英语试卷模版

中南大学考试试卷(A)

2010 -- 2010 学年一学期期末考试试题时间100分钟

大学英语（一）课程 64 学时 4 学分考试形式：闭卷

专业年级：非英语专业2010级总分100分，占总评成绩 52.5 %

注意：所有答案应按要求分别写在答题纸1 (Answer Sheet 1) 和答题卡2 (Answer Sheet 2)上，做在试卷上的无效。

Part I Listening Comprehension(30%)

Section A Conversations(10%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,

a question will be asked about what was said. Both 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line

through the center.

Example: You will hear:

You will hear: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room.

C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had

to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,

A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and

mark it with a single line through the center.

1.A) Once a week. B) Twice a week.

C) Three times a week. D) Four times a week.

2.A) He left his notes at home.

B) He doesn’t know where his notes are.

C) He doesn’t want to lend his notes to the woman.

D) He agrees to lend her his notes.

3. A) He will go in spite of the cold weather.

B) He won’t go since h e is not feeling well.

C) He will go when he feels better.

D) He won’t go as he hasn’t finished his work.

4. A) Check the timetable.

B) Go to the railway station earlier.

C) Travel on a later train.

D) Cancel the trip earlier.

5. A) In New York. B) In Boston

C) In Newport. D) In Washington.

6.A) A clerk at the airport information desk.

B) A clerk at the railway station information desk.

C) A policeman. D) A taxi-driver.

7.A) A guest and a receptionist. B) A passenger and an air hostess.

C) A customer and a shop assistant. D) A guest and a waitress.

8.A) He’s better.B) He’s feeling worse.

C) He’s sick in bed.D) He has recovered.

9. A) The man didn’t want the woman to have her hair cut.

B) The woman follo wed the man’s advice.

C) The woman is wearing long hair now.

D) The man didn’t care if the woman had her hair cut or not.

10. A) He will return from Paris in two weeks.

B) He’s studying French in Paris.

C) He’s having a vacation in Paris.

D) He’s planning to go back to Paris in a year.

Section B Passages(10%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 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 Answer Sheet 2

with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard:

11.A) Washing plates. B) Clearing tables.

C) Shining shoes. D) Sweeping the floor.

12. A) He must work six days a week.

B) He should never be late for work.

C) He must study hard in his spare time.

D) He should not bring his friends to the restaurant.

13. A) To pay him for his work.

B) To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant.

C) To give his friends free drinks.

D) To allow him to have more free time.

14. A) Because the boy was not a full-time worker.

B) Because the boy had made some mistakes.

C) Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements.

D) Because he thought it was his son who should pay him.

Passage Two

Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard:

15.A) Watching traditional plays. B) Visiting the magnificent libraries.

C) Boating on the river. D) Cycling in narrow streets.

16.A) There are many visitors there. B) There are many students there.

C) There are many old streets there. D) There are many bicycles there.

17.A) He thinks the city is too crowded.

B) He likes the place very much.

C) He thinks the streets are too narrow.

D) He admires the comfortable life of the students there.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard:

18.A) He was good at writing about interesting people.

B) It was much easier to write stories about people.

C) He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people.

D) He thought people played an important role in world events.

19. A) Action. B) World news. C) Enterprise. D) Faces and places.

20. A) He is a sportsman. B) He is an actor.

C) He is a photographer. D) He is a publisher.

Section C Spot Dictation(10%)

Directions:.You are going to hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen again and fill in the

blanks with what you have heard. When the passage is read for the third time, check

what you have written.（请在答题纸1上作答）

Millions of people registered for evening adult education S1)across America. Community colleges have become S2)and their registration has increased rapidly. Large universities are S3 )more courses in the evenings for adult students. In this way, the demand for more education is being met.

One reason for this is that many older people are changing their professions. They are looking for different S4). Another reason is that repair costs of many household things have recently greatly S5). Adults are taking courses like gardening and electrical repair. This way they hope that the high costs for repairs can be S6).

