北航05-06学年第一学期英语期末试题与答案(B)

北京航空航天大学2005-2006学年

第一学期大学英语(C级)期末考试试题

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北京航空航天大学2005-2006学年第一学期大学英语(C级)期末考试试题试卷类型：B

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Part I Listening Comprehension

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. 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 center.

1. A). The rain delayed Nancy. B) She hurt herself.

C) She had a delay. D) She couldn’t go.

2. A) Rent an apartment in the suburbs.

B) To drive about 20 miles to work every day.

C) Buy a farm.

D) To find a house about 20 miles away from work.

3. A) Help the woman downstairs. B) Take the books upstairs.

C) Move the bricks. D) Carry the box down.

4. A) He’s too nervous to calm down.

B) He’s already an hour late for the interview.

C) The woman feels nervous about the interview.

D) The woman shouldn’t be so upset.

5. A) Somebody stole his passport. B) He lost his passport.

C) His passport is in the car. D) His money was stolen.

6. A) Looking for water. B) Planting something.

C) Looking for something. D) Getting dirty.

7. A) Fifty dollars. B) Twenty-five dollars.

C) Forty dollars. D) Twenty dollars.

8. A) It was not a very good bicycle. B) He didn’t think much of it.

C) He would like to have one like that. D) He used to have one like that.

9. A) Pick up his prescription. B) Take a note to his professor.

C) Lend him her notes. D) Borrow his notes.

10. A) It is clear. B) It is snowing.

C) It is cloudy. D) It is raining.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages 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 1

11. A) Because he wanted to get off.

B) Because he wanted to make sure that the driver could hear the bell.

C) Because he thought it was funny to do so.

D) Because the driver couldn’t hear the bell if he rang once.

12. A) Because the conductor was a foreigner.

B) Because the conductor spoke too quickly.

C) Because the bell was ringing loudly.

D) Because Henry was too annoyed.

13. A) Ask the driver to go slowly. B) Ask the driver to stop the bus.

C) Ask the driver to go on. D) Ask the conductor to collect tickets.

14. A) The landlady. B) The conductor.

C) The passenger. D) The bus driver.

15. A) Henry wanted the bus to go on.

B) Henry spoke poor English.

C) Henry loved to ring bells.

D) Henry was a foreigner who didn’t know the customs of the city.

Passage 2

16. A) Rich but mean. B) Rich and kind.

C) Neither rich nor kind. D) Not rich but kind.

17. A) He gave them to a beggar. B) He used them to pay for his taxi home.

C) He used them to pay for the lunch. D) He lost them.

18. A) Each paid his own bill. B) The beggar.

C) Neither of them paid. D) The artist.

19. A) He gave the beggar more money.

B) He invited the beggar to spend the night in his home.

C) He took the beggar home and gave him back the money.

D) He invited the beggar to another lunch.

20. A) He had something else to do.

B) He had no money to pay for the taxi.

C) He didn’t want the artist to pay for the taxi.

D) He didn't want to pay for the taxi either.

Part II Spot Dictation

Directions: In this part, you will hear a passage three times. The passage is printed on your test paper with 10 blanks. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing words you have just heard.

A certain old gentleman was very (21) ________________________, and thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of knowing (22)____________________.

One day he was (23) _________________ near his home when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat. The old gentleman (24)___________________ and asked them (25) _______________________. One of the boys said to him, ―(26)____________________. We’re telling lies, and the one (27)____________________ gets to keep the cat.

The old gentleman thought that this was a good opportunity (28)______________, so he said to them, ―(29)_______________in my life.‖All at once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said, ―(30)________! You can take the cat!‖

Part III Reading Comprehension

Section A Reading in depth

Directions: There are 2 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). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One

Researchers using the most powerful computer in the world said on Tuesday they had found the start of the AIDS virus to be around 1930.

Bette Korber and her research fellows at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico used a computer model to figure out the mutations (突变) found in HIV and to estimate when the epidemic started.

―We estimate the time of commencing of the HIV-1 main group to be near 1930,‖ they said in a written statement at an international meeting.

The first case of infection with HIV, as it is known today, could have been in a chimp, which passed it to a human, or in a human being infected with a chimp virus that mutated into HIV in his or her body.

―I think it’s more likely it was a human‖, Korber told newspaper writers. ―It wasn’t for sure the case that a chimp bit a man.‖

Allowing for mistakes, the actual start could be anywhere between 1910 and 1950, but Korber told the meeting she did the examination in two ways and both came in very close to 1930.

