焦作新材料职业学院《英语散文欣赏》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷.doc

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焦作新材料职业学院
《英语散文欣赏》2023-2024学年第一学期期末试卷

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第一部分 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1、 volleyball is her main focus, she is also great at basketball.
A．Since B．Once
C．Unless D．While

2、When they first came to the city, my parents often went to neighbors for a talk, just as they ________ in the countryside.
A．will do B．had done
C．have done D．were doing

3、.— I'm really angry at my naughty son. He never listens to me and often is against me.
— ____, Ellen. Things will go out.
A．It doesn't matter B．Take your time
C．Don't mention it D．Take it easy

4、The infrastructure project has consumed so much money that we can't find any financial support and have to ______.
A．pull out B．pull through
C．catch up D．catch on

5、— You should have helped your mom wash the dishes．
—I meant ．But she is always telling me to study．
A．to do B．to C．doing so D．doing

6、Everyone had a form in his hand, but no one knew which office____．
A．to send it to B．to sent it C．to be sent to D．to have it sent

7、In Australia, many road signs are now both in English and Chinese, ______ it easier for Chinese tourists to travel.
A．making B．made C．make D．makes

8、The Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ special holiday for most Chinese when ________ whole family will get together.
A．the; the B．a; the C．a; a D．the; a

9、So absorbed ________ in her yoga exercises that she took no notice of the heavy rain outside.
A．Mary was B．Mary has been
C．was Mary D．has Mary been

10、—Could you give me a reminder at 9 tomorrow morning?
—I'm sorry,but I a meeting then.
A．attend B．will attend C．will be attending D．am attending

第二部分 阅读理解（满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Ethiopia’s eastern lowlands bordering Somalia are suffering through a severe drought. The rainy season was late and not enough, causing great losses among local livestock herds. Coining on the heels of two previous dry years in Ethiopia, the drought of 2017 compounded already serious situation in the country. As a result, many families in the country’s Somali region are experiencing chronic (长期的) food insecurity and concerning rates of a lack of nutrition.
The United States, Ethiopia’s largest donor of emergency and development aid, continues to deliver a large-scale humanitarian response. In late August, USAID Administrator Mark Green announced that in order to help relieve the terrible humanitarian situation, the United States will deliver 91 million dollars in additional humanitarian assistance for those Ethiopians who are even now struggling with severe food insecurity and malnutrition (营养不良).
“This funding will provide additional emergency food assistance and vital medical care,” he said.
A day earlier, Mr. Green announced that Ethiopia had been chosen as one of a dozen countries that will participate in the second period of the Feed the Future Initiative. This 7-year old program aims to reduce global hunger, poverty, and under-nutrition by focusing on smallholder farmers, increasing investments in agriculture, and supporting country-owned plans for improving food security and nutrition while creating opportunities for economic growth and trade. In this way, the United States hopes to help strengthen Ethiopia’s resilience (恢复力) to climatic shocks.
I don’t view development in humanitarian assistance as a gift or a handout. I view it as a hand up. We want to help people stand on their own two feet and build their own brighter futures, and that’s what I hope our assistance can play a useful role in.” said USAID Administrator Green.
1、What does the underlined word “compounded” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．Mixed. B．Changed.
C．Formed. D．Worsened.
2、What is the purpose of the Feed the Future Initiative?
A．To help build Ethiopian brighter futures.
B．To deliver humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia.
C．To reduce hunger, poverty mid under-nutrition worldwide.
D．To help strengthen global resilience to severe droughts.
3、What can be learned according to the text?
A．USAID is expected to help Ethiopians build brighter futures.
B．The United States will send 91 billion dollars to Ethiopia.
C．USAID is considered as a handout by Administrator Green.
D．Ethiopians are now suffering no nutrition.
4、What is the best title for the text?
A．The Feed the Future Initiative Program
B．More US Humanitarian Aid for Ethiopia
C．Severe Droughts in Ethiopia
D．Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Ethiopia

B
“How can we live longer?” many people wonder. Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbors, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equal relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s, The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even though the odds are stacked against you (the conditions are not favourable to you), marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a less pleasant
side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses; death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socioeconomic factor, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms (机制). For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The best social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: “People are interconnected so their health is interconnected.”
1、William Farr’s study and other studies show that ________.
A．social life provides an effective cure for illness
B．being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life
C．women benefit more than men from marriage
D．marriage contributes a great deal to longevity
2、What does the underlined word “compensate” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A．pay money B．provide something had
C．help recover D．increase damage
3、What does the author say about social network?
A．They have effects similar to those of a marriage.
B．They help develop people’s community spirit.
C．They provide timely support for those in need.
D．They help relieve people of their life’s burden.
4、What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．It’s important that we develop a social network when young.
B．To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.
C．Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.
D．We should share our social networks with each other.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n)  1 meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal  2 for all that he had done for me in my life.
When we knew that it might be Dad’s  3 birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party 4 all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful  5 , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.

During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to  6 stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him.  7 , we told stories from our hearts,  8 Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We  9 all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family  10 . Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t  11 to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our  12 to honor him.
A few months later at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a  13 . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love. 14  we had given those loving  15 to Dad when he was  16 , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories  17 over in his mind during his last months and days.
Words do  18 , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them  19 to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to  20 love, and our chance to honor a person in life.
1、A．original B．modern C．complex D．double
2、A．congratulation B．wish C．thanking D．apology
3、A．late B．lost C．living D．last
4、A．with B．as C．though D．by
5、A．writer B．listener C．storyteller D．reader
6、A．hear of B．listen to C．make up D．talk about
7、A．Little by little B．Now and then C．All at once D．One after another
8、A．if B．because C．while D．before
9、A．recalled B．recorded C．regretted D．Remembered
10、A．thoughts B．treasures C．possessions D．tales
11、A．afford B．help C．wait D．offer
12、A．chance B．task C．duty D．decision
13、A．burial B．party C．meeting D．wedding
14、A．And B．But C．So D．Or
15、A．kindness B．memories C．care D．hugs
16、A．healthy B．old C．young D．alive
17、A．went B．flew C．rolled D．came
18、A．benefit B．matter C．work D．mean
19、A．publicly B．properly C．consciously D．correctly
20、A．fall in B．search for C．hand over D．give back

第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
语篇填空
Do you know the man 1．wrote this book？He was Jason，one of the engineers 2．came from Russia in the 1950sHe worked in the same factory 3．my father once worked When he came to China，the first thing 4． he did was to visit the factory 5．did research on trolleybuses and found out the reason 6．China was so backward in it Then he spent every minute 7．he could spare to help China develop transportation8．is mentioned above，Jason was a foreigner 9．made great contributions to our country and was a kind man to 10．we should say thanks

第四部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last summer,Li Hua and his classmates made a trip to London.On his arrival at the airport,it was raining heavy.So they took a bus to the hotel,where was not far from the airport.The next day, they can’t wait to see the wonderful place of interest in London.They first went to the Elizabeth Tower, a symbol of United Kingdom.The guide told them the tower had been appeared in many films.Then they visit the British Museum.To their great surprise,they found many Chinese artworks displayed there.Felt very proud，they took a lot of photos but they really had great fun.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
圣诞节即将来临，你的好友 Tom 正在为如何度过假期而苦恼。假如你是李华，请你给他写一封信， 谈谈你的看法。要点如下:
1. 你的建议：旅行等。
2 你的理由。
注意:1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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