2004—2005学年第1学期考试试题 （A卷） 课程名称___大学英语_ 任课教师签名 大学英语一教研室全体教师 出题教师签名 题库调题 审题教师签名 汪桂芬 考试方式 （闭）卷 适用专业 03本科（除工业设计、C班） 考试时间 （ 120 ）分钟 题号 一 二 三 四 五 总分  得分        评卷人         考生须知: 准考证填写方式: 采用考生本人学号的后面九位数字, 用铅笔将数字涂黑. 本试题册由两部分组成, 即试卷一和试卷二, 试卷一上的答案必须做在答题卡上,其它部分一律做在答题纸上, 其它答题方式无效. 试卷二上写清姓名, 学号和班级名称. 试 卷 一（选择题部分） Part I Listening Comprehension (1 X 10 = 20’) Section A : Direction : Listen to the following 10 short conversations. Each conversation is followed by ONE question. After you hear the question, there’ll be a break of 15 seconds. During the break, you will read the four choices marked A, B, C, D, and decide which is the best answer. 1. A. The situation looks better than it is. B. The phone connection was bad. C. The women ought to speak to each other in person. D. It’s better to be courageous. 2. A. The price is not on the tag. B. $50 C. $ 15 D. $5 3. A. Eight B. Two C. Four D. Six 4. A. They went fishing B. They played golf. C. They played bridge. D. They bought new fishing rods. 5. A. $0.40 B. $0.45 C. $0.35 D. $0.30 6. A. She met some friendly people B. She had fine weather. C. The hotels were not good. D. She didn’t know anybody there. 7. A. 8 am to 9 pm B. 5 am to 9 pm C. 9 am to 5 pm D. closed. 8. A. By plane B. By bus C. By car D. By train 9. A. $18.50 B. $15.50 C. $19.50 D. $14.00 10. A. He thought it was terrible. B. He thought the actors were hard.. C. He liked it a great deal. D. He thought it was very funny. Section B Directions : In this part, you will hear three short passages. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and 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 1 : Questions 11 ~ 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A. At the end of the street. B. Quite a long way from the dentist’s. C. In the dentist’s way. D. In a car park. 12. A. Took an interest in people around him. B. Talked to some old women. C. Played with the children. D. Had a good rest. 13. A. His car was stolen. B. He went to the dentist right after parking the car. C. He had left the keys in the car. D. George was 20 minutes late to see the dentist. Passage 2 : Questions 14 ~ 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A. Rising prices. B. Fixed income. C. Real income D. Cost of living 15. A. Persons who live on salaries. B. Persons who own businesses. C. Persons with pensions. D. Persons with slow-rising businesses. 16. A. Inflation can be controlled. B. Real income decreases. C. Purchasing power stays the same. D. Dollar income increases. Passage 3 : Questions 17 ~ 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A. The wheel. B. Movies C. The camera D. Nylon. 18. A. In the second half of the 19th century. B. In the 1960’s. C. In the first part of the 20th century. D. In the early 1800’s. 19. A. Movies with sound. B. Nylon C. The radio D. Computer. 20. A. Japan B. Russia C. The United States D. China II.?Reading Comprehension Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.??(2 X 20 =40 points) Text 1? Time passed and my cards sold well. My enthusiasm for the greeting card business grew quickly. All along, I had been drawing fantasy art: clowns (丑角), dragons, castles, etc. With the birth of my first son in 1980, the content of my work underwent (经历) a pretty dramatic change. Fantasy went out of the window, and I began to illustrate reality. In the spring of 1983, we, The Mary Engelbreit Greeting Card Company, took our 12 little designs to New York to exhibit them at the National Stationery (文具) Show. I remember how big the show was. I just couldn't get over it. I had no idea there were so many different card companies. And it was exciting because our 12 little cards were getting a lot of attention in that huge place! I've been told one of the reasons we had so much success at that show is because my card style was different than anything else at the market. I typically draw complicated details and use deep colors and amusing or profound (深刻的) quotations. By 1985, many greeting card publishers started noticing my art, and two of them approached me with licensing contracts. I have always believed if you choose a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life. If you ask about the mystery of my success, all I can say is this: to imagine is everything! (229 words) 21.? Before the birth of her first son, Mary Engelbreit's cards focused on ________.   A. reality B. daily life C. fantasy D. dragons    22.? The New York show was so big that Engelbreit ________.   A. couldn't walk through it B. couldn't believe it  C. couldn't stay to the end of it D. couldn't understand it    23.? Engelbreit's cards were successful because ________.   A. they were distinctive in style B. they had a thank-you sentence  C. they had complicated details D. they were rich in color    24.? The licensing contracts ________.   A. were exactly what Engelbreit was after  B. were exactly what Engelbreit was unprepared for  C. were exactly what Sunrise was after  D. were exactly what Sunrise was unprepared for    25.? According to Mary Engelbreit, the key to success is ________.   