对外经贸大学继续教育学院夜大教育部

2010-2011学年第二学期

《大学英语4》作业C

年级_____ 专业_______班级_______姓名_______学号_______ 成绩 ________

I. Comprehension, vocabulary and structure: 20%

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences and questions in this section. The first four are comprehension questions based on the textbook. For each sentence or question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question.

1. The kids staged a strike because ______.

a. the boss failed to meet their demand to see the color of cash

b. the bosses had time and again threatened them with bodily harm

c. they thought there was no sense helping the bosses to collect a lot of money in return for just a

few dollars

d. the bosses refused to pay them

2. According to the author, what makes the world go around is ______.

a. love b. truth c. money d. energy

3. The author is of the opinion that deceptive practices do harm to ______.

a. all concerned b. believers in benevolent deception only

c. no one d. women and children

4. According to the author, the man who owns books is the one who ______.

a. has a fine library b. reads through a few and dips into most of them

c. has a mind enriched by them d. has a respect for their physical appearance

5. Have you _____ our seats on the plane?

a. preserved b. reserved c. conserved d. observed

6. Inside, in the warm living room, with a glass of wine to drink and Mozart to listen to, she was far

from the tiredness she had ______ earlier.

a. advocated b. conceived c. claimed d. accumulated

7. Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes, but if the picture ______ the eyes and

never reaches the soul, the painter has fallen far short of his aim.

a. appeals to b. settles for c fumbles with d. aims at

8. Statistics are ______ to prove the depth of popular misery: falling real wages, rising unemployment,

and a general collapse of living standards.

a. concealed b. grabbed c. cited d. projected

9. Peter read the letter twice before its meaning ______.

a. sank in b. came up c. caught on d. turned up

10. Their organization neither used nor ______ the use of violence in its struggle for equality.

a. scattered b. enrolled c. overheard d. advocated

11. Interestingly enough, once actors have entered the profession itself, age ceases to be a ______, for

actors of any age may easily teach each other something and share emotions honestly.

a. necessity b. pursuit c. barrier d. concession

12. ______ the technological requirements of the new system, other important issues have to be

resolved.

a. Next to b. Rather than c. Aside from d. Contrary to

13. Other types of skin cancer are ______ continued exposure to the sun over a long period.

a. dedicated to b. inclined to c. derived from d. associated with

14. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think ______.

a. ought to be said b. must say c. have to be said d. need to say

15. Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded ______

other better-informed experimenters failed.

a. which b. that c. what d. where

16. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, ______ the color of his skin.

a. with the exception of b. by virtue of

c. in the light of d. regardless of

17. Which sport has the most expenses ______ training equipment, players personal equipment and

uniforms?

a. in place of b. in terms of c. by means of d. by way of

18. The car ______ halfway for no reason.

a. broke off b. broke down c. broke up d. broke out

19. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was giving her. a. expending b. offering c. costing d. charging

20. Since the matter was extremely ______, we dealt with it immediately.

a. tough b. tense c. urgent d. instant

II. Error Identification 10%

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four parts underlined and marked A, B, C and D. One of them is incorrect. You are to identify the mistake and mark the answer sheet accordingly.

1. I A B C D

2. A B C D

3. A B C D

4. Mr. Brown couldn t A B C D

5. A B C D

6. A B C D

7. A B C D

8. A B C D

9. A B C D

10.

A B C D

III. Verb Forms 15%

Directions: Complete the following passage by supplying the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program ___1_ (work) until someone demanded ___2_ (see) the color of cash. Then some activist on the work force claimed that the workers ___3_ (have) no business settling for $5 and a few competitive bonuses while the bosses collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers ___4_ (entitle) to $5 per hour! They ___5_ (will, not, work) another minute until the bosses ___6_ (agree). The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink. As it ___7_ (turn) out, the job ___8_ (complete) three hours before Sunday s 7 a.m. deadline. By the time I ___9_ (arrive) home, the boys already ___10_ (settle) their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amount for gifts – boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who ___11_ (volunteer) station wagons and help in delivery and a dozen roses for their mother. This ___12_ (leave) them with $185 each – about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they ___13_ (work). Still, it was “enough”, as one of them ___14_ (put) it, to enable them “___15_ (avoid) indignity” for quite a while.

IV. Cloze: 10%

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable.

