2007级本科大学英语第三学期期末考试

2007级本科大学英语第三学期期末考试
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姓名学号专业班级本试题一共五道大题，共14 页，满分100 分。

考试时间120 分钟。

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Part ⅠListening Comprehension(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
Part A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. A). At a doctor’s. B). At a store.
C). At a library. D). At a bank.
2. A). He wants to eat immediately.
B). He wants to know when the game will be over.
C). He’s worried about what time it is.
D). He’s afraid he’s dying.
3. A). She hasn’t gone traveling for weeks.
B). She likes to take long trips.
C). She prefers not to go traveling on weekends.
D). She takes a long time to plan her trips.
4. A). He wants to wash his hands first. B). He wants to be helped.
C). He said he was busy. D). He has something wrong with his hands.
5. A). At a library. B). At Bill’s home.
C). At the office. D). In the hospital.
6. A). Two hours. B). Less than an hour.
C). Thirty minutes. D). More than an hour.
7. A). He doesn’t care for her. B). She is very stubborn.
C). Jane doesn’t mean well. D). She is not polite.
8. A). A paper for her history class.
B). Her chemistry laboratory assignments.
C). Her English examination.
D). Her French examination.
9. A). In New York. B). In Boston.
C). In Michigan. D). In Washington.
10. A). Teacher-Student. B). Lawyer-Client.
C). Husband-Wife. D). Doctor-Patient.
Part B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage I
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following conversation.
11. A). Jane. B). Jane’s aunt.
C). Jane’s sister. D). Jane’s brother.
12. A). At Jane’s house. B). At Jane’s aunt’s house.
C). At Jane’s sister’s house. D). At Jane’s brother’s house.
13. A). She typed a paper. B). She visited her aunt.
C). She went to bed. D). She tried to study history.
14. A). She was worried about the birthday party.
B). She finds this history course very challenging.
C). She thought her term paper might be late.
D). She has a very hard time.
15. A). Plan a birthday party. B). Sleep during the day.
C). Type his own term papers. D). Work well under pressure.
Passage II
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
16. A). When he was five. B). When he was seventeen.
C). In 1918. D). When he was seven.
17. A). After he had joined a group of travelling actors in Britain.
B). After he had been in the United States for less than a year.
C). In 1940 when he used sound in his films for the first time.
D). When a Hollywood film company gave him a job.
18. A). “The tramp” entertained millions of people in the 1930’s.
B). The plots of his films overcame cultural differences.
C). His humor overcame language barriers.
D). “The tramp” appealed to audiences.
19. A). He traveled to American and stayed there.
B). He became a film star and moved to America.
C). He was born in the United States.
D). He was given a job by a Hollywood’s film company.
20. A). A person who travels here and there.
B). A person who is poor.
C). A person who is in need of help.
D). A person who is humorous.
Part II Reading Comprehension(共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分) Directions: There are 5 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
What are some of the differences between love and infatuation? Genuine love is more likely to involve a process of “growing” in love rather than “falling” in love. This may sound terribly romantic to some who are used to hearing talk about “falling in love” or being “head over heels in love”. This “falling” is often “infatuation”, and the sheer emotion of “falling” in love often blinds a person to the imperfections of the loved one. We tend to think of the loved one as “perfect,”“ideal,” or some other diving image. Real love sees the total person both the perfection and the imperfection. Infatuation, then is a sudden emotional sense that one has discovered in the “perfect” lover. On the other hand, love realizes imperfections and grows with the acceptance of those imperfections.
Love leads a person to a feeling of security and trust in the loved one. It usually involves a feeling of mutual benefit arising from the new relationship. “We are able to solve our problems together” is the feeling of love, rather than “Please love me because I need you.”
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Infatuation often entails feelings of insecurity wherever the “lovers” are separated; feelings of doubt, uncertainty, and fear of loss often accompany infatuation. “What will I do if I lose him?” and “ I wonder if she really means it when she says she loves me?” express the feelings of infatuation. In such a setting, a lasting love does not have a chance to develop.