A. devotion B. opportunity C. good luck D. imagination    ? Text 2? So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible." Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: it can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not changeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children." When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading. (277 words) 26.? The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________.   A. it is one of the most difficult school courses  B. too much time is spent in teaching about reading  C. students spend endless hours in reading  D. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance    27.? The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.   A. teacher can enable students to develop their own way of reading  B. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students  C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading  D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable    28.? The word "scrutiny" at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably means "________."   A. inquiry B. observation C. control D. suspicion    29.? According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.   A. children become highly motivated  B. teacher and learner roles are changeable  C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge  D. reading enriches children's experience    30.? The main idea of the passage is that ________.   A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read  B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible  C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught  D. reading is more complicated than generally believed    ? Text 3? In the summer of 1978 an English farmer named Ian Stevens was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened （被压平的） wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. In the following years more and more similar circles were found in a field of wheat or corn. So people cannot help but ask the question: What causes the circles? At first, people suspected that the circles were a trick. To prove that the circles were a trick, people tried to copy them: they tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn't do it. They couldn't enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn't flatten the grain without breaking it. The circles are apparently not a trick. Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles. Some think that the beings are trying to communicate with us from far away and that the circles are messages from them. Others believe that the beings have actually landed on earth and that the circles are marks left by their spaceships. Several times people reported seeing strange flying objects near fields where circles later appeared. Scientists say they're not sure what causes them. They have suggested several theories. For example, some scientists say that "microbursts" of wind created the circles. A microburst is a downward rush of cool air — the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Others scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. But circles often appear in forms. It is hard to believe that any natural force could create those forms. And recently farmers have discovered not only circles but also other shapes such as triangles in their fields. Could any natural force created a perfect triangle in a field of grain? In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared. They had all the latest high-tech equipment. This equipment — worth 1.8 million dollars — recorded nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, circles formed in the field behind them. These circles are shown in the photograph. The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything. (402 words) 31.? What causes the circles?   A. Teenagers. B. Farmers. C. Flying objects. D. None of the above.    32.? The thing that proves that the circles were not a trick is that ________.   A. two men said they made the circles themselves  B. farmers were making the circles to attract tourists  C. people cannot copy the circles without leaving marks or breaking the grain  D. scientists suggest theories that support the idea that circles were made by natural forces    33.? The circles mean ________.   A. that beings from outer space are trying to communicate with human beings  B. that beings from outer space have visited the earth  C. that there do exist strange flying objects  D. none of the above    34.? The only thing for the scientists to be happy about in the summer of 1990 is possibly ________.   A. that they discovered how the circles were made  B. that they saw the circles with the help of the latest high-tech equipment  C. that they were able to show the circles in a photograph  D. none of the above    35.? A proper title for this passage is ________.   