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千里之行，始于足下讓知識帶有溫度。第第2頁/共2頁精品文檔推薦大一英語上學(xué)期期末考試試卷2022級高校英語第一學(xué)期期末考試(A卷)

Jan.,2022

PartIIReadingComprehension

(30%)

Directions:Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthemtherearefour

choicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice

andmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasingleline

throughthecenter.

PassageOne

Scienceisnotasetofunquestionableresultsbutawayofunderstandingtheworldaroundus.Itsrealworkisslow.Thescientificmethod,asmanyofuslearnedinschool,isagradualprocessthatbeginswithapurposeorproblemorquestiontobeanswered.Itincludesalistofmaterials,aproceduretofollow,asetofobservationstomakeand,finally,conclusionstoreach.Inmedicine,whenanewdrugisproposedthatmightcureorcontroladisease,itisfirsttestedonalargerandomgroupofpeople,andtheirreactionsarethencomparedwiththoseofanotherrandomgroupnotgiventhedrug.Allreactionsinbothgroupsarecarefullyrecordedandcompared,andthedrugisevaluated.Allofthistakestimeandpatience.

It’stheresultofcourse,thatmakesthebestnews—nottheyearsofquietworkthatcharacterizethebulkofscientificinquiry.Afteranexperimentisconcludedoranobservationismade,theresultcontinuestobeexaminedcritically.Whenitissubmittedforpublication,itgoestoagroupofthescientist’scolleagues,whoreviewthework.Einsteinwasrightwhenhesaid:“Noamountofexperimentationcaneverprovemeright,asingleexperimentcanatanytimeprovemewrong.”

InAugust1996,NASAannouncedthediscoveryinAntarcticaofameteorite（流星）fromMarsthatmightcontainevidenceofancientlifeonanotherworld.AsPresidentClintonsaidthatday,thepossibilitythatlifeexistedonMarsbillionsofyearsagowaspotentiallyoneofthegreatdiscoveriesofourtime.

Aftertheexcitementworedownandinitialpaperswerepublished,otherresearchersbeganlookingatsamplesfromthesamemeteorite.Someconcludedthatthe“evidenceoflife”wasmostlycontaminationfromAntarcticiceorthattherewasnothingorganicatallintherock.

Wasthisafailureofscience,assomenewsreportstrumpeted?

No!Itwasagoodexampleofthescientificmethodworkingthewayitissupposedto.Scientistsspendyearsonresearch,announcetheirfindings,andthesefindings

areexaminedbyotherscientists.That’showwelearn.Likeclimbingamountain,westruggleupthreefeetandfallbacktwo.It’saprocessfilledwithdisappointmentsandreverses,butsomehowwekeepmovingahead.

21.Theauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthispassageistostatethat____________.

A)mostscientificdiscoveriesarenotreliable

B)massmediaismisleadingbecauseitlooksattheresearchresultsonly

C)scientificresearchisaprocessfilledwithreversesandrequiresslowandpatient

work

D)repeatedexperimentsarenecessarybeforemedicinecanbeusedinpatients

22.Publicationofascientificfindingsignifies__________.

A)achallengetofellowscientiststoproveitwrong

B)theendofaprocess

C)thebeginningofanewscientificinquiry

D)thesoundnessoftheresult

23.Einstein’swordsareusedtoshowthathethought___________.

A)experimentshaveprovedhimright

B)scientistsdonotneedsomanyexperiments

C)oneexperimentisnotenoughtoprovehimwrong.

D)scientificideasareneverfreefromchallenge

24.NASA’sannouncementofthediscoveryofevidenceofancientlifeonMarsshows

_________.

A)thewayhumanbeingslearnaboutnature

B)thefailureofthescientificmethod

C)thefruitlessnessofhumansearchforlifeonanotherworld

D)theexcitementbroughtbyscientificfindings

25.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthemediaisinterestedin__________.

A)theprocessofscientificresearch

B)theresultsofscientificresearch

C)thescientistswhodotheresearch

D)theeffectsofscientificresearchonhumanlife

PassageTwo

Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcoursewhichheattendsgiveshimacreditwhichhemaycounttowardsadegree.InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthetotalworkforadegreeconsistsof

thirty-sixcourseseachlastingforonesemester.Atypicalcourseconsistsofthreeclassesperweekforfifteenweeks;whileattendingauniversityastudentwillprobablyattendfourorfivecoursesduringeachsemester.Normallyastudentwouldexpecttotakefouryearsattendingtwosemesterseachyear.Itispossibletospreadtheperiodofworkforthedegreeoveralongerperiod.Itisalsopossibleforastudenttomovebetweenoneuniversityandanotherduringhisdegreecourse,thoughthisisnotinfactdoneasaregularpractice.

