新概念第二册测试卷Name Mark __________一.选词填空（1X10=10分）enjoy spe nt salary waste appear polite afford lift proudfamous1. It is a ______ of time to do that kind of thing.2. She _______ five days on the work.3. We waited and waited, but the little mouse didn ' _ .4. Hugh did n 't __ watchi ng that film.5. John works in a foreign company but he doesn' tget a good __________6. Chongqing is ________ for its hot pot.7. Whe n he was driv ing along the mountain road, a boy asked him for a8. The house is so expensive that Sherry can ____ it._9. Sharon is a _________ girl. She always smiles when she speaks to others.10. The boy ' s parents are ___________ o f him; he always studies hard ..单项选择（1X20=20分）1. ---Do you want to go out toni ght?A. Y es, I want.B. That's all right.C. I'm easy.D. Sure, why not?2. ---Let's go skating after school?--- _____ C all for me at any time.A. Wait a moment.B. Sounds good.C. That depends.D. What for?3. ---Could you __ t ake care of my dog while I'm away ？--- Sure. Leave it to me.A. perhapsB. possiblyC. maybeD. probably4. You needn't describe her. I ___ her several times.A. had metB. have metC. metD. meet5. ---I've got your invitation.---Oh, good. ____A. Can you come?B. Thanks a lot.C. I'll take it.D. May I help you?6. __ you don't like him is none of my business.A. WhatB. WhoC.ThatD. Whether7. The mother didn't know _______ to blame for the broken glassas it happened while she was out.A. whoB. whenC. howD. What8. ---Thanks for the lovely and delicious food.A. No thanks.B. Never mind.C. All right.D. My pleasure.9. ---It's getting late. I'm afraid I must be going now.---OK. ___A. Take it easy.B. Go slowly.C. Stay longer.D.See you.10. They want to know ___ do to help us.A. what they canB. how they canC. how can theyD. what can they11. Lizzie was __ t o see her friend off at the airport.A. a little more tha n sadB. more tha n a little sadC. sad more tha n a littleD. a little more sad tha n12. ________ There a river n ear my home.A. used to haveB. used to beC. is used to haveD. is used to be13. ___ and tell us. We are all an xious to know how the story ends up.A. Hold onB. Carry outC. Speed upD. Go ahead14. Do you think the reason __ he gave is believable?A. for whichB. whichC.whyD.what15. It is ___ work of art that every one wants to have a look at it.A. a so unu sualB.such an unu sualD.such unu sualC. so unu sual16. ___ the end of the day we had sold over 2000 ticks.A. ToB. ByC. OfD. At17. ___ I know the money is safe, I shall not worry about it.A. Eve n thoughB. Un lessC.As long asD. While18. We have five weeks of ___ rai n.A. con ti nualB. continu ousC. continuedD. Continuing19. He asked ___ for the violi n.A. did I pay how muchB. I paid how muchC. how much did I payD. how much I paid20. Some one is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ___ .A. who is heB. who he isC. who is itD. who is it三.完形填空（1X10=10分）Karl Marx not only gave us scie ntific com munist theory , 1 set us a shining example in the study of foreign Ianguages. First, he used aIanguage__2_ a weapon in the struggle of life. He would learnIan guages 3 he could in order to make the revoluti on. Second, oncehe bega n 4 lear n a foreig n Ian guage, he kept on work ing hard 5 it and improving it till he could use it 6 . Third, the way Marx learned a foreign Ianguage is perfect and scientific. Besides a good trainings in pronun ciatio n, basic grammar and some of the idioms from the textbooks he paid great 7 to lear ning the Ian guage from the use of it. Facts have proved（证明）that a foreign Ianguage can be mastered 8 when a person learns it without translating（翻译）the sentences word for word into his native Ianguage and useit,forgetting all about his own.Now we are lear ning En glish and I am sure that every one of us willbe en couraged to 9 Marx's advise on how to lear n a foreig n Ian guageand 10 even greater progress in En glish.1. A. also B. and C. but D. or2. A. like B. as C.the same as D.for3. A. if B. so C. as D. and4. A. / B. to C. with D. The5. A. at B. in C. on D. with6. A. for free B. freely C.free and easy D. in freedom7. A. notice B. atte nti on C. mi nd D. Money8. A. if B. only C. by D. si nee9. A. make B. take C. do D. Carry10. A. make B. take C. do D. carry四阅读理解（2X20=40 分）ASarah left school at eighteen, went to college and then worked at a computer compa ny. Four years later, she got a new job as a man ager in British Airways（英国航空公司）.This is what she told us about her job :“ My office is at Heathrow Airport, but I spend 60% of my time i n the air. I teach air-hostesses（空姐）and help them with any problems. I also go to lots of meet in gs.My hours are usually from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but sometimes I workfrom 1 p.m. To 9 p.m. At work, the first thing I do is check plane times on my computer and then I speak with some of the