大学英语精读A试题

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基础英语精读 考试卷 A 卷 第 1 页 共 4 页 2014-05-02

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2005 /2006学年第_1_学期 期终考试A 卷

课程名称: 基础英语精读 考试时间:100分钟

命题人 黄艳梅 2005 年 12 月 20 日

审批人 年 月 日

使用班级: 00511P 00512P 考试成绩: 。

Part Ⅰ: Fill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the following box.

Change the form where necessary. (15 minutes; 15 x 1’ = 15’)

1. We don ’t usually accept late applications, but since you were so sick I ’ll

make an _________.

2. The new tax is meant to force companies to ______energy-saving measures.

3. Parts of my childhood are so ______ to me that they could be memories of

yesterday.

4. Although it is unlikely that everyone will be able to come, they are still ______

with the plan to hold a reunion.

5. If you try to cheat in the exam, you ’ll never_______it.

6. Things are much cheaper here than in New York,_____, our average salary is much

smaller.

7. As pace of life quickens things _______ to change fast in the city. 8.

It was already a _____ when two weeks later the police found his stolen car

and he had to buy a new one.

9. Typhoons, floods and other natural disaster cannot be prevented, but action

can be taken to protect life and _______.

10. Those children_______the whole cake in five minutes!

11. On the train I ______ an old lady who happened to be a neighbor of my daughter ’s

when she lived in Los Angeles.

12. When the police ______ her to stop, she knew she should not have honked her horn near the school. 13. “It ’s time you stopped _____ on campus and did some reading,” Mr. Reed told his son one day. 14. When I entered the Japanese-owned store, all shop assistants bowed to me______.

15. This is, in my ______ opinion, perhaps the best duck restaurant in China.

Part Ⅱ:Choose the best answer for each of the following(10 minutes; 20 x 1’ = 20’ ) 16. The Spring Festival, like Christmas in western countries, is a holiday for

family __________.

A. amusement

B. reunion

C. entertainment

D. congratulation 17.At the conference yesterday, our differences were further ______.The next step is to work out a solution acceptable to both sides.

A. narrowed down

B. cooled down

C. driven home

D. brought about 18. It ’s one thing to communicate with your friends on the phone, but it is quite

another to _______ a nice letter explaining the same idea. A. convey B. distribute C. inquire D. compose 19. The milk smells _________ sour.

A. as if it is

B. like it is

C. as if it was

D. like it was 20.It takes courage for one _____ the huge task, to say nothing of fulfilling

it in such a short time.

A. to face up to

B. facing up to

C. faces up to

D. to be faced up to 21. “The Internet will ensure that the children of the future are not going to

know _____ nationalism is,” an expert at MIT declared. A. how B that C. what D. as

22. The negotiators believe that it is ______ both parties to establish a joint

venture in Shanghai.

A. in the interest of

B. in response to

C. for the reference of

D. grateful

23. The representatives _________ their discussion after the coffee break.

A. jammed

B. undertook

C. skipped

D. resumed

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24. Some parents are just too protective. They want to _____ their kid from every

kind of danger, real or imagined.

A. shelter

B. locate

C. prevent

D. release

25. All the pictures in the exhibition are ___________ . You may buy them.

A. for rent

B. for example

C. for sale

D. for instance 26.Though man has _______ the universe and made numerous discoveries, even to

this day he is still very ignorant of himself.

A. acquired

B. assessed

C. explored

D. calculated

27. In the past ten years Jack has been with us, I think he has proved that

he_____respect from everyone of us.

A.qualifies

B.expects

C. reserves

D.deserves

28. It is ________ of you to get rid of the bad friends.

A. sensible

B. sense

C. sensitive

D. sensed

29. Mrs. Newman hurried home after work, only ______ both her kids gone for the

movies.

A. finding

B. found

C. to find

D. Having found

30. If we had had adequate time to prepare, the results ______ much better.

A. would be

B. were

C. had been

D. would have been

31. Why not _______ to Professor Smith for advice? He is an expert in this field. A. go B. your going C. to go D. you go

32. “The Internet will ensure that the children of the future are not going to

know _____ nationalism is,” an expert at MIT declared. A. how B that C. what D. as 33. Water is _______ hydrogen and oxygen.

A .composed of B. consisted of C. made of D. complicated

34. My boss always carries a ________ computer with him when he attends meetings. A. probable B. popular C. portage D. portable

35. “You _______ call me uncle because I am about the same age as your father,”

said the visitor to the boy.

A. more or less

B. may just as well

C. sort of

D. off and on

Part Ⅲ: Cloze ( 15 minutes; 0.5’x 20 = 10’)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on tire: Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words, which makes up the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 45 which we become familiar in daily conversation, which we 46, that is to say, from the 47 of our own family and from our friends, and 48 we should know and use 49 we could not read or write. They 50 the common things of life with all the people who 51 the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 52 and are not excluded 53 a limited class.

