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扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷YZUCET Band1Part I Listening Comprehension (35 %)Section A: Conversations (15%)Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about whatwas said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read thefour choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Thenmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter.1. A) In a school. B) At a theater. C) In a restaurant. D) In a bank.2. A) Yes, he likes it very much. B) Yes, he finds it interesting.C) No, he finds it very boring. D) No, he finds it very hard.3. A) $2.00. B) $6.00. C) $4.00. D) $5.00.4. A) Black. B) With scream. C) Iced.. D) With sugar.5. A) His mother wants him to do his homework.B) He has to finish his homework.C) He doesn’t know it is so lateD) His mother can’t sleep.6. A) He prefers not having one.B) He already has a good one.C) He ca n’t share the cost with his roommate..D) He prefers to have a roommate.7. A)Workers. B) Teachers. C) Students. D) Doctors.8. A) To wash the dishes. B) To ring the doorbell.C) To prepare the dish. D) To answer the door.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) He has a bad tooth. B) He’s leaving next week.C) He will be busy next week. D) He needs to find a job.10. A) His last dentist. B) His mother.C) A salesman. D) His friend.11. A) He works at night. B) He’s changing his job.C) He is a dentist. D) He only earns a little.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 112. A) Both a final examination and a term paper..B) Only a final examination.C) Only a term paper.D) Either a final examination or a term paper.13. A) A report. B) A book review.C) A research study. D) A five-page composition.14. A) An essay examination. B) An objective examination.C) An open-book examination. D) A take-home examination.15. A) English. B) Psychology.C) Political science. D) Chemistry.Section B: Short Passages (10%)Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. After each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) When they don’t have a job. B) When they don’t have a car.C) When they can’t afford a house. D) when they live in a large city.17. A) Because the U.S. is a large country.B) Because Americans like to move around and be independent.C) Because the U.S. is called the nation on wheels.D) Because the U. S. lacks convenient public transportation.18. A) The car exerts great influence on American culture..B) Public transportation in the U.S. is highly efficient.C) Americans enjoy following a certain schedule.D) What Americans want most is fortune.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) He thought experts were more needed there.B) He wanted to have a good time there.C) He was invited to work there.D) He didn’t like to stay in Shanghai any longer.扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 220. A) Nineteen. . B) Sixty-five.C) Eighty-four. D) Fifty21. A) The food in Nanping. B) The organization of the class.C) The discussion in the class. D) The cooperative spirit of the students.22. A) It was interesting. B) It was a valuable experience.C) It was not as helpful as expected. D) It was a difficult course to teach. Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) She was driving along the country road.B) She was lying in a hospital bed.C) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling.D) She was telling a frightening story to a doctor.24. A) She was forced to enter a flying saucer.B) She was robbed by some creatures.C) She was stopped by a policeman.D) She fainted because of the side-effects of some drug.25. A) The woman made up a frightening story.B) The woman seemed to have been taken a long distance away from her home.C) The surface of the road was destroyed by an explosion.D) The woman had planned to leave her husband without telling him.Section C: Compound Dictation (10%)Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage isread for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1) toS8) with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S9) to S11)you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can eitheruse the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your ownwords. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check whatyou have written. You are required to write down your answers on the AnswerSheet.Internet shopping is a new S1) ___________ of shopping. You no longer need to walk round hundreds of shops looking for the S2) ____________ you need. Nowadays, you can shop for just about anything from your S3) ____________. All you need is a computer which is S4) ____________ to the Internet. Shopping on the Internet is becoming S5) ___________ popular. In the United States, 50 percent of S6) ____________ have computers at home and 扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 3almost one S7) ____________ are linked to the Internet. Americans spent over US$2.5 billion on Internet shopping in 1998. This figure is S8) ____________ to reach US$11 billion by the year 2004.S9)___________________________________________________________________________________________________. Physical products include items such as books, CDs, clothes and food. These types of products are the most common purchases through the Internet. S10) _________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________, or you can download computer software through the Internet. Services such as S11) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in online games or e-mail chats.Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)Section A: Skimming and Scanning (10%)Directions: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. For the statements numbered from 26 to35, please chooseA(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;B(for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;C (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.The Human BrainMost of us learn basic facts about the human brain in our middle or high school biology classes. We study the subcortex, the “old brain”, which is found in the brain of most animals and is responsible for basic functions such as breathing, eating, drinking, and sleeping. We learn about the neocortex (大脑皮层), the “new brain”, which is unique to humans and is where complex brain activity takes place. We find that the cerebrum, which is responsible for all active thought, is divided into two parts, or hemispheres. The left hemisphere, generally, manages the right side of the body; it is responsible for logical thinking. The right hemisphere manages the left side of the body; this hemisphere controls emotional, creative, and artistic functions. And we learn that the corpus callosum (胼胝体) is the “bridge” that connects the two hemisphere. Memorizing the names for parts of the brain might not seem thrilling to many students, but new discoveries in brain function are exciting. Recent research is teaching us a lot about creativity, memory, the differences between men and women, and the relationship between mind and body.Left Brain/Right Brain: CreativityPsychologists agree that