大一第二学期英语期末试卷

大一第二学期英语期末

试卷

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《大学英语III》考试试卷（A）

（此卷适用于2007级本科学生，不包括音体美）

命题教师：集体命题

Part I Listening Comprehension (共20分，每题1分)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short

conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will

be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the

question will be spoken only once. Listen carefully and choose

the best answer to each question you hear.

1. A) Once a week. B) Twice a week.

C) Three times a week. D) Four times a

2. A) He left his notes at home.

B) He doesn’t know where his notes are.

C) He doesn’t want to lend his notes to the woman.

D) He agrees to lend her his notes.

3. A) He will go in spite of the cold weather.

B) He won’t go since he is not feeling well.

C) He will go when he feels better.

D) He won’t go as he hasn’t finished his work.

4. A) Check the timetable. B) Go to the railway station earlier.

C) Travel on a later train. D) Cancel the trip earlier.

5. A) In New York. B) In Boston.

C) In Newport. D) In Washington.

6. A) A clerk at the airport information desk.

B) A clerk at the railway station information desk.

C) A policeman.

D) A taxi-driver.

7. A) A guest and a receptionist.

B) A passenger and an air hostess.

C) A customer and a shop assistant.

D) A guest and a waitress.

8. A) He’s better.B) He’s feeling worse.

C) He’s sick in bed.D) He has recovered.

9. A) The ma n didn’t want the woman to have her hair cut.

B) The woman followed the man’s advice.

C) The woman is wearing long hair now.

D) The man didn’t care if the woman had her hair cut or not. He will return from Paris in two weeks.

B) He is studying French in Paris.

C) He is having a vacation in Paris.

D) He is planning to go back to Paris in a year.

Section B Passages

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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Washing plates. B) Clearing tables.

C) Shining shoes. D)

Sweeping the floor.

He must work six days a week.

B) He should never be late for work.

C) He must study hard in his spare time.

D) He should not bring his friends to the restaurant.

To pay him for his work.

B) To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.

C) To give his friends free drinks.

D) To allow him to have more free time.

Because the boy was not a full-time worker.

B) Because the boy had made some mistakes.

C) Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his

requirements.

D) Because he thought it was his son who should pay him.

Passage Two

Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Watching traditional plays.

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B) Visiting the magnificent libraries.

C) Boating on the river.

D) Cycling in narrow streets.

There are many visitors there.

B) There are many students there.

C) There are many old streets there.

D) There are many bicycles there.

He thinks the city is too crowded.

B) He likes the place very much.

C) He thinks the streets are too narrow.

D) He admires the comfortable life of the students there. Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. He was good at writing about interesting people.

B) It was much easier to write stories about people.

C) He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people.

D) He thought people played an important role in world events.

Action. B) World News. C) Enterprise. D) Faces and places.

He is a sportsman.

B) He is an actor.

C) He is a photographer.

D) He is a publisher.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (共10分，每题分)

Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

21. A __ is a threat to some big cities.

A) hunger B) starve C) famine

D) fame

22. Mark often attempts to escape ____whenever he breaks

traffic regulations.

A) having been fined B) to be fined

C) to have been fined D) being fined

23. I would never have _____ a court of law if I hadn’t been

so desperate.

A) sought for B) accounted for

C) turned up D) resorted to

24. We must not touch this switch under any___ .

A) situation B) giant C) circumstances

D) civilization

25. They incorporated her suggestions ____ their plans.

A) to B) into C) at D) for

26. These excursions will give you an even deeper ____ into our language and culture.

A) inquiry B) investigation C) input

D) insight

27. We must learn to see things in their right____ and avoid making mistakes.

A) prospective B) prosperity C) perspective D) permissive

28. They ___the dam with sandbags when the flood came.

A) enlarged B) multiplied C) increased D) reinforced

29. Writing is a slow process, requiring ______ thought, time, and effort.

A) significant B) considerable C) enormous D) numerous

30. The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though

they had three children of their own.

A) adapt B) bring C) receive D) adopt

is a little bit difficult for the old couple to _______ on such a small pension.

A) take off B) get off C) take by D) get by

32. Teachers will not _______ cheating on exam.

A) literate B) considerate C) decorate D) tolerate

33. The little girl is _______ a pretty young woman.

A) growing out B) growing into C) growing up D) growing from

34. Slavery was not finally _______ in the British Empire until 1833.

A) advanced B) addicted C) abolished D) appreciated

35. My neighbor was arrested this morning because the police

_______ him of carrying out two bomb attacks.

A) doubted B) suspicious C) suspected D) was doubt

36. After four _______ election defeats, the Labor Party once again faces the painful task of reconstruction.

A) successive B) successful C) succeeding D) succeeded

37. The teacher tries to _______ on his students the necessity of being honest.

A) express B) expression C) impressive D) impress

38. His bad English is a _______ to his getting a job.

A) club B) pub C) barn D) bar

39. These flowers were _______ for you but my mother thought they were for her,

A) intentional B)intended C)intent D) intending

40. Doctors are required to keep patients’ records completely _______.

A) confidence B)confidential C) confident D) confidently

Part III Reading Comprehension (共30分，每题2分) Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage

is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D) You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Cathy and Wayne are in their late 20’s, have been married five years, and are childless. The last time a member of Cathy’s family asked, “When are you going to start a family” her answer w as, “We’re a family!”

