2007《大学英语》试题1

2007《大学英语》试题1
襄樊学院2007年“专升本”考试
《大学英语》试题
I．Listening Comprehension (20 points)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of the each conversation, a question will be asked
about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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. 10:30 B. 10:45 C. 11:20 D. 10:50
2. A. He is a farmer. B. He is a clerk.
C. He is a salesman.
D. He is a grocer.
3. A. He persuaded the woman not to take the course.
B. He asked the woman to give a talk on psychology.
C. He gave a talk to the psychology class.
D. He convinced the woman to study psychology.
4. A. He really doesn’t want to buy a color TV.
B. He doesn’t have enough money for a color TV.
C. He will soon have enough money for a color TV.
D. He plans to buy a color TV.
5. A. He wants to see a film on TV.
B. He thinks the film shown on TV is good.
C. He wants to watch a football game on Channel 8.
D. He has already seen the film on Channel 8.
6. A. The doctor told him not to drink tea.
B. The doctor likes tea very much.
C. The doctor also wants a cup of tea.
D. The doctor wants him to drink a cup of tea.
7. A. Stop and take a rest.
B. Wait for the rest of the people to come up.
C. Keep going.
D. Rest when she is tired.
8. A. Somebody is going to call him up.
B. He will join the woman.
C. He is not hungry.
D. He isn’t going to the cafeteria with them.
9. A. She hasn’t seen Tom since the baby was born
B. She wants to see Tom and the baby.
C. Tom has given up smoking.
D. Tom has never smoked.
10. A. Sally would come again to see the woman.
B. Sally left too early.
C. The man asked Sally to wait for the woman.
D. The woman returned home too late to see Sally.
Section B
Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of 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 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 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. His wife wanted to see her high school date.
B. He wanted to have a little walk to exercise his legs.
C. His car was running out of gas.
D. His car was running slowly.
12. A. He asked the worker to fill the tank.
B. He went for a little walk.
C. He ran around the gas station.
D. He exercised his legs.
13. A. The worker and his wife were talking in a friendly way.
B. The worker was getting into his car.
C. The worker stopped talking.
D. The worker and his wife were having a lively conversation.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A. He wanted to buy some jewels for his wife in celebration of his success in
business.
B. He wanted to see what new jewelry the shop had got recently.
C. He wanted to buy his wife a black pearl necklace.
D. He wanted to buy his wife a birthday present.
15. A. The size of the pearl.
B. The color of the pearl.
C. The price of the pearl.
D. The quality of the pearl.
16. A. The pearl she inherited from her mother.
B. A family jewel.
C. An imitation of the original pearl.
D. The very pearl that the man had bought from the jewelry shop.
17. A. $5,000.
B. $25,000.
C. $20,000.
D. $30.000.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A. Trying to be realistic about one’s capabilities.
B. Having a clear understanding of what one wants in life.
C. Analyzing problems that may be involved.
D. Dreaming of a very beautiful future.
19. A. Thy should sign an agreement with other people involved.
B. They should write down their goals.
C. They should be aware of the difficulties they are faced with.
D. They should discuss with other people about their goals.
20. A. Goals enable people to achieve everything they desire in life.
B. Winners of any competition should never be satisfied with themselves.
C. Goals must be realistic and feasible.
D. Success is possible only when a person has clearly set his or her goal.
II. Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions:There are 4 reading 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
Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a credit which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree consists of 36 courses, each lasting for one semester. A typical course consists of three classes per
week for fifteen weeks. While attending a university a student will probably attend 4 or 5 courses during each semester. Normally a student would expect to take 4 years attending 2 semesters each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during the degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.
For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective employers. All this imposes pressure from the strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time
for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm. The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities. Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example by cheating, has to appear before a student court. With enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity.
A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him or her later in his or her career.
21. Normally a student would at least attend __________ classes each week.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 20
22. According to the first paragraph an American student is allowed _______.
A.to live in a different university
B.to take a particular course in a different university
C.to live at home and drive to classes
D.to get two degrees from two different universities
23. American university students are usually under pressure of work because
______.
A.their academic performance will affect their future careers.
B.they are heavily involved in student affairs
C.they have to observe university discipline
D.they want to run for positions of authority in student organizations
24. Some students are enthusiastic for positions in student organizations probably
because_____.
A.they hate the constant pressure and strain of their study
B.they will then be able to stay longer in the university
C.such positions help them get better jobs
D.such positions are usually well paid
25. The student organizations seem to be effective in ___________.
A.dealing with the academic affairs of the university
B.ensuring that the students observe university regulations
C.evaluating students, performance by bring them before a court
D.keeping up the students, enthusiasm for social activities.
Passage Two
It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women, and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn’t occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business
managers they will need.
Like wise, I don't hear people in the academy saying, ―Let’s go backward. Let’s go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy(不拘一格选人才)‖ (which was never true-we never had a meritocracy, although we’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media –not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.
36. The word ―imperative‖ (Para.1) most probably refers to something___________.
A. superficial
B. remarkable
C. debatable
D. essential
37. Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?
