北京城市学院16本科-学位英语考试题库-大学英语1卷

北京城市学院学位英语考试题库2016级本科大学英语1卷Section A: Pronunciation and Intonation（每小题0.5分，共5分）Directions:In this section you will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose which of the two words you hear in each statement. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A. watch B. wash2. A. throne B. throng3. A. casual B. cashew4. A. think B. sink5. A. reading B. riding6. A. ship B. sheep7. A. rake B. lake8. A. great B. grade9. A. treat B. trade10.A. code B. cordSection B: Listening Strategy（每小题1分，共10分）Directions: In this section y ou will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken TWICE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must fill in the blank with an appropriate word you hear in the statement. Then write your answer on the corresponding part of the Answer Sheet.11.Who is the speaker? The speaker is a .12.China’s population is of the world’s population.13.I began to learn the outside world when I .14.We should first think of a .15.Soap operas are closely related to the .16.He was not sure whether he could the examination.17.Hasty judgments on are often wrong.18.Fourth-year students often read in the school library.19.He worked on his homework when it was already in the night.20.We are discussing the work of the company. Let’s avoid being . Section C: Long Conversations（每小题1分，共10分）Conversation 1Directions: In this section y ou will hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, five 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 center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the conversation you just heard.21. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a shoe store.B. At an airport.C. At a manager’s office.D. At the toy section of a department store.22. What is Mrs. Smith looking for?A. A birthday present for her husband.B. A model airplane for her 14-year-old son.C. A birthday present for her 14-year-old nephew.D. A Christmas present for her nephew.23. How much does Mrs. Smith pay for the airplane?A. 100 dollars.B. 70 dollars.C. 170 dollars.D. 17 dollars.24. Why does Mrs. Smith return to the store the next day?A. Because she wants to return the airplane and gets her money back.B. Because she has a complaint to make due to the rudeness of the sales clerk.C. Because she wants to replace the model airplane she bought the day before.D. Because the sales clerk overcharged her.25. What can you infer from the conversation?A. Mrs. Smith buys the airplane with her Visa card.B. Mrs. Smith is not satisfied, and she wants to see the manager.C. The customer service clerk is friendly and efficient when dealing with thecomplaint.D. Mrs. Smith returns the airplane and gets her money back.Conversation 2Directions: In this section y ou will hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, there are five recorded statements. Both the conversation and the statements will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must decide whether the statement is true or false. Put “T” for “True” and “F” for “False”. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Statements 26 to 30 are based on the conversation you just heard.26. When Carol and Mathew meet, Carol is on her way to the Queen’s Sandwich.(T / F)27. Mathew ordered dessert but Carol didn’t. (T / F)28. Carol and Mathew both ordered a large coke without ice. (T / F)29. Mathew didn’t enjoy salad, because they put too much tomato and green pepperson it. (T / F)30. Carol didn’t enjoy the coffee because it was cold and the waiter didn’t give herextra cream. (T / F)Section D: Spot Dictation（每空1分，共10分）Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage THREE times. While listening, supply each blank with the word you hear. Now the passage begins.We welcome you __31__ the Eastern Flight and will do our best to make your trip __32__ and enjoyable.To begin the trip, we would like to draw your __33__ to some safety-related details. These are also __34__ on the instruction card in the seat pocket in front of you. Seat belts must __35__ fastened while the “Fasten seatbelts” sign is on. It is __36__ to keep them fastened at all times while seated. All flights are __37__. The use of mobile telephones is now allowed when the airplane is on the ground. During the flight, the use of CD and DVD players is not allowed.To help you enjoy your trip, we provide a range of 38 . On our MD-11 and Boeing aircraft, we provide music and video programs. On Airbus A 321/320/319, short videos are 39 .During most flights we serve you a tasty meal and drinks. Beer, wine and other drinks are served free of 40 . Coffee, tea and juice are served on all domestic flights. On domestic flights leaving before nine and on all flights to Northern China, a snack is served.Section A: Multiple Choice（每小题0.5分，共10分）Directions: Each of the following sentences is incomplete and followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet.41. She was in her early thirties and of ________ height.A. schoolingB. appropriateC. extraD. average42. Seeing that we had noticed him, he ________ quickly.A. fell outB. wore onC. set upD. moved off43. Please assemble in the lobby to ________ the President.A. awaitB. realizeC. discountD. absorb44. I decided to find out more about my ________ neighbor.A. overallB. mysteriousC. appropriateD. negative45. I ________ great difficulties in learning English grammar.A. assignedB. encounteredC. loadedD. denied46. He became a brilliant scholar, but only at the ________ of his health.A. expenseB. fareC. profitD. account47. Most Asians ________ rice while a majority of western countries mainly depend upon bread.A. prefer toB. wear onC. live onD. call upon48. The antiques have been handed