Foreverycoursethathefollowsastudentisgivenagrade,whichisrecorded,andtherecordisavailableforthestudenttoshowtoprospectiveemployers.Allthisimposesaconstantpressureandstrainofwork,butinspiteofthissomestudentsstillfindtimeforgreatactivityinstudentaffairs.Electionstopositionsinstudentorganizationsarousemuchenthusiasm.Theeffectiveworkofmaintainingdisciplineisusuallyperformedbystudentswhoadvisetheacademicauthorities.Anystudentwhoisthoughttohavebrokentherules,forexample,bycheatinghastoappearbeforeastudentcourt.Withtheenormousnumbersofstudents,theoperationofthesystemdoesinvolveacertainamountofactivity.Astudentwhohasheldoneofthesepositionsofauthorityismuchrespectedanditwillbeofbenefittohimlaterinhiscareer.

26.Normallyastudentwouldatleastattend__________classeseachweek.

A)36

B)12

C)20

D)15

27.AccordingtothefirstparagraphanAmericanstudentisallowed_______.

A)toliveinadifferentuniversity

B)totakeaparticularcourseinadifferentuniversity

C)toliveathomeanddrivetoclasses

D)togettwodegreesfromtwodifferentuniversities

28.Americanuniversitystudentsareusuallyunderpressureofworkbecause_________.

A)theiracademicperformancewillaffecttheirfuturecareers

B)theyareheavilyinvolvedinstudentaffairs

C)theyhavetoobserveuniversitydiscipline

D)theywanttorunforpositionsofauthority

29.Somestudentsareenthusiasticforpositionsinstudentorganizationsprobably

because_________.

A)theyhatetheconstantpressureandstrainoftheirstudy

B)theywillthenbeabletostaylongerintheuniversity

C)suchpositionshelpthemgetbetterjobs

D)suchpositionsareusuallywellpaid

30.Thestudentorganizationsseemtobeeffectivein_________.

A)dealingwiththeacademicaffairsoftheuniversity

B)ensuringthatthestudentsobserveuniversityregulations

C)evaluatingstudents’performancebybringingthembeforeacourt

D)keepingupthestudents’enthusiasmforsocialactivities

PassageThree

DoreenSykoraisnowajunioratMcgillUniversity.Shehadadifficulttimewhenshefirstbegancollege.Shesaid,“Iwasalwayswellpreparedformyexaminations.ButIwouldgointoclasstotaketheexam,andIwouldfallapart.

IcouldnotanswerthequestionscorrectlyeventhoughIknewtheanswers!Iwouldjustblankoutbecauseofnervousnessandfear.”HitoshiSakamoto,ananthropologystudentatTempleUniversityinTokyoreportssimilarexperiences.

Thesetwoyoungstudentswereexperiencingsomethingcalledtestanxiety.Becauseastudentworriesandisstressedaboutatest,hisorherminddoesnotworkaswellasitusuallydoes.Thestudentcannotwriteorthinkclearlybecauseoftheseveretensionandnervousness.

Nowtherearespecialuniversitycoursestohelpstudents.Inthesecourses,advisorsandpsychologiststrytohelpstudentsbyteachingthemtomanagetestanxiety.Suchacoursehelpsstudentslearntolivewithstressandnotfailbecauseofit.Firststudentstakeapracticetesttomeasuretheirworrylevel.Ifthetestsshowthattheirstresslevelishigh,thestudentscantakeashortcoursetomanagethefear.Thesecoursesteachstudentshowtorelaxtheirbodies.Theygettrainingtobecomecalminverytensesituations.Bycontrollingtheirnervousness,theycanlettheirmindsworkmoreeasily.Learnedinformationthencomesoutwithoutdifficultyonatest.

DoreenSykorasawimmediateresultsaftertakingsuchacourse.Shenowhasenthusiasmabouttherelaxationmethods.“Mostly,whatIdoisimaginemyselfinaverycalmplace.ThenIimaginemyselfpickingupapencil.Imoveslowlyandcarefully.Ibreatheeasilyandletallthetensionout.Witheachbreath,moreworryleavesme.Itreallyworkstoo.Mygradeshaveimprovedgreatly!I’mreallydoingwellatMcGillnow.Thisrelaxationmethodworksnotonlyonexaminations,butithasimprovedtherestofmylifeaswell.”

ForHitoshiinTokyo,theresultsweremuchthesame.Heisenjoyingschoolalotmoreandlearningmore.

31.DoreenSykoraandHitoshiSakamotowerefilledwithnervousnessandfearduring

examinationsbecausetheywere__________.

A)notreadyandunawareoftheanswers

B)physicallysoweakthattheyfellapart

C)subjecttotestanxiety

D)unabletowriteorthinkclearly

32.Thehigherthestudents’worrylevelis,__________.

