英语期末考试试题.doc

2008级本科大学英语第一学期期末考试
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本试题一共六道大题，共14 页，满分100 分。考试时间120 分钟。

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2．试卷若有雷同以零分计。
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5．考试结束时，只交试卷二和机读卡，不交试题册
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (25%)
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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 1to 8 are based on the conversations you have just heard.
1. a. Nothing, since it is already done.
b. He will definitely buy the soft drink.
c. Nothing, since she doesn’t want to buy the soft drink.
d. He will consider buying it.
2. a. He was fined.
b.He bought a ticket.
c. He had a car accident.
d.He had a driving lesson.
3. a. On the grass.
b. Near the pool.
c. At home.
d. On his bike.
4. a. At his old house.
b. In his friend’s apartment.
c. On the street.
d. On the other side of the town.
5. a. About 6:00 p. m.
b. At 3:30.
c. About noon.
d. After dinner.
6. a. The woman’s.
b. Lily’s.
c. The man’s.
d. Susan’s.
7. a. She went to New York.
b. She stayed at home.
c. She visited her sister.
d. She called her sister.
8. a. She’s bound to find it somewhere else.
b. The paper she wants is out of stock.
c. He’ll see if they have more paper.
d. He can’t accept a check.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversations you have just heard.
9. a. People in developing countries.
b. People living in poor conditions.
c. People in the 1950s.
d. People in New York.
10. a. 8.1 million.
b. 12 million.
c. 14 million.
d. 26 million.
11. a. Health care.
b. Housing problem.
c. Transportation problem.
d. Educational problem.
12. a. Tokyo.
b. Beijing.
c. Shanghai.
d. Seoul.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversations you have just heard.
13. a. She doesn’t know whether to change major or not.
b. She had to stay up all night doing her assignment.
c. She can’t find the book she wants.
d. The book she wants isn’t available in the library.
14. a. He thinks it is a 180 degree shift from her major.
b. He thinks she doesn’t have the patience.
c. He thinks she should take drama as her major.
d. He thinks it’s a waste of time.
15. a. He thinks she decides too fast.
b. He thinks she is not suitable to do it.
c. He thinks she’ll lose time if she transfers.
d. He thinks she needs to gain more credits.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 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 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. Difficult to produce in large quantities.
b. Subject to many parasites.
c. Essential to the wealth of the country.
d. Expensive to gather and transport.
17. a. Farmers. b. Dealers.
c. Weather. d. War.
18. a. To explain how wheat is marketed today.
b. To justify suspension of trading on the Grain Exchange.
c. To describe the origins of the Canadian Wheat Board.
d. To argue for further reforms on the Canadian Wheat Board.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
20. a. The apple of love. b. The apple of paradise.
c. The cousin of potato. d. Wolf peach.
21. a. Quality, color and taste.
b. Color, convenience and quality.
c. Flavoring, quality and color.
d. Convenience, quality and flavoring.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. a. By making use of special paper.
b. By adding common salt to silver salt.
c. By making temporary images on the salt.
d. By using a special piece of metal.
23. a. 1727. b. 1826.
c. 1839. d. 1860.
24. a. A new kind of paper.
b. A new kind of film.
c. Light darkened silver salt.
d. An ‘instant’ camera with self- developing film.
25. a. The scientists related to camera.
b. The techniques in camera development.
c. The time periods of camera.
d. The invention of camera.

