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大学英语A4

一、阅读理解

Have you ever known a married couple who just didn't seem suitable for each other - yet they are both happy in the marriage, and you don't know why?

I know of such a couple. The man, Alexander, is strong and tall. He is a successful sales man, is active in charities, and plays golf every Saturday with friends. His wife, Christina, on the other hand, is small, quiet and a complete housewife. She doesn't even like to go out to dinner. But they are a textbook couple, who love and respect each other.

What mysterious force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who may be equally charming? According to John Money, professor of medical psychology at Johns Hopkins University, one of the most important factors is our "love map" - a group of messages encoded in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes. It shows our preferences in hair, eye color, voice, smell and body shape. It also shows the kind of personality we are fond of, whether it's warm, friendly, strong or silent.

In short, we fall in love with those people who most clearly fit our love map. And this love map is largely drawn in childhood. When we're kids, parents are the center of our attention, and we are the center of theirs. So parents' characteristics leave an important impression and we are somewhat attracted to people with their facial features, body types, personality and even sense of humor.

The mother has an additional influence on her sons: she not only gives them clues to what they will find attractive in a partner, but also affects how they feel about women in general. Just as mothers influence their sons' general feelings toward women, fathers influence their daughters' general feelings about men. If a father, for example, praise his daughter and shows that she is a worthwhile person, she'll feel very good about herself in relation to men.

1.The best title for this passage is ______.

A.Solving Problems for Unsuitable Couples

B.Love Map and its Effects on Our Marriage

C.How Parents' Personalities Affect Children

D.The Love Story of Alexander and Christina

2.The second paragraph is to ______.

A.give an example of seemingly unfit couples

B.teach new couples how to respect each other

C.explain the force that makes us charming

D.disagree with the opinion of the "love map"

3.The "love map" is a group of messages describing our ______.

A.intelligence quality

B.knowledge and art

C.likes and dislikes

D.mental health

4.We formed our "love map" mostly when we are ______.

A.children

B.teenagers

C.married

D.old

5.Mothers can influence their sons' preferences in these aspects EXCEPT ______.

A.facial features

B.body types

C.general impression

D.work abilities

In America, during the meal, you'd better be careful not to leave a spoon in a soup bowl or coffee cup or any other dish. The coffee spoon ought to be on the saucer, the soup spoon ought to be on the plate under the bowl. When you are having soup, make the least noises and use the side of your spoon inside out this way, not the tip. And you mustn't pick up your soup bowls so as to drink away the last drops of your soup from the bottom of the bowl.

Very often there is only one main course and salad, followed by your sweet. If you find the meal not enough, say "Oh, it's delicious!" and ask for some more of the chicken or steak or whatever you have just had. The hostess will be very glad that you appreciate her cooking and will give you an extra portion. But if you observe the Chinese way of being polite and say "No, thank you" when the hostess offers you more, you will most probably starve later, because Americans will never press food on you. Yet it is not polite to keep silent and not to talk with the person next to you. It would be considered good manners if you handle your silverware with care so that they don't make any noise. When coffee comes, drink it from your cup. The coffee spoon should rest on the saucer while you are drinking. And smoking, of course, is rarely seen at a dinner table. Well, when the meal is finished, the guests put their napkins on the table and stand up, the men again helping the ladies with their chairs.

After the dinner, the guests usually stay for an hour or two, then they would say, "Well, I'm afraid I must be going now." The host and hostess would of course urge everyone to stay longer. "What, already? Won't you have another coffee?" The guests, for instance, would say, "I'd love to, but I have to be up early tomorrow morning. Thank you for a most enjoyable evening. Good-night."

And if you stay overnight or over the weekend, it will be courteousto send a thank-you note to the host or hostess the following day, very often with a small gift such as a box of chocolate or some flowers as a token of appreciation of their hospitality.

6.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A.How to Prepare for a Meal.

B.Never Press Food on Your Guest.

C.Table Manners in the U.S.A.

D.How to Enjoy a Dinner.

7.The passage suggests that ______.

