大學(xué)英語一級(jí)期末考試試題(A卷)

1、大學(xué)英語一級(jí)期末考試試題（A卷）課程名稱: 大學(xué)英語讀寫I 任課教師簽名: 大學(xué)英語教學(xué)部（一教）出題教師簽名: 題庫 審題教師簽名: 張文君_ 考試方式 （ 閉 ）卷 適用專業(yè) 07級(jí)化工與制藥學(xué)院、材料學(xué)院、理學(xué)院、經(jīng)管學(xué)院和法學(xué)院共58個(gè)班考試時(shí)間 （ 120 ）分鐘題號(hào)一二三四五總分得分評(píng)卷人Part I. Reading Comprehension (2X20=40)Directions: Read the following three passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.  

2、 Passage OneWhen I was in 7th grade, I had a lot of trouble in reading. My mother used to sit by my side, and explain each paragraph of each school reading assignment to me because I didn't understand what I was reading. She would have to read each paragraph to me, and then after each paragraph,

3、 she told me the general meaning of what we just read. In class, I tried to hide the fact that I couldn't read. My teachers gave us the last 10 minutes of class to start our reading homework, and I would sit there for the last ten minutes of class staring at the page, pretending I was reading it

4、. I remember a terrible feeling of not wanting to get into trouble for not being able to understand. I had to wait until I got home so my mother could explain it to me. How did I ever get into Cornell University? By eighth grade I started understanding a little on my own, but I was reading at a very

5、 slow speed. In eighth grade, I got hold of all the speed reading books I could get my hands on. I read them all very slowly at the time. I even went out and took a course on speed-reading. Then I developed my own way which was easier and produced quicker results. I started practicing these techniqu

6、es every day, and as I started to read faster, my understanding increased. I found that I stopped daydreaming and thinking about other things while I was reading, and started getting the larger meaning. I was reading faster and comprehending better. I found that when you read slowly, word by word, y

7、ou get lost in the words, lose the bigger picture, and your comprehension drops. When you read faster, your comprehension goes up because instead of getting lost in the words, you see the general picture. 1. The main difficulty the writer had in reading in her 7th grade was that _.A) she often

8、forgot her school reading assignmentsB) she had difficulty reading with comprehensionC) she had a poor vocabulary and very bad grammarD) she always looked elsewhere when asked to read2. The writer would pretend to be reading in the last 10 minutes of class because _.A) she was afraid of being f

9、ound outB) the reading class was terribleC) she had to do what others were doingD) her mother told her to do so3. The writer's reading ability improved a great deal mainly because _.A) she entered Cornell UniversityB) she took a course on speed readingC) her mother managed to help her outD)

10、 she developed her own way of reading4. From her own experience, the writer found that _.A) one's comprehension drops if one reads too slowlyB) in order to understand better, one has to read slowlyC) one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fastD) many people read fast

11、in order to save time5. After reading this passage, we think that the writer wrote the passage in order to _.A) prove to readers the importance of higher educationB) tell a story in honor of her motherC) give a detailed description of different reading skillsD) prove the importance of fast read

12、ingPassage Two:Yukio is a twenty-four year old Japanese businessman. A few months ago, his company sent him to work at its New York City office for half a year. This was his first experience living in the United States. Yukio thought New York City was very exciting, but he also found it very strange

13、. It was difficult for him to get used to it. He found it strange to be with people from so many different races. He sometimes found American people very direct, open and honest though at the same he felt curious about them. He wished he could become friends with some Americans, but he wasn't su

14、re how to get along with them. Most of the time, he felt very lonely and missed Japan. But soon some sunshine came into his life. A new clerk came to work in his office part-time. She was American, as were most of the clerks in his office. Her name was Cindy. She was very clever, friendly and good-l

15、ooking. Cindy was also a student studying business. Cindy and Yukio got along very well. They talked together whenever possible. Cindy told Yukio her dreams of having a successful business. She said she was not really interested in getting married or having children. She wanted to use all of her ene

16、rgy for business. Yukio found Cindy very interesting and very different from the women he knew before. In a similar way, Cindy found Yukio unique among all the men that she knew. Soon the two fell in love and they were both very happy. But now it is almost time for Yukio to return to Japan. Yukio wa

