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大学英语A1

一、阅读理解

Here is one woman's story of balancing home and career. Rachel always dreamed of having a large family and an interesting career. She now has four children and works full-time.

"I really have two full-time jobs. My job in the city is in investment banking and I really like it. It's interesting and important. My other job is at home ---- raising four kids and keeping the household going. I like this job too, and though it's not always interesting, I know it's important. But when I'm not cleaning up the kitchen after a meal, or picking up the kids' things from the floor for the millionth time, or feeding the dog, then I'm falling asleep during my youngest daughter's piano practice. When I do have some free time, I've usually got a headache. The reality is that, most of the time, it's just too much."

Rachel has role overload. That is, she has difficulty combining the roles of worker and of wife and mother. Role overload is one of the disadvantages that today's women face. While both parents are more "stretched" when the woman of the household works, it is usually the woman who does most of the childcare and housework. Most studies investigating housework conclude that women (whether employed or not) do "the lion's share" of the housework and childcare. An Australian study, for example, found that employed wives did 69.3 hours of unpaid work around the house during a two-week period while employed husbands did approximately 31.2 hours. A study by Bird shows a similar picture for U.S. households. In this study of 1,256 adults, Bird showed that while working women certainly want an equal share of housework, they "shoulder the main burden" by doing approximately twice as much as their spouses. Her study showed that after marriage, women gain 14 hours of household chores per week, while their husbands gain only 90 minutes.

1.What can we learn about Rachel from "I really have two full-time jobs"?

A.She works for two different companies.

B.She is both a bank clerk and a housekeeper.

C.She is a wife and mother with a full-time job.

D.She has to keep two jobs to raise the children.

2.We can infer from Rachel's own words that ______.

A.she always finds both jobs interesting and important

B.she is able to deal with both jobs without any difficulty

C.she cannot find enjoyment from the endless daily tasks

D.she feels stress from the combined roles of worker and of wife and mother

3.According to the passage, which of the following is the consequence of women's role overload?

A.They have difficulty balancing home and career.

B.The 国家开放大学 y ask the husband to contribute more to childcare and housework.

C.They have to take up more than one job to support the family.

D.They always complain about having too much work at hand.

4.The best explanation of "the lion's share" in the last paragraph is ______.

A.the largest part

B.the unpaid job

C.an equal share

D.the women's job

5.The main purpose for the writer to cite Bird's study is ______.

A.to explain more women do unpaid jobs than men do

B.to show career women take up more housework than their husband

C.to demonstrate why women want their husband to do equal share of housework

D.to show that both parents are more "stretched" when the woman works

In 1985, the Coca-cola company made the decision to change the formula of its leading soft drink. The change was based on the findings of many market studies. These studies had shown that the general response to the new product was good. However, the change of the traditional Coca-cola by New Coke was rejected by the majority of drinkers. In fact, the company had to step back and restart production of the old formula of Coca-cola.

The most important reason why New Coke was rejected was the emotional relationship that existed between drinkers and the old soft drink formula. Drinking Coca-cola had become a tradition for many people over its 99 years of existence. The change made by the company was not only in Coke’s formula but also in the traditional values and memories that it represented to the drinkers. “We had taken away more than the product Coca-cola. We had taken away a little part of them and their past.” The drinkers rejected this “improvement”, because “they believed that Coke stood for traditional value...so they felt betrayed when the product changed completely overnight”.

Although a lot of research was done by Coca-cola company, it didn’t show the depth of drinkers’emotion for the product. The studies took many forms, but none of the tests was able to measure the degree of personal and emotional reactions caused by the disappearance of the old, traditional Coca-cola. The weakness of the research was that it was mainly quantitative in form. The result was only numbers that could not show the deep meaning the product had for many people. A more extensive study focusing on the qualitative aspects of the change would perhaps have been able to demonstrate the close relationship existing between drinkers and product.

6.Coca-cola company changed the formula in 1985 because __________.

A.it led the soft drink industry in the market

B.its market studies supported the change in the formula

C.it carried out market research for expansion

D.it simply felt the need to make the change

7.According to the passage, the drinkers rejected New Coke because of __________.

