上海电力学院大学英语1期末试卷及答案(2)

大学英语一级水平试卷 (2)

I. Listening (20%)

Section A

Directions; In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a ques tion will be asked about what was said.T he conversation and the question will be spoken only once. each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the A Sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. A) Couple.

B) Strangers.

C) Bo s s and employee.

D) Friends.

2. A) Three.

B) Twelve.

C) Nine.

D) Fifteen.

3. A) She didn't sleep well.

B) She went to bed late.

C) She couldn't fall asleep.

D) She didn't sleep last night.

4. A) He posted the letter.

B) He lost the letter.

C) He didn't know about the letter.

D) He forgot to post the letter

5. A) She doe s n't mind.

B) The man should not smoke.

C) She doesn't smoke.

D) She allows the man to smoke.

6. A) She has won a prize, too.

B) She doesn't show much interest.

C) She's glad to hear that.

D) She's already known it.

7. A) On foot.

B) By taxi.

C) By their own car.

D) By bus.

8. A) She will say goodbye.

B) She'll stay for a cup of tea.

C) She'll be late for work.

D) She'll go to the railway station.

9. A) She attended a party.

B) She lost her way.

C) She met with an accident.

D) She failed to attend the party.

10. A) He heard of that, too.

B) He will not believe it unless he sees it.

C) He saw it with his own eyes.

D) He believed it was true.

Section B

Directions: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. You'll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.

An (11) _____ is really a consumer product; that is, it is made for people to use (12) _____; it is not used to make other products.

A car, of course, is one of the biggest and most (13) _____ of all consumer products. It is often said that a house and a car are the two largest purchases that people make in their (14)_____. A car is a very complex piece of (15) _____. It consists of thousands of parts, which must all work (16) _____. These parts are made in many (17) _____ factories. The spark plugs, for example, may be made in one place and the carburetor in another. All these parts are finally (18) _____ to one place to be (19) _____ into a car that will go out and join (20) _____ of others on the highways.

II. Reading Comprehension (30%)

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage

How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met? Sociologists and psychologist are conducting experiments on rats to try to determine the effect of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have adequate living space, they eat well, sleep well, and reproduce well. However, if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior patterns and even their health perceptibly change. They cannot sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is adequate space not only desirable, but also essential for human survival?

21. This passage is mainly about _____.

A) living space and behavior C) interesting experiments on rats

B) population and living conditions D) a natural law for human society

22. What is the purpose of the experiments described in the passage?

A) To determine how much living space a rat needs.

B) To see what happens when rats live in a limited space.

C) To know the likely effects of inadequate living space on human beings.

D) To find out the relationship between population and living conditions.

23. Which is NOT a result of being too crowded for rats?

A) They become nervous. C) They eat less.

B) They cannot get enough rest. D) They become less active.

24. The passage suggests that overcrowded conditions _____.

A) are directly related with population C) may lead to high birth rate

B) may cause an increase in violence D) may bring about pollution problems

25. The author seems to imply that ______.

A) human society is very similar to that of rats

B) birth control is essential for a better life

C) efforts should be made to improve living conditions

D) rats are not social animals

Questions 26 to30 are based on the following passage

Let children learn to j udge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will st o p talking. He notices a thousand times a day the di f ference between the language he uses and the language those around him. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other pe o ple's. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they d o without being taught - to talk, run, climb, --whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, wh a t this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tell s us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let's end all this nonsense of grades, examinations, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day lea rn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on wi t h this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one' s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say,"But supp os e they fail to learn something essential, s o mething they will need t o get on in the world?" Don't w o rry! If it is essential, they will go out

into the world and learn it.

26. What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?

A) They give children correct answers.

B) They allow children to mark their own w o rk.

C) They point out children's mistakes to them

D) The encourage children to copy from one another.

27. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished(废除) because children' s pr o gress only be

estimated by ____.

A) the children themselves

B) teachers

C) parents

D) educated persons

28. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?

A) By making mistakes and having them corrected.

B) By listening to explanations from skilled people.

C) By copying what other people do.

