广东江门幼儿师范高等专科学校《基础英语（二）》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷.doc

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广东江门幼儿师范高等专科学校《基础英语（二）》
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、As is known, it was Hu Jintao, ___ president of our nation, who gave ________ lecture at the ceremony of National Day
A．the; a B．the ; / C．a; the D．/; a

2、He has written two articles for the journal，one to be published in this issue，the other to___________ in the next.
A．turn out B．come out
C．bring out. D．leave out

3、The famous book Frankenstein, ________ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction.
A．writing B．having written
C．written D．was written

4、The security judge was very _________ when she explained that the driving licence was necessary for her work .
A．reasonable B．natural C．ridiculous D．available

5、Several of us were asked to attend the meeting, as ________ below.
A．listed B．listing
C．to be listed D．having listed

6、—Julia said she sent you a birthday card yesterday. Have you got it?
—Oh, really! I haven’t ________ my mailbox yet.
A．examined B．reviewed.
C．tested D．checked

7、Oh！I can feel something _____ up my leg！It must be an insect．
A．to climb B．climbing
C．climb D．climbed

8、After _______ had happened he could not continue to work there.
A．which B．how
C．what D．having

9、The shocking news made me realize ______ terrible problems we would face.
A. that B．how C．what D．why

10、----There won’t be anywhere to park.
----Oh, _______. Let’s try the subway.
A．that’s a real bargain B．that’s a good point
C．that’s really something D．that’s all settled

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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Sydney Opera House Tours
We offer three different tours of this iconic buildings.
The Essential Tour brings to life the story behind the design and construction of one of the world’s most famous landmarks. Using interactive audiovisual technology, your guide will take you on a memorable journey inside the youngest building ever to be World Heritage listed.
Afterwards, why not stay around and eat at the Studio Café, with its modern Australian menu? You can both enjoy the best views in Sydney and claim a 20% reduction on the total cost of your meal. (Don’t forget to show your ticket in order to claim your discount.)
Language: English, French, German
Takes place: Daily between 9am and 5pm
Prices: Adult $35/ Online $29.75
Concessions: Australian seniors and pensioners; students and children of 16 and under $24.50
Prior bookings are not essential.
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The Backstage Tour gives you backstage access to the Sydney Opera House. It is a unique opportunity to experience the real-life dramas behind the stage! You might even get to stand on the concert hall stage, take up a conductor’s baton in the orchestra pit and imagine you are leading the performance. You will also get to see inside the stars’ dressing rooms.
The tour concludes with a complimentary breakfast in the Green Room, the private dining area of performers past and present.
Takes place: Daily at 7am
Prices: $155. No concessions.
To purchase: Bookings are essential. Limited to 8 people per tour.
Online sales expire at 4:30 pm two days prior.
Notes: The tour includes up to 300 steps. Flat, rubber-soled shoes must be worn. For safety reasons, children of 12 years old and under are not permitted.
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Opera High Tea consists of a tour where you will walk in the footsteps of world-class singers, dancers and musicians, followed by fine food and music in the spectacular surroundings of the Bennelong Dining Room. What could be better than a treat of delicious light snacks and soft drinks followed by a live recital (独唱会) by a leading Australian singer? An unforgettable treat for young and old!
Takes place: Every second Wed., 2pm
Duration: 1.5 hours
Prices: $145 per person
Book online or visit the Guided Tours Desk
557、A traveler will enjoy a performance if he chooses ________.
A．the Essential Tour B．the Backstage Tour
C．Opera High Tea D．any of the tours
1、Joining the Backstage Tour, a traveler ________.
A．is allowed to wear sneakers when standing on the stage
B．will have an opportunity to be the conductor of the orchestra
C．can take his big family of 8 members to free breakfast
D．can buy the discount ticket the day before the tour
2、If a couple who travelled with their 17-year-old son joined the Essential Tour and had a meal of $150 there, what would the lowest cost be if paid in cash?
A．$203.25. B．$214.5.
C．$225. D．239.25.

