14-15-1大学英语(一)期中试卷

Part I. Listening Comprehension （1’×25）

Section A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations and 1 long conversation. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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.

Now listen to the ten short conversations.

1. A) Frank always comes on time. B) Frank will be late again.

C) Frank will arrive on time. D) Frank won’t come.

2. A) It was harder. B) It could be so cheap.

C) It could help so much. D) It wasn’t working.

3. A) To make class easier. B) To be nice to students.

C) To give students more work. D) To improve the class.

4. A) They both saw an ad on the Internet.

B) They both took a language class on the Internet.

C) They both looked for information on online language learning.

D) They both wrote a note about their online studies.

5. A) The two persons are talking about a lost wallet.

B) The wohhman is asking the way.

C) The man is not from around here.

D) The man is showing the woman around.

6. A) Because he failed an exam. B) Because his mother got angry with him.

C) Because he had a test again. D) Because he failed at school.

7. A) Her fault was too great. B) She gave them too much.

C) They are too giving to her. D) Her children are entitled.

8. A) Not to get a tattoo. B) Not to be out late.

C) Not to go out with Mike. D) Not to be late again.

9. A) Because she only needs help, not worry. B) Because she cannot get help from her friend.

C) Because the first person will help her. D) Because friends will help her.

10. A) She interrupted her. B) She taught her the best way.

C) She told her problems. D) She listened to her problems.

Now listen to a long conversation.

11. A) Get a sense of humor. B) Break shop windows.

C) Be sorry for him. D) Understand the difference between them.

12. A) They are too funny. B) They are broken.

C) They are misleading. D) They are too dirty.

13. A) Making fun of others. B) Breaking shop windows.

C) Causing trouble and breaking stuff. D) Going to movies and seeing her friends.

14. A) Other teens like seeing their friends. B) Other teens like going out to the movies.

C) Other teens don’t have bad attitudes. D) Other teens don’t break their own windows.

15. A) Go out and break things. B) Break some shop windows.

C) See a movie with his friends. D) Do whatever he wants to do.

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 One

16. A) His popularity among students.

B) Someone’s friendship.

C) High school classmates.

D) High school studies.

17. A) He still looked very thin.

B) He still did not look handsome.

C) Classmates still laughed at him.

D) Classmates still didn’t like his glasses.

18. A) Someone bumped into him and he dropped his books.

B) Someone made him feel sad and lonely.

C) A student laughed at him.

D) A student dropped his books.

19. A) His manners. B) Making friends.

C) His studies. D) Talking to girlfriends.

20. A) His studies.

B) Being social.

C) His manners.

D) Making girlfriends.

Passage Two

21. A) Because he knows AIDS will kill him.

B) Because he doesn’t want to live longer.

C) Because he doesn’t want to be comfortable.

D) Because he thinks it will kill him.

22. A) Helping to spread the disease. B) Spreading in correct beliefs about AIDS.

C) Spending more money. D) Finding a new medicine.

23. A) AIDS researchers. B) AIDS educators.

C) AIDS doctors. D) The United Nations official.

24. A) AIDS clinics. B) AIDS medicines.

C) AIDS doctors. D) AIDS classes.

25. A) AIDS medicines must reach more people.

B) More medicines must be developed.

C) Education must reach more people.

D) More money must be spent on AIDS.

Part II.Banked Cloze (1’×10)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from the following word bank. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡上作答，将所选单词的对应字母涂在答题卡上。

A) complaints F) regret K) engaged

B) curiosity G) envy L) aid

C) attitude H) bother M) acceptance

D) trend I) extra N) guidance

E) occasion J) amazed O) community

Some people just can't keep from giving. That was the way it was with my neighbor. Despite being crippled, she was very active. In fact, she seemed to do more for the (26) every day than I ever do in a year's time. I was always (27) at the pace she kept. On Mondays and Fridays, she worked at a college giving students (28) on what career to choose. On Tuesdays and Thursdays she helped out at a church that gave (29) to people without homes. And on the weekends, she taught local kids who needed (30) help with their schoolwork. And most importantly, she always had a positive (31) . I don't remember once hearing her complain about her troubles. The stresses of everyday life never seemed to (32) her. In stead, she looked for every (33) she could find to spread her good humor around. I remember when I had just lost my job. She took a day off from work to spend time with me and listen to my trifles. She never once became impatient with my (34) . She never acted like there was anything in this world more important than what I had to say.

