大学英语__南开大学(2)--基础外语2-1课程期末考试试卷

必修课2013级本科生2013——2014学年第一学期
基础外语2-1课程期末考试试卷（A 卷）
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试卷一
Part I Translation (10 points )
Directions: Read the following paragraph carefully, and then translate it into English with the expressions given in the box.
自从上大学以来，我时常回忆起家乡。

有时，南开校园的操场会再现我中学时代的快乐生活。

课堂上，我们不知不觉地被老师的授课所吸引，老师们尽力让我们听懂其所讲授的内容。

当一名同学正确回答了老师的提问时，老师的脸上就会绽开笑容。

宿舍里，同学们相互交流思想，谈论自己崇拜的偶像，开怀大笑。

我们对未来充满信心，但我们深知，我们要从最基础的做起。

For this part, your answer should be written on Test Paper Two.
Part II Listening Comprehension (35 points)
Section A (15 points, 1 point each)
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 what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 the Answer Sheet with
a single line through the center.
1. A. The course is terrible. B. The teacher is dull.
C. He loves the optional course.
D. He wants to have more options.
2. A. She doesn’t like English parties.
B. She has to work on weekends.
C. She has to take care of her mum.
D. She will attend a party at a restaurant.
3. A. Look for a roommate to share an apartment.
B. Continue living in the dormitory.
C. Find some money to rent an apartment.
D. Get ready for an appointment first.
4. A. He can’t stand loud noise.
B. He doesn’t like badminton.
C. He’s a very sensitive man.
D. He’s sorry that he didn’t make it.
5. A. John is enthusiastic about the wild animal.
B. John has quit drinking for a long time.
C. John is totally new to the long running.
D. John will benefit from quitting drinking.
6. A. He is emotionally weak at present.
B. He is physically strong at present.
C. He is confused about his brother’s illness.
D. He is worried about his brother’s illness.
7. A. The man doesn’t look like a sportsman.
B. Few people share the woman’s opinion.
C. Some of the man’s friends are athletes.
D. The man is incapable of being an athlete.
8. A. Share their experience.
B. Have a big celebration.
C. Prepare their arguments for possible topics.
D. Take a good rest.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A. He wants to check his appointment.
B. He wants a medical examination.
C. He wants to talk to his son’s headmaster.
D. He wants to buy insurance.
10. A. Next Monday. B. Next Tuesday.
C. Next Wednesday.
D. Next Thursday.
11. A. An insurance company. B. A medical company.
C. A real estate company.
D. A movie company.
12. A. 9 a.m. Thursday. B. 11 a.m. Tuesday.
C. 11 a.m. Thursday.
D. 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13. A. Go to the dentist’s.
B. Pick up his brother from soccer practice.
C. Clean the house.
D. Cook breakfast for the family.
14. A. Take a walk down by the lake.
B. Make some popcorn and watch a movie.
C. Play a game or something.
D. Help Julie with her science project.
15. A. She asks her daughter to do housework.
B. She hates her daughter a lot.
C. She is busy with her work every day.
D. She is Julie’s science project teacher.
Section B (10 points, 1 point each)
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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. The story of Santa Claus. B. The gift-giving.
C. The fruity bread.
D. The religious songs.
17. A. In September. B. After Halloween.
C. After Thanksgiving.
D. In December.
18. A. Putting up Christmas tree.
B. Attending masked ball.
C. Shopping until the mid-January.
D. Extending festivities to the New Year.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A. Making the child ambitious.
B. Turning the child into a genius.
C. Making the child unrealistic.
D. Turning the child into a musician.
20. A. Taking him to concerts.
B. Arranging private piano lessons for him.
C. Entering him in every piano competition held.
D. Arranging violin lessons for him.
21. A. His mother is crazy about music.
B. His father is a musician.
C. His father plays the piano in a large orchestra.
D. His mother doesn’t expect him to be successful.
22. A. Because both his parents are successful musicians.
B. Because he’s always afraid that he will disappoint his parents.
C. Because his parents set a high standard for him.
D. Because he doesn’t like playing the piano.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A. It’s one of the two competing admission tests at the undergraduate level.
B. It involves mathematics and language and includes writing an essay.
C. It is designed to measure what a student learned in high school.
D. It takes just over four hours.
24. A. The term is short for American College Testing.
B. It is a must for applicants for a bachelor's degree in America.
C. It is America's most widely accepted college entrance exam.
D. It is the best predictor of college success.
25. A. 195 dollars. B. 170 dollars.
C. 119 dollars