Other scientists believe HIV, which has infected nearly 40 million people worldwide, began after a monkey virus known as SIV jumped from chimps to humans in western central Africa.

Korber used a very powerful computer to figure out the rate of change of the virus, known for its quick mutations.

Korber used two models —the questionable molecular clock, which assumes that genes in any living being mutate and develop at an even rate; and a method that allowed for different rates of change. Both gave a best estimate of 1930.

People in some parts of Africa often look for and kill chimps, and a virus can easily spread during butchering.

A second group of HIV that infects people, known as HIV-2, is believed to have started out in a monkey known as a sooty mangabey (白眉猴).

31.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A)Korber made their results known in a written statement.

B)The AIDS virus probably occurred around 1930.

C)Researchers used a powerful computer to figure out the results.

D)Korber and her research fellows did their research by means of experiments.

32.According to the article, the first case of infection with HIV might not have started _______.

A) in a man who looked for and butchered chimps

B) in a human infected with a chimp virus

C) in a chimp that must have bitten a man

D) in a chimp which passed the virus to a human

33.Korber used a powerful computer in her research to ____________.

A) discover how HIV started

B) explore which model was more efficient

C) figure out the rate of change of the virus

D) find out among various kinds of chimps which one carried the virus

34.The two models Korber used are different in that ___________.

A) they allow for different number of mistakes

B) they are based on different ideas in regard to the changing rates of genes

C) they use different molecular clocks to figure out results

D) they work at different rates

35.Which of the following is the most suitable title for the article?

A) Computer Finds AIDS Commenced in 1930

B) Where Did the AIDS Virus Come from?

C) Who is to Blame for the Spread of the AIDS Virus?

D) A New Discovery in Computer Science

Passage Two

All of us communicate with one another nonverbally, as well as with words. Most of the time we’re not aware that we’re doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else’s eyes and look away, change positions in a chair. These actions we assume are occasional. However, in recent years researchers have discovered that there is a system to them almost as consistent and understandable as language.

One important kind of body language is eye behavior. Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another’s eyes. In our normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both of us look away. When two Americans look searchingly into each other’s eyes, they become more intimate. Therefore, we carefully avoid this, except in suitable situations.

Researchers who are engaged in the study of communication through body movement are not prepared to spell out a precise vocabulary of gestures. When an American rubs his nose, it may mean he is disagreeing with someone or refusing something. But there are other possible interpretations, too. Another example: when a student in conversation with a professor holds the older man’s eyes a little longer than usual, it can be a sign of respect; it can be a challenge to the professor’s authority; it can be something else entirely. The researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture.

Communication between human beings would be just dull if it were all done with words.

36.The main idea of this article is that ___________.

A) eye behavior is the most important part in body language

B) body movements are as important as words in communication

C) all of us communicate with one another

D) study of communication through body movement is a new science

37.What do researchers think of body language?

A) Body language is the study of communication through body movement.

B) Body language is more important than spoken language in communication.

C) Body language has been discovered in recent years.

D) Body language can be understood and used by people in communication.

38.The word ―intimate‖ in paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A) important B) close

C) good D) great

39.According to the passage, you make an American person feel uncomfortable, if you _______.

A) look into his eyes for a long time B) avoid meeting his eyes

C) stare into his eyes for one second D) meet his eyes

40.The sentence in Paragraph 3 ―The researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate

meaningful gesture‖ means ____________.

A) the researchers look for patterns in textbooks to explain the meaning of a gesture

B) the researchers believe that one gesture has only one meaning

C) the researchers think that one gesture can not be used in different situations

D)the researchers explain the meaning of a gesture according to the situation in which it is used Section B Fast reading (15 minutes)

Directions:There is 1 passage in this part. The passage is followed by some statements. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. If true, mark the letter “A” on the Answer Sheet wit h a single line through the center; if false, mark the letter “B”.

Wizards and wizardry (巫师和巫术), flying broomsticks (扫帚把) in a game called quidditch, evil guardians and nasty boys at Hogwarts boarding school (寄宿学校), the Harry Potter stories have entranced a whole generation of children all over the world. But who wrote the stories that have made Harry a household name?

Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born near Bristol, England in 1965. As a child she loved reading stories, or having them read to her.

