1、2011年北京第二外国语学院英语专业（基础英语）真题试卷及答案解析(总分：156.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、选择题(总题数：30，分数：60.00)1.That trumpet player was certainly loud, but I wasnt bothered by his loudness _ by his lack of talent.（分数：2.00）A.so much asB.rather thanC.asD.than2._if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?（分数：2.00）A
2、.Would you be surprisedB.Were you surprisedC.Had you been surprisedD.Would you have been surprised3.I am surprised_this city is a dull place to live in.（分数：2.00）A.that you should thinkB.by what you are thinkingC.that you would thinkD.with what you were thinking4.Agriculture is the countrys chief sou
3、rce of wealth, wheat_by far the biggest cereal crop.（分数：2.00）A.isB.beenC.beD.being5._I like economics, I like sociology much better.（分数：2.00）A.As much asB.So muchC.Much asD.How much6.There is no doubt_the company has made the right decision on the sales project.（分数：2.00）A.thatB.whetherC.whenD.why7.H
4、e was_to tell the truth even to his close friend.（分数：2.00）A.too much the cowardB.too much of a cowardC.a coward enoughD.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.（分数：2.00）A.no moreB.not m
5、oreC.even moreD.much more9.Much as_, I couldnt lend him the money because I simply didnt have that much spare cash with me.（分数：2.00）A.I would like to haveB.I should have to likeC.I would have liked toD.I should have liked to10.Do help yourself to some fruit, _you?（分数：2.00）A.cantB.wontC.dontD.wouldnt
6、11._at this way, the present economic situation doesnt seem so gloomy.（分数：2.00）A.LookingB.Having lookedC.To lookD.Looked12.The experiment requires more money than_.（分数：2.00）A.have been put inB.being put itC.to be put inD.has been put in13.His remarks were_annoy everybody at the meeting.（分数：2.00）A.su
7、ch as toB.such toC.as much as toD.so as to14._conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.（分数：2.00）A.I was and always will beB.I have to be and always will beC.I have been and always will beD.I had been and always will be15.I know he failed his last test, but really hes_stupid.（分数：2.00）A.somethin
8、g butB.anything butC.nothing butD.not but16.All the rooms on the second floor have nicely_carpets, which are included in the price of the house.（分数：2.00）A.adaptedB.equippedC.suitedD.fitted17.Everyone who has visited the city agrees that it is_with life.（分数：2.00）A.violentB.vibrantC.energeticD.full18.
9、At three thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not_.（分数：2.00）A.on viewB.at a glanceC.in sightD.on the scene19.The first two stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention of weapons and the discovery of fire, alt
10、hough nobody knows exactly when he acquired the use of the_.（分数：2.00）A.latestB.latterC.laterD.last20.It will take us twenty minutes to get to the railway station, _traffic delays.（分数：2.00）A.acknowledgingB.affordingC.accounting forD.allowing for21.Whenever possible, Ian_how well he speaks Japanese.（分
11、数：2.00）A.shows upB.shows aroundC.shows offD.shows out22.You must insist that students give a truthful answer _with the reality of their world.（分数：2.00）A.simultaneousB.relevantC.practicalD.consistent23.During the famine, many people were_to going without food for days.（分数：2.00）A.reducedB.forcedC.decl
12、inedD.sunk24.Your advice would be_valuable to him, who is now at loss as what to do first.（分数：2.00）A.exceedinglyB.extensivelyC.exclusivelyD.excessively25.The local authorities realized the need to make_for elderly people in their housing programs.（分数：2.00）A.provisionB.preparationC.specificationD.req
13、uirement26.The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are_indeed.（分数：2.00）A.distantB.slimC.unlikelyD.narrow27.The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly _ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.（分数：2.00）A.exploitedB.controversialC.rern
14、arkableD.inexhaustible28.The head of the museum was_and let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.（分数：2.00）A.obligingB.pleasingC.promisingD.agreeing29.The partys reduced vote was_of lack of support for its policies.（分数：2.00）A.positiveB.evidentC.indicativeD.revealing30.The old couple will never
15、_the loss of their son.（分数：2.00）A.get awayB.get offC.get overD.get across二、完形填空(总题数：2，分数：60.00)Aesthetic thought of a distinctively modern bent emerged during the 18th century. The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters 【C1】_natural beauty, the sublime,
16、and representationa trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature.【C2】_that time, however, the philosophy 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 or
17、ientation of 20th-century aesthetics. 【C8】_among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and 【C9】_the distinction between 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 ho
18、lds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, 【C11】_the other maintains that art is intrinsically valuable 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 incr
19、easing【C12】_with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, 【C13】_have 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 r
20、esponse to the aesthetic object and to【C16】_a particular way of perceiving it. Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad field of knowledge and inquiry. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such【C17】_problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation
21、of aesthetic judgment to culture; the【C18】_of a history of art; the【C19】_of Freudian psychology and other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in practical【C20】_in the conduct of everyday affairs.（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.forB.asC.toD.with(2).【C2】（分数：2.00
22、）A.SinceB.ForC.AsD.In(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.promotionalB.promissoryC.promiscuousD.prominent(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.plantB.supplantC.transplantD.replant(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.centralB.concentratingC.focusingD.centering(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.markingB.remarkingC.markedD.remarked(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.onB.forC.inD.to(8).【C8
23、】（分数：2.00）A.ForebodingB.ForemostC.ForethoughtfulD.Foregone(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.forB.aboutC.toD.on(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.have broughtB.have been broughtC.have takenD.have been taken(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.whereasB.whereinC.whereonD.wherefore(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.preoccupancyB.preoccupationC.premonitionD.prep
24、onderance(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.artistsB.writersC.criticsD.analysts(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.allB.eitherC.neitherD.none(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.In the other mannerB.In the other wayC.In anotherD.In the other(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.justifyB.justifiedC.justifyingD.having justified(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.diverseB.divid
25、edC.divineD.divisive(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.vicinityB.viabilityC.villainyD.visibility(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.relianceB.reliabilityC.reliefD.relevancy(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.reasonB.reasonablenessC.reasoningD.reasonabilityIn education, changing patterns of school attendance required new ways of thinking. As l
26、ate 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 school. Compulsory-attendance laws 【C22】_children to be in school to age fourteen, and swe
27、lling 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 Hall and the philosopher John Dewey asserted that modern education ought to prepare chi
28、ldren【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 knowledge for themselves. Learning 【C25】_to students lives should replace rote memorizati
29、on 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 on real-life problems and that children should be taught to use their intelligence and i
30、ngenuity 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】_in their own Laboratory School, located at the University of Chicago. A more practical curr
31、iculum 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 individuals for careers in law, medicine, teaching and religion. But in the late 1800s, institutio
32、ns of higher learning multiplied. Curricula【C30】_as educators sought to make learning more appealing and to keep up with technological and social changes.（分数：20.00）(1).【C21】（分数：2.00）_(2).【C22】（分数：2.00）_(3).【C23】（分数：2.00）_(4).【C24】（分数：2.00）_(5).【C25】（分数：2.00）_(6).【C26】（分数：2.00）_(7).【C27】（分数：2.00）_(8)
33、.【C28】（分数：2.00）_(9).【C29】（分数：2.00）_(10).【C30】（分数：2.00）_三、阅读理解(总题数：3，分数：30.00)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
34、look-out for the unpredictable to 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 dead
35、ly. It is their lust for talking. 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
36、of listening, they look to estimate 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 c
37、ompanion is talking about but also, 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 ahe
38、ad is quite often an unknown quantity, 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 compar
39、atively few women have the feel for 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 ha
40、nd.（分数：10.00）(1).The author says that women drivers are_.（分数：2.00）A.sometimes very goodB.never any good at the worst thingsC.not often uniformly goodD.at their best when given room(2).When women talk they_.（分数：2.00）A.glare at each otherB.gaze into each others eyesC.try to read others thoughtsD.mean
41、more than they say to their partners(3).What is the reaction when there are four women in a car?（分数：2.00）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.(4).The “fresh fuel“ in the last line
42、 of the first paragraph referred to is_.（分数：2.00）A.petrol for the carB.an item of gossip to rememberC.an opinion of the driverD.something collected on the journey(5).What does the author say gives men a feeling of pride?（分数：2.00）A.Being able to execute slick maneuvers.B.The operations involved in dr
43、iving.C.Being able to concentrate on driving.D.Being able to coordinate their various actions well.“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,
44、when American letters were dominated by the starchy, pious and 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 f
45、ind a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting 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 invented 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 countr
