大学英语精读05-06(04)期中试卷讲课讲稿

大学英语精读05-06(04)期中试卷

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2005 /2006学年第_1_学期 期中考试A 卷

课程名称： 基础英语精读 考试时间：100分钟

命题人 赵小云 05 年 10 月 1 日

审批人 年 月 日

使用班级： 00411P, 00412P, 30433S, 30434S 考试成绩： 。

Part ⅠFill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the following box. Change

the form where necessary.

（8 minutes ）

1. She was _______________ her opponents throughout the race, but only overtook them at the very end.

2. The car knocked him ______________ and he fell down on the ground.

3. Severe vitamin and mineral deficiencies can lead to mental ______________.

4. The two countries continued to have difficulties reaching a ______________ on a

solution to the problem of acid rain.

5. Dell sells its products directly to customers through the Internet and mail order

______________ rather than through retail outlets.

6. Industrial plants processed the ______________ material into finished products

for export and for domestic consumption.

7. The precise number of ______________ in yesterday ’s bomb explosion is not known.

8. In the 1970s we had a ______________ diet of rice and vegetables.

9. The research has confirmed that tobacco smoke presents a ______________ to health. 10. Under heat the metal undergoes considerable ______________. 11. The division commander ______________ that the pathfinders might get lost because of poor visibility. 12. At the beginning of the race, the runners were ______________ together on the

track, but later some of them got ahead and left the others behind. 13. The budget speech contains a general review of economic conditions and

______________ the fiscal policies that the government advocates.

14. The Smiths have always wanted their children to become warm-hearted human beings

who reach out ______________ to those in need.

15. The snake______________ tightly around the deer until it was dead and began to

devour it.

Part Ⅱ Complete the following, using the words or phrases in brackets. Make

additions or changes where necessary.

(2 minutes)

16. In the ______________ clean up the river before ______________set for this

important municipal project, the project manager has tried every possible means to ______________ the best engineering for the work. (go, endeavor, deadline) 17. John was born ______________. Even after repeated ______________, he still walks

with a tilt. (surgery, cripple)

Part Ⅲ Choose the best answer for each of the following: (10 minutes) 18. Please wait outside for a moment; the manager is______________ the phone.

A. at

B. to

C. on

D. in

19. UN peacekeeping forces are expected to take______________ positions along the

Afghanistan border.

A. for

B. up

C. to

D. in

20.The journalist David Rorvik wrote a true story of a billionaire’s quest to

produce a son identical ______________ himself.

A. with

B. for

C. to

D. as

21.We are utterly opposed ______________ any form of terrorism.

A. in

B. at

C. to

D. with

22.The president refused to comment ______________ the issue of gun violence on

campus.

A. on

B. at

C. to

D. in

23.John saved Mike ______________ the cost of his own life.

A. with

B. for

C. at

D. through

24.Our plan are still ______________ the air.

A. during

B. at

C. on

D. in

25.The manager alerted the students ______________ the crisis facing the company.

A. during

B. at

C. of

D. to

26.He read the paper several times but he still ______________ some printer’s

errors.

A. ignored

B. overlooked

C. noticed

D. outlined

27.When the airplane takes off, the passengers are told to ______________ their

seat belts.

A. fasten

B. fountain

C. fix

D. tight

28.The manager suddenly fell ill, and I’ve had to take ______________.

A. over

B. place

C. in

D. up

29.Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts

paid______________.

A. for

B. by

C. to

D. off

30.The key ______________ tomorrow’s “smart cars” will be sensors.

A. in

B. for

C. at

D. to

31.The transportation system will thus gain substantial benefits

______________the revolution in information technology.

A. at

B. from

C. of

D. to

32.It made ______________ to me, typing in a hospital.

A. of

B. from

C. sense

D.

up

33.If those cells think you are different ______________ them, they will attack.

A. from

B. to

C. as

D. with

34.This blood test will show whether or not you’re immune ______________the disease.

A. with

B. about

C. in

D. to

35.I certainly don’t subscribe ______________ the view that whatever technology

permits us to do we ought to do.

A. in

B. of

C. at

D. to

36.The man gave ______________ and offered Porter a section of the city that no

salesman wanted.

A. up

B. out

C. off

D. in

37.Jack ______________ a twisted knee and couldn’t play in the final game.

A. laid up with

B. was laid up with

C. laid off

D. was laid off

Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension: (35 minutes)

The stone Age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million B. C. and lasted until 3000 B. C. Its name was derived from the stone tools and weapons that modern scientist found. This period was divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages. During the first period, (2

million to 8000 B. C. ) the fist hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were developed. As a

result of the Ice Age, which evolved about 1 million years into the Paleolithic Age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing, and develop new tools.

During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B. C. ) people made crude pottery and the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed a bow and arrow, which was used until the fourteenth century A. D..

The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B. C.) saw humankind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, established permanent settlements, and creating governments.

