大学英语(二)期末试题及答案

大学英语（二）期末考试试卷

1.(2分)To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______ cycling as a regular form of

exercise after he retired.

A. took up

B. caught on

C. carried out

D. made for

【答案】A

2.(2分)There is ______ hope that she may be cured.

A. timid

B. powerless

C. faint

D. reliable

【答案】C

3.(2分)______ two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.

A. As for

B. Besides

C. With

D. Because of

【答案】C

4.(2分)The panic attack may ______ for only a few minutes; some, however, continue

for several hours.

A. happen

B. begin

C. last

D. end

【答案】C

5.(2分)Violent programs on TV may have a bad ______ on children.

A. pressure

B. influence

C. power

D. control

【答案】B

6.(2分)You ______ be tired---you’ve only been working for an hour.

A. must not

B. won’t be

C. can’t

D. may not

【答案】C

7.(2分)The writer was ______ in his writing that he forgot to walk his dog as usual.

A. concentrated

B. devoted

C. absorbed

D. fixed

【答案】C

8.(2分)The party has failed to ______ the majority of voters that it is capable

of governing the country.

A. trust

B. credit

C. convince

D. believe

【答案】C

9.(2分)The nurse took ______ of my blood to test.

A. an example

B. an instance

C. a case

D. a sample

【答案】D

10.(2分)It will be quite a long time _____ she is back again, so don't be too cross

with her.

A. that

B. since

C. before

D. until

【答案】C

11.(2分)Windy days are characteristic ______ March in that country.

A. on

B. of

C. for

D. by

【答案】B

12.(2分)I ______ you not to move my dictionary---now I can’t find it.

A. asked

B. ask

C. was asking

D. had asked

【答案】A

13.(2分)

--Have you read this book?

-- Yes. It is ______ worth reading. I suggest you read it if you have time.

A. best

B. well

C. better

D. more

【答案】B

14.(2分)On the river there is ______ bridge.

A. an old stone fine

B. a stone old fine

C. an old fine stone

D. a fine old stone

【答案】D

15.(2分)Please ______ my best wishes to your parents.

A. transfer

B. transmit

C. convey

D. speak

【答案】C

16.(2分)As _____ my request, my father sent me a check of $500, only half the money

I badly needed.

A. a response for

B. a response to

C. respond to

D. respond for

【答案】B

17.(2分)The principal dwelled ______ traffic safety in his talk.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. for

【答案】A

18.(2分)The flu is believed ______ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells

inside the human nose and throat.

A. causing

B. being caused

C. to be caused

D. be have caused

【答案】C

19.(2分)The forest guards often find campfires that have not been ______ completely.

A. turned down

B. put out

C. put away

D. turned over

【答案】B

20.(2分)The gold medal was ______ to Mr. Brown for his fine show of vegetables.

A. rewarded

B. awarded

C. rewarding

D. awarding

【答案】B

21.(2分)The records of this music group are ______ being bought, for their songs

can bring energy into us.

A. worthy

B. worth

C. worthwhile

D. worthy of

【答案】D

22.(2分)After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, ______ our astronauts

desire to do is walk in space.

A. where

B. what

C. that

D. how

【答案】B

23.(2分)______ the program, they have to stay there for another two weeks.

A. Not completing

B. Not completed

C. Not having completed

D. Having not completed

【答案】C

24.(2分)______ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are

making progress.

A. It

B. As

C. That

D. What

【答案】B

25.(2分)Another worry is that telecommunication systems may isolate people ______

each other.

A. from

B. for

C. with

D. to

【答案】A

26.(2分)You can’t imagine ______.

A. what did we have awful weather

B. what weather awful we did have

C. what awful weather we did have

D. what awful weather we had

【答案】D

27.(2分)Between the two suggestions, the former one sounds reasonable while the

______ seems unacceptable for us.

A. second

B. later

C. last

D. latter

【答案】D

28.(2分)The driver drove ______ hit a big tree and the car came to a stop.

A. too carelessly to

B. carelessly enough to

C. so carelessly that he

D. so careless that he

【答案】C

29.(2分)______ for your advice, I would have been taken in.

A. Had it not been

B. Had it not

C. It had not been

D. Not had it been

【答案】A

30.(2分)I don’t ______ rock ‘n’ roll. It’s much too noisy for my ears.

A. go after

B. go away with

C. go into

D. go in for

【答案】D

31.(2分)I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life _____ so happy.

A. did I feel

B. I felt

C. I had felt

D. had I felt

【答案】D

32.(2分)He warmly congratulated them ______ what they had achieved.

A. of

B. on

C. for

D. about

【答案】B

33.(2分)Social customs ______ from country to country.

A. vary

B. very

C. modify

D. revise

【答案】A

34.(2分)We’ll have to find a new _______ of income.

A. origin

B. resources

C. source

D. idea

【答案】C

35.(2分)Benjamin O. Davis Jr. was ______ an assistant secretary of the Department

of Transportation in 1971.

A. appointed

B. employed

C. designed

D. discharged

【答案】A

36.(2分)The writer described the crimes against the Jewish people in Germany in

_____ detail.

A. horrified

B. terrified

C. horror

D. horrifying

【答案】D

37.(2分)______, he could not lift the weight.

A. Strong while he was

B. However strong as he was

C. Strong as he was

D. Strong although he was

【答案】C

38.(2分)Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercises. ______, our minds are

developed by learning.

A. likely

B. Similarly

C. Probably

D. Generally

【答案】B

39.(2分)Many people want to buy it because, ______, the price is low; ______, it’s rather durable (耐用的).

A. for one thing, for another

B. on one side, on the other side

C. on the one hand, on the other hand

D. in one part, in the other part

【答案】A

40.(2分)He felt ______ by his lack of courage when his girlfriend suggested an

adventure to the African virgin forest.

A. delighted

B. worried

C. embarrassed

D. excited

【答案】C

41.(2分)This statement is ______ various interpretations.

A. capable for

B. capable of

C. competent for

D. competent of

【答案】B

42.(2分)There were dirty marks on her trousers ______ she had wiped her hands.

A. where

B. which

C. when

D. that

【答案】A

43.(2分)Without a sufficient amount of evidence, no justifiable _______ can be

drawn.

A. reason

B. agreements

C. sources

D. conclusions

【答案】D

44.(2分)Little Tom was very excited by the ______ of owning his own pony.

A. prospect

B. attraction

C. determination

D. intention

【答案】A

45.(2分)In ______ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents

for their children.

A. traditional

B. historic

C. remote

D. initial

【答案】A

46.(2分)The man went into the room, ______ rather strange.

A. to look

B. looking

C. looked

D. and looking

【答案】B

47.(2分)Felix is ______ a bunch of red roses by a young girl as he came out of his

car in front of a large house outside London.

A. presented

B. offered

C. volunteered

D. supplied

【答案】A

48.(2分)The neighbors do not consider him quite ______ as most evenings he awakens

them with his drunken singing.

A. respectful

B. respected

C. respectable

D. respective

【答案】C

49.(2分)After the accident, she had ______ all over.

A. pains

B. pain

C. ache

D. aches

【答案】B

50.(2分)Don’t leave for tomorrow ______ you can do today.

A. if

B. unless

C. that

D. what

【答案】D