A. Minorities
B. Politicians.
C. Professors
D. Managers.
38. High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to
____________.
A. lower the rate of unemployment
B. win equal political rights for minorities
C. be competitive in the world market
D. satisfy the demands of a growing population
39. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________.
A. meritocracy can never be realized without diversity
B. American political circles will not accept diversity
C. it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. media
D. minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity
40. According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by
___________.
A. expanding the pool of potential employees
B. promoting policies that provide skills to employees
C. training more engineers, scientists, lawyers and business managers.
D. providing education for all regardless of race or sex
Passage Three
Drug-taking is widespread. It is apparently very easy for sportsman and sportswomen to get drugs. The strangest thing about the use of drugs in sports is the fact that there is no real evidence to show that they improve athletic performance. And they can cause liver cancer, and have led to the death of two world-class athletes.
Now taking urine samples of athletes is practiced worldwide, yet drug-taking remains a serious problem. To fight it, the Sports Council in Britain has started in-and-out-of-competition of drug testing program. Before, competitions were tested at random, which means a few people were selected without knowing beforehand. This was mostly done during matches. Now, athletes
can be tested when they train as well. This way the authorities will be able to catch more drug-takers, who will never know beforehand when they have to take a drugs test.
Many people think of drugs as something only found in chemicals. But even cough medicine, alcohol and caffeine which is found in coffee, are considered drugs if a test shows an athlete has taken too much. Of course, an athlete is allowed to drink coffee. For some drugs, a certain amount is permitted. For other drugs, such as steroids( 类固醇), any amount in urine samples leads to a ban.
41. It is implied in the passage that _________.
A. drugs are losing their market in the sports circle
B. fewer and fewer athletes are taking drugs nowadays
C. sportsmen lose in competition as a result of drug-taking
D. drugs don’t seem to make athletes perform better in competition
42. What is new about the drug testing program as compared with the previous
practice?
A. Urine samples are taken and tested.
B. Athletes are selected and tested during and after the competition.
C. More athletes are selected to be tested during matches.
D. Athletes are tested in training as well as during competition for testing
43. To make the result of the drug test negative, sportsmen must _________before
taking a test.
A. avoid being selected for testing
B. not take much medicine
C. give up drinking
D. limit intake of liquids also considered to be drugs
44. What happens when steroids is found in urine samples?
A. Competitors are banned from participating in sports events.
B. Competitors are expelled from their teams.
C. Drinks containing the drug are removed from the market.
D. Drinks containing the drug are destroyed.
45. According to the passage, the main reason why drug-taking is not permitted for
sportsmen is that _________.
A. it does harm to their health
B. it makes them make progress too rapidly
C. they cheat the audience without showing their real skills
D. they are naturally strong enough themselves
Passage Four
Native Americans from the southeastern part of what is now the United States believed that the universe in which they lived was made up of three separate, but related, worlds: the Upper World, the Lower World, and This World. In the last there lived humans, most animals, and all plants. This world, a round island resting on the surface of waters, was suspended from the sky by four cords attached to the island at the four cardinal points of the compass. Lines drawn to connect the opposite points of the compass, from north to south and from east to west, intersected This World to divide it into four wedge-shaped segments. Thus a symbolic representation of the human world was a cross within a circle, the cross representing the intersecting lines and the circle—the shape of This World.
Each segment of This World was identified by its own color.
According to Cherokee doctrine, east was associated with the color red because it was the direction of the Sun, the greatest deity of all. Red was also the color of fire, believed to be directly connected with she Sun, with blood, and therefore with life. Finally, red was the color of success. The west was the Moon segment, it provided no warmth and was not life-giving as the Sun was. So its color was black. North was the direction of cold, and so its color was blue (sometimes purple), and it represented trouble and defeat. South was the direction of warmth; its color, white, was associated with peace and happiness.
The sou theastern Native Americans’ universe was one in which opposites were constantly at war with each other, red against black, blue against white. This world hovered(徘徊)somewhere between the perfect order and predictability of the Upper
World and the total disorder and instability of the Lower World. The goal was to find some kind of halfway path, or balance, between those other worlds.
46. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.One Civilization’s View of the Universe
B.The Changing of the Seasons in the Southeast
C.The Painting of Territorial Maps by Southeaster Native Americans
D.The War Between Two Native American Civilizations
47. The author implies that This World was located____.
A. inside the Upper World
B. inside the Lower World
C. above the Upper World
D. between the Upper World and the Lower World
48. According to the passage southeastern Native Americans
compared This World
to the ____.
A. Waters
B. sky
C. an animal
D. an island
49. According to the passage, southeastern native Americans associated red with all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A. fire
B. trouble
C. blood
D. success
50. The shape of This World is closest to that of which of the following?
A. A circle.
B. A triangle.
C. A Square.
D. A cube.
III. Vocabulary and Structure (15 points)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best
completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the
ANSWER P APER with a single line through the center.
