2007-2008学年第一学期2006级期末考试英语试题 (A)

2007-2008学年第一学期2006级期末考试英语试题(A)卷面总分为50分Part ⅠListening Comprehension （10分，每小题0.5分）Listening TaskListen to the following 20 short and long conversations. Each conversation is followed by ONE question. After you hear the question, there’ll be a break of 15 seconds. During the break, you’ll read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.1. A. Where to visit in New York.B. What to recommend in the restaurant.C. How to spend the winter holiday.D. Why to visit New York.2. A. Artists. B. Musicians. C. Tour guides. D. Businessmen.3. A. Surprised. B. Upset. C. Sympathetic. D. Angry.4. A. Bring a gift to Mary.B. Buy some food for the dinner.C. Invite Mary and her daughter to dinner.D. Buy a Barbie doll for Mary’s daughter.5. A. The Buffalo nickel is very precious.B. The Buffalo nickel is distinct from other American coins.C. The Buffalo nickel is no longer in use.D. The Buffalo nickel is the symbol of the honor of the US.6. A. Read the letter with the woman together.B. Tell the woman the origin of Uncle Sam.C. Mail a letter for the woman.D. Correct his mistake as the woman tells him.7. A. The woman is talking about the arrangement of the trip.B. The man is making an announcement.C. The trip will only take the morning.D. They will take the trip by train.8. A. A famous painting. B. An old farm house.C. Medieval artists.D. Gothic windows.9. A. The woman is dishonest.B. John often tells truth.C. The woman and John are good friends.D. The woman’s mother has a low opinion of John.10. A. The news reflects the fact. B. The news exaggerates the fact.C. The news is very interesting.D. The news is very special.11. A. New dictionaries. B. Evolution of languages.C. New words and expressions in English.D. Forms of languages.12. A. The woman is seriously ill.B. The man experienced a terrible job interview.C. The man will work for IBM for two years.D. The woman is employed by IBM.13. A. See the movie. B. Review for a test.C. Move to a new house.D. Write a book review.14. A. A T-shirt. B. A sweatshirt.C. A sweater.D. A pair of man’s pants.15. A. It is the wrong size. B. It is stained.C. It has loose thread.D. It is fancy.16. A. To return his money. B. To exchange the item.C. To give him store credit.D. To compensate him for the item.17. A. The customer didn’t follow the instructions for using the item.B. The item was on clearance.C. The man no longer has the store receipt.D. It is beyond the returning duration.18. A. 15 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 45 minutes. D. 60 minutes.19. A. There isn’t a room available at that time.B. A speaker is coming to address the students.C. Language testing will take longer than expected.D. Lunch will not be ready until much later.20. A. 12:45 p.m. B. 1:30 p.m. C. 2:00 p.m. D. 2:15 p.m.Part ⅡFast Reading （10分，每小题1分）Directions: Read the following passages, and then answer the questions. For questions 1-7, mark Y (YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage, mark N (NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage, mark NG (NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Write your answer on the answer sheet.Marco Polo the TravelerMore than 700 years ago, the 17-year-old Marco Polo set out from Venice for far China. He would spend 24 years exploring a world as far away and unknown to Europeans of his day as the moon and stars are to us. And the tales he brought back, later put into book form, still make the most fascinating travel narrative of all time in his tory. But Marco wasn’t the first Polo to reach China. His father and uncle got there many years before him. An Early Journey to ChinaThe Polos were the leading merchants of Venice who traveled widely inthe Near East. They traded in silks, precious jew els, and gold. But, since they dealt through middlemen（中间商）, the places where these valuables came from remained unknown to them.In 1260, Marco’s uncle and father started on a trip which would last nine years and take them all the way to the great Kubl ai Khan. The Great Khan was king of the Tartars and ruler of China then. His nation was the largest the world has ever seen. It stretched from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean, from the shores of the Pacific to the banks of the Danube. It had come down to Kublai Khan from his grandfather, Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan was then the most powerful ruler in the world. Thus, it was with a sense of uneasiness that the Polos finally arrived at his palace.But the great Khan, who had never met a European, received the m warmly and questioned them about Europe and religion. When they left, he got from them a promise to return as soon as possible. In 1271, the Polos started out again from Venice for China. But this time they took along 17-year-old Marco.The Long and Tough JourneyThe Polos journeyed by horse, camel, and often on foot. They were often delayed by heavy rains, floods, sandstorms and snow. Illness, too, slowed them down. Marco became so sick that the Polos had to delay their journey for a whole year in Afghanistan.After almost four years of rough travel, the Polos arrived at Kublai Khan’s palace in Shangtu. The Khan welcomed them with great pleasure and took an instant liking to young Marco. He took him hunting aboard the royal elephants and introduced him to the magnificent life in his palace in Shangtu.Life in ChinaPerhaps no