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1、大学英语泛读期末考试试题( B )(1) ( 1 )When young people get their first real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social s
2、ituations. Eventually, they realize that university classes cant be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world.Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you
3、will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts in a crisis. Perhaps even more important, you will be able to see what is his approach to day-to-day situations.While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his b
4、ehavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations. By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits.1. The young people just graduated from school may not behave well in the working world, because _.A. wh
5、at they learned in university classes is not adequate for their new life B. they are not well educatedC. the society is too complicated to adapt to D. they failed to work hard at school2. In the last line of the first paragraph, the word arise means _.A. bring about B. come into being C. occur to D.
6、 cause to happen3. The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is _.A. to find a worker and follow him closely B. to find a person you admire and make friends with himC. to find a person you respect and watch carefully how he acts in different situationsD. to make the acquaintance of a
7、model you admire4. In the last line of the second paragraph, the word approach means_.A. means of entering B. speaking to someone for the first timeC. way of coming nearer to D. manner of doing something5. The passage could be best entitled _.A. Learn from a Model B. Learn, Learn and Learn Again C.
8、Learn Forever D. One Is Never Too Old to Learn ( 2 )The first English window was just a slit in the wall. It was cut long, so that it would let in as much light as possible, and narrow, to keep out the bad weather. However, the slit let in more wind than light. This is why it was called the winds ey
9、e. The word window itself comes from two Old Norse words for wind and eye.Before windows were used, the ancient halls and castles of northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their great rooms were high, with only a hole in the roof to let out the smoke from torches and cooking fires.As time
10、went on, people wanted more light and air in their homes. They made the winds eyes wider so as to admit air and light. They stretched canvas of tapestry across them to keep out the weather.1. The first window was a _.A. large hole in the wall B. hole covered with canvas C. slit in the wall D. slit w
11、ith a piece of paper over it2. The word window meant _.A. opening to look through B. light given C. wind D. winds eye3. The window got its name because it _.A. kept out the wind B. blew out the smoke C. let in more wind than light D. let in mostly light4. In the ancient castles, smoke went out throu
12、gh _.A. the windows B. the doors C. the chimney D. a hole in the roof5. It seems true that the larger, canvas-covered windows _.A. were not as good as the first windows B. let in more light and kept out more wind C. did not let any air in D. were as good as todays windows ( 3 )It was once believed t
13、hat a person was in great danger when he sneezed-people imagined that the soul could escape from the body at the moment of sneezing. God bless you was a prayer for assistance in keeping the soul where it belonged.The German word Gesundheit (good health) is a variation of this prayer; the Irish deise
14、al and the Italian felicita are similar prayers. The Hindus say a word that means live, and when a Mohammedan sneezes, he praises God.The Zulus of South Africa, far from being afraid of sneezes, believe that a sneeze signifies a friendly spirits blessing. Whenever a child sneezes, they shout Grow! h
15、oping the friendly spirit that stimulated the sneeze will help the child grow tall and strong. The ancient Hebrews also believed that a sneeze was good-a sneeze indicates life; the dead never sneeze.The Japanese say that if you sneeze once, someone is saying good things about you; if you sneeze twice, bad things are being said about you; if you sneeze three times, you have caught a cold.1. People once thought that anyone who
