2012年《大学英语》试题考试时间：120分钟I. Choose the best answer (1’×10＝10’)1. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no ______ to health service.A. accessB. attachmentC. appealD. approach2. Even though they are poor, they are against the plan to trade land ______ goods and money.A. onB. byC. withD. for3. What a lovely party! It’s worth ______ all my life.A. rememberingB. to rememberC. to be rememberedD. being remembered4. On hearing the news, the mother _______ into tears and rushed out of the room, followed by a few other people.A. attackedB. burstC. splitD. blasted5. You have to be patient small children, since they cannot tell the difference between what is wrong and what is right.A. withB. fromC. toD. in6. He managed to hide his _______ and moved to a new town where people would not know him.A. evidenceB. recognitionC. statusD. identity7. Companies are struggling to find the right ________ between supply and demand, but it is not an easy task.A. equationB. formulaC. balanceD. pattern8. Please turn all the lights as you leave the classroom.A. downB. offC. onD. up9. Be quiet; you father’s asleep; don’t wake him .A. downB. upC. onD. out10. For the next two hours she was _______ in the film, which turned out to be as good as she had hoped.A. absorbedB. abandonedC. focusedD. centeredII. Reading comprehension. (2’×20＝40’)Passage 1In the United States, teaching is very important. If teachers don’t teach well, students complain. If many students do not understand, people think that the teacher doesn’t do a good job. The teacher has big responsibility to make sure students understand. In a sense, students are consumers and the teacher is offering services.Students have the right to evaluate their teachers, and they usually do so at the end of each course. The evaluation includes lots of aspects of teaching. Such as explanation, preparation, using good example, answering question, and organization of classes.Students are supposed to read required textbooks and recommended books before classes. Without reading them, they will find it very difficult to understand the class. Basic courses on doing research and writing papers are taught at the beginning of the program. They teach things very concretely(具体的) and clearly. Students are expected to apply what they have learnt to their studies.Classes are usually divided into lectures and seminars. There are some lecture classes, where the teacher just gives a lecture, and students ask questions at the end. Most graduate level classes are lectures and discussions. Participating in discussions is very important. Higher level classes involve very little lecturing. They emphasize discussion and presentation by the students.11. According to the passage, good teachers should _______.A. try to please their studentsB. treat their students as consumersC. understand their students wellD. make sure their students understand12. Teachers are evaluated by students mainly on ______.A. how well they perform in classB. how carefully they prepare their lessonsC. how fluently they prepare their lessonsD. how hard they work in and after class13. What are the students expected to do before attending a class?A. Go over the lessons thoroughlyB. Understanding the textbooks well.C. Do the reading assignments.D. Prepare an outline for discussion.14. When a program starts, students should first_______.A. learn how to do research and write papersB. have some learning experienceC. learn about the course concretely and clearlyD. know how to participate in discussions15. Higher level classes are taught mainly through_______.A. giving a lot of lectures to studentsB. involving students in discussionsC. asking students questions in classD. answering students’ questions in classPassage 2Minh Pham was born in Vietnam. He left when he was 21 years old. Minh has been in America for almost two years. There is still much he does not understand about America.Once Minh was in a grocery store. He saw an old man and an old woman. They wanted a box of cereal. The box was on a high shelf. They couldn’t reach it. Minh saw a stepladder. He got on the ladder and got the box. He handed it to the elderly couple. They thanked him.“Where are your children?” asked Minh. “Why don’t they help you buy food?”“Our children have their own lives, ” they said, “We like to be free to do as we like.” Minh doesn’t think this is right. In his country, children help their parents. Minh gave the elderly couple his phone number. He told them to call him if they needed help. One night they asked Minh to dinner, but they never asked him for help.One day, Minh was walking with a Vietnamese friend. The two were going to a film.Minh wanted to go to a restaurant first. Minh took his friend’s hand. He pulled him toward the restaurant. People on the street stared at Minh. In Vietnam, friends often hold hands. Minh found out that people in America are not used to men holding hands.Minh Pham is going through a process known as resocialization. Socialization is the process through which a person learns to live in a society. Everyone goes through this process. Minh went through it when he lived in Vietnam. But the Vietnamese way of life is much different from the American way of life. When Minh came to America, he had to learn a new way of life. He had to learn how to live in a new society.Minh has leaned a lot about American life in two years. He still has a lot to learn. The process of resocialization can take many years.16. The main idea of the passage is that it is difficult to ________.A. ignore cultural differencesB. learn to live in a new countryC. travel all over the worldD. learn to act on one’s own17. According to the passage, Minh thought the old people should _______.A. ask their children for helpB. encourage each other to helpC. rely on themselves in lifeD. live a quiet and comfortable life18. What does the word “resocialization” mean in Paragraph 6?A. Bringing into public ownershipB. Spending time with othersC. Fitting into a new societyD. Holding hands together19. It seemed that people felt surprised when they saw that Minh and his friend were _______.A. VietnameseB. overseas studentsC. holding handsD. quarreling20. It is hard to ______ when one comes to a new country.A. learn as many foreign languages as possibleB. get used to the local weather and climateC. communicate with foreign people thereD. avoid culture shock and get used to a new lifePassage 3As we consider what makes one man better than the other, let’s look at two examples. The first example is a man who has a good job, a healthy body, and a loving family. His success is due to good decisions. He chose the correct subjects to study when he was at the university. Now that he’s out of school, he always schedules his time well so that he can get everything done at the proper time. He exercises and eats well, as he understands the benefits of this. In addition, in