What I (35) now is not having ever really done anything for her. I suppose she never needed it.

Part III. Reading Comprehension(2’×20)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and 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 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Making the transition from high school student to college student can be confusing. There are a lot of changes and many new responsibilities. Adapting to college is full of life lessons and the biggest lesson involves handling money.

Living at Home Is Easy

When teens live at home there are many financial decisions that they never have to make. Parents worry about how much to spend on housing, food, bills, clothes and entertainment. These things never have to cross the high school students’ mind.

In college teens suddenly have to handle these things on their own. If you spend money recklessly you will quickly find yourself tapped.

Smart money saving tactics can make a major impact on your finances and your future. Here are some tips and ideas to make your financial transition much easier.

Know Your Cost of Living

Make a list of your mandatory monthly expenses so you understand where your money has to go. Things like rent, utilities, transportation, groceries, parking, school supplies, debt repayment, and student or activity fees fall in this category. Once you know where your money has to go each month you’ll be able to set up a discretionary fund and a savings plan.

Give Yourself an Allowance

Put yourself on an allowance for things like entertainment, eating out, clothing, and special purchases. Stay on budget no matter how tight things get. It’s never too early to start saving money. Even if it’s only $20 a week try to put something aside in a savings account.

Organize Your Receipts

Keep your bills, bank statements and receipts all in one place. Organize them by month and by category, for example: rent, bills, and expenses. Keep them in a safe place. Make sure to go over your bank statements carefully and keep all ATM receipts. Have your bank return cashed checks to you or at least ensure that you can see copies of all cashed checks online.

Become Frugal

Look for creative ways to save money. Consider carpooling（合伙用车）, public transit or environ-friendly biking as a means of getting around. Bring lunches and snacks from home. Buy your text books and lab supplies second hand if possible. Instead of paying a tutor, set up a peer study group in classes that you need extra help with.

Understand Your Debt Load

Student loans aside there are other ways that students get in to debt. Credit card companies target cash strapped students, most of whom are inexperienced with unsecured debt.

When handled responsibly credit cards can be good things to have. If you do any shopping on the Internet you will probably need to have a credit card. Many credit card companies offer theft and fraud protection. Read the fine print of your credit card agreement to find out if you’re covered for these things.

It’s a good idea to have a credit card for emergencies or for major purchases like books or a bike but avoid using plastic for day-to-day spending or for entertainment.

Watch Out for Identity Theft

You are never too young to fall victim to identity theft. In fact, young people with little or no credit history are good targets. Keep your personal information well guarded.

Limit the information you post in your profiles on the Internet to first name and last initial, gender and general area of residence. Social networking sites have become havens for people looking to steal identities.

Never leave ATM or debit receipts behind, always take them with you. Keep your credit card numbers private and only use them on web sites you know you can trust. Always shield your personal identity number (PIN) from prying eyes.

Follow these guidelines and you’ll be in good financial shape now and in the future.

36. Which of the following is the advantage when teens live at home?

A) They don’t need to worry about how to handle money.

B) They can spend money freely.

C) They can make financial decisions by themselves.

D) Their parents can teach them the smart money saving tactics.

37. What is the effective way for you to know where your money has to go?

A) Making a saving plan. B) Making a list of your monthly expenses.

C) Handling money carefully. D) Setting up a fund.

38. Which of the following is true?

A) It’s unnecessary for the teens to save money.

B) You’d better not give yourself an allowance.

C) You don’t need to keep all your ATM receipts with you.

D) It’s nice to organize your receipts in a proper way.

39. Which of the following is a fairly sound way to be frugal?

A) Doing some shopping on the Internet.

B) Eating less food for every meal.

C) Taking cars instead of bicycles.

D) Buy second-hand books and lab supplies.

40. What can we infer about the credit cards?

A) We can deal with emergencies or major purchases with their help.

B) The safety is not guaranteed when they are used online.

C) They are the only ways to make students get into debt.

D) Credit card companies cheat the students into using them.

Passage Two

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.

Since the late 1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement wherein the husband and his career are the primary considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers.

More and more American women have come to believe that they should be equal partners rather than junior partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although not typical of most American marriages at present, will grow most rapidly in the future. In an equal partnership marriage, the wife pursues a full-time job or career which has equal importance to her husband's.

The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wife no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally.

