2004~2005学年第一学期期末考试复习题 课程名称： 新视野英语2
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices.Chose the one that best completes the sentence. Then,mark your answer by blackening the correspond- ing letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. The reason why she was late was ______she had taken a wrong bus.
A. because B. whether
C. for D. that
2. ______a reply, he decided to write again.
A. Not receiving B. Receiving not
C. Not having received D. Having not received
3. Have you ever wondered what causes the bulb or the tube _____?
A. light up B. lighting up
C. being lighted up D. to light up
4. Do you need ______the lecture ______tomorrow evening?
A. to attend ; given B. to attend ; to be given
C. attend ; being given D. to attend ; giving
5. She was ______be unable to speak .
A. so angry as to B. such angry as to
C. angry so as to D. angry such as to
6. Please let me sit down for a while . I am really ______.
A. worn out B. worn down
C. worn away D. worn of
7. My clock doesn’t ______good time .
A. make B. get
C. report D. keep
8. Human history is often compared ______a long river .
A. with B. to
C. for D. along
9. You will miss the report if you don’t ______on time .
A. put away B. leave for
C. set about D. set off
10. Last night a tall man ______the shop—owner’s room and carried away with him a lot of valuable .
A. broke out B. broke away
C. broke into D. broke up r
11. _____ Mr. Gates won’t be able to attend tonight’s party is quite _____ .
A. What ; discouraged B. That ; discouraged
C. What ; discouraging D. That ; discouraging
12. _____ the house on fire , he dialed 119 .
A. seeing B. Having seen that
C. To see D. On having seen
13. _____ more information , we could do the job better .
A. Having been given B. Being given
C. Give D. Given
14. The group discussed _____ .
A. which is the best way to test students B. which the best way to test students is
C. which the best way was to test students D. which was the best way to test students
15. Do you think _____ I should take part in the discussion ?
A. whether B. which
C. that D. what
16. The close _____ are not allowed to get married .
A. relations B. relativities
C. relatives D. relationships
17. The boy used to watch the planes _____ and land from far away .
A. take away B. take off
C. take out D. take up
18. I can see that baby _____ its mother .
A. takes after B. takes over
C. takes by D. takes from
19 . The robber was _____ prison for a year .
A . put to B. taken to
C. kept in D. brought to
20. He stopped the car to _____ a young girl .
A. pick up B. take up
C. catch up D. put up
21. While reading the magazine , _____ .
- a colorful picture of the model caught my eye
- my attention was attracted by an advertisement
- I was attracted by a colorful picture
- What attracted me most was a colorful advertisement
22. It is no good _____ to remember grammatical rules . You _____ what you have learned .
A. trying ; needn’t practice B. try ; need practice
C. to try ; need to practice D. trying ; need to practice
23. He was hurt while climbing the mountain _____ other day and was sent to _____ hospital immediately .
A. a ; a B. a ; the C. / ; the D. the ; /
24. We are looking forward _____ great excitement _____ the 2008 Olympic Games _____ in Beijing .
A. to ; for ; held B. with ; for ; to be held
C. by ; for ; to hold D. with ; to ; to be held
25. We don’t allow _____ here .
A .smoking B. to smoke
C. smoke D. to smoking
26. The managers try their best not to have the prices _____ rapidly .
A. risen B. to rise
C. raised D. raising
27. Don’t stand in the way . You may either _____ or come out .
A. go into B. go in
C. go over D. go in for
28. The talks between those two big companies _____ so the two managers had to look for another trade partner respectively .
A. broke B. broke down
C. broke out D. broke away
29. Hangzhou is one of the most beautiful cities in China , which _____ familiar _____ the foreigners .
A. are ; with B. are ; to
C. is ; with D. is ; to
30. Have you some other reasons _____ the ones you just mentioned above ?
A. in addition B. besides
C. except for D. except
31. _____ I do it or not is none of your business .
A. Whether B. No matter
C. Whenever D. Either
32. _____ too many exercises without comprehension means a waste of time and energy .
A. Doing B. Done
C. Having done D. Being done
33. Shanghai has changed a lot in the past five years , so she looks totally different from _____ it used to be .
A. that B. all what
C. what D. whom
34. They saved enough money and bought _____ for their living room .
A. some new furniture B. some new furnitures
C. many new furnitures D. a new furniture
35. The education expense at this language training center runs _____ two thousand dollars for a two—month course .
A. as high as B. as much as
C. so high to D. high enough to
36. From his appearance we may _____ that he is your son .
A. decide B. realize
C. conclude D. think
37. To her joy , she was _____ a cup in the singing competition .
A. won B. rewarded
C. awarded D. taken
38. _____ information _____ been stored in this floppy disk .