A.the late response to the market by Coca-cola company

B.the reproduction of Coca-cola’s old drink formula

C.a strong dislike by Coca-cola’s regular drinkers

D.the emotional relationship between the drinkers and the old soft drink

8.The product Coca-cola was believed to stand for __________.

A.traditional values and good memories

B.traditional customs and happy days

C.past honors and efficient management

D.top quality and wonderful taste

9.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Research by Coca-cola considered emotional factors.

B.Coca-cola did little research before they made the change.

C.Research by Coca-cola was quantitative rather than qualitative.

D.Research by Coca-cola was both quantitative and qualitative.

10.The author of the article clearly indicates that __________.

A.the weakness of the research could have been removed

B.Coca-cola should have measured the quantitative factors more carefully

C.Coca-cola should have done a more extensive qualitative study

D.A slower change of the product might have improved the sales of the company

二、词汇与语法

11.This kind of camera can be ________ to take pictures in cloudy or rainy conditions.

A.treated

B.adopted

C.adjusted

D.remedied

12.He will ________ his sister by telephone on Monday.

A.contend

B.contact

C.constitute

D.conflict

13.Everybody likes to go sightseeing, ________?

A.don't they

B.aren't they

C.doesn't he

D.won't he

14.Surfing the web can be ________ watching football games.

A.enjoyable

B.to enjoyable

C.as enjoyable

D.as enjoyable as

15.Some people waste a lot of food _______ some others haven't enough to eat.

B.when

C.as

D.while

16.In recent years much more emphasis has been put ________ developing the students' productive skills.

A.onto

B.over

C.in

D.on

17.You may get good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will only succeed ________ by studying hard every day.

A.in particular

B.in the long run

C.in season

D.in the end of

18.The pilot of the plane is ________ for the passengers' 渝粤题库 safety.

A.conscious

B.responsible

C.necessary

D.regulated

19.Since there is not much time left, I'll tell you about it _______.

A.in detail

B.in brief

C.at length

D.in all

20.The Chinese food ______ good.

A.are tasted

B.t 渝粤教育 astes

C.is tasted

D.taste

三、完型填空

Solar energy is man's most important energy source. As the name implies, solar is the energy from the sun's rays. The amount of energy that the earth receives from the sun is many times __21__ the amount used by man. If a __22__ way to use it fully could be developed, __23__ source would be needed. It is, however, used efficiently by plants that __24__ the food on which animals directly or indirectly depend. Solar energy is __25__ underground in the form of fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum.

In the __26__ an important source of energy was __27__ in the form of wood. The Industrial Revolution needed the use of coal. Recently, the fossil fuels have become the chief energy source __28__ nuclear power developing very rapidly. The fossil fuels are our present main source of energy. Petroleum will support us for about 15 years. Natural gas, which is __29__ of 成人学历 the fossil fuels, will probably be the first to be __30__.

21.

A.as many

B.as much

C.as more

D.greater than

22.

A.actual

B.practical

C.real

D.true

23.

A.no

B.practical

C.no other

D.none of other

24.

A.suggest

B.supply

C.imply

D.provide

25.

A.stored

B.suggested

C.implied

D.provided

26.

A.past

B.present day

C.future

D.long run

27.

A.stored

B.saved

C.changed

D.provided

28.

A.as

B.with

C.while

D.though

29.

A.cleaner

B.more clean

C.the cleanest

D.the most clean

30.

A.run out

B.run up

C.used out

D.used up

四、汉译英

31.他在任何情况下总能找到解决问题的办法。

can always find a way to solve problems/ overcome difficulties in any situation.

32.由于天气不好，飞机不能按时起飞。

cause of /Due to the bad weather the plane won't /can't take off on time.

33.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.

34.为了提高生活水平，他不得不找一份兼职工作。

order to improve his living standard, he has to find a part-time job.

五、写作

35.写作

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

You are to write an essay on the topic “TV Programmes and Me”. You should base your essay on the outline below:

1.介绍电视节目在现代生活中的作用

2.描述你经常收看的一类电视节目

3.说明这类电视节目给你带来的好处