大学英语1B卷

大学英语I-B卷Part I••Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear several statements. Each statement will be read only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B) , C) and D), and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) This is the first time that I felt so happy.B) I have never felt happy.C) I have always been a lucky person.D) I have never been very lucky.2. A) I will drive to the concert.B) I have to go to the concert by bus.C) My brother will drive me to the concert.D) My brother will go to the concert with me.3. A) $10 isn’t too much for me.B) I haven’t enough money for the coat.C) The coat is expensive.D) I can buy the coat.4. A) I wish I had read more in the open air.B) I regret not having read more books on different subjects while at school.C) To be a good student, one must read as many books as possible.D) Being a student, I like reading books outside my own field.5. A) He used to pay 19 cents. C) Now he pays $1.60.B) He will pay $1.16. D) Now he pays 90 cents.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear several short and long conversations. 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.6. A) He found something missing while packing.B) He’s got everything ready to leave.C) He can’t find his camera.D) He’ll pack one more thing into the suitcase.7. A) She will pay Mr. Stewart a visit.B) She will give Mr. Stewart a call.C) She will buy Mr. Stewart a phone book.D) She will buy herself a phone book.8. A) He likes the architecture of London.B) He thinks it’s very crowded.C) He thinks London is a tourist paradise.D) He likes modern buildings in the city.9. A) Teacher and student. C) Doctor and patient.B) Father and son. D) Passenger and policeman.10. A) In his bag. B) In his office. C) He has no radio. D) At his home.11. A) Secretary. C) Home economics.B) Business administration. D) Biology.12. A) She adjusted to college life easily.B) It was hard for her to get into college.C) She no longer attends college.D) It doesn’t take her long to get to campus.13. A) The noise is indeed unbearable.B) She is also annoyed by the noise.C) She has got used to the noise.D) She thinks the man should move to somewhere else.The following questions are based on the conversation you have just heard.14. A) The man’s professional worries.C) The man’s safety awareness.B) The man’s career planning.D) The man’s love for football.15. A) He got fired and can never play again.B) He got injured and can never play again.C) He got criticized but can still play.D) He got laughed at but can still play.16. A) To avoid getting injured. C) To learn another skill.B) To improve his football skills. D) To give up football.17. A) To change professions. C) To give up football.B) To sign up for a course. D) To be more cautious when playing.The following questions are based on the conversation you have just heard.18. A) American. B) Japanese. C) Michigan. D) English.19. A) Liz worked in a public school.B) Liz didn’t know all the students there.C) Liz visited lots of places with her students.D) Liz didn’t have any special skills to teach.20. A) People in the U.S. are nice to her.B) Students in that public school were not motivated to learn a new language.C) Liz has special memories from the trip.D) You will be given the opportunity to try new things in America.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear several short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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 centre.Passage OneThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.21. A) Energy conservation.B) Transportation of the future.C) Strip cities.D) Advantages of air transportation over railroads.22. A) A lack of available flights. C) Boredom on long flights.B) Long delays at the airport. D) Long trips to and from airport.23. A) On short trips. C) When flying over cities.B) On long trips. D) When flying at high altitudes.Passage TwoThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.24. A) When we are kids.B) When we are teenagers or in early twenties.C) When we are adults.D) When we are elderly people.25. A) It’s only about the way we dress ourselves.B) It has nothing to do with hairstyles.C) It has little to do with how girls make themselves up.D) It has everything to do with the way we look.26. A) If we don’t, we will be considered odd or dull.B) Because that’s the only important thing to do.C) Because the advertisers ask us to.D) Because our parents want us to.27. A) How to make yourself look good.B) What fashion magazines and advertisers do to help young people look good.C) The need for young people to follow the fashion.D) How to change the fashion.Passage ThreeThe following questions are based on the passage you have just heard.28. A) A computer can do any job a man or woman can do.B) Computers can react to any situation.C) Computer programs can be written for a nurse or any number of other professions.D) Computers are only effective when problems are clearly described in advance.29. A) Computers can take the place of teachers.B) Computers can check pupils’ learning progress.C) Computers can do everything in the classroom.D) Pupils can ask questions by using computers.30. A) A human pilot may go wrong, but a computer won’t go wrong.B) A computer can play chess better than a human being.C) No computer can deal with unexpected situations.D) A computer has higher intelligence than a human.Part II••Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. 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 centre.Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The sea is the common property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. None can appropriate it exclusively to themselves, nor is it foreign to any.This was the decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. It was stated as a fundamental rule of the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial water s (the waters within three miles of a country’s coast) the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime.After the United States purchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals were American property because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the United States. