新视野英语（一）练习题A

Ⅰ. Vocabulary

1. I glanced _____ my watch and was surprised to see that it was nearly midnight.

A. in                     B. into                   C. at                                   D. to

2. Please turn all the lights ______ as you leave the classroom; we can’t afford to waste power.

       A. down                B. at                      C. off                           D. on

3. The teacher had uncommon insight _____ children’s feelings.

A. in                     B. to                            C. for                           D. into

4. Look ______! There’s a car coming.

       A. away                B. out                    C. into                          D. at

5. The disease is spreading, and all the children under five are ______ risk.

       A. in                     B. at                      C. to                                   D. on

6. What he said that day is not _____ to whether he is a reliable man or not.

   A. contrast             B. relevant            C. comparable              D. liable

7. With the expansion of colleges and universities, more young people will have _____ to college education.

   A. opportunity         B. convenience      C. access                     D. privilege

8. Our suspicions were _____ when we heard some strange noises in the woods.

   A. aroused              B. raised               C. risen                       D. lifted

9. It’s not the beauty so much as the range of his voice that _____ him from other singers.

   A. distinguishes       B. displeases         C. distracts                   D. disturbs

10. The earthquake left thousands of people in _____ need of medical care.

   A. current               B. urgent              C. critical                     D. continual

11. She didn’t feel well but she is all right ______.

A. in future           B. in that case       C. at the most              D. at present

12. When I attended a meeting in Beijing I ______my old teacher’s house.

A. called on           B. called at            C. visited at                  D. visited on

13. I don’t know the restaurant, but it’s ______to be quite a good one.

A. said                  B. told                  C. spoken                    D. talked

14. Here’s my card; let’s keep in______.

A. touch                      B. relation              C. connection               D. friendship

15. I can hardly hear the radio. Would you please______?

A. turn it on          B. turn it down      C. turn it up          D. turn it off

16. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, while the behavior of an animal depends mainly on ______  .

      A. span                B. instinct           C. ignorance       D. violence

17. I’m very sorry to have _____ you with so many questions on such an occasion.  

A. handled           B. transported      C. omitted          D. offended

18. Once out of the earth’s gravity, the astronaut is _____ by the problem of weightlessness. 

A. effected        B. intended         C. injured            D. affected   

19. I hate people who _____ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.  

A. confront        B. dominate        C. reveal          D. bet

20. I am unable to attend because of a ____ appointment. 

A. automatic        B. previous          C. unexpected      D. eternal

 

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

A wise man said, “Of the making of books there is no end.” There are millions of books in the world, and thousands of new books come out every year. It is no good hoping to read all these books. However hard we may try, we can read only a few. So we must be careful in deciding what to read, for there are bad books as well as books really worth reading. We may read good novels, but most of our readng should be serious — science, technology, lives of great men, history and so on. If we get into the habit of reading earniestly and with a purpose when we are young, we shall be grateful for it all our lives. For reading gives a man great pleasure, trains his mind, makes him think, and teaches him much.

21. The wise man’s saying means that ________.

A. books will continue coming out as time goes on

B. books without an ending will go on being produced

C. the making of some books has no ending

D. making books has nothing to do with an end

22. It is no good hoping to read all these books because _______.

A. there are too many books to read

B. reading some of the books is not good to us

C. reading these books takes up too much time

D. a little learning is a dangerous thing

23. We can read only a few of the books in the world ________.

A. if we do not try reading books in some new way

B. because we are often not in the right habit of reading

C. even if we try hard ot read few of them

D. no matter how hard we may try to read all of them

24. We must be careful in making up our minds about what we’ll read, for ________.

A. bad books are as good as books worth reading

B. there are some bad books worth reading

C. there are too many bad books as well as books worth reading

D. we should read only the good books not the bad ones

25. We may read good novels but _________.

A. we should read them thoroughly and critically

B. we should read the most serious books

C. our reading should be most serious

D. we should read first of all serious books

Passage 2

Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition (传统)of storytelling.

“It might seem strange that people still want to listen to instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival (节) in Wales. “Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.

Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively. Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales. “It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.

26. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling ________.

A. will be more popular than TV

B. will be popular again

C. started in Wales

D. are in the hands of some old people

27. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn_______.

A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

B. why they tell the stories in a throat singing way

C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live

D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

28. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

29. The underlined phrase “in good hands” m eans “______”.

A. controlled by rich people                       B. grasped by good storytellers

C. taken good care of                                D. protected by kind people

30. What’s “Beyond the Board” in Para 2?

      A. People will go across the board.

B. People can go abroad.

C. It’s an international storytelling festival in Wales.

D. It’s nothing.

Passage 3

This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they are following orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions (超级发明).

       Does this sound familiar? You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular? One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown, fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood.

       The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don’t know what they might do next.

       But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards (奇才) who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.

