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大学英语A4

一、阅读理解

The purpose of this part of the book is to help you become more efficient in reading by speeding up the process generally. Most people can learn to cover material much 国家开放大学 faster than they do now while maintaining a high level of comprehension.

Improvement in reading efficiency has several major benefits. We need reading skills to benefit from the wealth of information that is now available in printed form. Most people get the rough outlines of their daily news from television and radio. However, the printed word still provides the in-depth coverage of topics that really produces well-informed people. is also a great source of entertainment for many people. For students, it is the primary method of studying.

The time you now spend reading can be made much more productive by increasing your reading rate. For some people this will mean that they can obtain more information in the same length of time. For others it will mean that time now devoted to reading can be used in other more interesting and profitable ways.

To determine how fast you are reading, you first have to get some idea of the number of words in a given passage. Then you simply divide the number of words by the number of minutes it takes to read. That will give your rate in words per minute.

1.The passage is taken from______.

A.a story book

B.a news report

C.a report on a scientific research

D.a book on reading

2.Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit from reading according to the passage?

A.Reading will help readers ge 成人学历 t more information.

B.By reading readers will have an in-depth coverage of daily news.

C.Students must read so that they can master knowledge.

D.Improvement of reading helps readers get outlines of daily news.

3.This passage mainly dis 渝粤教育 cusses______.

A.different kinds of reading

B.the importance of improving reading skills and how to calculate reading rate

C.reading as a source of entertainment

D.different ways to improve reading speed

4.“reading efficiency”in Paragraph 2 means______.

A.the average reading rate

B.the ability of reading fast with a good understanding

C.reading materials readers like

D.reading habits

5.Reading speed can be calculated by______.

A.counting how many words a reader has read

B.dividing the total number of words a reader read by the time he spends on reading

C.timing how many minutes a reader has read

D.asking help from the teacher

Regular child care provided outside home or by someone other than the mother does not in itself undermine healthy emotional connections between mothers and their 15-month-old infants, according to a long-term national study. The finding holds even if care begins during the first 3 months after birth and runs for 30 hours or more per week.

Among infants who receive unkind and unresponsive care from their mothers, however, the mother-child relationship may be damaged. "This research helps us put apart complexities regarding child care that have not previously been studied in detail," contends Jay Belsky, a psychologist.

The investigation consists of 1,153 children and their families living in or near . The youngsters, no more than 1 month old when they entered the study in 1991, will be tracked until the age of 7. Experimenters administered questionnaires to mothers in their homes and videotaped baby caretakers interacting with the kids at age 渝粤题库 s 1, 6 and 15 months. Independent observers rated the quality of each child care efforts and noted infant nervousness. Unlike most previous studies, this one allows researchers to observe each ca 广东开放大学 retaker's personality at child nursing, and kids' emotional reactions by the equipment.

6.From the first paragraph we know that ______.

A.mother care is the best according to a national study

B.child care outside home is the best in accordance with the study

C.regular child care outside home does not in itself do harm to mother-child relationship

D.connections between mothers and infants are damaged by outside care

7.According to the passage, unresponsive care from a mother may ______.

A.ruin a kid's growth

B.harm the mother-child tie

C.hurt a baby's emotional reaction

D.spoil a child's personality

8.Jay Belsky implies that the study of child care ______.

A.was never carried out in the past

B.was not done much in detail in the past

C.was greatly ignored by psychologists and researchers

D.was interesting but very difficult to make discovery

9.The main difference between the investigation and the previous ones is that ______.

A.the researchers started with only one month old infants

B.the observers could rate the quality of child care efforts and analyzed them soon

C.the researchers were able to give the questionnaires to mothers in their homes

D.video equipment enabled researchers to observe what was happening directly

10.Which of the following is NOT TRUE of the investigation?

A.It will last at least 7 years.

B.Cooperation from the mothers is also necessary.

C.Some independent observers play a part.

D.Researchers paid site visits to see a caretaker's personality and kids' emotional reactions.

二、词汇与语法

11._______ the fact that his initial experiments had failed, Prof. White persisted in his research.

A.Because of

B.As to

C.In spite of

D.In view of

12.I'm not particular _______ my clothes; I don't mind what I wear.

A.in

B.with

C.about

D.for

13.Bill always does _______ he pleases, without regard to the feelings of others.

A.however

B.that

C.whatever

D.which

14.Only after he has acquired considerable facility in speaking _______ to learn to read and write.

A.he began

B.will he begin

C.did he begin

D.must he begin

15._______ his number for an hour only to hear a busy signal, she became impatient and called the operator for assistance.

A.Dialing

B.Dialed

C.Having dialed

D.To dial

16.The pilot of the plane is ________ for the passengers' safety.

A.conscious

B.responsible

C.necessary

D.regulated

17.The monitor will speak on ________ of the students at the opening ceremony.

A.behalf

B.benefit

C.sake

D.profit

18.You should give the application to the man ______ at that chair.

A.sits

B.to sit

C.sat

D.sitting

19.The hurricane left, _______ the ruins to this area.

A.to be left

B.leaving

C.to leave

D.left

20.If we can ________ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

A.get off

B.come across

C.come over

D.get over

三、完型填空

In , winter is the season not only for visits to the theatre, opera, concerts and ballet, but also for shopping or for sightseeing.

, one of the coldest cities in the world, has plenty to offer during the winter months, __21__ in the way of entertainment-and the shops act like a magnet with __22__ array of presents for the Christmas shopper, followed by large scale bargains in the January sales. But it's not only that __23__ value shopping-most of our suburban and provincial centres have just as much to offer to the __24__ shopper.

__25__ you're based in , you don't have to spend all your time there-and that goes for all the year __26__, too. Take a train or coach and see what __27__ Britain has to offer; there are many excursions, even in winter, and among the great country houses __28__ keep their stately front doors open throughout the year are Longleat and Woburn Abbey. Hire a car and drive across __29__ the beauty of the winter landscape-the scenery will be __30__ beautiful-and the people will have more time to chat to you at this time of year.

21.

A.normally

B.especially

C.occasionally

D.generally

22.

A.its

B.that

C.those

D.their

23.

A.offers

B.opens

C.shows

D.follows

24.

A.eager

B.lazy

C.lonely

D.nervous

25.

A.As though

B.As for

C.Even if

D.As long as

26.

A.over

B.about

C.through

D.round

27.

A.ever

B.else

C.other

D.others

28.

A.where

B.what

C.which

D.those

29.

A.into

B.on

C.over

D.from

30.

A.still

B.ever

C.as much as

D.even more

四、汉译英

31.为了取得成功，需要从错误中学习。

achieve success, one must learn from his/her own mistakes.

32.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.

33.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.

34.昨天我去拜访他，看看他是否能解决这个问题。

visited him yesterday to see if he could work out /solve the problem.

五、写作

35.写作

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

Directions: You are to write an essay on the topic "On Keeping Pets". You should base your composition on the outline below:

1．目前城市里宠物的状况。

2．宠物给人们的生活带来哪些影响。

3．你持有什么态度。