Advanced technology is the most important reason for the rise in adult education. Engineers, teachers and businessmen are taking adult-education classes. They have found that more education is needed to do their jobs well. S7)courses are offered, among which foreign languages, computers and S8)courses are popular. Accounting and business courses are also taken by many adult students. Some students S9) classes to earn degrees. Others take courses for the knowledge and skills that they can receive. They lives of many people have become rich and S10)because of adult education.

Part II Reading Comprehension(30%)

Section A Reading in Depth(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 mark the corresponding letter on Answer

Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage 1

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

The traditional pattern of classroom experience at the college level brings the professor and a group of 20 to 30 students together for a 45-to-50 minute class session two or three times a week. The most common method of instruction is the lecture. When lectures are the principle method of instruction in large classes, regular periods may be set side of small group discussion under the leadership of an assistant instructor. In cases where a small class size encourages informality, lectures may be combined with discussion sessions based on assigned readings, required textbooks and the other outside materials.

Accurate, legible notes are invaluable aids to the student who is enrolled in a lecture course. Notes should be taken during lectures, and when the student is reading the texts prior to each session of the course. The key to good note-taking is to be able to listen a lot and to write only as much as needed to record the essence of a point or idea presented by the lecture. Thus, students should make efforts to identify only the main points and ideas being presented and write them down in outline form. They should also try their best to take good notes the first time and not try to recopy notes—or to do so only when clarity and conciseness demand it.

However, many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and wonders what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points. So most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop the skills they need to be effective listeners and also note-takers.

Finally they should review their notes for about five minutes on the same day that they take them, and go over them again for about half an hour at least once a week, according to a regular schedule. There is no course syllabus to be memorized; the examinations will be based on the material presented in the lectures and textbooks.

21. Which is the main method of instruction in college according to the passage?

A) Informed talks.

B) Lectures.

C) 40-to-50-minute class sessions.

D) Small group discussions.

22. Where can lectures and discussions be combined together?

A) In a regular class.

B) In a large class.

C) In a small class.

D) In a class where textbooks are read.

23. The word ―invaluable‖ (Line 1, Paragraph 2) probably means _______.

A) worthless

B) valuable

C) necessary

D) useless

24. If students want to take good notes, they should _______.

A) make it not only in the lecture course, but after class

B) try to make it clearly

C) try to recopy notes after class

D) try to listen a lot and write down the main points

25. How will the examination be organized?

A) The students will be provided with some materials in textbooks.

B) The students have to prepare the course syllabus.

C) The students have nothing to prepare but the material in the textbooks and lectures.

D) They have to prepare nothing but the course syllabus.

Passage 2

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

Everybody gets sick. Disease and injury make us suffer throughout our lives until, finally, some attack on the body brings our existence to an end. Fortunately, most of us in modern industrialized societies can take relatively good health for granted most of the time. In fact, we tend to fully realize the importance of good health only when we or those close to us become seriously ill. At such times we keenly appreciate the ancient truth that health is our most precious asset, one for which we might readily give up such rewards as power, wealth, or fame.

Because ill health is universal problem, affecting both the individual and society, the human response to sickness is always socially organized. No society leaves the responsibility for maintaining health and treating ill health entirely to the individual. Each society develops its own concepts of health and sickness and authorizes certain people to decide who is sick and how the sick should be treated. Around this focus there arises, over time, a number of standards, values, groups, statuses, and roles: in other words, an institution. To the sociologist, then, medicine is the institution concerned with the maintenance of health and treatment of disease.

In the simplest pre-industrial societies, medicine is usually an aspect of religion. The social arrangements for dealing with sickness are very elementary, often involving only two roles: the sick and the healer. The latter is typically also the priest, who relies primarily on religious ceremonies, both to identify and to treat disease: for example, bones may be thrown to establish a cause, songs may be used to bring about a cure. In modern industrialized societies, on the other hand, the institution has become highly complicated and specialized, including dozens of roles such as those of brain surgeon, druggist and hospital administrator, linked with various organizations such as nursing homes, insurance companies, and medical schools. Medicine, in fact, has become the subject of intense sociological interest precisely because it is now one of the most pervasive and costly institutions of modern society.

26. Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 1?

A) Nowadays most people believe they can have fairly good health.

B) Human life involves a great deal of pain and suffering.

C) Most of us are aware of the full value of health.

D) Ancient people believed that health was more expensive than anything else.

27. The word ―authorize‖ in Paragraph 2 means ―_____________‖.

A) make way for

B) give power to

C) write an order for

D) make it possible for

28. In Paragraph 2, we learn that the sociologist regards medicine as ____________.

A) a system whose purpose is to treat disease and keep people healthy

B) a universal problem that affects every society

C) a social responsibility to treat ill health

D) a science that focuses on the treatment of disease

29. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT true?

A) In the past, bones might be used to decide why people fell ill.

B) In pre-industrial societies priests sometimes treated patients by singing.

C) Modern medicine is so complicated that sociology no longer has a place in it.

D) There were only two roles in an elementary medical system, the patient and the one who

tried to cure him.

30. The author of this passage is mainly concerned with _______________.

A) sociological aspects in medicine

B) medical treatment of diseases

C) the development of medical science

D) the role of religion in medicine

Section B Skimming and scanning(10%)

Directions: There is one passage in this section. After the passage there are ten 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

Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage.

A Few Aspects of American Life

Travel

It’s summertime. For many Americans, this is the season to travel. Why? Because school is over and the weather is great. And most of all, they believe they deserve a break. When Americans take a break, they often head for their favorite vacation spot.

Throughout their history, Americans have been people on the move. The early immigrants had to travel to get to the New World. Once they arrived, the settled along the East Coast. But they weren’t content to stay here. Explorers and traders journeyed to the unknown western territories. Later, settlers moved west to develop new areas. As a result of this west movement, Americans eventually occupied the whole continent—from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Even today, Americans seem unable to stay put. Research says that average American moves every five years.

Americans are used to traveling. Some people make long-distance commuting to work daily. Their jobs may even require them to take frequent business trips. Most companies provide an annual vacation for their employees, and people often use that time to travel. Some people just visit friend or relatives in distant states. Some go on low-budget weekend trips and stay in economy motels. Those with more expensive tastes choose luxurious hotels. Camping out in the great outdoors appeals to adventurous types. Some travel in recreational vehicles to camp out in comfort, while oth ers ―rough it‖ by sleeping in tents. Families often plan their trips with the kids in mind. More and more ―family friendly‖ hotels offer special programs for children.

Pet

Americans love pets. Many pet owners treat their pets as a part of the family. You might say Americans treat their pets like they treat their children—sometimes even better.

In America, there are more households with pets than those with children. At least 43 percent of US homes have pets of some sort. Usual creatures, such as monkeys, snakes and even wolves,

find a home with some Americans. More common pets include fish, mice and birds. But the all-time favorites are cats and dogs, even at the White House. Americans sometimes have strong feelings about whether dogs or cats make be tter pets. ―Dog people‖ and ―cat people‖ often enjoy friendly competition.

Many grocery stores in America sell pet foods. Pets can even accompany their owners on vacation. Fancy hotels are beginning to accommodate both man and animal. Animal guests at Four Seasons Hotels can enjoy delicious meals served on fine china and sleep in soft beds.

The average American enjoys having pets around, and for good reason. Researchers have discovered that interacting with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Dogs can offer protection from robbers and unwelcome visitors. Cats can help rid the home of unwanted mice. Little creatures of all shapes and sizes can provide friendship and love. In many cases, having a pet prepares a young couple for the responsibilities of parenthood. Pets even encourage social relationships: they give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide a good subject of conversation.

Pets are as basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pie. To Americans, pets are not just property, but a part of the family.

Marriage

―I do.‖ To Americans, these two words carry great meaning. They can even change your life, especially if you say them at your own wedding. Making wedding promises is like signing a contract. Now Ameri cans don’t really think marriage is a business deal. But marriage is a serious business.

