2013-2014-1+大学英语一A卷+试题

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防灾科技学院
2013 ~ 2014学年 第一学期期末考试
大学英语 I 试卷 (A) 使用班级 2013级非英语专业本科生 答题时间 120分钟
注意：“考试开始后15分钟，开始放听力”；
“请将选择题答案涂在机读答题卡上，其他题答在主观题答题纸上”。

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Part I Part Ⅱ Part Ⅲ Part Ⅳ Part Ⅴ Part Ⅵ Total 阅卷教师 得分
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) （本大题共25小题，每题1分，共25分。

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Section A
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.
1. A) The Outstanding Prize. B) The Third Prize. C) The Second Prize. D) The First Prize.
2. A) She was popular with quite some boys. B) She was the most hard-working girl.
C) The man had a crush on Julie. D) Quite some girls were jealous of her.
3. A) It was horrible. B) It was marvelous. C) It was a shame. D) It was a disappointment.
4. A) 3:00. B) 2:00. C) 1:40. D) 1:30.
5. A) Brother and sister. B) Boss and secretary. C) Husband and wife. D) Just two colleagues.
6. A) She wants to buy another dress. B) The dress she ordered doesn’t fit.
C) The dress is damaged. D) She doesn’t like the color of the dress.
7. A) He failed the exam. B) He just passed the exam.
C) He did so-so in the exam. D) He got a high mark in the exam.
8. A) They will go Dutch. B) The man. C) The woman. D) Neither of them.
Conversation One
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) A report. B) An email. C) A love letter. D) His term paper.
10. A) A year. B) A month. C) Two weeks. D) A week.
11. A) “I’m writing this letter to pour my heart out to you.” B) “When we met, it was love at first sight.”
C) “You mean everything to me.” D) “Will you marry me and make me happy?”
12. A) Try harder. B) Be honest with Lily. C) Play it by ear. D) Dump Lily.
Conversation Two
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13. A) She wanted to chat with Wang Lin.
B) She wanted to complain about their terrible after-sales service.
C) She wanted to be an English telephone operator.
D) She wanted to do business with the company.
14. A) She was a graduate of Hangzhou V ocational Middle School of Tourism.
B) She learned business English including English for telephone operation.
C) She has been a telephone operator for over two years.
D) She learned hotel English including English for telephone operation.
15. A) Monday morning at 9 o’clock. B) Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock.
C) Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. D) Monday afternoon at 6 o’clock.
Section B
Directions : In this section, you will hear 2 short passages and 1 long passage. 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 one question, you
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must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) ,B) ,C) and D).
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Records of changes in his own intelligence. B) Work with peoples in different climates.
C) Records of temperature changes. D) All of the above.
17. A) A great effect on everyone’s intelligence. B) Some effect on most persons’ intelligence.
C) Some effect on a few persons’ intelligence. D) No effect on most persons’ intelligence.
18. A) It increases the ability to think. B) It is the best time for thinking.
C) It is better for thinking than the very warm weather. D) It decreases the ability to think.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) Waiting for the bus to go home. B) Doing Christmas shopping.
C) Trying to find a taxi. D) Sending two children to the bus stop.
20. A) Because she didn’t stand in a queue. B) Because the two children missed the bus.
C) Because there was no more space. D) Because she gave up the idea of taking the bus.
21. A) A bus passing her was empty. B) The taxi broke down.
C) She had to walk halfway back home. D) The weather turned fine.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) She was found stealing in a bookstore. B) She caught someone in the act of stealing.
C) She admitted having stolen something. D) She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.
23. A) A book. B) $ 3,000. C) A handbag. D) A Christmas card.
24. A) She was questioned by the police. B) She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.
C) She was insulted by the shopper around her. D) She was body-searched by the store manager.
25. A) They refused to apologize for having followed her through the town.
B) They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing.
C) They still suspected that she was a thief.
D) They agreed to pay her $ 3,000 damages.
Part Ⅱ: Multiple Choice (10 minutes) （本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分。