D. 117 dollars.
Section C (10 points, 1 point each)
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 is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from C1 to C10 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
For this part, your answer should be written on Test Paper Two.
To Americans,the C1________of parents is to help children C2________________________. From infancy each child may get his or her own room. As children grow, they gain more freedom to make their own choices. C3________ choose their own forms of entertainment, as well as the friends to share with them. When they C4 ________________________, they choose their own careers and marriage partners. Of course, many young adults still seek their parents’ advice and C5 ________ for the choices they make. But once they “leave the nest” at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own, not “C6 ________ to their mother’s apron strings.”
The relationship between parents and children in America is very informal. American parents try to treat their children as C7 ________ —not as extensions of themselves. They allow them to C8 ________________________. Americans praise and encourage their children to give them the C9 ________ to succeed. When children become adults, their relationship with their parents becomes more like a friendship among equals. But C10________ to popular belief, most adult Americans don’t make their parents pay for room and board when they come to visit. Even as adults, they respect and honor their parents.
Section A (10 points, 1 point each)
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. Your are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the
corresponding letter for each item on Test Paper Two. You may not use any of
the words in the bank more than once.
For this part, your answer should be written on Test Paper Two.
There are tons of books about time-management. However, increasingly I hear the topic R1 in terms of energy management. Our minds only have so much R2________for any one type of activity,so we have to build that limitation into our daily R3 if we want to work effectively. Our email inbox may seem to be our highest priority, but “inbox zero” (收件箱洁癖) can lead to “energy zero” if you are not careful.
In a book called Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus & Sharpen Your Creative Mind, the recurring R4 across many of the 20 experts who R5________ essays to the book was simple: don’t start the day by R6 with your email. The experts, R7 , suggest that you start with your hardest work of the day and defer (推迟) the distractions of email for R8 .
In some work environments this may seem R9________, or even impossible, but the principle can be applied R10 any situation. For some it is just a matter of retraining yourself to not assume that the priorities of your inbox match up with your own personal goals and responsibilities.
Section B (20 points, 2 points each)
Directions:There are 2 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
It’s natural for people to eat when they’re hungry. But people eat for other reasons, too. Do you ever eat because you’re with friends and everyone else is eating? Do you ever eat because you feel tired, or because you are under stress?
Many people do. People often eat to feel better. Maybe they have too much to do, or they’re nervous. Maybe they’re having problems in a relationship. But when people eat to feel better, they don’t eat just anything. They want specific kinds of food. They want food that helps them relax. They want comfort food.
What is comfort food? For most people, it’s food that is easy to prepare. It’s often soft, so it’s easy to eat. Eating it gives people a warm feeling. Sometimes it’s a type of food that people loved as children. Maybe they used to eat it at specific times or places. Maybe it’s food their mother used to make. Comfort food makes people feel, “somebody’s taking care of me.”
Researchers at the University of Illinois did a survey on comfort food in the United States. They asked over 1,000 Americans about it. They wanted to know two things: What comfort foods did people want, and when did they want them?The results of the survey were rather surprising.The researchers expected people’s favorite comfort food to be warm and soft. But it wasn’t. The number one food turned out to be potato chips. Another favorite was ice cream, especially among people age 18-34. However, not all comfort foods are snack foods. Nearly half of the comfort foods were healthy, homemade foods, such as chicken soup and mashed potatoes.
26. What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A. Eating food of any kind helps people relax.
B. Comfort food differs greatly from food in general.