A. An Unsolved Mystery B. Strange Flying Objects  C. The Power of Natural Forces D. The Discovery of Strange Circles    ? Text 4? Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon (午前). For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues （独白） as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarreling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (阻碍) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn (呵欠) and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration (专注) for your sharper hours. (305 words) 36.? If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ______.   A. he is a lazy person  B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle  C. he is not sure when his energy is low  D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening    37.? Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?   A. Unawareness of energy cycles.  B. Familiar monologues.  C. A change in a family member's energy cycle.  D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.    38.? If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should ____.   A. change his energy cycle  B. overcome his laziness  C. enable him to concentrate on his routine work  D. go to bed earlier    39.? You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.   A. help to keep your energy for the day's work  B. help you to control your temper early in the day  C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work  D. keep your energy cycle under control all day    40.? Which of the following statements is NOT true?   A. Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energy.  B. Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.  C. Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle.  D. Children have energy cycles, too.    ? III.?Vocabulary and Structure Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.??(0.5 X 30 =15 points) 41 No one was ______ in the car accident.   A. damaged B. wounded C. injured D. suffered    42.? Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.   A. declined B. reduced C. descended D. slipped    43.? The republication of the poet's most recent works will certainly _______ his national reputation.   A. rise B. strengthen C. enlarge D. enhance    44.? It's quite strange that he should be utterly _______ to public criticism.   A. inactive B. indifferent C. uninterested D. unconsidered    45.? The government is trying to do something to ________ better understanding between the two countries.   A. arise B. promote C. raise D. increase    46.? As we were to keep the fire going throughout the games, we had to add firewood _______.   A. specially B. permanently C. previously D. constantly    47.? I don't like the noise of this air conditioner, but I've learned to _______ it.   A. stay with B. stand with C. go with D. live with    48.? The soldier was ________ of running away when the enemy attacked.   A. scolded B. charged C. accused D. punished    49.? Reading ______ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.   A. inserts B. decorates C. deserves D. furnishes    50.? She is the most _______ secretary I've ever had.   A. efficient B. effective C. industrial D. practised    51.? He said he was a policeman and therefore had the ________ to arrest speeding drivers.   A. control B. influence C. authority D. priority    52.? The color TV set that you bought at a lower price is ______ the one that we bought at a slightly higher price.   A. inferior to B. inferior than C. more inferior D. more inferior than    53.? On the coast the weather is ________ with day after day of sunshine, in the mountains however the air cools quickly and until the end of June you can still find snow on the mountain tops.   A. funny B. interesting C. romantic D. fantastic    54.? Our holiday was _______ by showers of rain.   A. spoiled B. destroyed C. crashed D. discouraged    55.? Students or teachers can participate in excursions to lovely beaches around the island at regular ________.   A. gaps B. rate C. intervals D. length    56.? We were tired of hearing him ________ about how strong he was.   A. comment B. remark C. refer D. boast    57.? He played the guitar (吉他) so well that everyone was _______.   A. affected B. aroused C. effected D. impressed    58.? Jack was about to announce our plan but I ________.   A. put him through B. turned him out C. gave him up D. cut him short    59.? The boy ________ his friend out of the apple by insisting that it was rotten, if not poisonous.   A. deceived B. fooled C. misled D. cheated    60.? Ideas _____ from one's own experience are sometimes more valuable than those from books.   A. derived B. deposited C. retreated D. restored    61.? If you want to ______ a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country.   A. secure B. serve C. sure D. ensure    62.? She ______ the respect of everybody present.   A. achieved B. secured C. earned D. collected    63.? Both sides exchanged their views on a wide ______ of topics they were interested in at the meeting.   