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南京农业大学《大学英语Ⅱ（艺体类）》
2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷

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第一部分 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1、—Jack, my plane arrives at 8:30 pm when, I suppose, you ______ dinner.
—But I can wait.
A．will have B．have had
C．will have had D．are having

2、Various efforts ________ in the past decades to protect the environment.
A．had made B．have made
C．were made D．have been made

3、Enter our prize ______and win a break in a National Trust holiday cottage of your choice anywhere in the country.
A．draw B．search C．match D．collection

4、It was warm and nice that evening. I stayed awake until eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.
A．on average B．on purpose
C．on business D．on time

5、It is not surprising that she was elected ______ monitor ;she is ______ very smart girl who has the ability to organize the class well.
A．/; the B．/; a
C．a;a D．the;/

6、I _____up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled.
A．have made B．had made
C．was making D．would make

7、We will remain ______to the path of peaceful development and shoulder more international responsibilities.
A．committing B．committed C．to be committed D．to have committed

8、—______ you sing and dance at this late hour of the night?
—Sorry, I will stop right now.
A．May B．Shall
C．Will D．Must

9、––Cathy is not coming to your birthday party tonight.
––But she ______!
A．promised B．promises
C．will promise D．had promised

10、Bob made a promise to the manager ________ the work would all be finished on time.
A．that B．what
C．which D．whether

第二部分 阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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On a cool morning, Wilson Kasaine walks along a dirt path in southern Kenya. Actually, Kasaine is tracking lions. Particularly, he is tracking one lion called Marti.
Tracking lions on foot may sound dangerous, but Kasaine has been doing it for most of his life. Born in a traditional Maasai family, he understood the beauty and risk of the wildlife. Living with big game forces him to develop a good sense of where animals have been and where they might be going. During his 12-kilometer walks to and from school, he learned how to tell the paw prints of a lion from those of other animals.
Growing up, Kasaine knew that improving his tracking abilities would help him avoid other dangerous animals. But maybe Kasaine didn’t know that, years later, he would be tracking lions specifically to encounter them and to protect them. Today he leads a small group of wide-eyed tourists over a red sandy path in the reserve, searching for the lion that has left upon it his unmistakable prints.
Each year, tens of thousands of tourists come to Kenya’s national parks to try to visit the “big five”: elephants, rhinoceros, leopards, buffaloes, and lions. The attraction of these animals to people all over the world means that the nation’s economy is tied to the protection of its wildlife. If Kenya’s wildlife disappears, so does its second-largest source of income.
Considering the rapid urban development in Kenya, this isn’t unimaginable. In 2016, a study shows that many of the nation’s most treasured species have fallen to less than one-third of their population counting from just 40 years ago. The number of lions fell too. In 1998, the nation was home to over 15,000; only about 2,000 remain today. Several experts have predicted they could disappear entirely from the country in the next two decades.
Wildlife protection efforts in Kenya must be at the sacrifice of other things. People were forced to leave their land and into smaller surrounding regions. Communities like Kasaine’s are now finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a traditional Maasai lifestyle. But they are glad that their sacrifice really makes a difference.
1、What did Kasaine learn on his way to school and back home?
A．The beauty and risk of the wildlife.
B．The method of telling different plants.
C．The skills of telling different paw prints.
D．The lifestyle of a traditional Maasai family.
2、What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The lion. B．The path.
C．The reserve. D．The group.
3、Why is Kenya making efforts to protect wildlife?
A．To improve the nation’s economy.
B．To offer more jobs to the local people.
C．To show the importance of the “big five”.
D．To set a good example to other countries.
4、What do we know from the fifth paragraph?
A．The lions in Kenya are in danger of dying out.
B．The number of species declined seriously in 2016.
C．The nation’s economy is experiencing a very hard period.
D．Species in Kenya decreased every year in the recent ten years.
5、How does Kasaine feel about his sacrifice?
A．Unpleasant. B．Hopeful.
C．Doubtful. D．Worthwhile.

