customers about the safety of the product.
A) stride
B) string
C) stream
D) strap
II. Reading comprehension (30%) Directions: There are 3 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) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
25. It was a long drive to get to the beach and we three took the wheel
(驾驶) _______.
A) by return
B) on turn
C) in return D) in turn
26. A person who is _______ is often overproud of his abilities or
and correct it.
A) hesitates
B) intends
C) resists
D) postpones
14. She would make a teacher far superior ________ the average.
A) over
B) than
C) beyond D) to
20. The workers in the factory stopped working in ________ against their
foreman using bad language.
A) protest
B) threat
C) conflict
D) criticism
21. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was a(n) _______
C) track down
D) set back
28. If you shop around, you can probably buy the same product
elsewhere for a _________ of those prices.
A) fracture B) factor
C) flight
1. The machine is named ________ its inventor.
A) with
B) to
C) by
D) after
2. Education may not ________ much today, but it will tomorrow.
A) mean by
B) count
9. The ________ to steal is greater than ever before — especially in
large shops.
A) temptation
B) lure
C) attraction D) charm
10. Let’s put up some pictures on the ______ walls.
D) fraction
29. Travel changes _______; it provides the traveler with a new way of
viewing life.
A) perspective B) connection
C) pressure
D) structure
30. There has been a steady ______ of phone calls from worried
19. We should make our reservations (预订) as far _______ as possible
to get the flight we want.
A) in particular B) in advance
C) in practice D) in
existence
15. All the local farmers _______ against the building of a new airport on
their rich farmland.
A) proceeded
B) protested
C) protected D) promoted
16. I consider it proper to leave it to the committee to _______ the details
of the plan.
A) single out
B) turn out
C) work out D) pull out
17. In brainstorming, you ________ your mind, allowing room for any
and every idea that comes up to its surface.
12. Many people have the bad habit of spending money on _______.
A) argument
B) crisis
C) impulse D) motion
13. Once he realizes that it is his mistake, Jim never _______ to admit
led to an economic ________.
A) problem
B) crisis
C) danger D) uncertainty
7. The rooms had been booked ________ before I arrived there.
A) in advance
B) in detail
“We found that the news people are exposed to either encourages them to concentrate on the differences between themselves and others, or on the common problems that make them feel, ‘We’re all in this together,’” explained Dr. Harvey Hornstein .
C) hint
D) hope
3. The two political parties have been in ________ since the election.
A) struggle
B) battle
C) conflict
D) quarrel
4. It would be unwise to ________ too much importance to what he
said.
A) indicate
B) attach
C) provide
D) pay
5. The doctor soon made the worried patient feel ________.
A) at ease
B) in private
C) at rest
D) in peace
6. Recently the OPEC decided to increase the oil prices, and this almost
These are the findings of 10 years of experiments by research psychologists (心理学家) at Columbia University , who conclude that broadcasters encourage hostile (敌对的) behavior by stressing bad news.
华东理工大学继续教育学院成人教育
《大学英语》（二级）期末试卷（样卷） 考试范围：Unit 1~7 考试形式：闭卷
I. Vocabulary and structure (30%)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each
achievements.
A) critical
B) confident
C) conceited
D) commanding
27. By careful examination, the doctors hope to _______ the source of
the infection.
A) ring out B) light up
B) root
C) resource D) origin
24. My friend Joe is an experienced doctor. He can be trusted to _______
the delicate operations.
A) resent
B) threaten
C) perform D) appoint