You may say that this of marking books is going to slow up your reading. It probably That s one of the reasons for reading it. Most of us have been by the notion that speed of reading is a of our intelligence. There is no such thing as the right speed for intelligent reading. Some things should be read quickly and effortlessly, and some should be read slowly and even laboriously. The sign of intelligence in reading is the ability to read different things differently according to their the of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can can get through you – how many you can make your A few friends are better than a thousand acquaintances. If this be your effort to read a great book it does a newspaper.

1. a. doing b. thing c. dealing d. business

2. a. is b. shall c. will d. does

3. a. taken on b. taken up c. taken in d. taken from

4. a. assess b. measure c. rank d. grade

5. a. benefit b. value c. weight d. worth

6. a. case b. matter c. reality d. event

7. a. get through b. get by c. get over d. get around

8. a. self b. own c. idea d. concept

9. a. idea

10. a. other than

b. design b. than c. ambition d. aim c. rather than d. rather

V. Error Identification and Correction 10%

Directions: There is one error in each numbered line. Read the passage and correct the mistakes. (1% for each identification and correction)

1. If you want to change a word, cross it out and write the substitute in the corresponding blank.

2. If you want to add a word, put the insertion mark ∧ in the right place and write the word in the

corresponding blank.

3. If you want to delete a word, cross it out and put a slash ∕ in the blank.

Whether or not to tell the seriously ill about their true condition

has long been a dilemma for medicine professionals. Many doctors _______1___ believe that concealing facts from those patients will benefit them _________2___ psychologically and may help them recover. But new studies show what _________3___ contrary to this widespread belief, the overwhelmed majority of _________4___ patients want to be told the truth, even in case of grave illnesses. If they _________5___ are not, they feel betrayed and misled. As it is, lying makes it difficulty _________6___

for patients to make choices concerned their own health. And keeping a _________7___ dying patient in the dark prevents him for making decisions about the end _________8___ of his life. Lying can also cause doctors to lose their integration and _________9___ credibility and to do harm to their colleagues who are honest with their ________10___ patients.

VI. Reading Comprehension: 10%

Directions: There are two reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer.

Passage 1

How men first learn to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain sighs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.

The power of words then lies in their associations---the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of the past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thought but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.

1. The author holds that the origin of language .

a. is a legend handed down from the past b. still has not been revealed

c. can be easily inquired into d. has not been questioned at all

2. The following statements are true EXCEPT that a. men invented certain sounds for the purpose of communicating with each other

b. if we read and learn more, we will have a larger vocabulary

c. a silly and vulgar speech has nothing to do with the accurate use of words

d. a real poet can impart his meaning in words beautifully

3. The words “telling” in the last paragraph can be replaced by a. insignificant b. indecisive c. trivial d. effective

4. The real power of words consists in their a. properties b. characteristics c. peculiarity d. representative function

5. We can conclude from the passage that great writers .

a. sometimes write works of poor quality

b. are good at choosing and using words

c. sometimes don t choose words carefully

d. are reluctant to show off their knowledge

Passage 2

The principal factor depressing life expectancy in developing countries has always been the high death rate for infants and children. World Bank studies suggest that as much as two thirds of the difference in life-spans between people in developed countries and those in developing ones can be traced to differences in survival rates for children under five. It is here where the most improvement has come. According to UN estimates, significant regional drops in infant mortality---ranging from 25 percent to 60 percent and centering near 40 percent---appear to have taken place between the late 1950s and the late 1970s in northern Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Although sub-Saharan Africa s mortality trends cannot be quantified with confidence, there is reason to believe that life expectancy has risen and infant mortality has declined in that region, as well. There is little doubt that population growth has accelerated in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1950s; in fact, sub-Saharan Africa is widely thought to have the highest rate of population growth of any major region in the world. Only a small portion of that acceleration is likely to have been caused by increases in fertility (人口出生率) and increases in fertility, insofar as they have occurred, may also imply improvements in health and nutrition.

Mortality, of course, is not a perfect measure of nutritional change. Improved nutrition is only one of a number of forces that have been pushing down death rates in developing countries. Others include the upgrading of hygiene and sanitation; the extension of public health services; medical innovations; improvements in education, communications, transportation, and in some areas, civil order. Even so, the extent to which improvements in nutrition---both direct and indirect---have reduced mortality in developing countries has frequently been underestimated. For example, Sri Lanka experienced an abrupt jump in life expectancy shortly after the Second World War. Whereas this was long described as a “technical fix”---a triumph of DDT over the anopheles mosquito(疟蚊)----years later researchers realized that abrupt and rapid drops in mortality had also taken place in Sri Lanka s highlands, or “dry zones”, where malaria （疟疾）had never been a serious problem. In both highland and lowland regions health improved in tandem with(同……协作) access to food.