38. How many periods was the Stone Age divided into?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

39. Which of the following was developed earliest?

A. the fish hook.

B. the fist hatchet

C. the bow and arrow

D. pottery

40. Which of the following developments is not related to the conditions of the Ice Age?

A. farming

B. clothing

C. living indoors

D. using fire

41. Which period lasted longest?

A. Paleolithic

B. Ice Age

C. Mesolithic

D. Neolithic

42. Which of the following periods saw people develop a more communal form of living?

A. Paleolithic

B. Ice Age

C. Mesolithic

D. Neolithic

Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambition to control all the area around the Mediterranean Sea led him and his French soldiers to Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of stele (stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone. This famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B. C.. was written in three languages: hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic ( a short-hand version of hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientist discovered that the characters, unlike those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as well.

Twenty-three years after discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French Philologist, fluent in several languages, was able to decipher the first word-Ptolemy-name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a “cartouche”. Further investigation revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period. Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of known phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young, worked independently of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words.

43. How many years elapsed between the date of the oldest hieroglyphics deciphered by means of the Rosetta stone and the stone’s discovery?

A. 1,301

B. 1,799

C. 3,100

D. 4,899

44. Which of the following languages was not written on the Rosetta stone?

A. French

B. demotic

C. Greek

D. hieroglyphics

45. Which of the following statements is not true?

A.Cartouches contained names of prominent people of the period.

B.Champollion and Young worked together in an attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics.

C.One of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered the Rosetta stone.

D.Thomas Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols.

46. When was the first word from the Rosetta stone deciphered?

A. 3100

B.

C. B. 1766

C. 1799

D. 1822

47. What was the first word that was deciphered from the Rosetta stone?

A. cartouche

B. Ptolemy

C. Demotic

D. Champollion

At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. “Get out of the classroom into a job,” it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “You’re lucky, Ron,” he said. “For every boy with a job these days, there’s a dozen without.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.

For a year he spent his days filling shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.

One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart and a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a café run by an elderly man and his wife. Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the rest of the summer, at twenty

pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. At quiet times Ron had to check the old man’s

arithmetic in the records of the business.

At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of seventeen to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in hotel for three weeks. Later in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books.

48. Why did Ron Mackie leave school at sixteen?

A.His father made him leave.

B.He had reached the age when he had to leave.

C.He left because he was worried about the future.

D.He left because he wanted to start work.

49. What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?

A.He thought his son was doing the right thing.

B.He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.

C.He did not like the idea, but he helped Ron to find work.

D.He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.

50. It took about a year for Ron to realize that

A.he worked well because he was interested in the job.

B.his work at the supermarket was dull.

C.being at work was much better than going to school.

D.the store manager wanted to get rid of him.

51. Why did Ron leave the supermarket?

A.He knew he would find work in Bournemouth.

B.He took a job as a lorry driver.

C.He gave up the job because he felt unwell.

D.He wanted to work at the seaside.

52. Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because

A.he got on well with the manager there.

B.he knew how to keep the accounts of the business.

C.he had had experience of selling books.

D.he was young and strong.

The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economist. It had been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average income than could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more scope for specialization and the development

of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them.

One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials. In the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be the first concern of government to place a limit on the birthrate, whatever the consequences may be. In a highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. A decreasing birthrate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened. Faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or in decline.

53. A small population may mean ______________.

A.higher productivity, but a lower average income

B.lower productivity, but a higher average income

C.lower productivity and a lower average income

D.higher productivity and a higher average income

54. According to the passage, a large population will provide a chance for developing _______.

A. agriculture

B. transport system

C. industry

D. national economy

55. In a developed country, people will perhaps go out of work if the birthrate

______________.

A. goes up

B. goes down

C. remains stable

D. is out of control

56. According to passage, slowly rising birthrate perhaps is good for ______________.

A. a developing nation

B. a developed nation

C. every nation with a big population

D. every nation with a small population

57. It is no easy job to carry out a general plan for birth control throughout the world because

______________.

A.there are too may underdeveloped countries in the world

B.underdeveloped countries have low level of industrial development

C.different governments have different views of the question

D.even developed countries may have complex problems

Part Ⅴ Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given below: (5 minutes)

58.常言道，好的开端是成功的一半。在求职时，求职者事先做好充分的准备是非常重要

的。我认为，事先作不做准备常常会影响求职者的成功机会。

Part Ⅵ Translate the following sentences into Chinese: (10 minutes)

59. What he didn’t count on was his eldest son breaking blue-collar rule No. 1:

Make as much money as you can, to pay for as good a life as you can get.

60. The vehicle’s onboard computers are better suited to handling decisions about

exactly when and where to change lanes to avoid interference with other vehicles.

Part ⅦWriting

(30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are given the first sentence of each paragraph and are required to develop its idea in completing the paragraph. Write no less than 120 words, not including the words

given. Be sure to write clearly .

Learning

1.There was just so much to learn about when we were children.

2.As young adults, we must keep learning may new things.

3.Even when we reach old age learning remains important to us.