大学英语A 7

 

一、阅读理解

1、    In the past, operations were difficult. Until the middle of the eighteen fifties, surgery was very dangerous. Many patients died after even the smallest operations. This was because bacteria entered the cuts in the patients' bodies and started infection. In some countries, up to 90 percent of patients died from infection after operations. In 1865, however, Joseph Lister, a British surgeon, found an answer to the problem. He used an "antiseptic"（消毒剂）during and after operations. This killed the dangerous bacteria and most of his patients lived. Since then, surgeons have used antiseptics in all operations.

    Surgery has developed in many important ways since the day of Joseph Lister. Today, when patients go to hospital for an operation, they can expect the best treatment, in clean and hygienic（消毒，卫生的）conditions.

(1)、Operations were difficult and dangerous until_______.

  A：1850

  B：the middle of 1860s

  C：the middle of the fifties of the eighteenth century

  D：the middle of the fifties of the nineteenth century

答案： B

(2)、In the passage, surgery means__________.

  A：the performing of an operation

  B：cure

  C：treatment

  D：medicine

答案： A

(3)、In the past, up to 90 percent of patients died after operations mainly because__________.

  A：bacteria entered the cuts in the patients' bodies and infection took place

  B：the conditions in hospitals were bad

  C：the skill of surgeons was not so good

  D：there were no good medicine at that time

答案： A

(4)、Which topic of the following best suits the passage?

  A：Operations were difficult in the past.

  B：The devotion of Joseph Lister to medical science.

  C：Surgery has become simpler.

  D：Developments in surgery.

答案： D

(5)、Joseph Lister was________.

  A：a Frenchman

  B：a German

  C：an Englishman

  D：an American

答案： C

2、      In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

      The next important date in the history of photography（摄影术）was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his pictures you could see everything very clearly， even the smallest things. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

      Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

      In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers（摄影家）could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.

      Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike（栩栩如生的）.

      Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.

 

(1)、The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ______.

  A：his business

  B：his house

  C：his garden

  D：his window

答案： C

(2)、The Daguerreotype was ______.

  A：a Frenchman

  B：a kind of picture

  C：a kind of camera

  D：a photographer

答案： B

(3)、If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to ______.

  A：watch lots of films

  B：buy an expensive camera

  C：stop in most cities

  D：take many films and related facilities

答案： D

(4)、Mathew Brady ______.

  A：was a very attractive person

  B：was famous for his unusual pictures

  C：was quite a strong person

  D：took many pictures of moving people

答案： B

(5)、This passage tells us ______.

  A：how photography was developed

  B：how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures

  C：how to take pictures in the world

  D：how to use different cameras

答案： A

       

二、词汇与语法

1、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

2、I haven't finished yet. I just need _______ ten minutes.

  A：another  

  B：other 

  C：the other 

  D：the others

答案： A

3、Dr. Black comes from either Oxford or Cambridge, I can't remember ________.

  A：where 

  B：here   

  C：which    

  D：that                                                

答案： C

4、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

5、________ difficult the situation was, we managed to survive.

  A：How                                

  B：However                   

  C：What                        

  D：When

答案： B

6、I used to _____TV on weekends, but now I start to do some sports with my friends.

  A：watched

  B：watch

  C：watching

  D：be watched

答案： B

7、Not until 1868 ______ made the capital of the state of Georgia.

  A：Atlanta was

  B：was Atlanta

  C：when Atlanta was

  D：when was Atlanta

答案： B

8、The point is worth ________.

  A：being mentioned

  B：mentioning

  C：to mention

  D：mentioned

答案： B

9、You have only 1000 words in which to ______ his speech.

  A：amount to

  B：sum up

  C：lead to

  D：take up

答案： B

10、You should take care that you have not ________ any detail in the design.

  A：disappeared 

  B：thrown

  C：delivered

  D：neglected

答案： D

       

三、完型填空

To be a successful speaker, it is essential for you to know why you are speaking and what you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common   1   of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a(an)   2  , wish to make your ideas clear to people   3   with your subject? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judge or the audience? Or, like a fund raiser for a naturalist foundation, wish to secure donations or   4   cash? Or, like a comedian or an after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and the tone that you use must be   5   for your purpose, for your audience and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone and manner of   6  , for example, from information conveyed to a group of your friends.   7  , no matter how talented the speaker is, a talk without adequate preparation is usually a   8  . To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking   9  . Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence such as "my purpose is to convince the class that cats as well as dogs should require licenses in our community". Make sure that your subject is definite and not too   10  .

(1)、

  A：targets

  B：purposes

  C：tasks

  D：aspects

答案： B

(2)、

  A：area

  B：field

  C：research

  D：occupation

答案： B

(3)、

  A：unknown

  B：dealing

  C：agreeing

  D：unfamiliar

答案： D

(4)、

  A：collect

  B：accumulate

  C：invest

  D：account

答案： A

(5)、

  A：important

  B：necessary

  C：appropriate

  D：central

答案： C

(6)、

  A：performance

  B：presentation

  C：exhibition

  D：proposal

答案： B

(7)、

  A：However

  B：Furthermore

  C：Even though

  D：Therefore

答案： B

(8)、

  A：failure

  B：collapse

  C：fulfillment

  D：mistake

答案： A

(9)、

  A：point

  B：object

  C：aim

  D：goal

答案： C

(10)、

  A：narrow

  B：confined

  C：spacious

  D：broad

答案： D

       

四、汉译英

(1)、他考试作弊导致他没有取得学位。

(2)、由于天气不好，飞机不能按时起飞。

(3)、他被认为是我们当中跑得最快的人。

(4)、假如你要把财产转让给他人，须使他成为合法产权人。

       

五、写作

We are living in an Information Age. And the Internet can influence our lives in many ways. Write an essay on the topic "Internet and Me". You should base your essay on the outline below.

1.因特网带来的益处

2.因特网带来的弊端

3.因特网对我的影响