B
Nelle Harper Lee» better known by her pen name Harper Lee, was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modem American literature. In 1991 an organization conducted a survey that made readers identify books that had “made a difference” in their lives. The result? Lee's book trailed only The Bible. Alongside the works of Shakespeare and Twain, this novel remains one of the most widely taught books nationwide, reaching about 70% of American public schools. What makes it such a typical read for young people?
English class is a place where young Americans come to know themselves. In the folds of dusty books students can make contact with humanity beyond the shallow small talk of the school hallways. Disturbed by hormones (荷尔蒙）and anxiety, teenagers get through school with confusion and frustration. Literature is a safety valve (安全阀）一 it promises relief, a place to figure out one's problems and get to know oneself better.
The novel particularly distinguishes itself in this aspect. It speaks in a child's voice without treating its readership as children. Some critics have called it an “impossible” achievement, a children's book penned by a well-educated adult — it's unlikely that a child like Scout could exist in the real world. But that's exactly what makes it such a charming, attractive read for young people. It indicates the consciousness of a well-educated adult facing difficult realities, but describes it through the light and playful voice of a curious little girl.
Gaby Hick, a third- year student focused on English literature at Brown University, calls it ^one of the first books that kids and young adults read that deals with serious issues 一 rape, race, mental issues”. She adds, “The story makes these adult themes accessible because of Scout.” The book’s setting, a small town in Alabama affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, may appear very different from the experience of most kids reading it today. But Lee's words make her story feel alive and present.
In 2006, however, critic Thomas Mallon expressed his regret about the book's avoiding complexity in The New Yorker. But her novel makes a great teaching tool for teenagers precisely because its moral view is as clear as that of one of Aesop's Fables. That absence of ambiguity (含糊其辞）in this novel doesn't mean the novel is free of challenging ideas, either. Will Serratelli, another literature student at Brown says, “There aren’t many hard moral questions being asked …but it opens up all these other questions that 1 hadn't thought about before. My English teachers always asked, Do you sympathize (同情）with this character? Would you want to hang out with them?’ When you give a kid a book where those questions don't even need to be asked, it forces them to dig deeper.”
Mallon's criticism is accurate in that this novel may present too limited a view of racism in America. That's especially problematic because it is one of the only books consistently assigned to American students that acknowledges (承认racial discrimination (歧视）at all. However, To Kill a Mockingbird may owe some of its popularity as a teaching text to the fact that the narrative voice is a white one. Naomi Vamis, an African Studies student at Brown says, “It's another practice of telling stories about black people through white central characters,” she says.
While the novel is undoubtedly worth its place in the classroom, English teachers may do well to consider that it is a white author's perspective — and ought to be the only beginning of a dialogue about race and never the final word. But as a gateway to more mature ideas, and as a YA(young adult) distillation (提炼）of complex concepts young people may not have grasped before, Lee's novel is invaluable.
1、According to the passage, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird can help us .
A．reduce much anxiety for fear of losing ourselves
B．understand what the real personality of human is
C．know more about the past U.S. economic situation
D．find and deal with some other complicated questions
2、What does the underlined word “trailed” most probably mean in Paragraph 1 ?
A．Was as good as. B．Tried hard to defeat.
C．Went along the same route as. D．Had a lower score than.
3、What can we conclude from Will Serratelli's statement underlined in Paragraph 5?
A．The kids are unwilling to answer challenging questions.
B．The kids have to face more moral questions.
C．The kids tend to sympathize with the characters.
D．The kids are motivated to think further.
4、Why is the novel well received by teenagers in the U.S.?
A．Because it reveals racial discrimination in America.
B．Because a white author tells the stories about black people.
C．Because it makes some serious adult issues accessible.
D．Because it is widely used as a tool for moral judgments in society.
5、What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?
A．To tell us about the content of the novel.
B．To explain the reasons for its popularity.
C．To introduce some different comments.
D．To approve of the creative writing style.

