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《英语一下》期末考试
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I. Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. Many different types of self-help books advise the reader to ______ the skills, goals, and attitudes that will both promote success and provide for a healthy lifestyle.
A. develop B. developed
C. being develop D. developing
2. Now, after ______ 1,600 university students, researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, have found out what contributed both to their academic success and their feeling of satisfaction.
A. being interviewing B. interview
C. interviewed D. interviewing
3. The purpose of these changes is to ______ students to continue talking about their classes over dinner.
A. encouraged B. encouraging
C. having encouraged D. encourage
4. The young army officer was ______ to (the rank of) captain.
A. Having promoted B. To be promoted
C. promoted D. To promote
5. This advertising campaign has contributed significantly __ the success of the new car.
A. for B. to
C. on D. in
6. The official statistics on drug addiction are only ______ of the iceberg; the real figure may well be much higher.
A. the top B. a tip
C. the tip D. a top
7. David started to feel more ______ about his future after his dream of becoming a college student had turned into a reality.
A. obviously B. positive
C. mostly D. positively
8. The WHO officials claim that it is high time to raise ________ of the danger of AIDS among young people.
A. awareness B. aware
C. course D. period
9. Although the teacher didn't mention any names, everyone in the classroom knew whom she was ________ to.
A. offering B. refer C. referring D. offer
10. Jonnie lives near an airport. As a result, the noise made by flights ______ his health badly.
A. effects B. harms C. affects D. pollutes
11. His friend was injured in an airplane ______.
A. break B. crash C. fail D. falling
12. We're all ______ to hear that she had got a new job in a company.
A. filled B. threatened C. stilled D. thrilled
13. Your shirt' s out: ______it ______ !
A. tuck in B. tuck away C. tuck down D. tuck into
14. Both sides were happy with the ________ outcome of the talks.
A. eternal B. ending C. eventual D. perpetual
15. They ______ this desert region in 1923.
A． expected B. explored C. explained D. exposed
16. Tom ________ his hammock (吊床) between the two trees.
A. swung B. waved C. turned D. swam
17. When he caught a ______ of his girlfriend in the rain, Jack asked the taxi driver to stop to pick her up.
A. glance B. glare C. glimpse D. stare
18. The new kitchen shelf is held in ______ by metal brackets.
A. lock B. position C. location D. spot
19. The country became very rich following the ______ of oil.
A. recovery B. discovery C. exploration D. invention
20. This rock has to be ______ in order to build a road.
A. blasted B. boasted C. explored D. maintained
21. Those thin shoes will ______ quickly.
A. wear on B. wear up C. wear down D. wear out
22. Do you have to______ tickets in advance?
A. serve B. conserve C. deserve D. reserve
23. An investigation (调查) into the cause of the crash will be
______by the Department of Transport.
A. carried on B. carried out
C. carried through D. carried over
24. She went through the company's accounts, looking for evidence of ______.
A. fraud B. forge C. fake D. trick
25. The authorities showed no signs of ______ to the kidnapper's demands.
A. giving in B. giving off
C. giving up D. giving out
26. To our surprise, the stranger ______ to be an old friend of my mother's.
A. turned down B. turned in
C. turned out D. turned on
27. The length of time spent exercising ______ the sport you are training for.
A. determines on B. leans on
C. decides on D. depends on
28. I ______ of most of my old college friends, unfortunately,.
A. have missed track B. have kept track
C. have lost track D. have a track
29. Most beginners buy plants ______ and then hope for the best.
A. to impulse B. by impulse
C. at impulse D. on impulse
30. The exhibition ______ to York City Art Gallery on 23rd January.
A. transmits B. transfers
C. transports D. transplants

II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
The first McDonald’s only sold hamburgers and French fries. It was built in 1953 in Downey, California, and is now the oldest Golden Arches in America.
McDonald’s says the building should be torn down, since it was damaged in an earthquake. In addition, it was losing money there. There was no room for drive-thru window, or for indoor seating. After the earthquake, they say it wasn’t possible to fix it. They want to build a copy of this building at another location instead.
The citizens in Downey are trying to save the small building, because it carries many of their good memories. They’re angry that the building is in danger and that their memories are as well. They think McDonald’s is using the earthquake as an excuse to avoid making efforts to restore the restaurant.
Historians say it has become a cultural symbol and stands for the history of McDonald’s, which was invented by the McDonald brothers rather than Ray Kroc, who later bought the restaurant but is now considered its founder. Many people think tearing down the building reflects McDonald’s attempt to rewrite history.
Now a group of historians wants the building to be put on the National Register of Historic Places so that the city of Downey will be able to stop McDonald’s from tearing it down. McDonald’s is angry and has abandoned the building.
Everyone hopes McDonald’s and the city of Downey will find peace. The building is still there, but boards cover the windows. Even so, people drive by to remember their McDonald’s. They take pictures of a moment in history before it’s taken away.
31. McDonald’s wanted to tear down the first McDonald’s building
because ____________.
