15级大学英语(一)A班A,B卷试题模板

Part I Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations 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 the best answer is. (1*10=10 points)1 A) A house with a lot of furniture. B) A house with a big kitchen.C) A house with a big sitting room. D) A house with enough space.2. A) It’s worth a lot of money. B) It reminds her of her grandmother.C) It’s a symbol of wealth. D) It’s a real diamond ring.3. A) To go traveling in Spain. B) To make friends at school.C) To communicate with people around. D) To understand what teachers say in class.4. A) Very cold and dry. B) Very cold and damp.C) Warm and rainy. D) Windy and rainy.5. A) Mr. Green. B) Mrs. Green.C) Mr. Wilson. D) Mrs. Wilson.6. A) In the downtown area. B) In the country.C) In the suburb. D) In the city center.7. A) To see a doctor. B) To visit the woman’s grandma.C) To try the remedy. D) To do nothing but wait.8. A) He can’t agree more.B) He strongly disapproves of it.C) He is very indifferent to it.D) He agrees but doesn’t want his tax to be spent on it.9. A) She will accept the invitation.B) She won’t come because of rain.C) She will come if she finishes her work in time.D) She won’t come this time because she is very busy.10. A) Because it’s very modern.B) Because it can be linked to the Internet.C) Because it can be used while traveling.D) Because it takes up less space.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear 5 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 center. (1*5=5 points)Questions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) After seeing a witch doctor. B) From the time she was born.C) On her birthday. D) When she left India.12. A) Because Chandra’s illness was too serious.B) Because Chandra was a girl.C) Because he thought Chandra was poor.D) Because he didn’t know how to cure her disease.13. A) A witch doctor. B) Her grandmother.C) Her parents. D) A friend.14. A) Gold. B) Pearls.C) Stone. D) Silver.15. A) She recovered from her illness.B) She felt better than before.C) She started to get sick again.D) A miracle occurred to her.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (1*10=10 points) Going to Costa Rica is a great idea, but I had a terrible time getting there. When I got to the airport, I realized I didn’t bring my (16) ________ with me, so I called a friend and he (17) ________ my house and got my passport, and brought it to me. But I missed that flight so I had to stay (18) ________ in San Francisco. The next day I got the flight and of course on the way we had (19) ________ trouble, so we had to stop in Mexico City. I was (20) ________ there for another, like (21) ________ until they departed. They wouldn’t even let us out of the (22) ________. So finally, we, like after all this time, I got to Costa Rica two days later and my (23) ________ wasn’t there. I went into the airline office to (24) ________ and there was this really wonderful woman working at the counter helped me out, and we sort of (25) ________ it off. About two months later we got married!Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)Section A Skimming and Scanning (10%)Directions: There is one passage in this section. You will go over the passage quickly and answer the questions. For questions 26 to 35, there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (1*10=10 points)Jim the Wonder DogIn 1925, Sam Van Aradale, proprietor（所有人）of the Ruff Hotel in Marshall, Missouri, purchased an English setter（赛特猎犬）puppy in Louisiana. The puppy was considered the least promising of the litter（一窝幼崽）and was sold at a throwaway price. The dog was nothing special to look at as he had usually big paws and an ungainly（难看的）appearance. Sam decided to call him Jim.Jim grew to be a fine companion for Sam. The dog was smart and good-natured, and Sam was pleased with his ―bargain‖.One day, when Jim was three years old, he and Sam were walking through the woods. The weather was hot, and Sam said to Jim, ―Come, boy, let’s go and rest a little under a hickory（山核桃木）tree.There were many types of trees in the woods, but Jim ran straight over to a hickory tree. Sam was a bit surprised. No doubt it was just a coincidence. On a whim, Sa m said to Jim, ―Show me a black oak tree.‖ When Jim ran to the nearest black oak and put his right paw on the tree, Sam was amazed. This couldn’t possibly be true.―Show me a walnut tree‖, he said, and Jim ran unerringly to the nearest walnut and put his paw on it. Sam continued with everything he could think of -- a stump (树墩), hazel bushes, a cedar tree, even a tin can. Jim correctly identified them all. Sam could hardly believe his own eyes. How could a dog do such things?Sam went home and told his wife what had happened.She said flatly, ―Sam Van Arsdale, you can tell me, but don’t go telling anyone else.Sam persuaded his wife to accompany them back to the woods, where Jim repeated the performance. She shook her head in amazement –Sam’s crazy st ory was true!Over the next few days, Sam couldn’t help telling his friends around town what his smart dog could do. They smiled at him indulgently（迁就地）and moved off pretty fast.One man did listen, although of course he was skeptical. Sam, noticing that the man had parked his car on the street a few yards away, told Jim to show the man which car was his. Jim