云南师范大学文理学院2009–2010学年度下学期《大学英语2》试卷（样卷）The Sample Paper for College English Course II 构成概要：Listening Comprehension 20%V ocabulary and Structure 25%Reading Comprehension 30%Cloze 10%Writing 15%I.Listening Comprehension 20%略II.V ocabulary and Structure 25%Section ADirections: In this section, there are 40 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. (0.5×40=20 points)1. Jim was caught drugs into the country.A. stealB. smugglingC. smugD. giggling2. The firm will the workers their loss of job.A. compact; withB. conflict; withC. compensate; forD. fight; for3. David sent his girlfriend a ring by his grandmother for all her life.A. have keptB. keptC. has keptD. has been kept4. from the top of the mountain, the building looks like a bird nest.A. ViewedB. ViewingC. Been viewedD. Being viewed5. In the swamp the army by mosquitoes.A. was fallenB. was besetC. was worriedD. was set6. It’s almost impossible to find a job which you can hold for all your life now.A. brilliantB. distinguishingC. humbleD. permanent7. Forcing an brand into a foreign market can be difficult without an insider who can provide valuable information about local marketing.A. establishB. establishingC. establishedD. to establish8. Solar energy can be (an) good electricity.9. By10. have onceA. is takingB. will takeC. takesD. take15. What he did was always consistent _______ his wordsA. withB. toC. inD. of16. Even an expert could not solve this problem, _______ a student like you.A. not mentionB. let aloneC. not to sayD. regardless17. You cannot _______ speeding on the highway, for there are security cameras every 500meters.A. get inB. get ontoC. get away withD. get out18. Your argument is too weak to _______ me.A. educateB. remindC. hitD. convince19. It is very likely that in the near future, robots will _______ human tasks.A. take withB. take overC. take awayD. take to20. Doctors _______ much time to their patients.A. spendB. takeC. deserveD. devote21. Tom, who has not finished his middle school study, has no _____ of a decent job.A. prospectB. interviewC. pressureD. application22. In this country, some schools are under the supervision of locally _____ committees.A. consistedB. composedC. appointedD. rotated23. Don’t _____ to let me know if you are in need of help.A. hesitateB. rejectC. puzzleD. thrill24. This kind of holiday is thought to be of Chinese _____.A. sourceB. originC. civilizationD. ambition25. The _____ to this problem is still under discussion.A. actionB. strategyC. solutionD. impact26. They don’t like the rainy weather in winter. But they have to _____ it.A. live forB. live onC. live withD. live along27. The primary school enrolled all the school-aged children in this neighborhood though it_____ teachers.A. cut short ofB. took a short cutC. was short ofD. took a short break28. This instrument is very complicated. Once _____, it can hardly be reassembled.A. taken abackB. taken apartC. taken offD. taken away29. All those who attempt to turn back the wheel of history will _____.A. draw to a closeB. come to no good endC. make both ends meetD. come round the corner30. The sleeping cat lay too close to the fire and _____ its tail _____.A. has…burnedB. had…burnedC. has…burningD. had…burn31. Mr. Green had hardly said a word since lunch, _____ had his wife.A. eitherB. orC. norD. so32. It’s no use thinking too much about one’s _____ youth.A. lossB. losingC. loseD. lost33. Being aware that Jack was dishonest, the teacher demanded he _____ nothing but thetruth.A. tellB. to tellC. tellingD. tells34. Tom’s mother _____ to return home after the night fell.A. seesB. is seenC. was seenD. see35. In the opinion of many adults, Chinese food is far _____ to fast food like McDonald’s andKFC.A. immuneB. superiorC. essentialD. vital36. During the talks, both sides agreed to _____ possible fields of joint programs.A. concludeB. exploreC. undoD. register37. Many a time, the director avoided _____ on some sensitive issues.A. taking a standB. taking advantage ofC. talking back toD. taking to38. Plants absorb water and carbon dioxide, and, using light energy, _____organiccompounds.A. protect them fromB. convert them intoC. drive them intoD. force them into39. Make sure that the name on the envelope _____ with the name on the letter inside.A. amountsB. equalsC. correspondsD. tells40. Careful planning and hard work will ______ our final success.A. encloseB. ensureC. dischargeD. deny40. Careful planning and hard work will ______ our final success.A. encloseB. ensureC. dischargeD. denySection BFill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given below. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (0.5×10=5 points)The World Wide Web has transformed the way people live, 41 and play. People can play travel agent and 42 all the elements of a vacation online. They can arrange for their bills to be paid automatically 43 they are gone. They can put a hold on mail delivery, 44 directions to tourist attractions and get a long-term weather 45 before they pack. Even 46 vacation, they can log onto the Web to 47 news from their hometown49 the III. by some There to instruct order of . seem interest stories. The information content is rather low, and instruction is veryminor. The quality newspapers put a much higher value on information and a much lower one on entertainment.It is not only in content that the 2 groups of papers differ. There is a difference, too, in the style in which the articles are written. The popular papers generally use more dramatic language with a lot of word-play. Their journalists tend to use shorter sentences and avoid less well-known vocabulary. This means that popular newspapers are easier for a native speaker to understand, though probably not for a non-native speaker.Popular papers are generally smaller with fewer columns per page. They have biggerheadlines and more photographs. The articles are shorter and there are fewer per page. Such devices are not only used to make the paper more attractive; they may also influence what the reader reads. Large headlines, pictures and position on the page all serve to draw the reader’s attention to one article rather than the other.51. What is the best title of the passage?A. The popularity of quality newspapers.B. Characteristics of the popular newspapers.C. Newspaper skills to attract the reader’s attention.D. Ways used by newspapers to influenc e reader’s reading.52. The passage implies that most readers read newspapers mainly _____.A. for entertainmentB. for informationC. for instructionD. for learning53. