(完整版)综合英语第一册期末试题附参考答案

The Final Examination Paper for the Comprehensive English

Course for English Majors Grade 2008 ( 2009.1）

（英语专业2008级综合英语第一学期期末试题）

Part I. Dictation (15分)

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning? For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. Part II. Cloze (20分)

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

In Japan, most people still feel that a woman’s place is in the home; and mo st women willingly accept their___1____role as a house wife, leaving the business of making a living ____2____their husbands. For those who do want a ____3___of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to___4___for lower wages, fewer promotions(提升), less responsible____5.____.

In America, on the other hand, most women, ___6___wives and mothers, work most of their lives. But____7___, few have had real careers. As in Japan most fields are ___8____by men and opportunities foe women have been ____9___, salaries low, chances for advancement ____10. American women work mainly because they___11____; in these days of inflation(经济萧条)and luxury living, ___12___income per family is simply not enough to ____13__. So American women actually have two jobs: one is nine-to-five position outside the home, and ____14___is round-the-clock in-the-home job____15__wife, housemaid, cook and nurse.

One of the main goals of the modern women’s liberation movement, which started ____16__, was to eliminate sex discrimination in the work force, and to ___17___careers for women that were previously ___18___for men. And though there is a long way to____19____, a lot of progress has been___20____.

1. A. conservative B. usual C. traditional D. unhappy

2. A. for B. on C. up to D. away with

3. A. job B. career C. work D. post

4. A. settle B. make C. search D. give

5. A. titles B. status C. assignments D. positions

6. A concerning B. including C. containing D. involving

7. A at present B. until recently C. lastly D. not until recently

8. A. owned B. kept C. led D. dominated

9. A. restricted B. bounded C. stopped D. prevented 10. A. small B. inadequate C. rare D. hard 11. A. should B. like C. ought D. have to 12. A. one B single C. only D. the only 13. A. live B. live on C. support D. stay 14. A another B. one C. other D. the other 15. A. such B. like C. as D. acting 16. A. in the early 1960s B. in early the 1960s

C. early in the 1960

D. in the early 1960

17. A. lead to B. open up C cause D. set 18. A. preserved B. observed C. concerned D. reserved 19. A. go B. travel C. trip D. pull

20. A. made B. taken C. covered D. completed

Part III. Vocabulary (20分)

There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

21. He was put into prison, but he never_____, and continued his fight.

A. gave up

B. gave in

C. stopped

D. retreated

22. The late arrivals for the musical were ______to their seats.

A. hurried

B. rushed

C. hastened

D. quickened

23. The poverty-________economies of Asian countries received the biggest loan from the World Bank last year.

A. striking

B. struck

C. stricken

D. severe

24. The government finally apologized for feeding the public with _______facts. A. artificial B. man-made C. fake D. false

25. The company said that the _________for the next year was encouraging although marketing was still a weak area for them.

A. future

B. view

C. condition

D. outlook

26. Of the seven songs broadcast on TV , only two of them were _______. A. live B. alive C. living D. lively 27. He was working on a children ’s book___________ “Limerick ”. A. entitled B. headed C. labeled D. tagged 28. He used to give me much _________advice and encouragement. A. sound B. deep C. exact D. thorough

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