The rapid change in women's attitudes toward marriage in the 1970s reflected rapid change in the larger society. The Women's Liberation Movement appeared in the late 1960s, demanding an end to all forms of sexual discrimination against females. An Equal Rights Amendment (修正案) to the U.S. Constitution was proposed which would make any form of discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be ratified, it continues to have millions of supporters.

41. Since the late 1960s more women have been dissatisfied with the marriage wherein _____.

A) they are unhappy

B) they are in the inferior position

C) only the husband work to earn the living

D) the wife only take care of the household

42. What is the long-standing division of labor between husband and wife in America?

A) Husband-leader, wife-helper.

B) Husband and wife share the housework.

C) Husband and wife have equal partnership.

D) Husband plays a superior role while wife plays an inferior role.

43. Which statement is NOT true about the new type of marriage?

A) Husband and wife share all their duties equally.

B) Wife can also make the decisions in the family.

C) Wife earns the living while husband does housework.

D) Husband is also responsible for raising children.

44. The women's attitudes toward marriage contribute to _____.

A) the Women's Liberation Movement

B) the prohibition of only one form of sexual discrimination

C) the love of husband and wife in the marriage

D) the stability of the society

45. Which of the following can be the title for this passage?

A) The Changing Patterns of Americans' Marriage

B) An Ideal Marriage

C) The Women's Liberation Movement

D) The Equal Right Between Husband and Wife

Passage Three

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

“Yes, I’ll be ready at nine in the morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again.” It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robinson to make. Her daughter had been very kind, of course, and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station, but Mrs. Robinson hated to admit that she needed help. Since her husband died ten years before, she had prided herself on her independence. She had continued to live in their little house, alone.

On this evening, however, she was standing at her living-room window, staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden. Her feelings were mixed. Of course, she was sad at the thought of leaving the house, as it was full of so many memories. But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea, back in the little seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale of the house, she had bought a little flat there. She turned from the living room window, and looked round at the room. One or two pieces of furniture remained, covered with sheets. All her pictures had been taken from the walls. There was a small fish tank, with two goldfish in it. When asked why, her husband used to say: “It’s nice to have something alive in the room.” Since he had passed away, she had always kept some goldfish, had always had “something alive in the room”.

The next morning, as her train was pulling out of the station, Mrs. Robinson called to her daughter, “Kate, you won’t forget to collect the goldfish, will you? The children will love them. It’s…”

“I know,” Kate interrupted gently. “It’s nice to have something alive in the room.” But in the little house, the two goldfish had stopped their circling. They were floating on the water, in the room with empty walls.

46. What kind of person was Mrs. Robinson, according to the passage?

A）She did not like asking people for help.

B）She did not have a lot of pride.

C）She liked to be alone.

D）She wanted to live without her husband.

47. On her last night in the house, Mrs. Robinson was feeling .

A）proud of what she had done but sad B）very happy but unable to help herself

C）a bit sad but not totally unhappy D）in poor spirits because of her husband 48. Mrs. Robinson was going to .

A）take a trip on the sea B）live where she was born

C）meet her husband D）live with her daughter

49. Mrs. Robinson was to return to her hometown.

A）unwilling B）thankful C）regretful D）eager

50. Why did the little house mean a lot to Mrs. Robinson?

A）Because it was built many years ago.

B）Because she had many living things there.

C）Because it was a very good place to keep pets.

D）Because it was full of unforgettable memories.

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

The welfare reform bills passed by the House and reported out of the Senate Finance Committee force most of the women and children remaining on welfare off the rolls without giving them the tools they need to stand on their own feet.

We have come a long way since 1968, when Lyndon Johnson called the welfare system in America“outmoded and in need of a major change”and pressed Congress to create“a work incentive（鼓励）program, incentives for earning day care for children …”. With such reforms finally put in place a quarter century later , we have reduced the number of women and children on welfare from a peak of more then 14 million in 1994 to 5.3 million in 2001.

But in the process, the character of the welfare population has fundamentally changed. In 1994 at least half the mothers（largely temporarily unemployed）and children on welfare were there for less than a year. Moving and keeping them off public assistance in booming economy was relatively easy.

Now comes the hard part: Today the bulk of mothers on welfare---perhaps most---are drug and alcohol abusers and addicts （有瘾的人），often suffering form serious mental illness and other small diseases. Most have been on welfare for several years. Moreover, women in 1994 welfare population had an average of two children; those now on the rolls have an average of four children.