down to them from one ________ to another.A. generationB. decisionC. functionD. distraction49. Though this task was difficult, they managed to ________ it in time.A. experienceB. dealC. designD. accomplish50. My son’s ________ a severe cold after swimming yesterday.A. experiencedB. consumedC. contractedD. reflected51. Pets should always have ________ to clean, fresh water.A. independenceB. accessC. creditD. opportunity52. At the end of their meeting, it was ________ that an agreement had been reached.A. organizedB. functionedC. identifiedD. announced53. Club members can use the gym at no ________ cost.A. normalB. extraC. availableD. related54. Falling in love in high school may make students________ exam results.A. live onB. fall outC. work throughD. lose track of55. The doctor advised him ________ not to eat fatty food, in addition to smoking less.A. eventuallyB. specificallyC. speciallyD. equally56. He ________ his mind to wander while lying on the sofa.A. madeB. servedC. allowedD. designed57. If we ________ our time carefully for the future, we will be one step closer to success.A. budgetB. identifyC. dealD. separate58. About 1000 students __________ the opening ceremony of the sports meeting.A. signed up forB. kept up withC. participated inD. cared for59. His second daughter has a ________ place in his heart.A. similarB. specialC. straightD. related60. The foundation of good health ________ love, laughter, and self-confidence.A. believes inB. takes inC. fills inD. lies in Section B: Banked Cloze（每小题0.5分，共5分）Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.When I was a very young man, just beginning to make my way, I was invited to dine at the home of a distinguished philanthropist. After dinner our hostess led us to a(n) 61 drawing room. Servants were 62 small chairs in long, neat rows; and up front, leaning against the wall, were musical 63 . 64 , I was in for an evening of Chamber music.I use the phrase “in for” because music meant nothing to me. Only with great effort can I carry the simplest 65 , and serious music was to me no more than an arrangement of noises. So, I closed my ears from the inside and 66 myself in my own thoughts.67 , I heard a voice.“You are fond of Bach?” the voice asked.I knew as much about Bach as I knew about nuclear fission. But I did know one of the most 68 faces in the world, with the untidy white hair and the pipe clamped between his teeth. I was sitting next to Albert Einstein.“Well,” I said uncomfortably, and 69 . I could see from the look in my neighbor’s 70 eyes that this was a man to whom you did not tell a lie, however small.“To be honest, I’ve never heard any of his music.”Section A: Timed Reading （每小题1分，共10分）Directions: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71 to 80 are based on the following passage.There are many Natural Wonders on our planet. They include several of the most beautiful places in the World like mountains, forests, waterfalls, lakes, canyons, and caves. We don’t have time to visit all of them, but here are a few examples.In the southeastern mountains of Venezuela, water falls from the top of Devil’s Mountain into Devil’s Canyon far below. The water falls from a height of nine hundred seventy-nine meters. It begins to fall in a tightly controlled stream but ends in a beautiful white cloud of mist.Known as Angel Falls, it is the highest waterfall in the world. An American pilot named Jimmy Angel saw the waterfall for the first time in 1933 while flying alone in a small airplane. Years later the waterfall was named after him. His airplane is still on display and considered a national treasure.A small airplane is still the best way to see the falls, although a four-and-a-half-hour boat ride and walk through the jungle allows you to see the falls from below.There is another spectacular mountain. In fact, it is one of the most photographed mountains in the world. It is Mount Fuji, a sleeping volcano about three thousand seven hundred meters high in Japan. The Japanese call it Fujisan. Since ancient times, they have considered it a holy mountain, even reproducing its image on their currency.Mount Fuji is an almost perfectly shaped volcano with bright white snow caps covering the mountaintop most of the year. On a clear day people can see it from both the major cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. The easiest way to see the famous mountain is riding the train from Tokyo to Osaka or climbing the mountain to get an even better look.Not all wonders are mountains of course. In 1540, Spanish explorer Garcia Lopez de Cardenas was exploring the American southwestern desert.His exploration team had been traveling north from Mexico when their exploration was stopped. They could not continue because of an enormous hole in the ground.Most of the canyon was more than one thousand two hundred meters deep and more than three hundred kilometers long. This huge deep canyon extended as far as the explorers could see. The sunlight made deep shadows and combined with the movement of the clouds to change the shape and color of things.Now known as the Grand Canyon, it is one of the most studied natural areas in the world. The Colorado River, which sits at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, took several million years to cut through the hardened rock.Visitors today do not have a problem reaching the bottom of the Grand Canyon and the great Colorado River. Many people take long exciting trips in rubber boats.The final example is not something above ground. It is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It extends more than two thousand kilometers along Australia’s northeast coast and is the largest group of coral reefs