palaces in history have ever matched the richness of the Khan’s. Built of purest marble（大理石）and stone, they were decorated with priceless art. Though young Marco had known wealth back in Venice, he felt like a simple country boy as he was shocked at the beauty of the Khan’s palace. The rich people, he noted, dressed in the richest of fashion. They wore clothes of gold and silk.Marco had little time for fun, though. He worked very hard to learn the spoken and written languages available in China. This so pleased Kublai Khan that the ruler sent him on important trips across his vast country. Marco even served three years as leader of the rich city of Yangchow. In time he became an advisor in the Khan’s government.Wherever he went, young Marco took detailed notes. He brought back to the Khan a fresh and lively view of his subjects, their ways of living, habits and moods. Thus he became the first traveler to mark a route across Asia, the first to tell about the wealth and great size of China, and the first as well to describe the countries on its borders（边界）, with all their differences in behavior and religion.HomecomingFor the following 17 years Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, while his father and uncle grew rich in trade. But, with the Khan now past 70, it seemed wise for them to leave. If the Khan died, rivals at court could make life difficult for these three such favored foreigners. In addition, they missed Venice. When they asked to leave, the Khan at first refused. But finally he let them go, giving them a fortune in gold and jewels.The difficult and dangerous return journe y, covering a distance which can be traveled today in a matter of hours, took three years. When the Polos’ship finally arrived in Venice in 1295, they had been gone 24 years. No one recognized them. Even the family servants wouldn’t let them into their own house. The Polos had long since been given up for dead.Life Back HomeOnly a youth of 17 when he left Venice in 1271, Marco Polo had returned a mature, worldly-wise man of 41. He brought back with him a knowledge of people and nations which no man be fore him had ever had. Yet despite his lively account of his travels, many people still questioned the truth of its details.Three years after Marco Polo arrived home, the competition between Venice and Genoa broke into open war. Marco and his ship were captured, and he was thrown into a Genoese jail. He took advantage of the time well. Calling for his notebooks, he dictated（口授）to a fellow prisoner the story of his travels.Centuries would pass before learned men and explorers, following the exact same routes, would declare that his reports were truly amazingly accurate.His book, The Travels of Marco Polo, was translated into almost every existing language. It became the guidebook for explorers and mapmakers, and the delight of all who travel or dream of doing so. Yet Marco Polo never realized he had written such a great book. Following its publication, he was laughed at, and his book was called a pack of lies.For the rest of his life nothing could shake off Marco Polo’s claim that his book was pure fact. As he lay dying in January 1324, a priest（牧师）urged him, for the sake of his soul, to at least admit that some of his accounts were not true. With almost his last breath he declared, “I have not told half of what I saw.”( ) 21. Middlemen told the Polos a lot about the places where their valuables came from.( ) 22. Marco became so sick in Afganistan that he almost died there. ( ) 23. Marco Polo studied spoken but not written Chinese language when he was in China.( ) 24. Marco Polo was the first person who told the outside world at that time about China.( ) 25. The Polos enjoyed their life and business in China so much that they seldom missed Venice.( ) 26. The Polos were warmly welcomed when they returned to Venice. ( ) 27. Many people were doubtful about Marco Polo’s travel experiences.28. Despite all the doubts about Marco’s reports, later learned men wouldfind that his reports were .29. For explorers and mapmakers, Polo’s book became.30. Though his book was called .Marco Polo never gave up the claim that his book was pure fact.Part ⅢReading ComprehensionSection A （5分，每小题0.5分）In this section, there are 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given. Each choice is identified by a letter. Please write the corresponding letter for each ite m on Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the word more than once.A. suspendB. considerateC. assembledD. slideE. interconnectedF. inspiredG. implication Ｈ.dripping I. cultivateJ. resistant K. enlightened L. single-mindedM. detect N. comprehensive O. moderate31. She was everywhere, smiling, busy, soft-footed, always ______ forothers, and therefore she was very popular among us.32. If you had been ______ in your study, you would have passed theexamination without any difficulty.33. Church Mill, although of fairly ______ size, is a delightfultwo-storey building of brick and stone.34. Education should aim to ______ children’s mind to its utmostpotential.35. The statue of Liberty had just arrived from Paris and was being______ , so it was not in New York harbour when they arrived.36. We were caught in the rain the other night and the rain was______down our necks. 