暨南大学2019-2020学年春季大英班期末试题【word可编辑】

暨南大学2019-2020学年春季大英班期末试题（线上考试）

一、单选题（本题共30小题，每小题45分，共1.5分。）

1.Each worker puts in nearly 2,200 hours a year,（）average, and contributes about $30 to GDP per hour.

A.with

B.in

C.on

D.under

2.If you have dificulty（）your bills, tell your utility company as possible.

A.p ay

B.p aid

C.t o pay

D.paying

3.（）most students own a smartphone, the school does not allow them to use it in the classroom.

A.Even though

B.In case

C.Now that

D.If only

4.The airport is usually your first stop before（）on your vacation or trip.

A.leave

B.leaving

C.left

D.to leave

5.It was at yesterday's meetin（）I misunderstood what you had said.

A.that

B.where

C.which

D.who

6.He stayed patient and answered every single question,（）obvious the answer was.

A.no matter when

B.no matter whether

C.no matter what

D.no matter how

7.Gencrally speaking, you should arrive at the airport with plenty of time（）.

A.sparing

B.to spare

C.spare

D.spared

8.In most cases, panel interviews were（）than those held by single interviewers.

A.more reliable

B.reliable

C.most reliable

D.least reliable

9.They opened a new store in our city, but not until last week（）it.

A.we visited

B.we would visit

C.did we visit

D.have we visited

10.If I were you, I（）job-hunting by visiting the websites of these companies.

A.will start

B.had started

C.start

D.would start

11.When you finish（）your questions, simply press the Enter key.

A.type

B.typing

C. to type

D.typed

12. （）career you choose, effective communication skills will serve you well.

A.Whenever

B. Wherever

C. Whatever

D.However

13.According to the contract, this project（）within four months starting from today.

A.will be completed

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C.has completed

D.was completed

14.（）many companies post job ads online, you can still find them in newspapers.

A.As if

B.Ever since

C.In case

D.Even though

15.Studies have shown that humans working with machines are（）than a human or

a machine working alone.

A.more effective

B. most effective

C.effective

D. least effective

16.The application of Al in healthcare is expected to cut（）the cost of treatments and care.

A. out

B.into

C.down

D.through

17.（）he Internet of Things is to become a reality, its developers should pay more attention to its security.

A.If

B. Although

C.Until

D.Unless

18. Unlike many companies（）service stops once the sale is made, our service begins once you buy our product.

A.what

B.whose

C.that

D.which

19.While（）the article, I was wondeiing whether e-books would replace print books soon.

A.reading

B.read

C.was reading

D.to read

20.It was not until the 1990s（）industrial robots became really cheap, and therefore a possible option.

A.which

B.who

C.whom

D.that

21.The key point of his speech was that we should take effective measures（）water pollution.

A. stopping

B.stop

C.stopped

D.to stop

22.So far our company （）exceptional lawn services to residential and commercial customers for 20 years.

A.will provide

B.had provided

C.provided

D.has provided

23.（）you want some samples of our new products, you might contact our sales

manager.

A.If

B.While

C.Until

D.Although

24.Not until I got to the airport（）that my passport was missing.

A.had I realized

B.will I realize

C. I will realize

D.I had realized

25.As a sales person,（）John lacks is self-confidence when he is talking with clients.

A.which

B.what

C.why

D.that

26.If I（）his email address, I would have sent him a message yesterday.

A. have known

B.had known

C.will know

D.know

27.The more satisfied your employees are, the more they will contribute（）the success of your company.

A. on

B.about

C.with

D.to

28.He read my credit card number out loud in front of customers（）I could stop him.

A. Before

B.while

C.as

D.since

29.John spent a lot of time（）to his colleagues how challenging the project was.

A.explain

B.explaining

C.to explain

D.explained

30.It is the high efficiency of the new equipment（）has increasingly attracted our attention.

A.which

B.what

C.that

D.who

二、阅读题（本题有两篇阅读，共10小题，每小题2分，共20分。）

Passage 1

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge Based Artificial lntelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Techs online Master of Science in Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had 8 teaching assistants, but that wasn’t enough to deal with the overwhelming number of questions from students.

Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Hill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.

Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn’t too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40 000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill the questions and answers. After some adjustment and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn’t know she was a computer. The students who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn’t inform them about Jill’s true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience. The goal of Professor Goel’s virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all questions posed by students on the online forum. The name, Jill Watson, will of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gatesor Steve Wozniak.

31. What do we learn about Knowledge-based Artificial Intelligence?

A)It is a robot that can answer students questions.

B)It is a course designed for students to learn online.

C)It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.

D)It is a computer program that aids student learning.

32. What problem did Professor Goel meet with?

A)His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.

B)His course was too difficult for the students.

C)Students' questions were too many to handle.

D)Too many students dropped out of his course.

33. What do we learn about ill Watson?

A)She turned out to be a great success.

B)She got along pretty well with students.

C)She was unwelcome to students at first.

D)She was released online as an experiment.

34. How did the students feel about Jill Watson?

A) They thought she was a bit too artificial.

B)They found her not as capable as expected.

C) They could not but admire her knowledge.

D)They could not tell her from a real person.

35. What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson？

A)Launch different versions of her online.

B)Feed her with new questions and answers.

C)Assign her to answer more of students questions.

D)Encourage students to interact with her more freely.

Passage Two

Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don’t hurt. Those are a few of the traits of successful science crowd funding efforts that emerge from a recent study that examined nearly 400 campaigns. But having a large network and some promotional skills may be more crucial.

Crowd funding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to building water-saving gadgets. Scientists have tried to tap Internet donors, too, with mixed success. Some raised more than twice their goal, but others have fallen short of reaching more modest targets.

To determine what separates science crowd funding triumphs from failures, a team led by science communications scholar Mike Schafer of the University of Zurichin Switzerland examined the content of the Webpages for 371 recent campaigns.

Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public Understanding of Science. For one, they use a crowd funding platform that specializes in raising money for science, and not just any kind of project. Although sites like Kickstarter take all comers, platforms such as Experiment com, Medstartr. com, and Petridish. org only present scientific projects. For another, they present the project with a funny video because good visuals and a sense of humor improved success. Most of them engage with potential donors since projects that answered questions from interested donors and posted lab notes fared better. And they target a small amount of money. The projects included in the study raised $4000 on average, with 30% of projects receiving less than $1000. The more money a project sought, the lower the chance it reached its goal, the researchers found.

Other factors may also significantly influence a projects success, most notably, the size of a scientist’s personal and professional networks, and how much a

researcher promotes a project on his or her own. Those two factors are by far more critical than the content on the page. Crowdfunding can be part of researchers' efforts to reach the public, and people give because "they feel a connection to the person” who is doing the fundraising-not necessarily to the science.

36. What do we learn about the scientists trying to raise money online for their projects?

A)They did not raise much due to modest targets.

B)They made use of mixed fundraising strategies.

C)Not all of them achieved their anticipated goals.

D)Most of them put movies online for the purpose.

37. What is the purpose of Mike Schaifers research of recent crowdfunding campaigns?

A)To create attractive content for science websites.

B)To identify reasons for their different outcomes.

C)To help scientists to launch innovative projects.

D)To separate science projects from general ones.

38. What trait contributes to the success of a crowdfunding campaign?

A)The potential benefit to future generations.

B)Its interaction with prospective donors.

C)Its originality in addressing financial issues.

D)The value of the proposed project.

39. What did the researchers think of the financial targets of crowdfunding projects?

A) They should be small to be successful.

B)They should be based on actual needs.

C)They should be assessed with great care.

D)They should be ambitious to gain notice.

40. What motivates people to donate in a crowdfunding campaign

A) The ease of access to the content of the webpage.

B)Their desire to contribute to the cause of science.

C)The significance and influence of the project itself.

D)Their feeling of connection to the scientists themselves.

三、翻译题（从选项中选出一个与所给题干最匹配的选项；本题共10小题，每小题3.5分，共35分。）

41.Our outstanding personnel have driven our success and established us as a world class leader in the computer industry.

A.我们的专业技术人员成功地开发了一款新的软件，为我们行业的发展作出了贡献。

B.我们的优秀雇员使得我们在计算机行业取得成功，并且推动了计算机技术的发展。

C.我们的杰出人才促进了我们的成功，确立了我们在计算机行业的世界级领导地位。

42.We employ over 100,000 employees nationwide, whose goal is to deliver the highest level of service and improve the customer experience.