in the world.A reef is usually under water or just above it and is formed from the hardened remains of dead sea animals. The reef contains billions of brightly colored microscopic creatures and also supports many different kinds of fish, birds, and mammals.Millions of visitors from around the world come every year to enjoy the Great Barrier Reef. Some use glass bottom boats so they can see the fish and the colorful coral while others choose to swim among the fish.Scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef is about thirty million years old, and their concern persuaded the Australian government to take the necessary steps to legally protect it. Now the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.There are many more natural wonders all across the globe, and they are easy to visit if you have a computer. If your computer can connect to the Internet, you too can enjoy these beautiful sights. Have fun exploring.71. The four natural wonders mentioned in the passage are _____________.A. Venezuela, Mount Fuji, Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier ReefB. Devil’s mountain, Devil’s Canyon, American desert and Colorado RiverC. Angel Falls, Mount Fuji, Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier ReefD. Angel Falls, Osaka, Colorado River and the Great Barrier Reef72. Which of the following is NOT true about Angel Falls?A. It is in South America.B. It is the highest waterfall in the world.C. It was named after an American pilot.D. The best way to visit it is by taking a small airplane or a boat.73. What should people do if they want to have the best view of Angel Falls?A. Take the plane.B. Ride a boat.C. Have a walk through the jungle.D. Climb the mountain.74. According to the passage, Mount Fuji _____________.A. has perfectly-shaped and breathtaking viewsB. is a dead volcano that has been sleeping since ancient timesC. is highly respected by Japanese that it appears on the country’s money notesD. is closer to Yokohama than to Osaka75. According to the author, what happened in 1540?A. A Spanish explorer discovered the Grand Canyon for the first time.B. A Spanish exploration team fell into a huge hole in the ground.C. Some Spanish explorers found out exactly how deep and how long the GrandCanyon was.D. Explorers and visitors reached the bottom of the Grand Canyon.76. How did the Grand Canyon come into being?A. The sunlight made deep shadows and combined with the movement of theclouds.B. Colorado River has been cutting through the hardened rock for millions of years.C. Many people visited the area and Colorado River.D. It is still under study.77. Which of the following is TRUE about the Great Barrier Reef?A. It is a natural wonder above ground.B. It extends along America’s northeast coast.C. It is home to many microscopic creatures.D. Visitors can rubber boats and enjoy the underwater view.78. What have scientists done to protect the Great Barrier Reef?A. They have set up an organization to protect the Reef.B. They have taken some legal measures to protect the Reef.C. They played a part in persuading the government into taking steps of protection.D. They studied the Reef and told people of the important of protecting it.79. What is an easy access to the natural wonders across the world?A. Airplane.B. Boat.C. Swim.D. Internet.80. We learn from the passage that _____________.A. the Great Barrier Reef in Austria is a natural wonder under the groundB. many marine creatures depend their lives on reefC. the only way that tourists may see the Great Barrier Reef is swimmingD. at least two authorities are protecting the Great Barrier ReefSection B: Reading in Depth（每小题2分，共20分）Directions: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them 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.Passage OneQuestions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage.When I was at school, our teacher told the class “You are what you eat.” My friends and I laughed and called each other “hamburger” and “biscuit”. Our teacher was trying to teach us the importance of eating the right food to stay healthy.It has long been believed that food has an impact on our physical and emotional health. Now, we have proof. When you know the effects of different types of food, you can choose to eat what you want to become.Everyone has their own advice to give, which they have read about or have been told by older relatives. Sometimes this advice is contradictory. A friend might say eating chocolate makes you fat. A magazine article might mention that chocolate contains magnesium, a chemical that makes people feel happier. What we need to figure out is what type of chocolate to eat to get the benefits and how much of it to eat. We can do this by reading the list of ingredients on the chocolate bar wrapper. Exactlyhow much real chocolate is in there? And how much of that do we need to eat to get the benefits without the side effects?Future restaurants might be named after the physical or emotional state they hope to create. Their menus will list the benefits of each dish and drink. Some restaurants have already started doing this by listing the nutritional content of their dishes on the menus. Let’s take the restaurant Winners as an example. Their menu would list dishes specifically designed to help you win sports competitions. There would be “Championship Vegetable Lasagna”, a pasta dish with extra layers of spinach pasta, rich tomato sauce, and vegetables to help you win the next day’s competition. What kind of dishes do you think would be on the menu at the Clever Café, which sells food that’s good for your brain?So what’s going to happen to hamburgers and biscuits? Will the concept of eating our