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201203学期《大学英语1》复习纲要B
Part I. Vocabulary and Grammar
Directions: For each of the following 10 incomplete sentences, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
1.Experiments of this kind _____in both the U.S. and Europe well before the Second World War.
A.have conducted B.have been conducted
C.had conducted D.had been conducted
2._____Barbara Jones offers to her fans is honesty and happiness.
A.Which B.What
C.That D.Whom
3.Tom _____ in the library every night over the last three months.
A.works B.worked
C.have been working D.had been working
4.—I don’t really like James. Why did you invite him?
—Don’t worry. He _____ come. He said he wasn’t certain what his plans were.
A.must not B.need not
C.would not D.might not
5.It’s important for the figures _____ regularly.
A.to be updated B.to have been updated
C.to update D.to have updated
6.Mary was much kinder to Jack than she was to the others, _____ , of course, made all the others upset.
A.who B.which
C.what D.that
7.—That must have been a long trip.
—Yeah, it _____ us a whole week to get there.
A.takes B.has taken
C.took D.was taking
8.—Where are the children? The dinner’s going to be completely ruined.
—I wish they _____ always late.
A.weren’t B.hadn’t been
C.wouldn’t be D.wouldn’t have been
9._____ volleyball is her main focus, she’s also great at basketball.
A.Since B.Once
C.Unless D.While
10.Maybe if I _____ science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.
A.studied B.would study
C.had studied D.was studying
Part II. Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Passage 1
“I Went Skydiving at 84!”
As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of a woman to do that. I got a taste of that dream in 2011,when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be very dull. Around that time ,I told my husband that I wanted to skydive. So when our retirement community(社区)announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.
In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Brush Sr. did it at age 80. Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health. A year went by and I heard nothing. But then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners. I just couldn’t believe it. Inspired by this, I decided to realize my dream, even though some of my family members and my doctor were against it.
One June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I would land while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience. The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasn’t frightened—I was really just looking forward to the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to throw myself out of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe. For a second I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” But then everything got calmer. We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute(降落伞), then we just floated downward for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I have ever felt—much better than the hot air balloon. I was just enjoying it.
Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at me and realize that you don’t stop living just because you are 84 years old. If there’s something you want to experience, look into it. If it’s something that is possible, make it happen.
11.What happened to the author in 2001? _____.
A.She flew an airplane
B.She entered a competition
C.She went on a hot air balloon ride
D.She moved into a retirement community
12.The author mentioned George Bush Sr. in her essay to_____.
A.build up her own reputation B.show her admiration for him
C.compare their health condition D.make her argument persuasive
13.How did the author feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane? _____.
A.Excited B.Scared
C.Nervous D.Regretful
14.What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving? _____.
A.The beautiful clouds B.The wonderful view
C.The company of Jay D.The one-minute free fall
15.What did I do on my birthday of 2011? _____.
A.Ride in a hot air balloon B.Have a wonderful view
C.Have a party D.The one-hour free fall
Passage 2
Beyond the Factory: Child Labor in the Cities
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, factory owners faced few restrictions on the way they employed their children workers, who were between the age of 7 and 12. Gradually laws came into being.
The first child-labor laws were passed at the state level in America and usually focused on both required education and a minimum age for employment. And added rules limited the length of the workday for children. Pennsylvania, for example, limited the workday to 10 hours for children under 12. However, government officials cared little whether businesses followed the law. In fact one group of children was left entirely unprotected by labor laws — the children of immigrant families.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, piecework appeared, for which people were paid by the piece. Significant numbers of women sewed baby dresses or men's neckties and made the artificial flowers used to decorate hats. Piecework turned homes into factories that were free from the law, and countless children worked long hours alongside their mothers and old sisters.
Manufactures exploited the system shamelessly and paid the lowest wages they could. Embroidering (刺绣) a silk dress, which was a 10-day job, might generate a five-dollar payment. In the case of "willowing", workers needed to add more strands to ostrich feathers used on hats to make them longer and more graceful. The first willowers were paid 15 cents per inch, but a few months later, the pay was reduced to 13 cents. Within three years, willowers were earning only three cents per inch.
In order to survive under these circumstances, pieceworkers had even their youngest children help them. In one Italian neighborhood, a three-year-old girl helped her mother sew clothes. In another case, a child of eight who had lived in New York for three years had never been to school at all and could speak almost no English. Slowly child labor laws brought these abuses to an end.
16.The first child-labor laws required _____.
A.workplace safety and conditions B.minimum payment and age
C.education and working time D.minimum payment and schooling
17.Manufactures who hired women to do piecework _____.
A.were kind and concerned employers
B.were sometimes called "willowers"
C.usually paid the lowest salary
D.forced children to turn home into factories
18."Willowing" was a kind of _____.
A.handwork activity B.workplace
C.payment requirement D.workers
19.By raising the example of the three-year-old girl's experience in the last paragraph, the author intended to _____.
