新编大学英语期末考试试卷

新编大学英语A2期末考试试卷

Part I Listening Comprehension(20%)

Section A

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

Section A.

A. An advertisement

B. A newspaper

C. Their work

D. A dream

A. On foot

B. By car

C. By bus

D. By bike

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Six

A. The restaurant provides good food

B. She enjoys her part-time job

C. The restaurant offers cheap food

D. There are several cooks in the restaurant.

A. The movie was disappointing

B. The movie was expensive to see.

C. He wants to see the movie again.

D. He should have seen the movie at home.

A. $ 64

B.$ 86

C. $96

D. $140

A. To stay at home

B. To go to bed immediately

C. To see a movie

D. To go to a party.

A. Tom is unable to hear well.

B. Tom didn’t say anything at the meeting.

C. Tom doesn’t listen to him.

D. Tom went out before the meeting was over.

A. She bought something for her aunt.

B. She was there only briefly.

C. She missed it.

D. She went to it on her way to the hospital.

A. One hour and a half.

B. Half an hour.

C. 45 minutes.

D. 40 minutes.

Section B. Compound Dictation.

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. During the first reading, you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After listening to the second part of the passage you are required to write down the main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read the third time you can check what you have written.

In many ___11___ of the world people clap hands to show that they like or __12___ of something. In the theater, at a concert, or at a football game, people ____13____ hands after they see something they like. In Russia the actors, ___14___, and athletes clap ____15_________ the audience. In most countries, however, the performers are happy to receive the applause. They don’t clap back to their fan.

A very long time ago clapping meant the ___16____of what it means now. When people did not like an actor or a performer they clapped. They were trying to make as much noise as possible. They continued to clap until the actor left the ___17_____.

At some time in history the ___18___of clapping changed. It became a compliment instead of an insult. Now when an audience wants to show great admiration for a performer, they not only clap but they ____19____. That is called a standing ovation. A standing ovation is the dream of every performer. _________________20___________________________!

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)(40%)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Joseph Weizenbaum，professor of computer science at MIT, thinks that the sense of power over the machine ultimately corrupts the computer hacker(黑客) and makes him into a not very desirable sort of programmer. The hackers are so involved with designing their programs, making it more and more complex and bending it to their hill, that they don’t bother trying to make it understandable to other users. They rarely keep recorders of their programs for the benefit of others, and they take rarely time to understand why a problem occurred.

Computer science teachers say they can usually pick out the prospective hackers in their courses because these students make their homework assignments more complex than they need to be. Rather than using the simplest and most direct method, they take joy in adding extra steps just to prove their ingenuity.

But perhaps those hackers know something that we don’t about the shape of things to come.