At school her favorite subject was English and she did not enjoy sports much. She admits that the character of Hermione Granger in the books is based on herself at the age of eleven.

She went to Exeter University to read French and after graduation lived in Paris for a year before getting a job in an office in London. One day in 1990 while still working in London she was traveling on a train between Manchester and King’s Cross station. The idea for Harry Potter and his story came fully formed to Rowling: ―It started with Harry, then all these characters and situations came flooding into my head. It was an excitement I’d never known before.‖ Rowling saw Harry as a boy who is a wizard but he doesn’t know it. He attends a school for wizardry and amazing things happen all round him.

In 1992 Rowling moved to Portugal to teach English and work on her story. After a brief marriage she returned to Britain with her baby daughter and settled in Edinburgh, Scotland to be near her sister. She was a single mother, without a job, and she wrote her novel in a local coffee shop on scraps of paper while her tiny baby slept next to her. ―It was pretty cold and miserable in the flat,‖ recalls Rowling, ―so as soon as Jessica, my baby, fell asleep in her buggy (婴儿车), we’d head for the café and I’d start writing. That was probably the worst time of my life. I had to escape from my situation into Harry’s magical world.‖

After she finished her book she sent it to a number of publishers. They all rejected it except for one agent, Christopher Little, who liked the story and sold it to the publisher Bloomsbury.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was published in June 1997 and achieved almost instant success. It won a prize for the best Children’s Book of the Year in Britain as well as the Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal for ages 9-11.

The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets followed in 1998 and in 1999 came book three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In September 1999 all three Harry Potter books were first, second and third on the New York Times Bestseller list and stayed there for months afterwards. The story have been translated into 30 languages and the first film of the series was released in 2001.

Adults as well as children seemed to be captured by Harry’s spell. The British publisher even produced a special edition of the books with more ―adult‖ covers so that grown-ups could read the stories on the train without feeling embarrassed to do so in front of fellow passengers.

What is the secret behind Harry’s huge success? ―Here is an orphan child who is abused and powerless but escapes from this adult world into a place where he has real power. Harry is an old-fashioned hero. He has enough human weakness so that people of all ages can identify with him, but he’s also an honorable, admirable person,‖ declares Rowling.

We might add that the stories are a well-paced mixture of fantasy, ghost stories, mysteries and adventure stories rolled into one. The characters from Harry, Hermione and Ron to the evil Vordemont and the giant Hagrid are so believable that you care about them and care what happens to them. The strange, almost Dickensian names in the book, the humor, and the magic elements all help.

But perhaps the true secret behind the popularity of Harry Potter lies in what Rowling once said in an interview, ―The books are about the power of imagination. What Harry is learning to do is develop his full potential. Wizardry is just the analogy I use.‖ The stories may use magic in the plot but at their heart the books

are about the human desire to be unique, to form friendships, and to see the forces of good triumphing over the forces of evil.

J. K Rowling is now a very rich author. She still lives in Edinburgh with her daughter, has recently remarried, and is busy finishing the series of seven Harry Potter books. ―From the beginning I took the time to plan what would be going on and what would be important in each book,‖ she says. ―I plotted all seven books in quite a lot of detail. And I realized that I love writing these books. I don’t think anyone could enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.‖

Harry Potter has achieved a truly magical thing —he has turned children into keen, independent readers who can hardly wait for the next installment.

41.J. K. Rowling had the idea for the first Harry Potter book while still at school.

42.She wrote the first story over a number of years.

43.Her story was not accepted by many publishers at first.

44.Both adults and children enjoy the stories.

45.J. K. Rowling has not yet decided what happens to Harry in the last few books.

Part IV Vocabulary

Directions: In this part, there are 30 sentences with blanks, each of the sentences is followed by four choices marked A), B), C) and D), please choose the answer which fills the blank the most properly. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

46. While clothing serves a purely practical function, how you dress also communicates many things about

your social status, state of mind and even your ______ and dreams.

A) acquaintance B) aspirations C) achievements D) ornament

47. The blood test shows that the man was _____ with the HIV virus.

A) intimidated B) impressed C) informed D) infected

48. Women and youth in rural Southern communities now ______ the fastest growing segment of people with

AIDS.