D) By asking a great many questions.

29. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ______.

A) not really important skills

B) basically the same as learning other skills

C) more important than other skills

D) basically different from learning adult skills

30. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ______.

A) unable to use basic skills

B) too dependent on others

C) too critical of themselves

D) unable to think for themselves

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage

One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing could settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then walked softly out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.

My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.

I found in my baby’s behavior a symbol of the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit (吐唾沫) upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this

experience with the baby, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!

31. Why did the author bring a TV set into his son’s room?

A) To make his son keep quiet.

B) To spend the night by watching TV programs.

C) In order not to let his son feel lonely.

D) To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible.

32. The baby’s reaction to the TV program was ______.

A) unexpected C) exciting

B) encouraging D) calm

33. From the passage we know that author is ______.

A) a doctor C) an editor

B) a reporter D) a teacher

34. According to the passage, which is true of the school children?

A) They prefer reading to watching TV.

B) They like watching TV after school.

C) They would rather watch TV than read books.

D) They like their teachers who teach them reading.

35. What do you think is the author’s attitude towards TV expressed in the last two sentences?

A) Favorable. C) Not favorable.

B) Serious. D) Not serious.

Passage 36 to 40 are based on the following passage

"We're more than halfway now; it's only two mile s farther to the tave rn(小旅馆)," said the driver.

I’m glad of that," answered the stranger. He meant to say more but the east wind blew clear down a man’s throat if he tried to speak.The girl's voice was something quite charming, however, and presently he spoke again.

You don't feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Weste rn count r y,t here's none of the damp chill (湿冷)," he said, and then it seemed as if he had blamed the uncomplaining young driver. She had not even said that it was a disagreeable day, and he began to be conscious o f a warm hopefulness of spirit.

"You'll have cold drive going back!" he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if h i s c oat-collar was as close to the back of his neck as po s sible. He had wished a dozen times for the warm old hunting rig (服装) in which he had many a day con fr onted (遇到) the wor s t of weather in the Northwest.

“I s hall not have to go back!" exclaimed the girl, with eager pleasantness. "I'm on my way home now. I drive over early just to meet you at the train, we had word that someone was coming to the tavern.”

36.How f ar was the drive f rom the train to the tavern?

A) One mile.

B) Two miles.

C) A little over four miles.

D) Le s s than four miles.

37. The driver was _____.

A) an old man

B) a girl

C) a stranger

D) we don't know fr om this part of the story

38.From the passage we guess that the two s peaker s are in ______.

A) the West

B) the East

C) the Northwest

D)the South

39.According to the stranger, in the West the winters are _____.

A) dry and cold

B) humid and cold

C) warmer than in the East

D) temperate

40. T he driver _____.

A) had to retu rn to the train station after leaving the stranger at the tave rn

B) was going home after leaving the stranger at the tave rn

C) lived at the tave rn

D) was going away on the train

III. Vocabulary and Structure(30%)

41. The French pianist who had been praised very highly _______ to be a great disappointment.

A. turned up

B. turned in

C. turned out

D. turned down

42. Everybody ______ him upon his success.

A. celebrated

B. congratulated

C. remarked

D. inspired

43.The person looks familiar to me. Oh, I _____ meeting him on the campus.

A. remind

B. recall

C. relive

D. recapture

44.There is a (an) ______ of life on Mars.

A. possibility

B. ability

C. capacity

D. activity

45.He was so angry that he couldn’t ________ his emotions.

A. hold on

B. hold back

C. hold out

D. hold up

46.You’d better not lose your temper. Be patient ______ your children.

A. to

B. about

C. with

D. of

47.The professor will discuss the events in historical _____.

A. series

B. severe

C. sequence

D. consequence

48.The old woman decided to ______ her property fairly among her relatives.

A. distribute

B. attribute

C. contribute

D. tribute

49.______ she realized that she should have married the man.

A. Not until his death that

B. Only after his death that

C. It was not until his death that

D. It was his death until not that

50.Vivid memories came flooding back to me when I _____ at the table where I had dined with

the girl.