On the other hand, our language 54 a large number of words which are comparatively 55 used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little 56 to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 57 acquaintance (熟悉) with them comes not from our mother's 58 or from the talk of our schoolmates, 59 from books that we read, lectures that we 60 , or the more 61 conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular 62 in a style properly higher above the habitual 63 of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the 64 between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of language study process. 36. A. at B. with C. by D. through 37. A. study B. imitate C. stimulate D. learn 38. A. mates B. relatives C. members D. fellows 39. A. which B. that C. those D. ones 40. A. even B. despite C. even if D. in spite of 41. A. mind B. concern C. care D. relate 42. A. hire B. apply C. adopt D. use 43. A. in public B. at most C. at large D. at best 44. A. in B. from C. with D. on 45. A. consists B. consists of C. makes D. composes 46. A. seldom B. much C. greatly D. often 47. A. possibility B. way C. reason D. necessity 48. A. primary B. first C. principal D. prior 49. A. tips B. mouth C. ears D. tongue

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50. A. besides B. and C. yet D. but 51. A. hear of B. attend C. hear from D. listen 52. A. former B. formula C. formal D. forward 53. A. theme B. topic C. idea D. point 54. A. border B. link C. degree D. extent

55. A. relation B. distinction C. connection D. similarity

Part Ⅳ: Reading Comprehension: (20 minutes; 10 X 2’= 20’ )

Directions: There are three 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 1

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent droughts (干旱) and floods.

Unfortunately, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. Two

thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire(帝国). It gained the empire, but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced by flood and

starvation.

(Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade villagers to see this.) The villagers want wood to cook their food with; and they

can earn money by selling wood. They are usually too lazy to plant and look after the trees. (So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.)

This does not only mean that the villagers' children and grandchildren will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious, for where there are trees their roots break the soil up allowing the rain to sink in - and also bind the soil, thus preventing its being washed away easily but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away from the surface, causing flood.

56. What is the most important function of trees?

A. Providing fuel.

B. Offering shade.

C. Preventing natural disaster.

D. Providing wood. 57. What eventually happened to the empire in the paragraph? A. Its people died of hunger. B. It fell to pieces.

C. It became a giant empire.

D. It built many ships with wood. 58. It is implied in the passage that the villagers__________ A. want a plentiful supply of trees. B. want firewood badly.

C. just want to get money.

D. don't realize the importance of trees. 59. The role of trees is to__________

A. loosen soil

B. keep soil in position

C. harden soil

D. both A and B 60. What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A. The benefits of trees.

B. Trees and soil protection

C. The various uses of trees.

D. Different attitudes toward trees. Passage 2

“Keep an eye on Esther. I’ll be back in a second,” Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didn ’t like leaving the children alone in the car, but the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.

She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, “My babies are in that car!”

Daniel Whitehead, a 17-ear-old student, was walking by the river when the Buick crashed into the water just yards ahead. Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.

Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the water and hearing Joy ’s cries, Skip got out of his truck and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I don ’t get them out, they ’ll drown.

Daniel reached the car and grabbed the door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldn ’t open. With one power punch, Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window. He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over the water and swan toward the shore. All this took place just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.

Later, diving home, Skip thought of his wife and children---how close he ’d come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle he ’d lived through, and how two children were still alive because he and Daniel happened to be in the right place at the right time. 61. Why did Joy leave her children in the car?

A. She didn ’t like shopping with a child in hand.

B. She didn ’t like waking the baby.

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C. Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister.

D. It was icy cold outside. 62. Daniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids,________.

A. had been good friends

B. were two good friends of Joy Warren ’s

C. were Joy Warren ’s neighbors

D. were strangers before the accident 63. How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger? A. He squeezed into the car and carried him out. B. he pulled him out through the broken window. C. He freed him from his seatbelt before he got him out.

D. He held him over the water and swan back to shore. 64. What happened to Joy Warren ’s Buick?

A. It had four inches of water in it.

B. One of its window could not be opened.

C. It was pulled out of water and set on the shore.

D. It sank to the bottom of the river. 65. How did Skip feel on his way home?

A. He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of the two kids.

B. He missed his wife and children, whom he had left behind in the morning.

C. He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would not have made it.

D. He wondered how he and Daniel could be in the right place at the right time.

Part Ⅴ Translation (15 minutes)

Translate the following sentences into Chinese:( 2 x 5 = 10’)

66.Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. 67.Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

68.True friendship foresees the needs of others rather than proclaims(means: declares) its own.

69.If you go on spending money like this, you will find yourself penniless in a

month.

70.The young man described to the policeman the way the man ran up to her and

grabbed the bag from her.

Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given below:( 2 x 5 = 10’)

71.自从他加盟以来,乔治从早忙到晚。由于表现出色,他被提升为执行总裁(CEO=chief executive officer ).从那以后,他尽力和工人打成一片,从不盛气凌人。他制定了一些奖励制度,鼓励工人们努力工作。人人都说他是一位出色的执行总裁。

Part Ⅵ Writing

(30 minutes; 1 x 15’ = 15’)

Directions: For this part, you are given the first sentence of each paragraph and are required to

develop its idea in completing the paragraph. Write no less than 120 words, not including the words given. Be sure to write clearly .

Learning

1. There was just so much to learn about when we were children.

2. As young adults, we must keep learning many new things.

3. Even when we reach old age learning remains important to us.

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