大学英语第一学期(期末考试)

大学英语本科第一学期（期末考试）

College English Final Examination

Part I Listening Comprehension

Section A: (5%)

Directions: In this section, you will 10 short conversations. At the end of each conservation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conservation and the question 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 decided which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. A. The woman C. Aspirin

B. Too little sleep D. The sun

2. A. 1:00 C. 1:15

B. 1:30 D. 1:45

3. A. He enjoys playing chess. C. He cannot play chess

B. He hates playing chess. D. He needn’t learn to play chess well.

4. A. Bob looks good in anything. C. He wishes he had a jacket like Bob’s

B. He knew someone who looked like Bob. D. Bob should get a new jacket.

5. A. Where the 7-up can be found. C. If the woman wants 7-up left over.

B. How to make 7-up. D. If there is any 7-up left over.

6. A. No one has ever tried to go over that hill. C. He could go down the hill easily.

B. He can ski down any hill. D. Everybody can ski down the hill.

7. A. Her present was a surprise to him.

B. He had hoped the gift would surprise her.

C. She wasn’t surprised by the gift at all.

D. He didn’t known about the surprise party, either.

8. A. At a train station. C. At a bus station.

B. In a theatre. D. In an airport.

9. A. She liked the exhibit very much.

B. She thought the exhibit was very large.

C. The exhibit had already gone somewhere else.

D. There were no local artists at the exhibit.

10. A. She still has exams to take.

B. She wants to know which exams are over.

C. She wishes she had done better on her exams.

D. She has finished looking through the exams.

Section B (10%)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center,

Passage I

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A. They were lazy and had never worked on the farm..

B. They did a lot of buying and selling in town so as to get rich quickly.

C. They loved farm work because their father was hardworking all his life.

D. They considered farm work worthless.

12. A. Because he was dying.

B. Because he thought they understood what he meant.

C. Because he wanted them to dig the orchard all over.

D. Because the gold could easily be found.

13. A. Because the farmer’s son hadn’t dug the orchard deep enough.

B. Because the gold had been stolen.

C. Because the farmer’s sons didn’t know in what part of the orchard the golden was hidden.

D. Because there was no gold in the orchard.

Passage II

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A. Because no day has really twenty-four hours.

B. Because the earth is divided into time zones.

C. Because time zones are not all the same size.

D. Because no one knows where time zones begin.

15. A. It is in one time zone. C. It is divided into five zones.

B. It is divided into twenty-four zones. D. It cannot be crossed in five days.

16. A. Ahead one hour in each new time zone. C. Back one full day for each time zone.

B. Ahead one hour for the new time zone. D. Ahead by twenty-three hours.

17. A. The beginning of any new time zone.

B. Any point where time changes by one hour.

C. The point where a new day begins.

D. Any time zone in the pacific ocean.

Passage 3

Question 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. A. The dean decided to give her free medical education.

B. The dean agreed her to come to Geneva.

C. The dean promised her to become a student in his college.

D. The dean offered her full scholarship.

19. A. Most students were serious

B. Most student took interest in the matter.

C. Some students thought by accepting Elizabeth they could make their college proud.

D. Some students thought the dean should make a decision himself.

20. A. He accepted Elizabeth willingly.

B. He could do nothing but accept Elizabeth.

C. He had to leave his post.

D. He broke his promise.

Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)