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．
Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom when the door burst open. Her mother, Leigh, hurried into her daughter’s room, making a(n) 1 : “Can you help?”
Madison and her mother ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found a 2 woman and other adults 3 a septic tank (化粪池) opening a few inches above the lawn. A boy, aged only two, had 4 an eight-foot-deep tank.
Madison quickly 5 the situation. She knew she was the only one who could 6 through the small hole. Without 7 she told the adults to lower her in. Leigh and others held her waist and 8 . Madison shook her arms and shoulders until she got through the 9 into the dark and smelly tank. In the process, she 10 one hand severely. Rather than tend to her injury, Madison scanned the 11 of the water, hoping to feel the boy. Every once in a while, she could see his little 12 in the water but failed to catch his foot. Minutes ticked by before she saw the 13 of his foot again. Madison shot her good hand out and grasped the foot 14 .Then both of them were lifted out.
But the boy wasn’t out of 15 .He had been short of oxygen so long that he wasn’t 16 . He was placed on his side, and an adult 17 him hard on the back until the boy coughed up fluids. Then they were rushed to the hospital.
It took Madison longer to 18 than the boy, who returned home soon. She, 19 . stayed there for her injury. “Madison’s a hero,” the boy’s mother says, “What other teenage girls will 20 to go into a septic tank?”
1、A．order B．comment C．request D．plan
2、A．puzzled B．disappointed C．delighted D．worried
3、A．surrounding B．digging C．watching D．blocking
4、A．broken up B．slipped into C．taken over D．run across
5、A．created B．controlled C．examined D．disturbed
6、A．walk B．fit C．fly D．look
7、A．argument B．comment C．application D．hesitation
8、A．clothes B．shoes C．legs D．hands
9、A．opening B．bush C．yard D．crowd
10、A．lost B．injured C．treated D．held
11、A．depth B．surface C．color D．taste
12、A．hair B．hat C．fingers D．toes
13、A．outline B．smell C．picture D．shadow
14、A．strangely B．clearly C．tightly D．carefully
15、A．trouble B．work C．shape D．sympathy
16、A．talking B．laughing C．crying D．breathing
17、A．tapped B．hit C．pushed D．supported
18、A．wake B．succeed C．recover D．adjust
19、A．moreover B．therefore C．otherwise D．however
20、A．fear B．volunteer C．pretend D．long

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。
A taboo (禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed Every culture in the world has 1．(it) own taboos The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel 2． (comfort) I learned this through my own experience
Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two 3． (foreign) around our city Mr Singh was from India and Mr White from the USA．When I 4． (hold) out my left hand to shake hands with Mr Singh, he seemed to be unhappy Mr White, 5．, was quite casual He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave of his hand
In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner I noticed that Mr Singh didn’t touch the beef and Mr White seemed not 6． (like) chickens’ claws During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr Singh and continued 7． (explain) that we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand Mr Singh explained that 8． oxen are sacred (神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there Mr White joined in and said that 9． was not usual in the USA for people to eat chickens’ claws He went on to say that 10． (America) don’t usually get into each other’s personal space Isn’t it a good lesson that needs remembering?

第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
短文改错
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。
Today is Sunday. I’ve been in Canada for two months. This is first time that I have been away from my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia a roommate of me, I’ve soon got used to live without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we meet each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we enjoy chat and we usually talk a lot about our own families. We’re both surprised that Chinese culture or Russian culture are so different. Now, we’re planning a small party for the next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of who has been to China several times. I just can’t wait.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是晨光中学的学生李津。你的美国笔友Chris得知你校正在积极开展“绿色校园行”活动，非常感兴趣，便写信给你，希望你介绍相关情况。请根据以下提示给他写一封回信。简单介绍开展“绿色校园行”活动的目的；介绍你校开展了“绿色校园行”活动的主要做法（如减少资源浪费，鼓励废旧物回收利用，垃圾分类等）；表达希望了解美国学校如何开展类似活动，征求建议。
注意：词数不少于100；可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：
绿色校园行Green Campus Campaign垃圾分类 waste classification
Dear Chris，
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