A.to make the hostess happy you should ask for more food even if you are full

B.you should keep silent at a dinner table in order to be polite

C.if you want to be friendly with the person next to you, you should press food on him

D.talking is necessary at a dinner table

8.At a dinner table, you do all of the following except ______.

A.making the least noise possible

B.picking up your soup bowl to drink away the last drop

C.handling your silverware with care

D.drinking the coffee from your cup

9.What does "courteous" in the last paragraph mean?

A.Friendly.

B.Generous.

C.Polite.

D.Noble.

10.The passage implies that ______.

A.different nations have different customs

B.Chinese customs are quite similar to American ones

C.both Chinese and Americans have soup before the main course

D.if you are polite, the hostess will press more food on you

二、词汇与语法

11.She hasn't got married. She is still ________.

A.by herself

B.single

C.lonely

D.alone

12.Many people like white color as it is a ________ of purity.

A.symbol

B.word

C.signal

D.symptom

13.It is necessary that you ________ be present at the meeting.

A.should

B.could

C.may

D.will

14.Frequently single-parent children ____some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.

A.take off

B.take after

C.take in

D.take on

15.The Chinese food ______ good.

A.are tasted

B.tastes

C.is tasted

D.taste

16.- How exciting! I drove my new car at a speed of 110km/h on Sunday morning.

- Were you crazy? You ________ yourself!

A.must have killed

B.would have killed

C.should have killed

D.could have killed

17.John suggested _________ anything about it until they found out more facts.

A.not to say

B.not say

C.to say not

D.not saying

18.His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.

A.sense

B.meaning

C.intelligibility

D.interpretation

19.He left orders that nothing ______ until the police arrived.

A.was touched

B.had been touched

C.should be touched

D.were touched

20.Not until 1868 ______ made the capital of the state of Georgia.

A.Atlanta was

B.was Atlanta

C.when Atlanta was

D.when was Atlanta

三、完型填空

Arnold Alexander's funeral was a quiet __21__. It was attended by the only __22__ he had in the world, his niece and nephew, and by a few friends. The priest who had travelled __23__ a hundred miles into this wild part of the county was now getting ready for the simple ceremony. Alexander, or 'Alex' as his friends __24__ call him, had led a hard life __25__ for gold in a lonely part of Western Australia. He had always refused to work in a gold mine __26__ he believed that he could do better on his own. Although he was not a boastful person, he had often declared that one day he __27__ find a lump of gold as big as his head and with that he would retire and live in 30 for the rest of his life. But his dreams of great wealth __28__ came true. For many years he had hardly earned enough money to keep himself alive.

Two men now gently lifted the rough wooden box that __29__ Alex's body, but they almost dropped it when they heard a loud cry from the grave-digger. His spade had struck something hard in the rocky soil and he was shouting excitedly. Then he held up a large stone. Though it was covered __30__ dirt, the stone shone curiously in the fierce sunlight:it was unmistakably a heavy piece of solid gold!

21.

A.accident

B.event

C.affair

D.incident

22.

A.relation

B.relations

C.relationship

D.relationships

23.

A.to

B.of　

C.in 　

D.over

24.

A.liked

B.past

C.used 　

D.used to

25.

A.look

B.looking　

C.looked

D.had looked

26.

A.because

B.so　

C.even

D.only

27.

A.would

B.must

C.ought to

D.for

28.

A.ever

B.never　

C.always

D.once

29.

A.contains　

B.containing

C.contained

D.having contained

30.

A.in　

B.with　

C.within

D.below

四、汉译英

31.那是我去过的最好的音乐会之一。

is one of the best concerts I have ever been to.

32.他不但乒乓球打得好，而且钢琴弹得好。

can not only play ping-pong well, but also play the piano well.

33.在英语学习中，我们最需要的就是练习。

learning English, what we need most is to practice.

34.英语是世界上运用最广泛的语言之一。

glish is one of the most widely used languages in the world.

五、写作

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

Directions:You are to write an essay on the topic "My View on Fake Commodities".You should base your composition on the outline below:

1．假冒伪劣商品状况。

2．假冒伪劣商品造成哪些危害。

3．你的态度如何。