The administration bill passed by the House would provide just three months for substance abuse treatment and training for these women before they could be pushed off the rolls. The Senate committee bill, only marginally better, would provide six mouths. These women need at least a year, perhaps two, of concentrated substance abuse treatment and literacy, job and parenting skills training. With such help, and with their benefits conditioned on staying in treatment, a significant numbers will achieve economic self-sufficiency and become responsible parents.

51. Welfare reforms have made about ______ women and children move off welfare from 1994

to 2001.

A) half of B) 14 million C) 9 million D) 5 million

52. Why did people stay on welfare for a shorter period in 1994?

A) They suffered from smaller diseases.

B) They could easily find jobs again.

C) They were provided job and parental skills training.

D) They were forced to move off public assistance.

53. The key step to help women achieve economic self-sufficiency now is to _____.

A) provided substance abuse treatment B) provided daycare for children

C) teach them to become responsible parents D) increase public assistance

54. What does the writer think about the welfare reform bills passed by the House?

A) They are pushing welfare women into a difficult situation.

B) They are effective measures.

C) They provided enough time for welfare women to become independent.

D) They can easily push welfare women off the rolls.

55. From the changing character of the welfare population we can infer that ______.

A) welfare reform will be a success as a whole

B) welfare reform will meet with new problems

C) welfare mothers will become more responsible parents

D) sick women will always depend on welfare

Part IV. Multiple Choice （0.5’×20）

Directions: There are 20 sentences in his part. For each sentence there is a blank and four choices marked A), B), C) and D) below the sentence. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

56. In the wife’s eyes, his _____ to their marriage life is far from perfect.

A) requirement B) commitment C) participation D) reflection

57. In the event of SARS, some ____it while others lost their courage to do anything about it.

A) came up to B) lived up to C) faced up to D) caught up to

58. Experts have _____ with some effective measures to prevent the disease from spreading.

A) caught up B) put up C) come up D) kept up

59. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to _____ the skills they need to succeed.

A) require B) inquire C) acquire D) enquire

60. As a result of his hard work, he has gained ______ to the Beijing University.

A) access B) commitment C) opportunity D) reward

61. The years he spent in the countryside proved to be a(n) ________ experience

A) rewarding B) regarding C) demanding D) requiring

62. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no ________ to health service.

A) process B) access C) capability D) opportunity

63. He managed to hide his ______ and moved to a new town where people would not know him.

A) ambition B) density C) credit D) identity

64. I deeply _____ to inform you that we cannot accept such conditions.

A) complain B) regret C) sorrow D) worry

65. You will have to _____ yourself to a completely new life in the United States when you get

there.

A) adjust B) help C) absorb D) apart

66. After so many years, he still ____ the hope that his lost son would return one day.

A) clang to B) clung to C) inclined to D) subjected to

67. The action of cheating in an examination would ____ you ____ severe punishment.

A) cause…to B) subject…to C) turn…to D) take…to

68. This article _____ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language

teaching and learning.

A) calls for B) applies for C) cares for D) allows for

69. I don’t think that your watch is ____.

A) worthy the price B) worth the price

C) worthy to buy D) worth to buy

70. He is ____ a very old man but in fact he is only fifty years old.

A) apparently B) evidently C) absolutely D) actually

71. On the conference, representatives from different countries ____different viewpoints on this

matter.

A) put out B) put off C) put forth D) put down

72. The _____ of the seasons has long been observed by people in all parts of the world.

A) rhythm B) rite C) click D) identity

73. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

A) influential B) monstrous C) vigorous D) powerful

74. The footballer made a(n) _____ gesture, which made the audience’s blood boil.

A) mature B) offering C) offensive D) hesitative

75. However, at times this balance in nature is ____, resulting in a number of possible unforeseen

effects.

A) troubled B) disturbed C) confused D) disgusted

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Part V. Chinese to English Translation (15’)

学习外语对我来说是非常艰辛的经历，但它又无比珍贵。它不仅使我懂得了艰苦努力的意义，而且让我了解了不同的文化，让我以一种全新的思维去看待事物。学习一门外语最令人兴奋的收获是我能与更多的人交流。与人交谈是我最喜欢的一项活动，新的语言使我能与陌生人交往，参与他们的谈话，并建立新的难以忘怀的友谊。由于我已能说英语，别人讲英语时我不再茫然不解了。我能够参与其中，并结交朋友。我能与人交流，并能够弥合我所说的语言和所处的文化与他们的语言和文化之间的鸿沟。