Test 1 for Unit 2
Part I、Grammar and Vocabulary.
Section A
Directions: Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
1. I couldn’t see Robbie _________the audience, although he said he would be there.
A. among B. across C. through D. between
2. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize ______to the winners on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel ‘s death.
A. was presented B. is presented C. has been presented D. had been presented
3. Is honesty the best policy? We ______that it is when we are little.
A. will teach B. are taught C. teach D. will be taught
4. It took him nearly two years ________The Mysterious Diamond into Chinese.
A. translating B. translate C. to have translated D. to translate
5.”Genius “ is a complicated concept, _________many different factors.
A. involved B. involving C. to involve D. being involved
6. There is no need _________about exams if you are fully prepared.
A. worrying B. be worried C.worry D. to worry
7. At the time the taxi driver had no choice but_______to the tourist for help.
A. turn B. to turn C. turning D. turned
8. The young scientist has made such great achievement in his chosen field _______nobody else can make.
A. that B. as C. where D. which
9. When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage , she wondered how they had managed with _______money.
A.so few B. such few C. so little D. such little
10. History offers numerous examples of storms ________have destroyed large numbers of homes and killed many people .
A. who B. whose C. that D. as
11. As Jack left his membership card at home, he wasn’t allowed _______into the sports club.
A. going B. to go C. go D. gone
12. I think Tom, as the head of a big department , should either study regularly or _____his job.
A. quits B. to quit C. quitting D. quit
Section B
Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
As a young man with a growing reputation, Einstein received many invitation ___13__ his theories at different universities. One evening , he was once invited to address a lecture at a distant university. He was so tired ___14___he wished not to give it , but he didn’t want __15__ his audience down. And then his driver, Hans , said that he would do it for him, __16___he had listened to his lecture many times and __17____ it by heart.
When the lecture began, Einstein took a seat in the audience and listened to Hans’s lecture. Hans gave the lecture perfectly. However, before Hans left the platform, a professor asked such a complex question that he __18___couldn’t answer.
Einstein thought they were __19___trouble . But Hans asked Einstein to answer the question ____20____him , saying it was so easy a question that his “driver” can answer it !
Section C:
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. humans B. exactly C. arrival D. discovered E. improved F. suggests G. constructed H. perfectly I. strong J. smooth K. quick |
Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows _21__ when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.
The oldest known transport wheel was __22__ in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence___23___ that wheels for transport didn’t become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a ___24___ good job of carrying farming tools and ___25___ around.
But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on ___26___surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren’t going to be ___27___ until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the __28___ of modem road design.
In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road—a base layer of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman___29___on this design in the 1820s and a __30___, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same lime, metal hubs came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads . As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.
Part II、 Reading Comprehension
Section A：
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Common indoor plants may prove to be a valuable weapon in the fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution. Those plants in your office or home are not only __________, but NASA scientists are finding them to be surprisingly useful in absorbing potentially harmful __________ and cleaning the air inside modern buildings.
NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America have __________the findings of a 2-year study that __________the common indoor plant may provide a natural way of helping combat“Sick Building Syndrome.”
Research __________the use of biological processes as a means of solving environmental problems, both on the __________and in space habitats, has been carried out for many years by Dr. Bill Wolverton, __________a senior research scientist at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
based on preliminary evaluations of the use of common indoor plants for indoor air purification and revitalization, ALCA __________ NASA to fund a study using about a dozen popular varieties of ornamental plants to __________their effectiveness in removing several key pollutants associated with indoor air pollution. NASA research on indoor plants has found that living plants are so __________at absorbing contaminants in the air that some will be launched into __________as part of the biological life support system aboard future orbiting space stations.
__________more research is needed, Wolverton says the study has shown that common indoor landscaping plants can remove __________ pollutants from the indoor environment. “We feel that future results will provide an even __________argument that common indoor landscaping plants can be a very effective part of a system used to provide pollution __________ homes and work places,”he concludes.
31. A. effective B. useful C. decorative D. fantastic
32. A. substances B. gases C. smells D. liquids
33. A. addressed B. claimed C. solved D. announced
34. A. suggests B. thinks C. asks D. wonders
35. A. for B. into C. with D. to
36. A. sun B. moon C. earth D. planet
37. A. formally B. fortunately C. faithfully D. formerly
38. A. agreed B. combined C. joined D. accepted
39. A. absorb B. conclude C. determine D. evaluate
40. A. supportive B. decisive C. prominent D. efficient
41. A. space B. sea C. air D. water
42. A. For B. While C. Since D. So
43. A. all B. certain C. no D. few
44. A. stronger B. smaller C. easier D. weaker
45. A. good B. bad . C. full D. free
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
One of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong From Then to Now” is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.
Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.
Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.
The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty-four.
Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.
46. Alfred Strong is a famous _______ in the United States.
A. doctor B. artist C. writer D. reader
47. Doctor Strong first became famous in _______.
A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States
B. his fifties when his drawings and writings were published
C. nineteen eighty-four when his book MeEligot’s Pool was published
D. his thirties when his first book was published
48. Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because _______.
A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on
B. they are written in easy words with colourful pictures
C. he organized the art show in California
D. they are written in a funny way
B
Dorothea Dix left home at an early age—of her own free will—to live with her grandmother.At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she set up a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea’s school, which she conducted until she was thirty-three.
She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill a few years of inactivity followed.
In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again, accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge, Massachusetts prison. Here she first came upon insane people locked up together with prisoners.
In those days insane people were treated even worse than prisoners. There were only a few madhouses in the entire country. Therefore prisons, poor houses, and houses of correction were used to keep the insane.
Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfeminine for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not sTOP Dorothea Dix from providing proper medical care for the insane.
Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or rebuilt in the United States because of her hard work. Dorothea also spread her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.
During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent of women hospital nurses in the Union army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.
49.This article is mainly about ________.
A. social problems of the nineteenth century
B. how Dorothea Dix got her education
C. how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to education
D. how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to the work of improving conditions for insane people
50.How did Dorothea Dix first realize the mistreatment of insane people?
A. Her grandmother treated the mistreatment of insane people.
B. She worked in an insane hospital as a young woman.
C. She taught Sunday school in a prison.
D. She was asked to investigate the problem.
51.The author implies Dorothea Dix’s work with the insane was interrupted because of ________.
A.an illness B.the Civil War
C.her trip to England D.her grandmother’s death
52.How are the events of Dorothea Dix’s life presented in the passage?
A.In space order. B.In time order.
C.In alphabetical order. D.From greatest to least important
C
The Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.
Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30%wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number doctors recommend.
Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.
53.The text probably comes from __________.
A.a guide book B.a popular magazine
C.a book review D.an official document
54.What is found out about American seniors?
A.Most of them have good habits.
B.Nearly 30%of them bathe three days a week.
C.All of them are fighting germs better than expected.
D.about one third of them brush their teeth only once a day
55.Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands__________.
A.twice a day B.three times a day
C.four times a day D.eight times a day
56.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A.We should keep from touching our faces.
B.There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.
C.A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.
D.We should wash our hands before touching a door handle
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than ten words.
The main idea of a passage is the point the author is trying to make. Sometimes , it is very clear, but other times, it is murky and the answer choices are vague . So how do you determine the main idea?
Summarize the passage . After you’ve read the passage given to you , summarize what you’ve just read in your head or on a piece of paper . What should you tell someone the passage was about if asked? You’d probably come up with a one-sentence explanation.
Chances are that you’ve found the main idea if you can summarize the whole passage down to one sentence. Just be sure your one sentence is broad enough to cover every detail in the passage.
Look for repetition of ideas. If you read through a passage and you have no idea how to summarize it because there is so much information, start looking for repeated words , phrases, ideas or similar ideas.
When the main idea is stated. Sometimes , the author, especially new writers, will probably write the main idea directly in the passage usually in the first few sentences. In that case, the main idea is easy to find; Just look for the sentence that summarize the whole passage.
When the main idea is implied . This is a little trickier. If the author doesn’t write down the main idea of the passage , it is up to you to infer what the main idea. Generally , all that you do is to make a sentence that is broad enough to cover every detail from the passage.
57.What would probably be the best title for the passage?
58. When we summarize the passage ,we should make sure that the sentence _______.
59. Where will new writers probably bring up their subject in the passage?
60.The main idea of a passage may either _____or____ in the passage.
Part III、Translation.
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
61.她好像没弹钢琴的天分。（gift）
62.我不知道他为何一直要避开我。（ idea）
63.因为天气不好，只能推迟这场纪念她百岁过生日的户外音乐会。（ honour ）
64.据了解这个城堡中很多弥足珍贵的油画已在1912年的一场大火中被毁。（believe）
65.孩子们是这样好奇，他们试图探索所在世界的每一个角落，每件事都追根就底， 内心毫无恐惧。（ So-------that------）
Part IV、Guided Writing
.Directions: Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
“人类社会中，科学家和工程师做出的贡献要比艺术家和作家的更要紧。”你赞同这种看法吗？请说说你的怎么看，并用具体事例说明。