went straight to the car and put his front paw on it.Then another man gave Sam the license plate number of his car. Sam wrote it down on a piece of paper and put the paper on the sidewalk. He told Jim to identify the car. Without hesitation, Jim walked to the car in question.After incidents like these, Jim’s reputation spread like wildfire around the small town. Soon he was demonstrating his powers in the Ruff Hotel for amazed crowds of up to a hundred people at a time. There seemed to be no limit to what Jim could do. When people were in the lobby, he could determine what room numbers they occupied in the hotel. He could identify people according to the clothes they wore, the color of their hair -- in spite of the fact that dogs are thought to be color-blind -- their profession, and, in the case of the military, their rank.Perhaps, the skeptics said, Sam was secretly signaling to Jim. Although none of Sam’s friends and associates questioned his integrity, knowing him to be a plain-speaking man who wouldn’t dream of deceiving others, one woman decided to test this theory. She had the clever idea to write an instruction for Jim in shorthand, which Sam did not understand. When Sam showed Jim the paper on which the instruction was written, and told him to do whatever it said, Jim went over to a certain man. The woman shouted, ―He’s doing it!‖ Then she explained that the instruction was, ―Show us the man with rolled socks.‖Jim’s reputation spread far beyond the small town of Marshall. Newspapers and magazines from all over the country sent reporters to cover the story. They went away, like everyone else, amazed. Jim became known as the Wonder Dog.Jim’s feats aroused sci entific and medical curiosity. He was examined by veterinarians（兽医）at Missouri State University, who said that there was nothing unusual about Jim —physically, he was just like any other dog. They could offer no explanation for his uncanny（超常的）talent.One day, some friends persuaded Sam to test Jim further. Could he possibly predict the future? Sam took an interest in the Kentucky Derby, so that year he wrote down the names of the horseson pieces of paper that he then laid on the floor. He asked Jim to select the horse that would win. Jim put his paw on one of the slips of paper, which was then put in a locked safe until after the race. It turned out that Jim had picked the winner. He repeated his success the following year, and so on for seven successive years.Sam was not a gambling man and never attempted to profit from Jim’s abilities to foretell the future. He received many letters and telegrams requesting Jim’s predictions of winning horses. Some people offered to split the profits with Sam. But Sam never wavered（动摇）, nor was he interested in a lucrative（赚钱的）offer from Paramount for Jim to work in movies for a year. Like the modest Midwesterner he was, Sam said he didn’t really need the money and didn’t want to commercialize Jim.As time passed, the bond between Sam and Jim grew. Sam’s love for Jim was that of a man for his greatest friend. And the dog’s ability to do anything Sam asked was just one facet（方面）of Jim’s deep devotion towards Sam. So when Jim died at the age of twelve in 1937, Sam wa s devastated. And indeed, the whole town of Marshall was stunned by the loss. Jim was buried in the Ridge Park Cemetery, where his small white headstone reads: Jim the Wonder Dog.26. What was Sam’s occupation?A) He was a proprietor of a hotel.B) He was a proprietor of a farm.C) He was a person who trained dogs in a zoo.D) He was a chief of the Ruff Hotel.27. Who was Jim?A) Jim was a cat.B) Jim was a dog that was regarded as the most unlikely to have a good future.C) Jim was Sam Van Arsdale’s neighbor.D) Jim was a good-looking dog that was smart and docile(温顺的).28. What made Sam amazed when Sam and Jim were walking in the woods?A) Jim had magic power of foretelling things in future.B) Jim could speak human’s language.C) Sam and Jim met a robber, and Jim killed the robber.D) Jim could show Sam any tree correctly, which Sam asked him to find.29. When Sam told his wife about Jim’s uncanny powers, what was his wife’s response?A) His wife thought he was crazy.B) His wife was amazed.C) His wife didn’t believe him.D) His wife thought that he was sick.30. When Sam told his friends about Jim, how did his friends respond?A) They didn’t believe Sam and smiled at him indulgently and walked away.B) They were laughing at Sam and made fun of him.C) They thought Sam was silly and asked him to hospital.D) When they heard this they wanted to see Jim.31. What did NOT happen when people knew Jim really had magic power?A) Jim’s reputation spread for far beyo nd the small town of Marshall.B) Newspapers and magazines from all over the country sent reporters to cover the story.C) Jim’s story aroused scientific and medical curiosity.D) Jim was taken to Paramount to work for a year.32. What did the itali cized word ―safe‖ (Para.15, Line5) mean in this article?A) 安全的B) 保险箱C) 谨慎的D) 受保护的33. Why did Sam refuse people’s request to use Jim to make money?A) Because Sam wanted to be the only person who made money from Jim.B) Because Sam couldn’t reac h an agreement with those people.C) Because Sam didn’t want to make money in this way.D) Because Sam had already made a lot of money from Jim’s talents.34. When