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北京城市学院2011级艺术专业学位英语考试题库3Section A: Listen to the dialogs and choose the best answer to each question. This part will be read twice.1. A. $25. B. $50. C. $17. D. $92.2. A. 3 hours. B. 2 hours. C. 1.5 hours. D. 1 hour.3. A. Seventeen. B. Ten. C. Five. D. Seven.4. A. More than a minute. B. About half a minute.C. Ten seconds.D. Two minutes.5. A. 100 times as fast. B. 200 times as fast.C. Twice as fast.D. Just as fast.Section B: Listen to the passage and then choose the best answer to complete each of the statements. This part will be read twice.6. My favorite destinations for the holidays tend to be those which ___________.A. few people will visit.B. have lots of hotels.C. are quite new to me.D. are neither cheap nor expensive for me.7. I visited Sand Beach again because ___________.A. I knew it too wellB. its old town quarter interested meC. I could book a room at half priceD. I could stay at a Grand Hotel there8. I also seek information about good restaurants because ___________.A. I want to open a restaurant myselfB. I‟d like to have meals in themC. I‟m a man who eats and drinks wellD. I love buying good food online9. The Internet is useful for holiday planning because ___________.A. each resort and hotel has a websiteB. you can get coupons from the InternetC. it offers special prices for Sand BeachD. it tells you how to make a holiday an experience10. It is necessary for you to ___________ for your holidays.A. do some planningB. get a couponC. book rooms through the InternetD. visit the old town of Sand BeachSection C : Listen to the following brief introduction, and then fill in the blanks withthe words you hear. The introduction will be read three times.Good evening, ladies and gentleman. We are ___11___ today to have Professor Hans Anderson from Harvard University as our guest. Professor Anderson is a world-famous expert on ___12___ hacking, and often advises governments on how to protect their computer systems from the dangers of hackers. He has published many___13___ and articles on computer use and misuse, and though he is a first-class scholar, he is particularly popular with young audiences. His topic today is “___14___ Threats to Security in Today ‟s World.” After his speech you ‟ll have time for questions. I ‟m sure he ‟ll ___15___ your interest in this topic. And now, Professor Anderson, please!Part II: Vocabulary Translation(每小题1分，共10分)Directions: Please give the English and Chinese equivalents to the following words.16. assume ______ 17. resurface ______ 18. assign ______19. scaffold ______ 20. fellow______ 21. realistic______22. flame ______ 23. 确保______ 24. 抚养 ______ 25.贫穷 ______Part III: Vocabulary and Structure(每小题1分，共15分)Directions: In this section, there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You are required to complete sentences by deciding on the most appropriate choice.26. Students ______ several desks to another classroom.A. movingB. changedC. removedD. mobile27. The children watched as the submarine ______.A. resumedB. resurfacedC. resultedD. recited28. Why don‟t ______ his portrait?A. exposeB. identityC. existD. exhibit29. Laura was one of his ______ customers.A. classicalB. regularC. protectiveD. continued30. A strike disturbed the country‟s postal ______.A. systemB. ruleC. symbolD. method31. Both his parents look sad. Maybe they ______ what‟s happened to him.A. knewB. have knownC. must knowD. will know32. The famous writer ______ one new book in the past two years.A. is writingB. was writingC. wroteD. has written33. This is the fifth time he ______ you in a week.A. calledB. has calledC. callsD. had called34. Beethoven‟s symphony is ______ in music.A. exceptionalB. strangeC. uniqueD. rare35. The dean of the Philosophy Department requested that the visiting scholar ______a lecture on the philosopher Sartre.A. gaveB. giveC. would giveD. had given36. He worked on his novel for months ______.A. in the endB. on endC. at the endD. on the end37. ______ helping the customers to satisfy his real needs, some advertisements set out to make him want things.A. Instead ofB. Rather thanC. InsteadD. Other than38. He was an ______ of international repute.A. architectorB. architecturalC. architectD. architecture39. The father has an ______ deep love to his children.A. definiteB. infiniteC. infinitiveD. definitive40. The teacher ______ the attention of all the students.A. raptureB. captureC. capturedD. rapturedDirections: Read the following passages, and you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements. You should choose the correct answer to each question or statement from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Task 1The British National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals.Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are exempt from payment.Most people are registered with a local doctor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community.As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals—many of which were built in the nineteenth century—provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbors.During the 1980s there was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services (for example, cleaning). At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from.41. We can know from the first paragraph that ______.A. the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care foreverybodyB. people didn‟t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set upC. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers42. What do we know about the NHS?A. It‟s managed by the central government.B. Its cost is mainly paid for by the National Insurance contributions.C. It hires more people than any other unit in Europe.D. Fewer patients go to its hospitals than before because they spend less onhealth care.43. All the following statements about GPs are true except that they ______.A. take care of the local people‟s healthB. often take part in competitions to see who is the bestC. work under high pressure nowadaysD. have more responsibilities than before44. What does the underlined word “exempt” probably mean?A. sufferingB. differentC. preventedD. free45. The biggest problem for the NHS is ______.A. many hospitals are too old to be usedB. some services are in the charge of individualsC. more and more patients go to GPs for treatmentD. there is not enough money for further reformTask 2One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected （可疑的）police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.She said: "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 arme d policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious （怀疑）of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: "He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact （接触）." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phonedthe police at 11 pm.Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes."It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said …Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?'. My heart missed a beat."Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key."I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed （带上手铐）。