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西南政法大学试卷（A 卷）2006 — 2007 学年第 二 学期课程 大学英语 专业 全校各专业平行班 年级 2005级本试卷共 10 页，满分 100 分；考试时间：120 分钟；考试方式：闭卷注意事项1、 本学期使用新机读卡，主观题与客观题的答案都填写在一张卡上，卡上准考证号一栏填学生完整的学号，请正确填写自己的学号，学号请按示范填写，填错或不填阅卷系统记录为零分。

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Part I Listening Comprehension (25%) Section ADirections: In this section, you’ll hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE . Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.1. A) The man refuses to listen to his doctor ’s advice. B) The man is under pressure from his wife. C) The man usually follows his wife ’s advice. D) The man no longer smokes.2. A) In a department store. B) In a bank. C) At a hotel. D) At a tourist bureau.3. A) Manager and clerk.B) College advisor and student. C) Architect and computer expert.D) Architect and mathematics department head. 4. A) The woman has been complaining too much.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -密-----------------封-----------------线-------------------内-------------------不---------------------要-----------------------答-------------------题------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 学生姓名：___________________ 学号 ：_________________ 专业年级 ：_________________ 考试教室：____________B) The woman’s headache will go away by itself.C) The woman should have seen the doctor earlier.D) The woman should confirm her appointment with the doctor.5. A) She did poorly on the exam.B) She complained about the man making the highest mark.C) She often makes careless mistakes.D) She wanted the highest grade but got only the second highest.6. A) He may need to take an extra course.B) The degree will take a shorter time in the future.C) Degrees will be easier to finish next year.D) There is no regulation of the courses next year.7. A) At last he enjoys campus life.B) School has changed little since last year.C) He has many new friends.D) It’s easier to find his way around this year.8. A) He’s afraid to try some of the exercises himself.B) The physics class is only halfway over.C) The students aren’t in good physical condition.D) He doesn’t believe everything people say.Questions 9-12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) To choose a topic for a term paper.B) To get material not available at the main library.C) To type some research materials.D) To learn to use the computers there.10. A) A comparison of political journals and newspapers.B) The impact of TV on recent presidential election.C) The use of computers in calculating election results.D) An analysis of early presidential results.11. A) It is quite general.B) It should be changed.C) It’ll take a short time to find the relevant materials.D) It is closely related with information in a newspaper.12. A) He pays a little money to use it.B) He orders it from the publisher.C) He travels to that library to get it.D) He reads it in the graduate school library.Questions 13-15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) Abroad. B) To the seaside.C) To his mother. D) To the mountains.14. A) His wife. B) His mother. C) A friend. D) A nurse.15. A) Joining him and his wife for the holiday.B) Sending her sister’s children to their grandmother.C) Going to the mountains.D) Going for a tour abroad.Section BDirections: In this section, you’ll 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.Passage OneQuestions 16-18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16. A) She feels that they must offer more if they wish to attract students.B) She feels that they should cut back on graduate programs.C) She feels that they still maintain their usual sacred position in the eyes of the general public.D) She feels that they should not concern themselves with the needs of prospective students.17. A) She believes that students are more emotionally mature than they once were.B) She believes that students consider all colleges inferior.C) She believes that students realize that a college education is no longer important.D) She believes that students are aware of the fact that a college degree does not necessarily guaranteelong term job success.18. A) All private institutions will close down.B) Private institutions must meet society’s needs in some specified fields.C) Private institutions have to satisfy their customers.D) Private institutions have a greater future than the public ones.Passage TwoQuestions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) 4,000 years ago. B) 3,000 years ago.C) 2,000 years ago. D) 1,000 years ago.20. A) The small bowl was put above the large bowl.B) The large bowl was put above the small bowl.C) The small bowl was put inside the large bowl.D) The large bowl consisted of two equal parts.21. A) Horsemen. B) Brass doors. C) Drops of water. D) Metal balls.Passage ThreeQuestions 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) In a fast-food restaurant. B) At a shopping center.C) At a country fair. D) In a bakery.23. A) Avoid eating any food. B) Prepare the right type of pie to eat.C) Wash his hands thoroughly. D) Practice eating a pie quickly.24. A) On the table. B) Behind his back.C) Under his bottom. D) On his lap.25. A) Looking sideways to see how fast your neighbour eats.B) Eating from the outside toward the middle.C) Swallowing the pie with water.D) Holding the pie in the right position.Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)Passage OneWater projects in the United States gained a new rationale (根据) in the 1930’s as the nation suffered its worst economic depression and the Great Plains region suffered its worst drought in recorded history. As the economy sank into despair and unemployment rates increased, the political climate for direct federal government involvement in water projects improved. President Franklin Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office brought a number of new laws to deal with the severe economic depression that became known as the Great Depression. Two of these laws, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 and the National Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA), had particular significance for water resource development.The natural pattern of Tennessee River was characterized by large spring flows that produceddestructive floods and low summer flows that restricted navigation. The intensity and frequency of the events discouraged development and contributed to persistent poverty in the valley. To counter these natural obstacles, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 created Tennessee Valley Authority (TV A), a public agency with broad powers to develop the Tennessee River system in the interest of navigation, flood control, and national defense, and to promote development in the region, including authority to build dams and reservoirs and to generate and sell hydroelectric power. The TV A is a unique institution in that it brings all the