Part II Reading Comprehension (20%)
Passage 1
The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that can be called repartee. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. “Watching a conversation between two Americans is like watching a table tennis game,” a British observer said. “Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt.”
Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.” Many Americans have difficulty paying attention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans admire conciseness, or what they call “getting to the point.”
Americans engage in little ritual interaction (礼仪式的交流). Only a few ritual greetings are common: “How are you?” “I’m fine, thank you,” “Nice to meet you,” and “Hope to see you again.” These things are said in certain situations Americans learn to recognize, and, like any ritual greetings, are concerned more with form than with substance. That is, the questions are supposed to be asked and the statements are supposed to be made in particular situations, no matter what the people involved are feeling or what they really have in mind. In many American’s opinions, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are “too shy” or “too polite,” unwilling to reveal their true natures and ideas.
Americans are generally impatient with long ritual greetings about family members’ health—common among Latin Americans—considering them a waste of time.
26. During a typical conversation between Americans, people try to be ________.
a. polite b. interested
c. concise d. friendly
27. By comparing a conversation between two Americans to a table tennis game, the British observer means that _________.
a. Americans like to take short turns in a conversation
b. Americans enjoy talking as well as watching a table tennis game
c. Americans get excited easily
d. Americans talk with great expression
28. Americans ___________ when they talk with Arabs.
a. may lose their patience
b. have to listen very carefully
c. talk too much
d. never use English
29. In the United States, ritual greetings __________.
a. are very common in people’s conversations
b. are suitable in all situations
c. help to lead to a serious conversation
d. have little substance
30. According to this passage, Americans have a low opinion of people who ____________.
a.. do not talk much
b. do not pay attention to the speaker
c. like to ask about other people’s health
d. bring too many ritual greetings into a conversation
Passage 2
Ask most American children what they want to be when they grow up, and they probably will say “doctor” or “lawyer.”
Though our culture, our economy, indeed our very security are heavily dependent on science and engineering, only 12 percent of American high school students graduate with the prerequisites(必要条件) for a career in science or engineering. Worse yet, only 6 percent of minority children are said to be so prepared.
Don’t be too surprised. If you ask further why the majority of the high school students would choose a career in medicine or law, the answers will be straight out of some popular TV shows.
“Doctors help people. They save lives.” “Lawyers beat the bad guys.” Most students would say.
Now, how about science or engineering as a career choice? The answers will be just as predictable: “Get real! Who wants to be a geek? They all are nerds. Besides, I hate math.”
In our media, scientists and engineers typically are portrayed as introverted(内向的) and humorless. They always wear white lab coats, with a collection of pencils in their pocket protectors. They wear glasses with black plastic frames.
If more students are to choose technical careers, they must have a better view presented to them.
They need to be told, for instance, that the invention of lifesaving equipment saves lives just as surely as the application of it in the hospital.
It also might help if someone emphasized to students that the lawyer who saved the defendant(被告) by introducing the DNA evidence would have seen him hanged had it not been for the scientists who discovered DNA.
Whatever we do, until students stop thinking of the term “engineer” as a synonym for “geek,” it is impossible to expect our children to change their views towards scientists and engineers.
31. What is the problem with most American children when they choose their careers?
a. They have a very low opinion of science and engineering.
b. They are too anxious to succeed in different fields.
c. They are not sure what career suits them best.
d. They do not have enough confidence in themselves.
32. Which of the following has influenced American students greatly in their choice of their careers?
a. Parents’ opinions.
b. TV shows and various publications.
c. Great discoveries made by doctors and lawyers.
d. Culture and economy.
33. In the passage, the writer criticizes the media for ___________.
a. depicting scientists and engineers as nerds and geeks
b. creating too much violence in the society
c. failing to report the great achievements made by scientists
d. using words like “nerd” and “geek” inappropriately
34. In order to change the students’ view towards scientists and engineers, the writer suggests that _________.
a. teachers reconsider their way of teaching mathematics
b. students be told about the wonders of science and engineering
c. scientists and engineers change their images a little bit
d. the media stop praising doctors and lawyers excessively
35. Judging from what is said in the passage, the writer obviously believes that _________.
a. scientists and engineers are more important than doctors and lawyers
b. science and engineering have been dangerously ignored
c. American children are hopeless
d. there are too many scientists and engineers nowadays
Passage 3
Reaching new peaks of popularity in North America is Iceberg Water, which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland, where bottled water is consumed daily. Even then, he kept a water journal, noting the brands he liked best. “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,” He says.
But is plain tap water all that bad? Not at all. In fact, New York’s municipal water for more than a century was called the champagne of tap water and until recently considered among the best in the world in terms of both taste and purity. Similarly, a magazine in England found that tap water from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were 400 times more expensive.
Nevertheless, soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market share—this despite the fact that over 25 percent of bottled water comes from tap water: PepsiCo’s Aquafina and Coca-Cola’s Dasani are both purified tap water rather than spring water.
As diners thirst for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs salivate (垂涎) over the profits. A restaurant’s typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water it’s often 300 to 500 percent. But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren’t available in stores, most diners don’t notice or care.
As a result, some restaurants are turning up the pressure to sell bottled water. According to an article in The Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include placing attractive bottles on the table for a visual sell, listing brands on the menu without prices, and pouring bottled water without even asking the diners if they want it.
Regardless of how it’s sold, the popularity of bottled water taps into our desire for better health, our wish to appear cultivated, and even a longing for lost purity.
36. What do we know about Iceberg Water from the passage?
a. It is a kind of iced water.
b. It is just plain tap water.
c. It is a kind of bottled water.
d. It is a kind of mineral water.（C）
37. By saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water” (Para. 2), von Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that ________.
a. plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinking
b. bottled water is clearly superior to tap water
c. bottled water often appeals more to dogs taste
d. dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste（B）
38. The “fancier brands” (Para. 5) refers to ________.
a. tap water from the Thames River
b. famous wines not sold in ordinary stores
c. PepsiCo’s Aquafina and Coca-Cola’s Dasani
d. expensive bottled water with impressive names（D）
39. Why are some restaurants turning up the pressure to sell bottled water?
a. Bottled water brings in huge profits.
b. Competition from the wine industry is intense.
c. Most diners find bottled water affordable.
d. Bottled water satisfied diners’ desire to fashionable.（A）
40. According to passage, why is bottled water so popular?
a. It is much cheaper than wine.
b. It is considered healthier.
c. It appeals to more cultivated people.
d. It is more widely promoted in the market.（B）
Passage 4
As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease—especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nu