呼和浩特职业学院《大学英语2》期末考试试题（A）___________学院（部） 2015 ～2016 学年度第一学期年级专业：姓名：学号：_____________ Ⅰ.Choose the best item to complete each sentence(1分×15)1. "The fire is in Main Street." John said to the man, "The New Hotel is _________."A. on fireB. in fireC. by fireD. at fire2. The old man ____________ and missed the train.A. slept overB. sleptC. slept inD. slept out3. Let me give you _________.A. some adviceB. advicesC. an adviceD. the advice4. —Hi, Mary, you look very tired,—Yeah, I _________ for a whole week.A. workedB. had workedC. have workedD. have been working5. After her marriage, she couldn't devote herself totally _____ music.A. forB. inC. toD. into6. Your education is bound _____ your world view.A. changingB. to changeC. changeD. exchange7 What's the ______ between you and that woman?A. relateB. relationshipC. wrongD. relating8. He is _______ she will pass the final exam with good grades.A. confidenceB. confidentC. surelyD. confidently9. She was ______ when she heard the good news.A. delightingB. pleasingC. excitingD. delighted10. He must be from Africa, _______ can be seen from his teeth and skin.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. where11. The project will have been _______ by the end of this year.A. completingB. completedC. set upD. finishing12. Is he ________ of the price of shoes like those?A. consciousB. observantC. cautiousD. careful13. He is _________ of the ten boys.A. the cleverB. the clevererC. cleverestD. the cleverest14. The sun gives off light and warmth, _________ is very important to the living things on the earth.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. where15. ____ more time, the scientists will be able to work out a good solution to the problem.A. To giveB. GivingC. GivenD. Be givenⅡ. Choose the suitable preposition or adverb to fill in each of the9.After losing touch ________ his younger sister for twenty years, Brown was amazed to find that they were both living in the same state.10. All the people landed _______ her and her face turned red.Ⅲ. Translating: Choose the best meaning of each phrase. （1分×10）1. be opposed to （） A. 靠……过活2. get used to （） B. 相信，信任3. in detail （） C. 代替；而不是4. take pride in （） D. 不时地，偶尔5. have faith in （） E. 引以为荣6. every now and then （） F. 详细地7. live off （）G. 习惯于8.at the sight of （）H. 一看见9. instead of （）I. 反对，不同意6. I understand some of the subject’s key __________, but I’m not sure about its details.7. The results of the study have certainly _________ the money that has been spent on the project.8. What is known as “good reason” is the ability to judge rightly, separating the true from the ____________.9.I have been busy recently, ______________ this week.10.Mary is ___________ that love rather than money is the key to happiness.Ⅴ.Translate the following into English or Chinese.（3分×5）1.房子着火了，里面的人面临着死亡的危险。

