二级考试题(编辑修改稿)

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s not true. These houses have special windows in the roof or large windows on one side. These windows give the houses a lot of light. The idea of underground houses is very old. People in the past lived in underground houses and underground cities in China, Japan and Canada. Some countries also build underground factories and storehouses(仓库 )to hold things. In the United States, more people are beginning to build underground houses since they save open land for parks, gardens and sport fields. Underground houses also save energy. They use only a little energy to stay warm or cool. Owners of these houses like them. John Bonard is an architect (建筑师 ) who built an underground house in New York. His wife, Barbara, is an outdoor person, but she likes her underground home. “ It’ s perfect. I love it,” she says. 56. One example of houses of the past is ____________ houses. （得分： 2 分） A) sunny B) wooden C) warm D) cold 57. Underground houses are _____________. （得分： 2 分） A) houses of the past B) neither cold nor dark C) not real houses D) both cold and old 58. People in the United States begin to build underground houses because _______.（得分： 2 分） A) people there hate to live in cities B) underground houses can save open land and energy C) people there like sports D) it’s easier to build such houses in the United States 59. Underground houses are all of the following EXCEPT ____________. （得分： 2 分） 6 A) built under the ground B) both warm and cool C) more and more popular in the United States D) using less energy than ordinary houses 60. The example of the Bonards shows that ____________. （得分： 2 分） A) people don’t really like to go out of their homes B) underground houses can make nice homes C) many people have underground homes D) underground cities will be built by John Bonard Passage 3 Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers. In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to bee doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’ s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history. As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them. Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There’ s so much to learn that one kind of school can’ t offer it all. 61. The oldest university in the US is _________. （得分： 2 分） A) Princeton B) Harvard C) Yale D) Columbia 62. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, ______. （得分： 2 分） A) students studied only some languages and science B) colleges and universities were almost the same C) people, young or old, might study in the colleges D) graduates became lawyers or teachers 63. Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________. （得分： 2 分） A) American history and German B) French and German C) Latin, Green, French and German D) Latin and Greek 64. As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______. （得分： 2 分） A) everything that was known B) many new subjects C) law and something about medicine D) the subjects that interested students 65. On the whole, the passage is about___________. （得分： 2 分） A) how to start a university B) how colleges have changed C) the worldfamous colleges in America D) what kind of lesson each college teaches Passage 4 What if you were in a boat that stopped running? You might be far from land, How would you get back? You could call for a towboat. Towboats are small boats that move bigger boats. People on towboats can tie a line to a big 7 boat. Then the towboats can pull from the front or sides. Or they can push from the back. Sometimes they don’t have to move the big boat at all. They might just bring someone to fix it. After it is working again, the big boat can go on its way. There are flat boats that can’t move without towboats pushing them. These flat boats carry goods over the water. They are very big. So they can hold a lot of things. Some flat boats carry wood. It es from trees. People cut these down and saw them into logs. Then they put the wood on a flat boat. That’s where the towboat es in. It pushes the flat boat along. This is how the wood gets to a city that needs it. People who run boats are called captains. Captains of towboats know how to do many things. They have to get very close to a big boat to tie a line to it. At the same time, they must take care not to run into it. And they must know their way around the sea. Rocks may be just under the water. Captains must know how to keep their boats away from them. 66. What you would probably do is to__ _if your boat stopped according to the first paragraph. （得分： 2 分） A) wait until somebody es to you B) call for a towboat C) try to fix the boat D) row lifeboat to the shore 67. According to the passage a towboat is。