It all begins with engagement. Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her. Often he tries to surprise her by asking her to marry him in a romantic way.

Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years. As the big approaches, bridal showers and bachelor’s parties provide many gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life.

At last it’s time for the wedding. Although most weddings follow long-held traditio ns, there’s still room for individualism. For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors. A few even have the ceremony while skydiving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends. They choose their own style of colors, decorations and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears ―something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue‖. The groom wears a formal suit. Relatives and close friends participate in the ceremony.

As the ceremony begins, the groom stands with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats their promises. Traditionally, they promise to love each other ―for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health‖. But sometimes the couple composes their own promises. They give each other a gold ring as a symbol of their marriage promise. Finally the minister announces the big moment: ―I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!‖

31. What is the top reason Americans travel in the summertime?

A) School is over.

B) They think they deserve a rest.

C) Summer is the season to travel.

D) The weather is great.

32. Every year, most companies _______.

A) require a business trip

B) insist that workers commute

C) have employees travel together

D) provide a vacation for workers

33. Many Americans treat their pets as _______.

A) very usual things

B) very common things

C) their family members

D) their own property

34. According to the passage, some fancy hotels could provide for your pets the following except

_______.

A) good accommodation

B) some well-served food

C) a soft bed

D) delicious Chinese meals

35. It’s discovered that interaction with pet animals is good for health as they can help to _______.

A) guard against unwelcome visitors

B) catch unwanted mice

C) lower blood pressure

D) keep company

36. Pet can encourage social relationship by _______.

A) acting as basic element to American culture

B) providing a subject for chatting

C) becoming members for the family

D) having a friendly appearance

37. Traditionally, if a young man wants to get married to his girlfriend he is supposed to _______.

A) propose to his friend at the right time

B) ask his girlfriend to marry him in a romantic way

C) get the permission of his girlfriend’s mother

D) get the permission of his girlfriend’s father

38. The counseling during engagement can prepare a couple for _______.

A) the challenges of married life

B) the tolerance of hard life

C) more communication

D) mutual respect

39. Which of the following statements about the wedding is NOT true?

A) The bride usually wears a long white wedding dress.

B) The groom usually wears a formal suit.

C) Weddings should follow strict traditions with no personal characteristics.

D) The wedding ceremony can be performed outdoors.

40. The bride and the groom give each other a gold ring as a symbol of their ________.

A) love

B) marriage promise

C) respect

D) promise

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (15%)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through

the centre.

41. It is important that the hotel receptionist that guests are registered correctly.

A) has made sure B) made sure C) must make sure D) make sure

42. He always did well at school having to do part-time jobs every now and then.

A) in spite of B) regardless of C) on account of D) in case of

43. The manager urged his staff not to the splendid opportunity.

A) drop B) miss C) escape D) slide

44. The hours the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people

undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.

A) in which B) on which C) when D) that

45. When the whole area was by the flood, the government sent food there by

helicopter.

A) cut away B) cut down C) cut up D) cut off

46. The older New England villages have changed relatively little a gas station or two

in recent decades.

A) except B) besides C) in addition to D) except for

47. The statistical figures in that report are not . You should not refer to them.

A) accurate B) fixed C) delicate D) rigid

48. Which sport has the most expenses training equipment, players’ personal equipment

and uniforms?

A) in place of B) in terms of C) by means of D) by way of

49. When carbon is added to iron in proper the result is steel.

A) rates B) thicknesses C) proportions D) densities

50. The old paper mill has been to make way for a new shopping centre.

A) held down B) kept down C) cut down D) turned down

51. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S.

society. ,it has affected the traditional role of men.

A) Above all B) In all C) At most D) At last

52. He was so in her job th at she didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.

A) attracted B) absorbed C) drawn D) concentrated

53. The film provides a deep into a wide range of human qualities and feelings.

A) insight B) imagination C) fancy D) outlook

54. Although the weather was very bad, the buses still ran on .

A) list B) plan C) schedule D) arrangement

55. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it on the way.