A.我们在全国聘用了10多万员工，他们的目标是提供最高水平的服务并改善客户体验。

B.我们公司的员工积极参加业务培训，10几万员工中有许多人都获得了专业技术的证书。

C.我们的10多万员工分布在全国各地,他们尽了自己最大的努力向客户提供优质产品。

43.Effective business communication helps build a good relationship between the employer and the staff, which can help increase productivity and the company5 s bottom line.

A.和谐的雇主和员工之间的关系取决于他们之间的及时交流.这可以有效地帮助公司提高生产力。

B.有效的业务沟通有助于在雇主和员工之间建立良好的关系，这能帮助提高生产力和公司的赢利。

C.良好的企业文化能够促进公司员工之间的相互谅解和尊重，这有利于公司提高自身的市场形象。

44.In recent decades, environmental problems have been on the rise as the result of human activities and unplanned management of the technological development.

A.近几十年来，人类活动的范围不断延伸，导致全球气候变暖的问题日益严重。

B.近几十年来，日益变坏的环境问题与人类从事的活动和科技进步快息息相关。

C.近几十年来，由于人类活动和技术开发的无计划管理，环境问题一直在增加。

45.Online banking offers many advantages like accessing funds 24 hours a day or saving time by making fewer trips to the bank.

A.网上银行提供了许多便利,24小时资金开放，减少了去银行的次数，使得业务办理更加方便快捷。

B.网上银行矗供了许多便利，如可以每天24小时办理资金业务，或减少了去银行的次数,节省了时间。

C.尽管实体银行比网上银行安全，但是它无法提供全天候的服务，而且办理业务所花费的时间更多。

46.In spite of repeated assurances that the products are safe, it seems that the sales will not increase within a short time.

A.尽管一再保证这些产品是安全的,但销售量似乎在短期内不会增加。

B.虽然产品的性价比相当高,但其市场的占有率似乎没有进一步提高。

C.即使这些产品被证明是安全的，但销售量似乎任何时候都增加不了。

47.At the check-in counter, please make sure that your baggage is tagged to the correct flight and destination.

A.在托运你的行李时，请注意勿将护照等重要证件放在行李箱中一起托运。

B.在办理登机手续的柜台，请确保您的行李贴上正确的航班和目的地的标签。

C.在你去办理酒店退房前，请在您的行李标签上写上正确的航班号和目的地。

48.With our Self Help System, you can quickly find answers to common questions and resolve common customer service issues.

A.通过我们的自我救助系统，你可以及时发现问题,提出解决方案，并解决客户服务问题。

B.如果你使用我们的自动系统，你就能轻易地找到问题的症结所在，这样可能提高服务质量。

C.用我们的自助系统，你可以快速找到常见问题的答案，并且可以解决常见的客户服务问题。

49.We have a special surprise for you -a seven-day online promotion of all the electronic products we manufactured last year.

A.我们有个特大的喜讯-我们将在七天之内上网展出去年生产的所有电器产品。

B.我们给你一个特别的惊喜--在线促销我们去年生产的所有电子产品,为期七天。

C.我们为你准备了礼物--你可凭去年购买我们公司产品的发票在七天内上网申领。

50.Various studies and surveys have shown that the heavy usage of smartphones and social media negatively affects children's mental and physical health.

A.各种研究和调查表明,智能手机和社交媒体的大量使用对儿童的身心健康有负面影响。

B.所有的研究结果都证明,儿童在成长时期不应该使用智能手机或者参与社交媒体活动。

C.所有的研究和数据都说明,儿童使用智能手机和社交媒体将会影响到他们智力的发展。

51. Please note that no package should weigh more than 35 kilos, in accordance with UK Health & Safety Regulations.

A.请注意,根据英国的安保惯例,超过35公斤的包裹均必须标明。

B.请注意,根据英国健康和安全条例,包裹重量不得超过35公斤。

C.请注意,根据英国运输的规定,包裹的净重都不得多于35公斤。

52. The agreement will come into force on the date when it is approved by the board of the company and it will continue for five years.

A.本协议5年期限已满,经全体董事投票后可适当延期。

B.本协议需得到董事会批准方可生效,有效期最多五年。

C.本协议自公司董事会批准之日起生效,并将延续五年。

参考答案一、单选题

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二、阅读题

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三、翻译题

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