大学英语预备阶段练习四及答案
练习（四）
I. Uful Expression
Find the English equivalences of the following expressions from the texts.
（在Text A和Text B中找到相应的英语表达）
Unit 7
1. 赢得了几百万人的心
2.一直深受观众喜爱
3. 做了一段时间报童
4.他的学校教育被打断
5. 他在那里一直待到战争结束
6.下决心找到更好的办法
7.相信这事很有潜力8.从一开始
9.给孩子们带来了欢笑10.抱怨布鲁多太蠢
11. 不能确定让他很忧虑12.儿童不宜的电影
13. 由于展现了理想化、不真实的现实而颇受微词14.看上去跟其他孩子一样
15.网络罪犯16.追查到病毒制造者
17. 跟朋友们瞎混18. 和其他电脑专家交流信息
19. 开看自己的电子安全公司20.追求名声和认可
Unit 8
1.表现出你的某些方面
2.很难确认身份
3.认为自己最聪明
4.觉得你最有趣
5.形成自己的看法
6. 在学校受欺负
7.对他人不太信任8. 读书成绩好
9.对上课很有兴趣10. 影响我们的品味
11. 发展独特的个性12.我不禁深有同感
13. 心理负担14. 妇女撑起半边天
15. 毫不让于须眉16. 在我们脑海中根深蒂固
17. 激励许多女性取得伟大成就18. 扮演男女双重角色
19. 随着时间前行20. 提出新口号
II. Reading Comprehension
Choo the best answer for each of the questions bad on the information from the passages.
Passage 1
In earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient peoples believed that lightning and thunder were the weapons of the gods.
In reality, lightning is a flow of electricity formed high above the earth. A single flash of lightning 1.6 kilometres long has enough electricity to light one million light bulbs .
The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod. This device protects buildings from being damaged by lightning.
Modern science has discovered that one stroke of lightning has a voltage of more than 15
million volts. A flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per cond.
Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average of one person every day.
The safest place to be in ca of an electrical storm is in a clod car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under tress. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a hou, people should
avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.
With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry.
1. People once thought lightning came from ________.
A. the sky
B. the gods
C. the earth
D. nature
2. According to the passage what do you think all buildings need?
A. Metal fences.
B. Electricity.
C. lightning rods.
D. Machines.
3. Lightning can travel ________.
A. as quickly as water
B. not so quickly as electricity
C. at very low speed
D. at very high speed
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. In the U.S about one person per day dies from lightning.
B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning.
C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea.
D. A clod car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.
5. Lightning is probably ______ to man.
A. uful
B. kind
C. uless
D. friendly
Passage 2
Although English is not as old as Chine, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and an swered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of the Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like tho which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put each between two pieces of bread and started lling them. Such bread
came to be called “hamburgers”. Today “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
6. According to the writer, English is ____________________ .
A. as old as Chine
B. older than German
C. not so old as Chine
D. very difficult to learn
7. Hamburg is _________________________________.
A. a kind of food
B. a round piece of beef
C. the name of a village
D. a city in Germany
8. According to the story, ___________________________________.
A. few Americans like hamburgers
B. hamburgers are made with beef
C. hamburgers are made with ham
D. hamburgers were first sold about a century ago
9. According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?