37. The majority of the people at the meeting were ______ to theproposal.38. The study conducted by a group of doctors indicates that drug abuse andAIDS infection are alarmingly ______ .39. The ______ in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferiorto every other occupation.40. Peter thought the world was flat until I ______ him.Section B （10分，每小题1分）Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them 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 OneQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage.In the United States, roughly 10 percent of all cancers—more than 100,000 cases a year—could be avoided if overweight or obesity did not exist, according to updated statistics on the proportion of cancer due to overweight released Monday.The new projections stem from a review of published studies, updates to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) report from 2006, and date from the Nurses’Health Study Ⅱ, which includes 116,686 women, Dr. Graham Colditz explained at a press briefing at the American Association for Cancer Research’s international conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research underway in Baltimore.By applying the current US levels of overweight and obesity, Colditz from the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that 14 percent of c olon （直肠）cancers—over 14,000 cases—would be avoided if no one was overweight or obese.Likewise, if no one was overweight or obese, we would avoid 11 percent of breast cancer—over 18,000 cases; 49 percent of endometrial (womB) cancer, almost 20,000 cases; 31 percent of kidney cancer, over 11,000 cases;39 percent of esophageal (foodpipe) cancer, 5,500 cases; 14 percent of pancreas（胰腺）cancers, 4,500 cases; 20 percent of non-Hodgkin lymphoma （淋巴瘤）cases, over 11,000 cases; and for multiple myeloma（骨髓瘤）17 percent of cases.Given the increasing prevalence of obesity in the US, these estimates are conservative. “We can clearly conclude that adult overweight and obesity cause cancer,”Dr. Colditz said, “and increasing rates of obesity inthe US are continuing to drive up the burden of these cancers.”Evidence is accumulating that losing weight will reduce the risk of cancer, Colditz also said, data from four studies looking at weight and breast cancer suggest that women who lose 5 to 20 pounds significantly reduc e their risk of developing breast cancer. The date reinforce the idea to avoid weight gain as an adult and to lose weight and keep it off if one is overweight or obese as this can reduce the risk of cancer in addition to other chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.41. The passage is mainly concerned about.A. the benefit of losing weight as an adult womanB. the high number of cancers resulting from overweightC. the possibility of keeping away from cancerD. the American Association for Cancer Research’s internationalconference42. The study reported in the passage is carried out on the basisof .A. updated data and evidenceB. bold guess and imaginationC. theories by earlier scientistsD. hypothesis（假设）and reasoning43. According to the statistics cited in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs, which ofthe following is the most dangerous group of people?A. Obese physical laborers.B. Overweight adult men.C. Overweight adult women.D. Obese mental w orkers.44. We can infer from the 5th paragraph that.A. the inter-relation between obesity and cancer hasn’t beenscientifically provedB. Dr. Colditz underestimated the numbers of cancers related tooverweightC. the conclusion that overweight or obesity causes cancer isconservativeD. there are more and more overweight people in the US45. What message is implied in the conclusion of the passage?A. Evidence shows that overweight or obesity is more likely to affectwomen.B. Diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke are moredangerous than cancer.C. An overweight adult is more likely to develop cancer and otherchronic diseases.D. The more weight one can shed off, the healthier he or she willbecome.Passage Two Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.With more and more parents working outside the home, students are very aware that it is difficult for school officials to contact their parents, and that even if they do, their parents often re fuse to respond. Exacerbating （使恶化）this problem further, the parents may refuse to come to the school when asked if a child has been in trouble repeatedly, because they are tired of dealing with the child’s problems. They believe the school is at fault, or they believe there is nothing they can do to control the child.Sometimes parents do not respond because they were unsuccessful in their own school experience; they view school as a hostile environment. Likewise, a parent who does come to the school may support the student’s disruptive（扰乱的）or violent behaviour as another form of “bribery” to gain their child’s affection, particularly when the relationship between the two is strained. This is most apparent in aggressive parents who have minimal parenting skills. Further, teachers report about students, even very young students, who state that their parents have told them that they do not have to do what the teacher says or that if anyone tries to take something from them, or insults or hits them, they should fight back. Unfortunately, man y parents admit that they have so instructed their child and are offended when teachers question such directions.These types of parenting are evident across the socioeconomic