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1、第一学期作业（大学英语）第4次作业姓名：银召林学号：专业：土木工程（工程管理）班级：土木工程（工程管理）201378班（专本）二、主观题(共1道小题)41. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “A City to Remember”. You should write no less than 80 words. 三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题)42. Once upon a time there lived a beautiful young

2、 woman and a handsome young man. They were very poor, but as they were deeply in love, they wanted to get married. The young peoples parents shook their heads. “You cant get married yet”, they said. “Wait till you get a good job with good prospects.” So the young people waited until they found good

3、jobs with good prospects and they were able to get married. They were still poor, of course. They didnt have a house to live in or any furniture, but that didnt matter. The young man had a good job with good prospects, so large organizations lent him the money he needed to buy a house, some furnitur

4、e, all the latest electrical appliances and a car. The couple lived happily ever after paying off debts for the rest of their lives. And so ends another modern romantic fable. We live in a materialistic society and are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive. Our possessions, “mine” and “y

5、ours”, are clearly labeled from early childhood. When we grow old enough to earn a living, it does not surprise us to discover that success is measured in terms of the money you earn. We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses. If we buy a new television set, Jones is

6、 bound to buy a bigger and better one. If we buy a new car, we can be sure that Jones will go one better and get two new cars: one for his wife and one for himself. The most amusing thing about this game is that the Joneses and all the neighbors who are struggling frantically to keep up with them, a

7、re spending borrowed money kindly provided, at a suitable rate of interest, of course, by friendly banks, insurance companies, etc. 共5题(1) By the fable, the author wants to convey _. (A) the value of love (B) importance of parents in marriage (C) good job is the basis of a happy marriage (D) we live

8、 in a materialistic society (2) In the second paragraph the phrase “keep up with the Joneses” means _. (A) doing something in order to be as good as other people, because they are the best (B) doing something in order to show they have as much money as other people, rather than because they really w

9、ant to do it (C) doing something with the Joneses in order to keep them company (D) doing something with the Joneses in order to learn their good points (3) According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? (A) We dont develop the concept of “possession” until the adulthood. (B) J

10、oneses buy a new TV because the old one is too small. (C) Bigger TV and better cars are bought just to keep up with the Joneses. (D) Friendly banks lend Joneses the money at a very low rate of interest. (4) Which one of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? (A) Joneses and neigh

11、bors are spending borrowed money. (B) We live in a materialistic society and are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive. (C) Our possessions, mine and yours, are clearly labeled from early childhood. (D) We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors, the Joneses. (5) Which

12、 of the following best describes the authors tone in this passage? (A) Ironic (B) Optimistic (C) Objective (D) Neutral43. In all American history, there is no story stranger than that of John A. Sutter. When the independence of California was declared in 1846, San Francisco was a small town of some

13、800 inhabitants. Then, in 1848, gold was discovered on land not far away. This land was owned by John A. Sutter. During the famous Gold Rush of 1849, there was a vast movement of people toward San Francisco and the gold fields. The city grew to three times its size in just a few weeks. Previously a

14、quiet, pleasant town, San Francisco was changed almost overnight into a rough and crowded city. The same factors that operated to change San Francisco also changed the life of Sutter. Sutter was a citizen of Switzerland. He had come, penniless, in the spirit of adventure to the United States. By cha

15、nce, he obtained the rights to a large piece of land, some seventy miles north of San Francisco. Here Sutter established his own private colony. As an intelligent, well-educated man, he built a fort, inside which he established a large trading post. He became a very rich man. Then in 1848, in a stre

16、am leading from a mill, one of Sutters workmen found some pieces of gold. At first, Sutter tried to keep the news quiet. He had dreams of becoming richer, perhaps the richest man in the whole world. But, within a few weeks, the news about the gold leaked out. Men descended upon his land from all dir

17、ections. These people killed his cattle, stole his farm produce and tools, and tore down his buildings to obtain wood to build homes for themselves. The city of Sacramento sprang up where Sutters fort stood. On the site of his saw mill grew up the present city of Coloma. 共5题(1) Which of the followin

18、g is TRUE about Sutter? (A) Poor as he was, Sutter was full of adventurous spirit. (B) Sutter got his college education in Switzerland. (C) Sutter was a colonist. (D) Sutter was the richest man in the whole world. (2) From the passage we know that _. (A) Sutter declared the news of gold discovery (B

19、) men descended upon Sutters land to explore the gold for him (C) while building a saw mill, Sutter himself found some pieces of gold (D) the city of Sacramento sprang up because of the gold discovery (3) The change of both San Francisco and the life of Sutter was due to _. (A) the movement of peopl

20、e toward San Francisco (B) the independence of California (C) the Gold discovery (D) the spirit of adventure (4) _ attracted people coming from all directions to Sutters colony. (A) Sutters large trading post (B) Sutters wealth (C) The discovery of gold on Sutters land (D) Sutters intelligence (5) W