17、nts Cindy to return to Japan with him and marry him. But Cindy doesn't speak any Japanese. She fears that Yukio wants her to become an ordinary wife and have children right away. Cindy wants Yukio to stay in New York City. They feel very bad, not knowing what they should do. Should they stay in

18、New York? Should they go to Japan? Sometimes they think they should separate, but they also feel they cannot live without each other. 6. A few months ago, Yukio _.A) was sent to New York City by his companyB) went to New York City for a meetingC) was told to open a new office for his company in

19、 New York CityD) met his former girlfriend Cindy in New York City7. According to the reading passage, Cindy _.A) didn't like JapanB) was a student and a businesswomanC) was a student and a clerkD) was dreaming of something not possible8. Cindy was not really interested in getting marri

20、ed, because _.A) Yukio didn't want to stay in New York CityB) Cindy doesn't speak any JapaneseC) Yukio and Cindy didn't get along well sometimesD) Cindy wanted a successful business9. According to your opinion based on the reading passage, which of the following statements is true?A

21、) Yukio thought people in New York were the same as people in Japan.B) Cindy was Yukio's first American girlfriendC) Cindy had many other Japanese boyfriends before YukioD) Yukio spoke very little English10. The main idea of the passage is: _.A) There can be difficulties in falling in love

22、with a person from another cultureB) American people and Japanese people cannot understand each otherC) A man misses his countryD) A businessman and his clerk often fall in love with each otherPassage Three:In the United States, about 750,000 persons have suffered AIDS. More than one half of them ha

23、ve died. But doctors say evidence also shows there is no reason for persons to become terrified (驚嚇) by the disease. The AIDS virus is spread during sex with an infected partner, or by infected blood. But doctors say their studies show the disease is not spread through normal, close social activitie

24、s. A study by one research team was printed in the New England Journal (雜志) of Medicine. The doctors studied one-hundred-one family members who lived with AIDS and lived in crowded conditions. The family members shared many personal goods with the patients. These included toothbrushes, drinking glas

25、ses, beds, towels and toilets. Doctors said only one family member a five-year-old girl got the AIDS virus. They note, however, that the girl's mother had the disease. They believe the girl probably was born with the virus. No other family member in the study got the AIDS virus or showed any sig

26、ns of the disease. The head of the study, Gerald Friedland, said if the disease is not easily spread in crowded homes, it also will not spread easily in factories, offices, schools and other public places. Doctor Friedland said the study also shows there is no reason to punish AIDS patients and to f

27、orce them to live separately from other persons. American health officials recently warned, however, that some health care workers should take special care. The report noted the AIDS virus is carried in blood and other body fluids. It said health care workers should put protective (保護(hù)性的) covers over

28、 their eyes and skin during medical operations, dental (牙科的) work, or other times when the patient may bleed. In the United States, most AIDS patients are homosexual (同性戀的) men, people taking drugs who used infected needles (針頭), and persons who received infected blood. More recent studies show the

29、AIDS virus also can be spread during heterosexual (異性的) relations. It can spread either from the man to the woman, or from the woman to the man. 11 Doctors say there is no reason for people to be frightened about AIDS because _.A) it is not deadlyB) few people are infected with AIDSC) the AIDS

30、virus is not spread in everyday social activities.D) the AIDS virus is not spread during sex12 The study of 101 family members who lived with AIDS patients shows that _.A) the AIDS is not spread by personal goodsB) women are more likely to get the AIDS virus than menC) married men are less like

31、ly to get AIDS than unmarried onesD) the AIDS virus is passed by drinking glasses13According to Doctor Friedland, there is no reason to _.A) stop meeting AIDS patientsB) stop living with AIDS patientsC) fear that AIDS can be passed from a mother to a babyD) fear that the AIDS virus can be passed dur

32、ing sex14 Health workers were warned to take special care when the patient bleeds because _.A) AIDS can be passed by touching the patient's bodyB) AIDS can be spread by touching the patient's skinC) AIDS virus can be carried in blood or other body fluidsD) the health care workers may be

33、 infected by the blood15 _ are least likely to be infected with the AIDS disease.A) People who use drugsB) Persons who offer infected blood to othersC) Men who are gayD) Married menPassage Four:Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, b

34、ut Dr. Kleitman has a new explanaton. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that youre “hot”. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people

35、the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues(自言自語) as: “Get up, John! Youll be late for work again!”The possible explaination to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-e

