二级试题及答案

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College English Achievement Test

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（120 分钟）2004.6

Part II Reading Comprehension

Passage One

What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime defense plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.

Today about half of the country‘s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way home from work or to take the family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.

Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don‘t want to bother cooking for one.

Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn‘t require any dressing up, and it offers a ―fun‖ break.

21. American women left home to work in large numbers because of _____________. A) the improved living standard B) the increase in food prices C) the need of war-time industry D) the modernization of the kitchen 22. The phrase ―pitch in‖ in Line 2, Paragraph 2, is closest in meaning to

____________.

A) ―offer help or support‖ B) ―eat with good appetite‖

C) ―offer compliment‖ D) ―disagree with‖

23. What is a working mother‘s best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for the family according to the passage? A) Making a meal out of canned food.

B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it. C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place. D) Heating up frozen dinners.

24. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their own

meal at home?

A) Single working mothers. B) Unmarried mature people. C) Elderly people living alone. D) Unemployed women with family. 25. What is this passage mainly about? A) Women‘s liberation in America.

B) Changes in the American family during World War II. C) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America. D) Rising divorce rate in America today.

Passage Two

In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal of language use is communication; then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increase. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying \something in the immediate future, could, by interacting (交际) with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say \do it\The resulting discrepancy (差异) can serve as a basis for the student to modify his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.

26 . According to the passage, the present tense in English is _________. A) not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future B) used with some verbs but not with others to express future intention C) basically the same in English as it is in Spanish .

D) not the most difficult problem for foreign students

27. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their

mistakes by ________.

A) asking native speakers for explanations

B) reading good books in the foreign language C) comparing their speech with that of native speakers D) speaking without regard to native speakers

28. According to the passage, foreign language students who do not interact with

native speakers wi11 NOT _______. A) learn very much about the foreign culture B) learn about the history of the foreign language C) have to worry about making mistakes D) take advantage of available language models

29. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much

about making mistakes because ________.

A) native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language B) communication is the primary goal of language learning C) native speakers will ignore their mistakes

D) everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a stranger language 30. The author's major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign language

learning is that _________.

A) mistakes are not important in learning a foreign language B) learners are often very afraid of making mistakes

C) making mistakes can help the learner discover the roles of the language D)native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes

Passage Three

It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely qualifies literacy (读写能力).

Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.

The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).

31. Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of

Africa is . A) approximately seven hundred million

B) approximately one hundred and twenty-five million C) approximately eight or eight point five thousand million D) exactly twenty-four million

32. The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises . A) zero point one per cent of that of illiteracy in the world B) zero point two per cent of the world adult population C) thirty-five per cent of Europe‘s population

D) three point five per cent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe 33. It is obvious that UNESCO . A) is a company in France

B) is a world organization attached to the U. N. C) works mainly at combating illiteracy

D) has many experts whose level of attainment is far from literacy 34. A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at . A) training responsible citizens B) enforcing the functions of UNESCO C) helping illiterates learn how to read and write

D) urging Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy 35. The author implies that this world plan is to . A) be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like Africa B) be realized in ten years C) be drawn up by Parisian experts D) be debated at an international conference

Part III Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there

are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

36. You can hang up what you like on these __________ walls. A) bare B) empty C) blank D) vacant 37. It seems that there is __________ that I can‘t do.

A) nothing B) anything C) everything D) none 38. ________ a good beginning is made, the work is half done. A) As soon as B) While C) As D) Once

39. He glanced________ the newspaper quickly because he was in a hurry. A) in B) at C) through D) among 40. The box was so heavy that it was difficult for the old lady to ______ it. A) lift B) reach C) rise D) touch 41. They have asked us to ___________ in the negotiations.

A) involve B) be mixed C) participate D) take place 42. Jean often ____________ stories to amuse her little brother. A) makes up B) makes out C) send out D) puts up 43. I don‘t think we‘ve met before. You are confusing me with ________. A) some other B) someone else C) other person D) one other 44. When Jane fell off the slide, the other children ___________ . A) couldn‘t help laughing B) weren‘t able to stop laughing C) could not avoid to laugh D) could not stop but laughing 45. The picture could be of a __________ from a play or opera. A) viewpoint B) scenery C) view D) scene 46. Last year Mary earned ___________ his brother, who has a better position. A) twice as much as B) twice more than C) twice as many as D) twice as more as

47. There has been an upsurge of interest in chamber music. ________, opera is

receiving a boost from increased record sales. A) Alike

A) along happens. A) whatever

B) whichever

C) no matter how afternoon. A) who

A) with month.

A) send

B) sent

C) had sent

D) would sent

53. I was made ________ two hours for an appointment in the chilly wind,

A) wait B) to wait C) waiting

D) waited

B) which C) what D) that B) by

C) of

D) at

51. A sacred site might be a mountain that is ________ some significance to a tribe. 52. He said it was important that every member ___ his subscription by the end of the

D) no matter when

B) Likely B) away

C) Likewise C) far

D) Liking D) awhile

48. He would often be working _________ on his word processor late into the night. 49. When you're older I think you're better equipped mentally to cope with ___

50. He got a message from Mr. Johnson __ the manager could not see him that

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