06大专英语期末试卷A卷

河北女子职业技术学院2006—2007学年第一学期 06级大专英语期末试卷（A卷） 班级 姓名 学号 成绩

一、 Read the passage, and then choose the best answer for each of the following. (40 points) TASK 1 In Turkey, one out of ten people could read or write in the 1920s. Teachers were especially needed in Turkey’s small towns and villages. At first, the Turkish government brought young people to the cities for training as teachers. But the new teachers enjoyed city life so much that they often refused to return to the small villages. To solve this problem, the Turkish government built teacher-training schools in the villages. Young people who graduated from these schools remained in the villages. Today, almost half of the people in Turkey can read and write. Mexico, too, had the problem of a large population that could not read or write. In the 1940s the president decided to introduce an unusual program of education. Every person between 18 and 60 who could read and write had to teach another person between 6 and 40 to read and write. In this way, each student had his or her own teacher! The government provided books for the teachers to use. The books were written in Spanish, which is the official language of the country. They were also written in several Indian languages. In the first year of this program, about 750,000 people learned to read and write. 1. _______ out of ten couldn’t read or write in Turkey in the 1920s. A. One B. Seven C. Eight D. Nine 2. Book in Mexico were written in _______ . A. French and Russian B. Swedish and Dutch C. Spanish and Indian D. Turkey and English 3. The unusual program of education in Mexico was ________. A. first used in Turkey schools B. introduced by the president C. first invented by the Indians D. introduced by education experts 4. Why was the program of education in Mexico unusual A. It forced people to provide books. B. The government provided villages with free textbooks. C. The books were written in Spanish. D. Each student had his or her own teacher. 5. In Mexico, every person between ________ had to teach another person between ________. A. 18 and 60, 6 and 40 B. 16 and 40, 8 and 60 C. 10 and 60, 6 and 50 D. 15 and 50, 6 and 60 TASK 2 He is a handsome boy. He has golden hair and a pair of big blue eyes. But he looks very sad. He is thin and weak because he suffers from AIDS. In healthy human bodies, the immune system protects us from disease. But when one gets the AIDS virus in his/her body, it attacks and destroys the immune system, and the body then is helpless against diseases. And the patient will die of this or that disease. But you don’t have to worry too much about being with the boy. The AIDS virus can’t live outside his body, and it can’t travel through the air. You don’t need to be afraid to touch him, either. Children with AIDS need help from other children. They need to have friends to play with. Let’s try our best to do something for them.. 6. The boy has ____________. A. golden hair and brown eyes B. golden hair and blue eyes C. black hair and brown eyes D. black hair and blue eyes 7. We can use the following to describe the boy EXCEPT ________. A. sad B. thin C. weak D. ugly 8. The boy is unhealthy because he _________. A. is dying B. suffers from a serious disease C. can’t play with other children D. is sad 9. What do we know about AIDS virus A. It can live outside the body. B. It can move through the air. C. People can get it by shaking hands. D. It makes our body helpless against disease. 10. Other children can help him by __________. A. being his friends B. leaving him alone C. sending him to hospital D. giving him some money to buy medicine TASK 3 If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men’s work and his own among people in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature . Fall is the next—best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking! 11. Huntington based his conclusions on __________. A. records of changes in his own intelligence B. work with peoples in different climates C. records of temperature changes D. all of the above 12. Huntington decided that climate and temperature have________. A. a great effect on everybody’s intelligence B. some effect on a few person’s intelligence C. some effect on most person’s intelligence D. no effect on most person’s intelligence 13. One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that ________. A. all nature, including man, is growing then B. it lasts longer than the other seasons C. it has longer daytime than winter D. both B and C 14. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be ________. A. winter and summer B. summer and spring C. fall and winter D. spring and fall 15. According to the passage, any vacation from thinking should be taken ________. A. several times throughout the year B. during the summer C. during the summer D. as seldom as possible TASK 4 For many years T-shirts were simple short-sleeved under shirts for men and boys, T-shirts used to be of one color－white, and since they were worn under shirts,