air-hostesses.Sometimes I go on long flights to check how the air-hostesses are doing. That's my favorite part of the job, but I like office work, too. Traveling can be hard work ，too. When I get back from a long trip, all I can do is eat something and then go to bed! I don't make much money, but I'm happy with British Airways and want to stay there and continue to travel."1. Sarah's first job was __ .A. at a collegeB. at a computer companyC. in British AirwaysD. at Heathrow Airport2. Sarah does most of her work at __ .A.in meetings B. in the computer room C. In the officeD. in airplane 3. Most days, Sarah starts work at __ .A. 8 a.m.B. 1 p.m.C. 4 p.m.D. 9 p.m.4. The first thing Sarah does after a long trip is __BThe students were having their chemistry （化学） class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “ What's water? ”No one spoke for a fewminutes ．Miss Li asked again ， “ Why don't you answer my question ？Didn't I tell you what water is like ？Just then a boy put up his hand and said ，“ Miss L ，i you told us that water has no color and no smell ． But where to find such kind of water ？ The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a badsmell ．”Most of the children agreed With him ．A. go to bedC. go to a meeting5. Sarah would like to ___A. make more moneyC. go to college againB. have a meal D. go to the office B. stop traveling D. stay in the same job“ I'm sorry，children ．” said the teacher，“ Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier ．That's a problem ．6．The students were having their _____ class ．A．English B．Chinese C．chemistry D．maths7．Miss Li was telling the children what ____ was like ．A．water B．air C．earth D．weather8．A boy said ，“ Thewater in the river behind my house is always A．white B．black C．clean D ．clear9．Most of the children ____ _ the boy ．A．agreed with B．wrote to C．heard from D．sent for 10．The water in the river has color and smell because it is gettingA．more and more B．less and lessC．cleaner and cleaner D．dirtier and dirtierCWhen Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “ rich coast ” in Spanish.Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported （出口） to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country ' s secomnodst important export.Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.Education is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate （单独的） schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.11. What ' s the main idea of the first paragraph?A. How Columbus found Costa Rica.B. How Costa Rica got its name.C. What the Costa Ricans wore.D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.12. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ____ .A. pink and redB. grey and blackC. blue and greenD. yellow and orange13. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ____ .A. must go to schoolB. study in the same schoolC. do not have to go to school at allD. can choose to stop schooling at any time14. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ____ .A. have lessons every dayB. have their examinationsC. help their parents pick coffee beansD. help their parents decorate their houses15. This passage is mainly about ____ .A. Christopher ColumbusB. Costa RicaC. some products from Costa RicaD. the education of Costa RicaDIt is no surprise to find seashells in the sand. Most seashells are found nearthe sea. But some seashells have been found on high mountaintops. That is a funny place for seashells. How did they get there?The earth did not always look the way it does today. Once the sea covered mud of the land. Then mountains pushed up. They pushed up through the water. Land from the bottom of the sea became mountaintops. Seashells and fish bones were pushed up, too. They were far away from seawater. They were left high and dry.The seashells and fish bones were covered with soft mud and sand. The mud became hard. It turned to stone. The shapes of the shell and bones were pressed into the stone. These stones are called fossils.Fossils have been found all over our country. Have you ever found one?16. Some seashells have been found ___ .A. in treesB. on mountaintopsC. on roadsD. in the air17. __ means shapes of bones pressed into stone.A. BonesB. EarthC. FossilsD. Stones18. The story says, “ The earth did not always look the way it does today. The word “ it ” means ____ .A. the earthB. the moonC. the seaD. the fishes19. Which of the following does this passage lead you to believe?A. Fish once lived on high mountaintops.B. Fossils of fish or seashells can be found far away from the sea.C. Seashells turned into fossils.D. The seashells and fish bones turned in to hard mud.20. The main idea of the whole passage is that ____ .A. seashells are funnyB. mud turns into sto neC. the earth has cha ngedD. seashells and fish bones tur n into fossils五.翻译。