--------------------------------------- 任审核(签字) 2009 /2010 学年第二学期期中考试题（卷）
课程名称 大学英语（大一下册） 考试性质 考试 试卷类型 B 使用班级 全校非艺术专业 考试方法 闭卷 人 数 题 号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总 成 绩 成 绩
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Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 statements. Each statement will be read only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is closest in meaning to the sentence you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) The mountain’s height. B) Their ages.
C) The view. D) The woman’s height. 2.A) Paula. B) The woman. C) The man. D) No one. 3.A) 8:30. B) 10:00. C) 9:30. D) 9:00.
4.A) A bicycle hit the child. B) The child broke her bicycle. C) The child’s brother hit his bicycle. D) The child’s sister hit her. 5.A) At a service station. B) In an emergency room. C) On a hill. D) In a parking lot. 6.A) The woman’s daughter. B) Bill. C) His daughter, Bill. D) An eight-year-old-child. 7.A) Helen agrees to go on a picnic tomorrow. B) Helen doesn’t enjoy going on a picnic.
C) Helen thinks the weather won’t be good for a picnic. D) Helen has nothing in the house to eat.
8.A) A few days. B) A couple of weeks. C) Several months. D) Less than a year.
9.A) A game. B) A shirt. C) A bicycle. D) Basketball shoes. 10.A) Play the piano. B) Sing along with her.
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C) Teach her to sing and play. D) Accompany her to a play.
Section B
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and 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.
11.A) Only two. B) Four. C) Less than two. D) More than two. 12.A) In the store. B) In the man’s house. C) In the street. D) In the woman’s house. 13.A) The man’s friend. B) No one. C) The woman’s friend. D) The man’s wife. 14.A) That the woman lost her ring in the house.
B) That the man was looking for the ring in the house when he lost it in the street. C) That the man was looking for the ring in the street when he lost it in the house. D) That the man found the ring in the street.
15.A) On the floor. B) In the street. C) On the wife’s hand. D) On the table. Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) A kite. B) Paddle. C) Swimming machine. D) A boat. 17.A) A friend of Ben. B) A neighbor. C) A friend of Ben’s father. D) A classmate of Ben. 18.A) He asked Tom to go to the river and swam with the machine. B) He showed it to Tom.
C) He told Tom how to use it. D) He flew it. 19.A) He wanted to go swimming. B) He wanted to go home.
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20.A) Ben lived in Boston at that time. B) The machine was made of metal. C) The machine could fly in the sky. D) Ben was not talent at making things.
二，单项选择
1.1. The river was so ___ with waste from the chemical plant that people can not swim in it. A) contaminated B) intimidated C) accomplished D) implicated 2. With its excellent researchers and first-class labs, only Beijing University is able to _________ the required research.
A) associate B) confront C) undertake D) represent
3. Some people say that many young men in modern society have not enough political
_________.
A) conversion B) operation C) awareness D) significance
4. By the end of the colonial period, the price of wood had risen slightly in eastern cities, but
wood was still ________.
A) temporary B) abundant C) miserable D) effective
5. His plans are ____; he wants to master French, German and Spanish before he is twenty. A) typical B) universal C) ordinary D) ambitious
6. Sometimes people get drunk and fight in the street, but these happenings are only
___________.
A) additional B) occasional C) dismissal D) professional
7. Parents and educators have _________ ideas on how to bring up children. (2---2A#) A) thorough B) current C) diverse D) positive
8. The national Fine Arts Association __________ the fair to raise money for Hope Project
last week.
