2015-2016学年度第一学期大学英语一期末考试卷

2015—2016学年度第一学期

《大学英语一》课程期末考试B卷（闭卷）

该试卷使用范围：2015级艺术学院各专业Part I Listening Comprehension (No. 1 to 10, 1 point each; No. 11-15, 2 points each; 20 points in all)

Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.

Section A

Directions:This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Now the test will begin.

1. A. I usually practice my oral English. B. I like my English teacher.

C. It has been a long time.

D. I don‟t like dancing.

2. A. No, I can‟t help you. B. Yes here you are.

C. Sorry, I‟m a stranger here.

D. I‟d like to go there.

3. A. I don‟t like taking a taxi. B. It‟s difficult to park here.

C. I came by bus.

D. I agree with you.

4. A. The car goes wrong. B. He is a scientist.

C. That‟s Mr. Green.

D. He is driving a car.

5. A. Yes, it‟s my dress. B. Yes, I like your dress.

C. Certainly, here you are.

D. You are welcome.

Section B

Directions:This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Now the test will begin.

6. A. It‟s still raining. B. The wind stopped.

C. The rain stopped.

D. Both the rain and the wind stopped.

7. A. She hasn‟t made up her mind. B. She would like to go with them.

C. She has no appetite for lunch.

D. She will not go for lunch.

8. A. Help Amy with her sales plan. B. Do his own job.

C. Go to dinner with Amy.

D. Play basketball with Amy.

9. A. He had a car accident. B. He has sold his car.

C. He has bought a car.

D. He has lost his car.

10. A. Have a meeting. B. Go on a business trip.

C. Go to the picnic.

D. Travel to Shanghai.

Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the answer sheet in order on the number blanks according of what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the test will begin.

Body language refers to expressions and body movements. It is an important way of communication apart from (11)_____. A smile and handshake show welcome. Nodding the head means agreement, while shaking it means disagreement. (12)_____, because of some cultural differences, the same body movement may have different meaning in different cultures. For example, it is a good manner to (13)_____ close to his friend for an Arab when they are taking, but for English people, they don‟t like to be close to one another. (14)_____, we should remember that effective communication is about what we want to express. So, (15)_____ use different mans of communication together.

Part II Cloze (No.16 to 25, 2 points each, 20 points in all)

Directions:Please read the following passage. It is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. You should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

It was about thirty years ago. My mum lived with a friend in London. One day she (16)_____ to the supermarket to buy some things for a surprised birthday party for her friend.

At the check out she (17)_____ and put all the things into shopping bags. She put her flatmate‟s present and card in with the shopping. As she turned to leave she bumped (18)_____ another shopper. Her bags fell on the floor. The other shopper (19)_____ his bags too. They helped each other put the things back in the right bags and they both (20)_____the supermarket.

When my mum got home she (21)_____ the find the card and the birthday present in the bags. When the other shopper (22)_____ home he found a parcel and a few letters in his shopping. One of them had address on it. That evening he took the letters and parcel to the address. He (23)_____ the bell and my mum answered the door. She looked (24)_____ the