favorite foods go out of fashion because they’re unhealthy? Of course not! Surprisingly, our favorite foods are also changing and becoming healthier. For example, many stores have started offering customers choices, such as fat-free, sugar-free tofu ice cream and traditional ice cream on the same shelf. Snacks might soon be changing their names to “Skinglow” and “Chocosmile”! So, in the future you might be able to eat your way to your idea of perfection!81. What is the main idea of this passage?A. It is important to eat the right food to stay healthy.B. Food influences people’s physical and emotional health.C. Eating the right food may make us healthy but what’s important is what wechoose to eat and what lifestyle we prefer.D. Future restaurants would only offer healthy dishes and foods in the future willbecome healthier and have different names.82. Why does the author mention chocolate in Paragraph 3?A. As an example to illustrate that people are always contradictory in their advice.B. As an example to illustrate that it’s up to ourselves to decide on what food wetake.C. To show that food has an influence on people’s health.D. To show that reading the list of ingredients is very important when we choosefood.83. Which of the following is NOT true about future restaurants?A. Future restaurants might have names that are related to people’s physical oremotional state.B. Future restaurants might list the positive effects of their dishes and drinks on themenus.C. Winners and Clever Café are two future restaurants.D. Spinach and tomato might be used to make dishes by future restaurants as theyare good for people’s physical health.84. What changes might happen to the unhealthy food people like?A. People would not have their favorite food any more.B. People would change the names of their favorite foods to make them soundhealthy.C. People would change some of the ingredients of their favorite food.D. People would choose snacks according to their understanding of perfection.85. What can you infer from the passage?A. People would have more choices of food in the future.B. Unhealthy snacks would become out of fashion in the future.C. Traditional restaurants would not be popular in the future.D. People would not go to any restaurants that do not provide menus with thenutritional content of their dishes.Passage TwoQuestions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage.A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the idea that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make the most of his mental faculties（能力）, or he may accept another person’s mistaken estimate（估计）of his ability. Older people may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for success. He is therefore likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence. Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates（阐明）this. When he was a small boy, he got off to a poor start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought, in order that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they too developed the idea, “Isn’t it too bad that Alfred can’t do arithmetic?” He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and was very poor at arithmetic, just as they expected.One day, Adler succeeded in solving a problem which none of the other students had been able to solve. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldn’t do arithmetic and was determined to show them that he could. His newfound confidence stimulated him to go at arithmetic problems with a new spirit. He now worked with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became extraordinarily good at arithmetic.This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have, and that lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply one’s ability, lack of confidence, and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.86. One might be hindered from doing good work because _____________.A. he thinks he is old enough to make the most of his mental facultiesB. he accepts another person’s underestimate of his abilityC. he has the idea that he is capable of doing everythingD. he believes in what other people think of him87. A person who believes in his incompetence will _____________.A. spare no efforts to do thingsB. fail to go at a job but never lose heartC. shift to learn other courses instead of mathematicsD. show complete lack of confidence88. As a boy, Alfred Adler was poor at arithmetic because _____________.A. he lost his self-confidenceB. he was mentally retarded（迟钝的）C. his teacher had no confidence in herselfD. his parents expected too much of him89. Which of the following is the most important factor to Adler’s success?A. Spirit and experience.B. Interest and self-respect.C. Confidence and determination.D. Purpose and knowledge.90. Adler’s experience made him realize that _____________.A. people are not as capable as they thinkB. people can be more capable than they thinkC. lack of knowledge leads to failureD. lack of ability results in lack of determinationDirections: Translate the following phrases into English.91.漫漫长路_______________________________92.新挑战，新机遇，新体验_______________________________93.我对音乐一窍不通_______________________________94.把我所学的运用于实践_______________________________95.参加课外活动_______________________________96.沉浸在我自己的思绪里_______________________________97..跟上其他同学_______________________________98.竭力挤出一丝笑容_______________________________99.感染疾病_______________________________100. 满怀新的勇气和决心_______________________________Part V Writing（10分）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: My First Semester in College. You should write at least 100 words followingthe structure and the cue words given below.。