A. Plenty of ; has B. A great deal of ; have
C. Many a ; has D. A large number ; have
39. I’m your friend . I’ll always _____ you about any question .
A. stand by B. stand up
C. stand on D. stand for
40. Would you please _____ the TV set because I am a bit hard of hearing ?
A. turn off B. turn up
C. turn down D. louder
41. _____ you study , _____ progress you will make .
A. The more hard ; the better B. The more hardly ; the bigger
C. The harder ; the better D. The harder ; the greater
42. We must try our best to do what we can _____ the work .
A. to finish B. finish
C. be finished D. have finished
43. My sister made herself _____ in spite of her broken English .
A. understand B. to understand
C. understanding D. understood
44. The news _____ our team had won made us _____ .
A. which ; excited B. that ; excited
C. that ; excite D. that ; exciting
45. Only then _____ the importance of learning English .
A. had I realized B. would I realize
C. did I realize D. have I realized
46. Many people complain of the rapid _____ of modern life .
A. rate B. pace
C. speed D. growth
47. She was so _____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody knock at the door .
A. attracted B. absorbed
C. drawn D. concentrated
48. On her first day in school , the young teacher was deeply _____ by naughty boys .
A. defended B. offered
C. offended D. frightened
49 . The football match was televised _____ from the Government Stadium .
A. alive B. live
C. living D. lively
50. In space , all bodies _____ each other .
A. merge B. doubt
C. attract D. discard
51. I object_____ as he is still to young.
A. to my son's smoking B. my son smoke
C. my son to smoke D. to my Son from smoking
52. I recommended that the student ______his composition as soon as possible.
A. finished writing B. should finish to write
C. finish writing D. finishes writing
53. The decision ______, the next problem was how to make a good plan.
A. having made B. been made
C. having been made D. having been making
54. Mr. Smith looks very happy today, he has got ______good news from home.
A. many B. much
C. a few D. quite a few
55. ______so many people in the U.S. been out of work as today.
A. In the past, there never have B. More than ever before have
C. Formerly there never were D. Never before have
56. ______his eyes when she told him that it was time for themto leave.
A. No sooner did he open B. He had no sooner opened
C. Scarcely did he open D. Hardly had he opened
57.______economically, one tin of oil will last at least threemonths.
A. Touse B. To be used
C. Using D. Used
58. The world is running very quickly _____ coal and once it is gone, there is no more.
A. without B. out of
C. off D. down with
59. I didn't know how to use this kind of computer, hard I tried.
A. when B. as
C. although D. even if
60. They insisted on ______with these old customs.
A. doing away B. casting out
C. putting aside D. handing over
61. The rivers , lakes and streams have been polluted for _____ that the animal population is declining .
A. such long time B. so long time
C. such long a time D. so long a time
62. It’s really none of your business _____ I’ll go shopping .
A. in which B. to which
C. on which D. where
63. When the leaves are caught _____ the acid rain , holes will be made _____ them .
A. from ; on B. in ; on
C. in ; in D. on ; in
64. You will have to practice _____ times before you can do it .
A. many more B. more several
C. more often D. more many
65. The old lady as well as her grandchildren _____ watching football matches on TV .
A. dislike B. like
C. is like D. likes
66. Because of the low ceiling the bookcase was much too _____ go into the room .
A. tall B. high
C. long D. big
67. After three days , our food _____ , and we had to return to our camp .
A. gave up B. gave off
C. gave out D. gave away
68. The two boys started to fight and an old man tried to _____ them .
A. separate B. divide
C. seize for D. share
69. As the storm drew near , black clouds were _____ over the sky .
A. smoothing B. wandering
C. running D. gathering
70 . Looking for new ways to do old jobs means _____ .
