东北农业大学网络教育学院 大学英语I网上作业题
作业题（一）
I. 单项填空
1. The reason I want to take the class is _______ the professor is supposed to be eloquent. A. that B. why C. because D. how
2. ________ numerous at the turn of the century, the number of tigers in India had fallen to 2,500 by 1969. A. In spite of B. Although C. As D. Despite
3. Only after local residents became sick and publicly voiced their displeasure _____ to clean up its dumpsides.
A. did the chemical company begin B. began the chemical company C. the chemical did begin D. the chemical company began 4. He prefers to type a letter _______.
A. to sit idle B. that sit idle C. to sitting idle D. rather than sit idle 5. It is not ―terrible‖ at all. It is ________ ―terrible‖.
A. something but B. nothing but C. anything but D. everything but 6. Mr. Wilson is ________ friend.
A. my uncle‘s and my aunt‘s B. my uncle‘s and auntie‘s C. my uncle‘s and auntie D. my uncle and auntie‘s 7. _______ did you say we should ask to build the new museum? A. Who B. Whoever C. Whom D. What
8. Agriculture is one of ______ occupations because everyone depends upon plants for food.
A. the important world‘s most B. the most world‘s important C. the world‘s most important D. the important most world‘s 9. ―The bus only took half an hour to get to the hotel.‖
― _____ you were coming today, I‘d have met you at the railway station.‖ A. Have I known B. Had I known C. I have known D. I had known 10. Who could have advised you to do ________?
A. such a foolish thing B. a so foolish thing C. so a foolish thing D. a such foolish thing 11. If television had been invented a thousand years ago, _______ significantly more homogeneous than they are now? A. would nations have been B. will nations be C. were nations D. would nations be 12. ― You finally made it, didn‘t you?‖
― Yes, _______ my brother‘s help, I would have finished the work.‖ A. as a result of B. as for C. but for D. for the sake of
13. I certainly appreciate ________ about the delay in delivering the materials because we had planned to begin work tomorrow. A. him tell B. he tells C. his telling D. him to tell 14. I was not aware ________ she had gone.
A. where that B. of the place which C. of where D. the place 15. _______, the movement rapidly spread.
A. As expected B. That was expected C. Which was expected D. So it was expected 16. The mistake that is made on television ________ believing that anyone can speak interestingly. A. relies on B. consists in C. consists of D. consists with 17. They though the novel was ________.
A. worthy publishing B. worth publication C. worth of publication D. worthy to publish it 18. They _________ their success of the program to the generous help of their colleagues. A. attributed B. entitled C. subjected D. adapted 19. My wife ________ on my smoking and drinking.
A. submitted B. frowned C. disapproved D. consented 20. It never ________ to me for a moment that you meant that.
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A. occurred B. remembered C. hit D. struck 21. _______ being fun and good exercises , swimming is a very useful skill. A. Except B. In addition C. Except that D. Apart from 22. I missed the train and ________ was late for school.
A. specially B. consistently C. continuously D. consequently 23. Do you have _______ to a good library?
A. assess B. excess C. access D. essence 24. The man seemed poor, but he was _________ dressed.
A. respectively B. respecting C. respectably D. respectfully 25. Jim‘s close _______ to his brother made people mistake them for one another. A. alike B. likely C. likeness D. dislike 26. He always tries to __________ his opinion on others.
A. impose B. compel C. oblige D. force 27. This album is _______ as it was the only one ever signed by the president.
A. unusual B. unique C. rare D. singular 28. The bad weather has ________ the work on the building site.
A. held up B. held on to C. held in D. held on
29. I like the city, but I like the country better ______ I have more friends in the country. A. in that B. for that C. with that D. at that
30. The _________ of geese was flying through the sky in perfect formation following its leader. A. flock B. crowd C. herd D. swarm
II. Reading Comprehension:
(A)
So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning , they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that― reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible‖.
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed.
Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private ,for learning is an occupation of the mind ,and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable ,what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest（探索）for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. ―Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children. ‖
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher fulfil them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.
1．The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________. A. it is one of the most difficult school courses B. students spend endless hours in reading C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance D. too much time is spent in teaching about reading 2．The teaching of reading will be successful if ________. A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading C. teachers can devise the most effcient system for reading D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable
3．The underlined word― scrutiny‖ most probably means―________‖.
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A. inquiry B. observation C. control D. suspicion
4．According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.
A. children become highly motivated B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge D. reading enriches children‘s experience 5．The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught D. reading is more complicated that generally believed
(B)
Once upon a time in the West, the only acceptable role models available to women were that of the wife and mother. But now, not only are feminist critics and historians rediscovering the heroines of the past, we have also enough real heroines around today to believe our own new dreams of power.
Although Madonna‘s star might be getting less bright in Britain and America, let us not underestimate her influence. Many young women used to think that being a strong, feminist, demanding woman meant that they might have to give up their claims to be sexual, funny and individualist. But here is someone who is completely in control of her life, her art, her performance. When she grabs her crotch on stage or sells a book o f pin-up pictures of herself, we can see her recreating images that have been used before only to exploit women , and using them to show women that their sexuality is something to be proud of .
No wonder of Madonna‘s fans are not men but young women. They are responding to this new, real possibility that they can play with fire and may not get burnt. They identify with the fat that Madonna controls all aspects of her art, rather than being the innocent victim.
Another female icon whose power has swept through women‘s imaginations is Margaret Thatcher. It is all very well for her to say that she does not think she woes the women‘s movement anything. What is important for women, whether or not they sympathizes with her methods, politics or rhetoric, is that here was a woman who stood with the men at the G7 summits or in the British Cabinet as a leader among leaders.
