The objective test has advantages for testing a student s memory of facts and details.
C. The objective test is the only way to test a student s memory of facts and details,.
D. Each objective question has more than one correct answer.
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5). The next paragraph will probably deal with ___________.
A. the other type of examination
B. the advantages of the objective test
C. how students guess the correct answer without really knowing the material
D. examinations in the ancient times
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2.    Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive (活着). Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "We're the best men for the job," they said to the boss. "There may be problems, but we can find the answers." "They're the last people I'd trust," thought the boss. "But all the other astronauts have refused to go."
    Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, "Who's there?" "It's me! Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!
1). Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on a trip because .
A. there was little chance of being selected
B. they weren't experienced enough
C. they thought they might get killed
D. it wasn't exciting enough
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2). Why were Sam and Joe chosen?
A. The boss wanted them to get more experience.
B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
C. They were the last people who wanted to go.
D. They were the only men who offered to go.
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3). What did Sam and Joe think the trip would be like?
A. There would be serious problems .
B. There wouldn't be any danger .
C. It would be long and tiring.
D. It would be exciting .
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4). Joe didn't want to work with Sam again probably because he thought Sam .
A. was very slow and possibly deaf
B. didn't know how to operate the door
C. was less experienced than he was
D. didn't know how to do repairs
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5). The writer tells this story to .
A. show the dangerous side of the astronauts' life
B. show the funny side of the astronauts' life
C. make people laugh
D. make people think
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3.  
    Women have more problems than men in old age. First of all, they have less money—or no money at all — and because of this, they often feel they get less respect, even at home. Quite a large number have no pension(退休费.)because they have never worked outside the home, and thirty-eight percent are supported mainly by their husbands or children. Second, a larger number of old women than old men become widow (single women. Men are normally older than the women they marry, and women generally live longer than men. The remarriage among older widows is lower than that among widows (single men.. Statistics (统计)from 1990 in Shanghai show only 52 percent of elderly women with husbands still living, compared to(与---相比) 82 percent of men.
      Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage, many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the woman who ends up doing the work around the house. She cleans the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some 75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as buying and carrying grain, coal and other supplies for the home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their later years is a question that needs to be dealt with by all the society.



1). If they had more money, elderly women _______.
A. would have no more problem
B. could live a fairy life
C. would get more respect
D. would need no care of others
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2). In Shanghai, of 150 elderly women, only ______have husbands still living.
A. 75.
B. 52.
C. 82.
D. 78.
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3). According to the statistics, suppose there are 150,000 elderly men, _____of them are
A. 27,000
B. 78,000
C. 72,000
D. 123,000
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4). According to the writer, _______.
A. elderly women should be paid well
B. elderly women should live with their families
C. all people should do something for elderly women
D. housework should not be done by elderly women

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5). In order to improve elderly women’s life, we have to_______
A. pay them more
B. give them more time to have social life
C. pay more attention on their lives
D. all above
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