Jim died in 1937, what was Sam’s response?A) Sam calmly accepted the death of Jim.B) Sam was very surprised.C) Sam was a little sad.D) Sam was overwhelmed with grief.35. How would you describe the relationship between Sam and Jim?A) It was the best possible relationship between two friends.B) It was the best possible relationship between a master and a servant.C) It was the best possible relationship between a hunter and his dog.D) It was the best possible relationship between two business partners.Section B Detailed Reading (20%)Directions:There are 2 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 then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. (2*10=20 points)Passage 1The yearly Academy Awards ceremony(奥斯卡颁奖典礼) was once a private(非公开的) affair. Now because of television, it is very much a public affair.Every January, when the calendar(日历) has turned to a new year, the attention of the entertainment(娱乐) community(界) and of film fans around the world turns to the upcoming(即将到来的) Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(电影艺术学院) to outstanding (杰出的) actors, and others involved(参与) in the motion picture industry.It all began on May 16, 1929, when 270 men and women sat down to dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. There was no secret about the winners. The names of the winners had been known for months. Janet Gaynor, for example, had won as Best Actress(最佳女演员). Douglas Fairbanks presented her with the famous gold statuette(小雕像). The statuette was not then called Oscar. Like a new actor, Oscar was known. About six years later, it somehow got the renowned(著名的) name. A number of explanations have been offered for its origin(来历)，but nobody knows the true story for certain. A popular story has been that an academy librarian and eventual(最后的) executive director（执行导演），Margaret Harrick，thought it was like her Uncle Oscar and said so, and that the statuette began to be refereed to as Oscar.Nowadays the results of the Oscar voting(投票) are kept secret. Only two people know the winners before the names are announced at the ceremony. The counting(计算) of votes is not doneby one group of people but by different groups. Nobody except two members of an accounting company(会计事务所) sees the final results.The information is not kept in an open file. Winners’ names are placed in closed envelopes. The accountants(会计师) each carry a complete set of envelops to the ceremony. One set is simply a spare to be used in case something happens to the other one.36. Which of the following is NOT true about the Academy Awards?A) The ceremony is held every year in Hollywood.B) The ceremony only draws the attention of the film circles.C) The awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.D) The voting is organized with very careful and strict rules.37. May 16, 1929 marks ________A) Douglas Fairbanks’s first winning of an academy AwardB) the first time Oscar got its nameC) the first time the awards were kept secretD) Janet Gaynor’s recognition as Best Actress.38. Who knows the results of the Oscar voting before the award ceremony?A) the host of the award ceremony.B) the two accountants of the accounting company.C) the sponsor of the award ceremony.D) The important guests present at the award ceremony.39. When was the gold statuette named Oscar?A) 1929. B) 1931. C) 1935. D) 1936.40. Why are two sets of envelopes prepared for the ceremony?A) One is for New York, the other is for Hollywood.B) To make sure the information about the winners is perfectly safe.C) One is for the ceremony, the other is for the newspapers.D) It is the traditional custom.Passage 2A man decided to take off early from work and go drinking. He stayed until the bar closed at three in the morning when he was extremely drunk. After leaving the bar, he returned home on foot.When he entered his house, he didn’t want to wake anyone, so he took off his shoes and started tiptoeing(踮着脚走) up the stairs. Halfway up the stairs though, he fell over backwards(向后) and landed flat on his back. That wouldn’t have been so bad, except that he had a couple of empty pint(品脱) bottles in his back pockets, and they broke; the broken glass carved(切，割) up his back terribly. Yet, he was so drunk that he didn’t know he was hurt.A few minutes later, as he was undressing(脱衣服), he noticed blood, so he checked himself out in the mirror, and, sure enough, his behind was cut up terribly. He then repaired the damage as best as he could under the circumstances, and he went to bed.The next morning, his head was hurting, his back was hurting, and he was hunkering(蹲，蹲坐) under the covers trying to think up some good story when his wife came into the bedroom.―Well, you really tied one on(美俚语，喝醉) last night,‖ she said. ―Where did you go?‖―I worked late,‖ he said, ―and I stopped off for a couple of beers.‖―A couple of beers? That’s a laugh,‖ she replied. ―You got plastered(醉醺醺的) last night. Where did you go?‖―What makes you so sure I got drunk last night, anyway?‖―Well,‖ she replied, ―my first big clue(线索) when I got up this morning and found a bunch of Band-Aids(创可贴) stuck to the mirror.