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Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the one that
best completes each sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
26. Soon after I entered the university, I up early in the morning.
A) got used to getting B) got used to get C) used to get D) used to getting
27. She could not remember what she had dreamed of, hard she tried.
A) whoever B) whatever C) however D) whichever
28. If it had not been for the accident, she the first woman to travel in space.
A) could have become B) could become C) became D) had become
29. He finally got tired sitting in the office all day and longed for a more active life.
A) to B) with C) of D) in
30. Ann went to her father and asked him a question, but he his newspaper and didn’t give her answer.
A) stopped to read B) went on reading C) stopped reading D) went on to read
31. No sooner the words come out than he regretted saying them.
A) have B) would have C) would have had D) had
32. I could see he was not telling me all he _____.
A) had in mind B) had in brain C) had called on D) had content
33. I’d like very much to buy the camera. _____, I haven’t got enough money on me.
A) Fortunately B) Unfortunately C) Necessarily D) Unnecessarily
34. Mary found that _____ was always the best policy when she got involved in arguments with her husband.
A) compromise B) content C) controversy D) conflict
35. We had better ________ our anti-intellectualism and teach our children that a good life depends on exercising one’s mind and
pursuing knowledge to the full extent of one’s abilities.
A) do our best B) carry out C) go out of D) do away with
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Part Ⅲ: Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) （本大题共20小题， 36-45题每题1分，46-55题每题2分，共30分。