A. extent B. expand C. number D. range    64.? I would like to ________ you of the following changes we've made in the plans for the development of our company.   A. notice B. note C. notify D. suggest    65.? I don't think he is old ________ to do the job.   A. sufficient B. plentiful C. enough D. adequate    66.? Many old readers do not like the modern ________ of The Holy Bible. They've got used to King James'.   A. publication B. vision C. version D. copyright    67.? Policemen wear a ________ uniform.   A. distinctive B. distinct C. distinguished D. clear    68.? Like all the plans I will suggest, it is not ______; this is part of a long, north-east facing border in my own garden.   A. imaginary B. imaginative C. marine D. imaginable    69.? Because a degree from a good university is the means to a better job, education is one of the most ________ areas in Japanese life.   A. sophisticated B. competitive C. considerate D. superficial    70.? Most broadcasters believe that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ________.   A. granted B. remedied C. implied D. exaggerated     ?试卷二 （填空与作文题部分） IV.?Cloze (With Four Choices Provided) Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct one from the two choices given to fill in each blank.??(0.5 X 30 = 10 points) The(71)???????????????????(compound, combination, alliance, mixture) between America and France led to the Liberty project. Because of his love of his mother and his great (72)?????????????????????(affect, affection, effect, infection) for his wife, Bartholdi combined the two to make a statue. The (73)????????????????????(torch, arm, leg, foot) was his wife's and the face his mother's. The statue now stands in the Upper New York (74)?????????????????????(Bay, Sea, Shore, Ocean). Mattel (75)???????????????????????(restored, recover, reformed, refashioned) Barbie and even (76)?????????????????????????(in, at, on, of) age sixty, Barbara Handler is said to have loved the doll. But the Gothic painting is a different story. The artist's (77)???????????????????????(competition, preparation, interpretation, representation) of the (78)??????????????????????(sore, common, soul, solemn) pride of America is not liked because of their lengthened necks. Still in all, we swell with pride at this (79)???????????????????(portrait, proportion, poster, portion). With the (80)????????????????????(presentation, settlement, appearance, arrival) of the American (81)??????????????????(frontier, front, invader, guest) the destruction of the buffalo (82)?????????????????(flocks, herds, hedges, crowds) is recorded on the nickel with only the memory of the (83)?????????????????(horses, houses, horns, hosts) on someone's wall decoration. Sam Wilson help (84)????????????????????(remote, remark, free, liberate) the American colonies and later obtained a job as a meat (85)???????????????????(visitor, supervisor, explorer, inspector) for the Army. He would check the meat from the (86)??????????????????????(contact, contract, concern, connect) with the seller and Sam would put his EA-US seal of approval on the meat. The figure of the present day Uncle Sam (87)???????????????????(revolved, involved, evolved, solved) from political cartoons into an Army (88)?????????????????????(recruiting, receiving, wanting, accepting) poster of the famous small white (89)????????????????????(beard, bread, beast, bird) on his (90)???????????????????????(chain, tin, thin, chin). This was a self-portrait of the artist himself. V. Writing (30 minutes) (15points) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled “ Ad for the Used Bicycle” Suppose you would like to sell your present bicycle since you will graduate soon. You must base this ad on the basic information shown below. Remember you must write the ad in at least 120 words.. (15 points) Brand name: Phoenix Size: 26 inches Color: grey Buying time: Sept. 2001 You can reach me in the following way: tel: 12345678 e-mail: aaa@yahoo.com Answer Sheet IV.?Cloze (With Four Choices Provided) 71 ___________________ 72. ______________________ 73._______________ 74. ___________________75. ______________________ 76. ______________ 77. ___________________78. ______________________ 79. ______________ 77. ___________________78. ______________________ 79. ______________ 80. ___________________81. ______________________ 82. ______________ 83. ___________________84. ______________________ 85. ______________ 86. ___________________87. ______________________ 88. ______________ 89. ___________________90. ______________________ V. Writing (30 minutes) (15points) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled “ Ad for the Used Bicycle” Suppose you would like to sell your present bicycle since you will graduate soon. You must base this ad on the basic information shown below. Remember you must write the ad in at least 120 words. (15 points) Brand name: Phoenix Size: 26 inches Color: grey Buying time: Sept. 2001 You can reach me in the following way: tel: 12345678 e-mail: aaa@yahoo.com