A. work B. goodness
C. success D. progress
71. They could do nothing but ______doctors to arrive.
A. to wait for B. waiting for
C. wait for D. to await
72. Difficult ______, it was finished in time.
A. as was the work B. work to be
C. was as the work D. as the work was
73. The building is said ______in a fire two years ago.
A. to have destroyed B. having been destroyed
C. to have been destroyed D. to be destroyed
74. The teacher, as well as a number o[ students, ______askedto attend the party.
A. was. B. were
C. have been D. having
75. With a lot of mathematical problems ______, Jack went to bed.
A. solved B. be solved
C. solving D. to solve
76. Hilton is one of the influential hotels in the world which______.
A. are well equipped B. is well equipped
C. are equipping well D. is equipping well
77. The girl failed to enter the university though her parents
A. expected her to B. expected of her
C. expected her D. expected
78. Imagine yourself is a winner, ______will make great contributions to your future success.
A. that B. Which
C. it D. and
79. With the help of science and technology, the farmersreduced _____crops in 1993 as the year before.
A. as twice as many B. as many as twice
C. as twice many D. twice as many
80. By the time the course ends, ______a lot of new words.
A. we'll learn B. we are learning
C. we have learnt D. we'll have learnt
81. The new railway station is a _____ ride from here , There’s still plenty of time .
A. twenty-minutes B. twenty minute’s
C. twenty-minute D. twenty minute of
82. The middle-aged woman _____ a beautiful overcoat was setting a tray of drink before some customers .
A. dressing B. dressing in
C. dressed in D. dress
83. They _____ breathe as someone walked past the door in heavy steps .
A. don’t dare B. hardly dare
C. dared not to D. dare not to
84. Five hundred Yuan a month _____ enough to live on .
A. is B. are
C. is being D. has been
85. _____ the psychological therapy will enable him to get rid of the negative emotions and thoughts .
A. Hoping B. To hope
C. It is hoped that D. It is to hope that
86. No one was able to explain the _____ of the old custom .
A. beginning B. reason
C. cause D. origin
87. Can you give me any _____ as to how I can improve my English ?
A. notice B. explanation
C. suggestion D. information
88. The traffic is very _____ . It’s quicker to walk there .
A. noisy B. neat
C. narrow D. heavy
89. It was ______difficult problem . None of us passed it .
A. fairly B. a rather
C. a bit D. not a
90. I haven’t met Tom for years . I can’t _____ him in the crowd .
A. know B. see
C. recognize D. find
Part II Cloze
Directions:Each blank in the following passage is provided with four possible choices. Read the whole passage and choose the best answer for each blank. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
( 1 )
When Nancy Lublin got $ 5000 from her great—grandfather , she never once considered taking a vocation or paying off student loans (借款) . 1 , the 24—year—old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing 2 faced by most of today’s low—income women : “If she goes for a job interview 3 dressed , she won’t get the job ,” Lublin says . “But without a job , she can’t 4 proper clothing .”
A few weeks later , Lublin 5 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers . She asked women to give away 6 business clothes that were 7 in good condition . She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit . At first , Lublin 8 the clothes in her one—bedroom apartment , but finally she found 9 in Greenwich Village church basement , which now 10 as the organization’s main office .
Today , when women arrive at the office for help with job—hunting , they 11 a dress , shoes , a bag , stockings and jewelry , and self—confidence as well . Some are trying to enter the work 12 after being on welfare for years .
13 Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year ago , more than 1000 women have received dresses and many have won 14 . Yarit Polanco was recently 15 as a law—firm office manager . “Thanks to Dress for Success , I made a good impression and was accepted ,” she says .
Donations (捐赠)are now 16 in , including jewelry and 6000 pairs of trousers and $ 40,000 worth of handbags . Broadcast journalists have given suits . And Lublin is opening Dress for Success 17 in other cities . “Many women have clothes 18 around that they’ll never wear again ,” says a volunteer . “Nancy’s 19 is simple and practical and the 20 has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it .”
1. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Fortunately D. Meanwhile
2. A. condition B. direction C. design D. plan
3. A. poorly B. well C. better D. worse
4. A. make B. find C. wear D. afford
5. A. found B. called C. founded D. visited
6. A. used B. needed C. new D. torn
7. A. yet B. already C. almost D. still
8. A. hid B. stored C. discovered D. hanged
9. A. space B. employers C. work D. office
10. A. regards B. serves C. looks D. lies
11. A. buy B. sell C. receive D. watch
12. A. office B. victory C. wealth D. force
13. A. When B. Once C. Although D. Since
14. A. jobs B. shoes C. business D. prizes
15. A. fired B. hired C. interviewed D. considered
16. A. giving B. pouring C. showing D. sending
17. A. schools B. trades C. races D. branches
18. A. lying B. appearing C. collecting D. coming
19. A. promise B. belief C. idea D. opinion
20. A. help B. work C. shop D. money
( 2 )
Science is based on observation . However , observation 1 is not science . Scientists 2 state a problem , which then guides them in their observations . But without observation people generally are not 3 of a problem . This then raises a question 4 comes first , the observation or the problems ?
