大学英语一级

大学英语一级测试题

College English （Band One）

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Part I Listening Comprehension (20%)

Section A (10%)

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. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the 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 centre.

1. A) Britain.

B) Japan.

C) China.

D) America.

2. A) 6.

B) 13.

C) 14.

D) 16.

3. A) 2.

B) 3.

C) 4.

D) 5.

4. A) She likes it.

B) It's too hot.

C) It's too cold.

D) She dislikes it.

5. A) $13.

B) $39.

C) $20.

D) $21.

6. A) The woman has no dictionary.

B) The woman is using her dictionary.

C) The man can get one from her desk.

D) The man can't use her dictionary.

7. A) 7:30.

B) 7:20.

C) 6:45.

D) 7:00.

8. A) In his bag.

B) In his office.

C) He has no radio.

D) At his home.

9. A) At the bank.

B) In the shop.

C) At the post office.

D) At the railway station.

10. A) Drink.

B) Meal.

C) Weather.

D) Fruit.

Section B Compound Dictation (10%)

Directions: In this section you will hear a passage of about 90 words three times. The passage is printed on your Answer Sheet with about 30 words missing. First, you will hear the whole passage from the beginning to the end just to get a general idea of it. Then, in the second reading, you will hear a signal indicating the beginning of a pause after each sentence, sometimes two sentences or just part of a sentence. During the pause, you must write down the missing words you have just heard in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. There is also a different signal indicating the end of the pause. When you hear this signal, you must get ready for what comes next from the recording. Y ou can check what you have written when the passage is read to you once again without the pauses.

If you are in a hurry and you want to (1) there is no better place than a (2) restaurant. Y ou (3) the restaurant, pick up a tray, knife, fork, and spoon and queue (4) where the food is on display. Y ou pick out (5) and put it on your tray, which you have to (6) a special rack till you reach the cashier.

The cashier will (7) . After paying, you take your tray to any table you like. Y ou can (8) or with another customer. Y ou can have a good meal (9) . And - as there is no waiter you don't (10) .

Part II Reading Passages (40%)

Section A Fast Reading (Reading Time: 8 1/2 minutes) (10%)

Marriage and Romance

If you are asked, “Why do people marry?” you may answer in anger or surprise. The question seems silly because it is only too natural for people to get married. Divorc e, that is, when people end their marriage, on the other hand, is something that should be given serious attention. Y et marriage goes before it as a rule.

Why do people marry? People divorce often, as can be seen by the rising divorce rate in the U.S. and elsewhere. But they remarry soon enough after they divorce. Now many of them divorce at a much a younger age than before. It is also found that the young have a big share of divorce.

But what many sociologists find difficult to understand is that they seem to be more eager to rush into marriage than get out of it.

In the old days there was every reason to marry young—especially among the working class. In Chinese communities, unmarried men and women seemed to be disadvantaged in many ways. Women were in a more difficult position than men since in earlier times, girls were not allowed to be educated. They also did not enjoy social freedom. In the past, women who were not “married off” before they turned 30 were considered to be a problem or a worry for the family. They might have to remain with their families as they could not find jobs, and thus were unable to support themselves. For men, they often led an unpleasant or uncomfortable life as they did not have a wife to do the sewing, cooking, cleaning and taking care of the husband and children. In those days, the family was the cornerstone of society. Both sexes needed marriage for more than now.

Is marriage something that people cannot do without? It could be a convenience which people seek. For this reason we find people marrying more than ever and earlier. But is it just convenience that people are after? Why do we find people marrying more than ever and earlier? Why are the young falling so much in love? Why do they show so much attention to each other before marriage? Has the desire for love become so important that people have to marry earlier?

Many sociologists believe that the material conveniences that are provided by modern appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines reduce the usefulness of marriage. But such conveniences have also weakened the bonds of family life. Though we seem to be meeting more people, our relationships are few. We are close to crowds but we feel more alone than before. One feels lonely in the midst of crowds. It is just like being at a party where, when left alone, one would feel some sort of emptiness. All of a sudden, one is living in a world one does not understand. Thus one feels the need for somebody that one can be close to! Then one can share body and soul.

So this is the promise of marriage. Movies, songs, romance and TV all show a “normal”person must love and therefore marry. As it is, love and marriage are closely connected with each other. The desire for love makes people eager to get married.

In the family, children are told that “Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage.”. They feel that it is only too natural to get married. But alas, nothing could be less so. Love has delighted and worried us. In real life, love and marriage may not go together. Love can be described as a restless horse which would run away, refusing to be put under control. In the end it overturns the carriage. When love runs away the result is a failed marriage. But did it ever occur to us that we can and should keep the horse under control? Once we are in charge of love, it can be with us for the rest of our lives.