most of us have creative ability that is greater than what we use 扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 4in daily life. In other words, we can be more creative than we realize! The problem is that we use mainly one hemisphere of our brain --- the left. From childhood, in school, we’re taught reading, writing, and mathematics; we are exposed to very little music or art. Therefore, many of us might not “exercise” our right hemisphere much, except through dreams, symbols, and those wonderful insights in which we suddenly find the answer to a problem that has been bothering us and do so without the need for logic. Can we be taught to use our right hemisphere more? Many experts believe so. Classes at some schools and books (such as “The Inner Game of Tennis and Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”) claim to help people to “silence” the left hemisphere and give the right a chance to work.Memory --- True or FalseIn the 1980s in the United States, there were many cases of adults who suddenly remembered, with the help of a psychologist, things that had happened to them in childhood. These memories had been repressed --- held back --- for many years. Some of these newly discovered memories have sent people to prison. As people remember crimes (such as murder or rape) that they saw or experienced as children, the police have reopened and investigated old criminal cases. In fact, over 700 cases have been filled that are based on these repressed memories.However, new studies in 1990s suggest that many of these might be false memories. At a 1994 conference at Harvard Medical School, neuroscientists discussed how memory is believed to work. It is known that small pieces of a memory (sound, right, felling, and so on) are kept in different parts of the brain; the limbic system, in the middle of the brain, pulls these pieces together into one complete memory.But it’s certain that people can “remember”things that have never happened. Even a small suggestion can leave a piece of memory in the brain. Most frightening, according to Dr. Michael Nash of the University of Tennessee, is that “there may be no structural difference”in the brain between a false memory and a true one.Differences in Male and Female BrainsWatch a group of children as they play. You’ll probably notice that the boys and girls play differently, speak differently and are interested in different things. When they grow into men and women, the difference do not disappear. Many scientists are now studying the origins of these gender differences. Some are searching for an explanation in the human brain. Some of the findings are interesting. For example, they’ve found that more men than women are left-handed; this reflects the dominance of the brain’s right hemisphere. By contrast, more women listen equally with both ears while men listen mainly with the right ear. Men are better at reading a map without having to turning the map again and again. Women are better at reading the emotions of people in photographs.One place to look for an explanation of gender differences is in the hypothalamus (下丘脑), just above the brain stem. This controls anger, thirst, hunger, and sexual desire. One recent study shows that there is a region in the hypothalamus that is larger in heterosexual (异性爱的) men than it is in women and homosexual (同性恋的) men. Another area of study is the corpus callosum, the thick group of nerves that allows the right and left hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. The corpus callosum is larger in women than in men. This might explain the mystery of “female intuition”, which is supposed to give women greater ability to “read” and understand emotional clues.The Mystery of the Mind-body RelationshipThere is more and more evidence every day to prove that our minds and bodies are 扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 5closely connected. Negative emotions, such as loneliness, depression, and helplessness, are believed to cause a higher rate of sickness and death. Similarly, it’s possible that positive thinking can help people remain in good physical health or become well faster after an illness. Although some doctors are doubtful about this, most accept the success of new therapies (e.g., relaxation and meditation) that help people with problems such as ulcers (溃疡), high blood pressure, insomnia (失眠), and migraine headaches.Questions 26-35 are based on the passage you have just read.26. There is no neocortex in the brain of animals other than human beings.27. Most people probably don’t use all their creative ability.28. Our memories can be improved by recalling childhood experiences.29. People can have memories of things that never happened.30. Newly discovered memories from childhood may turn out to be false memories.31. There is no real difference between the brains of males and those of females.32. There’s a growing number of evidence to prove that our minds and bodies are closelyconnected.33. Positive thinking can help people recover faster.34. When children grow into adults, the gender differences they demonstrated as youngstersdisappear.35. Hypothalamus controls people’s emotions.Section B: Reading in Depth (30%)Directions: There are three passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Humans are social animals. They depend on groups for survival. An individual human being lost in a wilderness is capable of doing many things. But he or she will probably be thinking constantly about how much better it would be if there were other people around to talk to and to help.Because humans like to live and work in groups, they form couples and families; villages and cities; work groups, teams and other organizations. Language is the “cement” that holds these social groups together.Through language we can share ideas and experiences. The human mouth and throat are so constructed that we can utter a variety of sounds. Language is the device for matching certain combinations of sounds with the symbols for things, ideas and emotions. Our brains think in symbols --- words and sentences --- as well as in the images that we receive from our senses. Thus we can turn experiences into symbols and communicate to other people through the use of 扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷 6language. Any one individual, therefore, can learn much more from others than he or she can discover alone. Language enables people to pass ideas from group to group and from generation to generation.Language is part of culture. Culture, in this sense, means all those customs, skills and attitudes that are part of the behavior of a particular group. The way you live, what you think and what you want in life are all affected by the culture of the group in which you are raised. Groups of people live in different ways. They may have different skills, organizations and art forms. Their family life may be completely different from yours.Human beings are inventive animals. They can even decide to change their cultures in order to meet new situations. They can choose to live in many environments and in a wide variety of ways. Of all living