新理念交互英语教程1期末试卷B含答案

《新理念交互英语教程1》期末试卷Final Exam for New Concept Interactive English LearnersBook 1 Paper BPart I Listening Comprehension （15 minutes 15 points）Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper.1. A. No problem. B. Forget it.C. You’re welcome.D. Take it easy.2. A. Never mind. B. I am busy.C. It’s in front of you, sir!D. Good idea.3. A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. Yes, I’d love to.C. Take it easy.D. Tha t’s all right.4. A. Never mind. B. Not at all.C. Fine, thanks.D. I am glad to.5. A. No, that’s not good. B. Yes, it is.C. It doesn’t matter.D. So do I.Section BThis section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper.6. A. Asking the way. B. Giving directions.C. Taking a bus.D. Traveling in Peking University.7. A. 5:15. B. 5:00.C. 5:05.D. 4:45.8. A. $55. B. $145.C. $115.D. $85.9. A. In a coffee shop. B. At a bookstore.C. At the station.D. At the airport.10. A. At a bookstore. B. In a hotel.C. At the airport.D. On campus.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in thetest paper, but with some words and phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin.There are several ways in which American dining customs are different from those in other parts of the world. A guest invited to dinner is expected to arrive 11 . The use of fork and knife is often different. The fork is used mostly in the right hand. It 12 the food without help from the knife. The knife is generally used only to cut meat or potatoes, and is placed to the right of the 13 when in use. And while in many places the napkin is 14 the neck, here it is put on the lap. Finally, when Americans eat certain foods, they use their fingers. This is 15 in other countries.Part II Vocabulary & Structure（15 minutes 15 points）Section AChoose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.16. Dolphins are not fish but mammals.A. warm bloodB. warm-bloodC. warm-bloodedD. warm blooded17. John will send you email ______ he reaches New York.A. as soon asB. as long asC. as early asD. as quick as18. What do you think of his suggestion we all attend the meeting?A. whichB. whetherC. thatD. what19. This pencil is _______ that one.A. so long asB. as longer asC. longer thanD. not as longest as20. The manager _______ a new plan to promote sales at the meeting.A. took awayB. took outC. looked afterD. put forward21. We’ve decided ______ after all.A. to not go awayB. not going awayC. not to go awayD. not to going away22. Smoking can lung cancer.A. bring aboutB. take partC. give inD. lead to23. —I so busily recently that I no time to help you with your math.—That’s OK. I can manage it by myself.A. have been working; haveB. have worked; hadC. am working; will haveD. had been working; had had24. I’ve got to ______ the shop to do some shopping.A. drop inB. drop atC. drop byD. drop out25. He has difficulty _________ his homework alone.A. finishB. to finishC. finishingD. finishedSection BFill in each blank with the appropriate form of the given word in the brackets.26. You have to find time for (relax) after hard work.27. The clerk asked me to fill in the (apply) form.28. Ten dollars for a good dictionary seems (reason) enough.29. The children are well ______ (look) after in our kindergarten.30. Some people seem to be always (luck).31. I can (easy) finish my homework tonight.32. The (host) _________ was a beautiful woman.33. We haven’t the (patient) to hear such an empty talk.34. As you have already grown up, you should learn to be (dependent).35. There is no (true) in what he says.Part III Reading Comprehension（40 minutes 35 points）Task 1After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements numbered 36 through 40. You should make the best choice from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure what tax he ought to pay to the government because it depends on so many different things: whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations; how much he earns; how much interest he receives; how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on and so forth. All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.There was a certain artist who was always very careful to pay the reasonable amount.One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, decided that he had not. He believed that he owed the government something.He was just writing another check to send to the tax collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it, the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax collector. The official explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.36. According to the passage, it is for one to decide the exact amount of tax to be paid.A. simpleB. easyC. difficultD. interesting37. Which of the following is NOT the factor that influences the amount of one’s tax payment?A. Marriage.B. Retirement age.C. Income condition.D. Family members.38. The underlined word “reasonable” in the second paragraph means.A. smallB. bigC. properD. wrong39. After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government .A. less tax than he should haveB. more tax than he should haveC. as much tax as usualD. just enough tax40. Why did the tax-collector send a letter to the artist?A. To send him a new tax form.B. To return the money over-paid.C. To remind him of paying the tax.D. To explain the rules of tax-paying.Task 2After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements numbered 41 through 45. You should make the best choice