大学英语一级样卷

华东理工大学继续教育学院成人教育《大学英语》（一级）期末试卷（样卷）考试范围：Unit 1~7 考试形式：闭卷I.Vocabulary and structure (30%)Directions:There are 30 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.1.Tom went _____ the whole book before the examination.A) up B) over C) with D) to2._____ the interruption, he was able to finish his exercises before the class was over.A) Instead of B) Because of C) Despite of D) In spite of3.With _____ exceptions, he always attends school.A) rare B) unusual C) scarce D) uncommon4.At the _______ rate of growth, this should be a wise investment.A) moment B) current C) nowadays D) actual5.Congress has the power to _____ war.A) announce B) declare C) pronounce D)state6.He has so much changed that I could hardly _____ him.A) influence B) recognize C) imagine D) identify7.Only guests of the hotel enjoy the _____ of bowling on the 9th floor.A) favor B) possibility C) privilege D) advantage8.Now she was back, _______ to see her boyfriend.A) fond B) keen C) eager D) urgent9.One of his many faults is that he never ________ anything very long.A) decides on B) sticks to C) sets aside D) makes sure10.The airplane arrived one hour behind ________.A) timetable B) plan C) date D) schedule11._______ being fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill.A)By no means B) In addition C) By far D) Apart from12.Do you believe that a ______ girl has translated this English story into Chinese all by herself?A) 15 year old B) 15 years old C) 15-year-old D) 15-years-old13.Has the secretary ______ the photographer to take a picture after the commencement?A) arranged for B) taken for C) prepared for D) accounted for14.When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to _______ better shows in order toget us back from our newly discovered activities.A) come up B) come up with C) come on D) come on with15. A typical example of this kind of dinosaur is shown in the ______ at the top of the page.A)imagination B) variation C) illustration D) qualification16.An increase in average temperature by only a few degrees could cause environmental problems_________.A) worldwide B) domestic C) horizontal D) neighborhood17.At drama(戏剧) school, there is ________ attention to a student’s control of both voice and movement,and the difference departments work at developing a student’s overall acting technique.A) current B) reliable C) primary D) constant18.Whatever one has planned to do is ________ to be altered(改变) in the process.A) prohibited B) eager C) embarrassed D) bound19.You ________ about your friends never coming to see you, but when they do come, you give themsuch a hard time it’s hardly surprising they stay away.A) waken B) disturb C) complain D) publish20.The ________ use of drugs is a serious problem among some American young people.A) miserable B) frequent C) indignant D) efficient21. A flight in a plane used to be quite an ________.A) advance B) intention C) adventure D) ambition22.This was more than _______ anyone had previously sailed before.A) twice distance B) twice the distanceC) two distance D) two the distance23.Has the secretary ______ the photographer to take a picture after the commencement?A) arranged for B) taken for C) prepared for D) accounted for24.It was not until we had finished the experiments _____we made a report on them.A) that B) before C) since D) when25.What a tragic accident! _______ a little more carefulness, the driver might have avoided it.A) With B) But C) For D) Unless26.Henry listened and heard nothing but the _______ of his own voice.A) arguments B) echoes C) repetitions D) reflections27.Let Susan have the chocolate biscuits because they are her ________.B)attractions B) entertainments C) temptations D) favorites28.They are making further efforts to ________ the cost of production.A) achieve B) relieve C) resist D) decrease29.The ________ use of drugs is a serious problem among some American young people.A) miserable B) frequent C) indignant D) efficient30.I was so busy that I couldn’t _________ even an hour for lunch.A) afford B) provide C) take D) assembleII.Reading comprehension (30%)Directions:There are 3 passages in this part. 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.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Before a new type of airplane goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more important than all the others.The first is called the “tank test”. A modern airplane must fly very high in the sky. Air must be pumped into the plane so that the passengers can breathe. The metal structure (结构) of the plane has to be very strong for this reason. When the plane is filled with air, the air presses against the skin of the plane inside. The pressure (压力) on a small window is like a huge foot that is trying to get out. If a small part of theplane were to fail, the plane would explode in the sky. To test the structure of the plane, the plane is lowered into a huge tank or container of water. Then it is filled with air. The pressure inside the plane is greater than it ever will be when it is high up in the air. Finally, there is an explosion. This does not cause so much damage inside the water tank as it would anywhere else. Engineers can discover which part of the plane has broken. Then that part is made stronger.The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through test flights in the air. The test pilot must find out exactly what happens when the engines (发动机) are all shut off at once. The plane begins to fall like a stone. It is the pilot’s job to find out how he can get control of the plane again. These two tests are examples of how planes are made safe before they ever carry passengers.31. By doing the “tank test”, the engineers can find out _______.A) the amount of air in the planeB) the strength of the plane structureC) the pressure inside and outside the planeD) the power of the airplane engines32. When a plane is flying in the sky, which of the following is not true?A) The passengers can’t breathe if air is not pumped into the plane.B) There will be an explosion if the structure of the plane can’t stand t he great pressure.C) The pressure inside the plane is much greater than that outside.D) The plane needs a tank of air for the passengers to breathe.33. What will happen to the plane under the “tank test”?A) It will be broken.B) It will be made stronger.C) It will be filled with water.D) It will be tested by pilots.34. According to the text, why are test flights most dangerous?A) The plane may explode in the air.B) The pilot may lose control of the plane.C) The engines may be damaged.D) Too much air may get into the plane.35. