1、2011 年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷及答案与解析一、选择题1 That trumpet player was certainly loud, but I wasnt bothered by his loudness _ by his lack of talent.（A）so much as（B） rather than（C） as（D）than2 _if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?（A）Would you be surprised（B） Were you surprised（C）
2、 Had you been surprised（D）Would you have been surprised3 I am surprised_this city is a dull place to live in.（A）that you should think（B） by what you are thinking（C） that you would think（D）with what you were thinking4 Agriculture is the countrys chief source of wealth, wheat_by far the biggest cereal
3、 crop.（A）is（B） been（C） be（D）being5 _I like economics, I like sociology much better.（A）As much as（B） So much（C） Much as（D）How much6 There is no doubt_the company has made the right decision on the sales project.（A）that（B） whether（C） when（D）why7 He was_to tell the truth even to his close friend.（A）too
4、 much the coward（B） too much of a coward（C） a coward enough（D）enough of a coward8 Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably_a threat to the human race than environmental destruction.（A）no more（B） not more（C） even more（D）much more9 Much as_, I couldnt lend him the m
5、oney because I simply didnt have that much spare cash with me.（A）I would like to have（B） I should have to like（C） I would have liked to（D）I should have liked to10 Do help yourself to some fruit, _you?（A）cant（B） wont（C） dont（D）wouldnt11 _at this way, the present economic situation doesnt seem so gloo
6、my.（A）Looking（B） Having looked（C） To look（D）Looked12 The experiment requires more money than_.（A）have been put in（B） being put it（C） to be put in（D）has been put in13 His remarks were_annoy everybody at the meeting.（A）such as to（B） such to（C） as much as to（D）so as to14 _conscious of my moral obligati
7、ons as a citizen.（A）I was and always will be（B） I have to be and always will be（C） I have been and always will be（D）I had been and always will be15 I know he failed his last test, but really hes_stupid.（A）something but（B） anything but（C） nothing but（D）not but16 All the rooms on the second floor have
8、 nicely_carpets, which are included in the price of the house.（A）adapted（B） equipped（C） suited（D）fitted17 Everyone who has visited the city agrees that it is_with life.（A）violent（B） vibrant（C） energetic（D）full18 At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when so
9、me distant mountain is not_.（A）on view（B） at a glance（C） in sight（D）on the scene19 The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows exactly when he acquired the use of the_.（A）latest（B） latter（C） later（D）
10、last20 It will take us twenty minutes to get to the railway station, _traffic delays.（A）acknowledging（B） affording（C） accounting for（D）allowing for21 Whenever possible, Ian_how well he speaks Japanese.（A）shows up（B） shows around（C） shows off（D）shows out22 You must insist that students give a truthfu
11、l answer _with the reality of their world.（A）simultaneous（B） relevant（C） practical（D）consistent23 During the famine, many people were_to going without food for days.（A）reduced（B） forced（C） declined（D）sunk24 Your advice would be_valuable to him, who is now at loss as what to do first.（A）exceedingly（B
12、） extensively（C） exclusively（D）excessively25 The local authorities realized the need to make_for elderly people in their housing programs.（A）provision（B） preparation（C） specification（D）requirement26 The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are_indeed.（A）distant（B） slim（C） unlikely（D）n
13、arrow27 The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly _ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.（A）exploited（B） controversial（C） rernarkable（D）inexhaustible28 The head of the museum was_and let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.（A）obliging（B）
14、 pleasing（C） promising（D）agreeing29 The partys reduced vote was_of lack of support for its policies.（A）positive（B） evident（C） indicative（D）revealing30 The old couple will never_the loss of their son.（A）get away（B） get off（C） get over（D）get across二、完形填空30 Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern b
15、ent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters 【C1】 _natural beauty, the sublime, and representationa trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature.【C2】_that time, however, the philosoph
16、y of art has become ever more 【C3】_and has begun to【C4 】_the philosophy of nature. Various issues【C5】_ to the philosophy of art have had a 【C6】_impact 【C7】_the orientation of 20th-century aesthetics. 【 C8】_among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and 【C9】_the distinction betwee
17、n representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two opposing theoretical positions【C10】_on this issue; one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, 【C11】_the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable
18、 and is an end in itself. Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste, one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing【C12】_with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, 【C13 】_have
19、followed 【C14】_of two approaches. In one, criticism is restricted to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art. 【C15】_, it is devoted to articulating the response to the aesthetic object and to【C16】_a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad fie
20、ld of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such【C17】_problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to culture; the【C18】_of a history of art; the【C19】_of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study t
21、o criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical【C20】_in the conduct of everyday affairs.31 【C1 】（A）for（B） as（C） to（D）with32 【C2 】（A）Since（B） For（C） As（D）In33 【C3 】（A）promotional（B） promissory（C） promiscuous（D）prominent34 【C4 】（A）plant（B） supplant（C） transplant（D）replant35 【C5 】（A）centr
22、al（B） concentrating（C） focusing（D）centering36 【C6 】（A）marking（B） remarking（C） marked（D）remarked37 【C7 】（A）on（B） for（C） in（D）to38 【C8 】（A）Foreboding（B） Foremost（C） Forethoughtful（D）Foregone39 【C9 】（A）for（B） about（C） to（D）on40 【C10 】（A）have brought（B） have been brought（C） have taken（D）have been taken4
23、1 【C11 】（A）whereas（B） wherein（C） whereon（D）wherefore42 【C12 】（A）preoccupancy（B） preoccupation（C） premonition（D）preponderance43 【C13 】（A）artists（B） writers（C） critics（D）analysts44 【C14 】（A）all（B） either（C） neither（D）none45 【C15 】（A）In the other manner（B） In the other way（C） In another（D）In the other4
24、6 【C16 】（A）justify（B） justified（C） justifying（D）having justified47 【C17 】（A）diverse（B） divided（C） divine（D）divisive48 【C18 】（A）vicinity（B） viability（C） villainy（D）visibility49 【C19 】（A）reliance（B） reliability（C） relief（D）relevancy50 【C20 】（A）reason（B） reasonableness（C） reasoning（D）reasonability50 In
25、 education, changing patterns of school attendance required new ways of thinking. As late as 1870, 【 C21】_families needed children at home to do farm work, Americans attended school for an average of only four years. By 1900, however, cities contained multitudes of children who had more time for sch
26、ool. Compulsory-attendance laws 【C22 】_children to be in school to age fourteen, and swelling populations of immigrant and migrant children jammed schoolrooms. Before the Civil War, the curriculum had consisted chiefly of moral lessons. But in the late nineteenth century, the psychologist G. Stanley
27、 Hall and the philosopher John Dewey asserted that modern education ought to prepare children【C23 】_. They insisted that personal development, not subject matter, should be the focus of the【C24】_. Education, argued Dewey, must relate directly to experience; children should be encouraged to discover
28、knowledge for themselves. Learning 【C25】_to students lives should replace rote memorization and outdated subjects. Progressive education, based on Deweys books The School and Society(1899)and Democracy and Education(1916), was a uniquely American phenomenon. Dewey believed that learning should focus
29、 on real-life problems and that children should be taught to use their intelligence and ingenuity as 【C26】_for controlling their environments. From kindergarten through high school, Dewey asserted, children should learn 【 C27】_direct experience. Dewey and his wife, Alice, put these ideas into【C28 】_
30、in their own Laboratory School, located at the University of Chicago. A more practical curriculum became the driving principle behind reform in higher education as well. Previously, the purpose of American colleges and universities had resembled that of European 【C29】_: to train a select few individ
31、uals for careers in law, medicine, teaching and religion. But in the late 1800s, institutions of higher learning multiplied. Curricula【C30】_as educators sought to make learning more appealing and to keep up with technological and social changes.51 【C21 】52 【C22 】53 【C23 】54 【C24 】55 【C25 】56 【C26 】5
32、7 【C27 】58 【C28 】59 【C29 】60 【C30 】三、阅读理解60 Women are quite competent drivers, but they are very seldom consistently first-class. At best they are a mild hazard, at worst potentially lethal. A wise male driver will always give them plenty of road and still be on the look-out for the unpredictable to
33、 happen. This deficiency has nothing to do with their lack of ability to cope with the mechanical complexities of the vehicle; it is due to an inherent characteristic which, in certain other circumstances, may be highly desirable, but which, behind the wheel, is deadly. It is their lust for talking.