（in danger of）2.我们用该从失败中汲取教训，这很重要。

（learn a lesson from）3.学校和家长不应该只关注考试的结果。

（focus on）4.These people are angry that the building is now in danger of being destroyed,along with their memories.5.On the morning of the first day, I got up, ate my breakfast, glanced through theheadlines of the newspaper and read the sports section.Ⅵ.Reading Comprehension. (2分×10)Passage OneHeavy Body, Not Heavy HeartIn pictures from college I was thin. I worked full time, went to school full time, smoked, and lived off fast food and soft drinks. Friends say that I don’t look like myself in those pictures. I looked ill, sad, and unhealthy.Now, at a weight considered to be dangerously high by medical charts, I live better than ever. I have given up smoking, and I eat a lot of vegetables; I enjoy walking, swimming and dancing classes. I exercise and eat well because I love living, not because I want to lose weight. My doctor tells me I am healthy, and thisis much more important than being thin. Studies show that overweight people who exercise have a lower death rate than “normal” weight people who do not.Negative attitudes toward fat people begin in childhood. One study showed that, as early as nursery school, children liked pictures of disabled children of similar ages better than those of fat children. Similarly, a study of college students said they would rather marry a drug user, a thief, or a blind person than someone who was fat. These attitudes create discrimination that affects fat people in every aspect of their lives, including money matters. In fact, overweight, white women usually earn less than thin, white women—24 percent less, according to one study.People often justify their judgments about fat people by saying that people choose to be fat. Choose? Who would choose life as a fat person in this weight-obsessed culture? There are many false ideas about fat people in society: that all fat people have eating disorders or emotional or mental issues; that if they really wanted to lose weight they could.In reality, however, some people are naturally fat. How a person is born is simply science, not a comm ent on someone’s character.The Center for Disease Control reports that 78 percent of American women are trying hard to lose weight, and at an amazing failure rate—95 percent get back what they’ve lost within two to five years.The often-heard comment of “you have such a pretty face” does not please me beca use of all that’s not said: “If you’d just lose the weight you’d be beautiful.” Beauty is a taught concept and the cultural standards for beauty change constantly.Later in life, I was happy to learn that some cultures have very different standards of beauty. While I was visiting the British Virgin Islands, a local man invited me to be in a picture with him on the beach. I asked, “Why me? There are women who look like models here.”“Bones are for dogs,” he said with a smile. “Meat is for men.”1.From Paragraph 1 we know that the author_______A. is a litter fatter than beforeB. usually had fast food and soft drinksC. often fell illD. did not like to take pictures at college2.The author enjoys exercising because_______A. she wants to be more beautiful by losing weightB. she doesn’t want to die earlyC. she likes to live a healthy lifeD. she would like to make up the happy time she lost before3.The text mentions there are many false ideas about fat people in society.Which of the following is NOT one of these false ideas?A. They could not lose weight even if they decided to do so.B. They have emotional or mental issuesC. They have eating disordersD. They have chosen to be fat4.When the author hears someone saying, you have such a pretty face ”(Para.6),she understands what the speaker really means is _______A. you have such a beautiful faceB. you are too fat to be fitC. I like you with such a pretty faceD. you’d be prettier if you weren’t that fat5.The author feels happy when she learns that some culture have different standards of beauty, because_______A. she loves to experience different culturesB. she needn’t worry about the problem of being overweightC. she enjoys being liked for beautyD. she likes to make friends with men from different culturesPassage twoDisney Mirrors American CultureLast fall, the Walt Disney Company did something rare: it admitted defeat in its fight to build a history theme park in Virginia. The park was going to be called “Disney’s America”.Some people might be wondering, however, if Disney lost the battle but won the war, as it seems everyone is living in Disney’s America these days.With its purchase of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. last month, the company founded by Walter Elias Disney in 1923 deepened its claim on American culture. In fact, it would be hard to find another company so widely respected—even loved—by Americans.Americans rush out to see Disney films, and then replay them—on videotapes; they read Disney books to their children; they watch Disney shows on Disney TV; they make trips to Disneyland and Disney World, where they stay in Disney hotels and eat Disney food; Americans buy Disney products at Disney stores, and listen to Disney records of Disney songs.The world of Disney is becoming anything but small.All this makes some people more than a little upset. Harold Bloom, a professor at Yale University, provides an examination of the cultural history of Western society.“At the end of this road lies cultural uniformity of the worst kind. It’s just terrible.”This is becoming a popular opinion in universities around the world.“Disney products,” said Paul Fussell, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, “have always seemed to me seriously sub-adult.”Those who oppose Disney (and there are many) see its films and by-products as sexist, racist and as simpler, cheered-up accounts of American history and folklore.“There’s a kind of protection at work here,” said Henry Giroux, a professor at Penn State University. Like all those opposed to Disney, he can list, in detail, Disney’s m any crimes against culture: he is very angry, for example, about the treatment of American Indians in Pocahontas.“I mean, the entire history of what happened to the Indians, which some people would call the murder of their people, is sort of played out as a love story,” he said angrily.Giroux said he believes that Disney has become a basic educator of America’s children, most of whom will be able to perform every word of The Lion King long before they even learn US President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address.However, even the most strongly opposed are quick to note that Disney has many positive values—cheerfulness, good-hearted fun, and a tradition of artistic quality—that help explain its success. Critical or not, most of those who oppose the company are Disney customers themselves.6.What rare thing did the Walt Disney Company do last autumn?A.It planned to build a history theme park in VirginiaB.It admitted that their plan to build another park failedC.It bought a big companyD.It claimed to be the mirror of American culture7.People are influenced by Disney in many ways.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?A.People eat Disney foodB.People love to see Disney filmsC.People listen to Disney songs on radio DisneyD.People visit Disneyland and Disney World8.According to Professor Bloom, what will happen if people continue to beinfluenced by Disney in such a way ?A. Children can learn a lot before they go to schoolB. People will have many different forms of entertainmentC. People will find themselves in the same culture all over---Disney’s cultureD. People will become sexists or racists9.According to the text ,what is wrong with Disney films?A. Some films are love stories and not good for childrenB. Some films are not good in qualityC. Some films are too cheerful to be trueD. Some films are not true to the history10.What is the main idea of the text?A. Walt Disney Company is a successful companyB. Disney is the symbol of American culture ,though some people don’t like itC. Disney is not good because it gives false accounts in its filmsD. Disney is good because it brings people funVII. Writing(20分)plete the following invitation letter by putting the Chinese in brackets into English. (2分×5)August28 2013 Dear Sir/Madam,1) ____________________________(我们高兴地邀请您出席) the Autumn 2013 Clothing Fair, to be held here in Hangzhou at West Lake Building 2) _________________________ (从2013年10月12日到15日).A great variety of 3) _______________________ (新设计的样品) will 4) _______________________ (展出). You will have a chance to examine a wide range of our export commodities and to conduct on-the-spot negotiation with our manufacturers.If you accept this invitation, 5) _______________________________(请告知到达日期), so that we can make necessary arrangements.Yours faithfully,Wang JieGeneral ManagerB.Write an English schedule for Tom according to the information given below in Chinese. Some parts of it have been done for you. (2分×5)汤姆是公司销售部经理，工作繁忙，下面是他某一周的工作安排：周一：上午写业务报告，下午和总经理讨论业务报告。