《大学英语（2）》期末考试A卷 11 12 13 14 15 D 一、阅读：20% （每小题2分） D A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 四．英译汉：30% （答题请不要超出边框） Do some brainstorming about your expenses and how you D D C C C B D C C C could possibly cut back on them. It is wise to write them down on paper because it is less easy to dismiss them that way. For example, can you cut down on the amount of gas 二、交际用语20%（每小题2分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 you use by taking public transportation? If you eat out often, consider making more meals at home. 一、阅读：20% (所有答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不得分) ( 1 ) In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck. B B A B B D D C D D Examine your buying habits. （翻译题请在此空白处答题，否则不得分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 激发思维，考虑你的花费以及如何削减他们。在纸上记下来是很明智的，因为这样更容易消减费用。例如，你可以B B A B C C C A B C 乘坐公共交通工具来减少汽油的用量吗?如果你经常在外面吃饭，可以考虑多在家里吃。反思你的购物习惯。 三、语法与词汇：30%（每小题2分） Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with 1 the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, 2. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ______. A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors because “Jones” is a very common name in the United American by the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean about himself: he began earning $125 a week at the age keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. Young Momand appeared in different newspapers across the country for was very proud of his riches. He got married and moved over 28 years. with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. But just moving there was not enough. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. It was like a race, but one could never finish this C. like to live outside New York City race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and his wife could not do that. A. anyone in the United States can become rich The race ended for them when they could no longer pay B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if for their new way of life. They left their wealthy he works hard and has some good luck neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people C. he can become rich in the future B. his neighbor’s name D. many people in the United States think anyone can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck C. a popular name in the United States A,. an important name series of short stories because Jones is _____. 4. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his 1. The writer of the selection believes _____. D. like to have many neighbors Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems B. like to live in New York City to be ahead. 3. It can be inferred from the story that rich people _____. A. like to live in apartments D. they want others to know or to think that they are rich C. they don’t want others to know they are rich B. they want to be happy D. not a good name 5. According to the writer, it is _____. it to him on the map. “But there is nowhere to land there,” said the pilot. “I have flown over that we can’t land anywhere between this river and these said that the other pilot had done so the year before, so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he smiled happily and said, “Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.”. A. correct to keep up with the Joneses B. interesting to keep up with the Joneses C. impossible to keep up with the Joneses D. good to keep up with the Joneses mountains.” “I thought you were a wonderful pilot,” said the hunter, “some of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stamp.” 6. The hunter in the story went to the forest ______. A. once B. two times C. many times D. none “That’s right,” answered the pilot. “I can land of the above 7. In the story the hunter asked a pilot to take him a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is ( 2 ) A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to. “Is that true?” asked the pilot. He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snow melted in the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there were no roads and no When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out railways. He asked the pilot to take him back to the piece a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, of forest. with a steep rise(陡坡) at one end. The pilot thought The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter A. the place for landing was as big as a room because ______. 8. It was difficult for the pilot to land the plane “Yes, it is. I swear it.” Well, this pilot could not let himself beaten by another, so he agreed to take the hunter. D. a pilot who had never heard of such a place B. a different pilot who had never been to that part of the country C. a pilot who had been to the place many times nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.” to the piece of forest. This pilot was ______. “And what if I tell you that another pilot did land A. the same pilot who had taken him to the place me there last spring?” said the hunter. once 3
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