Infatuation tends to be more manipulative than love because a lasting feeling of relationship probably had not developed, so that the individuals are still concerned mainly about their own needs and satisfactions. Conversely, in love, the feeling of relationship is genuine and sincere so that concern for the other person evolves naturally.
Physical attraction is an important part of both infatuation and love, but the superficial attraction is less important in love, for the couple experiencing love usually will build their relationship on a broader basis than mere physical attraction.
Although genuine love is an ideal toward which a couple strives, you do not have to be perfect to love. True love involves a measure of self-acceptance and self-respect and a degree of self-sufficiency in order that one may accept, respect, and trust another person, but it does not require unachievable levels of these qualities.
21.According to the passage, real love means that _____
A) one grows up in love
B) one sees his lover as perfect or ideal
C) one sees his lover’s merits and shortcomings
D) the lovers fall in love with each other
22. According to the passage, love offers people a feeling of security because ____
A) the lovers trust in and benefit from each other
B) love is usually concerned with a feeling of mutual benefit
C) the lovers realize their own perfections by a feeling of insecurity
D) love can overcome the feeling of security
23. Which of the following is NOT true?
A) Infatuation is usually accompanied by a feeling of insecurity.
B) In infatuation, the feeling of relationship is intense and lasting.
C) Physical attraction is equally important in love and infatuation.
D) In infatuation, the individuals are mainly concerned about their own needs.
24. Which of the following is NOT an element of true love?
A) Self- acceptance B) Self- respect
C) Physical attraction D) Fear of loss
25. What is the passage mainly concerned with?
A) The differences between love and infatuation.
B) The importance of true love.
C) The perfection and imperfection of love.
D) Genuine love as an ideal.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Public colleges and universities in the U.S., subsidized directly by state government, are capturing an expanding share of enrollment. At the beginning of the century, more than 80% of students were enrolled in private colleges and universities. By the middle of the century, the figure had fallen to about 50%.From the 1960s on, this trend has accelerated. By 1990, the composition had reversed itself from the beginning of the century, with four out of five students enrolled in public universities. During the three decades from 1965 to 1995, the public sector absorbed more than 86% of the higher education enrollment increase.
The evidence is strong that the state government policy to create a system of state-run colleges and universities that drastically underprices private institutions of higher education has resulted in a threat to the independent higher education system. This unquestioned march away from private higher education to government control is inefficient and harmful to a civilized society.
Private colleges and universities provide an educational experience quite different from state-run institutions. Private colleges are much smaller, with an average enrollment of around 1,500. The average enrollment for public colleges and universities is more than four times greater, approaching 7,000. Of the 120 largest institutions of higher education in terms of enrollment, all but eight are public. Eighty-five percent of colleges that enroll less than 1,000 students are private.
Students at private colleges and universities are more likely to interact with faculty and more satisfied with classroom instruction. They complete their degrees at a much higher rate than their counterparts at state-run institutions. Private institutions grant more doctorate and first professional degrees than state institutions, despite their much smaller enrollment.
Aside from offering a different type of learning environment, a system of private colleges and universities is much more efficient than a government-run and –planned system. State governments have created a situation where a vast majority of students attend a college for a price that is far below the true cost of providing their education, and the educational service is not controlled very well by those who own the institution.
26. According to the passage, which of the following is responsible for the decreasing enrollment
in private colleges and universities?
A) Public colleges and universities grant more courses.
B) Public colleges and universities are much larger than private colleges and universities.
C) The government does not finance private institutions of higher education.
D) Public colleges and universities financially supported by state governments charge much
less than private colleges and universities.
27. What is the author’s attitude toward the government’s policy to subsidize public universities?
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A) Positive. B) Indifferent. C) Critical D) Neutral
28. How many more students does a public university enroll than a private one on an average?
A) 1,500. B) 7,000. C) 6,000. D) 5,500.
29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A) Students and teachers at private universities communicate more often than those at public
ones.
B) Classroom teaching at private universities is better than at public ones.
C) Because of smaller enrollment, private universities offer fewer courses than public ones.
D) The tuition of public universities is below the cost of providing their education.
