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1、第 1 页 共 4 页长治学院 2014 2015 学年第二学期期末考试补考卷考试科目: 大学英语 2（A、B 级） 考试对象：2014 级 A、B 级班I. Reading Comprehension（ 40 Points） Section ONE: Fast ReadingDirections: In this part, you are to go over the passage quickly and choose the best answer from the four possible choices. Shopping in AmericaGoing shopping see
2、ms easy, but actually it takes a lot of learning, especially in America. In fact, many Americans who are not so well-off often shop at “sales” or at special stores that sell things at low prices, which you may find interesting. In America, the important rule of dressing is that one should change his
3、 or her clothes every day. For example, in an American college, neither professor nor students are seen in the same clothes two days in a row.So you may find it necessary to buy more clothes than you have in China. While you are shopping in the United States, you will discover that prices range cons
4、iderably form time to time. The purchase of used, second-hand clothing, furniture, or other household articles may be an excellent way of saving money. Most second-hand clothes are of pretty good quality. If you are going to settle down in the United States and want some furniture, you may go to a “
5、loan closet”, where furniture is rented at low cost, or you may also go to a “furniture exchange” place in the community.Sheets, blankets, and other bedclothes go on sale in most communities twice a year. Advertisements for “white sales”, that is, sales on bed linen, towels, etc., often appear in Ja
6、nuary, as well as in May, June or July. Once or twice every season, there will be “garage sales”, where you can get almost anything, from a yacht to a pair of shoes, at low prices. Prices at “discount stores” and “thrift shops” are also as low as you can imagine.When shopping for food, you should lo
7、ok for special prices for various items that are put on sale weekly. To economize, it would be a good idea for you to plan the weekly menu according to what is on sale, including in it the meats, vegetable, fruits, etc. that can be bought at special prices that week.Exchange and return policies vary
8、 from store to store. You should also keep in mind that exchange and return policies for sales items can be different from standard store policies, especially for the prices before making your purchase. Obtaining an exchange or a return without a store receipt is often difficult. So, to save yoursel
9、f the headache, youd better hold onto any paper or other proof of purchase.1. Shopping in the United States _.A. seems easy for Americans B. requires some learningC. is very easy for foreigners D. is only for “well-off” people2. Americans change their clothes daily, because _.A. clothes are sold at
10、low prices B. people take it as a ruleC. they enjoy doing so D. everyone is very “well-off”3. People shopping in America will discover _.A. American goods are excellent B. most clothes come from ChinaC. prices vary much sometimes D. used clothes are of poor quality4. A person who needs furniture can
11、 _A. exchange their goods for furniture B. settle in a place that has furnitureC. get some free of charge D. rent some at low cost5. At a “white sale”, one can buy _.A. almost anything B. sheet, cooking utensilsC. bed linen, towels, etc. D. shoes at low pricesSection TWO: Directions: Read the follow
12、ing passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. Passage one: When next years crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, theyll be joined by a new face: Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost of Yale, wholl become Oxfords vice-chancellor a position e
13、quivalent to university president in America.Hamilton isnt the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc, have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and competitive business nowadays, and like so many business, its gone
14、global. Yet the talent flow isnt universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.The chief reason is that American schools dont tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president,
15、it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the universitys budget. “We didnt do any global consideration,” says Patricia Hays, the boards chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and ne