51. Prof. Smith is not a stranger to us. We’ve met him on several _______.
A. occasions
B. decade
C. packet
D. funeral
52. Mr. Smith kept thinking hard, but failed to ____ a workable plan.
A. come to
B. free from
C. come up with
D. get to
53. It is necessary that young and old people should _____ more with each other.
A. communicate
B. prohibit
C. involve
D. thrill
54. He felt very _____ about the way he had been treated.
A. impatient
B. indignant
C. miserable
D. mysterious
55. He _____ and tried to say something to comfort the lady before leaving.
A. held himself in
B. took the place
C. came out
D. got to his feet
56. Medical researchers reached the conclusion long ago that smoking is a serious
_____ to health.
A. hazard
B. smash
C. feasibility
D. formation
57. The twin towers of the World Trade Center _____ over Manhattan Island in New
York City.
A. give off
B. crash into
C. set back
D. stick up
58. Many people have the bad habit of spending money on ____.
A. impulse
B. emerge
C. outgrow
D. host
59. The young man in the story said he didn’t like the _____ of teaching in the
school that was actually run by a woman.
A. stale
B. interview
C. suburb
D. prospect
60. Many educators are giving up traditional methods of teaching in favor of more
modern ____.
A. approaches
B. application
C. ambition
D. pursue
61. Help arrived at the ____ moment when the flood was about to drown the houses.
A. particular
B. constant
C. critical
D. emergency
62. Having practiced for so long, the New York baseball team ____ of winning the
World Series this year.
A. take its time
B. stand a chance
C. revolve
D. commit
63. Last night’s fire was the worst _____ that has ever hit the frontier town.
A. disaster
B. infection
C. presence
D. stumble
64. The statement about the mad cow disease constituted a direct ___ to the British
government.
A. convince
B. variety
C. renovate
D. challenge
65. Many university students experience severe ____ as final exams draw near.
A. tension
B. pressure
C. issue
D. tuck
66. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ____.
A. appreciated
B. approved
C. appealed
D. applied
67. The computer revolution may well change society as _____ as did the Industrial
Revolution.
A. certainly
B. insignificantly
C. fundamentally
D. comparatively
68. ____, he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A. although much he likes her
B. Much although he likes her
C. As he likes her much
D. Much as he likes her
69. Everybody ___ in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary.
A. assembled
B. accumulated
C. piled
D. joined
70. Our hopes _____ and fell in the same instant.
A. aroused
B. arose
C. raised
D. rose
71. I didn’t know the word. I had to ____ a dictionary.
A. look out
B. make out
C. refer to
D. go over
72. The author of the report is well ____ with the problems in the hospital because
he has been working there for many years.
A. informed
B. acquainted
C. enlightened
D. acknowledged
73. A _____ man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
A. desirable
B. desperate
C. favorable
D. reliable
74. The mother tried to ____ her son’s interest in music by taking him to concerts
when he was young.
A. cherish
B. foster
C. raise
D. utilize
75. The lecture was rather boring, but the ___ discussion proved fruitful.
A. latter
B. subsequent
C. consequent
D. successive
76. At the universities of Oxford and Cambridge the ____ of
teachers to students is
very high.
A. number
B. ratio
C. percentage
D. proportion
77. Man can successfully fight against ____ through united efforts.
A. pollution
B. waste
C. poison
D. impurity
78. The work I was involved with was primarily ____ with the issuing of
Eurobonds.
A. concerned
B. consulted
C. regarded
D. bothered
79. When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated ____
and invested all his money in it.
A. venture
B. chance
C. opportunity
D. risk
80. The new dormitory completed a fortnight ago is large enough to ___ over two
hundred students.
A. accommodate
B. bruise
C. deserve
D. identify
IV. Cloze (10 points)
Directions:Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct
choice for each blank.
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 81 how difficult it is to write a 82 children’s book. Either the author has aimed too 83 , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 84 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best c hildren’s books are 85 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 86 who hears the story and the adult who 87 it.
Unfortunately, there are in fact 88 books like this, 89 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 90 to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as 91 of children’s literature were in fact written for 92 . Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland is perhaps the most 93 of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 94 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or 95 and he will 96 willingly
choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the 97 of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash children into 98 our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so
99 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 100 books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.
81. A. hoped B. realized C. told D. said
82. A. short B. long C. bad D. good
83. A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult
84. A. and B. but C. or D. so
85. A. both B. neither C. either D. very
86. A. child B. father C. mother D. teacher
87. A. hears B. buys C. understands D. reads
88. A. few B. many C. a great deal of D. a great number of
89. A. but B. however C. so D. because
90. A. hard B. easy C. enough D. fast
91. A. articles B. work C. arts D. works
92. A. grown-ups B. girls C. boys D. children
93. A. difficult B. hidden C. obvious D. easy
94. A. are B. show C. find D. add
95. A. school B. home C. office D. library
96. A. more B. less C. able D. be
97. A. lovingness B. interests C. objections D. readings
98. A. receiving B. accepting C. having D. refusing
99. A. same B. friendly C. different D. common
100. A. common B. average C. different D. same
V. Writing (15 points)
Directions:For this part, your allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Mobile Telephone on Campus. You should write at least 120
words following the outline given below.
1.校园里越来越多的学生拿手机；
2.手机对学生的影响；
3.你的观点。