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A) Two Important Tests on Airplanes.B) How Airplanes are Made and Tested.C) The Danger of Testing Airplanes.D) The Importance of Flying Safely.Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Some people have it easy. When their kids ask them what they do at work, they can give a sample, direct answer: “I put out fires” or “I fix sick people” or “I teach primary school”. As a theoretical(理论的) physicist, I never had this luck. Society has come to expect many things from the physicists. It used to be that we only had to discover the basic laws of the world and supply the techniques that would power the next Silicon Valley(硅谷). With these expectations we were fairly comfortable: they are the sorts of things we think we know how to do. What makes us uncomfortable --and what makes it hard for us to tell our kids what we’re up to--is that in this century we have become, though unwillingly, gurus on questions such as“what is the nature of reality(现实)?”.We now deal with a whole new class of problems. We ask how the world began and what is the nature of matter. The answers we are coming up with are just not easy to comprehend for the average person.So, when physicists get out of their cars in the morning, have a cup of coffee and sit down in front of their computers, they leave a familiar world and enter a place where things act in strange ways that are impossible for ordinary people to understand.36. According to the passage, in a way physicist are .A) intelligentB) comfortableC) strangeD) unlucky37. Judging from the context, the word “guru”in the first paragraph most probably means aperson .A) who acts as a teacher and answers big questionsB) who gives wrong answers to big questionsC) who does not have answers to real big questionsD) who is eager to supply answers to big questions38. Which of the following is true according to what the author says about physicists?A) Physicists do not like their jobs.B) Physicists live in two different worlds.C) Physicists are coming up with new answers to old questions.D) Physicists don’t have to tell people what they are doing.39. Which of the following statements is true of theoretical physicists?A) They only have to answer the basic questions about the world.B) They have disappointed the expectations of many people.C) They have contributed to the new industry in Silicon Valley.D) They have found it hard to make friends with ordinary people.40. Which of the following is true about the job of today’s physicists?A) It is getting easier and easier with the help of modern technology.B) It is not related to any practical use.C) It cannot be done by a person with average intelligence.D) It is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. The custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates(考生)for the doctor’s degree.Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over bymanagers, resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.One type of test is sometimes called an objective(客观) test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.41. In the Middle Ages students _______.A) took objective tests B) were timed by electric clocksC) specialized in one subject D) never wrote exams42. The main idea of paragraph 3 is that ______.A) workers now take examinations B) the population has grownC) there are only written exams today D) examinations are now written and timed43. The kind of exams where students must select answers are ______.A) objective B) spoken C) personal D) written44. Modern industry must have developed ______.A) before the Middle Ages B) in Greece or RomeC) around the 19th century D) machines to take tests45. It may be concluded that testing _______.A) should test only opinions B) has changed since the Middle AgesC) should always be written D) is given only in factoriesIII.Cloze (10%)Directions: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.The air surrounding us is important __46__ everyone. Without air, we could not __47__. Everyone understands that. But air is necessary __48__ many other ways that are not always so __49__ or widely known.For example, if we did not have air, __50__ would be no sound. Sound travels through air. __51__ there is no air, there is no sound. __52__ air, there would be no fire. There would be no automobiles, __53__ motors need air in order to __54__.Without air there would be no wind or clouds. There would be no __55__, as we know it. The night time would be very __56__, the days very hot. We would be __57__ seek shelter from the sun, __58__ there would be no atmosphere to protect us from the sun's __59__ rays.The __60__ is all the air surrounding the __61__. Atmosphere pressure is the weight of all that air against the __62__ of the earth. If we did not have __63__ pressure, we could not have automobile tires. The tires would __64__ or burst if they did not have the pressure of the atmosphere __65__ their surface.46. A) to B) by C) for D) in47. A) living B) lively C) exist D) alive48. A) under B) of C) on D) in49. A) clearly B) obviously C) obvious D) knowingly50. A) there B) they C) it D) we51. A) What B) Where C) Which D) Why52. A) Despite B) With C) As D) Without53. A) however B) but C) since D) and54. A) operate B) being operatedC) having been operated D) for operating55. A) air B) weather C) breeze D) climate56. A)warm B) cool C) cold D) hot57. A) forcing B) forceful C) force D) forced58. A) as B) so C) that D) so that59. A) dying B) dead C) deadly D) death60. A) atmosphere B) gas C) cloud D) wind61. A) floor B) ground C) land D) earth62. A) top B) surface C) face D) coverage63. A) the atmosphere B) atmosphereC) atmospheric D) atmospherics64. A) sweet B) swell C) sweep D) smell65. A) under B) against C) beneath D) aboveIV.Translation from English into Chinese (15%)66. Listen to English every day. Listening to English on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, butwill also help you build your speaking skills. In addition to language tapes especially prepared for your course, you can also listen to English radio broadcasts, watch English TV, and see English movies. 67. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when hecame down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.68. I was so embarrassed that I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short, sad poem about broken dreamsand mailed it to the Capper’s Weekly. To my astonishment they published it, and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer!V.Translation from Chinese into English (15%)69. 他决心继续他的实验，不过这次他将用另一种办法来做。