34、 Women together in a car succumb to this need and when they talk they look into each others faces. Simple words are insufficient. It is necessary for them to see the expression which partners words and so read the meaning the words leave unsaid. When talking instead of listening, they look to estima
35、te the reaction their words have had. Thus two women in the front of a car repeatedly distract each others attention from the road and four represent an incredible danger because the one nominally driving the car feels it necessary not only to see and hear what her companion is talking about but als
36、o, such is her nature, what those in her back are discussing in case it is anything into which she can inject an added opinion, or in the hope of collecting fresh fuel to feed other fires on later occasions.Quite apart from this factor, which means that the road ahead is quite often an unknown quant
37、ity, women seldom use the driving mirror except for cosmetic purposes, after which its position gives the driver little indication of the state of the road behind.A final important factor that seems to lie at the back of feminine attitudes to driving is that comparatively few women have the feel for
38、 a machine that so many men have; the satisfaction of a slick change-down means nothing to them. The co-ordination between the various maneuvers, an operation which gives many men a boost of pride, is only a momentary lapse in their concentration on the topic in hand.61 The author says that women dr
39、ivers are_.（A）sometimes very good（B） never any good at the worst things（C） not often uniformly good（D）at their best when given room62 When women talk they_.（A）glare at each other（B） gaze into each others eyes（C） try to read others thoughts（D）mean more than they say to their partners63 What is the re
40、action when there are four women in a car?（A）They all talk together.（B） The others criticize the driver.（C） The driver tries to see what the others are doing.（D）The chatter in the back interests the driver.64 The “fresh fuel“ in the last line of the first paragraph referred to is_.（A）petrol for the
41、car（B） an item of gossip to remember（C） an opinion of the driver（D）something collected on the journey65 What does the author say gives men a feeling of pride?（A）Being able to execute slick maneuvers.（B） The operations involved in driving.（C） Being able to concentrate on driving.（D）Being able to coor
42、dinate their various actions well.65 “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. “ So wrote Ernest Hemingway, no slouch himself in the field of modern American literature. Published in 1885, when American letters were dominated by the starchy, pious and
43、 insipid group known as the Schoolroom poets, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn“ was everything they were not:vital, irreverent, meandering and funny. Introducing Huck Finn, Twain did not agree. He gave warning:“ Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons att
44、empting to find a moral in it will be banished; person attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. “Of course, the book has its morals, just not encouraging ones. Twains were more basic and homespun; Huck risks jail and death to free his friend, Jim, a runaway slave; not until J. D. Salinger inven
45、ted a pre-school dropout would American literature see as powerful a deflator of phoniness. As for plot, it is an American picaresque. Twain knew instinctively how well the form suits a restless, dynamic country.He knew it because his life was also restless and dynamic. Samuel Clemens left Hannibal,
46、 Missouri, at 18, working for newspapers in St Louis, New York, Cincinnati, Keokuk and Virginia City, Nevada. He also mined for silver and learned to pilot riverboat, from which he took his pseudonym the cry “mark twain“ was used to warn pilots they were veering into dangerously shallow water.Like m
47、any writers, he gradually discovered he didnt really have a knack for much else. He was a great storytellerindeed, much of his income came from barnstorming lecture toursbut a terrible businessman, an unsuccessful miner and an erratic riverboat pilot. He would travel anywhere for a story. When he wa
48、s already in demand as travel writer at 32, he sailed to Europe and the Middle East, with the mother continent he was unimpressed. Van Wyck Brooks, a 20th-century critic, called Twain an artist who hated art. This is not quite fair, even though after visiting Rome he wrote: “ I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with a blessed peace as I did yesterday when I learned that Michelangelo was dead. “It would be more accurate to say that he never let artor anything elsestand in the way of a good joke. He often compl
