《大学英语（2）》期末考试A卷 把它们写在纸上是明智的，因为这样就不那么容易把它C B A C B B A A B C 们打发掉。 11 12 13 14 15 例如，你可以通过乘坐公共交通工具来减少汽油的使用量吗? D D C B A 如果你经常外出就餐，可以考虑多在家做饭。 （本试卷所有客观题答案必须填入如下答卷表格中，否则不得分） 一、阅读：20% （每小题2分） 四．英译汉：30% （答题请不要超出边框） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Do some brainstorming about your expenses and how you could possibly cut back on them. D 检查你的购买习惯。 D C C C B B C C C 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 you use by taking public transportation? 二、交际用语20%（每小题2分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 If you eat out often, consider making more meals at B B C B B D D C D D home. Examine your buying habits. （翻译题请在此空白处答题，否则不得分） 三、语法与词汇：30%（每小题2分） 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 做一些关于你的开支的集思广益，你可以如何削减它们。 一、阅读：20% (所有答案必须填在答卷表格里,否则不1 得分) ( 1 ) It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. Momand and 1. The writer of the selection believes _____. A. anyone in the United States can become rich his wife could not do that. In the United States many have been told that anyone The race ended for them when they could no longer pay can become rich and successful if he works hard and has for their new way of life. They left their wealthy some good luck. neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York 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 the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors. stories. He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself: he began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. Young Momand was very proud of his riches. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New Every city has an area where people want to live York City. But just moving there was not enough. When he because others will think better of them if they do. And saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one riding every day. When he saw that rich people had must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems gave big parties for their new neighbors. to be ahead. B. like to live in New York City A. like to live in apartments _____. 3. It can be inferred from the story that rich people because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series C. they don’t want others to know they are rich appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. D. they want others to know or to think that they are rich A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors B. they want to be happy the funny side of it and started to write a series of short Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with their neighbors. He saw can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck 2. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ______. City. C. he can become rich in the future D. many people in the United States think anyone he works hard and has some good luck B. anyone in the United Sates can become rich if C. like to live outside New York City D. like to have many neighbors 4. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his was that the place was very difficult to get to. He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snow melted in “Is that true?” asked the pilot. “Yes, it is. I swear it.” Well, this pilot could not let himself beaten by the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small series of short stories because Jones is _____. plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over A,. an important name B. his neighbor’s name C. a popular name in the United States The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed D. not a good name 5. According to the writer, it is _____. A. correct to keep up with the Joneses mountains.” B. interesting to keep up with the Joneses “I thought you were a wonderful pilot,” said the 6. The hunter in the story went to the forest ______. C. impossible to keep up with the Joneses D. good to keep up with the Joneses another, so he agreed to take the hunter. When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise(陡坡) at one end. The pilot thought there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the year before, it to him on the map. “But there is nowhere to land so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned there,” said the pilot. “I have flown over that we right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he can’t land anywhere between this river and these smiled happily and said, “Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.”. parts of the country where there were no roads and no railways. He asked the pilot to take him back to the piece of forest. hunter, “some of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stamp.” “That’s right,” answered the pilot. “I can land A. once B. two times C. many times D. none of the above 7. In the story the hunter asked a pilot to take him to the piece of forest. This pilot was ______. A. the same pilot who had taken him to the place once ( 2 ) A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.” “And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring?” said the hunter. 3
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