英语听力(A卷10本).doc

西安思源学院考试试题
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2011——2012学年 第二学期

　　国际　　　分院 10 级 英 语 专业　 班 A卷
课程名称： 英 语 听 力 （专外本科）
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Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.。(3x8=24 points )
1. A)She went blind in childhood.
B) She went blind at the age of 16.
C)Few people know that she is blind..
D)She gets up early every morning..
2. A)He drove her to the aiport.
B)He told her to drive to the airport by another route.
C)He bought her a map of the airpot.
D) He made clear the route to the airport for the woman on a map.
3. A)Secretary and boss. B)Teacher and student
C) Doctor and patient D) Booking office clerk and customer.
4. A) She has been eliminated.
B) She belongs to the last few candidates’ chosen.
C) She is writing some essays in order to be employed.
D) She has already been taken on.
5. A) At a service station. B) On a hill.
C) In an emergency room D) In a parking lot.
6. A) Because Tom applied for a job.
B) Because Tom was preferred to others.
C) Because Tom wanted other jobs.
D) Because Tom was so unlucky.
7. A) Because the show is not clear enough.
B) Because the show is too complicated for her to understand.
C) Because the room is lack of air, she can’t breathe freely.
D) Because the room is full of appreciators.
8. A) The man should work in a bank to get money.
B) The man should withdraw all his money from the bank.
C)The man should try to borrow money from his friend.
D)The man should try to get a loan from a bank.

Two long conversation (2x7=14 points)
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard
9. A)An alternative use of fuel oil.
B)A way to make fuel oil less polluting.
C)A new method for locating underground oil.
D) A new source of fuel oil.
10. A)To produce a gas containing carbon and hydrogen.
B).To remove impurities from methanol.
C)TO heat the reactors.
D)TO prevent dangerous gases from forming.
11. A)It hasn’t been fully tested.
B)It’s quite expensive
C)It uses up scarce minerals.
D)The gas it produces is harmful to the environment.
12. A) He will go to the library to find more information.
B) He will go to the class with the woman.
C) He will turn to his own professor for help.
D) He will go to Anderson Hall.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard
13. A)Because the library assistant thinks he has an overdue book.
B) Because the books he needs have been cheked out by someone else.
C) Because the library assistant is unable to locate the books that he needs.
D) Because a library notice was went to him at his previous address.
14. A) The man has mistakenly received someone else’s books.
B) The man changed his major from art to business.
C) The man recently moved off campus.
D) There are two students named Robert Smith.
15. A) See if he is related to any of the students.
B) Apply for a job as a library assistant.
C)Use his middle name.
D) Use a diffferent library.
Section B
Directions : In this section, you will hear 3 shot 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 Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the center. (2x10=20 points)
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) At a school
B)At an exhibition.
C)At a government institution
D)At a reserch institution.
17. A) Location of the school
B)Structure of the school
C) Layout of the school
D) Regulations of the school.
18. A) He is not a very formal person.
B) He is not a very active person.
C)He is a busy person
D) He is a very strict person.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard
19. A)Climbed the trees along the coast.
B) Played on the sands by the sea with other children.
C) Went boating by the sea.
D) Made trains or cars out of the sand.
20. A)Went fishing
B) Climbed the mountains
C) Walked in the county.
D) Played cards.
21. A)Sandcastles B)Sweets and warm sands.
C) The sun, the warm sand, and the sound of waves.
D) Wine.

Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard
22. A)The invention of primitive weapons and language.
B) The invention of language and the discovery of fire.
C) The invention of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire.
D) The invention of primitive weapons and development of human brain.
23. A)The professional instruction.
B)The human brain.
C)Cries
D) SIgnals
24. A) Picture language preceded oral language.
B) Oral language preceded picture language.
C) They developed side by side.
D) Picture language is more important than oral language.
25. A)Its origin is not obscure.
B)It’s possible for apes to speak human language, but an intensive professional instruction is necessary.
C) There are people who doubt that it began very gradually.
D) It has been the most important single factor in the development of man.

Section C
Directions; In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For These blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. (26-33, 3x8=24 points; 34-36,3x6=18 points)

In the 18the century French economists (26)__________ the excessive regulation of business by the government. Their motto was laisser faire. Laisser faire means let the people do as they choose. In the economics sense, this meant that while the government should be responsible for things like maintaining peace and protecting 27)____________rights, it should not 28)___________ with private business. It shouldn’t create regulations that might 29)__________________business growth, nor should it be responsible for providing 30)____________ to help. In other words, governments should take a hands-off 31)____________ to business.
For a while in the united States, laisser faire was a poplular 32)__________. But things quickly changed. After the Civil War, 33)___________rarely opposed the government’s generous support of business owners. 34)_______________________________________________________________. Their regulations kept tariffs high and that helped protect American industrailists against foreign competition. 35)___________________________________________________It was generally assumed that because business owners did not have a lot of external restrictions placed on them by the government, they could pursue their own interests, and this was what made them so successful . 36)________________________________________________________________
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