‖41. The man decided to take off early from work because ________.A) he wanted to return home earlyB) he decided to walk homeC) he wanted to have a drink in the barD) he had to close the bar at three42. After he returned home ________.A) he didn’t wake his wifeB) he was not drunkC) his wife was not asleepD) his wife was extremely drunk43. The man fell down the stairs, ________.A) but he wasn’t hurt at allB) but he didn’t know he was terribly hurtC) and he immediately realized he was hurtD) but he didn’t break the bottles in his pockets44. Which of the following statements is true?A) The man tried to repair the damage on his back by himself and then went to bed.B) The man went to bed immediately after he took off his clothes.C) The man didn’t go to bed because he noticed bloodD) His back was so terribly hurt that he could do nothing under the circumstances.45. What made the wife so sure that the man had been drunk the night before?A) He came home late.B) He stuck Band-Aids to the mirror.C) Both his back and his head were injured.D) He looked very pale.Part III Vocabulary and Structure (15%)Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.(0.5*30=15 points)46. Is it true that visualizing a task by positive thinking helps to ______ the task better?A) complement B) compile C) accomplish D) accompany47. A good attitude to life helps to turn failure into success and ________ misery into happiness.A) make B) convert C) move D) transfer48. Although Adam is not her child by blood, her love for him is deep and ________.A) genius B) rough C) universal D) genuine49. What happens is not as important as how you ________ to what happens.A) constant B) construct C) react D) capture50. When the mind ______ and the waist widens, you know you are getting old.A) narrow B) sharp C) sharpens D) narrows51. Whether we can succeed or not depends on how well we can develop and _______ goodrelationships with our customers; so in the long run, it is worth the efforts we have made.A) contain B) maintain C) obtain D) claim52. I know you are both proud and find it difficult to forgive each other after such a bad argument,but someone has to make the first ________.A) move B) movie C) innocent D) revenge53. Men should open up their minds and ________ a correct attitude towards women.A) adapt B) adapt to C) adopt D) adopt to54. The ability to simplify means to ______ the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.A) limit B) illuminate C) eliminate D) elicit55. A lot of children are near-sighted. We cannot ________ the importance of protecting our eyestoo much.A) characterize B) emphasize C) confine D) convince56. Joseph did give me a quick reply this time, but I wonder why he made no ________ to my lastquestion.A) remarkable B) responsible C) respond D) response57. You can add the liquid to the powder, or ______, the powder to the liquid.A) consequently B) conversely C) accidentally D) accordingly58. I made full preparations for my journey to London on foot and I ________ to get there in fivedays.A) reveal B) reward C) resolve D) remark59. A smart appearance tends to make a ________ impression at an interview.A) favorable B) favorite C) favor D) flavor60. If you want to learn a language well, ________ time is necessary.A) insufficient B) efficient C) effective D) sufficient61. If no one ________ the lost suitcase within a week, then we will deliver it to the police station.A) calls B) finds C) claims D) looks62. Sometimes when a person is so close to something, it is difficult to form a(n) ______ opinion.A) objective B) positive C) negative D) subjective63. It is not impossible to ______ desert into good farms if we have a will of iron.A) translate B) conform C) transfer D) transform64. All I want ________ peace and quiet.A) is B) are C) has D) have65. In heaven let us be two birds flying ever together and ________ earth tow trees with branchesinterlocked forever.A) on B) to C) with D) in66. We will invite the parties ________ to participate in the discussion.A) are concerning B) concerning C) are concerned D) concerned67. Seeing a big snake under the table, Sophia could not help ________ from head to foot.A) trembles B) trembling C) trembled D) tremble68. His family ______ always quarreling among themselves.A) is B) are C) has D) have69. Now your father has retired, you should go and see him now and then. This should notbe______.A) neglectful B) neglected C) neglect D) neglecting70. These students will prove ________ of our trust.A) worthless B) worthwhile C) worthy D) worth71. The doctor has devoted all his life ________ helping blind people.A) to B) at C) in D) on72. All the women in the office objected to ________ like this.A) treat B) being treated C) be treated D) treating73. In the ________ chapter we discussed the civil rights movement in the US in the 1960’s.A) preceding B) preceded C) conceding D) conceded74. I am used to ________ with Mr. Jones and therefore prefer not to change to another teacher.A) studying B) study C) studies D) be studied75. Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always ________ our grasp, but which, ifyou will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.A) on B) in C) within D) beyondPart IV Passage Translation (15%)Directions:In this part there are two paragraphs in Chinese. You are asked to translate them into English. Please write your answers onto the Answer Sheet. (5+10=15 points)Paragraph 1 (5%)面对逆境(adversity)或任何想象中的(perceived)局限，我们应该以贝多芬(Beethoven)为榜样，攫住(grab)命运的咽喉！我们不能再编造借口，要立即行动。