西安石油大学《大学英语(大二上册)》期末试题B及其答案

第 1 页 共 11 页一、听力阅读Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At theend of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question 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.1. A) Change her plan. B) Sell her old house. C) Go on vacation. D) Rent a house.2. A) An advertisement. B) A part-time job. C) Working hours. D) A phone number.3. A) No, he ’s too busy.B) The woman hasn ’t been able to ask him yet.C) Yes, even though he ’s busy. D) Richard hasn ’t decided yet. 4. A) He is an accountant. B) He works for the manager. C) He answers the phone. D) He is the manager. 5. A) He left in a hurry.B) He refused to see anyone at the moment.C) He went to the cinema. D) He was standing in front of the door. 6. A) He will get the letter. B) The letter shouldn ’t be in the box. C) He ’s got something important to do. D) The letter has been taken away already.7. A) the man is not responsible for what happened.B) He should have stopped her. C) He should have been with her. D) He should blame the old lady for her leaving alone. 8. A) Some of us hesitated to go on a picnic. B) The bad weather bored most of us.C) Everybody was willing to go on a picnic. D) We decided to go out on a picnic later.班级 学号 姓名 命题教师 教研室（系）主任审核(签字)---------------------------------------------装-----------------------------------------订----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------------装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记2010/2011学年第一学期期末试题（卷）9. A) She is certain it is still broken. B) The man should check it.C) It is not very secure. D) It is locked up.10. A) At home. B) At the department store.C) In the supermarket. D) At the barber’s.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. 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 center.Passage 111. A) English. B) French. C) American. D) Japanese.12. A) Japanese. B) French. C) German. D) American.13. A) Polynesian. B) American. C) English. D) Japanese.14. A) Americans. B) Englishmen.C) They speak with the same speed. D) The passage doesn’t mention.15. A) About 280. B) About 2008 C) About 2800. D) About 2900.Passage 216. A) He went home. B) He opened a law office.C) He worked for a famous lawyer. D) He became a judge.17. A) He had no clients. B) He could not find a place for his office.C) His telephone was out of order. D) He had to answer too many phone calls.18. A) He hung up the phone and asked the woman to come in.B) He asked the woman what he could do for her.C) He jumped up and opened the door.D) He pretended he was answering a phone call from a client.19. A) You are the first client that has ever come.B) My phone doesn’t work. Would you fix it for me?C) I’m busy talking to a client now, I’ll be with you in a minute.D) Have you come to connect my phone?20. A) To connect his phone. B) To check whether the phone was in good order.C) To see what he was doing. D) To ask for his advice.Keys 1 – 10 CBBDA AACDB 11 – 20 BAABC BADCA第 2 页共11 页第 3 页 共 11 页二、单项选择1. Scientists say that many factors _______ changes in the weather. A) bring about B) bring out C) call for D) call on2. The price of the article is out of all ________ to its value. A) evaluation B) evolution C) proportion D) replacement3. She is careful with her money and spends only a _______ of her earning. A) fiction B) friction C) fraction D) function4. We have taken every _______ we can against the painting being stolen. A) preparation B) preservation C) precaution D) reservation5. These young students have just graduated from colleges and they are ______ of the realities of the modern commercial world.A) opposed B) primitive C) ignorant D) collective6. Which sport has the most expenses _______ training equipment, player’s personal equipment and uniforms.A) in place of B) in terms of C) by means of D) by way of7. ________ providing lodgings for strangers, the public houses of colonial America were also meeting places and centers of social life.A) Except B) Because of C) In addition to D) In spite of8. She has adopted three orphans _______ her own six children so that, altogether, she has nine children to provide for.A) besides B) except C) in place of D) instead of9. Professor Brown must be busy _______ his studies. A) in B) to C) by D) with10. They had an accident on the road and didn’t ________ at their hotel until after midnight.A) show off B) drop out C) check out D) check in11. Without rules, people would live in a state of ________. A) occurrence B) chaos C) accordance D) perception12. He managed to stay in power for over five years, ________ all the criticism and pressure on him to quit.A) withstanding B) undertaking C) detecting D) adapting13. Building structures are supposed to be made secure in areas where earthquakes are a common _________.A) location B) shortage C) occurrence D) fragment14. The workers at the airport attach labels _____ the luggage of the passengers. A) with B) in C) by D) to班级 学号 姓名---------------------------------------------装-----------------------------------------订----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------------装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记15. Since earthquakes may cause great destruction, we need to learn how to______ them quickly. A) inspect B) detect C) examine D) look16. All these precautions can make a great _______ in saving lives andpreventing the loss of homes.A) difference B) similarity C) destruction D) sense17. We should always keep the flashlight _______ in case the fuse blows again.A) handy B) enclosure C) near D) closely18. Somehow I managed to cover her with my coat and _______ the flames withmy hands. A) pulled out B) pulled down C) put out D) put down19. Mr. Thompson is strongly _______ to the proposal of constructing