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. The quality newspapers have a larger reading public.B. The popular newspapers put greater emphasis on light-hearted interest stories.C. The popular newspapers use more dramatic language and shorter sentences.D. The quality newspapers put a much lower value on entertainment.54. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Popular newspapers put more emphasis on attracting reader’s attention.B. Popular newspapers attach greater attention to instructions.C. Popular newspapers tend to use more familiar words.D. There are fewer columns per page in popular newspapers.55. According to the passage, _____.A. non-native speakers like reading popular newspapersB. blue-collar workers don’t like reading pop ular newspapersC. well-educated native speakers don’t like reading quality newspapersD. professional people like reading quality newspapersQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:Many people hope that the whole world will one day speak a common language. Over the years, people have made up new languages with this aim. At least six hundred languages have been developed in the search for a language which all human beings would be able tospeak. The most famous one, Esperanto (世界语), was the idea of Ludwig Zamenhof, a doctor in Warsaw. He published a book about his new language in 1887.To encourage people to learn the Language, he made it as simple as possible.Esperanto has never been accepted as an official world language, but it has been suggested as an auxiliary language.By 1950 it had been taught to one and a half million speakers, and it was spoken in six hundred schools. Today Esperanto is spoken by about eight million people, and more than one hundred newspapers and magazines in the language are published regularly throughout the world. Thousands of books have been written in Esperanto, including those translated from other languages.Today the need for a new auxiliary language like Esperanto seems less obvious. Throughout this century English has grown more and more important. It has become a second language for many millions of people. The fact that more are learning English shows that the use of English is still growing worldwide. No one would deny the usefulness of a world language, but not many people think that Esperanto is likely to play such a role.56. Over the years, people have made up new languages in the hope that ______.A. all people will be able to speak a common languageB. people will learn a foreign language betterC. people can understand each other betterD. people will be able to speak several languages57. Zamenhof made the language as simple as possible because ______.A. he wanted people to learn it quicklyB. he hoped more and more people would be willing to learn itC. he wanted everyone to speak it without any difficultyD. he hoped it would be accepted as an official world language58. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Esperanto?A. It has been suggested as an auxiliary language.B. Many newspapers are published in Esperanto regularly throughout the world.C. It was once used as an official language.D. It is spoken today by many millions of people.59. Which of the following is NOT true of English?A. It is widely taught in schools.B. It has become a second language for many millions of people.C. Many books have been written in English.D. It is less popular than Esperanto.60. What is the best title of the passage?A. The language made by one man.B. A talk about the world language.C. English as a second language for everyone.D. Esperanto—a better language than English.Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had news to report: The damage and death toll could have been much worse.More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims.Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city’s highways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the c ity’s buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes.Despite the good news, civil engineers aren’t resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake’s vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.61. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively lowwas that .A. new computers had been installed in the buildingsB. it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highwaysC. large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holidayD. improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways62. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to .A. counterbalance an earthquake’s action on the buildingB. predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracyC. help strengthen the foundation of the buildingD. measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations63. The smart buildings discussed in the passage .A. would cause serious financial problemsIV.Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best fits into the passage. (1×10=10 points)Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food 66 it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an attractively served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child 67 he likes or dislikes a food and never discuss likes and dislikes infront of him or allow 68 else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing, he is likely to copy this procedure. Take it for granted that he likes everything and he probably 69 . Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a 70 dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as 71 as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child 72 meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not 73 him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will 74 learn to swallow his food so he can hurry back to his toys. Under 75 circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.66. A. if B. until C. that D. unless67. A. whether B. what C. that D. which68. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody69. A. should B. may C. will D. must70. A. supposed B. proved C. considered D. related71. A. much B. little C. few D. many72. A. on B. over C. by D. during73. A. agree B. allow C. force D. persuade74. A. hurriedly B. soon C. fast D. slowly75. A. some B. any C. such D. noV.Writing 15%Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic The Importance of Teamwork. You should write at least 100 words, basing your composition on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition in the corresponding place on your Answer Sheet.1. 每个人都要有团队合作精神。