A.show how poor the situations were for children workers
B.blame those adult pieceworkers for allowing children to work
C.attract attention to protect young children
D.emphasize the importance of educating young children
20.Which of the following sentences best summarizes the passage? _____
A.The first child-labor laws were limited due to working at the state level.
B.Early child-labor laws offered no protection to children who worked at home.
C.Some immigrant children did not learn English because of their piecework.
D.Child-labor laws should have come into being before children became workers.
Passage 3
SHANGHAI-Famed Chinese scientist Qian Weichang died here on Friday morning, saddening millions of his countrymen.
He was 98.
Qian, a pioneer in mechanics and applied mathematics in modern China, was one of the three famous "Qians" in China's science and technology field. He was well known alongside Qian Xuesen, the father of China's space program, and Qian Sanqiang, a nuclear physicist who oversaw the development of China's nuclear program.
Wu Shuqing, former president of Peking University, said Qian was an internationally well-known scholar whose modesty and conduct has set a good example for following generations.
After learning about Qian's death, millions of Chinese people offered their condolences (吊唁) online.
Many students from Shanghai University, where Qian was a former president, burst into tears after hearing the news, saying it was a great loss to the university and to China.
For those off campus for the summer vocation, many visited their university website, which had been turned gray. Some said they planned to return to the campus to mourn him.
Many of those still on campus voluntarily joined preparations for a mourning (哀悼) service that will begin at the university on Saturday.
The university has set up two mourning halls at two of its campuses and publicized the mourning time and phone numbers at the two sites.
Qian was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in 1912. Although he was initially not good at science, he chose to study physics at Tsinghua University because he believed science and technology were the keys to strengthening China in the 1930s.
He graduated from Tsinghua in 1935, and earned his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Toronto in Canada in 1942.
He returned to China in 1946 and became a mechanics professor and later vice-president at Tsinghua University.
Qian made great contributions to the engineering applications of sciences, such as the fluttering of airplanes, armor penetration, the design of instruments and pipe systems.
He is an academician (院士) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
21.Qian Weichang used to work at _____.
A.Tsinghua University and Peking University
B.Shanghai University and Toronto University
C.Peking University and Shanghai University
D.Tsinghua University and Shanghai University
22.According to the passage, the students expressed their sadness to Qian's death in the following
ways EXCEPT that they _____.
A.held mourning meetings in the university
B.could not stop crying for losing him
C.went to the university to mourn him themselves
D.offered their help to the mourning service
23.The passage tells us that _____ made Qian Weichang aim at science in his university time.
A.his talents at study B.his failures at science
C.the family's expectation D.his love to the country
24.Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage? _____
A.Qian Weichang graduated from Tsinghua University.
B.Qian Weichang used to work side by side with Qian Xuesen and Qian Sanqiang.
C.Qian Weichang spent at least four years studying and living abroad.
D.Qian Weichang was not good at science before he went to university.
25.What is the best title of this passage? _____.
A.Respected Scientist Passes on at 98
B.The Great Life of the Scientist — Qian Weichang
C.The Whole Nation Mourn Qian Weichang
D.A 98-year Old Man Passed in Shanghai
Part III. Translate English into Chinese.
Directions: For this part, you are required to translate English into Chinese.
While there are numerous advantages of online shopping, there are also threats and fears regarding this way of shopping. Information security is the key concern. Online payment may not be so secure because of identity theft. Another problem of online shopping is encountering misleading and false product information.
In my viewpoint, online shopping is a double-edged sword. Buying on reputed online stores is a good solution to ensure the pleasure and comfort of the internet shopping.
Part IV. Translate Chinese into English.
Directions: For this part, you are required to translate Chinese into English.
宝宝睡眠障碍有很多原因,其中一种是生理性的。如婴幼儿常见的饥饿、口渴、过饱、生活环境改变、与母亲分离等。白天活动过度,晚上亢奋;看电视过多;学习负担过重;沿袭父母的生活习惯,如父母有失眠、晚睡的生活习惯;睡前喝兴奋型饮料如含咖啡因的可乐等都可能导致睡眠障碍。
201203学期课程考试《大学英语1》复习纲要B
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
1—5 DBCDA 6—10 BCADC
Part II. Reading Comprehension
11—15 CDDBB 16—20 CCAAB 21—25 DADBA
Part III
虽然网上购物有众多的优势,但这种购物方式也有威胁和恐惧一面的存在。信息安全是关键问题。因为会有身份盗窃的情况所以网上支付可能不是很安全,另一个问题是网上购物会出现误导和虚假的产品信息。
在我看来,网上购物是一把双刃剑。购买知名的网上商店是一个很好的解决方案,从而确保享受快乐和舒适的网上购物。
Part IV
Baby sleep disorders for many reasons, one of which is physical in nature.Such as infants and young children common hunger, thirst, fullness, changes in living conditions, and separated from their mothers.Excessive daytime activities, night excitement; watch TV too much; learning burden is too heavy; followed the habits of their parents if the parents have insomnia, sleep at night living habits; bedtime drink the excitement drinks such as caffeinated cola and so may lead tosleep disorders
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