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“At almost any given age，most of us are getting better at some things and worse at others，”Joshua Hartshorne，an MIT cognitive(认知的)science researcher and the lead author of a study looking at how intelligence changes as we age，told Business Insider.His team quizzed thousands of people aged 10—90 on their ability to do things like remembering lists of words，recognizing faces，learning names，and doing math.Their results suggest that no matter your age，there’s almost always a new peak on the horizon.
The human brain has a remarkable capacity to recognize and identify faces，and scientists are just beginning to learn why.On average，we know that our ability to learn and remember new faces appears to peak shortly after our 30th birthday.
Having trouble focusing? The study suggests that our ability to maintain attention improves with age，reaching its peak around age 43.While younger adults may excel in the speed and flexibility of information processing，adults approaching their mid-years may have the greatest capacity to remain focused.
Dating is tough.One of the reasons could be that we’re generally bad at reading other people’s emotions until we reach our late 40s.That’s according to one component of Hartshorne’s study，which involved showing thousands of people images of faces cropped tightly around the eye area.Participants were asked to describe the emotion the person in the photo was feeling.Performance peaked for people aged around 48.
Many people believe that their math skills decline after they leave school and stop practicing arithmetic.But the next time you try to split up a check，keep this in mind:your ability to do basic subtraction and division doesn’t reach its apex until your 50th birthday.
Ever wonder why you always lose at Scrabble? Good news:Your best days may be ahead.According to people’s scores on multiple—choice vocabulary tests，most of us don’t reach our peak wordsmithing abilities until we’re in our late 60s or early 70s.
1、What did the scientists mainly test during the research?
A．Communication ability. B．Athletic ability.
C．Intelligence ability. D．Reading ability.
2、What does the underlined word“apex”in paragraph 5 mean?
A．Destination. B．Top. C．Goal. D．Minimum.
3、Who is most likely to succeed according to the text?
A．Lucy，72，trying to win at Scrabble.
B．Tom，26，trying to identify strangers’ faces.
C．Jack，48，trying to focus his attention for a long time.
D．Lily，43，trying to read the emotions in different eyes.
4、What does Hartshorne’s study mainly tell us?
A．There is no end to learning.
B．Constant dropping wears away the stone.
C．Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
D．A foot may prove short while an inch may prove long.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Millions of people seek help from psychologists in part because they feel different from others. But a 1 Andrew Erlich says that everyone is a freak(怪物) in some way. Erlich 2 for acceptance of differences in his book “The Long Shadows” about an uncle, Jake Erlich, who overcame prejudice, depression and 3 caused by his extreme height.
“Most of us have something that we are embarrassed about. It is like an invisible clubfoot（畸形足）. But for Jake, it was 4 Everybody saw it,” said Andrew. As a clinical psychologist, Andrew Erlich helps patients who see themselves as freaks. First, he tells them about his uncle. “Here is a man that 5 the challenges, and he does it not by 6 who he is, but by embracing(拥抱) who he is 7 and expressing it in the visual 8 and in his performances,” he said.
Erlich’s 9 tells about how Jake toured with the circus and then, after suffering temporary blindness, 10 sculpture and painting. “He found 11 through creativity. I am 12 interested in the creative process in the people that I see, and I use Jake as an example, and I 13 them his paintings,” said Erlich.
“Jake really wanted to do something 14 You see a scene and your 15 come through as you see and feel it, and you believe he painted it from different 16 ,” said Erlich. “People were 17 of human differences, and they would 18 walls to protect themselves from those differences and those walls that 19 us are very dangerous,” he said.
Erlich hopes that his uncle’s story will help readers 20 themselves and fulfill their dreams.
1、A．physician B．painter C．writer D．psychologist
2、A．argues B．defines C．prepares D．protests
3、A．disappointment B．loss C．pain D．illness
4、A．pleasant B．present C．sick D．widespread
5、A．fears B．overlooks C．overcomes D．rejects
6、A．avoiding B．admitting C．recognizing D．imagining
7、A．tightly B．quickly C．bravely D．easily
8、A．books B．arts C．actions D．habits
9、A．clinic B．book C．painting D．experiment
10、A．gave up B．thought over C．figured out D．took up
11、A．freedom B．health C．pressure D．sorrow
12、A．seldom B．rarely C．quite D．nearly
13、A．explain B．count C．draw D．show
14、A．suddenly B．differently C．happily D．simply
15、A．emotions B．possessions C．talents D．abilities
16、A．colors B．books C．lights D．angles
17、A．aware B．tired C．confident D．Frightened
18、A．build B．destroy C．remove D．break
19、A．prevent B．separate C．withdraw D．threaten
20、A．recover B．upgrade C．accept D．learn

第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
My deskmate admires my fluent English very much and I usually feel 1．(encourage) by his compliments
One day,2．we learned the new word ”eccentric” in class , we3．(ask) to make a sentence with it I volunteered to do it 4．saying ”My deskmate is an eccentric boy 5．clothes never fit him” Hearing this, the whole class burst into6． (laugh) and my deskmate’s face turned red After class, I learned from the teacher that my deskmate7． (drop) out of school if he hadn’t been helped by others My mindless words must 8． (hurt) him deeply
Not until then 9．I realize words could be powerful in 10． positive and negative ways We should avoid hurting others if we can’t always be encouraging when we speak

第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。
When I was young, my mother work at a hospital far away from my home、 In the morning, she got up early than anyone else in my family to prepare breakfast for us, and then sent me and my brother to school、 This went on for 18 year、 She was never complained about it、 No matter how tiring she was, she always had enough energy to be my mom、 However, during holiday seasons, she had to work, that damaged my spirit because she was most important person to me、 Last Christmas Eve, I went to the hospital to visit him、 Seeing her devotion to care for the patients, I began to understand her job but feel proud of her、56

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，开学后你在你们班作了一个关于暑假学生生活习惯的调查，调查发现大家在暑假期间都有一些不良的生活习惯。请根据下面的要点用英语写一篇短文投稿到校报英语版。
1. 简述常见的不良习惯；
2. 产生的不良影响；
3. 提出建议并呼吁大家培养健康的生活习惯。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2.文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Let’s develop a healthy habit
According to a survey among my classmates, many have bad habits in the summer holidays.
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