Curiosity awakens a need 5 observation . Observation will usually 6 specific questions in the mind of a scientist . To 7 his curiosity he begins to make observation . 8 , he formulates a specific statement that can be tested . This statement is called a hypothesis (假设) . It is the starting point for an experiment .
9 experimenting , the scientist tries to show or prove that the hypothesis is true or false . He 10 use good 11 to create an experiment that 12 the problem . The experiment must produce valid information or data . The data 13 during the experiment are observations .
Observations can be made directly and indirectly . For direct observation , instruments are 14 used . Some instruments used by modern scientists are quite simple ; others are very 15 .
To complete his experiment , the scientist must state his observations in numerical 16 . This means that he has to make measurements . With the results from these , he can make more 17 comparisons or descriptions to 18 his hypothesis . The results of a scientific experiment 19 on a valid hypothesis can often 20 a better understanding of the world and the universe .
1. A. alone B. lonely C. only D. itself
2. A. strictly B. generally C. formally D. fortunately
3. A. known B. regardless C. aware D. curious
4. A. who B. that C. why D. which
5. A. at B. for C. in D. on
6. A. raise B. ask C. expect D. answer
7. A. demand B. lose C. satisfy D. discover
8. A. Again B. Still C. Thus D. Then
9. A. On B. In C. By D. At
10. A can B. must C. should D. shall
11. A. imagination B. memory C. equipment D. machine
12. A. fits B. proves C. meets D. searches
13. A. taken B. observed C. gathers D. realized
14. A. never B. often C. seldom D. frequently
15. A. convenient B. comfortable C. modern D. complex
16. A. state B. article C. form D. information
17. A. clear B. exact C. correct D. satisfactory
18. A. research B. prove C. agree D. improve
19. A. supported B. built C. based D. occurred
20. A. carry out B. lay off C. move on D. lead to
( 3 )
To understand why 1 from the laser (激光) is so intense (强烈的) , you must know that light 2 in waves , like ripples (涟漪) on a pond . The 3 from the crest (浪峰) of one wave to the crest of the 4 is the wavelength . Ordinary white light is 5 many wave lights , 6 is the same as saying as many colors . Its 7 travel in every direction . Laser light , 8 , is one of wavelength and one color , with all the waves moving in one 9 . They stay together within a straight , narrow beam (细浪) ， 10 fanning out like a flashlight beam (光柱) .
Laser will have a greater and greater 11 on our lives as more uses are 12 for them . The Western Electric Company , 13 , now uses a ruby (红宝石) laser to pierce (刺透) 14 in tiny diamonds . Since diamonds is the world’s hardest 15 , the piercing process 16 two days . 17 the laser can pierce a diamond 18 a few minutes . For telephone use , copper (铜) wire is made as 19 as human hair by being drawn 20 the diamond . In one year the company produces 30 million miles of this wire and finds out thousands of diamonds .
1. A. sound B. weight C. light D. electricity
2. A. carries B. travels C. stays D. walks
3. A. distance B. depth C. place D. width
4. A. last B. first C. next D. second
5. A. made into B. made for C. made from D. made up of
6. A. which B. that C. where D. what
7. A. colors B. waves C. speed D. time
8. A. from time to time B. on the contrary C. on the other hand D. sooner or later
9. A. a way B. direction C. side D. level
10. A. in need of B. because of C. by means of D. instead of
11. A. effect B. affect C. effort D. offer
12. A. looked B. founded C. found D. made
13. A. such as B. for example C. in a word D. as usual
14. A. holes B. pictures C. caves D. jewels
15. A. rock B. subject C. material D. metal
16. A. used to taking B. used to take C. is used to take D. is used to taking
17. A. So B. And C. But D. For
18. A. in B. after C. before D. about
19. A. long B. thin C. light D. expensive
20. A. through B. in C. with D. by
Part III. Reading comprehension
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Robot. It is a word that seems very modern. A word that creates a strong mental picture. A picture of something that looks and acts like a human. Robots are not human, of course. They are machines: