国贸《综合英语IV》 B卷试题

心之所向，所向披靡福建师范大学闽南科技学院2010—2011学年第二学期期末考试试卷（B 卷）年级： 09 专业： 国际贸易 学号： 姓名：考试科目： 综合英语IV 考试形式： 闭卷 考试时间： 120 分钟考试日期： 任课教师：汪淑丽 金凤 系主任/教研室主任签名：I. Matching ( 20 ×0.5 = 10’)Read the following words in the left column and match them with the best explanations in the right column1 foretell A. confuse2 gingerly B. predict3 prevail C. complexity, something intricate4 intently D. indicate5 fallible E. full of joy6 bribe F. disgust7 serene G . prevent8 elusive H. likely to make mistakes9 consoleI. offer some gift for a dishonest purpose 10 forestallJ. covered, masked11bespeak K. with a great deal of attention 12 scrutinize L. hard to find; difficult to see clearly 13 veilM. unpleasantly bright, showy 14 exalted N. present everythere 15 revulsion O. calm, peaceful 16 garishP. to examine with great care 17 ubiquitous Q. widespread 18 muddle R. continually19 intricacy S. carefully, cautiously 20 incessantlyT. give comfortII. Multiple Choice (10×1=10’)Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.21. The walkers in front crossed the cliff easily, seemingly ______ to the fact that therewas a 3000- foot drop on either side. A. preoccupied B. obliviousC.forgetfulD. unconscious22. There is an undesirable _________ nowadays to make films showing violenceA. directionB. traditionC. phenomenonD. trend23. ___________ before we depart the day after tomorrow, We should have a wonderfuldinner party. A. Had they arrived B. Would they arrive C. Were they arrivingD. Were they to arrive24. The second book was ________ by August 1952, but two years later, the end was stillnowhere in sight. A. completedB to have completed《综合英语IV》B卷第3页，共16页第4页，共16页C. to completeD. to have been completed.25. There is more land in Australia than the government knows _________.A. what to do withB. how to doC. to do with itD. to do it26. __________, he would not have recovered so quickly.A. Had not he been taken good care ofB. Hadn’t he been taken good care ofC. Had he been not taken good care ofD. Had he not been taken good care of27 The color TV set that you bought at a lower price is __________ the one that webought at a slightly higher price.A. inferior toB. more inferior toC. more inferior thanD. inferior than28. In a meeting, the participants will ________ business usually after some brief,preliminary “small talk” about topics unrelated to the business at hand.A. proceed withB. keep upC. maintainD. establish29. Death penalties are reserved for aggravated murders committed in an especially crueland ______ manner.A. frightenedB. atrociousC. flagrantD. outrageous30. The students, ___________ upon their books, did not notice me entering theclassroom.A. intentB. intendC. intendingD. intentlyIII. Reading comprehension (20×2=40’)In this section there are four passages followed by twenty questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Passage OneQuestions 31~35 are based on the following passage.Psychiatrists(精神病专家) who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child rearing --older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older people’s biggest, and often unspoken, fear. Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that young at heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps(午睡) to keep up his energy. “My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and aged parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school,” says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist. But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: “that they won’t be alive enough to support and protect their child,” she says.Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins. “We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. The twins h ave given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense offamily.”Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr. Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”B 31. Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child rearing?A. Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.B. Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.C. Older parents are often better prepared financially.D. Older parents can take better care of their children.A 32. What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes anunobtainable dream” (Line 8, Para. 1)?A. They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.B. They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.C. They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.D. They are reluctant to retire when they reach their retiring age.C 33. The author gives the example of Henry Melcalf to show that ______.A. many people are young in spirit despite their advanced ageB. taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energyC. older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodiesD. older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic childrenD 34. What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologistJoann Galst?A. Being laughed at by other people.B. Slowing down of their paces of life.C. Being mistaken for grandparents.D. Approaching of death.B 35. What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?A. They thought they were examples of successful fertility treatment.B. Not until they had the twins did they feel they had formed a family.C. They believed that children born of older parents would be smarter.D. Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.Passage TwoQuestions 36~40 are based on the following passage.For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龟) have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to hand-carry the hatchlings (幼龟) down to the water’s edge lest they become disoriented by headlights and crawl towards a motel parking lot instead. A formidable wall of bureaucracy has been erected to protect their prime nesting on the Atlantic coastlines. With all that attention paid to them, you’d think these creatures would at least hav e the gratitude not to go extinct.But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and a report by the Fish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop in the populations of several species of North Atlantic turtles, notably loggerheads, which can grow to as much as 400 pounds. The South Florida nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmental group Oceana. The figures prompted Oceana to petition the government to upgrade the level of protection for the North Atlantic loggerheads from “threatened” to “endangered”—meaning they are in danger of disappearing without additional help.Which raises the obvious question: what else do these turtles want from us, anyway? It turns out, according to Griffin, that while we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for the weeks they spend on land (as egg-laying females, as eggs and as hatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean. “The threat is from commercial fishing,” says Griffin. Trawlers (which drag large nets through the water and along the ocean floor) and long line fishers (which can deploy thousands of hooks on lines that can stretch for miles)《综合英语IV》B卷第7页，共16页第8页，共16页take a heavy toll on turtles.Of course, like every other environmental issue today, this is playing out against the background of global warming and human interference with natural ecosystems. The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm. Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues as well, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs(恐龙) will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder how creature so ugly could have won so much affection.B 36. We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.A. human activities have changed the way turtles surviveB. efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying outC. government bureaucracy has contributed to turtles’ extinctionD. marine biologists are looking for the secret of turtles’ reproductionD 37. What does the author mean by “Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness”(Line 1, Para. 2)?A. Nature is quite fair regarding the survival of turtles.B. Turtles are by nature indifferent to human activities.C. The course of nature will not be changed by human interference.D. The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protection.B 38. What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles according to ElizabethGriffin?A. Their inadequate food supply.B. Unregulated commercial fishing.C. Their lower reproductively ability.D. Contamination of sea waterA 39. How does global warming affect the survival of turtles?A. It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs.B. The changing climate makes it difficult for their eggs to hatch.C. The rising sea levels make it harder for their hatchlings to grow.D. It takes them longer to adapt to the high beach temperature.C 40. The last sentence of the passage is meant to ________.A. persuade human beings to show more affection for turtlesB. stress that even the most ugly species should be protectedC. call for effective measures to ensure sea turtles’survivalD. warn our descendants about the extinction of speciesPassage ThreeQuestions 41~45 are based on the following passage.Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they’ll change America. Rightly so, but selfishly, I’m more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-American woman. As the potential First Lady, she would have the world’s attention. And that means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the type of African-American woman they so rarely see.Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory seems to be that we’re all hot-tempered single mothers who c an’t keep a man. Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can’t escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never-married, alcoholic (酗酒的) mothers.These images have helped define the way all women are viewed, including Michelle Obama. Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a cause, charity or foundation as First Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simple to be herself.It won’t be easy. Because few mainstream publications have don e in-depth features on regular African-American women, little is known about who we are, what we think and what we face on a regular basis. For better or worse, Michelle will represent us all.Just as she will have her critics, she will also have millions of fans who usually havelittle interest in the First Lady. Many African-American blogs have written about what they’d like to see Michelle bring to the White House—mainly showing the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a strong black family. Michelle will have to work to please everyone—an impossible task. But for many African-American women like me, just a little of her poise(沉着), confidence and intelligence will go a long way in changing an image that’s been around for far too long.A 41. Why does Michelle Obama hold a strong fascination for the author?xcA. She serves as a role model for African women.B. She possesses many admirable qualities becoming a First Lady.C. She will present to the world a new image of African-American women.D. She will pay closer attention to the interests of African-American women.B 42. What is the common stereotype of African-American women according to the author?A. They are victims of violence.B. They are of an inferior social group.C. They use quite a lot of body language.D. They live on charity and social welfare.D 43. What do many African-Americans write about in their blogs?A. Whether Michelle can live up to the high expectations of her fans.B. How Michelle should behave as a public figure.C. How proud they are to have a black woman in the White House.D. What Michelle should do as wife and mother in the White House.C 44. What does the author say about Michelle Obama as a First Lady?A. However many fans she has, she should remain modest.B. She shouldn’t disappoint the African-American community.C. However hard she tries, she can’t expect to please everybody.D. She will give priority to African-American women’s concerns.A 45. What do many African-American women hope Michelle Obama will do?A. Help change the prevailing view about black women.B. Help her husband in the task of changing America.C. Outshine previous First Ladies.D. Fully display her fine qualitiesPassage FourQuestions 46~50 are based on the following passage.Amitai Etzioni is not surprised by the latest headings about scheming corporate crooks （骗子）. As a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School in 1989, he ended his work there disgusted with his students’ overwhelming lust for money. “They’re taught that profit is all that matters,” he says. “Many school don’t even offer ethics (伦理学) courses at all. ”Etzioni expressed his frustration about the interests of his graduate students. “By and large, I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than money, power, fame and self-interest,” he wore at the time. Today he still takes the blame for not educating these “business-leaders-to-be.” “I really feel like I failed them,” he says. “If I was a better teacher maybe I could have reached them.”Etzioni was a respected ethics expert when he arrived at Harvard. He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished. What he found wasn’t encouraging. Those would-be executives had, says Etzioni, little interest in concept of ethics and morality in the boardroom-and their professor was met with blank stares when he urged his students to see business in new and different ways.Etzioni sees the experience at Harvard as an eye-opening one and says there’s much about business schools that he’d like to change. “A lot of the faculty teaching business are bad news themselves,”Etzioni says. From offering classes that teach students how to legally manipulate contracts, to reinforcing the notion of profit over community interests,《综合英语IV》B卷第11页，共16页第12页，共16页Etzioni has seen a lot that’s left him shaking his head. And because of what he’s seen taught in business schools, he’s not surprised by the latest rash of corporate scandals. “In many ways things have got a lot worse at business schools. I suspect,” says Etzioni.Etzioni is still teaching the sociology of right and wrong and still calling for ethical business leadership. “People with poor motives will always exist,” he says. “Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity.”Etzioni says the booming economy of the last decade enabled those individuals with poor motives to get rich before getting in trouble. His hope now: that the cries for reform will provide more fertile soil for his long-standing messages about business ethics.B 46. What impressed Amitai Etzioni most about Harvard MBA students?A. Their keen interest in business courses.B. Their intense desire for money.C. Their tactics for making profits.D. Their potential to become business leaders.C 47. Why did Amitai Etzioni say “I really feel like I failed them” (Line 4, Para. 2)?A. He was unable to alert his students to corporate malpractice.B. He didn’t teach his students to see business in new and different ways.C. He could not get his students to understand the importance of ethics in business.D.He didn’t offer courses that would meet the expectations of thebusiness-leaders-to-be.D 48. Most would-be executives at the Harvard Business School believed that ________.A. questions of morality were of utmost importance in business affairsB. self-interest should not be the top priority in business dealingsC. new and different principles should be taught at business schoolsD. there was no place for ethics and morality in business dealings A 49. In Etzioni’s view, the latest rash of corporate scandals could be attributed to________.A. the tendency in business schools to stress self-interest over business ethicsB. the executives’ lack of knowledge in legally manipulating contractsC. the increasingly fierce competition in the modern business worldD. the moral corruption of business school graduatesA 50. We learn from the last paragraph that ____________.A. the calls for reform will help promote business ethicsB. businessmen with poor motives will gain the upper handC. business ethics courses should be taught in all business schoolsD. reform in business management contributes to economic growthIV. Cloze (20×0.5=10’)Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet, including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually, e-commerce does not ___51___from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone, “mail order”catalogs, or sending a purchase order to supplier __52_ fax. E-commerce follows the same model __53__ in other business transactions; the difference _54__ in the details.To a consumer, the most visible form of e-commerce consists _55__ online ordering.A customer begins with a catalog of possible items, __56__ an item, arranges a form of payment, and __57__ an order. Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be __58__ on the Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to be sent __59__ a computer network. Finally, instead ofsending a paper representation of payment such as a check, e-commerce __60__ one to send payment information electronically.In the decade _61__ 1993, e-commerce grew from an __62_ novelty (新奇事物) to a mainstream business influence. In 1993, few __63__ had a web page, and __64__ a handful allowed one to order products or services online. Ten years __65__, both large and small businesses had web pages, and most _66__ users with the opportunity to place an order. __67__, many banks added online access, __68_ online banking and bill paying became __69__. More importantly, the value of goods and services __70__ over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997.B 51. A. distract B. differ C. descend D. deriveA 52. A. via B. off C. from D. withB 53. A. resorted B. used C. served D. appearedB 54. A. situates B. lies C. locates D. rootsB 55. A. on B. for C. to D. ofD 56. A. reflects B. protects C. detects D. selectsC 57. A. puts out B. stands for C. sends in D. carries awayD 58. A. feasible B. sensible C. responsible D. visibleC 59. A. beside B. beyond C. over D. upC 60 A. appeals B. allows C. advocates D. admitsA 61. A toward B. until C. after D. behindA 62. A. insignificant B. optional C. invalid D. occasionalD 63. A. communities B. compounds C. corps D. corporationsC 64. A. largely B. solely C. only D. slightlyC 65. A. latter B. lately C. later D. lateA 66. A. provided B. offered C. convinced D. equippedD 67. A. instead B. However C. Nevertheless D. BesidesD 68. A. or B. though C. but D. and A 69. A. widespread B. different C. flexible D. productiveD 70. A. proceeded B. adapted C. practiced D. acquiredV. Sentence Translation (5×3=15’)71. 救援队天一亮就出发去搜寻那失踪的孩子。