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南阳理工学院大学英语期末考试样卷

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1.请考生仔细本试卷满分100分，考试时间120分钟。
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Part I Listening Comprehension (40 points)
Section A
Directions: Listen to seven short conversations between two speakers. Each conversation will be read once. (1*7=7 points)
1. What does the woman imply?
A. She will regret her decision.
B. She does not think of her boyfriend.
C. She will wait for the right time to get married.
D. She still wants to marry the guy.
2. What has the woman tried?
A. Only vegetables and fruit. B. A lot of fish and meat.
C. New diets. D. Traditional diets.
3. What does the man think the volcano is?
A. Destructive. B. Beautiful.
C. Both A) and B). D. Safe.
4. Where is the conversation probably taking place?
A. In a coffee shop. B. In an office.
C. In a restaurant. D. At a railway station.
5. What does the woman want?
A. To get a raise. B. To be promoted.
C. To leave by the end of the month. D. To leave within two months.
6. What do the man and the woman think about a black cat crossing their path?
A. Only the woman thinks it is unlucky.
B. Only the man thinks it is unlucky.
C. Both the man and the woman think it is unlucky.
D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks it is unlucky.
7. What happened in the morning?
A. The woman gave the man a mirror. B. A mirror is handed to the woman.
C. The woman broke a mirror. D. The man broke a mirror.
Section B
Directions: Listen to a long conversation between two speakers. The conversation will be read twice. (2*4=8 points)
8. What does the son think tsunami is?
A. A giant ocean wave. B. A kind of food.
C. A bus. D. A Japanese person.
9. What does the son think surfing on tsunami waves would be like?
A. Cool. B. Calm. C. Dangerous. D. Frightening.
10. Which of the following is not mentioned as the cause of tsunami?
A. An earthquake. B. A volcano. C. A landslide. D. A warm current.
11. How high can tsunami waves reach?
A. Several meters. B. About a dozen meters.
C. Dozens of meters. D. Over 100 meters.
Section C
Directions: Listen to two stories. Each story will be read twice. (2*6=12 points)
Conversation One
12. What did you know about the cat?
A. He was often taken for a drive in John's car.
B. He got lost a couple of times.
C. He was left homeless.
D. He knew the way home better than John.
13. What did John do on the second day?
A. He drove the cat 20 blocks away from home.
B. He left the cat 40 blocks away from home.
C. He left the cat in front of a restaurant.
D. He dropped the cat off in a park.
14. What kind of story is it?
A. A humor. B. A news story. C. A children's story. D. A fairy tale.
Conversation Two
15. Who is bill?
A. He is a bus driver. B. He is a repairman.
C. He is an engineer. D. He is a mechanic.
16. What happened to Bill last Friday?
A. He came back home very late and very angry.
B. He came back home very early and very angry.
C. He came back home very late and very happy.
D. He came back home very late and very hungry.
17. How does Bill get to work and how does he return home after work?
A. He takes a bus.
B. He walks to his factory but takes a bus to get home after work.
C. He always walks.
D. He takes a bus to get to his factory and walks home after work.
Section D
Directions: Listen to the recording three times and then supply the missing words to complete the story below. (1*7=7 points) (2*3=6 points)
Is life going too fast? Are you working too many hours? Do you need more time to S1_____? Why not start a diary? Every day, take ten S2_____to write your thoughts. How do you feel? Write it down. What are you happy about? Write about it. What are you S3_____about? Put in on paper. What are you looking forward to? Take S4_____on it. What are you worried about? Tell your S5_____.
Mental health professionals S6_____diary-writing to help their S7_____to slow down their busy lives. Keeping a diary, they say, helps people think and feel more. S8__________. Putting your ideas on paper gives you confidence. It makes life more fun and meaningful. The best part comes later. Weeks, months, or years later, S9__________. If you want to, you can show your diary to others. You will know yourself better. S10__________.
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (1*10=10 points)
Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
18. Parks and open spaces are essential to the quality of life in dense ______ areas such as New York City.
A. agricultural B. rural C. suburban D. urban
19. Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union ______ a worldwide ban on British beef and beef product exports.
A. challenged B. charged C. forged D. imposed
20. After a very busy schedule in the past two months, Kenneth plans to take things ______ for a while.
A. at ease B. easily C. easy D. with ease
21. As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students to ______ the temptation to cheat on exams.
A. refuse B. reject C. resist D. resolve
22. Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes for bicycles on some of the main streets, but though they have got some supporters, ______ likes the idea.
A. everyone B. not everyone C. no one D. someone
23. As she matured as an artist, she ______ realize that “all artists are a product of their culture.”
A. came to B. kept to C. took to D. went to
24. Vicki never worried or hesitated about anything, she just ______ it and almost always got whatever she wanted.
A. went by B. went for C. went over D. went with
25. A remote-controlled bomb exploded outside a hotel near the town square yesterday, ______ at least 12 people.
A. having been injured B. having injured
C. injured D. injuring
26. My trip to the small village under the control of the enemy fire was full of delays and difficulties, but I eventually ______.
