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▆ 大学英语（2）A 试卷 选择题答案写在选择题答题区内，其它各题在答案区域内作答，超出黑色边框区域的答案无效！ ▆ 《大学英语（2）》期末考试A卷

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（本试卷所有客观题答案必须填入如下答卷表格中，否则不得分）

一、阅读：20% （每小题2分）

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D D B A C B B C D A

二、交际用语20%（每小题2分）

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B A B B B D D C D A

三、语法与词汇：30%（每小题2分）

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A B A B B C C B B C

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D D C C C

四．英译汉：30% （答题请不要超出边框） Do some brainstorming about your expenses and how you could

possibly cut back on them.

It is wise to write them down on paper because it is less easy to

dismiss them that way.

For example, can you cut down on the amount of gas you use by

taking public transportation?

If you eat out often, consider making more meals at home.

Examine your buying habits.

（翻译题请在此空白处答题，否则不得分）

答：做一些头脑风暴关于你的开支和你如何可能削减他们。

把它们写在纸上是明智的，因为这样就不容易把它们打发掉。

例如，你能通过乘坐公共交通工具来减少你的用气量吗？

如果你经常在外面吃饭，可以考虑在家多做点饭。

检查你的购买习惯。

一、阅读：20% (所有答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不得分)

( 1 )

In the United States many have been told that anyone can

become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.

Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And

even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he

is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the

story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his

neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by

the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: he

began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money

in those days. Young Momand was very proud of his riches. He got

married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood

outside New York City. But just moving there was not enough. When

he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse riding every

day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his

wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because

one was always trying to keep up. Momand and his wife could not do

that.

The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their

new way of life. They left their wealthy neighborhood and moved

back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do

things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the funny side of

it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “keeping

up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in

the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean

keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared

in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

Every city has an area where people want to live because others

will think better of them if they do. And there are “Joneses” in every

city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the

Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to ▆

▆ 大学英语（2）A 试卷 选择题答案写在选择题答题区内，其它各题在答案区域内作答，超出黑色边框区域的答案无效！ ▆ be ahead.

1. The writer of the selection believes _____.

A. anyone in the United States can become rich

B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if he works hard

and has some good luck

C. he can become rich in the future

D. many people in the United States think anyone can become rich

if he works hard and has some good luck

2. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ______.

A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. they want to be happy

C. they don’t want others to know they are rich

D. they want others to know or to think that they are rich

3. It can be inferred from the story that rich people _____.

A. like to live in apartments

B. like to live in New York City

C. like to live outside New York City

D. like to have many neighbors

4. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short

stories because Jones is _____.

A,. an important name

B. his neighbor’s name

C. a popular name in the United States

D. not a good name

5. According to the writer, it is _____.

A. correct to keep up with the Joneses

B. interesting to keep up with the Joneses

C. impossible to keep up with the Joneses

D. good to keep up with the Joneses

( 2 )

A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were

plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was

very difficult to get to.

He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and

could not get back until the snow melted in the following spring.

Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there were no roads

and no railways. He asked the pilot to take him back to the piece of

forest.

The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him

on the map. “But there is nowhere to land there,” said the pilot. “I

have flown over that we can’t land anywhere between this river and

these mountains.”

“I thought you were a wonderful pilot,” said the hunter, “some

of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stamp.”

“That’s right,” answered the pilot. “I can land a plane where

nobody else can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place

you are talking about.”

“And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last

spring?” said the hunter.

“Is that true?” asked the pilot.

“Yes, it is. I swear it.”

Well, this pilot could not let himself beaten by another, so he

agreed to take the hunter.

When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out a small spot

without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise(陡坡) at one

end. The pilot thought there was not enough room to land there, but

the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the year before, so

down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned right over

onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he smiled happily and said,

“Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.”.

6. The hunter in the story went to the forest ______.

A. once B. two times C. many times D. none of the above

7. In the story the hunter asked a pilot to take him to the piece of

forest. This pilot was ______.

A. the same pilot who had taken him to the place once

B. a different pilot who had never been to that part of the country

C. a pilot who had been to the place many times

D. a pilot who had never heard of such a place

8. It was difficult for the pilot to land the plane because ______.

A. the place for landing was as big as a room

B. the place for landing was as small as a postage stamp

C. there wasn't any place to land D. there was a room near the landing place

9. “When it came to the rise, I turned right over onto its back.”

What do the words “its back” refer to?

A. the back of the rise B. the pilot’s back

C. the back of the plane D. the back of the small spot

10. The hunter got to the plane the first time______.

A. by jumping out of the place during the flight

B. in an entirely different way

C. exactly the same way as he got there the second time

D. by climbing down the tree on which the place hand landed

二、交际用语(此部分共有10个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。) 20% (答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不得分)

1. — Excuse me，can you tell me where the nearest subway station is?

— _______________________.

A. It’s too far from here.

B. Sorry，I’m a stranger here myself.

C. You can take a bus first.

D. Sorry，I can’t.

2. — There’s a big party at the students’ center tonight. Are you going

with us?

— _____________________________.

A. It’s none of my business.

B. I’d love to，but I have to catch up with my maths assignment.

C. I’ve never had the chance to go there.

D. It’s beyond my expectation.

3. — Cherry，would you mind looking after my cat for a few days

when I go on business?

— __________________________.

A. No，I do mind.

B. No，I don’t think it a good idea.

C. Of course not!

D. I’m not used to it.

4. — You’d better take the umbrella with you. It looks like it’s

going to rain.

— ____________________________.