基础英语II期末练习卷(四)

淮安信息职业技术学院2012~2013学年度第二学期《基础英语Ⅱ》期末练习卷（四）Part I Listening Comprehension (10%) Section A. Listen to the four dialogs, and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear. (4%) 1. A. In the shop. B. On TV. C. In the newspaper. 2. A. Jim will be a good nurse. B. Jim is going to be a nurse. C. Jim shouldn’t choose to work as a nurse. 3. A. The man doesn’t follow her advice. B. The man accepts her advice. C. Apples are no good to his health. 4. A. Tina has to interrupt her career and start again. B. Tina is the marketing manager. C. Tina doesn’t like to be the marketing manager. Section B. Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear. (6%) Television Television has played a major role during the last 50 years in providingentertainment and news within the homes of people worldwide. There has been much ____5___ in the United States lately that television, ____6_____ , is not providing the proper kind of entertainment, especially for children. Many shows are filled with ___7___, bad language and a display of moral behavior not appropriate for children to view. Politicians have been discussing various ____8____to this problem. Bill Clinton has been in favor of a microchip that could be built into all new television sets that would enable parents to block the shows they did not want their children to watch. Also, it has been ____9____ that television shows should display a “rating” that would inform the viewer, before the show starts, about the moral quality of the show. Everyone ____10____ that programs not suitable for children should not be shown during the hours they are normally awake.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%)系部： 班级： 学号： 姓名：There are 20 incomplete statements here, each with a blank. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.1. If the building project ________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.A. to be completedB. is completedC. being completedD. completed2. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won ________ and a scholarship.A. statusB. fameC. faithD. courage3. Jack wishes that he ________ business instead of history when he was in university.A. had studiedB. studyC. studiedD. had been studying4. The Car Club couldn’t ________ to meet the demands of all its members.A. ensureB. guaranteeC. assumeD. confirm5. Extensive reporting on television has helped to ________ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.A. gatherB. generateC. assembleD. yield6. Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.A. contribute toB. attribute toC. attend toD. devote to7. All the tasks ________ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.A. had been fulfilledB. were fulfilledC. having been fulfilledD. been fulfilled8. This article ________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.A. calls forB. applies forC. cares forD. allows for9. He was punished ________ he should make the same mistake again.A. unlessB. lestC. ifD. provided10. Petrol is refined from the ________ oil we take out of the ground.A. freshB. originalC. rudeD. crude11. Niagara Falls is a great tourist drawing millions of visitors every year.A. attentionB. attractionC. assignmentD. Arrangement12. A professor, along with some students, now working in the new laboratory.A. isB. wereC. areD. was13. The ship took the machines and other goods back to the port, it had set off.A. from whichB. whichC. to whichD. in which14. She is in no this evening to go to the concert with you.A. feelingB. attitudeC. spiritD. mood15. It was the education he had received made him a successful manager in business.A. whenB. whatC. thatD. which16. The more difficult the problems are, to be able to solve them.A. the less I am likelyB. the less likely I amC. the likely less I amD. I am less likely17. The manager was critical the way we were doing the work.A. atB. inC. ofD. with18. Being a sailor long periods away from home.A. spendsB. involvesC. leavesD. includes19. Although he has everything he needs, he is always about something.A. arguingB. complainingC. explainingD. satisfied20. These apples are those I bought at the supermarket yesterday.A. more superior toB. superior thanC. superior toD. more superior thanPart III Reading Comprehension (40%)Task 1. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer for each question.No one in my family could believe Allegra had any disability, much less one as severe as hers. To them a disability was physical, something you could see. They knew her as a happy, normal child. That's how it is with a learning disability -you don't see obvious physical symptoms.But as she grew out of preschool, she would pretend to read-I knew she was pretending because the book was upside down. She withdrew into her own world where she could fantasize about being a ballet dancer, a Broadway actress or a figure skater. In the real world, ballet classes and music lessons led only to confusion, frustration and, ultimately, disappointment.As for school, there was no way she could be included in a mainstream classroom. I went through every special school in New York, only to be told over and over: "She doesn't belong here." The last blow came a few months after the diagnosis, when I was at a pay phone on 72nd Street, waiting for an answer from the very last school on my list. Finally a cold voice came on-I can still hear it-and said: "I'm sorry, but we feel this isn't the place for her." I hung up and stared at the phone in tears.I had lived my life as the daughter of Henry Ford II, and for the first time in my life I faced a problem that neither money nor position could solve. I nearly gave up, but I knew I couldn't. Without me, my daughter stood no chance of making it.1 .According to the first paragraph, Allegra's problem was _ .A. psychologicalB. obviousC. physicalD. invisible2. Allegra was disabled in that _.A. she was unable to learn like a normal childB. she was always reading with her book upside downC. she isolated herself from other children in her classD. she was living in her dreams in conflict with the real world3 .The expression "a mainstream classroom"(para. 3) refers, to _.A. the last blowB. the last schoolC. special schoolsD. normal education4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A. the author would ask Henry Ford II for helpB. the author would continue to help her daughterC. the author would leave New York for the sake of her daughterD. the author had to use money or position to deal with the problem5. The phrase "making it" (para. 4) probably means _.A. becoming a figure skaterB. becoming a ballet dancerC. becoming successfulD. getting proper treatmentTask 2. Fill in the blanks according to the material given to you.The College of Business Management (CBM) is seeking new members to represent the college as Student Ambassadors (大使). The Ambassadors selected will represent the college during the school year. Their term of service will begin during the autumn. Student Ambassadors will have the opportunity to cooperate with students at various activities throughout the school year.Purposes:1. Promote the College of Business Management.2. Improve leadership and communication skills.3. Assist in the recruitment of students to CBM.Qualifications and Requirements:1. Must currently be a full-time student in the College of Business Management.2. Must be available to assist with various recruitment activities.3. Must be able to contact students from various backgrounds.Application Procedure:1. Print a copy of the application form from our website.2. Complete the application form and return it to the Student Advising Office. For More Information:Contact Mark Davis at 472-2310 or stop by the Student Advising Office.Task 3. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer for each question.Contrary to what many people believe, highly intelligent children are not necessarily bound to have an academic success. In fact, so-called gifted students may fail to do well because they are unusually smart. Ensuring that a gifted child reaches his or her potential requires an understanding of what can go wrong and how to satisfy the unusual learning requirements of extremely bright young people.One common problem gifted kids face is that they, and those around them, place too much importance on being smart. Such an emphasis can breed a belief that bright people do not have to work hard to do well. Although smart kids may not need to work hard in the lower grades when the work is easy, they may struggle and perform poorly when the work gets harder because they do not make the effort to learn. In some cases, they may not know how to study, having never done it before. In others, they simply cannot accept the fact that some tasks require effort.If the scholastic achievement of highly intelligent children remains below average for an extended period, many teachers will fail to recognize their potential. As a result, such students may not get the encouragement they need, and may further be depressed to learn. They may fall far behind in their schoolwork and even develop behavior problems. Boys may turn aggressive or become class clowns（小丑）.Girls often develop performance anxiety and other symptoms such as stomachaches.One way to avoid such difficulties is to recognize that IQ is just one of the elements for success. Children do well or struggle in school for a host of reasons apart from IQ, according to psychologist Franz Monks of the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. These include motivation and persistence, social competence, and the support of family, educators and friends. Emphasizing the importance of persistence and hard work, for example, will help a child avoid the laziness trap. Gifted children also need intellectual challenges-to teach them how to work hard.11. According to the first paragraph, the author believes that _.A. intelligent students may fail to do well in their schoolworkB. gifted students are too smart to do well in their schoolworkC. intelligent students are bound to succeed in their schoolworkD. gifted students understand what can go wrong and how to learn12. When too much emphasis is placed on students' intelligence, people are likely to take it for granted that _.A. smart students may not do well in the lower gradesB. intelligent students know how to avoid laziness trapC. clever students require more intelligence than hard workD. bright students may succeed even if they do not work hard13. It is observed in the third paragraph that _.A. highly gifted students show a great desire to learnB. highly gifted students tend to fall ill with no reasonC. highly intelligent students also need encouragementD. highly intelligent students score higher than average students14. According to the author, a student's IQ is _.A. one of the factors of successB. the only factor for his successC. directly related to persistenceD. closely associated with competence15. This passage aims to tell people about _.A. the academic performance of gifted studentsB. the proper attitudes toward gifted studentsC. the difficulties in recognizing gifted studentsD. the motivation students need for their studiesTask 4. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer for each question.Mars Global Surveyor is the oldest of five NASA robotic devices, which is designed to find out signs that Mars once had water; and it had been taking detailed pictures of the red planet for a decade. Unfortunately, it stopped working on November 2 after it developed a motor problem.After two days of silence, ground control teams received a signal that the device had put itself into an emergency standby mode. There was no information about what had gone wrong. Since then, the mission team at NASA's laboratory in California has tried to contact the device. This week, NASA engineers are preparing for what may be their last chance to recover the spacecraft.NASA plans to use a newly arrived device to take a picture of the Surveyor to see how the failed craft is oriented to the sun for power and to Earth for communications. It is reported that the picture will be taken on Friday when the satellites are about 93 miles apart. The new high-powered camera should be able to image details of the Surveyor as small as about 10 centimeters. There is a goodchance of recovering it.Flight controllers also plan to try to get the Surveyor to contact one or both of NASA's roving（漫游）geology stations, Spirit and Opportunity, which are located on opposite sides o. Mars'equator（赤道）.The rovers would not be able to transmit the spacecraft'5 science data, but engineers at least would get an idea of its general position. The linkup also could show if the Surveyor still has power. If the device has been unable to charge its batteries due to a positioning problem or failed component, it could run out of power with no hope of recovering. But if it has power, the device is quite capable of autonomous control even if it doesn't hear from Earth. The Surveyor has far surpassed its design lifetime, but scientists still have more targets for the probe's camera and science instruments.16.The main task of Mars Global Surveyor is _.A. to take pictures of the red planetB. to work out the problems of its motorC. to find out if there was water on MarsD. to find the causes of the failure in the device17. The newly arrived device _.A. is equipped with a powerful cameraB. checks the signs for water on the red planetC. carries new components for the failed deviceD. examines the surveyor's communication system18. The last chance for NASA's engineers to recover the Surveyor might be _.A. to charge its batteriesB. to adjust its positionC. to test its communication systemD. to use the new device to image it19. The decisive factor for the recovery of the Surveyor is _.A. its lifeB. its orbitC. its powerD. its position20. The passage is most probably taken from _.A. a book reviewB. a news reportC. an advertisementD. a science fiction talePart IV Translation (15%)Section A. Translate the following sentences into English. (10%)1.政府正采取措施以消除通货膨胀的可能性。