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大学英语（二）(第二版) 2014年7月考试考前练习题

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Passage 1

For many people today，reading is no longer relaxation．To keep up their work they must read letters，reports，trade publications，interoffice communications，not to mention newspapers and magazines：a never-ending flood of words．In a job or advancing in one，the ability to read and comprehend can mean the difference between success and failure．Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are readers．Most of us develop poor reading at an early age，and never get over them．The main deficiency in the actual stuff of language itself—words．Taken inpidually，words have meaning until they are strung together into phrases，sentences and paragraphs．however，the untrained reader does not read groups of words．He laboriously reads one word at a time，often regressing to words or passages．Regression，the tendency to look back over you have just read，is a common bad habit in reading．Another habit which down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as reads．

To overcome these bad habits，some reading clinics use a device called an which moves a bar（or curtain）down the page at a predetermined speed．The bar is set at a slightly faster rate the reader finds comfortable，in order to “stretch” him．The accelerator forces the reader to read fast， word-by-word reading，regression and subvocalization，practically impossible．At first is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts，you will not only read faster your comprehension will improve．Many people have found reading skill drastically improved after some training．Charlce Au，a business manager，for instance，his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute the training，now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute．He is delighted that he can a lot more reading material in a short period of time．

1．A．applying B．doing C．offering D．getting 2．A．quickly B．easily C．roughly D．decidedly 3．A．good B．curious C．poor D．urgent 4．A．training B．habits C．situations D．custom 5．A．lies B．combines C．touches D．involves 6．A．some B．a lot C．little D．dull

7．A．Fortunately B．In fact C．Logically D．Unfortunately 8．A．reuse B．reread C．rewrite D．recite 9．A．what B．which C．that D．if

10．A．scales B．cuts C．slows D．measures 11．A．some one B．one C．he D．reader 12．A．accelerator B．actor C．amplifier D．observer 13．A．then B．as C．beyond D．than

14．A．enabling B．leading C．making D．indicating 15．A．meaning B．comprehension C．gist D．regression 16．A．but B．nor C．or D．for 17．A．our B．your C．their D．such a

18．A．Look at B．Take C．Make D．Consider 19．A．for B．in C．after D．before 20．A．master B．go over C．present D．get through 附参考答案

Passage 2

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo．One of the questions that is always asked of me is I became an animal collector in the first The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos．According to my parents，the first word I was able to say with any was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”，the word “zoo”，which I would over and over again with a shrill until someone，in order to me up，would take me to the zoo．When I a little older，we lived in Greece and I had a great of pets，ranging from owls to seahorses，and I spent all my spare time the countryside in search of fresh specimens to to my collection of pets． on I went for a year to the City Zoo，as a student ，to get experience of the large animals，such as lions，bears，bison and ostriches， were not easy to keep at home．When I left，I had enough money of my own to be able to my first trip and I have been going ever since then．Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of it is certainly a job which will appeal all those who love animals and ．

1．A．how B．where C．when D．whether 2．A．region B．field C．place D．case 3．A．clarity B．emotion C．sentiment D．affection 4．A．except B．but C．except for D．but for 5．A．recite B．recognize C．read D．repeat 6．A．volume B．noise C．voice D．pitch 7．A．close B．shut C．stop D．comfort 8．A．grew B．was growing C．grow D．grown 9．A．many B．amount C．number D．supply 10．A．living B．cultivating C．reclaiming D．exploring 11．A．increase B．include C．add D．enrich

12．A．Later B．Further C．Then D．Subsequently 13．A．attendant B．keeper C．member D．aide 14．A．who B．they C．of which D．which 15．A．luckily B．gladly C．nearly D．successfully 16．A．pay B．provide C．allow D．finance 17．A．normally B．regularly C．usually D．often

18．A．expectations B．sorrows C．excitement D．disappointments

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