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- 第二学期 级本科英语期末试题( Ｂ)
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(0.5’×20=10’)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. Sarah’s elder brother was with her mother.
B. Sarah’s mother and her elder brother are at home.
C. Sarah is going to see her mother.
D. Sarah’s elder brother is in Paris.
2. A. To wash the dishes. B. To ring the doorbell.
C. To answer the door. D. To prepare the dish.
3. A. Customer and salesman. B. Husband and wife.
C. Policeman and passerby. D. Teacher and student.
4. A. In a school. B. At a theater.
C. In a restaurant. D. In a bank.
5. A. She may be driving at 7 o’clock.
B. She may be going to the party.
C. She may be seeing her friends.
D. She may be going to the theater.
6. A. 9:00 a.m. B. 9:10 a.m. C. 10:00 a.m. D. 10:20 a.m.
7. A. Yes, he likes it very much. B. Yes, he finds it interesting.
C. No, he finds it very boring. D. No, he finds it very hard.
8. A. Doing his homework. B. Playing with his dog.
C. Watching TV. D. Calling his girlfriend.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A. Her kids will arrive home after school.
B. She is too exhausted to work.
C. She has finished her work.
D. The man does not ask her to go back to the office.
10. A. It is weird. B. It is exhausting.
C. It is convenient. D. It is comfortable.
11. A. It is produced by weird people.
B. The woman does not like it.
C. One can see a lot of strange things in it.
D. The man is determined to watch it tonight.
12. A. The woman will record tonight’s program.
B. He will be having a meeting with his boss at that time.
C. His boss might ask him to stay up late.
D. He may have to prepare for tomorrow’s business trip.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13. A. He is doing a survey. B. He is introducing himself.
C. He is talking with a friend. D. He is making an appointment.
14. A. Over the telephone. B. On the street.
C. In the travel agency. D. In the classroom.
15. A. The husband earns less now than in the past.
B. The wife stopped working after she had a baby.
C. The living cost has increased rapidly.
D. The family is saving money for the child’s education.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. He forgot to leave the store.
B. He was locked in a store by accident.
C. He was drunk and locked in a store.
D. He was sent to prison.
17. A. He made himself at home in the store.
B. He stayed asleep for 2 days.
C. He broke in through the window.
D. He damaged some equipment
18. A. Because the tramp deserved a merry Christmas.
B. Because it was the store’s fault.
C. Because the store had profited by the accident.
D. Because the tramp had stolen nothing of value.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A. Europeans smoked tobacco over a fire.
B. American Indians used tobacco as medicine.
C. Everyone in Europe smoked tobacco.
D. Europeans began to learn about tobacco.
20. A. The tobacco plant is very unhealthy.
B. Tobacco can be smoked through a tube.
C. Nicot gave sick men tobacco to eat.
D. Columbus learned about tobacco from Nicot.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (1′×10=10′)
Passage A
Directions: Read the following passages, and then answer the questions. For questions, mark
Y(yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage
N(NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage
NG(NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
How Should You Build up Your Vocabulary
Exactly what do you do during a normal day? How do you spend your time? Paul T. Rankin very much wanted an answer to that question. To get it, he asked sixty-eight individuals to keep, an accurate, detailed record of what they did every minute of their waking hours. When he consolidated( 巩固) his finding, he discovered that the average individual spent 70 percent of his waking time doing one thing only--communication. That meant either reading, writing, speaking or listening.
Put that evidence alongside of the research findings uncovered by the Human Engineering Laboratories. In exploring aptitudes and careers involving, among other things, data from 30,000 vocabulary tests given yearly, they discovered that big incomes and big vocabularies go together. Vocabulary, more than any other factor yet known, predicts financial success.
And it all fits. Each word you add to your vocabulary makes you a better reader, writer, speaker and listener. Furthermore, linguistic scientists are quick to point out that we actually think with words. If that is so, new words make us better thinkers as well as communicators. No wonder more words are likely to mean more money. What better reason for beginning right now to extend your vocabulary?
Take Reading
What exactly do you read? Common sense says you read words. Research confirms that fact. ”Vocabulary in context” contributes 39 percent to comprehension. That’s more than any other factor isolated and studied--even more than intelligence. And ”word discrimination” contributes more to speed of reading than any other factor--28 percent. In short, your efforts to improve vocabulary will pay off in both comprehension and speed.
Suppose, as you’re reading along, you lumtebs across a strange word. Did you find yourself stopping for a closer look at lumtebs? Pardon the spelling slip. That’s actually the word stumble( 偶然发现) . The letter just got mixed around. Obviously you now know that strange words do slow you down--or even stop you completely. Furthermore, strange words hinder( 妨碍) comprehension. Which is easier to understand, ”eschew garrulity” or ”avoiding talking too much”?
What you need is a vital, dynamic approach to vocabulary building. Hybrid( 杂交) corn combines the best qualities of several varieties to ensure maximum productivity. A hybrid approach to vocabulary should, in the same way, ensure maximum results. That’s why you should use the CPD formula.
Through Context
When students in a college class were asked what should be done when they came across an unknown word in their reading, 84 percent said, ”Look it up in the dictionary.” If you do, however, you short-circuit the very mental processes needed to make your efforts most productive. But there’s another reason. Suppose someone asks you what the word fast means. You answer, ”speedy or swift”. But does it mean that in such contexts as ”fast color”, ”fast woman”, or ”fast friend”? And if a horse is fast, is it securely tied or galloping( 飞驰) at top speed? It could be either. It all depends. On the dictionary? No, on context--on how the word is actually used. After all, there are over twenty different meanings for fast in the dictionary. But the dictionary doesn’t tell you which meaning is intended. That’s why it makes such good sense to begin with context.