She is not an icon that is easy to cope with. Just as with Madonna, she goes against the grain of the most traditional images of female power. But by breaking through the male cordons of the British establishment she has made sure that never again can a woman‘s ability to run a democratic country be questioned just because she is a woman.
1. It can be seen from the passage that Madonna‘s influence is _________. A. more and more increasing B. still great in society C. becoming less and less D. disappearing as time goes by
2. Most of Madonna‘s fans are young women because _________. A. she controls all aspects of her life and art B. she sells a book of pin-up pictures of herself C. she grabs her crotch on stage
D. she uses her pictures to show that she is sexy
3. It is indicated in the passage that Margaret Thatcher __________.
A. became successful because she was the only stateswoman among statesmen. B. Thinks male British leaders should have done more to help women C. Thinks her success has nothing to do with the women‘s movement D. Has donated a large sum of money to the women‘s movement 4. The example of Margaret Thatcher shows that __________. A. everyone should support the women‘s movement B. women should learn to work together with men C. one‘s ability should not be judged by sex D. women should not seek to be sexual only 5. The main idea of the passage is __________.
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A. women have gathered strength from the women‘s movement B. women have achieved a new-found power C. women should take careers to realize their power D. women‘s role should be in the home
(C)
Baldness, the absence of hair on the head, has been divided into five main types by those who study this affliction of human beings. A general thinning of the hair is called partial baldness and an absence of hair in areas usually covered by hair is labeled area baldness. A thinning of the hair which occurs in persons after about fifty years of age is called senile baldness. In this form of partial baldness, the hairline tends to recede, and there is a gradual thinning of the hair over the whole head. Parts of the head, such as the top, may grow completely bald.
Young people may experience what is called premature baldness. And when certain areas of the head become bald while hair over the rest of the scalp continues to grow at a normal rate, the condition is called pattern baldness.
Despite all the research that has been done on the subject, the specific causes of baldness are still unknown. Experts believe that heredity, aging, hormone imbalance and infection have an effect on the loss of hair. The most widespread cause of baldness is heredity, but it affects female members of a family less than males. The women of a bald family are more apt to retain their hair than the men. The females, however, pass on an inherited tendency toward baldness to their male offspring.
Besides the possible cause mentioned above, baldness may result from such infections and diseases as ringworm, dermatitis, typhoid fever and scarlet fever. This type of baldness is usually not permanent, however. Hygiene has been found to be an important factor in baldness. An important cleaning of the scalp may accelerate baldness, while the stimulation from cleansing and brushing helps to delay it. 1. __________ does not occur among the aged.
A. Partial baldness B. Premature baldness C. Senile baldness D. Area baldness 2. The word ―affliction‖ in the first sentence can be best replaced by _________.
A. condition B. likeness C. suffering D. existence
3. When certain parts of the head are bald and the hair elsewhere on the scapl grows normally, the condition is __________.
A. known as senile baldness B. named premature baldness C. called pattern baldness D. labeled partial baldness 4. When here is an inherited tendency toward baldness in a family, the females _______.
A. convey this tendency to their sons B. are as susceptible to baldness as the males C. invariably show evidence of baldness D. rarely, if ever, lose much of their hair 5. Baldness caused by certain fevers is __________.
A. normally temporary in nature B. quite like hereditary baldness C. the result of poor hygiene D. a kind of area baldness
(D)
The ―standard of living‖ of any country means the average person‘s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country‘s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. ―Wealth‖ in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: ―goods‖ such as food and clothing, and ―services‖ such as transport and entertainment. A country‘s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extend upon a country‘s natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them. The U.S.A. is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as U.S.A. in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country‘s people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen ad technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their workings day. 1. A country‘s wealth depends on __________.
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A. its money B. its standard of living
C. its ability to provide transport and entertainment D. its ability to provide goods and services 2. The word ―civil‖ in the second sentence of the second paragraph probably means ____. A. short and frequent B. long-lasting C. between one part of a country and another D. for the most part 3. The main idea of the second paragraph is that __________. A. the Sahara Desert is a very poor region B. a country‘s wealth depends on many factors
C. natural resources are an important factor in the wealth or poverty of a country D. the U.S.A. is one of the wealthiest countries in the world 4. The second sentence in paragraph 3 is ____________. A. not related to the paragraph B. the main idea of the paragraph C. the conclusion of the paragraph
D. an example supporting the main idea of the paragraph 5. How many advantages are mentioned in the third paragraph? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
III. 完形填空
Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is 36 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the sane 37 night after night. One would
38 them to know their parts by heart and 39 have cause to falter（结巴）.Yet 40 is not always the case. A famous actor in a 41 successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat 42 had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act，a gaoler（监狱长，看守）would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. 43 the noble was expected to read the letter at each 44 ,he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke 45 his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the 46 of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed（使显露）the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then，the gaoler 47 with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the 48 and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in
49 as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, 50 to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then，squinting（眯着眼看）his eves，he said,―The light is 51 .Read the letter to me.‖And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 52 that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied，―The light is indeed dim，sir. I must get my 53 ‖With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat‘s 54 ，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the 55 copy of the letter which he proceeded（继续进行）to read to the prisoner. 36．A. fortunate B. unfortunate 37．A. lines 38．A. want 39．A. always 40．A. such 41．A. highly 42．A. where 43．A. Because 44．A. play 45．A. with 46．A. pages
B. words B. ask B. never B. the thing B. high B. what B. Even though B. performance B. in B. joke
C. happy C. plays C. expect C. sometimes C. one C. poorly C. which C. When C. role C. on C. lines C. came out
D. unhappy D. roles D. wish D. often D. this D. poor D. who D. Though D. case D. to D. contents D. came in
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47．A. appeared B. disappeared