A) goes wrong B) would go wrong C) went wrong D) should go wrong

56. I had just started back for the house to change my clothes I heard voices.

A) as B) when C) after D) while

57. The online course would not have succeeded without the of all the teachers.

A) commitment B) complement C) compliment D) commission

58. There is no to the house from the main road.

A) access B) avenue C) exposure D) edge

59. They laughter at the sight of us.

A) ran into B) burst into C) burst out D) went into

60. Think before you the tap . Do you really need the water?

A) turn... down B) turn... off C) turn... out D) turn... on

61. We went to see the exhibition the storm.

A) but for B) in spite C) in spite of D) despite of

62. My camera can be to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

A) treated B) adjusted C) accepted D) suited

63. Autism is a series of disorders that can from mild to severe.

A) absorb B) range C) encounter D) match

64. Liu Xiang is this season.

A) at best B) at his best C) in his best D) in best

65. We must focus our sales force as the chief means of improving trade.

A) to B) in C) on D) with

66. Most Chinese parents think puppy love will their children from their school work.

A) distract B) distain C) prevent D) divert

67. This story, which tells about a man protecting his wife and children, how important

the family is in Asian culture.

A) expounds B) describes C) explains D) illustrates

68. We are in some difficulties in our negotiation with the competitors.

A) to B) for C) with D) up

69. If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to away all the rocks.

A) take B) put C) haul D) set

70. The mere fact most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean

that it will not occur.

A) what B) which C) that D) why

Part IV Cloze (10%)

Directions: Complete the paragraphs by filling in the blanks with the exact words from the text.

注意：使用《新视野大学英语》教材的同学做此题，答案写在答题纸1上。

Be yourself. Many how–to books advise you to S11)) into a room and impress others with your S12)). They S13)) you to greet them with ―pow er handshakes‖ and tell you to S14)) your eyes on the other person. If you follow all this advice, you will drive everyone crazy —S15))yourself.

The trick is to be S16)) you, at your best. The most S17)) people never c hange from one situation to another. They’re the same whether they’re having a conversation, S18)) their garden club or being S19)) for a job. They communicate with their whole being; the S20)) of their voices and their gestures match their words.

注意：使用《全新版大学英语》教材的同学做此题，答案写在答题纸1上。

Suddenly I wanted to write about that, about the S11)) and good feeling of it, but I wanted to put it down S12)) for my own joy, not for Mr. Fleagle. It was a moment I wanted to S13)) and hold for myself. I wanted to S14)) the pleasure of that evening. To write it S15)) I wanted, however, would S16)) all the rules of S17)) composition I’d learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give i t a S18)) grade. Never mind. I would write something else for Mr. Fleagle after I had written this thing for myself. When I finished it the night was half S19)) and there was no time left to S20)) a proper, respectable essay for Mr. Fleagle.

Part V Translation (15%)

Directions: Please translate the following Chinese sentences into English.

注意：使用《新视野大学英语》教材的同学译下列五个句子，答案写在答题纸1上。S21. 做科学研究不容易，不仅需要时间、精力和经费，还需要具有自制力和奉献精神。

S22. 他承诺帮我们买下那幢房子，但有点勉强。

S23. 演说家常常传递着含混不清的信息，但听众总是相信亲眼所见胜于耳闻。

S24. 我喜欢乘公共汽车上班，而不是自己驾车。那天上午也不例外。

S25. 她年轻时，常常在笔记本里记下一些摘引自诗歌的内容。

注意：使用《全新版大学英语》教材的同学译下列五个句子，答案写在答题纸1上。S21. 现在去看电影太晚了，所以我们不妨看电视吧。

S22. 担心吵醒她的孩子，简轻轻打开门。

S23. 我到了剧院，却发现票忘在家里了。

S24. 如果你同意支付水费、电费、燃气费等，我来付电话费。

S25. 现在他不仅病愈，还能重新执教。