from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.When young people get their first real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situations. They may find that everything is different from the way things were at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable and insecure in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations that arise in the working world.Perhaps the best way to learn how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you will be able to see what it is that you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts in a crisis. Perhaps even more important, you will be able to see what his approach to day-to-day situations is.While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like yours and how you can learn from his responses to a variety of situations. By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to identify and adopt good working habits.41. The young people just graduated from school may not behave well in the working world, because _____.A. what they learned in university classes is not adequate for their new lifeB. they were not well educated at schoolC. the society is too complicated to adapt toD. they failed to work hard at school42. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word underlined word “arise” means _____.A. bring aboutB. come into beingC. occur toD. cause to happen43. The best way to learn how to behave in the working world is _____.A. to find a worker and follow him closelyB. to find a person you admire and make friends with himC. to make the acquaintance of a model you admireD. to find a person you respect and watch carefully how he acts in different situations44. In the last line of the second paragraph, the underlined word “approach” means _____.A. means of enteringB. speaking to someone for the first timeC. way of coming nearD. method of doing something45. The passage could be best entitled _____.A. Learn from a ModelB. Learn, Learn and Learn AgainC. Learn ForeverD. One Is Never Too Old to LearnTask 3The following is a trip report. After reading it, you should complete the information by filling in the blanks marked 46 to 50 in no more than 3 words in the table below.Trip ReportsMany companies require their employees to hand in reports of their business trips. A trip report not only provides a written record of a business trip and its activities, but also enables many employees to benefit from the information one employee has gained.Generally, a trip report should be in the form of a memorandum( 内部通知), addressed to your immediate boss. The places and dates of the trip are given on the subject line. The body of the report will explain why you made the trip, whom you visited, and what you did. The report should give a brief account of each major event. You needn’t give equal space to each event. Instead, you should focus on the more important events. Follow the body of the report with a conclusion.Task 4The following is a list of terms related to computer. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……等同) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets numbered 51 to 55.A—mouse B—central processing unitC—CAD D—data processingE—desktop operating system F—dialogue boxesG—disk drive H—downloadI—drag and drop J—electronic commerceK—floppy disk L—home pageM—host computer N—ink jet printerO—laser jet printer P—office automationQ—card readerExamples: (I) 拖放(H)下载Task 5The following is a letter. After reading it, you are required to complete the statements that follow the questions marked 56 through 60 by filling in each blank in no more than 3 words.Dear Sirs,We are in receipt of your letter of July 17, 2014 asking us to offer 10 000 metric tons of the subject sugar for shipment to Japan and appreciate very much your interest in our product.To comply with your request, we are offering you the following:1. Commodity: Qingdao Superior White Crystal Sugar.2. Packing: To be packed in new gunny bag of 100 kgs each.3. Quantity: Ten thousand (10,000) metric tons.4. Price: US dollars one hundred and five (US$105.00) per metric ton, FOB Qingdao.5. Payment:100% by irrevocable and confirmed letter of credit to be opened in our favor through Bank of China in Qingdao and to be drawn at sight.6. Shipment: Three or four weeks after receipt of letter of credit by the first available boat sailing to Yokohama direct.Please note that we do not have much ready stock on hand. Therefore, it is important that, in order to enable us to effect early shipment, your letter of credit should be opened in time if our price meets with your approval.We are awaiting your reply.Sincerely,Jack 56. What was asked to be offered in the letter of July 17, 2014?10 000 metric tons of _________________ for shipment to Japan.57. How will the commodity be packed?They will be packed in ________________ of 100 kgs each.58. What’s the price offered per metric ton F OB Qingdao?____________________ per metric ton, FOB Qingdao.59. When will the commodity be shipped?_____________________ weeks after receipt of letter of credit.60. Why should the buyer open the letter of credit in time?Because the seller doesn’t have much _____________________ on hand.Part IV Translation—English to Chinese（25 minutes 20 points）Choose the best translation for the sentences marked 61 through 64. And write your translation of the paragraph marked 65 in the corresponding space.61. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in coffee bars over her lunch hours.A. 当她吃过午餐后，在咖啡馆继续工作时，故事更成形了。