11. In the old days, it was found that .

A) people tended to get married at an early age

B) unmarried people were often better educated

C) working class people enjoyed family life more

D) women were more anxious to get into marriage

12. Chinese women who remained unmarried over 30 in the old days .

A) became a problem for their families

B) lived an unpleasant and uncomfortable life

C) could enjoy more social freedom

D) had to do some sewing and cooking for a living

13. The material conveniences in modern society are said to .

A) weaken the relationships between family members

B) make people feel more lonely in a crowd

C) make people think it’s more useful to get married

D) make family life more convenient but less interesting

14. According to the passage, what people are now seeking for in marriages is .

A) mutual understanding

B) material conveniences

C) the sharing of body and soul

D) a companion to kill one’s loneliness

15. When people refer to love and marriage as the relationship between horse and carriage, they mean that .

A) marriage and divorces are natural

B) love and marriage go together

C) we have to put love under control before marriage

D) when marriage runs away like a horse, love fails

Section B Careful Reading (30%)

Directions: There are 3 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Y ou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

No one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and four thousand years ago. In time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, may have passed on the secret to the Arabs and the Persians. The Persians called their dish sharbat, from which our word sherbet comes.

Marco Polo, and Italian who traveled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became popular, first in V enice and then throughout Italy.

In 1533, when Catherine de Medicis left Italy to marry the future King Henry II of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before. Among them was “ice cream”. For each day of the wedding festivities Catherine’s cooks prepared a different flavor of her favorite dessert—“ice cream”.

At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had the money to buy it. Then, in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Procopio’s “ice cream parlor”became so popular that other shops were opened.

About 1640, King Charles I introduced ice cream to England. He had heard it was the rage in Italy and France. He served ice cream for dessert at a banquet. The surprise dish was a great success. The king ordered his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a secret. Charles felt that only royalty should serve the dessert. But the secret soon leaked out. Ice cream quickly became the rage in England too.

16. This passage is mainly about .

A) Marco Polo’s travel

B) one of Chinese inventions

C) Catherine’s marriage

D) the history of ice cream

17. Marco Polo’s remark shows that he traveled in .

A) China

B) India

C) Persia

D) Italy

18. Ice cream was unknown in France until .

A) 1533

B) 1660

C) 1640

D) 1774

19. Ice cream was introduced to England by .

A) Catherine de Medicis

B) Francisco Procopio

C) Charles I

D) Marco Polo

20. What will be probably discussed in the paragraphs following this passage ?

A) Marco Polo’s travel in the world.

B) Development of ice cream in France.

C) Development of ice cream in England.

D) Development of ice cream in America or other countries.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

No one knows why we sleep, but it is certain that we need to. People who are prevented from sleeping begin to suffer obvious effect after a few days—they think less clearly, and they fall asleep during the working hours. Some may begin to imagine things.

There are no rules about sleep. Generally speaking, grown-ups sleep about seven and a half hours each night and probably more than 60 percent get between seven and eight hours. But perhaps eight percent are quite happy with 5 hours or less, and four percent or so find they want ten hours or more. If you feel all right, you are probably getting enough sleep. The important thing is not to worry how much others people get—their needs may be different. Exercise does not seem to increase the need for sleep; office workers, for example, sleep for about as long as people doing physically active work.

Children sleep more than grown-ups—perhaps fourteen to eighteen hours soon after birth, going down to grown-up levels by early teen-age. Sleep patterns also tend to be different in the elderly, who may sleep less at night than they did when younger. They find sleep getting more broken, and often make it a rule to sleep during the daytime.

21. According to the passage, some people are unable to think clearly because _ .

A) they have imagination

B) they feel sleep during the working hours

C) they do not have enough sleep

D) they are certain to be kept from going to bed

22. Which of the following is TRUE?

A) All grown-ups must have at least eight-hour sleep.

B) Most of the grown-ups sleep for seven or eight hours.

C) Quite a few people need only five hours or less for them to sleep.

D) No grown-ups sleep more than ten hours.

23. Whether you have got enough sleep is judged by .

A) how many hours you have slept.

B) how many hours you need to sleep.

C) whether you did exercise and physical work.

D) whether you feel fresh and energetic.

24. According to the passage, a boy of fourteen years old sleeps .

A) as many hours as a grown-up

B) much more hours than a grown-up

C) for fourteen hours each night

D) for less than eight hours per night

25. Which of the following is TRUE when the elderly find sleep getting more broken?

A) They usually sleep during the daytime.

B) They just ignore it.

C) They talk about it to their friends.

D) They are always complaining about it.

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

A moment’s drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the “needle”—a shot of novocaine —that deadens the nerves around the tooth.

Now it’s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves—and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves—we wouldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain.

But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.

The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says, “This will hurt a little,” it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.

26. The purpose of this passage is mainly to tell us _ _.

A)that pain is good for us

B)to stop talking the “needle” at the dentist’s

C) how to handle pain

D) how to avoid torture

27. The result of pain is to __ .

A) let us know what’s going on

B) make us open to torture

C) make us pay for our sensitivity

D) help us get more sensations

28. The most important thing in handling pain is to __ .

A) do what the Indian fakirs do

B) welcome it

C) know about it in advance

D) treat it as an interesting sensation

29. The word “withstanding” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by_ .

A) having

B) handling

C) accepting

D) sensing

30. The sentence “we pay for our sensitivity” in paragraph 2 most probably means __.

A) we suffer because of being sensitive

B) our sensitivity costs us a great deal

C) we have to pay the dentist for his making us sensitive to pain

D) we are lucky to have developed our senses

Part III Vocabulary and Structure （15%）

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 with a single line

through the center.

