《大学英语》样卷Part II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneHow do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness, patience, and self-discipline? At a time when more and more parents worry about the negative and violent images (暴力形象) their children see on TV, in the movies and, on the internet, some are turning to fairy tales (童话) as a way to teach their young ones how to behave in society.Fairy tales were not always intended for children. We know this because some of these stories have existed for hundreds of years and were passed from generation to generation through songs and drama. They were considered entertainment for everyone, not only for young people. In these ancient stories, the heroes were extremely clever, fiercely independent, and never gave up. Over the years, some of the heroes’ qualities and story lines have been changed to fit the times.Psychologists think that fairy tales have a positive influence on children because they present the two sides of good and evil very clearly. When children hear the stories, they develop sympathetic for the heroic characters. In each tale, they can see that there are many different kinds of people in the world and that we all have a choice about what kind of people we want to be. We can choose to do good actions, rather than bad ones, in our lives.What kind of values can children learn from fairy tales? In “The Princess and the Pea,”a poorly dressed girl who insists she is a princess is given a difficult test by the Queen. When she passes the test, we learn that she is rewarded because she stayed true to herself. In “The Little Mermaid,” the mermaid (美人鱼) who lives under the sea longs to be with the humans on land. Through her experiences, we learn about the importance of living with and accepting other cultures. In “Pinocchio,” a wooden puppet (木偶) turns into a boy when he finally learns how to tell the truth.Teaching values is the reason most often given for teaching literature and encouraging reading. These old stories can indeed teach us lessons about human relationships that are universal (普遍的) enough to survive throughout the centuries. This might be the reason why they have been around for so long and are unlikely to disappear any time soon.1. What do we learn about fairy tales from the passage?A. They are written solely for children.B. They teach universal lessons about human relationships.C. They are all passed down through songs and drama.D. They are adapted to TV and movies as entertainment.2. Why do fairy tales have a positive influence on children?A. Good and evil are presented in a way they can easily understand.B. The characters are all good examples for them to follow.C. The heroes go through all kinds of hardships but never give up.D. There are many different kinds of characters for them to imitate.3. Some of the heroes’ qualities in fairy tales have been changed over the years______.A. to reflect the change of the valuesB. to suit the tastes of different peopleC. to arouse the interest of little childrenD. to adapt to the change of the times4. Children who have heard the story of the little mermaid might ______.A. learn to be better self-disciplinedB. be more likely to tell the truth than to tell the liesC. learn to stay true to themselves all their livesD. be better able to accept foreign cultures5. Parents encourage children to read fairy tells so that they ______.A. can entertain themselves without bothering othersB. can get to know great literature of the worldC. can stay away from violence shown on TVD. can learn how to behave in societyPassage TwoMost people think of a camel as an obedient beast of burden, because it is best known for its ability to carry heavy loads across vast stretch of desert without requiring water. In reality, the camel is considerably more than just the Arabian equivalent of the mule. It also possesses a great amount of intelligence and sensitivity.The Arabs assert that camels are so acutely aware of injustice and ill treatment that a camel owner who punishes one of the beats too harshly finds it difficult to escape the camel’s vengeance. Apparently, the animal will remember any injury and wait for an opportunity to get revenge.In order to protect themselves from the vengeful beats, Arabian camel drivers have learned to trick their camels into believing they have achieved revenge. When an Arab realizes that he has excited a camel’s rage, he places his own garments on the ground in the animal’s path. He arranges the clothing so that it appears to cover a man’s body. When the camel recognizes its master’s clothing on the ground, it seizes the pile with its teeth, shakes the garments violently andtramples(踩)on them in a rage. Eventually, after its anger had died away, the camel departs, assuming its revenge is complete. Only then does the owner of the garments come out of hiding, safe for the time being, thanks to this clever ruse(计策).6.Which of the following is mentioned in this passage?A.The camel never drinks water.B.The camel is always violent.C.The camel is always very sensitive.D.The camel is rarely used anymore.7.It is implied in the passage that ______.A.the mule is a stupid and insensitive animalB.the mule is as intelligent as the camelC.the mule is an animal widely used in the desertD.the mule is a vengeful animal8.From this passage we can conclude that ______.A.camels are generally vicious towards their ownersB.camels usually treat their owners wellC.camels don’t see very wellD.camels try to punish people who abuse them9.The writer makes the camel’s vengeful behavior clearer to the reader by presenting ______.A. a well—planned argumentB. a large variety of examplesC.some eye witness accountsD. a typical incident10.The main idea of the passage is ______.A.camels can be as intelligent as their driversB.camels, sensitive to injustice, will seek revenge on those who harm themC.camel drivers are often the target of camels’ revengeD.camels are sensitive creatures that are aware of injusticePassage ThreeToo often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it; others quite from one to another looking for something to suit them, the young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation. Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. Thereason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all grope(摸索) in the dark and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them, having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment, it sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest. Noting is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents and ultimately make you an emotional wreck (受到严重伤害的人)and a bitter person.11. The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they _____.A. have ruined their talentsB. have taken on an unsuitable jobC. think of nothing but their salaryD. are not aware of their own potential12. The difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that_____.A. much competition has to be facedB. many employees have no working experienceC. the young people only care about how much they can earnD. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance13. Which of the following statements is most important according to the passage?A. your job must suit your interest.B. your job must set a pattern of life.C. your job must offer you a high salary.D. your job must not ruin your talents.14. The best title for this passage would be ____.A. what can a good job offerB. earning a livingC. correct attitude on job-huntingD. how to choose a job15. The word “pathetic” in paragraph 2 most probably means ____.A. splendidB. miserableC. disgustedD. touchingPassage FourNow let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate.Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time which the eyes stop—the duration of the fixation—varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.16. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ________.A. one’s familiarity with the t extB. one’s purpose in readingC. the length of a group of wordsD. lighting and tiredness17. The author may believe that reading ______.A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixationB. requires a reader to see words more quicklyC. demands a deeply-participating mindD. demands more mind than eyes18. What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to seewords and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in the second paragraph?A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and tocomprehend words.C. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help t o improve an efficient reading.D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to impr ove one’s ability to see words.19. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.20. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________.A. criticalB. neutralC. pessimisticD. optimisticPart III. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Thenmark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER P APER with a single line through thecenter.1. The noise to be just the dogs fighting for a bone in the country yard.A. made outB. worked outC. rang outD. turned out2. Our system has been designed to give the user quick and easy to the required information.A. accentB. accessC. responseD. approach3. Many young women do aerobics (增氧健美操)every day in their to achieve the perfect body.A. questB. strainC. temptationD. campaign4. The official of events is that the police were attacked and were just trying to defend themselves.A. issueB. illusionC. versionD. perspective5. If schoolchildren are allowed to work at their own , their performance will generally improve.A. versionB. paceC. evolutionD. system6. The conference was an attempt to discussion of the problem of widening gaps between the rich and the poor.A. stimulateB. conductC. intendD. uncover7. The clerk held my passport four inches from his face and to read it.A. affectedB. flippedC. strainedD. giggled8. The wounded woman got to her feet and made a at the kitchen knife at the sink.A. grabB. clickC. commentD. pat9. The professor the whole chapter, saying it was not difficult for us to study it by ourselves.A. dismissedB. coveredC. skippedD. explored10. To for the position, applicants would need to have a PhD degree and 3 years’ working experience.A. strainB. qualifyC. registerD. campaign11. Work ____ on the construction site last April and was completed within fifty-two weeks.A. varnishedB. commencedC. departed D projected12. The weed in the pool should be left untouched until the young frogs have _____.A. shapedB. departedC. soaredD. detached13. The woman and three children were now laughing and I was pleased about that, as they hadlooked _____ when I entered their house a few moments before.A. bruisedB. poisedC. scaredD. scrubbed14. Lack of Zink (锌) ____ causes a range of problems, although little scientific evidence supportsthe link.A. scarcelyB. definitelyC. appropriatelyD. supposedly15. The statistics show that those who prefer electronic banking ____ 45 percent.A. contributed toB. amounted toC. headed forD. consisted of16. He _____ the scene in front of him and immediately called in the police.A. interfered withB. broke upC. headed forD. took in17. As the shortage of skilled workers grows, the competition to _____ new employees is likely tointensify.A. recommendedB. pollC. recruitD. enroll18. He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was _____ by the news.A. upsetB. neglectedC. overtakenD. interrupted19. Nazism _____ the dark myths of racial purity and the glories of a supposedly great history.A. fed onB. conjured upC. contributed toD. broke up20. On land, the weight of plants far _____ the weight of the animals that feed on them..A. overflowsB. affectsC. repaysD. exceeds21. Tons of food was laid out on the big table and crates of beer were ready for consumption.A. reservedB. expendedC. generatedD. stacked22. You’d better keep your leaders of your activities so that they can ensure you areadequately supported.A. informedB. amusedC. outlinedD. swallowed23. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to___considerable impact.A. escapeB. overwhelmC. withstandD. suppress24. Great minds generally look at life in a way to themselves.A. peculiarB. confinedC. similarD. unusual25. This is a very formal occasion. It is not appropriate to wear pants or skirts.A. messyB. franticC. casualD. jealous26. Their organization neither used nor the use of violence in its struggle for equality..A. scatteredB. enrolledC. overheadD. advocated27. Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to protect the birds and the impact of the oil spill.A. minimizeB. swallowC. exaggerateD. abridge28. Peter read the letter twice before its meaning .A. came upB. sank inC. caught onD. turned up29. When Ian was injured, Harry was chosen as a last—minute for the rugby team.A. preferenceB. diversificationC. alternativeD. replacement30. Each product by our company is quality tested at least three times, depending upon the requirements.A. derivedB. manufacturedC. demonstratedD. constructedPart IV Translation (10 points)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English.1.我认为我们在保护环境不受污染（pollution）方面还做得不够。