A. was seated

B. was seating

C. took seat

D. seated

51.There is no choice for me but _____ the tedious essay.

A. have to compose

B. composing

C. compose

D. to compose

52.Old habits die hard. That is, once the habits ______, it is hard to remove it.

A. take along

B. take note of

C. take hold of

D. take hold

53.The ruler commanded that the victory day ______ a national holiday.

A. would become

B. became

C. become

D. had become

54.The boy wished to forget everything ______ his past.

A. associating to

B. associated to

C. associated with

D. associating with

55.Ms. Green runs a successful business and gives a monthly fashion show. ______, she has already published two books on cooking.

A. What’s more

B. However

C. Off and on

D. That is to say

56.Because of the rising price, I had to spend _____ money on food as I had planned.

A. twice than

B. twice as more

C. as twice

D. twice as much

57.“You _____ call me Uncle because I am about the same age as your father.” he said.

A. may as well

B. can as well

C. must as well

D. should as well

58.Christmas in western countries is a holiday for family _____.

A. reunion

B. entertainment

C. reputation

D. basis

59.I have searched all the book stores in the library. The book you asked for is not _____.

A. available

B. sufficient

C. skilled

D. precise

60.During the summer holidays, I went to the supermarkets to ______ sample (样品) products.

A. convey

B. create

C. distribute

D. discard

61.Ben hurried home, ______ to watch the football league game on TV.

A. and anxious

B. too anxious

C. was anxious

D. anxious

62.I remember it as if it _____ tonight.

A. is

B. be

C. had been

D. were

63.It was suggested that the matter ______ considered at the next meeting.

A. to be

B. was

C. be

D. would be

64.______ was proved that he was the guilty man.

A. It

B. He

C. So

D. As

65._____ is predicted by the outsiders, there will be a substantial cut on tax in the coming year.

A. Which

B. What

C. As

D. So

66.The music sounds as if it ____ Chinese.

A. was

B. were

C. is

D. being

67.The building is said to ______ by December this year.

A. be completed

B. have been completed

C. have completed

D. complete

68.It has been over 350 years ______ the first settlements in the United States were made by Europeans.

A. after

B. since

C. before

D. during

69.The response to our advertisement has been somewhat _____; we are all deeply ______ at the result.

A. disappointed, disappointing

B. disappointed, disappointed

C. disappointing, disappointing

D. disappointing, disappointed

70. If you don’t know the train schedule, please ______ at the booking office.

A. acquire

B. inquire

C. request

D. require

Part IV Cloze (10%)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best fits into the pa s sage.

A

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep (71) _____ their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications,, interoffice communication, (72) _____ to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend(73)_____ can mean the difference between success and failure. (74) _____ the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers.

(75) _____ of us develop poor reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency (缺陷) lies in the actual stuff of language itself — words. Take individually, words have (76) _____ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.

(77) _____, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to re-read words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over (78) _____ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. (79) _____ habit which slows down the speed of reading is vocalization — sounding each word either orally or mentally (80) _____ one reads.

71. A. up C. on

B. forward D. for

72. A. never C. not

B. neither D. nor

73. A. easily C. roughly

B. quickly D. decidedly

74. A. Yet C. Moreover

B. Besides D. Still

75. A. Both C. Either

B. Lot D. Most

76. A. some C. little

B. rare D. only

77. A. Fortunately C. Unusually

B. Unfortunately D. Luckily

78. A. what C. which

B. that D. it

79. A. Next C. Second

B. Other D. Another

80. A. while C. unless

B. as D. since

B

Historians can't when or where or (81) the first food was cooked In earliest (82) ____， people had eaten their food (83) and fire was used only to provide heat and light.

The first primitive cooks were (84) _____ women, (85) preparing food and making clothing were considered women's work. (86) _____ m ost of the great chefs（厨师） in history have been men. This might have been because chefs learned (87) _____ work in the kitchens of rich families (88) _____ in restaurants and women didn't often take jobs outside their homes, or it might have been because kitchen equipment was so heavy and difficult to work with (89) _____ only strong men could do it. In modern times, great female chefs have become known, and some of the best cook books (90)_____ by women.