31. At first, the professor said something about the problem of pollution in big cities but halfway

in his speech, he suddenly __________ to another subject.

A) switched C) transmitted

B) challenged D) transformed

32. Everything at the party __________ careful planning.

A) knew of C) heard of

B) thought of D) spoke of

33. No one can function properly if they are _________ adequate sleep.

A) done away with C) deprived of

B) deprived D) idled away

34. The newcomers found it impossible to __________ themselves to the climate sufficiently to

make permanent homes in the new country.

A) suit C) regulate

B) adapt D) coordinate

35. We feel it our duty to remind you that you should do your utmost to meet the _________ for

payment.

A) schedule C) curiosity

B) assignment D) deadline

36. I could not persuade him to accept it，_______ make him see the importance of it.

A) no more than I could C) if only I could not

B) nor could I D) or I could not

37. I ran _______ an old friend of mine in the library.

A) down C) through

B) into D) over

38. The great value of school educati on lies not _________ in teaching you what you don’t know

as in teaching you the way of learning.

A) the same as C) so much

B) so many D) as

39. High IQ students are usually those who are very good at making use of their time to the fullest

_________.

A) level C) expand

B) expense D) extent

40. By the end of last month, our factory _________ 30,000 motors.

A) produced C) was producing

B) was produced D) had produced

41. John was late this morning. He must _______ too much time watching TV last night.

A) have spent C) have taken

B) spend D) take

42. He accepted his doctor’s advice and _________ smoking two years ago.

A) gave off C) gave in

B) gave away D) gave up

43. Y our advice that she ________ till next week is reasonable.

A) will wait C) waits

B) is going to waiting D) wait

44. Problems like this _________ every day in our university.

A) arise C) rise

B) arouse D) raise

45. I took _________ of the opportunity to tell him that I should be given a rise in pay.

A) benefit C) advantage

B) profit D) care

46. The reporter claimed that the information came from a ________ source.

A) sure C) believable

B) confident D) reliable

47. Tired _________ she was, I had to disturb her.

A) so C) as

B) although D) while

48. ________ repaired, the walkman worked very well.

A) Have C) Having been

B) Having D) Have been

49. It is absolutely necessary that he _______ in hospital for another week.

A) will stay C) stay

B) stays D) would stay

50. ________ he graduated from the university did he begin to think of his future.

A) Until C) Until not

B) Not until D) When

51. The scientist_________ the discovery as the most exciting development in this field.

A) referred in C) referred as

B) referred of D) referred to

52. It is necessary to _________ systems that have been out of date.

A) do with C) do away with

B) do for D) do

53. Although she is an amateur (业余的) singer, she can sing as well as a _________trained one.

A) occasionally C) professionally

B) painfully D) plentifully

54. Bill did not hear the telephone because he was completely _________ in his reading.

A) buttoned C) attached

B) tricked D) absorbed

55. The more she thought about it, ________.

A) the more she became excited C) the more excited did she become

B) the more excited she became D) she became more excited

56. Being a manager, he is keen to _________ relations with those companies that have good

reputation.

A) inform C) cultivate

B) complete D) account

57. I wish the speaker would ____________ himself to the subject.

A) confine C) conclude

B) confirm D) connect

58. She decided to _________ her studies after obtaining her first degree.

A) purchase C) persuade

B) pursue D) perform

59. This building doesn’t _________ safety regulations; it is dangerous for people to live in.

A) compare to C) consider as

B) consist of D) conform to

60. It is said that girls, in general, ________ to be better in language learning than boys.

A) tend C) change

B) suppose D) turn

Part ⅣFill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. (答案写在答题纸上.) （10%）

1.I don’t think we can solve the problem this way. We should try a different _____________.

2.I agree with you that men and women should be equally_______________ for bringing up

children.

3.Although he made a great deal of money, he could never ____________ his feelings of

worthlessness.

4.To ______________ his dream of becoming a professional athlete, Tom kept training for three

years.

5.No one else can tell you what is best for you because every ____________ is different.

6.When questioned, the children ____________ that their homework remained untouched, as

they had idled away their time doing nothing.

7.These young people were so ____________ about things in the U.S. that they thought blacks

and whites had always had equal educational opportunities there.

8.Technical schools prepare their students for the ____________ of practical skills they learned

in class to their work.

9.Have you ever heard that single women tend to live longer than married women,

_____________ married men tend to live longer than single men?

10.Her written English was first-class, and she had a(n) ___________vocabulary for a

sophomore.

Part V Translation

Directions: Translate the following five sentences into English. (答案写在答题纸上.) （15%）

1.在坚强意志的推动下，汤姆终于完成了他承担的任务。

2.我们准备在一些枝节问题上对他们作些让步，但决不在重大的原则问题上与他们妥协。

3.问题在于人们如何看待那些专心追求知识的学生。

4.他获奖并非偶然；它的成功来自艰苦的训练。

5.医生们不能肯定他患了什么病，这就是他已决定提前退休的原因。