30. The passage is mainly organized by _____.
A) introducing the decreasing enrollment of private universities and enlisting the advantages
of private universities to criticize the government’s policy
B) introducing a phenomenon and analyzing its reasons
C) comparing and contrasting two different concepts
D) presenting a general idea and giving specific examples
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
It is estimated that nine out of ten smokers would like to give up their habit if there were an easy way, and that more than 30 million Americans have tried to do so at least once. Until now, they’ve had little help from the medical profession, even though more U.S. doctors have stopped smoking than has any other group, and their organizations have condemned the practice.
Doctors could have a powerful influence on their patients who smoke if they took the trouble to give brief advice and help on a routine basis, says Dr. Michael A.H. Russell, head of the addiction research unit of London’s Maudsley Hospital, and a leading authority on nicotine addiction. In an experiment, Russell showed that when doctors took just a minute or two to talk to their patients about their smoking habit and gave them a leaflet to read, the doctors could persuade 4.1 percent to give up cigarettes. Those patients who were also given nicotine did more than twice as well.
If this experience holds true here, doctors might help nearly 5 million American smokers kick their habit each year. Since, according to the Royal College of Physicians, “between 2.5 and 4 out of every 10 are smoking,”this might save the lives of as many as 2 million American smokers.
Of course, not all patients are candidates for nicotine gum. It is not recommended for some heart patients, some peptic-ulcer(胃溃疡) sufferers or women who are or may become pregnant.
A doctor should decide whether to give it to a nursing mother, since nicotine will enter her milk. It has not been evaluated in children or adolescents who smoke.
The FDA advises patients not to use Nicorette for more than three months. Actually, a
number of experiments show that the gum is most effective if used for 16 weeks. People who stop smoking with the gum and then stop the gum too soon are more likely to relapse(旧病复发) .
31. According to the passage, most smokers would not quit smoking because _____.
A) they found it difficult to quit smoking
B) they got no help from the hospital
C) their organizations condemn their quitting smoking
D) there were no organizations that would help them
32. According to Dr. Michael A.H. Russell, ______ could help the smokers quit.
A) relatives B) organizations for quitting smoking
C) doctors D) drugs
33. Which of the following are advised to use nicotine gum?
A) Heart patients. B) Nursing mothers.
C) Pregnant women. D) Healthy smokers.
34. Which of the following is the FDA’s advice to patients?
A) Not to use Nicorette for more than twelve weeks.
B) No more than 30 pieces should be chewed in one day.
C) To quit smoking gradually
D) to cut down on smoking entirely
35. What’s the author’s purpose to write this article?
A) To entertain B) To persuade
C) To inform D) To argue
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
The word “recreation”brings to mind activities that are relaxing and enjoyable. Such activities as an evening talk around the neighborhood, a Sunday picnic with the family, and playing catch in the yard with the children seem relatively spontaneous and relaxing.
Much American recreational activities, however, seems to foreign visitors to be approached with a high degree of seriousness, planning, organization, and expense. Spontaneity and the fund are absent, as far as the visitors can tell. “These crazy Americans!” a south American exclaimed on seeing yet another jogger go past her house in sub-freezing winter weather. Many Americans jog every day, or play tennis, handball, racquetball, or bridge two three times a week, or bowl every Thursday night, or have some other regularly scheduled recreation. They go on vacations, ski trips, and hunting or fishing expeditions that require weeks of planning and organizing. In the Americans’view, all these activities are generally funny and relaxing, or are worth the discomfort they may cause because they contribute to health and physical fitness.
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Much American recreation is highly organized. There are classes, clubs, leagues, newsletters, contests, exhibitions and conventions centered on hundreds of different recreational activities. People interested in astronomy, bird watching, cooking, dancing, ecology, fencing, gardening, and hiking – and on and on – can find a group of like-minded people with whom to meet, learn, and practice or perform.
