大学英语A卷(第三册)

信阳农林学院2014—2015学年第一学期
《大学英语》期末试卷（A）
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure
Section A (10%)
Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D). Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. The university’s ability to progress this scheme in future ___________ the availability of funding,
however.
A) depends upon B) dependent on C) is dependent of D) depends by
2. His doctor says that his condition ______the same.
A) keep B) remains C) continue D) confine
3. You look nice today. Your clothes and your shoes are really a nice __________.
A) piece B) thing C) match D) item
4. He was fast__ when the chief broke into his house
A) sleepy B) asleep C) sleep D) sleeping
5. The house is very well equipped, but its rent must be paid__
A) weekly B) weekend C) daily D) week
6.He is keen ______ all kinds of alcohol---beer, whisky, and so forth.
A) on B) in C) about D) at
7. A fter two years’ effort, she has made________ progress in her study of art.
A) understanding B) noticeable C) slow D) remarkable
8. Tom was within a(n) ___ of breaking the record in the Olympic Games
A) meter B) inch C) mill D) foot
9. He insisted on giving up football unless his club___ him to another club
A) transferred B) transform C) transport D) transit
10. She loves the song in ________, because her father used to sing it when she was a little girl.
A) special B) usual C) particular D) length
11. A report came to the police, saying a little girl had been____ for two days.
A) missing B) disappearing C) losing D) missed
12. The _____ of College English is to help students learn English better, isn’t it?.
A)objecting B) subject C) objective D) aiming
13. The book is endlessly________ and richly rewarding; I highly recommend it to you.
A) boring B) dull C) fascinating D) expensive
14. What a fantastic journey! It’s worth __________ all my life.
A) being remembered B) remembering C) to remember D) to be remembered
15. The joint venture had a remarkable sales growth this year, particularly in the__ part of the year
A) later B) latter C) late D) first 16. The likely public reactions to the unemployment figures issued recently should be __ on
A) connected B) thought C) reflected D) considering
17. A ______ is a glass building in which you grow plants that need to be protected from bad weather.
A) district B) greenhouse C) neighborhood D) quarter
18. “___them an inch, and they will ask for a mile.” is just one of the wise sayings in the English language.
A) Giving B) Given C) Give D) To give
19. How would a person who stays abroad probably ___when he or she is frustrated by the culture shock
A) remember B) respect C) recall D) react
20. When I realized I was being mugged, I tried to ___________ the mugger（劫匪）, but he was holding
me too tight.
A) break into B) break down C) break away from D) break through
Section B (12%)
Directions:Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with an adverb, a preposition or a conjunction.
1.The new products will unsure our company stays__ business.
2.We fell in love___ the flat we had just bought.
3.How do people associate the color red and green ___ Christmas?
4.He pushed his way ___ the crowd.
5.We should get moving ___ this; otherwise we can not complete the project in July.
6.The airline decides to replace its small planes ___ Boeing 747s.
7.The Football Association is likely to call __ a ban on alcohol at football games
8.In times of crisis one has to rely___ oneself.
9.The river which goes __ the city makes itself a popular summer resort.
10.Women must fight for the right ___ equal pay for equal work.
11.He is modest___ he is the best student in the class.
12.___ plan you take, you will meet with difficulties.
Part II. Reading Comprehension (30 %)
Directions: There are three 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. Then write your answers in the corresponding places
on your Answer Sheet. (2×15=30 points)
Passage One
I started to learn English when I was in elementary school. Together with my two friends, I had English classes with a private teacher. I lacked motivation and I learned very little. This stage was insignificant and could just as well have not happened at all.
I began to learn English in earnest when I went to high school. I was in the same class with Michael, but in different groups. I was in a group for students who were to learn English from scratch, and he was
in a group for those who had already known some English. Very soon, my teacher noticed that my English was improving rapidly and he told me to join the group for the advanced learners. This was the worst thing that could have happened to me. My new teacher, who was Irish, didn’t speak Polish so I couldn’t understand her and I never knew what I was supposed to do. I was completely at a loss. My English didn’t improve at all. As a result, at the end of that year I was sent back to the group for beginners.
My stay with the advanced group made me realize what kind of learning strategies I should use in the future. I discovered that I cannot pick up a new language directly from foreigners. I started to learn hard again.
I translated into Polish all new words that appeared in my course-book. Before a test I would memorize dozens of words with their Polish equivalents. However, later I would never revise those words so I would soon forget most of them.
I knew that I should improve my learning techniques and I decided to ask for help those who had the best results in our class, that is Michae l. That wasn’t easy because in the second grade, they seemed to look down on girls. So after a few attempts to approach them I decided to give up. For two years I learned English using the method described above. My English was improving but I was still forgetting new words. Finally, in the fourth grade I got closer to Michael, who started to show me how to learn English more efficiently, which was a breakthrough in the whole process of my learning English.
Michael encouraged me to read books in English with monolingual dictionaries. Several months later, I began to write e-mail messages in English.
I have been using these techniques for four years, and in my opinion, I have achieved pretty good results.
