大学英语（预备二）题库作业一
大学英语（预备二）题库作业阅读理解
Of all systems of symbols, language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual (相互的) dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous system. We call that system of agreements language.
There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.
However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature： foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said： “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals，” they feel that the symbol is inherently (内在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.
1、Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings _______.（5 分）
A．have made use of language for centuries
B．use our nervous system to support language
C．have made various noises stand for any events
D．can make anything stand for anything by agreement
我的答案：D
得分：5分
参考答案：D
2、What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?（5 分）
A．Different noises may mean different things.
B．Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.
C．The language we use symbolizes our social positions.
D．Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.
我的答案：B
得分：5分
参考答案：B
3、In Paragraph 3, the underlined words “take special pains” probably means “______”.（5 分）
A．try very hard
B．take our time
C．are very unhappy
D．feel especially painful
我的答案：A
得分：5分
参考答案：A
4、The example of the little boy is used to show that ____________.（5 分）
A．adults often learn from their young
B．“pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty
C．words are not connected with the things they stand for
D．people sometimes have wrong idea about how language works
我的答案：D
得分：5分
参考答案：D
5、What does the writer of this passage think of language?（5 分）
A．appreciative
B．depreciative
C．neutral
D．unknown
我的答案：A
得分：5分
参考答案：A
The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.
Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
6、What is the main topic of the passage?（5 分）
A．What is the main topic of the passage?
B．Portraits in the 18th century.
C．The Peale Museum.
D．A family of artists.
我的答案：D
得分：5分
参考答案：D
7、The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.（5 分）
A．Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike
B．Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work
C．Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale
D．the painting of the two brothers was very large
我的答案：A
得分：5分
参考答案：A
8、he underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to” ______”.（5 分）
A．showed
B．dug up√
C．invented
D．looked over
我的答案：B
得分：5分
参考答案：B
9、Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?（5 分）
A．Titian Peale.
B．Rubens Peale.
C．Raphaelle Peale.
D．Sarah Miriam Peale.
我的答案：C
得分：0分
参考答案：D
10、The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.（5 分）
A．puzzled
B．excited
C．admiring
D．disappointed
我的答案：C
得分：5分
参考答案：C
单项选择题
11、If so, our sense of the true and the____ is too easily cheated or deceived.（5 分）
A．energy
B．false
C．seed
D．prisoner
我的答案：D
得分：0分
参考答案：B
12、The results should be offered in a____ way leading to more fruitful work.（5 分）
A．negative
B．victory
C．spirit
D．positive
我的答案：D
得分：5分
参考答案：D
13、We cannot do big things but it is possible for us to develop some____ responses to a global problem such as pollution (污染).（5 分）
A．really
B．local
C．politics
D．sexual
我的答案：B
得分：5分
参考答案：B
14、The text books are designed in such a way that they will really____ the interest of teachers and students.（5 分）
A．cottage
B．cattle
C．goat
D．engage
我的答案：D
得分：5分
参考答案：D
15、It is reported that the police have caught the murderer; in fact the police have____ him for five years.（5 分）
A．tailed
B．affair
C．host
D．tape
我的答案：B
得分：0分
参考答案：A
16、The machine is difficult to ____, but easy to operate.（5 分）
A．net
B．meter
C．install
D．midday
我的答案：C
得分：5分
参考答案：C
17、The questions will help you to discover whether the interviewee (被接见者) has all the necessary abilities and qualities to match your____ picture of the ideal person for the job.（5 分）
A．mental
B．local
C．station
D．asleep
我的答案：A
得分：5分
参考答案：A
18、On the basis of the highest____ standards that could be set, we will build our new society.（5 分）
A．reporter
B．moral
C．sandwich
D．packet
我的答案：B
得分：5分
参考答案：B
19、Make sure the new machines are checked and____ by those who know what and how to do it.（5 分）
A．operated
B．captain
C．uniform
D．profit
我的答案：A
得分：5分
参考答案：A
20、He made a check list with English letters. Each letter represented a(n)____ to be checked.（5 分）
A．item
B．member
C．bride
D．thread
我的答案：B
得分：0分
参考答案：A
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