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1、大学英语（二）第三阶段一、阅读理解 1. How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each oth
2、er; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up befor
3、e our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.Great writers are those who not only have gr
4、eat thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their p
5、osition and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.纠错 (1) (4分)The origin of language is _. A. a legend handed down from the past B. a matter that is hidden or secret C. a questi
6、on difficult to answer D. a problem not yet solved 答案 D 解析 (2) (4分)What is true about words? _ A. They are used to express feelings only. B. They can not be written down. C. They are simply sounds. D. They are mysterious. 答案 C 解析 (3) (4分)The real power of words consists in their _. A. properties B.
7、characteristics C. peculiarity D. representative function 答案 D 解析 (4) (4分)By association in the last paragraph, the author means _. A. a special quality B. a joining of ideas in the mind C. an appearance which is puzzling D. a strange feature 答案 B 解析 (5) (4分)Which of the following statements about t
8、he real poet is NOT true? _ A. He is no more than a master of words. B. He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music. C. He can move men to tears. D. His style is always charming. 答案 A 解析 2. No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon and part of it taken out. Toda
9、y, however, we neednt worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain.Long ago, operation
10、had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called laughing gas. Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, H
11、orace Wells, noticed that people didnt seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself. He asked a friend to help him.Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells teeth. Wells felt no pain at all.As he didnt know enough about laughin
12、g gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out.Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event.纠错 (1) (4分)It is not long since a man felt all the pain while bein
13、g operated. A. T B. F 答案 B 解析 (2) (4分)Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he could feel nothing. A. T B. F 答案 A 解析 (3) (4分)Using the laughing gas, the people seemed to feel pain during the operation. A. T B. F 答案 B 解析 (4) (4分)If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an opera
14、tion went on, he still felt pain. A. T B. F 答案 B 解析 (5) (4分)One who took too much of the laughing gas would die. A. T B. F 答案 A 解析 二、词汇与语法 1. (2分)I fell and hurt myself while I _ basketball yesterday. A. was playing B. am playing C. play D. played 答案 A 解析 2. (2分)He _ driving me home, even though I t
15、old him I lived nearby. A. insisted on B. insisted at C. insisted that D. insisted in 答案 A 解析 3. (2分)The boy is not happy at the new school. He has _ friends there. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little 答案 A 解析 4. (2分)We should not look down _ the poor people. A. upon B. at C. to D. of 答案 A 解析 5. (2分)I dont know _ to deal with such matter. A. what B. how C. which D. / 答案 B 解析 6. (2分)He