1. According to the author, life expectancy in developing countries is not high mainly because a. have a low standard of living

b. have no public and private hygiene and sanitation

c. have no public health services

d. have low survival rates for infants and children

2. Between the late 1950s and the late 1970s, infant mortality in northern Africa a. fell sharply b. rose tremendously c. still remained high d. was lower than that in Asia

3. The author holds that .

a. medical innovations are the only way to reduce mortality rates in developing countries

b. improved nutrition is the only one factor that reduces mortality rates in developing countries

c. mortality rates in developing countries have been brought down by a number of forces

d. the upgrading of hygiene and sanitation had played a crucial role in reducing mortality rates in developing countries

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that before the Second World War, a. malaria had taken few lives in Sri Lanka

b. malaria had been already put under control in Sri Lanka

c. malaria had been a very serious problem in lowland regions in Sri Lanka

d. malaria had remained unrestrained in Sri Lanka

5. Judging by the context, the word “mortality” in line 5 in the first paragraph probably means .

a. birth rate b. death rate c. longevity d. growth

VII. Translation: 10%

Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily

harm.

2. Energy is the currency of the ecological system and life becomes possible only when food is converted into

energy, which in turn is used to seek more food to grow to reproduce and to survive.

3. Our knowledge does not rest on reasoning or on experiment, but on authority.

4. In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed

by greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption or to promote the public interest.

5. To set down your reaction to important words and sentences you have read, and the questions they have

raised in your mind, is to preserve those reactions and sharpen those questions.

VIII. Translation: 15%

Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.

1. 看到环境日益遭到破坏，总理心里很难受。

2. 他花了好大功夫才进入那家公司，却很失望地发现那并不是他所期望为之工作的公司。

3. 那个经济学家理应懂得仅仅靠建议降低利率去扩大内需是行不通的。

4. 老师在评价一篇文章并给它打分时，既要根据总的印象，还要根据仔细的分析。

5. 我们在准备辩论时，不但要要收集支持自己论点的事例，还要了解对方的论点。

对外经贸大学继续教育学院夜大教育部

2010-2011学年第二学期

《大学英语4》作业C

年级_____ 专业_______班级_______姓名_______学号_______ 成绩 ________

I. Comprehension, vocabulary and structure: 20%

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b c d

5. a b c d 6. a b c d 7. a b c d 8. a b

9. a b c d 10. a b c d 11. a b c d 12. a b

13. a b c d 14. a b c d 15. a b c d 16. a b

17. a b c d 18. a b c d 19. a b c d 20. a b

II. Error Identification 10%

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b

5. a b c d 6. a b c d 7. a b c d 8. a b

9. a b c d 10. a b c d

III. Verb Forms 15%

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IV. Cloze: 10%

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b

5. a b c d 6. a b c d 7. a b c d 8. a b

9. a b c d 10. a b c d

V. Error Identification and Correction 10%

Whether or not to tell the seriously ill about their true condition

has long been a dilemma for medicine professionals. Many doctors

believe that concealing facts from those patients will benefit them

c d c d c d c d c d c d ) ) ) c d c d _________1___ _________2___

psychologically and may help them recover. But new studies show what

contrary to this widespread belief, the overwhelmed majority of

patients want to be told the truth, even in case of grave illnesses. If they

are not, they feel betrayed and misled. As it is, lying makes it difficulty

for patients to make choices concerned their own health. And keeping a

dying patient in the dark prevents him for making decisions about the end

of his life. Lying can also cause doctors to lose their integration and

credibility and to do harm to their colleagues who are honest with their

patients. _________3___ _________4___ _________5___ _________6___ _________7___ _________8___ _________9___ ________10___

VI. Reading Comprehension: 10%

Passage 1

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b c d

5. a b c d

Passage 2

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b c d

5. a b c d

VII. Translate the following sentences: 10%

1．______________________________________________________________________________

2．______________________________________________________________________________

3．______________________________________________________________________________

4．______________________________________________________________________________

5．______________________________________________________________________________

VIII. Translate the following sentences: 15%

1．______________________________________________________________________________

2．______________________________________________________________________________

3．______________________________________________________________________________

4．______________________________________________________________________________

5．______________________________________________________________________________