A)thelesscalmandrelaxingtheyare

B)themoredifficulttheywillbetrainedtomanagefear

C)themorestressedandtensetheyare

D)thelongercoursestheywilltaketomanagefear

33.What’sthepurposeofsomespecialuniversitystudent-helpcourses?

A)Tohelpstudentstoreducetestanxiety.

B)Toshowastresslevelexperiencedbystudents.

C)Tolearnmoreknowledgeabouttestanxiety.

D)Tohaveabetterunderstandingoftestanxiety.

34.What’sthemeaningof“blankout”inparagraphone?

A)Tobelikeablanket.

B)Tobesureofananswer.

C)Toberelaxed.

D)Tobeunabletothinkclearly.

35.Whichofthefollowingbestsumsuptheorganizationofthepassage?

A)Examplestheoriesideas.

B)Problemstrategyexamplesresults.

C)Generalstatementexamplesresult.

D)Strategyexperimentexamples.

PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(15%)Directions:Thereare30incompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ChoosetheONEthatbest

completesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswer

Sheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

36.Thepresidentmadea_______speechattheopeningceremonyofthesportsmeeting,

whichencouragedthesportsmengreatly.

A)vigorous

B)tediousC)flat

D)harsh

37.ItisnoteasytolearnEnglishwellbutifyou_______,youwillsucceedin

theend.

A)hangup

B)hangaboutC)hangon

D)hangonto

38.Rememberthatcustomersdon’t_______aboutpricesinthatcity.

A)debate

B)bargainC)dispute

D)consult

39.Thenewcomersfounditimpossibleto_______themselvestotheclimate

sufficientlytomakepermanenthomesinthenewcountry.

A)suit

B)adaptC)regulate

D)coordinate

40.A_______tothisproblemisexpectedtobefoundbeforelong.

A)result

B)functionC)settlement

D)solution

41.Youhavenothingto_______byrefusingtolistentoouradvice.

A)gain

B)graspC)seize

D)earn

42.OnedayI_______anewspaperarticleabouttheretirementofanEnglishprofessor

atanearbystatecollege.

A)cameacross

B)cameaboutC)cameafter

D)cameat

43.Apeculiarlypointedchinishismemorablefacial_______.

A)mark

B)featureC)trace

D)appearance

44.Ihopethatyou’llbemorecarefulintypingtheletter.Don’t_______anything.

A)omit

B)leakC)lack

D)withdraw

45.Ournewhouseisvery_______formeasIcangettotheofficeinfiveminutes.

A)adaptable

B)convenientC)available

D)comfortable

46.Thosegiftsofrarebooksthatweregiventousweredeeply_______.

A)appreciated

B)approvedC)appealed

D)applied

47.Thesaleusuallytakesplaceoutsidethehouse,withtheaudience_______on

benches,chairsorboxes.

A)havingseated

B)seatingC)seated

D)havingbeenseated

48.Heis_______abouthischancesofwinningagoldmedalintheOlympicsnext

year.

A)optimistic

B)optionalC)outstanding

D)obvious

49.Theclothesapersonwearsmayexpresshis_______orsocialposition.

A)curiosityB)status

C)determinationD)significance

50.Idon’tknowtheword.Ihadto_______adictionary.

A)throwup

B)makeoutC)referto

D)takeover

51.LookatthesebeautifulJapanesestamps.Rogergavethemtomein_____fortwo

setsof1988Britishspecialissue.

A)exchange

B)changeC)shift

D)switch

52.Itisrather_____thattheresearchteamasawholestillhaslittleideaabout

thecauseofthatfataldisease.

A)rewarding

B)demandingC)embarrassing

D)requiring

53.ThepeopleofAfricaninteriorbeganto_____goldinexchangeforthegoods

theyneededfromabroad.

A)desire

B)affordC)offer

D)receive

54.Weshouldnotblameherforwhathappenedyesterday,becausethatwasoutside

her_____ofresponsibility.

A)field

B)limitC)extent

D)range

55.Thestudentsputforwardsomesuggestions_____consideration.

A)worthless

B)worthyC)worth

D)worthyof

56.Theauthorofthereportiswell_____withtheprobleminthehospitalbecause

hehasbeenworkingthereformanyyears.

A)acquainted

B)informedC)enlightened

D)advised

57.Afteryearsofhardwork,hefinallygained______totheuniversitywhichhe

longedformanyyears.

A)access

B)commitmentC)opportunity

D)reward

58._____youhavepassedthedrivingtestsuccessfully,youcandriveonyourown.

A)Bynow

B)NowandagainC)Nowthen

D)Nowthat

59.Withinfirstsevensecondsofmeeting,peoplewillformtheiropinionabout