本科综合英语期末考试试卷及答案

《综合英语》考试试卷（A卷、闭卷）Part I Reading Comprehension (阅读理解) （每小题3分，共15分）Passage OneSuppose we built a robot to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning.According to the evolutionary theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent. The evolutionary theory accounts well for differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability torun away from attackers.1.The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us .A) the differences between robots and menB) the reason why men need to sleepC) about the need for robots to save powerD) about the danger of men working at night2.Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him _______.A) maintain a regular pattern of lifeB) prevent trouble that comes looking for himC) avoid danger and inefficient laborD) restore his bodily functions3. According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ______.A) are worrying about our safety B) are overworkedC) are in a tent D) are away from home4. Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ______.A)need more time for restorationB) are unlikely to be attackersC) are more active than horses when they are awakeD) spend less time eating to get enough energy5.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?.A) Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking.B) The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.C) Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots.D) The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.Part II Vocabulary & Structure 词汇和结构（每小题2分，共30分）1.The meeting’s been canceled. Ann all that work.A. need to doB. need haveC. need’t have doneD. needed not to do2. It was not until midnight the snow-capped peak.A. that they sightedB. that they did not sightC. did they sightD. had they sighted3. We could him with a detached house when he came, but hehad specifically asked for a small flat.A. provideB. have providedC. not provideD. not have provided4. This missile is designed so that once_____ nothing can be doneto retrieve it.A. firedB. being firedC. they firedD. having fired5. _____, he would not have recovered so quickly.A. Had’t he been taken good care ofB. Had he not been takengood care ofC. Had not he been taken good care ofD. Had he been not taken good care of6. How can the boy stand ______ like that?A. treatingB. be treatedC. it treatedD. being treated7. I can't imagine anything ______ to him.A. happenB. happeningC. to happenD. happened8. Mrs. Brown is supposed ______ for Italy last week.A. to have leftB. to leaveC. to be leavingD. to have been left9. The fish’s sense of smell is most ______.A. actuatedB. accurateC. acuteD. active10. Before going to bed, she _______ that the door was locked.A. insured herselfB. assuredC. assured herselfD. insured11. Since most people would’t like to buy an apartment far awayfrom the city, there are a lot of apartments in this town.A. emptyB. blankC. vacantD. bare12. The age of the boys in this class is about 18.A. usualB. commonC. averageD. ordinary13.Geological oceanographers use echo sounder to the depth of the water.A. figure upB. figure inC. figure onD. figure out14.Since the reform, the country’s economy has been fairly_______.A. healthfulB. healthyC. wellD. health15.Scientists have tried many ways to prevent the nuclearreactions from ______ harmful and dangerous radiation.A. giving upB. giving inC. giving toD. giving offPart III Cloze (完形填空)（每小题1.5分，共30分）Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. 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 center.A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.Let’s look at this 1 in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, 2 distinguishes man from the rest of the 3 world. Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by 4 of cries: for example, many birds utter 5 calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 6 cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 7 these various means of communication differ in important ways 8 human language.For instance, animals’ cries do not 9 thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 10 us to divide a human utterance into11.We can change an utterance by 12 one word in it with 13: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north”, 14 who can change one word and say “aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, 15 means “danger!”This is why the number of 16 that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case 17 point; it has about twenty different calls, 18 in human language the number of possible utterances is 19 . It also explains why animal cries are very 20 in meaning.（）1. A) classification B) definitionC)function D)perception（）2. A) that B) it C)as D)what（）3. A)native B) human C) physical D) animal （）4. A) ways B) means C) methods D) approaches （）5. A) mating B) exciting C) warning D) boring （）6. A) identical B) similarC) different D) unfamiliar（）7. A) But B)ThereforeC) Afterwards D) Furthermore（）8. A) about B) with C) from D) in（）9. A) infer B) explain C) interpret D) express （）10.A) encourages B) enablesC) enforces D) ensures（）11. A) speeches B) sounds C) words D)voices （）12.A) replacing B) spellingC) pronouncing D)saying（）13. A)ours B) theirs C) another D) others （）14. A)so B) and C) but D)or（）15. A)this B)that C)which D)it（）16. A)signs B)gestures C)signals D)marks （）17. A)in B)at C) of D)for（）18. A) whereas B) since C) anyhow D)somehow （）19. A) boundless B) changeableC) limitless D) ceaseless（）20. A) ordinary B) alike C) common D) generalPart IV Translation (翻译)（每小题5分，共25分）1. 我们比任何时候都坚信，改革开放的政策是正确的。