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, the special rights of a nation that makes use of an open-sea area are recognized.All of the sea’s rules are established by international conferences and treaties.31. The idea that the sea “belongs equally to all” was establishedby ________.A) an unwritten agreement C) an international conferenceB) a U.S. Supreme Court decision D) a written treaty32. The fundamental rule of the sea means that ________.A) any powerful nation may control the seaB) any area of the sea belongs to the nation close to itC) no one has exclusive rights to the open seaD) no nation has any sea rights33. Territorial waters are those waters that ________.A) nations acquire through use C) border a nation’s coastB) nations share by agreement D) belong equally to all nations34. The Americans claimed the seals because ________.A) the seals came to American shoresB) the sealers were in American territorial watersC) the United States had purchased all the waters off AlaskaD) there were no regulations for sealing35. International arbitrators decided that ________.A) Canada had no sealing rights off AlaskaB) the Canadians could hunt the sealsC) the United States could claim the sealsD) the United States could not hunt the sealsPassage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Misconceptions about alcoholism are common. Many people, for example, think that alcoholics are careless, pleasure-seeking people who have moral problems that make them easier prey for liquor. Actually, alcoholics often feel guilty about their drinking and are very self-conscious around other people. Alcoholics quite often have a low self-respect and are too sensitive about what people may think of them. Another common myth is that the alcoholic is always drunk, but experts say this is not so. In truth, there are three types of alcoholics. Episodic drinkers, for example, drink only now and then, but each of their drinking episodes ends in overindulgence. Habitual excess drinkers are also only occasionally drunk, but their episodes are much more frequent than those of the episodic drinker. The addict is a person who must drink continually simply in order to function. It is the addict who needs medical assistance to withdraw from the support of alcohol.36. This passage is mainly about ________.A) therapy for alcoholicsB) alcoholismC) common misconceptions about alcoholismD) three types of alcoholics37. According to the passage, which of the following statements isNOT true?A) Many alcoholics feel guilty about their drinking.B) The habitual drinker is only occasionally drunk.C) The addict needs medical help with his problem.D) Episodic drinkers never overindulge.38. We can conclude from the passage that ________.A) few alcoholics are episodic drinkersB) episodic drinkers have more troubles than habitual drinkers doC) most alcoholics are emotionally disturbed peopleD) the addict-type alcoholic is always drunk39. The passage suggests that ________.A) the addict has an emotional and physical dependence on alcoholB) more habitual drinkers become addicts than do episodic drinkersC) addicts can be helped by chemical control of their drink wishD) alcoholics are basically immoral40. As used in this passage, the word “episodic” means “________”.A) constant B) occasional C) patient D) uncontrollablePassage ThreeQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.Schools in the 1990’s will be working together with businessmen and offices, and factories will be full of schoolchildren and teachers. Since the reforms of the nineteenth century which got children out of factories, the British have disliked mixing learning with commerce. But the past ten years of high youth unemployment have encouraged most schools to create new links with employers to provide their pupils with more marketable skills. And in the next ten years, when youth labor will become scarce rather than plentiful, many employers not yet working with schools will be encouraged to do so.41. One of Britain’s aims of the nineteenth century social reforms must have been to ________.A) provide pupils with more skills C) separate learning from commerceB) create new links with employers D) mix learning with commerce42. In Britain, the 1990’s will see a ________.A) weak link between schools and factoriesB) a high youth unemploymentC) higher demand for skilled workersD) new increase in youth labor43. In the past decade, the British schools have taken their pupils to factories because ________.A) youth labor is plentifulB) the British think it’s good for their children to work thereC) the employers encourage them to do soD) they have had to prepare their students for employment44. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A) In the past ten years, Britain’s youth unemployment rate is high.B) Birth rate in Britain will become lower.C) Most British schools have been encouraged to provide their pupils with more marketable skills.D) In Britain youth labor will be much less than is needed in the next decade.45. To solve the problem of labor resources in the 1990’s ________.A) employers must have better relations with schoolsB) teachers will have to work together with businessmenC) the British will have to send their children to factoriesD) the British must mix learning with workingPart III••Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. It is __________ everybody to maintain a clean and beautiful campus.A) in reference to B) in response to C) in the interest of D) in advantage of47. In a hospital for the mentally ill, much of the nurse’s time is devoted to maintaining a sa fe environment for thepatients and also helping them to understand and ________ essential safety measures.A) take credit for B) put into practice C) hand down D) blend in48. Seeing Bob coming in, she ________ in the middle of her story.A) gave up B) broke off C) relieved D) retreated49. The team didn’t expect to win; ________, they were disappointed at their heavy defeat.A) moreover B) therefore C) nevertheless D) so that50. My daughter has just started work in a ________ job with a television company.A) likely-paid B) truly-paid C) excessively-paid D) highly-paid51. These