C. People reach for comfort food when feeling bad.
D. People today are too busy to enjoy their meals.
27. According to Paragraph 2, comfort food is sometimes ______.
A. the food to be eaten in a particular place at a particular time
B. a type of food that is easy to cook and digest
C. what a mother makes for her children as a typical meal
D. familiar food bringing back sweet childhood memories
28. What did the researchers presuppose prior to their survey?
A. People want their comfort food to be warm and soft.
B. The results of the survey could be quite surprising.
C. Potato chips would top the list of comfort foods.
D. About half of the comfort foods would be homemade.
29. What is the similarity between potato chips and ice cream?
A. They are both snack foods.
B. They are both low in calorie.
C. They are both tasty and homemade.
D. They are both healthy foods.
30. What does the last paragraph seem to suggest about young people?
A. They are very careful about the food they eat.
B. They tend to buy comfort food than cook themselves.
C. They feel less stress than older adults do.
D. They consume more kinds of comfort food than older adults. Passage Two
Lively and professional looking, Margaret V anderkamp, the founder of Connect Dating Service, doesn’t like to be referred to as a matchmaker. “I think of myself as a connector,” she says. “I just try to help people who find it a little difficult to meet that special someone.”
Margaret, who is happily married with five children, says that she was always interested in what men and women find attractive about each other.“Even in college, I could just tell when two friends were meant for each other,”says Margaret. “I think I was born with a special gift to recognize that invisible chemistry that exists between men and women. It’s something intuitive. I can’t explain it.”
Perhaps Margaret can’t explain it, but her results speak for themselves. In the past five years, since Connect Dating Service (CDS) opened, Margaret has successfully matched up over 300 couples. “I was always good at introducing people,” Margaret claims. “Before I opened CDS in my basement, I introduced many of my own friends and relatives to their present spouses. The only difference is that now I’m getting paid for it!”
Margaret says that the secret to matchmaking is listening to her clients’souls. “I have to concentrate when I’m interviewing a client. I have to learn about the person’s likes and dislikes and what his or her roots are.” Margaret continues, “It’s important that my clients communicate with me openly. Many tell me that they feel all alone in the world with no one to help them. I try to convince them that there’s a solution to loneliness. They should feel positive about their potential and they must be optimistic that they’ll find someone with whom to share their lives.”
31. As is used in Paragraph 1, the phrase, “that special someone” refers to
________.
A. one’s future spouse
B. a good matchmaker
C. a clerk in CDS
D. a professional connector
32. What was Margaret always interested in according to Paragraph 2?
A. Her friends of both genders in college.
B. The chemical changes one feels before a new date.
C. Her non-profit work for matchmaking.
D. What makes men and women appeal to each other.
33. What does Margaret’s success in matchmaking depend on?
A. Her hard work.
B. Her passion
C. Her instinct.
D. Her professional learning.
34. Why did Margaret open her dating service?
A. She simply loves to connect people this way.
B. She is made for nothing but matchmaking.
C. She can make a living through it.
D. She believes her good natured efforts will be favored by God.
35. When would Margaret probably feel it hard to find a good match for her
clients?
A. When they focus pretty much on their interests and potentials.
B. When they tell her practically nothing about their likes and dislikes.
C. When they tell her that they suffer a lot from loneliness.
D. when they feel quite confident about communicating openly with her.
Directions:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A., B., C., and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
36. With measurements, managers do not have to wait for problems to arise;
instead, they can ________ and quickly address (提出) them.
A. suppress
B. anticipate
C. master
D. disregard
37. Many people have forgotten the rituals and only ________ Christmas with
presents.
A. schedule
B. cooperate
C. correspond
D. associate
38. Laboratory work needs not only ________ measurements but also correct
calculation.
A. precious
B. accurate
C. concrete
D. specific
39. We must now work together to ________strong, stable and balanced
economic growth in the future。