In American recreation is a big business. Many common recreational activities require supplies and equipment that can be quite costly. Recreational vehicles (used for travelling and usually including provisions for sleeping, cooking, and bathing) can cost as much as 35,000 dollars. In 1984 Americans owned approximately 3,982,000 recreational vehicles, valued at about 7,733 million dollars. Jogging shoes, hiking boots, fishing and camping supplies, cameras, telescopes, gourmet cookware, and bowling ball are not low cost items. Beyond equipment, there is clothing. The fashion industry has successfully persuaded many Americans that they must be properly dressed for jogging, playing tennis, skiing, swimming, and so on. Fashionable outfits for these and other recreational activities can be surprisingly expensive.
36. According to the passage, what’s Americans’ attitude towards recreation?
A) Absent-minded B) Serious C) Critical D) Skeptical
37. How often do Americans bowl?
A) Every day B) Twice a week.
C) Three times a week. D) Once a week.
38. Americans take to skiing and hunting in spite of discomfort because _______
A) they are highly organized B) they are adventurous and exciting activities
C) they are instructive and funny D) they are beneficial to their health
39. All of the following are true of American recreation EXCEPT _______.
A) Americans spend a lot of money on recreational vehicles and outfits
B) Most Americans approach recreation with a high degree of spontaneity
C) Americans play bridge at least eight times a month
D) Americans take to recreational activities not only for fun but also for physical fitness
40. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A) foreign visitors are interested in the way Americans approach recreation
B) foreign visitors are quite surprised about the way Americans approach recreation
C) foreign visitors are crazy about the way Americans approach recreation
D) Americans take to recreation because they can make a profit from it
Passage Five
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
A is for always getting to work on time.
B is for being extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious ( 勤勤恳恳的) way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead,
experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.
Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago: Hard work alone doesn't ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to "play the game."
"People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior," says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. "But politics derives from the word 'polite'. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return."
In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.
"The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis," says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. "But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It's simple human nature."
Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery(奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.
Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.
41. "Office politics" (Line 2, Para. 4) is used in the passage to refer to ._____.
A) the code of behavior for company staff
B) the political views and beliefs of office workers
C) the interpersonal relationships within a company
D) the various qualities required for a successful career
42. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but .____.
A) give his boss a good impression
B) honest and loyal to his company
C) get along well with his colleagues
D) avoid being too outstanding
43. Why are many people unwilling to "play the game" (Line 4, Para. 5)?
A) They believe that doing so is impractical.
B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled.
C) They are not good at manipulating colleagues.
D) They think the effort will get them nowhere.
44. The author considers office politics to be .______
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A) unwelcome at the workplace
B) bad for interpersonal relationships
C) indispensable to the development of company culture
D) an important factor for personal advancement
45. It is the author's view that______.
A) speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
B) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery
C) hard work contributes very little to one's promotion
D) many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery
Part III Vocabulary (共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分)
Directions: There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
46. I’m sorry you’re in trouble, but as you made your decision on your own you’ll just have to
face the ________.
A) result B) outcome C) consequence D) influence
47. Do you think that making music and art ____ subjects in schools would reduce some
children’s enjoyment of them?
A) constrained B) compulsory C) cardinal D) conventional
48.According to Chinese law, every child is ___ to nine years of free education.
A) qualified B) allowed C) adapted D) entitled
49. The winners of the contest were chosen ____; no consideration was given to age, gender or
income.
A) properly B) randomly C) basically D) essentially
50. In a healthy relationship, the partners’ strengths and abilities ______ each other, rather than
being identical
A) compliment B) complement C) demonstrate D) intensify
51. All the year that have passed have not _____ my memory of our first glorious autumn in
Beijing.
A) blackened B) ambiguous C) dimmed D) indefinite
52.Despite widespread public _____ of the worsening air quality in these areas, little has been
done to control air pollution.
A) acknowledgement B) receipt C) recognition D) realization
53. These educational toys give children a feeling of self-worth by ____ their interest in
challenging tasks.
A) raising B) arousing C)arising D) rising
54. I don’t know what ____ Alfred to read your letter. Probably he thought it was addressed to
him.
A) induce B) deduce C) reduce D) attract
55. I talked to Alice last week -- ______, has she returned the kook you lent her? I’d like to
borrow it, if you don’t mind.