plants are not ________ enough to survive outside in winter.A) giant B) risky C) brutish D) tough52. The government is trying to do something to ________ better understanding between the two countries.A) raise B) promote C) heighten D) increase53. She felt herself in the ________ of sadness she could not understand.A) grasp B) snatch C) grip D) seizure54. The farmers ________ a mysterious object flying over when they made their way home.A) kept up with B) caught sight of C) made use of D) pulled into55. I wish you ________ Jim so much. He’s still very depressed.A) had not hurt B) have not hurt C) shall not hurt D) hurt56. This sort of hot and spicy food is very ________ the food in the south of the country.A) famous for B) kind of C) above all D) typical of57. We went far into the forest, her father ________ as a guide.A) acted B) having acted C) had acted D) acting58. It’s high time you ________.A) stop smoking B) stopped smoking C) stop to smoke D) will stop to smoke59. The fact that something is cheap doesn’t ________ mean it is of low quality.A) necessarily B) essentially C) especially D) practically60. We were ________ that he could walk on his hands.A) scared B) shocked C) amazed D) frightened61. What you say has no relevance ________ what we’re talking about.A) about B) of C) to D) with62. Students are expected to ________ their classes regularly.A) present B) attend C) go D) follow63. She avoided making any references _________ her divorce on any public occasion.A) of B) to C) at D) with64. One thing I hate to do is to check the __________ in my bank account on an ATM.A) money B) remainder C) remains D) balance65. The ants, ________, have their times for play.A) hardworking as are they C) hardworking despite they areB) as they are hardworking D) hardworking as they are66. He unbuckled his seat belt and ________ the lever, then hit the door hard with his shoulder from a crouchingposition.A) pulled on B) pulled up C) pulled out D) pulled down67. I have not enough money, so I’ve made a(n) ________ on a new TV and video.A) entertainment B) down payment C) calculation D) proportion68. I could see that my wife was ________ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not.A) adequate for B) intent on C) short of D) deficient in69. The king ________ to his son’s desire, and gave him a d og.A) listened to B) gave in C) hoped for D) looked for70. ________ last year and is now earning her living as an advertising agent.A) She left the school B) She has left school C) She had left school D) She left school71. The second part of the book describes the strange ________ of events that lead to the King’s fall from power.A) reference B) intelligence C) correspondence D) sequence72. Morning Paper will keep you ________ date on what’s new and interesting.A) up to B) down to C) out of D) in to73. The city is treating the meeting similar to last year’s APEC forum, with the local government creating 21 workteams ________ there are no problems with security, transportation, hospitality and communications during the event.A) to ensure B) ensure C) to be ensured D) being ensured74. It is just ________ foolish to say that one should never eat meat and potatoes together ________ it is to say thatone should never eat bread or drink milk.A) as...as B) so...as C) so...that D) too...that75. Firefighters extinguished a blaze Sunday in the attic of Buckingham Palace, but the extent of the damage has notbeen ________.A) assessed B) estimated C) valued D) justifiedPart IV••ClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Your body works like a clock, like a 24-hour clock. Most people follow a •76• pattern of activities every day. They wake up, get up, wash, dress, have breakfast, leave home, etc., •77• every day. And the day is •78• by the clock and by the •79•.The time of the day and the light aren’t changed if we fly north or south. •80•these reasons we can •81•thousands of miles north or south and not •82• from jet lag. But if we fly eastwards or westwards 15% of travelers are severely upset and •83• of us are •84• to some extent.Dr. K. E. Klein and his associates at the Institute for Flight Medicine in Bad Godesberg, Germany, have •85•people’s mental performance at different times of the day. They have found that it is highest between two and four in the afternoon. Reaction times and physical movement are at their •86• then. The •87• time is between two and four in the morning. Researchers in industry say that •88• workers make more mistakes than day workers and have more illnesses •89• mental tension.When we suddenly arrive in a new time zone we are expected to eat, sleep and work at times •90•our body wishes to do different things. Of course, we get used to the new day, but it takes •91•! After crossing six or seven time zones we may not sleep •92• for four or five days. Our heartbeat (which is usually faster in the day than at night) may •93• five or six days to become normal, our ability to think may take from two days to two weeks to •94•!I flew to Honolulu from Britain recently. Honolulu is 11 hours behind Brit ish summer time. At 7 o’clock in the morning in Honolulu I had my breakfast... but my mind and body were •95• my afternoon tea!76. A) same B) regular C) normal D) average77. A) in the same place B) in the same way C) at the same time D) on the same way78. A) set up B) made up C) mixed D) fixed79. A) day B) night C) light D) hour80. A) For B) To C) At D) On81. A) fly B) sail C) walk D) drive82. A) have B) suffer C) endure D) undergo83. A) the other B) others C) the rest D) rest84. A) infected B) affected C) effected D) defected85. A) measured B) quantified C) taken D) found86. A) worst B) best C) better D) worse87. A) best B) better C) worst D) worse88. A) day B) night C) any D) none89. A) as a result B) because C) due to D) according to90. A) which B) where C) on which D) when91. A) efforts B) medicine C) time D) patience92. A) naturally B) normally C) averagely D) suitably93. A) take B) cost C) spend D) use94. A) settle in B) settle back C) settle with D) settle down95. A) looking forward B) longing C) expecting D) waitingPart V••TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).96. 玛丽利用吃午饭的时间做完了家庭作业。