Through Word Parts
Now for the next step. Often unfamiliar words contain one or more parts, which, if recognized, provide definite help with meaning. Suppose you read that someone ”had a predilection for reading mysteries”. The context certainly isn’t too helpful. But do you see a prefix, suffix or root that you know? Well, there’s the familiar prefix pre-, meaning ”before”. Look back at the context and try inserting ”before”. Reading mysteries apparently comes ”before” other kinds of reading. Yes, a predilection--or preference--is something put ”before” something else.
Or take the word monolithic. Try to isolate the parts. There is the prefix mono-, meaning ”one”, and the root lith, meaning ”stone”. Finally, there’s the suffix –ic, meaning ”consisting of”. Those three parts add up to this definition: ”consisting of one stone”.
To speed up your use of word parts, you will be introduced to the fourteen most important words in the English language. The prefix and root elements in those few words are found in over 14,000 words of desk dictionary size. With those amazingly useful shortcuts, you can build vocabulary, not a snail’s pace, one word at a time, but in giant strides up to a thousand words at a time.
Your second step, then, is to look for familiar word parts. If they do not give you exact meanings, they should at least bring you much closer.
Through the Dictionary
Now you can see why you should consult the dictionary last, not first. You’ve looked carefully at the context. You’ve looked for familiar word parts. Now you play Sherlock Holmes--an exciting role, You hypothesize. In light of context or word parts, you try to solve a mystery. What exactly does that strange word mean? Only after you go through the mental gymnastics to come up with a tentative definition should you open the dictionary to see if you’re right.
After all, those first two steps or approaches spark a stronger than usual interest in that dictionary definition. You’re now personally involved. Did you figure out the word meaning? Your heightened interest will lead to a better memory of both word and meaning. It also encourages your development of the habits needed to accelerate your progress. And when you see in black and white the definition you had expected, what a feeling of accomplishment yours is. In that way, the CPD Formula provides the exact dynamic of approaches for maximum effectiveness.
Well, there it is, your new formula--Context, Parts, Dictionary. Use it! The exercises that follow will give you specific, step-by-step help in sharpening your awareness of contextual clues, learning the most useful word parts, and using the dictionary with increased accuracy and ease. The results will be like the money in the bank.
21. This passage is meant to teach readers how to enlarge their vocabularies by means of the CPD Formula.
22. Paul T. Ranking found that the average individual spent most of his waking time reading, writing, speaking or listening.
23. The research findings of the Human Engineering Laboratories showed that incomes and vocabularies are closely related.
24. Most students will consult the dictionary when they encounter a new word, which is of great help to them.
25. Readers should consult the dictionary last but not first because it costs too much time.
Passage B
Directions: Read the following passage, and then decide whether the statements are
Y(yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage
N(NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage
How to Lengthen Time--24 Hours Is Enough!
Recently, as I participated in a live-to-air TV training session on time management, a caller rang in with a question. He is in the computer industry, and wanted to know how he could balance his heavy and demanding workload with the demands of a young family. The question remains in my mind--for a large part of society it is a serious matter.
The issue is how we view time. It seems that we never have enough time. Today many of us live in a world of speed, of time-poverty and of sensory overload. Technology develops faster and faster. We feel as if we can never catch up, and there is never enough time. But it’s an illusion. Time hasn’t changed--we have.
So, what can we do? Here are a few strategies for you:
Schedule for the Important People
If you don’t block in special time with special people, they’ll eventually get tired of waiting. There is an old song by Harry Chapin that tells of a little boy who waits for his dad to spend time with him. The boy kept saying, ”One day I’ll be just like you.” When his dad was an old man, longing to see the son who never came, he found that indeed, the boy’s words came true. If you wait for ”spare time”, you’ll never have it.
Live in the ”Now”
Today many of us have forgotten how to live in the moment. We focus either on the past, on what we could have done better, or on the future--planning or worrying over coming events. We are so busy squeezing more in to every moment that most of us forget to be ”present”. We there-
fore miss the joy of the experience. And so time seems to race by--because we’re not ”in” it.
Change Your Language
Notice your words, and how the people around you speak. How often do you hear ”I’m so busy”, ”I can’t fit it in”, ”I have no time”, ”I have too much to do”, and ”I’m always late/overworked/tired”? Start to use positive words like ”I’m getting much better at my time management” or ”There is always enough time to do the things that matter.”
Have an Attitude of Gratitude
Practice honoring the moment. Develop a sense of gratitude for the gift of life, for the beauty of small things. Find something in every event to appreciate. This is not just a simple, childish behavior--it will enhance your bealth and lengthen your hours.
Enjoy the Common Things
Next time you wash the dishes, water the flowers, feed the children, sort out the paperwork on your desk, or do any other simple task, enjoy the activity for itself. Try not to spend the time during which your body is occupied but your mind absent. Don’t wish the task was completed-honor the moment and the experience. Then you’ll be more relaxed when you finish. And many times you’ll be surprised to find that it was a pleasant duty instead of the chore you didn’t want to do.
Think Deeply
Learn to think deeply, or if this seems too hard, try every day to sit quietly for at least 10 minutes. Focus on a plant or some other object. As thoughts move into your mind, recognize them and let them go. Breathe deeply, mentally saying ”Breathe out” with every outgoing breath and ”Breathe in” with every incoming breath. This helps you slow down to the natural rhythms around you. It ”lengthens” time.
26. How to balance the heavy workload with the demands of the family is a serious matter to many people.
27. Today many people have the illusion that they don’t hav