A. got by B. turned it over
C. hit the sack D. made it
27. I just wonder if ______ ever ______ that you could have your own enterprise and run it yourself when you were still a student.
A. it … occurred B. you … occurred to it
C. it … occurred to you D. you … occurred
Part III Reading comprehension (2*10=20 points)
Directions: Each of the passages below is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each of the questions.
Passage One
The food we eat seems to have profound（深远的） effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful.
The additives（添加剂） which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.
28. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Food and our health B. Food and additives
C. Food and cancer D. Food and culture
29 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT_______.
A. Forty percent of cancer is caused by problems related to food.
B. Researchers have known about the potential danger of food additives for many years
C. We eat some of the food additives directly and some indirectly
D. Drugs are always given to animals for medicinal purposes
30. Why do farmers give drugs to their animals?
A. to speed up the growth of animals
B. to make the animals fatter
C. to make the animals’ meat fit to eat
D. to make the animals’ meat rich in nutrients
31. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.
A. scientist have made all the food fit to eat
B. only in recent years have people found that the food is related to one’s illness
C. all kinds of cancer are related to the diet
D. some additives are harmful to our health
32. The word “this” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 most probably refers to __________.
A .farmer B. penicillin
C. beef and poultry D. the fact that farmers often give penicillin to beef

Passage Two
A credit card can be useful. You could take it into a store and buy a television set or new furniture or clothing or anything you wanted. All you would have to do is to sign your name and take what you wanted out of the store without paying cash.
     But there is a problem with the cards---they can be financial poison. These cards are just like the poisons we use on insects. If we use them carefully, they can be helpful; but if we use them too much, they can kill us. These cards can kill us financially just as real poison can kill our body.
     For any money that the user does not pay each month, the credit card company charges a percentage of that amount in interest（利息）. The insect is added every month, so a bill that is not paid gets bigger and bigger.
Over 10 percent of the families in the United States are “overextended”. That is, they have more debt on their credit cards than they can pay.
     Credit cards can be used for almost anything that money can buy. And they can even be used to pay for funerals. For some credit card users, a funeral may be the only solution to the debt problems they have caused for themselves by using credit cards.
33. A credit card is so useful in daily life that if you have one _______.
A. you can borrow money with no interest
B. you don’t have to pay anything you want.
C. you don’t have to bring cash with you
D. you can take anything free of charge
34. What is the result of using the credit card too much?
A. Causing financial problems to cards users
B. Leading to the death of credit card users.
C. Increasing the rate of interest of the bills.
D. Killing card users like real poison.
35. Which of the statement is true according the passage?
A. Card users have to pay interest for the money that is not paid in time
B. Interest will be charged for any money paid with a credit card.
C. Ten percent of the money used by card users is charged as the interest.
D. Card users will pay lower interest if they return the money in time.
36. If people are “overextended” (in Paragraph 4) with their credit, it means ______.
A. they can no longer use credit cards for anything
B. they have to pay off debts with their money on their cards
C. they have used more money than they can pay off
D. they will be overcharged ten percent of interest
37. What does the author mean by saying “a funeral may be the only solution to the debt problems…by using credit cards”?
A. Some credit card users even use credit cards to pay for their funerals.
B. Using credit cards to pay for funerals may solve debt problem.
C. No interest will be charged for the money paid for funerals.
D. Some credit card users owe too much debt to pay off in their lifetime.
Part IV Cloze (0.5*20=10 points) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to   38    and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were   39    to go home. Some battled to  40    a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the   41    bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I   42   to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most   43   had stopped. After making my way   44    crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was   45  . Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to   46    the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the   47  . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train    48   my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was   49   through, exhausted and   50  .
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer   51    I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and   52   reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their  53   to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth's email was short, but I learned more from that   54    message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of   55    can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic   56    had made me tired and upset. But Garth's words immediately   57    me and put a smile back on my face.
38. A. break     B. flood     C. sink     D. crash
39. A. forced     B. refused    C. adjusted    D. gathered
40. A. order    B. pay     C. call     D. search
41. A. climate     B. scenery    C. storm     D. burden
42. A. used     B. promised    C. deserved    D. happened
43. A. practice     B. routine     C. process    D. service
44. A. to      B. through    C. over     D. for
45. A. operating    B. cycling    C. turning    D. rushing
46. A. check     B. carry     C. find     D. board
47. A. street     B. ground    C. floor     D. platform
48. A. paused     B. crossed    C. reached    D. parked
49. A. wet     B. weak     C. sick     D. hurt