A) In this way B) Incidentally C) Occasionally D) Inevitably
56. When you take a small child on a long trip, you need to bring lots of books and toys to keep
him or her ____.
A) amazed B) satisfying C) amused D) amusing
57. Most visitors to Shanghai find it a very _____ city.
A) impressive B) impersonal C) exciting D) confusing
58. It would take years for the pain over her divorce to _____ away.
A) disappeared B) vanished C) faded D) diminished
59. The soldiers vowed to get ____ for their captain’s death.
A) revive B) revenge C) retort D) remedy
60. When he failed the entrance exam, his ____ drove him to consider suicide.
A) despairing B) despair C) despaired D) despise
61. Many women are left as the ____ provider in families after their husbands have died.
A) prime B) senior C) supreme D) sole
62. Milk baths are a very effective way to ____ the pain of minor burns or insect bites.
A) soothe B) smooth C) defy D) comfort
63. You shouldn’t get ____ just because you don’t succeed the first time you try something new.
A) dismissed B) committed C) deprived D) discouraged
64. When his health failed and he had to close his business, it ___ all his hopes for his family’s
future.
A) shattered B) defeated C) broke D) destroyed
65. Sorry, but I couldn’t help ___ your conversation. If you’re lost, perhaps I can help you.
A) overhear B) listening to C) overhearing D) listening
66. The man was wealthy, handsome and powerful; why he insisted on destroying his life
through gambling ____ all comprehension.
A) denied B)delayed C) defied D) against
67. The new poetry collection was ____ from a wide variety of sources and includes poems from
twelve countries and seven centuries.
A) compiled B) conformed C) competed D) confined
68. To avoid ____, you’d better start by explaining the whole idea from beginning to end in an
orderly way.
A) confuse B)confusion C) confused D) confusing
69. Bob’s one of those people who ____ risk and danger – he’d be bored in safe, steady job.
A) relish from B) relieve C) recover D) relish
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70. Many educators would be delighted to abolish exams, but they also worry that without them
there would be too little ____ for students to work hard.
A) incentive B) inspiration C) imagination D) instruction
Part IV Cloze (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
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 centre.
One of the most striking things about Americans is that they seem to expect everyone to like them wherever they go. Americans aren’t of course the only people in the world who take __71__ that their cultural standards are generally admired – monoculturalism is typical of every society in the world. But it isn’t __72__ that Americans seem to expect – they seem to expect __73__. This phenomenon, which the rest of the world finds both amusing and __74__, may be at least partly __75__ to the American definition of friendliness .To Americans, friendliness means __76__ informal and cheerful and open to other people, even before you know them __77__ to be sure you like them. And it’s important to note that although real friendship may certainly arise __78__ acting friendly in this way, Americans do not mistake acting friendly __79__ being friends. This can, of course, cause confusion. When Americans meet people from more reserved cultures. But if you consider __80__ American history, it’s easier to see where this pattern of behavior comes from. In the pioneer days, if you acted too reserved and formal, no one __81__ any reason to help you if you got in trouble ( __82__ there was plenty of in the pioneer days). Having a wide circle of friendly acquaintances was a key __ 83__ survival, so “friendliness”became a glorified pattern of behavior that every generation of Americans is trained to __84__ in a high degree. They’re so good at being friendly – and it works at home –that Americans’ __85__ is that will work everywhere.
71. A) advantage B) grant C) it as advantage D) it for grant
72. A) admiration B) admiring C) to be admired D) you to admired
73. A) being liked B) to be alike C) to be liked D) you like
74. A) being frustrated B) frustrate C) frustrated D) frustrating
75. A) because B) caused C) due D) owed
76. A) be B) being C) having been D) to be
77. A) as well B) enough well C) enough D) well enough
78. A) from B) in C) of D) 0
79. A) as B) in C) to D) for
80. A) about B) at C) of D) 0
81. A) would give B) would have C) would have had D) would’ve
82. A) and B) that C) which D) 0
83. A) for B) of C) to D) 0。