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大学英语A2
一、阅读理解
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional transportation, and public utility services.
The interrelationships of all these prices make up the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price," many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product of service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product of service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total "package" being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that theymay evaluate a given price.
1.What is the best title for this article?
A.The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System.
B.The Complexities of the Price System.
C.Credit Terms in Transactions.
D.Resource Allocation and the Public Sector.
2.According to the passage, the price system is related chiefly to _____.
A.labor and education
B.transportation and insurance
C.utilities and repairs
D.products and services
3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the full understanding of price?
A.Instructions that come with a product.
B.The quantity of a product.
C.The quality of a product.
D.The time of delivery.
4.In the last sentence of this article, “they” refers to _____.
A.return privileges
B.all the factors
C.buyer and seller
D.money
5.The paragraph following this article mainly discusses _____.
A.unusual ways to advertise products
B.types of payment plans for service
C.theories about how products affect different levels of society
D.how certain elements of a price "package" influence its market value
There’s a great story about an old Finnish woman who, without quite realizing it, was using her cell-phone to access the Internet and track her city’s public transit system. When asked why she used the wireless Internet so frequently, she replied, “What are you talking about? I don’t know anything about this wireless Internet stuff. I just know the bus is here.”
Regardless of whether you want to admit it, a lot of us are like that old Finnish woman. When it comes to new mobile applications, many of us do not realize the capability and power that we hold, literally, in our hands.
What we are looking at today is the mobile Internet in its infancy. Now that using the Internet from home or work has saturated much of society, the next logical step is to be able to use the Net when you are far away from your desktop or laptop. Speech recognition is one way to do this, and there are a number of services, collectively called the “voice Web”, that will make this possible. All you do is to use a phone or wireless device to call a phone number, and speak commands to an intuitive system. It will then give you the information you’re seeking, using either a synthesized voice or an audio file.
In the United States and Europe, the hot technology for wireless devices is called WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), which is being considered as the world standard. WAP is supported by major phone companies including Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson, and is simply a means of transmitting information, much like HTML which is a means of communicating on the Internet.
Currently, wireless Internet connections may give you news, sports scores, stock quotes, and the weather if you’re lucky. But if you’ve ever used this technology, you know it’s slow, costly and doesn’t seem worth the time and effort, if it works at all. All of this technology points to easier living. Perhaps you’ll need to find a restaurant for an occasional business meeting. You’ll press a button on your mobile phone, and access the Internet to pull up a list of great restaurants in your immediate area. You’ll hit another button, say a few words into the handset and you’ve got a reservation for four.
6.The author uses the story of an old Finnish woman to indicate that __________.
A.she is ignorant of some common knowledge
B.public transit system contains the accessory to Internet
C.many people are unaware of the function of the new appliances being used
D.the Internet is experiencing rapid growth
7.The word “saturate”(Para. 3) most probably means _________.
A.state
B.utilize
C.despise
D.fill
8.According to the text, WAP is a __________.
A.technology standard set by major phone companies
B.substitution of HTML which can be applied on the Internet
C.means of exchanging information
D.software application for transmitting voice over telephone lines
9.We can infer from the passage that the mobile Internet is different from the previous Internet in that the former __________.
A.can be accessed by desktop computers
B.has no need for wire appliances
C.can be used to book a table in a restaurant
D.is equipped with speech recognition systems
10.What is the attitude of the author towards the future of mobile Internet?
A.Indifferent
B.Neutral
C.Optimistic
D.Pessimistic
二、词汇与语法
11.The mother didn't blame her child, ____ he had made such a big mistake.
A.since
B.but
C.even though
D.so
12.My TV is old; ________, it is in good condition.
A.therefore
B.so
C.but
D.nevertheless
13.Only under special circumstances ________ to take make-up tests.
A.freshmen are permitted
B.are freshman permitted
C.permitted are freshmen
D.are permitted freshmen
14.________ difficult the situation was, we managed to survive.
A.How
B.However
C.What
D.When
15.The hurricane left, _______ the ruins to this area.
A.to be left
B.leaving
C.to leave
D.left
16.The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is ______ based on what Max Weber, a German sociologist, proposed.
A.fairly
B.kindly
C.largely
D.greatly
17.He won't succeed any way, ________ hard he tries.
A.whatever
B.no matter
C.as
D.however
18.That poorly dressed old man felt quite ________ at such a big party attended by many important figures.
A.in the way
B.out of the way
C.out of place
D.in place
19.You should give the application to the man ______ at that chair.
A.sits
B.to sit
C.sat
D.sitting
20.Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert ______ it means standing in a queue all night.
A.as if
B.provided
C.even if
D.whatever
三、完型填空
Monday morning is always the worst of the week. Everybody is ___21___; everybody is ___22___ a hurry. Last Monday's even worse than usual. 'Hurry up, Dick!' father shouted ___23___ he banged on the bathroom door. 'I've got a train to catch!' 'I'm shaving,' Dick answered. 'I'll be out in a minute.' 'Breakfast's ready,' mother called from the kitchen. ___24___ she got no reply, she came upstairs to see what was going on. 'Where's David?' she asked. 'Is he still ___25___ bed?' She knocked at his bedroom door loudly. 'You'd better get up,' It's a quarter to eight. Your breakfast's getting cold!' 'I don't feel like any breakfast.' David mumbled. 'I'll have another five minutes' sleep ___26___.' Mother was ___27___ to go into his room and drag him out of the bed when the doorbell rang. She ___28___ downstairs to open the door. It was the postman. 'Good morning, Mrs. Grawford,' he said ___29___. 'It's a lovely day, isn't it?' 'You wouldn't think so if you lived here,' mother answered. '___30___ Monday this place is like a madhouse.'
21.
A.asleep
B.sleepy
C.sleeping
D.slept
22.
A.for
B.at
C.in
D.to
23.
A.as
B.so
C.since
D.for
24.
A.If
B.As if
C.As
D.Though
25.
A.in
B.on
C.to
D.at
26.
A.too
B.either
C.besides
D.instead
27.
A.soon
B.about
C.once
D.already
28.
A.came
B.when
C.hurried
D.walked
29.
A.gladly
B.sadly
C.madly
D.cheerfully
30.
A.In
B.At
C.To
D.On
四、汉译英
31.旅客在登机前必须接受安全检查。
fore going on board the plane, the passengers have to go through the security check.
32.英语是世界上运用最广泛的语言之一。
glish is one of the most widely used languages in the world.
33.她和我都不知道为什么经理昨天没有来上班。
ither she nor I know why the manager didn't come to work yesterday.
34.这就是我不愿意加入这个足球队的原因。
at is the reason why I don't want to join the football team.
五、写作
35.写作
Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.
With the globalization of world economy and China's opening to the outside world, more and more Chinese people start to celebrate western festivals. Write an essay on the topic "Western Festivals in China". You should base your essay on the outline below.
1.越来越多的中国人过西方的节日。
2.有些人却为这种现象担忧。
3.在我看来……
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