water-related functions of the federal government of the single body. The TV A used its authority to transform the Tennessee River into one of the most highly regulated rivers in the world within about two decades. The TVA inherited the Wilson Dam, and by the beginning of the Second World War it had completed six additional multipurpose dams with power plants and locks for navigation. Investments in dams and hydropower facilities within the Tennessee Valley also received high priority during the war.The NIRA authorized the creation of the Public Works Administration to create jobs while undertaking work of benefit to the community. The NIRA also gave the United States President unprecedented powers to initiate public works, including water projects. The Public Works Administration provided loans and grants to state and local governments and to federal agencies for municipal waterworks, sewage plants, irrigation, flood control, and waterpower projects.26. All of following are mentioned as resulting from the Great Depression EXCEPT ______.A) an increase in unemploymentB) a change in political thinkingC) a new study of the history of droughtsD) a different approach to water projects27. It can be inferred from the passage that before the 1930’s the role of the federal government in waterprojects was _______.A) more limited than it was after 1930B) more important than its role in other conservation projectsC) restricted to the Great Plains regionD) designed to help with drought recovery28. The word “unprecedented” (Para. 3) is closest in meaning to ______.A) not extensiveB) not existing beforeC) not used oftenD) not needing money29. Which of the following discouraged development of the Tennessee Valley prior to 1933?A) Laws imposed by the local government.B) The geographical features of the valley.C) The lack of suitable building materials.D) The effects of seasonal flows of the river.30. According to the passage, the Tennessee Valley Authority decided to ______.A) introduce rules to control the use of the Tennessee RiverB) build the Wilson DamC) reduce investment in hydropower facilities in the Tennessee ValleyD) increase the price of electricityPassage TwoWithin fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasantwastes would provide energy if nothing else.The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.The first full-scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.31. The phrase “be well on with…” (Para. 1) most probably means _______.A) have completed what was startedB) get ready to startC) have achieved a great dealD) put an end to32. What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in Paragraph 3?A) Breaking up whatever is breakable.B) Sharpening metal bars.C) Separating light elements from the heavy ones.D) Sorting out small pieces of metal.33. What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?A) To deal with wastes in a better way.B) To protect the environment from pollution.C) To get raw materials locally.D) To get big profits from those plants.34. The first full-scale huge recycling plants ______.A) began to operate fifteen years agoB) will probably take less than fifteen years to buildC) will be built fifteen years laterD) will probably be in operation in fifteen years35. The passage is mainly about ______.A) a cheap way to get energyB) the location of recycling plantsC) new ways of recycling wastesD) the protection of city environmentPassage ThreeIn 1972, a century after the first national park in the United States was established at Yellowstone, legislation was passed to create the National Marine Sanctuaries（国家海洋保护区）Program. The intent of this legislation was to provide protection to selected coastal habitats（栖息地）similar to that existing for land areas designated（指定）as national parks. The designation of an area a marine sanctuary indicates that it is a protected area, just as a national park is. People are permitted to visit and observe there, but living organisms and their environments may not be harmed or removed.The National Marine Sanctuary Program was created by the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. This authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate and manage areas of the marine environment with special national significance due to their conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, scientific, cultural, archeological, educational, or esthetic qualities as national marine sanctuaries. Initially, 70 sites were proposed as candidates for sanctuary status. Two and a half decades later, only fifteen sanctuaries had been designated, with half of these established after 1978. They range in size from the very small (less than 1 square kilometer) Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary in American Samoa to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California, extending over 15,744 square kilometers.The National Marine Sanctuaries Program is a crucial part of new management practices in which whole communities of species, and not just individual species, are offered some degree of protection from habitat degradation and overexploitation. Only in this way can a reasonable degree of marine species diversity be maintained in a setting that also maintains the natural interrelationships that exist among these species.Several other types of marine protected areas exist in the United States and other countries. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System, managed by the United States government, includes 23 designated and protected estuaries（港湾）. Outside the United States, marine protected-area programs exist as marine parks, reserves, and preserves. Over 100 designated areas exist around the periphery of the Carbbean Sea. Others range from the well-known Australian Great Barrer Reef Marine Park to lesser-known parks in countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, where tourism is placing growing pressures on fragile coral reef systems. As state, national, and international agencies come to recognize the importance of conserving marine biodiversity, marine projected areas, whether as sanctuaries, parks, or estuarine reserves, will play an increasingly important role in preserving that diversity.36. What does the passage mainly talk about?A) Various marine conservation programs.B) Differences among marine parks, sanctuaries, and reserves.C) International agreements on coastal protection.D) Similarities between land and sea protected environments.37. The passage mentions the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in paragraph 2 as an example of asanctuary that ______.A) is worth protectingB) covers a large areaC) is the largest one in AmericaD) was designated by the Secretary of Commerce38. According to the passage, all of the following are achievements of the National Marine SanctuariesProgram EXCEPT ______.A) the discovery of several new marine organismsB) the preservation of connections between individual marine speciesC) the protection of coastal habitatsD) the establishment of areas where the public can observe marine life39. Based on the passage, ______ is regarded as a threat to marine areas outside the United States.A) limitations in financial supportB) the use of marine species as foodC) variability of the climateD) increases in tourism40. The word “periphery” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.A) depthB) landmassC) outer edgeD) habitatPassage FourIt is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. You might tolerate the odd road-hog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the rule.Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most coolheaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that the highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learnt to filter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modern motorists can’t even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the car-ownership explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.41. Accoding to this passage, troubles on the road are primarily caused by _______.A) people’s attitude towards the road-hogB) the rhythm of modern lifeC) the behavior of the driverD) traffic conditions42. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd-hog… the rule.” (Para. 1) implies that _______.A) our society is unjust towards well-mannered motoristsB) rude drivers can be met only occasionallyC) the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the road-hogD) nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists43. By “good sense” in paragraph 2, the writer means _______.A) the driver’s ability to understand and react reasonablyB) the driver’s prompt response to difficult and severe conditionsC) the driver’s tolerance of rude or even savage behaviorD) the driver’s acknowledgement of politeness and regulations44. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion, _______.A) road users should make more sacrificeB) drivers should be ready to yield to each otherC) drivers should have more communication among themselvesD) drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others45. In the writer’s opinion, _______.A) strict traffic regulations are badly neededB) drivers should apply road politeness properlyC) rude drivers should be punishedD) drivers should avoid traffic jamsPart III Vocabulary and Structure(10%)46. We need someone really ______ who can organize the office and make it run smoothly.A) crucial B) realistic C) essential D) efficient47. Their refusal to compromise is a major _______ that stands in the way of further peace talks.A) obstacle B) complication C) entity D) hazard48. Under normal circumstances the body can _______ these naturally occurring substances into vitamins.A) convert B) render C) derive D) originate49. He should ______ what he’s good at, and not switch to something he knows nothing about.A) take on B) stick to C) go after D) live on50. Many social problems are caused by the uneven ______ of wealth.A) equality B) justice C) distribution D) volume51. The doctor ______ Billy’s operation with x-rays and special exercises to make him stronger.A) went after B) followed up C) started up D) took on52. Obviously, no teacher has _______ patience. Even Larry, who is always kind and tolerant, lost histemper on that particular occasion.A) infinite B) definite C) spectacular D) plural53. His total worldly possessions ______ little more than the clothes he stood up in.A) amounted to B) settled for C) turned up D) came at54. Our director had ______ on the matter for a long time before he made the decision.A) hushed B) thrashed C) pondered D) suspended55. The United Nations was supposed to ______ the role of global peace-keeper.A) contend B) nurture C) carve D) undertakeChoose the words and expressions that are similar in meaning to the underlined parts. (找同义词) 56. If an object is suspended from any point on the vertical line passing through its center of gravity, theobject will remain stationary.A) secure B) flexible C) motionless D) hung57. According to a United States law passed in 1986, states participating in daylight saving timesimultaneously advance their clocks one hour on the last Sunday in April.A) conceptually B) systematically C) at the same time D) for a brief period58. The Hudson River School was the name of the first group of American artists to develop acharacteristic style of landscape paintings.A) territory B) scenery C) spectrum D) groundwork59. Some cells, such as epithelia, proliferate more rapidly when the body is asleep than when it is awake.A) cluster B) multiply C) adapt D) heal60. That morning, on Mount Tai, I saw the most spectacular sunrise in my life.A) adolescent B) mysterious C) opaque D) impressive61. However, the new law, once passed, will render the Bridlington agreement illegal by giving workersthe right to join unions of their choice.A) convert B) cancel C) make D) hold62. The mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.A) appropriate B) fundamental C) equivalent D) sparkled63. The destruction of the Twin Towers in New York City provoked shock and anger throughout the world.A) aroused B) tempted C) summoned D) enveloped64. The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscurereferences.A) dazzling B) widespread C) plural D) unrecognizable65. Dr. Light, who is reputed to be one of the best surgeons in London, performed the operation andsuccessfully removed the tumor in her lungs.A) considered B) confessed C) thrilled D) perceivedPart IV Cloze(10%)Direction: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 thepassage.Part V Word Formation (5%)1.There is a _____ of two things that are important: culture and space. (combine)2.If he had failed in the old society, he would be _____ and pessimistic. (courage)3.But instead of liberating us, technology has _________us. (slave)4.They worked hard and finally achieved the ________result. (prospect)5.The opening speeches sounded more like _________of war than offerings of peace. (declare)Part VI Translation(20%)Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. It takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five. And your prospects for success will be many times better.2. It may be that the Euro-centered American nation is declining as it gives way to a new pacific civilization that will include, but not be limited to, America.3. I’m struck that I am walking on one of the engineering wonders of the world.4. We need to develop a conception of ourselves in the universe not as the master species but as the servant species.5. The stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the surfeit of things we try to cram into it. Choose the proper words and phrases in the box to translate the following sentences into English.6．除去毁灭性的洪水，饥荒也广泛存在，并已导致了各种各样的问题。