大学英语C2

大学英语C2

一、阅读理解

1、New York is the place in the United States which most visitors see and the city that is most often described. In New York you would often hear the phrase \"New York is not America\course you would like to see more of the country. You look at the map and choose what region to start with. You remember from history books that when the United States was formed there were only thirteen states. These were thirteen colonies which in 1776 had declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a seven-year War of Independence. The thirty-seven other states were admitted to the nation one by one, as they gained enough population. The last to come in were Alaska and Hawaii. They were admitted to the Union in 1959.

(1)、From the passage we learn that ______.

A：most visitors to the United States visit New York and say what it is like B：most visitors see and describe that New York is a place in the United States C：New York is seen and described in the United States

D：New York is the only place in the United States which visitors see and describe 答案： A

(2)、The phrase \"New York is not America\" means \"______\". A：New York is not in America B：New York does not represent America C：New York does not belong to America

D：New York is New York and America is America 答案： B

(3)、The War of Independence ended in ______. A：1783 B：1776 C：1769 D：1959 答案： A

(4)、The United States now consists of ______. A：thirteen states B：fifty states C：thirty-seven states D：fifty-two states

答案： D

(5)、According to the passage, the other thirty-seven states were not admitted at once but one by one because ______.

A：they did not take part in the War of Independence B：they did not like to join the Union C：they did not have enough money to invest

D：the number of people living in the states was not large sufficiently 答案： D

2、 A man and his wife had a small restaurant near a station. The restaurant often stayed open until after midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.

At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at a table there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very sleepy and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked at the farmer, he was still there sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, \"You have wakened him six times now, but, why haven't you sent him away? It's very late.\"

\"Oh, no, I don't want to send him away,\" answered her husband. \"You see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill, and when I give him the bill, he pays it and then goes to sleep again.\"

(1)、Who was the owner of the small restaurant? A：The farmer B：The wife C：The husband

D：Both the men and the wife. 答案： C

(2)、Why did people come to drink in the restaurant after midnight? A：Because they liked the restaurant.

B：Because it was near the station and people could eat there while waiting for trains. C：Because it was cheap to eat there. D：Because you could sleep there after meal. 答案： B

(3)、Why was the farmer asleep at a table? A：Because he had missed the train. B：Because he was too tired. C：Because he was drunk. D：The story does not tell us. 答案： D

(4)、The wife wanted to send the farmer away because_____. A：she was sleepy and wanted to go to bed B：she didn't like him

C：she wanted to clean the table D：she wanted the farmer to pay more 答案： A

(5)、The husband didn't want to send the farmer away because each time he woke him up, he could get _____ money from him. A：much B：more C：less D：little 答案： B 二、词汇与语法

1、He likes traveling during his ______. A：holiday B：work C：study D：time 答案： A

2、Tom regards Dalian as his second ______ because he has been here for over ten years. A：family B：house C：room D：home 答案： D

3、It's ______ and these are ______. A：orange trees; apple trees B：an orange tree; apple trees

C：an orange tree; apple tree D：orange tree; apple trees 答案： B

4、There is ______ \"o\" in the word \"boy\". A：an B：a

C：the

D：/ 答案： A

5、_______ be afraid, let me go with you. A：Don't B：Can't

C：Mustn't D：Shouldn't 答案： A

6、Mum, I'm thirsty. Will you please give me some ______? A：pencils B：cake C：water D：books 答案： C

7、How about ______ to the theater this evening? A：go B：going C：we went D：went 答案： B

8、----_____ does Mr. Wang have lunch? ---- He has it _____ the office. A：Where; in B：What time; on C：How; in D：What; for 答案： A

9、If you ______ know the answer, please tell me now. A：will B：do C：must D：can 答案： B

10、The windows of our office ______ every day. A：is cleaned B：are cleaned

C：are cleaning D：is cleaning 答案： B 三、选词填空

1、 Mr Jones bought a lot of things from a big shop last month, and then he thought that the shop had taken too __1__ money. He wanted to tell the shop __2__ that, so he telephoned the shop and wanted to speak to the Accounts Department.

\"Who do you want to speak to in the Accounts Department?\" the telephone operator asked. \"Anybody in the Accounts Department,\" Mr Jones answered. He did not __3__ the names of any of the people there. He heard nothing for a few seconds, and then the operator said, \"Hello, you wanted to speak to __4__ in the Accounts Department, didn't you?\" \"Yes, that's right,\" Mr Jones answered.

\"Would you speak to Mr Green?\" the operator said.

\"Yes, that'll be all right,\" Mr Jones said, \"I don't __5__ speaking to anyone in that department.\" \"I'm sorry,\" the operator answered, \"but Mr Green isn't in the office today.\" (1)、 A：mind B：about C：someone D：much E：know 答案： D (2)、 A：mind B：about C：someone D：much E：know 答案： B (3)、 A：mind B：about C：someone D：much E：know

答案： E (4)、 A：mind B：about C：someone D：much E：know 答案： C (5)、 A：mind B：about C：someone D：much E：know 答案： A

2、 An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor ___1_____ London. \"What's that strange building?\" asked the visitor. \"That's the Tower of London. \"\"I see. How ___2___ did it take to build it?\" \"About 500 years. \"\"In my country we can build it ____3__ five months,\" said the visitor. Shortly after that they came to the St. Paul's Cathedral. \"Very interesting.\" said the visitor. \"How long did it take to build it?\" \"Nearly forty years,\" said the Englishman. \"In my country we can finish it in forty days,\" said the visitor. This went ___4___ all day. They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they ___5 ___ do the same thing much faster than in this country. At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it.

Several days later they came to the House of Parliament and the visitor asked his usual question. \"What's that?\" The Englishman answered, \"I've no idea. It wasn't there last night (1)、

A：could B：on C：in D：around E：long 答案： D (2)、

A：could

B：on C：in D：around E：long 答案： E (3)、

A：could B：on C：in D：around E：long 答案： C (4)、

A：could B：on C：in D：around E：long 答案： B (5)、

A：could B：on C：in D：around E：long 答案： A 四、英译汉

(1)、Who do you believe will be given the prize? (2)、My watch is five minutes fast.

(3)、When did you get up yesterday morning? (4)、He watched me more carefully than ever. 五、汉译英

(1)、他们工作努力。 (2)、他们一起做作业。

(3)、我别无选择。 (4)、您能慢一点儿说吗？