A) constitute B) coordinate C) combat D) confront

49. The government is ______ its program of helping the poor.

A) handling B) engaging C) implementing D) lightening

50. It is rather difficult to find a ______ to this problem.

A) syndrome B) response C) solution D) route

51. In my ______ I forgot to lock the door of our dormitory.

A) occasion B) haste C) pace D) stride

52. She used to ______ favorite passages to share with her husband.

A) underline B) scan C) reveal D) reinforce

53. The bride did not wear glasses that day, so everything was a ______ of candlelight and faces.

A) detail B) background C) foundation D) blur

54. From colleagues and old classmates came cheerful good wishes ______ in friendly jokes.

A) clothed B) wrapped C) sympathized D) stressed

55. It’s wrong to ______ ―happiness‖ ______ ―owning lots of money‖.

A) diagnose…as…B) consist…of…C) define…as…D) commit…to…

56.Steve and I hauled trash for four ______ hours continuously, except for about five minutes when we

stopped to talk.

A) continual B) eternal C) solid D) external

57.Everything he said during our encounter was repeated; ______, I did the same.

A) intentionally B) instinctively C) inwardly D) instantly

58.His arms and legs moved unexpectedly, as if ______ to unseen wires.

A) assisted B) adjusted C) attached D) consisted

59.She ______ the paper in half and threw it away.

A) ripped B) rubbed C) tossed D) blasted

60.I ______ my life that he will take my money and leave. I hope I win.

A) beg B) bet C) bug D) bolt

61. I had a patient teacher who often praised all of his students. Because of his _______ method, I eagerly

answer all the questions I could, never worrying much about making mistakes.

A) continuous B) positive C) intimidating D) minimum

62. With the use of the Internet, many ______ communities are set up.

A) effective B) virtual C) local D) offensive

63. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me ______ into

another culture.

A) insights B) residence C) risk D) reaction

64. You should ______ on the likely result before you decide to do something.

A) limp B) reflect C) lodge D) leap

65. If she stayed in the shower too long, her mom or dad usually ______ on the door to rush her.

A) clicked B) roared C) banged D) pierced

66. She was so angry with him that she picked up her bag and ______ out of the house.

A) ripped B) bolted C) emerged D) filed

67. Different music _____ to different generations.

A) adopts B) appeals C) leans D) clings

68. Every generation seems to need to ______ itself.

A) identify B) establish C) enlarge D) diagnose

69. My eyes haven’t ______ to the darkness in the room yet.

A) adopted B) adjusted C) applied D) attached

70. Unable to ______ in many activities, my father still tried to participate in some way.

A) engage B) emerge C) disappear D) restrain

71. Our usual walk was to or from the subway on which he traveled to work. He went to work sick and despite

______ weather. He almost never missed a day.

A) amazing B) lovely C) precise D) nasty

72. ______, the nurse urged the Marine to rest for a while.

A) Occasionally B) Consciously C) Absolutely D) Peculiarly

73. There are 100 artists whose ages ______ from 10 to 70.

A) range B) relate C) reap D) reflect

74. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but three words into the sentence, they

break eye _______ and look out the window.

A) response B) contrast C) reaction D) contact

75. All the people ______ their eyes on me, which made me feel very embarrassed.

A) committed B) asserted C) contacted D) fixed

Part III Error correction

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A), B), C) and D). Find out the incorrect one, and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Then write the correct answer on the Answer Sheet 2.

76.Since then, AIDS has killed more than 204,000 Americans – half in the past few years lonely.

A) B)

Another 185,000 of the one million infected with the HIV virus are also expected to die.

C) D)

77.One organization, the South Carolina AIDS Education Network, formed in 1985 to combat the growing

A B number of AIDS cases. Like many local organizations, this organization suffers from a lack of money,

C

forced it to use its resources creatively.

D

78.The owner hands off AIDS information to all her clients when they enter the shop and shows videos on

A B C

AIDS prevention while they wait for their hair to dry.

D

79.I might have endangered other divers’ lives if I had spilled blood in the pool. For what I knew

A) B)

-- that few others knew –was what I was HIV-positive.

C) D)

80.He had to stay at home this Sunday to assist his wife on the housework.

A) B) C) D)

81.Widowing now, the wife wonders what she would save from their old home if it were to catch

A) B) C) D)

fire.

82.What matters is this: who she was, Aunt Esther Gubbins was right.

A) B) C) D)

83.I left this country a little cleaner that I found it this morning.

