大学英语(专升本)阶段性作业4单选题1.Acoelacanthisakindoflivingfossil,firstdiscoveredwhenonewascaughtoffMadagascar马达加斯加)in1938.Acoelacanthisakindof_____(5分)(A)rock(B)plant(C)fish(D)animal参考答案:C2.Iwasn’tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering.Whatif?Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest---eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope,andeveryonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.“theshadowlandofhope”means_____(5分)(A)thewonderlandoneoftendreamabout(B)thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto(C)thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached(D)aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination参考答案:C3.Yetyouwillfindlittleifanythingwrittenonwhatitistobeanemployee.Youcanfindagreatdealofverydubiousadviceonhowtogetajoborhowtogetapromotion(5分)(A)Valuable(B)useful(C)doubtful(D)helpful参考答案:C4.Manydifferentpeoplefindthatonlinemethodrequiresthemtousetheirexperiencesandthatonlinelearningoffersthemaplacetocommunicatewitheachother.Thisforumforcommunicationremovesthevisualbarriersthathindersomestudentsinexpressingthemselves.(5分)(A)aplaceforonlinelearning(B)aplacetoexchangeopinion(C)aplacetoexchangeopinion(D)theexperienceforonlinelearning参考答案:C5.IcanmakethisdecisionbecauseI'vegonedownthisroadwithpatientsmanytimes.RecentlyIoperatedinvainonaneighty-year-oldwomanwithcanceroftheliver...TherewasnothingIcoulddotorelievetheproblemsthecancerhadcaused.“invain”means_____(5分)(A)unsuccessfully(B)effortlessly(C)withdifficulty(D)withexpectation参考答案:A阅读理解Wecanmakemistakesatanyage.Somemistakeswemakeareaboutmoney.Butmostmistakesareaboutpeople.“DidJerryreallycarewhenIbrokeupwithHelen?”“WhenIgotthatgreatjob,didJerryreallyfeelgoodaboutit,asafriend?Ordidheenvymyluck?”Whenwelookback,doubtslikethesecanmakeusfeelbad.Butwhenwelookback,it’stoolate.Whydowegowrongaboutourfriends—orourenemies?Sometimeswhatpeoplesayhidestheirrealmeaning.Andifwedon’treallylisten,wemissthefeelingbehindthewords.Supposesomeonetellsyou,“you’realuckydog”.Ishereallyonyourside?Ifhesays,“you’realuckyguy”or“you’realuckygal”,that’sbeingfriendly.But“luckydog”?There’sabitofenvyinthosewords.Maybehedoesn’tseeithimself.Butbringinginthe“dog”bitputsyoudownalittle.Whathemaybesayingisthathedoesn’tthinkyoudeserveyourluck.Howcanyoutelltherealmeaningbehindsomeone’swords?Onewayistotakeagoodlookatthepersontalking.Dohiswordsfitthewayhelooks?Doesthathesayssquarewiththetoneofvoice?Hisposture?Thelookinhiseyes?Minuteyouspendthinkingabouttherealmeaningofwhatpeoplesaytoyoumaysaveanothermistake.(25分)6).Fromthequestionsinthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthatthespeaker_______.(5分)(A)feelshappy,thinkingofhownicehisfriendsweretohim(B)feelshemaynothave“read”hisfriends’truefeelingscorrectly(C)thinksitwasamistaketohavebrokenupwithhisgirlfriend,Helen(D)issorrythathisfriendslethimdown参考答案:B7).Inthesecondparagraph,theauthorusestheexampleof“You’realuckydog”toshowthat_______.(5分)(A)thespeakerofthissentenceisjustbeingfriendly(B)thissayingmeansthesameas“You’reluckyguy”or“You’realuckygal”.(C)sometimesthewordsusedbyaspeakergiveacluetothefeelingbehindthewords(D)theword“dog”shouldn’tbeusedtoapplytopeople参考答案:C8).Thispassagetriestotellyouhowto_______.(5分)(A).avoidmistakesaboutmoneyandfriends(B)bringthe“dog”bitintoourconversation(C)avoidmistakesinunderstandingthatpeopletelly...