南京大学网络教育学院“大学英语（二）”课程期末试卷提示：答案文档直接在学生平台提交请将选择题答案填写在每个题号前。提交截止日期：2020年6月30日I.Vocabulary and grammar Directions: Complete the following sentences by deciding on the most appropriate word from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given after each sentence.(25 points) 1.Meat and fish go _ quickly in hot weather.A) offB) awayC) overD) through2.Its a cause _ of support.A) worthB) worthwhileC) worthyD) worthless3.This project will _ well into next year.A) expandB) expendC) extentD) extend4.The operator was very busy and had many calls to _ everyday.A) put throughB) put asideC) put awayD) put down5.Its time to _ the wheat.A) get offB) get inC) get outD) get down6.I remember the whole thing _ it just happened yesterday.A) thoughB) even thoughC) as ifD) even if7.John went to the cinema with his brother, _ surprised me.A) itB) thatC) whatD) which8.In the west, shop assistants are not allowed to have a(n) _ with customers.A) discussionB) quarrelC) argumentD) debate9.Id like to _ him to you for the job. He is a very clever and industrious boy.A) referB) proposeC) recommendD) suggest10.It was proposed that this matter _ at the next meeting.A) would be consideredB) would have been consideredC) should have been consideredD) should be considered11._ his kind help, I would not have finished this difficult test so quickly.A) If not forB) Provided notC) Because not ofD) But for12.It was in 1987 _ I graduated from university.A) asB) whenC) whichD) that13._ each question, the teacher writes the correct answer and three other statements that look like correct ones.A) As toB) Except forC) Along withD) In addition14.You should take any interview opportunity that come _.A) alongB) overC) afterD) round15.“First class or _ class?” the receptionist at the booking counter asked me.A) economyB) economicalC) economicD) economically16.The army has _ a successful attack on the anti-government organization.A) computerizedB) achievedC) scheduledD) completed17.There is no point _ quarrelling with them about the matter.A) inB) ofC) onD) at18._, the players began the game.A) Having taken our seatsB) After we had taken our seatsC) Being taken the seatsD) Taking our seats19.Who will _ Mr. Black when he goes to Shanghai on business?A) take placeB) take place ofC) take the placeD) take the place of20.I will arrive home _ today as I have a lot to deal with in the office.A) lateB) laterC) latelyD) latest21._ I in your position, I would go.A) HadB) WasC) WereD) If22.There _ a desk, two chairs and four stools in the room.A) areB) isC) haveD) has23.They are very thankful _ what you have done.A) atB) forC) ofD) by24.Mary _ $25 on the book.A) tookB) costC) gaveD) spent25.A very sore throat had reduced her voice into a _.A) cryB) coughC) whistleD) whisperII.Reading comprehension Part ADirections: Read the following passages, and choose the correct answers.(30 points) Passage 1How does it happen that children learn their mother tongue so well? When we compare them with adults learning a foreign language, we often find this an interesting fact. A little child without knowledge or experience often succeeds in a complete mastery of the language. A grown-up person with fully developed mental powers, in most cases, may end up with a faulty or inexact command. What accounts for this difference? Despite other explanations, the real answer in my opinion lies partly in the child himself, partly in the behavior of the people around him. In the first place, the time of learning mother tongue is the most favorable of all, namely, the first years of life. A child hears it from morning till night and, what is more important, always in its genuine form, with the right pronunciation, right intonation, right use of words and right structure. He drinks in all the words and expressions which come to him in a fresh, ever-bubbling spring. There is no resistance: there is perfect assimilation (消化). Then the child has, as it were, private lessons all the year round, while an adult student has each week a limited number of hours which he generally shares with others. The child has another advantage: he hears the language in all possible situations, always accompanied by the right kind of gestures and facial expressions. There is nothing unnatural, like the one oft