Cathy and Wayne belong to a growing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled. What lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society

Perhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not.

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“It’s a life-style choice,” Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity (自发性), privacy (清静) and leisure. It’s also a question of where you want to give your efforts within your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods (红杉) or line up to get their oxygen ration (氧气量). There are men who complain about being caught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but can’t make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we’r e concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.”

41. What does the member of Cathy’s family mean b y saying

“When are you going to start a family”

A) When are you going to have children

B) When are you going to get married

C) When are you going to buy a house

D) When are you going to move to a new house

42. The number of childless young couples _____.

A) is decreasing B) is increasing

C) has more than doubled D) remains unchanged

43. “To fly in the face of” in the second paragraph means

_____.

A) to run into B) to come across C) to follow D)

to go against

44. Which of the following statements is true of the Pecks

A) They propose that young couples have no children.

B) They urge that family planning be made obligatory.

C) They think that no pressure should be put on young couples

who do not want children.

D) They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse

if young couples are not pressured into parenthood.

45. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of

overpopulation mentioned in this passage

A) Traffic jam.

B) The using up of precious natural resources.

C) The lowering of the quality of life.

D) War.

Passage Two

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

Psychologists now believe that noise has a considerable effect on People's attitudes and behavior. Experiments have proved that in noisy situations (even temporary ones), people may act more irritably and less cooperatively; in more permanent noisy situations, many people cannot work hard, and they suffer from severe anxiety as well as other psychological problems. However, psychologists distinguish between "sound" and "noise". "Sound" is measured physically in decibels. "Noise" cannot be measured in the same way because it refers to the psychological effect of sound and its level of "intensity" depends on the situation. Thus, for passengers at an airport who expect to hear airplanes taking off and landing, there may be a lot of sound, but not much noise (that is, they are not bothered by the noise). By contrast, if you are at a concert and two people behind you are whispering, you feel they are talking noisily even if there is not much sound. You notice the noise because it affects you psychologically. Both sound and noise can have negative effects, but what is most important is if the person has control over the sound. People walking down the street with earphones, listening to music that they enjoy,

are receiving a lot of decibels of sound, but they are probably happy hearing sounds which they control. On the other hand, people in the street without earphones must tolerate a lot of noise which they have no control over. It is noise pollution that we need to control in order to help people live more happily.

46. According to the passage, people _____.

A) can not work better in a noisy situation

B) will suffer from complete deafness because of noise

pollution

C) can be psychologically affected by working in very noise factories

D) may cooperate well in a noisy surrounding

47."Sound”, as defined by the psychologist, _____.

A) can be measured in the same way that "noise" is measured

B) may be extremely harmful to health

C) is not at all different from "noise"

D) can be measured by machines

48. People waiting at an airport _____.

A) enjoy hearing airplanes taking off and landing B) are usually not troubled by the noise C) can easily tell sound from noise

D) are often physically affected by the noise 49. People enjoy listening to music,_____.

A) though they are receiving a lot of decibels of sound in fact B) because it does not have any negative effect

C) because they do not have to tolerate the noise around them D) even though it is sometimes unpleasant hearing strange sounds

50. We can conclude from the passage that we need to control noise pollution if _____.

A) we want to stay both psychologically and physically healthy B) we don't want to be physically dent C) we want to cooperate well

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D) we don't want to be anxious

Passage Three

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

Representatives of Callahan Media Associates (CMA) announced today that the news agency would attempt to buy the National Broadcasting System (NBS), the second largest television and radio network in the United States. Ronald Callahan, son of Jessica Callahan, who started CMA, told reporters that he expects his company's offering price to be high enough to win out over other offers. He indicated that NBS executives had already discussed reorganization plans that might result from a CMA takeover.

A native of the United Kingdom, Jessica Callahan began to buy newspapers, magazines, and radio stations in the United States eight years ago, and CMA now owns or controls more than fifteen news organizations here. Before she became a leader in media in this country, she had established her

family-owned company as one of the most important forces in British TV and newspapers. Callahan started her news career more than twenty-five years ago, and she had worked as a reporter on three different papers when she took the job of editor of England's Birmingham Herald (伯明汉先驱报), a

newspaper that had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Her success in raising the news reporting standards as well as making the Herald into a profitable business gained Callahan the attention and respect of the British news establishment. By the time she was 35, she had become a publisher and started CMA, which is now one of the largest media organizations in the world.

Callahan had never visited the United States before she came to Miami and became the publisher of the Miami Journal almost eight years ago, but she had been reading the newspaper for several years, and she said that she liked the paper's style. After she had owned the Journal for just over a year, she bought a small radio station in Georgia, and in the next five years she went on to acquire news organizations in several different parts of the country.

If CMA becomes the owner of NBS, for the first time

it will have control over a nationwide TV network. In an interview last week, Philip Rosen, the president of NBS, said that he was not very happy about the purchase. He agreed that Callahan and CMA had done a lot to help American newspapers become more financially secure, but he expressed fears that the new management was going to make news coverage on NBS