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成都信息工程学院考试试卷
2005 —— 2006 学年 第 2 学期
课程名称：大学英语II( Unit4&Unit 5)
使用班级： 2005级本科
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Part I Listening Comprehension (1*20=20)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 statements. Each statement will be spoken only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which one is closest in meaning to the sentence you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. The edge of the card catalog holds pencils.
B. The edges of the card are sharp.
C. The pencil can be found on the card catalog.
D. There is a pencil sharpener at the end of the card catalog.
2. A. The program won’t go beyond ten.
B. There won’t be more than ten people at the program.
C. It will continue beyond the tent.
D The program will end after ten o’clock.
3. A. Bonnie and Paul messed up dinner.
B. Both Bonnie and Paul long for dinner.
C. Neither Bonnier nor Paul came to dinner.
D. Bonnie and Paul used to be thinner.
4. A. Mary was looking at the leaf.
B. Mary was looking for the leaf.
C. Mary looked under the microscope for the leaf.
D. Mary wanted to examine the microscope.
5. A. Please open the window.
B. Do you mind that the window isn't open?
C. Do you have an open mind?
D. I don’t mind closed windows.
6. A. I suspected they didn’t know the answers.
B. They didn’t think I didn’t know the answers.
C. I was suspected because I knew the answers.
D. They didn’t suspect me because I didn’t know the answers.
7. A. Jane is staring at her elder sister.
B. Jane respects her elder sister.
C. Jane’s elder sister told her to look up the world.
D. Jane is waiting for her elder sister.
8. A. I’m learning only a little bit of English.
B. I bit my tongue while speaking English.
C. The best way to learn English is to progress in little bits.
D. My English is gradually improving.
9. A. How thin are you?
B. Have you ever been any heavier?
C. Isn’t Ben thin?
D. Is it always made out of thin?
10.A.My headache isn’t getting better.
B. It looks like my headache is stopping.
C. When I go away I get headaches.
D. I’ve stopped headaches.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read 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.
11. A. He left his notes in class.
B. He borrowed the notes from his classmates.
C. He needn’t have the exam.
D. A classmate borrowed his notes
12. A. He has a better idea.
B. It would be better if Mary could come with him.
C. He thinks Mary’s idea is the best.
D. Mary should come up with a better idea.
13. A. Finish the work.
B. Wait until next morning.
C. Go home.
D. Have a rest there.
14. A. They want to go downtown.
B. They want to go to a park.
C. The man doesn’t know where to park the car.
D. The man wants to know where the park is.
15. A. He wants to join the others.
B. He is behind in his work.
C. He missed work when he was ill.
D. He will catch up with his friends later.
16. A. She felt sleepy during the lecture.
B. She didn’t like the lecture.
C. She fell asleep also.
D. She found the lecture interesting.
17. A. The woman has chosen a doctor.
B. The man doesn’t care which color is chosen.
C. The man is concerned about the color.
D The man has chosen a different color.
18. A. No one has a friend like Tom.
B. Every is Tom’s good friend.
C. The man feels lucky to have Tom as a friend.
D. The woman doesn’t like any of the man’s friends.
19. A. The man thinks the book is excellent.
B. All the papers says that the book is good, too.
C. The woman thinks the book is excellent.
D. Reactions to the book are different.
20. A. Relaxing just a bit.
B. Enjoying sight-seeing.
C. Getting the room back into shape.
D. Exercising.
Part II Reading Comprehension (2*20=40)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide which is the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the working is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
21. The writer is in favor of the view that man’s intelligence is given to him___________.
A. at birth
B. through education
C. both at birth and through education
D. neither at birth nor through education
22. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ___________.
A. become a genius
B. still become a genius if he should be given special education
C. exceed his intelligence limits in rich surroundings
D. not reach his intelligence in his life
23.In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population” means if we _____________.
A. pick any two persons
B. take out two different persons
C. choose two persons who are relative
D. choose two persons with different intelligence
24. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows___________.
A. the importance of their intelligence
B. the role of environment on intelligence
C. the importance of their positions
D. the part that birth plays
25. The best title of this passage can be ____________.
A. Surroundings
B. Intelligence
C. Dependence on Environment
D. Effect of Education
Passage 2
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Time to Relax
Leisure plays an important part in British life. There are four main reasons for this.
First of all, people spend less time working now than they used to, mostly due to the introduction of new technology in industry. The normal British working week is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, although some people regularly work a few hours’ overtime each week. Secondly, all working people get a minimum of two weeks’ paid holiday a year. In addition, there are six or more bank holidays a year when all banks and businesses are closed. In some cases the dates of these national holidays change from year to year and in different parts of Britain.
