1、大学英语C9一、阅读理解1、The sun is the closest star to earth. It takes 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach our earth. The distance from the sun to earth is one astronomical unit（天文单位）. It is about 150 million kilometers.Energy from the sun heats the earths surface. The earth would be too cold for li
2、fe without our stars heat energy. Other stars are too far away to give the earth enough heat energy for life. Scientists wonder if there is life near other stars.Our sun is an average size star. It appears like the largest one, because it is the closest star. Some stars are smaller than our sun. Ver
3、y small stars are called dwarf stars. Some of them are no larger than our small planets. Some stars are much larger than our sun. The largest stars are called giant stars. Not all stars are the same distance from the earth. The different distances make some giant stars appear very small. Astronomers
4、 use light-year to talk about distance in space. A light-year is the distance the light travels in one year. The star, Alpha Centauri is the closest star besides our sun. It is over 4 light-year away from earth. It takes light from this star over four years to reach the earth.(1)、The sun is a _ whil
5、e the earth is a _.A：star, starB：star, planet C：planet, starD：planet, planet答案： B(2)、Our sun is a _ size star.A：largeB：smallC：middleD：extra large答案： C(3)、The sun looks like the largest star because _.A：it is the largest star in the universeB：it is the closest starC：it is the lightest starD：it is the
6、 farthest star答案： B(4)、Very small star are called _ stars and very large stars are called _ stars.A：dwarf, giantB：dwarf, dwartC：giant, dwarf D：giant, giant答案： A(5)、Astronomers use _ to talk about distance in space.A：meterB：kilometer C：yearD：light-year答案： D2、One day a policeman was taking a thief to
7、the city police station. On their way they came to a shop where bread was sold.“We have no food. And we must eat something on the train.“ said the thief. “Its a long way to the city and it will take us much time to get there. Ill go into this shop and buy some bread. Then you and I can eat it on the
8、 train. Wait here for me.“The policeman was glad, “Ill have some food on the train,“ he thought. “Be quick,“ he said to the thief. “We havent much time.“The thief went into the shop, and the policeman waited in the street for a long time. He began to worry. He thought about the train, and at last he
9、 went into the shop.“Wheres that man who came in here to buy some bread?“ asked the policeman.“Oh, he went out by the back door,“ said the shopkeeper.The policeman ran out but he could not see the thief. So he had to go back to his own station and tell the others about it. They were very angry with
10、him, and he was very unhappy.All the police of the town began to look for the thief again, and they soon caught him. They brought him back to the police station and called the same policeman.“Now,“ said the officer, “take him to the city, and dont lose him again.“The policeman and the thief left the
11、 station, and they came to the same shop.“Wait here,“ said the thief. “I want to go into that shop and buy some bread.“Oh, no,“ said the policeman. “You did that once, and ran away. This time, Ill go into the shop and buy the bread, and you must wait here for me.“ (1)、The policeman was asked to _.A：
12、look for the thiefB：buy some breadC：bring the thief to railway stationD：take the thief to the city police station答案： D(2)、_, the policeman and the thief found a shop where bread was sold.A：When they arrived at the cityB：On their way to the railway stationC：During their stay at a small townD：When the
13、y got to the station答案： B(3)、The thief entered the shop in order to _.A：buy some breadB：have a restC：run awayD：steal some money答案： C(4)、When the thief went into the shop, the policeman _.A：waited for him in the streetB：followed him into the shopC：went on walking to the stationD：returned to the polic
14、e station答案： A(5)、Which of the following statements is NOT true? A：The thief was caught again.B：The same policeman was asked to take the thief to the city.C：The thief again entered the shop in order to run away.D：The policeman lost the thief for the second time.答案： C二、词汇与语法1、- “ John, can I borrow y
15、our CD player?“- “ Sorry. _ is broken.“A：HisB：Hers C：Mine D：Its答案： C2、He wont buy the concert tickets because they are _ than the movie tickets.A：expensiveB：expensiverC：more expensiveD：much expensive 答案： C3、We are fully prepared _ more hard work.A：on B：in C：for D：答案： C4、The teacher often tells us _
16、stories in class. We like her class very much.A：interestingB：interestedC：boringD：bored答案： A5、It is said that potato chips _ by mistake about a hundred years ago.A：invent B：invented C：are invented D：were invented答案： D6、What _ to us if computers can do our jobs?A：happens B：happened C：has happened D：wi
17、ll happen答案： A7、I think he is too young _ the work by himself.A：doB：doesC：doingD：to do 答案： D8、- Wow, your homework looks great!- I _ it on my computer.A：did B：do C：will do D：had done答案： A9、Our teacher often _ to the school by bus.A：is going B：goes C：going D：likes答案： B10、Where _the twins _ from?A：do;
18、 comeB：does; comeC：is; come D：are; come答案： A三、选词填空1、This morning the sun was 1 , and I decided to begin seeing the sight of London. So I asked the manager of my hotel what I should see first, and he advised me to go to the Tower of London in the morning and to Westminster in the afternoon.I set off
19、at about nine in the morning by the underground train, and managed to get off at the right 2 . I had to walk a short distance from the train to the Tower and found myself in a group of several other people. Some of them were foreigners like 3 , who were also taking the opportunity of the fine weathe
20、r to see something of London. We reached the entrance to the Tower, crossed a bridge and were met by a soldier in strange red and yellow clothes,with a big crown sewn on his chest, a flat black 4 on his head and a long stick in his hand. I knew from books I had read that he was one of the “Beefeater
21、s“, the old soldiers dressed in clothes of long ago who 5 the Tower.(1)、A：stationB：shiningC：hatD：myselfE：guarded答案： B(2)、A：stationB：shiningC：hatD：myselfE：guarded答案： A(3)、A：stationB：shiningC：hatD：myselfE：guarded答案： D(4)、A：stationB：shiningC：hatD：myselfE：guarded答案： C(5)、A：stationB：shiningC：hatD：myselfE
22、：guarded答案： E2、What is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learn our own language well when we were _1_. We learned to talk when we were about one year old. If we could learn a second _2_ in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does.
23、It listens to what people say and tries to imitate(模仿) what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ask for it. It is using the language, talking in it, and thinking it all the time. If _3_ had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.We learn our own language by heari
24、ng people speak it, not by seeing what they write. We imitate what we hear. In _4_, though we learn to read and write as well as to hear and speak, it is the best to learn all the new words through the _5_. You can read them, spell them, and write them later. (1)、 A：people B：ear C：language D：childre
25、n E：school答案： D(2)、 A：people B：ear C：language D：children E：school答案： C(3)、 A：people B：ear C：language D：children E：school答案： A(4)、 A：people B：ear C：language D：children E：school答案： E(5)、 A：people B：ear C：language D：children E：school答案： B四、英译汉(1)、How will you spend the evening?(2)、May I have a look at the watch?(3)、Each student needs to learn something different.(4)、What do you think about it?五、汉译英(1)、房间里有个小女孩。(2)、你姐姐是谁？(3)、他是一个工人。(4)、昨天下雨了。