1. Which of the author’s English learning experiences was not worthy of notice?
A) In elementary school.
B) The first year in high school.
C) The second and third years in high school.
D) The fourth year in high school.
2. Who taught the author English during the first year in high school?
A) A private teacher.
B) The English teacher teaching the group for beginners.
C) The English teacher teaching the advanced group.
D) Both B) and C).
3. Of the following experiences, which one made the greatest suffering to the author?
A) She shared a private English teacher with his two friends.
B) She was moved to the advanced group in the first high school year.
C) She was sent back to the group for beginners.
D) She got Michael to help her in English.
4. What did the author learn from her study in the advanced group?
A) She could not learn a new language quite well.
B) Learning strategies are of importance.
C) Native teachers are not suitable for her.
D) She had to ask for help those who had the best results in her class.
5. What is regarded as a milestone in the author’s process of English learning?
A) Michael began to teach her an efficient way of learning English.
B) She tried to read books in English.
C) She tried to use monolingual dictionaries.
D) She tried to write e-mail messages in English
Passage Two
The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes of the separate letters.
When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one however quickly; he takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a person who is reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each halt. Sometimes, when he meets a difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at once.
The teacher’s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one eye-jump’) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time.
This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or syllable-by-syllable, or word-by-word reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil’s eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide any meaning or sense; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase.
6. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph?
A) Pupils should be trained to reach quickly the stage of reading without having to concentrate on
the separate symbols.
B) Pupils should look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape.
C) Teachers should help their pupils avoid looking at the shape of the printed symbols.
D) Teachers should tell their pupils the different stages of their study.
7. In a single moment, a good reader picks up ________.
A) several words
B) several phrases
C) several sentences
D) several lines
8. According to the passage, which of the following is FALSE?
A) The eyes of a good reader make short halts and long jumps.
B) The eyes of a bad reader take in the meaning of one word at a time.
C) The eyes of a bad reader take only short jumps.
D) The eyes of a good reader move steadily.
9. One may have to read something a second time if ________.
A) there is enough time
B) one reads too fast
C) the passage is very long
D) one reads word by word
10. The main idea of the last paragraph is that ________.
A) word-by-word reading is highly inefficient
B) pupils have to move their eyes back and forth when reading
C) finger pointing in reading helps the pupil concentrate on meaning
D) the pupil’s eyes should focus on groups of syllables instead of single syllables
Passage Three
Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”
Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Y es, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”
11. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?
A. He went up to work by train.
B. He walked to his office.
C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.
D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.
12. Mr. Grey liked walking to his office because ________.
A. he couldn’t afford the buses
B. he wanted to save money
C. he wanted to keep in good health
D. he could do some exercises on the way
13. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______
A. give him a start in life
B. help him on the way to success
C. make him rich
D. gain more money
14. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______ A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money
B. again asked Mr. Grey for money
C. would like to make friends with him
D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then
15. In the second paragr aph, “…take a chance” means ______.
A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a stranger
B. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a stranger
C. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chance
D. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him.
Part III Translate the following sentences into English (16 %)
1.你认为一个人要做些什么才能成为一个幸福的人？
2.这件事可能产生的后果应予以认真考虑。

3.他差点解决了那个问题。

4.生活并不是像美丽的童话，你得承认这点。

Part IV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (12 %)
1. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to see it as a type of learning.
2. As fate would have it, my life would soon change again, and in a very big way.
3. I simply yelled: “I’m choosing to live. Work on me as if I am alive, not headed to the grave’’.
4. Although “gas investigations” rarely turn out to be anything, we’re in the business of safety.
PartV. Writing (10 %)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations. You should write at least 120 words. Write in the
corresponding place on your Answer Sheet.
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
Answer Sheet
姓名______________ 学号_________ 班级_________________ 分数________________
Part I Vocabulary and Structure (32%)
Section A(20%)
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)
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Part III Translate the following sentences into English (16 %)
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Part IV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (12 %)
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4. ___________________________________________________________________________ Part V Writing (10 %)
My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations
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