Another reason is that, thanks to modern medicine and higher living standards, people live longer now. This means that after retirement, people have quite a few years of leisure left. Nowadays a much higher proportion of the population is over sixty, but in this group there are more women than men.
Finally, fewer babies are born each year and the average family in Britain has two children. This is one result of changing social attitudes. For example many more married women now go out to work. The more they earn influences their leisure time. Even married women who do not go out to work have more time for interesting hobbies. Most British homes have washing machines, vacuum cleaners and other labor-saving gadgets.
26. “Time to relax” means “time for______________”.
A. refreshments
B. enjoyment
C. amusement
D. rest
27. “A paid holiday” means working people__________.
A. have to pay for their holiday
B. have no pay when they are on holiday
C. get usual pay when they are on holiday
D. get less pay when they are on holiday
28. Among the old people, there are ____________.
A. as many men as women
B more women than men
C more men than women
D much more women than men
29. In Britain, married women have more leisure hours because they have __________.
A. work with a good pay
B. a lot of time
C. fewer children and more labor-saving gadgets
D. washing-machines and vacuum cleaners
30. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?
A. Some married women have more time for reading.
B. Some married women have interesting hobbies.
C. Some married women go out to work.
D. Some married women stay at home.

Passage 3
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and displayed. The objects may be anything found in nature or made by man. There are museums devoted to art, science, history, industry, and technology. But museums are no longer just storehouses for collections. Today nearly all museums, large or small, carry on education programs. Museums offers guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals(独奏), art lessons, and other attractions.
Museums work constantly to improve their collections and ways of displaying them. All museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Works of art are bought from art dealers and private collectors or at auction(拍卖)sales. Museums also accepts gifts and bequests（遗物）,but the large museums no longer accept everything that is offered to them. They accept only objects or collections that meet their high standards.
What is to be gained from visiting museums? Museum exhibits can teach us about the world in which we live―the materials it is made of, the trees and plants that covers it, and the animals that have lived on it since its beginning. We can learn about the activities of man―his history and developments and his accomplishments in arts and crafts.
31. The first paragraph deals with____________.
A. what museums preserves
B. what kind of objects museums display
C. where museums obtain their objects
D. how museums function
32. Which statement is not true?
A. Museums are not only storehouses for collections.
B. Museums are places where you can learn something.
C. Museums preserve and display only things found in nature.
D. Museums carry on educational and research programs.
33. Where do objects at museums usually come from?
A. From auction sales.
B. From art dealers and private collections
C. From gifts and bequests.
D. All the above.
34. The large museums accept ___________.
A. everything offered to them
B. all the gifts and bequests
C. only objects that meet their high standards
D. only things that small museums do not have
35. The last paragraph is about_____________.
A. the knowledge one gets from visiting museums
B. the things one can see in museums
C. the world and the people living in it
D. museums collections from other lands
Passage 4
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
International electronic mail systems are no longer the plaything of hackers and bug-eyed computer enthusiasts. They are emerging as credible business tools that enable individuals and companies to communicate cheaply and efficiently around the globe.
Like the in-house electronic mail networks that have become a fact of business life in many companies, these systems provide a means of sending and receiving messages via personal computers or computer terminals. With global electronic mail services, however, messages can be sent across the world or across town.
For evidence of the rising popularity of electronic mail, a look at the business cards collected from clients or contacts lately should be enough. The chances are that some of them include electronic mail “addresses” along with telephone and fax numbers.
The advantages of electronic mail are numerous. It can eliminate hours of frustrating “telephone tag” and enable people to communicate across time-zones with ease. It also substitutes for busy fax machines that print out piles of paper which are often misplaced or misdirected. With electronic mail, the message appears upon the computer screen of the individual being contacted.
The biggest roadblock to the success of electronic mail in the past has been the lack of sufficient users. Although dozens of personal computer electronic mail services are available, until recently they were not linked. This meant that to reach somebody it was necessary to subscribe to the same electronic messaging system.
Over the past couple of years, however, many electronic mail systems have started “talking” to one another. The mechanism for this is “Internet”― a low cost and efficient link between electronic mail services worldwide.
Internet links an estimated1.5 million computers over 10,000 networks in 50 countries, serving about six million users. Internet resembles a computer network cooperative. There is no central authority that oversees it, and rules are largely informal.
Over the past 20 years it has mushroomed to include regional, corporate and public networks, including commercial electronic mail systems. “People conduct their love life over Internet, their hobbies and their interests. They argue politics and engage in all kinds of business.” says Mr. Mitch Kapor, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Fountain of Cambridge. Massachusetts, which promotes