order to achieve happiness in the home, he spends time with his family and makes sure they all have when they need. On the other hand, the second man is something less than the successful person the first man is. What’s wrong with him?Good sense is the ability to know what is true or right from what is not true or wrong. And some people might think that the second lacks good sense. However, the person who thinks this is mistaken. Actually, since everyone has the same amount of good sense, the first man does not have an advantage over the second in this respect. The second man has a good mind, and he has the ability to judge things well.The second man runs into trouble, because he directs his thought along a different path.He considers other things, different from the first man. The problem is that he does not apply his mind rightly, as does the first one. Thus, he is not capable of advancing further than he does.When you consider what you want out of life, think about the results of your decisions. Apply your mind well so that good things will come about and so that you are not left regretting your actions.21. During his university years, the first man ________.A. scheduled his time to get everything doneB. learned how to apply his mind rightlyC. ate right and did exercise regularlyD. chose things that made him successful later22. The first man is fully aware of the good things that will result from _______.A. making good decisions during one’s university studiesB. scheduling his time so that he can get everything doneC. taking care of his body with diet and exerciseD. being a successful person with a good family life23. One’s ability to judge right or wrong is called _______.A. beneficial considerationB. thought directionC. successful thinkingD. good sense24. To keep from wishing you made a different choice, you should ________.A. get more out of lifeB. develop more good senseC. judge things right or wrongD. put good thought into your actions25. The main topic of this passage is ________.A. people are equalB. applying thought well will helpC. some people are not successfulD. people must judge things wellPassage 4What you give your relatives, friends, husband, or wife can help you know yourself better. Also, what they give you can tell you something about their personality. Most gift-giving (and getting) shows nothing more than the spirit of love and friendship. But it is possible to form some associations between the kinds of things bought and the people who buy them. Here is a guide to who gives what ---- and why.The clothes you wear tell something about your personality. They tell the world not only know you want to be seen but how you see yourself as well. When someone gives you something to wear that agrees with your self-image, they’re saying, “I agree with you. I like you the way you are.” Such a gift should be taken as a form of compliment. On the other hand, a gift of clothing that does not match your personality could be an insult to your character.Making something by hand has become the exception in many countries today ---- so much so that giving a homemade gift is sometimes considered unusual. If you receive a homemade gift, you’re lucky. It may not be madeperfectly, but it will show a certain quality of love. People who give homemade gifts may be said to be very generous. They’ve given time and emotion, two important characteristics of being creative.A person who thinks of food when thinking of a gift is a good example of what human warmth means. Whether you give a box of chocolate, a bag of oranges, or a ball of cheese, allcarry the same message of comfort and support.People who give books as gifts either like reading or would like everyone to think they do. If you happen to receive a large, heavy book, its giver may be much more interested in the way things appear than in the way they actually are. Of course, reading is a way of feeling the emotions of another person and of learning new things. The giver is probably trying to say to you what the book said to him.26. The first paragraph is written mainly to tell readers that ______.A. gifts you give can help you understand yourself betterB. gifts should be given when you know a person’s personalityC. gifts can show friendship and love between the giver and receiverD. gifts can tell you something about the person who gives them27. A person who likes the self-image of another person will give the latter ________.A. beautiful clothes to compliment the receiverB. a gift that was made at home by the giverC. a gift that agrees with the personality of the receiverD. a gift that matches the character of the giver28. People are especially generous if they give _______.A. a thing not found in one’s countryB. an object that shows warmthC. something unusualD. gifts made by hand29. What kind of message is communicated by a gift of food?A. A supportive oneB. A generous oneC. A creative oneD. An unusual one30. If you give a large book as a gift, rather than a small one, it may show that ________.A. you enjoy reading very much and want the receiver to enjoy it tooB. the receiver is interested in reading a large book of that sortC. you want to share with others a certain feeling or newly learned meaningD. you are more interested in the appearance of the book than in its contentsIII. Cloze: (1’×20＝20’)You probably don’t have children, but maybe you’ve thought about how children are brought up. It is interesting to notice that children so often_31_ their parents’ ideas. They do this 32 , at the same time, keeping their parents’characteristics. That is to say, children grow up to have different opinions 33 their parents. And yet, they may have 34 personalities to their parents. There is a 35 going on in the toy world at present. People question whether children should be 36 to have war toys. My 37 is that the toys should not be pushed onto them. Even so, I don’t see any 38 in not allowing them to have war toys. It is the 39 of my friend Henry that makes me think so. Henry is the son of strict parents. His parents are totally 40 to war. They hate war so much, in fact, that they never allowed Henry to have toy soldiers or guns 41 a boy.Henry grew up and 42 the army. He became a first-class soldier, 43 all sorts of honors! He became the opposite, in every way from what his parents might have expected 44 their son. And yet there is a 45 about Henry which shows a peaceful personality. There is a sympathetic element about the man 46 I can see must have come from his family. Although he does things 47 from his parents, a lot of spirit gets passed on.Parents have to 48 their children what they believe to be right. Still, it is not necessary that children 49 their parents’example exactly. Perhaps the best way a parent can teach a child to be gentle is for the parent to be gentle in his own51.The more you talk in English, _____________(取得的进步就越大)。