81. A. who C. how

B. which D. what

82. A. time C. ages

B. times D. period

83. A. uncooked C. unco o king

B. being uncooked D. to be uncooked

84. A. probable C. probab l y

B. possible D. likewise

85. A. while C. so that

B. since D. unless

86. A. But C. And

B. Therefore D. Moreover

87. A. his C. their

B. its D. theirs

88. A. as well C. both

B. either D. or

89. A. as C. so

B. such D. that

10. A. 90. A. have written C. were written

B. have been written D. are written

V. Writing (15%)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write the composition on the topic

The Two-day Weekend. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your

composition on the outline below.

1．双休日给大学生带来的好处。

2．双休日可能给大学生带来的问题。

3．我应当怎样过好双休日。

The Two-day Weekend

二.大学英语一级水平试卷(2)答案

I. Listening (20%)

1.D

2. C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.A

9.D 10.B

11.automobile 12. directly 13. expensive 14. lives 15. machinery

16. together 17.different 18.brought 19. assembled 20. millions

II. Reading Comprehension (40%)

21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. C 27.A 28.C 29. B 30.B 31. B 32. A 33.

D 34. C 35. C 36.C 37.B 38.B 39.A 40.C

III. Vocabulary and Structure (15%)

41---45 C B B A B 46---50 C C A C A 51---55 D D C C A

56---60 D A A A C 61---65 D D C A C 66---70 C B B D B

IV. Cloze (10%)

71---75 A C B A D 76---80 C B A D B 81---85 C B A C B 86---90 A C D D B

V. Writing (15%)

(for reference)

The Two-day Weekend

Since the carrying out of the two-day weekend, college students have benefited a lot from it.

First, after five days' study, they are very tired. They can use the weekend to have a good rest.

Second, the two-day weekend provides them more chances to contact with the society , for

example, they can take a part-time job or go sightseeing. Third, they can use it to review the

lessons and preview what they will learn next week..

Every sword has two blades. Problems do exist in some college students' two-day weekend.

Some lazy students may spend most of the time sleeping, doing nothing else. Some may be

addicted to playing cards, drinking, leaving their homework far away. Therefore, the two-day

weekend can bring nothing useful to them.

As for me, I will make good use of the time to have a rest and develop my own hobbies, such

as reading, listening to music or playing sports. And I should prepare mysel f for the next week's

study.

Script:

11. M: I haven't seen you for a ges.

W: I've been abroad.

Q: What's the relationship between the man and the woman?

12. M: Jim is twelve years old.

W: His brother Peter three years younger.

Q: How old is the younger brother?

13. W: You look pale.

M: Oh, I didn't get my sleep last night.

Q: What can we lea rn about the woman?

14. W: Did you remember to po s t the letter for me?

M: The letter? Oh, I'm sorry.

Q: Why did the man apologize?

15. M: Do you mind if I smoke here?

W: Please don't.

Q: What does the woman mean?

16. M: Johnson's won the first prize.

W: So I've heard.

Q: What does the woman mean?

17. M: Shall I call a taxi?

W:"He department store is only two blocks away.

Q: How will they probably go to the department store?

18. M: Why .not stay a little longer?

W: I'd love to, but it's too late.

Q: What will the woman do?

19. W: You didn't show up last night.

M: There was an accident on my way to the party.

Q: What happened to the woman?

20. W: I heard Diana ran away with her teacher.

M: Seeing is believing.

Q: What does the man mean?

An automobile is really a consumer product; that is, it is made for people to use directly;

it is not used to make other products.

A car, of course, is one of the biggest and most expensive of all consumer products. It is often said that a house and a car are the two largest purchases that people make in their lives. A car is a very complex piece of machinery. It consists of thousands of parts, which must all work together. These parts are made in many different factories. The spark plugs, for example, may be made in one place and the carburetor in another. All these parts are finally brought to one place to be assembled into a car that will go out and join millions of others on the highways.