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大学英语A5

一、阅读理解

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa? Talking? What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about? Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends. Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is "marked and unmistakable."

More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress. "Most women," says Rubin, "identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives."

"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities." For the most part, Rubin says, interactions between men are emotionally controlled - a good fit with the social requirements of "manly behavior."

"Even when a man is said to be a best friend," Rubin writes, "the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa."

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ______.

A.he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B.women have so much to share

C.women show little interest in ballgames

D.he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2.Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to ______.

A.a male friend

B.a female friend

C.her parents

D.her husband

3.According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A.Ending his marriage without good reason.

B.Spending too much time with his friends.

C.Complaining about his marriage trouble.

D.Going out to ballgames too often.

4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A.Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B.Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C.Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D.Women depend on others in making decisions.

5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around _____.

A.happy and successful marriages

B.friendships of men and women

C.emotional problems in marriage

D.interactions between men and women

Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated. They have a lot of money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas of their elders. This is as it should be.

The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And who said that all men in the world should wear grey clothes and short hair? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives? Haven't the old lost touch with all that is important in life?

Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders for guidance. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not "sinful". Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future.

6.What's the old generation's comment on the young?

A.The young are more knowledgeable about the world around than they were.

B.The young treat historical events as seriously as they do.

C.The young do not behave the way they did when they were young.

D.The young tend to use violence to solve their problems.

7.The old people believe that ______.

A.the old values they have kept to should also change with the advancing society

B.they know more because they have experienced much more of life

C.young people are good successors to their ideas

D.young people should not continue to live the way they did

8.The young are challenging traditional values EXCEPT in ______.

A.clothing fashion

B.traditional concepts

C.fixed working hours

D.marriage patterns

9.We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that ______.

A.the young generation differs from the old in their attitude toward life

B.the young generation seeks to possess more material wealth

C.the old are regretful for their past personal lives

D.the old have been trying to keep up with the modern life

10.One important aspect the old should learn from the young is that ______.

A.they should fully enjoy life

B.they should expect a better future and cherish the hard past time

C.they should try to integrate leisure in work

D.they should learn to attach importance to material life

二、词汇与语法

11.Susie's school work is well above _________.

A.common

B.normal

C.average

D.ordinary

12.Before I can give you an estimate,I must _______ the amount of material required.

A.make out

B.work out

C.turn out

D.pick out

13.The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ________ as the plane was making a landing.

A.seated

B.seating

C.seat

D.to be seating

14.Put the statue ____ we can all see it.

A.which

B.where

C.when

D.what

15.On hearing the news of _____the examination, the boy was very happy.

A.his having passed

B.he passed

C.his being passed

D.to pass

16.If we don't stop the population from increasing at such a rapid rate, there will ________ not be enough room left on the earth for human to stand, let alone development.

A.constantly

B.mainly

C.eventually

D.lately

17.He has gone to the post office to ________ a parcel that has come to him from his brother.

A.gather

B.mail

C.collect

D.pick

18.His mind was busy all day and all night on how he could reestablish _______ with the outer world.

A.contract

B.contact

C.context

D.contrast

19.The uniform makes us look like a bunch of clones, especially _______ we are doing morning exercise in the playground.

A.since

B.which

C.as

D.when

20.__________ the price is concerned, this car is a good bargain.

A.As low as

B.As soon as

C.As much as

D.As far as

三、完型填空

In November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going __21__ that day, and he couldn't seem to find anything worth of __22__ his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the president to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he __23__ the life of the baby bear and set it free.

Based on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle __24__, with his back turned on a cute baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was __25__ by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store __26__, and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom's surprise, his store was flooded by customers __27__ to buy. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's __28__ to use his name for the hand-sewn bears that he and his wife made, and the "Teddy Bear" was born! Michtom was soon manufacturing Teddy Bear __29__ thousands. The money from the sale enabled him, in 1903, to __30__ the Ideal Toy Company.

21.

A.hastily

B.poorly

C.punctually

D.steadily

22.

A.supporting

B.opening

C.shouldering

D.firing

23.

A.spared

B.protected

C.saved

D.checked

24.

A.in his hand

B.in the hand

C.in hands

D.in hand

25.

A.encouraged

B.inspired

C.urged

D.pictured

26.

A.window

B.door

C.table

D.counter

27.

A.eager

B.interested

C.reluctant

D.straight

28.

A.order

B.permission

C.argument

D.file

29.

A.at

B.of

C.by

D.for

30.

A.sell

B.change

C.form

D.invest

四、汉译英

31.他昨晚太兴奋了以致睡不着觉。

was too excited to fall into sleep/fall asleep last night.

32.我们必须努力学习，否则就无法通过考试。

must study hard, or/otherwise we will not /can't pass the exam.

33.这是你自己的错，不要将工作的失败归咎于别人。

’s your fault. Don’t blame others for the failure of your work.

34.他们受到的教育越多，就越能更好地完成工作。

e better educated they are/The more education they receive, the better they can perform in their work.

五、写作

35.写作

Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.

There are different ways of getting information: reading, watching TV, or surfing the Internet（上网）. Write an essay on the topic "Ways of Getting Information". You should base your essay on the outline below.

1.现代社会获取信息方式的多样化。

2.你更喜欢哪种方式，原因是什么。

3.不同的人为不同的目的应选择合适的方式。