A) B) C) D)

84.As I spoke, I set the KFC box on the planter beside the pathway, contriving I did so to toss my

A) B) C)

house keys into a bush.

D)

85.It wasn’t ignorance of crime statistics that previously kept me from owning a gun or thinking I

A) B) C)

was immune with violence.

D)

86.Although at times, learning a language was frustrating, it was well worthy the effort.

A) B) C) D)

87.I carried a little dictionary with me everywhere I went, as well as a notebook which I listed

A) B) C)

any new words I heard.

D)

88.This forum for communication removes the visual barriers that hinder some students to

A) B) C) D)

express themselves.

D)

89.It’s difficult to coordinate our steps – his halting, me impatient – and because of that, we

A) B) C)

didn’t say much as we went along.

D)

90.When I think of it now, I am amazed at how much courage it must have taken for a grown

A) B)

man to subject himself for such shame and stress.

C) D)

91.On one occasion, a fight broke out at a beach party, with every one was punching and shoving.

A) B) C) D)

92.He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my

A) B)

reluctance to see with him during our walks.

C) D)

93.Think about some of your most unforgettable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse,

A) B)

a jo

b interview, an encounter with a stranger. Focus to the first seven seconds.

C) D)

94.Snap judgments like ―love at first sight‖ or ―instant hate‖, if taking seriously, have usually

A) B) C)

been considered signs of immaturity or lack of common sense.

D)

95.Once two people have become acquainted, they think it was their conversation which gave

A) B) C) D)

them their information about each other.

Part VI Cloze

Directions: The following paragraphs are taken from the text you have learned this term. Fill in the blanks in them with the original words that are used in the text and write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

The stylists also ____96___ that everyone is at risk and that all of us have a right to protect ourselves --- ___97___ of marriage status.

These lessons are not the only ___98___ to the crisis but until there is a cure for AIDS, education ____99___ the only safe measure to guard against the virus.

Like no other ___100___ before, the AIDS ___101___ threatens to wipe out an entire ___102___ and leave another without parents. We must not let cultural, ___103___ or social barriers distract us from the job that must be done. Nor can we let political ___104___ stop us from our task. This is an undeclared war that everyone must ___105___ up for in order for us to win. We simply cannot let people continue to die because we don’t feel comfortable talking about AIDS. Everyone must become an educator and learn to live.

Part VII Writing

Directions: In this part, you are required to write a passage of at least 120 words with the title “The Most Important Person in My Life”. The following outline is for your reference:

1. A brief introduction of the person.

2.What happened between you and him/her? One or two examples.

3.Why is he the most important person in your life?

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Part II Spot Dictation

21. 22. 23.

24. 25. 26.

27. 28. 29.

30.

Part V Error Correction

76. 77. 78.

79. 80. 81.

82. 83. 84.

85. 86. 87.

88. 89. 90.

91. 92. 93.

94.95.

Part VI Cloze

96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105.

Part VII Writing : The Most Important Person in My Life

(Continue your composition on the back side)

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Part I and II Listening and Spot Dictation (30 points)

1-10 CBDAA BBCCC 11-20 BBCAD DABCD

21. unhappy about modern education 22. the difference between right and wrong

23. taking a walk in the park 24. went up to the boys 25. what was happening

26. We’re having a contest 27. who tells the biggest one 28 to teach the boys a useful lesson

29. I’ve never told a lie 30. You’ve won

Part V. Reading (15 points)

31-40 : DCCBA BDBAD

41. F 42. F 43. T 44. T 45. F

Part IV Vocabulary (15 points)

46-55 BDACC BADAC 56-65 CBCAB BBABC 66-75 BBABA DAADD

Part III Error Correction (20 points)

76. B) lonely – alone 77. D) forced it to use – forcing it to use 78. A) hands off – hands out

79. D) what – that 80. D) on – with/in 81. A) widowing – widowed 82. B) who – whoever 83. C) that – than 84. C) I did so – as I did so 85. D) was immune with – was immune to

86. D) worthy – worth 87. C) which — in which/where

88. D) to express – from expressing 89. C) me – mine 90. C) for – to 91 C) delete C)

92 D) see – be seen 93. D) to- on 94. C) taking – taken 95. D) which – that

Part VI Cloze(5 points)

96. emphasize 97. regardless 98. solutions 99. represents 100. plague

101 epidemic 102. generation 103. racial 104. inefficiency 105 sign

Part VII Writing (15 points)