A. it became irreparable
B. the repair would be too costly
C. it left people with bad memories
D. it already had a copy elsewhere
32. Downey citizens don’t agree to tearing down the small building because______________.
A. it would cause many people to lose their jobs
B. it would carry away many of their good memories
C. it would make the city lose a lot of travelers
D. it would mean the decline of McDonald’s
33. It can be inferred from the passage that ______________.
A. McDonald’s real reason for wanting to close down the restaurant is money
B. The McDonald brothers were not as successful and influential as Ray Kroc
C. McDonald’s is suspected of trying to remove the McDonald brothers from history
D. McDonald’s has abandoned the plan of tearing down the building
34. Which of the following words best describes the building now?
A. lonely B. shabby C. beautiful D. nostalgic
35. This passage is mainly about ______________.
A. the long history of the first McDonald’s
B. the uncertain fate of the first McDonald’s
C. the lasting battle between McDonald’s and Downey
D. the great value of McDonald’s in American culture
Passage Two
What's the best way to protect, a tender, green seedling from the hungry stomach of deer? Give the seedling bad breath!
The same chemical that gives people bad breath after they have eaten garlic can save small trees from being eaten by animals.
A kind of chemical selenium (硒), which is also found in garlic, is planted in the soil near a young tree. The tree's roots absorb the selenium, which is then carried to the leaves,
From there the selenium is used to form a chemical called dimethy selenide (乙烷硒化物)---the same chemical made in the human mouth after eating garlic. As deer wander around looking for food, they smell the seedlings' leaves and leave the plants alone.
The selenium is important. Why? Because each year deer eat millions of dollars' worth of trees farm seedlings.
So far, selenium has been tested only on Douglas fir (枞树) seedlings, but researchers think they could protect fruit trees and garden plants, too.
36. When people eat garlic, ______.
A. they send out a horrible smell
B. they are out of breath
C. they will feel sick
D. it is hard for them to. breathe
37. According to this passage the bad smell given off from those leaves is that of ______.
A. selenium B. dimethy selenide
C. deer D. a young tree
38. The deer don't touch those young trees because ______.
A the young trees absorb garlic
B. the roots of the young trees smell like garlic
C. the young tree aren't fit for the deer to eat
D. the leaves of the young trees smell like garlic
39. Up till the time the news was announced, this kind of chemical was used ______.
A. all over the world
B. all over the United States
C. on fruit trees and garden trees
D. on Douglas fir young trees
40. The best title of this passage is ______.
A. Hungry Deer and Young Trees
B. Why Don't Deer Eat young Fruit Trees
C. Plants Saved by "Bad Breath"
D. How to Protect Young Trees
Passage Three
One of the greatest problems for those settlers in Nebraska in the last quarter of the previous century was fuel. Little of the state was forested when the first settlers arrived and it is probable that by 1880, only about one-third of the originally forested area remained, down to the mere 1 percent of the state's 77,000 square miles. With wood and coal out of the question, and with fuel needed year-round for cooking, and during the harsh winter months for heating, some solution had to be found.
Somewhat improbably, the buffalo provided the answer. Buffalo chips (干粪块)were found to burn evenly, hotly, and cleanly, with little smoke and interestingly, no door. Soon, collecting them became a way of life for the settlers' children who would pick them up on their way to and from school, or take part in competitions designed to counteract their natural reluctance. Even a young man, seeking to impress the girl he wanted to marry, would arrive with a large bags of chips rather than with a box of candy or a bunch of flowers.
41. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The solution to the Nebraska settlers' fuel problem.
B. Life in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.
C. The importance of the American buffalo.
D. Deforestation in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century.
42. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Nebraska was not a densely-forested state even before the settlers arrived.
B. The children enjoyed collecting the buffalo chips.
C. The children spent a lot of time collecting the chips.
D. Buffalo chips were satisfactory as a fuel.
43. The passage implies that buffalo chips were needed ______.
A. in greater amounts in summer
B. in greater amounts in winter
C. only in summer
D. only in winter
44. Which of the following does the author not express surprise at?
A. The children needed competition to them.
B. The buffalo chips gave off no smell.
C. Buffalo chips were the answer to the settlers' fuel problem.
D. Young men took bags of buffalo chips to their girl friends.
45. What's the best title of the passage?
A. Early Settlers
B. One Use of Buffalo Chips
C. Nebraska's Problem.
D. How Young Men Express Their Love for Girls.

Passage Four
One of the most authoritative voices speaking to us today is, of course, the voice of the advertisers. It shouts at us from the television screen and the radio loudspeakers; waves to us from every page of the newspaper; signals to us from the roadside bill-boards all day and flashes messages to us in colored lights all night.
Advertising has been among England’s biggest growth industries since the war Perhaps the reason is that advertising saves the manufacturers from having to think about the customer. At the stage of designing and developing a product, there is quite enough to think about without worrying over whether anybody will want to buy it. The designer is busy enough without adding customer-appeal to all his other problems of man hours and machine tolerances and stress factors. So they just go ahead and make the thing and leave it to the advertiser to find eleven ways of making it appeal to purchasers after they have finished it, by pretending that it confers status, or attracts love, or signifies manliness.
Other manufacturers find advertising saves them from changing their product. And manufacturers hate change. The ideal product is one which goes on unchanged for ever. If, therefore, for one reason or another, some alteration seems called for -- how much better to change the image, the packet or the pitch made by the product, rather than go to all the inconvenience of changing the product itself.
46. The author appears ______ modern advertising.
A. to like
B. to be indifferent to
C. to dislike
D. to know how to deal with
47. According to the passage, advertising saves the manufacturers from ______.
A. thinking about the customer
B. changing their products
C. improving their products
D. both A and B
48. It is stated in the passage that _____ are responsible for giving a product customer-appeal.
A. customers