a powerplant in the area that is densely population.A) opposed B) objected C) subjected D) supposed20. The bank is ______ and it has opened 2 more branches this year.A) perceiving B) flourishing C) arising D) exceeding21. They need three points from the last four games to be certain of ______the title. A) standing B) supporting C) switching D)retaining22. Humans, dogs, elephants and dolphins are all ________, but birds, fishand crocodiles are not. A) manuals B) mammals C) moral D)marital23. During his stay in the countryside, he _______ smoking.A) took to B) took in C) took on D) took for24. It is easy to _______ one’s power and that’s why there should be somekind of supervision mechanism.A) ignore B) exceed C) dispose D) abuse25. A lack of space is the main ______ on the farm’s expansion plans.A) refrain B) restraint C) refine D) relief26. All m oney collected must be banked _______ the Department’s financialprocedures.A) in contrast to B) in a pinch of C) in addition to D) in accordancewith27. The ___ thing to do is to put it out of mind and never refer to it again.A) sensitive B) sensible C) sensational D) sense28. There is a lot of public _____ about the dangerous poison in foodrecently. A) concern B) stress C) consumption D) perception29. Psychologists have been studying ________ in rats in an attempt to discovermore about human process.A) perception B) proportion C) generation D) institution30. Apparently, someone had tried hard to persuade them, but they were _______to become involved.A) reacted B) responded C) resistant D) insistent第 4 页共11 页第 5 页 共 11 页三、阅读理解第一篇 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. CVery old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into contact with them. Their values --- this can be repeated too often --- are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of ? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car: it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunity, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while there’s life, there’s hope.When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.1. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that ______.A . very old people enjoy living with their relativesB . social services have nothing to do with very old peopleC. very old people would like to live alone so that they can have more personal freedomD . very old people are able to keep their rooms very clean 2. Some social workers think that ______.A) health and safety are more important than personal freedom B) personal freedom is more important than health and safety C) old people should keep their rooms cleanD) one should not take risks dealing with old people 3. In the author’s opinion, ______A) the human body can’t be compared to a car B) the older a person, the more care he needsC) too much emphasis has been put on old people’s values D) it is easy to provide spare parts for old people班级 学号 姓名---------------------------------------------装-----------------------------------------订----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------------装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记4.The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ______.A) the conclusion you have come to B) your talk to the old peopleC) whether age is happy or unpleasant D) one’s money or one’s health5.The author thinks that ______.A)medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctorsB)old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very richC)the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is doubtful it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death第二篇 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. CSeveral factors are commonly associated with college suicides (自杀), the most frequent of which is academic failure. Failure not only brings the disappointment and disapproval of parents, but destroys personal self-confidence as well. The second leading cause of college suicide is the end of a love affair. When romance ends, there is more than just disappointment; there is the feeling of being rejected and abandoned, the complete loss of self-esteem (自尊). Next, college suicides often involve the shy students who, lacking social contacts, tend to be consumed by their problems. Finally, despite the alarming college suicide rate, many colleges offer little or no on-campus therapy for emotional problems.The suicide rate rises again in middle age when the male realizes that his career goals have not been achieved and are in fact now unattainable (无法实现的). The middle-aged woman may turn to suicide upon the departure from home of her children, after which she may no longer feel useful and needed.Finally, the suicide rate reaches its peak among the elderly, who today suffer from a host of emotionally crippling influences. Our society now emphasizes youth and young ideas. After a forced retirement at age 70, many people feel useless, lonely, bored, and frustrated. In addition, they may suffer great financial insecurity, physical pain, or may have terminal illnesses. For persons over age 85, the suicide rate is 26 per 100,000.1. The best title of this passage would be __________.A) Suicides among College Students B) Therapy for Emotional ProblemsC) Rising suicide Rate D) Causes of suicides2. Which of the following is not the reason why college students commit suicide?A) Poor academic results. B) Pressures from parents andteachersC) Unfavorable personality. D) Failure in a love affair.3. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.A)if colleges had offered enough help, many students would not have committed suicideB) most college students lack self-confidenceC) shy students may turn to suicide when a love affair endsD) many students feel rejected and abandoned by their parents4. According the author, middle-aged woman commit suicide because they __________.A) have failed to achieved their career goalsB) feel useless and no longer needed after their children leave themC) feel bored and exhausted after all those years of hard workD) cannot bear being away from the children第 6 页共11 页第 7 页 共 11 页5. The word “crippling” I paragraph 3 probably means __________.A) irrational B) unbearable C) damaging D)permanent 第三篇 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. DBecause smoking is a form of addiction, 80 percent of smokers who quit usually experience some withdrawal symptoms. These may include headache, light-headedness, and chest pains. Psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, short-term depression, and inability to concentrate, may also appear. The main psychological symptom is increased irritability. People become so irritable, in fact, that they say they feel “like killing somebody.” Yet there is no evidence that quitting smoking leads to physical violence.Some people seem to lose all their energy and drive, wanting only to sleep. Others react in exactly the opposite way, becoming so over energized they can't find enough activity to burn off their excess energy. For instance, one woman said she cleaned out all her closets completely and was ready to go next door to start on her neighbor's. Both these extremes, however, eventually level off. The symptoms may be intense for two or three days, but within 10 to 14 days after quitting, most subside. The truth is that after people quit smoking, they have more energy, they generally will need less sleep, and feel better about themselves.Quitting smoking not only extends the ex-smoker's life, but adds new happiness and meaning to one's current life. Most smokers state that immediately after they quit smoking, they start noticing dramatic differences in their overall health and vitality.Quitting is beneficial at any age, no matter how long a person has been smoking. The death rate of an ex-smoker decreases after quitting. If the patient quits before a serious disease has developed, his/her body may eventually be able to restore itself almost completely.1. Which of the following is the main psychological symptom of smokers who quit? A) Being light-headed. B) Being anxious. C) Being easily annoyed. D) Being violent.2. Why does the author offer the example of one woman in Paragraph 2? A) To tell us that smokers will be over-energetic.B) To indicate that smokers have to participate in some activities to help quit smoking.C) To show that the smokers who quit will go to extremes.D) To claim that smokers will be very helpful once they quit smoking. 3. How do most smokers feel immediately after they quit smoking?A) They have better health and more vitality. B) They find that life is meaningless.C) They need more sleep than before. D) They visit their neighbors more often.班级 学号 姓名---------------------------------------------装-----------------------------------------订----------------------------------------线--------------------------------------------装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记4. Which of the following statements is true about ex-smokers according to the passage?A) They begin to develop some diseases after quitting smoking.B) They can benefit little from quitting if they are heavy smokers.C) They are less likely to die after quitting even if they have serious diseases.D) They may regain their health almost completely if they quit in time.5. What is the most suitable title of the passage?A) Danger of smoking. B) Ways to quit smoking.C) Facts about smoking. D) Withdrawal symptoms of smokers.第四篇 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. BImagine reading one day that you had been a subject in a risky science experiment without knowing it. At school, you had been fed cereal laced with radioactive chemicals so scientists could learn more about the digestive system. Because the food was radioactive, scientists could easily trace its path through the body.Scientists now know that exposure to large amounts of radiation can cause cancer,a group of diseases in which bodily cells grow wildly out of control. Some peoplewho were part of radiation studies later developed cancer and blame the radiation for causing the cancer. Others are worried the radiation will some day make them sick.Some doctors say that, in many cases, such fears are unjustified because the radiation does used in the experiments were too small to cause harm. They also say that since the dangers of radiation were less well understood then than they are now, even researchers who used high doses of radiation didn’t do anything wro ng.Some critics claim that no excuse is acceptable for not informing subjects about the nature of an experiment and giving them a chance to refuse to participate. Today, government rules require such informed agreement whenever a study uses people.1.T he passage is mainly about ___________.A .what kinds of experiment cannot be done on peopleB . whether it is moral to experiment on people without letting them knowC . how radiation studies are conductedD . what result can be produced in a radioactive experiment2.T he word “laced” in paragraph 1 most probably means __________.A) confused B) surrounded C) mixed D) covered3.W hich of the following is true according to the passage?A)Radioactive chemicals can cause bodily cells to grow wildly out of control.B)When the danger of radiation had not been proved, high doses of radiation wereacceptable.C)Most cancers are caused by radiation.D)Radioactive chemicals were once used to cure diseases with the digestive system.4.T oday, government rules __________.A)demand to stop all experiments harmful to peopleB)prohibit all tests related to human beingsC)disapprove of experiments with uncertain resultsD)require to protect people’s right not to be tested without permission.