A) established B) registered C) imposed D) sponsored 9. The judge at first thought the man was a thief, but after he heard all about him he
__________ his opinion and said that he was not guilty. (2—2A#) A) charged B) devised C) reversed D) stressed 10. At the age of thirty, he was at the _________ of his powers as a composer. A ) summit B) platform C) mission D) instance
11. My daughter has __________ me to pop music. A) transferred B) converted C) effected D) extended
12. You had better not __________ while I’m talking. You can say what you want
later.(2—2A#)
A) cut off B) cut out C) cut in D) cut down
13. In order to meet the demands of quality education, China should introduce more choice and __________ into the education system. (2---2A*)
A) repetition B) expense C) attitude D) diversity
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--------------- 14. Last year the government __________ a war against crime and disease. As a result, citizens have a better environment to live in. A) waged B) altered ---- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- --线 --- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- -记--- 标---- 何- --- 任 --订 作 -- 准 ---- 不 -内 --- 以---- 线 - - -- 订 - --- 装 - - 名-- -姓--- -- -- -- -- -- - 装 - - - -- - 号--- 学---- - - -- - - -- - - - -- - - -级--- 班----
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------C) contacted D) omitted
15. The temple provided ___________ for hundreds of families whose homes had been
flooded.
A) platform B) resource C) shelter D) capacity
16. Mary’s parents ___________ on the idea of her going to America, so it remains to
be seen whether she will realize her dream. (2---2A*) A) disgust B) frown C) ignore D) pose
17. That strange animal belongs to a _________ that I haven’t seen before. A) species B) property C) medium D) boundary
18. The repairs to the school will be __________ by a private company. (2---2A#) A) clarified B) defined C) interviewed D) financed
19. He is very uncertain __________ whether it is the right job for him. (2---2A#) A) in place B) as to C) far from D) due to
20. The last few years have seen a(n) __________ increase in the number of homeless
people on our streets. A) initial B) creative C) explosive D) genuine
21. Additional __________, such as air-conditioning and bucket seat, made it an
expensive car.
A) trend B) status C) option D) range
22. People living in large cities often __________ emotional barriers against each other.
(2—2B*)
A) erect B) discard C) adopt D) bind
23. I’m keeping my__________ open, I have not made a decision on either matter.
A) concepts B) devotions C) margins D) options
24. As a middle-aged housewife, she has few hobbies. Her favorite _________ is
watching TV programs. A) recreation B) proportion C) interaction D) demonstration
25. An environmentalist is someone concerned with the __________ of natural
resources. (2--2B*)
A) publication B) adoption C) transformation D) conservation 26. When reading a poem, you’d better not understand it in a __________ sense. A) instant B) literal C) extra D) visual
27. A _________ car would cost much less out of the country. (2—2B#) A) massive B) potential C) scarce D) comparable 28. The guide told us to keep to the __________; if we left it, we would get lost. A) curve B) rate C) trail D) fashion
29. There are several __________ plots available for building on in the area. A) exact B) vacant C) average D) temporary
30. We lost thousands of soldiers in the war and all we got was this narrow __________ of land in return.
A) strip B) trace C) profit D) location
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三，阅读理解 （一）. ABDCD
Cathy and Wayne are in their late 20’s, have been married five years, and are childless. The last time a member of Cathy’s family asked, “When are you going to start a family?” her answer was, “We’re a family!”
Cathy and Wayne belong to a growing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled. What lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society? Perhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not.
“It’s a life-style choice,” Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity (自发性), privacy (清静) and leisure. It’s also a question of where you want to give your efforts ? within your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods (红杉) or line up to get their oxygen ration (氧气量). There are men who complain about being caught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but can’t make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we’re concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.”
1. What does the member of Cathy’s family mean by saying “When are you going to start a family?”
A. When are you going to have children? B. When are you going to get married? C. When are you going to buy a house?
D. When are you going to move to a new house? 2. The number of childless young couples _____. A. is decreasing B. is increasing C. has more than doubled D. remains unchanged
3. “To fly in the face of” in the second paragraph means _____.
A. to run into B. to come across C. to follow D. to go against 4. Which of the following statements is true of the Pecks? A. They propose that young couples have no children. B. They urge that family planning be made obligatory.
C. They think that no pressure should be put on young couples who do not want children. D. They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse if young couples are not
pressured into parenthood.
5. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overpopulation mentioned in this passage?
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西安石油大学《大学英语(大一下册)》期中试题B及其答案