21、hat does the underlined world “quiet” mean? (A) With little or no movement or sound (B) Not open or revealed (C) Free from excitement, trouble, anxiety (D) Gentle, not rough44. The automobile has many advantages. Above all, it offers people freedom to go wherever and whenever they want to go. The ba

22、sic purpose of a motor vehicle is to get from point A to point B as cheaply, quickly, and safely as possible. However, to most people, cars are also personal fantasy machines that serve as symbols of power, success, speed, excitement, and adventure. In addition, much of the worlds economy is built o

23、n producing motor vehicles and supplying roads, services, and repairs for those vehicles. Half of the worlds paychecks are auto related. In the United States, one of every six dollars spent and one of every six non-farm jobs are connected to the automobile or related industries, such as oil, steel,

24、rubber, plastics, automobile services, and highway construction. In spite of their advantages, motor vehicles have many harmful effects on human lives and on air, water, land, and wildlife resources. The automobile may be the most destructive machine ever invented. Though we tend to deny it, riding

25、in cars is one of the most dangerous things we do in our daily lives. Since 1885, when Karl Benz built the first automobile, almost 18 million people have been killed by motor vehicles. Every year, cars and trucks worldwide kill an average of 250,000 peopleas many as were killed in the atomic bomb a

26、ttacks on Hiroshima and Nagasakiand injure or permanently disable ten million more. Half of the worlds people will be involved in an auto accident at some time during their lives. Since the automobile was introduced, almost three million Americans have been killed on the highwaysabout twice the numb

27、er of Americans killed on the battlefield in all U.S. wars. In addition to the tragic loss of life, these accidents cost American society about 60 billion annually in lost income and in insurance, administrative, and legal expenses. Streets that used to be for people are now for cars. Pedestrians an

28、d people riding bicycles in the streets are subjected to noise, pollution, stress, and danger. Motor vehicles are the largest source of air pollution, producing a haze of smog over the worlds cities. In the United States, they produce at least 50% of the countrys air pollution. 共5题(1) Besides its ba

29、sic purpose, Car also serves as a symbol of peoples _. (A) occupation (B) status (C) character (D) reputation (2) According to the passage, the average number of people killed annually in traffic accidents around the world is _. (A) 60 million (B) 250,000 (C) 3 million (D) 18 million (3) A serious e

30、nvironmental problem resulting from automobiles is _. (A) tragic loss of life (B) traffic jams (C) air pollution (D) mental stress (4) Which of the follow can be inferred from this passage? (A) Automobiles are an important part of the worlds economy. (B) Automobiles are becoming less dangerous. (C)

31、Automobiles will produce less air pollution in the future. (D) Automobiles are killing more people in recent years than in the past. (5) The title that suits the passage best is _. (A) Automobile and Economy (B) Automobile and the Environment (C) The Problems with the Automobile (D) Advantages and D

32、isadvantages of the Automobile45. I dont know how I became a writer, but I think it was because of a certain force in me that had to write and that finally burst through and found a channel. My people were of the working class of people. My father, a stone-cutter, was a man with a great respect and

33、veneration for literature. He had a tremendous memory, and he loved poetry, and the poetry that he loved best was naturally of the rhetorical kind that such a man would like. Nevertheless it was good poetry, Hamlets Soliloquy, Macbeth, Mark Antonys “Funeral Oration”, Greys “Elegy”, and all the rest

34、of it. I heard it all as a child; I memorized and learned it all. He sent me to college to the state university. The desire to write, which had been strong during all my days in high school, grew stronger still. I was editor of the college paper, the college magazine, etc., and in my last year or tw

35、o I was a member of a course in playwriting which had just been established there. I wrote several little one-act plays, still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man, never daring to believe I could seriously become a writer. Then I went to Harvard, wrote some more plays there, became o

36、bsessed with the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard, had my plays rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how, why, or in what manner I have never exactly been able to determine. But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its channel, I began to wr

37、ite my first book in London, I was living all alone at that time. I had two roomsa bedroom and a sitting roomin a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, smoked brick and cream-yellow-plaster look. 共5题(1) We may conclude, in regard to the authors development as a writer,

38、that his father _. (A) made an important contribution (B) provided him with good education (C) opposed his becoming a writer (D) insisted that he memorize good poetry in order to learn how to be a writer (2) The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of _. (A) his special talent (B)

39、his fathers teaching (C) his study at Harvard (D) a strong hidden wish within him (3) Which of the following is TRUE about the author? (A) He began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard. (B) He had always been successful in his writing career. (C) He went to Harvard to learn to write plays. (D) H

40、e worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer. (4) The author really started on his way to become a writer _. (A) when he was in high school (B) when he was studying at Harvard (C) when he lived in London (D) after he entered college (5) According to the passage, about the authors life in 192

41、6 which of the following conclusions CANNOT be safely drawn? (A) He lost the ability to determine in which direction he should go. (B) He was depressed about having his plays rejected. (C) He lived in a house which had smoked brick and cream-yellow-plaster look. (D) He started his first novel.46. Does money buy happiness? No! Ah, would a little more money make us _(1)_ happier? Many of us would agree. There is, we believe, some connection betwe