36、nergy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe your

37、re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract(對(duì)抗) 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 wont change your cycl

38、e, but youll get up steam(鼓足干勁) and work better at your low point.Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out th

39、e night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy of concentration for your sharper hours.16. If a person finds gettings up early a problem, most probably _.A) he is a lazy personB) he refuses to follow his own energy cycleC) he is not sure

40、 when his energy is lowD) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening17. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?A) Unawareness of energy cycles.B) Family monologues.C) A change in the family members energy cycle.D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of o

41、ther family members.18. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _.A) change his energy cycleB) overcome his lazinessC) get up earlier than usualD) go to bed earlier19. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _.A) help to keep

42、 your energy for the days workB) help you to control your temper early in the dayC) enable you to concentrate on your routine workD) keep your energy cycle under control all day20. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A) Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy.

43、B) Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.C) Habit helped a person adapt to his own energy cycle.D) Children have energy cycles, too.Part II. Vocabulary (0.5X30=15)Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.  21. On my way to school

44、, I saw people _ advertisements and sample products.A. conveyingB. creatingC. discardingD. distributing22. To _ the success in the World Cup, the Chinese team practiced very hard in the past months.A. insureB. assureC. ensureD. secure23. He was so angry that he just couldnt _ from telling

45、them what he thought.A. hold offB. hold onC. hold backD. hold up24.  We _ Edisons success to his intelligence and hard work.A. subjectB. attributeC. oweD. refer25.  I suggested he should _ himself to his new conditions.A. adaptB. adoptC. regulateD. suit26. The nurse _ his pain by givi

46、ng him a cold drink.A. releasedB. set freeC. relievedD. relived27. The islands are _ from the mainland by a vast stretch of sea.A. isolatedB. dividedC. blockedD. split28. I cant _ why she married a man like that.A. reason outB. figure outC. make out ofD. take out29. I know the place i

47、s a _, but make yourself at home.A. disorderB. paradiseC. messD. palace30. He _ me goodbye from the train window.A. wavedB. shookC. swungD. swayed31. Dont stand around waiting for someone lese to take the _.A. initiativeB. captivityC. creativeD. activity32. The singer called for a mem

48、ber of the _ to join him on stage.A. entertainmentB. proportionC. audienceD. civilization33. I think he will come to find us, so we _ where we are.A. may as well stayB. may stay as wellC. as well may stayD. as may say well34. The boy, wanting to be independent, _ his fathers offer of help.

49、A. turned downB. turned fromC. turned awayD. turned against35. As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to _it.A. postponeB. refuseC. delayD. cancel36. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have _ opportunity to change his mind.A. accurateB. urgentC. lac

50、kD. adequate37. There were no tickets _ for Fridays performance.A. enableB. responsibleC. possibleD. available38. Many people complain of the rapid _ of modern life.A. rateB. speedC. paceD. growth39. Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _ speed.A. spareB. fastC. mo

51、destD. moral40. The representatives _ their discussion after the coffee break.A. jammedB. undertookC. skippedD. resumed41.  They _ the local government to approve plans for their reform programme.A. urgedB. referredC. realizedD. shrugged42. I cant _ this gentle young woman with the ra

52、dical political essays she has written.A. anticipateB. participateC. associateD. contract43. I recognize the face but cant _ her name.A. regainB. remakeC. reunionD. recall44.  The presidents speech was really brilliant. Do you think it was _ by himself or by someone else?A. composedB. argu

53、edC. assignedD. violated45. Im going to _ those books if youve finished reading them.A. discardB. approachC. huntD. sponsor46. She couldnt _ the pressures of her new job. She had to quit it.A. tendB. handleC. twistD. blast47. Because of rising cost, we spent _ money on the project as

54、had been planned.A. twice muchB. twice as muchC. twiceD. twice as more48. I dont know what is wrong with the machine. We need an engineer to _ the problem.A. undertakeB. encounterC. revealD. identify49. It wont take long to _ the situation. But I need some more time before I come up with a

55、 plan to solve the problem.A. sum upB. size upC. figure outD. wipe out50. Why not _ to Professor Smith for advice? He is an expert in this field.A. go B. your goingC. to D. you goPart III: Cloze (1x15=15)Directions：There are 15 blanks in the following passageFor each blank there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passageThen mark the corr