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Directions: There are 4 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 36-40 are based on the following passage.
How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations -- the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sound like music and by their association(联想) can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar(粗俗的).
36. We will make our speech silly if we ________.
A) use words carefully
B) use words in a literary style
C) use words without accuracy
D) use words with caution
37. One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings was that ________.
A) they could express actions and things
B) they could communicate with each other
C) they could agree upon letters
D) they could write and combine them
38. What is TRUE about the words?
A) They are used to express only thoughts and feelings.
B) They are signs.
C) They are simply sounds.
D) They can only be written.
39. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) The more we read and learn, the more the words that mean something to us.
B) The more we read and learn, the more knowledge we will acquire.
C) The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.
D) The more we read and learn, the more illiterate we become.
40. In expressing their thoughts, great writers are able ________.
A) to move men to tears
B) to be masters
C) to sing
D) to be charming
Passage Two
Questions 41-45 are based on the following passage.
On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your college, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods ... they were totally good for nothing.
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We were, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.
41.The passage is about ________.
A)the talk between the Indians and the officials
B)the colleges of the northern provinces
C)the educational values of the Indians
D)the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century
42.The Indians' chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to ________.
A)politely refuse a friendly offer
B)express their opinions on equal treatment
C)show their pride
D)describe Indian customs
43.According to the letter, the Indians believed that ________.
A)it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling
B)they were being insulted by the offer
C)they knew more about science than the officials
D)they had a better way of educating young men
44.Different from the officials' view of education, the Indians thought _______.
A)young women should also be educated
B)they had different goals of education
C)they taught different branches of science
D)they should teach the sons of the officials first
45.The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as ________.
A)angry
B)pleasant
C)polite
D)inquiring
Passage Three
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Many people who wished to find a new life sailed across the seven seas to the shores of the United States of America. Though they are from different countries and social classes with various beliefs, they have some common aims. Many come in search of freedom to worship. Some look for food, others for luck. For those who come, the United States of America is still a land of chances.
Some people look for rich soil which they can settle on. Others look for home in big and small cities of this country. They are surprised by the great distances. A person could travel three thousand miles across this country and no one asks him questions. There are no borders to cross. The newcomers are happy with the people whom they meet in their new homeland. But this happiness is not altogether without some troubles and difficulties.
But as the population increases, people come to live closer together. They learn to settle differences, and accept changes. They respect people whose backgrounds are unlike their own. They find it necessary to settle their differences peacefully, under the law of the land. Not everyone was born under the same situations, but everyone has the same right to his own happiness.
The Americans are a proud people. They are proud of their past. They remember the Revolution and the birth of the Republic. They know that to live in a democracy(民主国家) means to suffer many sacrifices(牺牲). The Americans are used to changes. They know how to make the best of a situation, and they are ready for changes.
Their president whom they respect will lead them. The Americans elect their leadership in free elections. If their elected leaders prove untrustworthy, they will not stay in office. The people will not elect them again.
The American people are hard-working and tough. But under that toughness, they are always ready to help their fellow man, near and far.
46. People of different national backgrounds sailed to the United States because it is a land of _________.
A)various beliefs
B)wealth
C)common aims
D)opportunities
47. The newcomers to the United States _________.
A)were impressed by the great size of the country
B)were happy, for people greeted each other in the new homeland
C)were pleased to find no one asked them questions
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D)found there were more troubles and difficulties than happiness
48. The main reason for people to live closer together was that _________.
A)they wanted to settle their differences more easily
B)people from different social classes wanted to learn from each other
C)the population increased
D)they need help from their neighbours
49. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A)Americans take pride in their own country.
B)Americans get used to changes and are prepared for them.
C)Although they come from different backgrounds, Americans are supposed to have the same right.
D)People in a democracy are free from suffering.
50. According to the writer of the passage, Americans _________.
A)do not care much about historical events
B)believe they are able to make the best of a situation through changes
C)can do nothing about their president if he turns out untrustworthy
D)are so hard-working that they are ready to work for men, near and far
Passage Four
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
There are people in Italy who can’t stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it’s a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, and gentlemanly. These are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there’s the sport that glorifies “the hit”.
By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still.
On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, close-ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won’t do it for you.
Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman’s position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,” you say. “I could have had my eyes closed.”
The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.
51.The passage is mainly concerned with_____________.
A) the different tastes of people for sports
B) the different characteristics of sports
C) the attraction of football
D) the attraction of baseball
52. Those who don’t like baseball may complain that_______________.
A) it is only to the taste of the old
B) it involves fewer players than football
C) it is not exciting enough
D) it is pretentious and looks funny
53. The author admits that____________.
A) baseball is too peaceful for the young
B) baseball may seem boring when watched on TV
C) football is more attracting than baseball
D) baseball is more interesting than football
54. By stating “I could have had my eyes closed” the author means (4th paragraph last sentence)_____________.
A) the third baseman would rather sleep than play the game
B) even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no difference to the result
C) the third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well
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D) the consequence was so bad that he could not bear to see it
55. We can safely conclude that the author__________________.
A) likes football
B) hates football
C) hates baseball
D) likes baseball
Part Ⅳ Sentence Translation (10 minutes) （本大题共5小题，每题2分，共10分。

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56. 学好一门外语绝非易事。

57. 用功是重要的，但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。

58. 在坚强意志的推动下，迈克终于完成了他所承担的任务。

59. 我相信她将来可以成为一名好教师。

60. 你真的期望不花费更多的时间学习就能提高你的英语水平？
Part Ⅴ Paragraph Translation (10 minutes) （本大题共1小题，10分。

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61. 母亲会把积了几个星期的一捆要洗的衣服一件一件数着交给她。

大约过上两个礼拜，她就会把洗好的衣服送回来。

母亲从来没有对哪个洗衣妇感到如此称心，而她要的工钱并不比别的洗衣妇多。

她真是个难得的好帮手。

母亲总把工钱事先准备好，否则让老人大老远再跑一趟实在说不过去。

Par t Ⅵ Writing (30 minutes) （本大题共1小题，15分。

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62. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Attend Your Classes Regularly . You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1) 现在大学校园里，迟到、早退、旷课是常见的现象
2) 保证学生的出勤率对大学教育的重要性
3) 作为一个大学生应该怎样做
提示：
迟到：be late for classes
早退：slip out of the classroom before the class is over
旷课：be absent from classes
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