A. assure
B. claim
C. reassure
D. ensure
40. In his speech, he spoke of how his education gave him two simple but
powerful tools to start a business in Chile and ________ change.
A. bring about
B. put off
C. turn down
D. call on
41. Freedom is something we all want, but many of us are not sure how to ________ it, or even what we mean by it.
A impact B. acquire C. accomplish D. inquire
42. Education might not be the ________ issue, but the candidates will address
the topic in speeches.
A. rigid
B. dominant
C. minor
D. sensible
43. Anyone stuck in a miserable job — or anyone trying to what to do
with their life — should watch this.
A. size up
B. hold out
C. wonder about
D. figure out
44. The adoption of this policy would them of a tremendous burden.
A. relieve
B. deny
C. release
D. admit
45. There must be some balance between the joy our kids give us and the
sacrifices we make to ________ them.
A. live on
B. appeal to
C. bring out
D. care for
46. You have the to publish all files or publish only modified files.
A. opportunity
B. integrity
C. option
D. inventiveness
47. to increasing demands from voters, at least 25 states are now
exploring new ways to offer paid leave.
A. In retrospect
B. In response
C. In return
D. In regard
48.When something becomes extremely popular,the opposite often also
becomes popular as people from the mainstream.
A. pick out
B. come alive
C. break down
D. turn away
49. The difficulties will be great, and the costs may be so high that no company
will the work.
A. companion
B. integrate
C. undertake
D. deceive
50. Over half our audiences have English as a second language, and on some
services the is as high as 80%.
A. calculation
B. proportion
C. margin
D. initiative
51. This would better enable us to the current crisis and promote economic
recovery and growth.
A. tackle
B. discard
C. wreck
D. split
52. I want to thank each and every one of you for your , inspiring and
often beautiful notes, cards and gifts.
A. grateful
B. artificial
C. tedious
D. thoughtful
53. If something is not going well in your life you just have to think happy
thoughts and everything will miraculously .
A. work out
B. wipe out
C. run out
D. turn out
54. Few employers are willing to on a worker whose only address is the
local homeless shelter.
A. make use
B. take a chance
C. hold back
D. grab a bite
55. Work on your own schedule, pause to take breaks, and right where you
left off.
A. resume
B. reverse
C. research
D. recover
Directions: There are 15 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 into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Freezing weather can mean frostbite(冻伤)unless a person is prepared. Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is __56__ to extreme cold for too long. It mainly happens on the hands, feet, nose and ears. People with minor cases of frostbite that affect only the skin may not suffer any __57__ damage. But if deeper tissue is __58__, a person is likely to feel pain every time the area gets cold. __59__ blood vessels are damaged, people can suffer a gangrene (坏疽)infection. Sometimes the only way doctors can treat an injury like this is to __60__ frostbitten areas like fingers and toes.
To avoid cold-related injuries, here is a simple way to remember four basic steps to __61__ warm. Think of COLD—C.O.L.D.
The C stands for cover. Wear a hat and scarf to keep heat __62__ escaping through the head, neck and ears. And wear mittens（连指手套）__63__ gloves. In gloves, the fingers are separated, so the hands might not stay as __64__ as they would in mittens.
The O stands for overexertion(用力过度). Avoid activities that will make you __65__. Wet clothes and cold weather are a dangerous combination.
L is for layers. Wearing loose, lightweight clothes, one layer __66__ top of
another, is better than wearing a __67__ heavy layer of clothing. Make sure
outerwear is made of material that is water-resistant and __68__ knit.
D is for dry. __69__, stay as dry as possible. Pay attention to the places where snow can enter clothing. These __70__ the tops of boots, the necks of coats and the wrist areas of mittens or gloves.
56. A. displayed B. exposed C. alerted D. exploded
57. A. permanent B. temporary C. prominent D. eternal
58. A. spoiled B. broken C. destroyed D. affected
59. A. If B. Although C. Unless D. Because
60. A. cure B. dress C. remove D. abolish
61. A. growing B. staying C. getting D. turning
62. A. of B. away C. out D. from
63. A. instead of B. with C. but D. except
64. A. dry B. warm C. comfortable D. freezing
65. A. exhausted B. stressful C. sweaty D. breathless
66. A. on B. at C. above D. over
67. A. bare B. simple C. single D. large
68. A. nicely B. neatly C. loosely D. tightly
69. A. In general B. In other words C. In short D. In a nutshell
70. A. consist B. conclude C. compose D. include。