spectrum. Parenting that indulges, neglects, abuses or ignores children, and that fails to provide strong, positive guidance, discipline and nurturance, contributes to the spread of violence in schools. Such p arenting is seen in families plagued by chronic unemployment and poverty, especially when parents are concentrating more on the economic survival of the family than on the attitudes and behaviour of the children. It is also seen in affluent families that indulge their children’s every material request. Lastly, it is seen in families where parents do not have much time to spend with their children because of job demands.46. One reason parents refuse to reply to the school about their child’sproblems is that .A. they are too busy to handle the problemsB. they think the school is responsible for the problemsC. they are too tired to handle the problemsD. they think the school is hostile to them47. Sometimes a parent supports the child’s bad behaviour so that .A. they can show it is the school that is at faultB. their child can develop a stron g characterC. they can help their child get rid of the bad behaviourD. they can “bribe” their child with their support48. Poor parenting skills do NOT include.A. asking children to fight back if anyone attempts to hurt themB. failing to guide and discipline childrenC. ignoring children’s attitudes and behaviourD. spending some time with children after work49. We know from the passage that.A. job demands prevent parents from assisting schools in educating the irchildrenB. poor parenting mostly exists in families with financial difficultiesC. poor parenting contributes to school violenceD. parents and schools should help each other in educating children50. The main topic of the passage is .A. busy work and poor parentingB. parenting and school educationC. poor parenting and where it occursD. the spread of violence in schoolsPart ⅣCloze （10分，每小题0.5分）Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Movie makers feared for a while that they might be put out of business by television. Recently, 51 , more and more people have been going to the movies. This 52 be partly because the economic situation in America has become 53 . In the movies, you forget your troubles as you get54 in the story on the screen. Also, 55 have been producing pictures that large numbers of people want to see. Americans56 the millions are returning to a love 57 with the movies.Motion picture 58 experts see two main 59 in this movie recovery: an increased need by Americans to60 from economic worries and a large number of new movies with broad audience 61 . Movie makers admit that their 62 popularity is 63 the result of poor 64 conditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theater 65 . “When people are fearful 16 the future, they look for escape,”67 Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. “In a 68 theater, with a 65-foot screen, you lose 69 for two and a half hours. People find this 70 .”51. A. especially B. furthermore C. however D. moreover52. A. might B. could C. must D. can53. A. better B. worse C. best D. improved 54. A. connected B. encouraged C. involved D. participated55. A. authorities B. directors C. experts D. managers56. A. of B. in C. for D. with57. A. event B. occurrence C. accident D. affair58. A. industry B. deal C. manufacture D. contract59. A. excuses B. factors C. reasons D. proofs60. A. hide B. separate C. break D. escape61. A. appeal B. interest C. consideration D. concern62. A. raising B. falling C. rising D. losing63. A. by no means B. partly C. insufficien tly D. completely64. A. cultural B. industrial C. commercial D. economic65. A. attendance B. buildings C. performances D. programs66. A. to B. about C. with D. at67. A. claims B. comments C. commends D. complains68. A. shaded B. darkening C. colorful D. lighted69. A. reason B. worry C. taste D. yourself70. A. beneficial B. harmful C. unhealthy D. humorousPart ⅤWriting （5分）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Reasons for Choosing a University. You should base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese, at least 100 words:注意：此部分试题在答题卡上；请在答题卡上做答2007-2008学年第一学期期末考试试题2006级本科英语卷面总分为50分Part ⅠListening Comprehension （10分，每小题0.5分）1. A B C D2. A B C D3. A B C D4. A B C D5. A B C D6. A B C D7. A B C D8. A B C D9. A B C D 10. A B C D11. A B C D 12. A B C D 13. A B C D 14. A B C D 15. A B C D16. A B C D 17. A B C D 18. A B C D 19. A B C D 20. A B C DPart ⅡFast Reading （10分，每小题1分）注：答题卡填写标准—例[Y] A21. [Y] [N] [NG] 22. [Y] [N] [NG] 23. [Y] [N] [NG] 24. [Y] [N] [NG] 25. [Y] [N] [NG] 26. [Y] [N] [NG]27. [Y] [N] [NG]28. Despite all the doubts about Marco’s reports, later learned men wouldfind that his reports were .29. For explorers and mapmakers, Polo’s book became.30. Though his book was called .Marco Polo never gave up the claim that his book was pure fact.Part ⅢReading ComprehensionSection A （5分，每小题0.5分）31. 32. 33. 34. 35.36. 37. 38. 39. 40.Section B （10分，每小题1分）41. A B C D 42. A B C D 43. A B C D 44. A B C D 45. A B C D46. A B C D 47. A B C D 48. A B C D 49. A B C D 50. A B C DPart ⅣCloze （10分，每小题0.5分）51. A B C D 52. A B C D 53. A B C D 54. A B C D 55. A B C D 56. A B C D 57. A B C D 58. A B C D 59. A B C D 60. A B C D 61. A B C D 62. A B C D 63. A B C D 64. A B C D 65. A B C D 66. A B C D 67. A B C D 68. A B C D 69. A B C D 70. A B C DPart ⅤWriting（5分）1. 有些学生选择离家近的大学；2. 有些学生选择离家远的大学；3. 你的选择是什么？谈谈理由。