41. We can know that the scientists who designed the machines ______

       A. are careless in their daily life

       B. are unkind and cruel

       C. are out of their mind 

       D. have great abilities

42. The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______.

       A. they don’t know anything about computers

       B. they haven’t really understood computers

       C. there are so many computer games

       D. computers are often down

43. The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______.

       A. computers can be controlled by man

       B. there should be more people devoted to computers

       C. only young people are interested in computers

       D. more time and energy is required to control computers

44. This passage is probably written to suggest that ______.

       A. some day computers can deal with all human problems

       B. computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs

       C. people should not fear computers

       D. computer technology will not meet people’s needs in various situations

45. The author’s attitude towards widely used computers is______.

       A. positive             B. anxious             C. worried             D. curious

 

Passage 4

Sports fans all over the world recognize the name Michael Jordan. From Taiwan to Tennessee, kids wear clothes with his picture on them. Jerseys（球服）with his number 23 on the front, jackets with the Bulls logo（标志）on the back, and Air Jordan athletic shoes all reflect the fame of this superstar. Michael Jordan has become the most famous attraction of the world’s favorite spectator sport.

Michael Jordan was born in 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Michael did not look like a future superstar. He was very shy and didn’t like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He showed little promise of having a future career in basketball. When he tried out for the freshman team in high school, Michael didn’t make it. The next year, however, after a large growth spurt（突发）, he made the team. The rest is history.

Michael’s road to fame began at the University of North Carolina. He brought an acrobatic（杂技的）style to the game that few had seen before. Michael used his quickness and strength to reach the basket again and again. He became famous for his powerful slam dunk (扣篮). Basketball fans from all over the world began to take notice. One reporter wrote that when Michael went up to dunk the basketball, it looked like he could fly. He was given the nickname “Air Jordan”.

46. Kids all over the world wear things related to Jordan,           are not mentioned in the passage.

       A. shoes                                       B. jerseys

    C. jackets                                       D. sockets

47. Jordan once didn’t seem to promise to be a superstar mainly because           .

    A. he was too shy                           B. he kept from others

    C. he was short                               D. he was poor

48. Jordan grew much taller           .

    A. in the first year in high school       B. in the second year in high school

    C. in the first year in college             D. after he joined NBA

49. Which is not mentioned as one of Jordan’s advantages?

    A. Height.                                       B. Strength.

    C. Skills.                                        D. Quickness.

50. When did the name “Air Jordan” become well-known?

    A. After he won the “Most Valuable Player” in NBA.

    B. After a reporter compared his dunk to flying.

    C. In his freshman year in the university.

    D. In his first year in NBA.

 

III. Cloze

People from different cultures sometimes do things that make each other uncomfortable without meaning to or sometimes without even realizing it. Most Americans have    36     been out of the country and have    37     experience with foreigners. But they are usually friendly and open, and   38     meeting new people, having guests and bringing people together formally or    39    . They tend to use first names in most    40     and speak freely about themselves.   41    if your American hosts do something that makes you    42    , try to let them know how you feel. Most people will    43     your honesty and try    44     you uncomfortable again.   45     you’ll all learn something about another culture!

Many travelers find it    46     to meet people in the U.S. than in other countries. They may just    47     and introduce themselves or even invite you    48     before they really know you. Sometimes Americans are said to be    49     friendly. Perhaps it seems so, but they are probably just    50    . Just    51    anywhere else, it takes time to become    52     friends with people in the U.S.

If and when you    53    American friends, they will probably enjoy   54     you to their friends and family, and if they seem proud    55     you, it’s probably because they are, relax and enjoy it!

36. A. ever                    B. never                       C. often                        D. sometimes

37. A. few                    B. a few                       C. little                         D. a little

38. A. dislike                 B. avoid                        C. hate                         D. enjoy

39. A. informally           B. intimate                    C. incompetently           D. indirectly

40. A. occasions            B. situations                  C. moments                  D. instant

41. A. And                    B. So                           C. But                          D. Meanwhile

42. A. at ease                B. comfortable                     C. pleasant                  D. uncomfortable

43. A. confirm                     B. praise                       C. appreciate                 D. criticize

44. A. not let                 B. letting                       C. not to make                     D. to not made

45. A. Thus                  B. Then                        C. And                         D. But

46. A. easier                  B. harder                      C. happier                     D. simpler

47. A. come to                     B. come through           C. come up with           D. come up

48. A. over                   B. at                             C. in                                   D. round

49. A. naturally              B. superficially              C. heartily                     D. extremely

50. A. killing time          B. having a good time    C. enjoying                   D. enjoying himself

51. A. as                       B. different                   C. like                          D. unlike

52. A. real                     B. true                          C. actual                       D. loyal

53. A. live with              B. stay with                  C. stay away from         D. are helpful to

54. A. inviting               B. introducing               C. lead                       D. being acquainted

55. A. to recognize        B. to have known          C. of recognizing           D. of knowing

 

IV. Translation

56. 他是个有经验的商人，做国际贸易已有好几年了。

57. 我们珍惜自己行动的自由、劳动的果实和我们的生命。

58. 我们学会了怎样面对现实，而不是回避现实。

59. 请把电视机关掉，因为噪音会使她分心，以致无法专心做家庭作业。

60. 我原本打算昨天晚上去看电影，但却下雨了。

61. Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldn’t trade for anything.

62. We must not let cultural, racial, or social barriers distract us from the job that must be done.

63. The less wit a man has, the less he knows that he wants it.

64. Realizing it wasn’t her fault, the chairman smiled at her to lighten the atmosphere.

65. I asked quite a few waiters, who said nothing but smiled at me, before the message registered that my English was not good enough.