大学英语A 10

 

一、阅读理解

1、What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often, and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did" or "You are such a smart child".

 

(1)、The words "intelligent" and "brilliant" in the first paragraph mean ______ ?????while "dull" in the second paragraph means ______.

  A：bright and splendid...slow in thinking and understanding

  B：pretty and handsome...ordinary-looking

  C：great and important...common

  D：hopeful and helpful...careless

答案： A

(2)、According to the context we can guess that a genius is ______ while an idiot is ______.

  A：a normal person...a funny person

  B：a strong person...a weak person

  C：a highly intelligent person...a foolish or weak-minded person

  D：a famous person...an ordinary person

答案： C

(3)、A person ______ is more likely to become a genius.

  A：whose parents are clever

  B：who often thinks about difficult problems

  C：who are often helped by his parents and teachers

  D：who are born with a good brain and putting it to active use

答案： D

(4)、It is better for parents ______.

  A：to praise and encourage their children more often

  B：to be hard on their children

  C：to leave their children along with nothing to do

  D：to give their children as much help as possible

答案： A

(5)、Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

  A：Parents play an important part in their children's growth.

  B：The less you use your mind the duller you may become.

  C：Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.

  D：Parents should always encourage their children.

答案： C

2、      If you have recently started collecting stamps, or are thinking about starting, you may be wondering if the hobby is expensive. Can you enjoy it with limited money? What if you have no money at all for the hobby? The answer is an absolute positive one.

      Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office. Used stamps are worth saving, have value, and they may cost you nothing. In fact, many stamp collectors save only used stamps!

      The first place to search for stamps, then, is your own mailbox. You can ask people who write to you to use commemorative(纪念性的) stamps on their mail. Also, if you write away for offers that require a self-addressed stamps envelope, you can put commemoratives on your return envelopes, knowing that they will come back to you later. Neighbors, friends, and relatives are another good source of stamps. A majority of people is only too happy to save the stamps on their mail for someone who will appreciate them. You may even know someone who works in an office that gets a lot of mail. Many businesses get a lot of foreign mail and regularly throw away stamps that may have interest or value to a collector. And don't forget to ask your parents if they have any old letters which may still have stamps on the envelopes.

      Now that you have stamps on paper, what do you do with them? The most common way to get stamps off paper is to soak them in water, then dry them on paper. To understand more about soaking stamps, it is best to find a handbook on stamp collecting at the library.

      Stamp clubs are another place to get stamps. A club may offer stamps as prizes, or have inexpensive stamps you can afford to buy. If you don't have a stamp club around you, try to start one with a few others. All it takes are four or five other stamp collectors who are interested in getting together to learn about and trade stamps and ideas. Obtaining a pen pal(笔友) in another country is a very good way to get stamps from that country. His or her extra stamps may seem really common in that country, but over here they are much scarcer.

(1)、Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word "positive" in Paragraph 1 ?

  A：certain 

  B：interesting

  C：impossible   

  D：clear

答案： A

(2)、Which of the following is true?

  A：Collecting stamps is a bad hobby.

  B：Collecting stamps is a hobby for rich people.

  C：Used stamps are all worth collecting.

  D：Collecting used stamps can save your money.

答案： D

(3)、The writer suggests that you should ______.

  A：ask your friends to write to you as often as possible

  B：ask your friends to write to each other as often as possible

  C：tell your pen pals to write to you as often as possible

  D：get used stamps from all kinds of people you know

答案： D

(4)、To soak used stamps in water is the best way to ______.

  A：get rid of the print      

  B：make the stamps clean

  C：get stamps off paper  

  D：increase the value of the stamps

答案： C

(5)、If you are a member of a stamp club, you can ______.

  A：become rich by collecting stamps     

  B：have a meeting every day

  C：get more stamps without anything    

  D：exchange stamps with the other members

答案： D

       

二、词汇与语法

1、I don't think his remarks are relevant ________ our discussion.

  A：to        

  B：at               

  C：for                    

  D：with

答案： A

2、As the work became more familiar, his _______ toward school changed from dislike to great enthusiasm.

  A：position                 

  B：attitude        

  C：manner              

  D：action

答案： B

3、That poorly dressed old man felt quite ________ at such a big party attended by many important figures.

  A：in the way        

  B：out of the way       

  C：out of place    

  D：in place

答案： C

4、The Chinese food ______ good.

  A：are tasted         

  B：tastes        

  C：is tasted            

  D：taste

答案： B

5、You should give the application to the man ______ at that chair.

  A：sits              

  B：to sit             

  C：sat                  

  D：sitting

答案： D

6、You'd better tell him what to do next as soon as he _______ back.

  A：come            

  B：came              

  C：is coming           

  D：comes 

答案： D

7、They are willing to care for the _____ and disabled.

  A：oldest

  B：elder

  C：older

  D：elderly

答案： D

8、Scarcely had the car stopped ________ the cell phone began to ring.

  A：than

  B：when

  C：after

  D：before

答案： B

9、They found the conditions there ________.

  A：much improve

  B：much to improve

  C：much improved

  D：be much improved

答案： C

10、On hearing the news of _____the examination, the boy was very happy.

  A：his having passed

  B：he passed

  C：his being passed 

  D：to pass

答案： A

       

三、完型填空

In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words   1   which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the   2   of our own family and from our familiar associates, and which we should know and use   3   we could not read or write. They concern the common things of life, and are the stock in trade（惯用手段） of all who   4   the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people   5   and are not the exclusive right of a limited class.

      6  , our language comprises a multitude of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings   7   to every educated person, but there is little necessity to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first   8   with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, but from books that we read, lectures that we listen to, or the more formal conversation of   9   educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual level of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the   10   between them and "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.

(1)、

  A：at

  B：by

  C：with

  D：through

答案： C

(2)、

  A：members

  B：relatives

  C：mates

  D：fellows

答案： A

(3)、

  A：despite

  B：even if

  C：since

  D：as well as

答案： B

(4)、

  A：say

  B：apply

  C：practise

  D：speak

答案： D

(5)、

  A：at least

  B：at most

  C：at large

  D：at best

答案： C

(6)、

  A：As a matter of fact

  B：In short

  C：In general

  D：On the other hand

答案： D

(7)、

  A：know

  B：are known

  C：are knowing

  D：knowing

答案： B

(8)、

  A：encounter

  B：approach

  C：acquaintance

  D：experience

答案： C

(9)、

  A：highly

  B：deeply

  C：greatly

  D：mainly

答案： A

(10)、

  A：contradiction

  B：discrepancy

  C：similarity

  D：distinction

答案： D

       

四、汉译英

(1)、是信息技术使大众教育成为可能。

(2)、商店在各种报纸上登了很多广告。

(3)、我有很多爱好，其中之一就是集邮。

(4)、这是你自己的错，不要将工作的失败归咎于别人。

       

五、写作

Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.

 

You are to write an essay on the topic "My Dream House". You should base your essay on the outline below:

a)描述你现在住所的状况

b)你梦想的住所是什么样子

c)在你的梦想住所都可以做哪些活动