第8 页共11 页5.T he author’s attitude towards the government’s decision may be described as__________.A) indifferent B) favorable C) critical D) dubious四、完形填空(1)___1___ scientists still cannot predict earthquakes, they are learning a great deal about how the large plates in the eart h’s crust move, the ___2___ between plates , how earthquakes work, and the general probability that a given place will have an earthquake. Someday soon it may___3___bcome possible to predict earthquakes with ___4___.However, even if prediction becomes possible, people who live in areas where earthquakes are a common ___5___ will still have to do their best to ___6___ disasters by building structures that are ___7___ to ground movement and by being personally prepared. These ___8___ can make a great difference in saving lives and preventing the loss of homes. Education concerning how to ___9___ an earthquake should be a ___10___ emphasis for all government programs ad earthquake-related research projects.1. A) Whereas B) Wherever C) Although D) Even if2. A)pressures B)stresses C)strengths D)tensions3. A)actually B)accurately C)exactly D)gradually4. A)standard B)criterion C)exactness D)accuracy5. A)matter B)phenomenon C)occurrence D)thing6. A)protect B)avoid C)prevent D)predict7. A)persistent B)resistant C)assistant D)existent8. A)protections B)preventions C)preparations D)precautions9. A)flee B)escape C)exist D)survive10. A)major B)minor C)maximum D)minimum(2)People would also like to be able to prevent the great 1 of property caused by earthquakes. 2 , most of the people who die in earthquakes are killed by falling buildings. 3 , building structures that can 4 the power of the earthquakes is a major concern. Steel seems to be the best material, but not 5 it is welded to form a 6 structure. Many new structures are built with a new type of steel joint, and I-joint, which appears to be the most durable type of joint. These joints of steel can move without breaking. Also, to prevent property damage, architects now design buildings so that the building’s columns and _ 7 beams are of equal strength, and 8 support columns are 9 deep into solid soil. ___10____many new houses have relatively light roofs and strong walls. Concrete pillars of high bridges that previously only had steel rods inside are now enclosed in steel.1.A) restriction B).distribution C) destruction D). distraction2.A).After all B).Above all C). All in all D). First of all3.A).However B).Therefore C). Nevertheless D). Moreover4.A).support B).stand C). withstand D). endure第9 页共11 页5. A). when B). though C). since D). if6. A). rigid B). fixed C). still D). stiff7.A).level B).parallel C).even D). horizontal8. A).straight B). vertical C).steep D). erect9.A).squeezed B).pressed C). inserted D). packed10A).Except for B).Instead C).Except D). In addition (3)___1___ rapid population increase and industrial growth, some groups of people, often in ___2___ areas, have been able to live in ___3___ with the planet. These people have not changed their ways of living from the ways of their ancestors. Called native peoples, they ___4___ the ways of life that have ___5___ unchanged for many generations. Many of their culture values and ways of life include practice that return resources to the Earth.The twentieth century began with powerful countries competing to take ___6___ of the Earth. As an outcome of their hunger for empires, the Earth was abused. Now people all over the world are ___7___ the problems caused by this abuse. ___8___ they are no longer ___9___ the causes of the sickness of our planet, they ___10___ ways to help the Earth, to give back what hey take away. Previously, mankind only used the Earth. Now everyone must protect planet Earth, a planet in danger.1. A) In spite of B) In addition to C) Apart from D) Owing to2. A)far B)broad C)remote D)vast3. A)accordance B)compromise C)harmony D)union4. A)protect B)prevent C)reserve D)retain5. A)remained B)reminded C)remembered D)recalled6. A)privilege B)advantage C)priority D)preference7. A)being with B)living with C)being in D)living in8. A)As B)Although C)Now that D)Since9. A)ignorant B)ignorant of C)regardless D)regardless of10. A)look B)seek C)find D)search五、写作关于介绍旅游景点的英语作文旅游景点的简介（导游开场词）1．欢迎词2．一天的行程安排3．景点描述4．吸引人，行程安排第10 页共11 页A brief introduction to a tourist attractionHello, everyone! Welcome to Dali City, and I'm sure you will enjoy a pleasant journey here. Indeed, Dali fails no visitors.Located in the west of Yunnan Province, Dali enjoys a long and splendid history. For five hundred years, it served as the capital of Dali until the collapse of the empire.Blessed with an agreeable weather, Dali offhrs a cozy home for a large variety of natural plants. For its superiority in natural condition, Dali earns such fame as "Orient Swiss" and "the city of Flower".Dali has been widely praised for its attraction in natural beauty: Dali's fascination, however, does not end there. Standing in silence here are numerous ancient temples, steles, bells and towers, as the witness of the history of Dall and the proof of the wisdom and creativity of the Dali people.Our journey here will cover most of the famous spots, making our schedule extremely tight. This afternoon, however, you may take a short rest to recover from the fatigue of such a long trip. After supper, we will have a tour in the city to unveil the glamour of Dali behind the curtain of night. There will be more excitements and enjoyments awaiting you in the days to come.That is a brief introduction of our city: and, please DO feel free to ask questions if you have any.Thank you for your attention.第11 页共11 页。