things, only human beings can choose where and how they want to live and then modify the physical environment to help them realize these choices. Acquiring the wisdom to make wise choices is the enduring challenge of being human.36. What is the most important thing that helps humans to form social groups?A) Construction. B) Language.C) Good behavior. D) Marriage.37. With language we can do all the following but ______.A) produce good health B) communicate to other peopleC) pass ideas from group to group D) turn experiences into symbols38. Which of the following is not affected directly by culture?A) Your way of life. B) Your thinking.C) Your senses. D) Your needs.39. In what sense are humans wise and different from other living things?A) Humans can change the environment to meet their needs.B) Humans move from place to place.C) Humans live in groups.D) Humans have a living place.40. The best title for this passage might be ______.A) The History of Human BeingsB) Variety of CulturesC) Humans Are Inventive AnimalsD) Language, Culture and Human BeingsPassage Two扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷7Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.Learning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I’d ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up.“What did you learn in that course?” I’d ask.“Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience: not to be inhibited --- not to be nervous.”Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don’t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you’re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ll read what you wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you’re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary --- or at least it’s necessary until you’ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper”.41. The topic of the passage is ______.A) how to be a good writerB) how to be a good speakerC) how to express yourself with your wordsD) how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking42. The public speech course mainly teaches students ______.A) how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabularyB) how to express themselves exactly and vividlyC) how to collect data needed and organize itD) how to get over their nervousness when making a speech.43. The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that ______.A) you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand .B) you should get over your nervous inhibitionsC) you should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish themD) both of them have audience44. In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because ______ .A) public speaking requires less effort than writingB) it’s unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you likeC) you face the audience directly in public speaking while writing is otherwiseD) in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not45. The author of this passage probably is a ______.A) boss B) politicianC) writer D) professor扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷8Passage ThreeQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught --- to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle --- compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.Let him go on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to lean something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?” Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.46. What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?A) They give children correct answers.B) They allow children to mark their own work.C) They point out children’s mistakes to them.D) The encourage children to copy from one another.47. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only beestimated by ______.A) the children themselvesB) teachersC) parentsD) educated persons48. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?A) By making mistakes and having them corrected.B) By listening to explanations from skilled people.C) By copying what other people do.D) By asking a great many questions.49. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ______.A) not really important skills扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷9B) basically the same as learning other skillsC) more important than other skillsD) basically different from learning adult skills50. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ______.A) unable to use basic skills B) too dependent on othersC) too critical of themselves D) unable to think for themselvesPart III 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 intothe passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.Everyone wants to be healthy and happy. __51__, illness or accidents may occur without any __52__. Frequently the person who is __53__ can be cared for at home if there is someone __54__ of looking after him under the doctor’s __55__. Sometimes arrangements can be __56__ for a visiting nurse to give the necessary __57__ once a day, or often, if necessary. The responsible one in the home __58__ on with the rest of the care during the __59__ between the nurses’ visits.The rapid diagnosis (诊断) and immediate treatment __60__ the spot of an accident or sudden illness, __61__ awaiting the arrival of doctors, is called the first aid and quite __62__ from the home nursing.When illness does come, the __63__ family is affected. Many adjustments have to be made __64__ the family routine needn’t be __65__ completely. Often it can be rearranged with home duties simplified to save time and energy, thus reducing __66__ on the family.The __67__ responsibility for giving nursing care is usually __68__ by one person, frequently the mother. __69__, in order that she may have some much needed rest, or __70__ she herself is ill, other members of the family should learn how to help when sickness occurs.51. A) Occasionally B) Unfortunately C) Actually D) Naturally52. A) reason B) notice C) warning D) signal53. A) weak B) patient C) ill D) healthy54. A) suitable B) appropriate C) capable D) able55. A) introduction B) control C) decision D) direction56. A) done B) made C) placed D) supplied57. A) care B) cure C) treatment D) training58. A) works B) carries C) looks D) depends59. A) break B) holiday C) interval D) course60. A) on B) in C) at D) from61. A) before B) while C) as D) until62. A) similar B) distinct C) urgent D) separate扬州大学综合英语一级考试样卷1063. A) all B) total C) whole D) entire64. A) and B) but C) unless D) since65. A) maintained B) neglected C) solved D) disturbed66. A) strain B) worry C) pain D) trouble67. A) technical B) overall C) minor D) reasonable68. A) consumed B) obtained C) assumed D) tolerated69. A) Consequently B) Moreover C) Unexpectedly D) However70. A) in fact B) in case C) as a result D) on the contraryPart IV Translation (15%)Directions: In this part there are 3 sections. In each section there are five sentences. You are required to choose only one of the sections that you have learned and put thesentences into English. Write down your translation on the Answer Sheet. Section 1 (New College English)T1.我认为电视科学节目的制片人应该承担起帮助公众理解科学的重任。