大学英语试题 

05年大学英语试题

Part I Listening Comprehension ( 20% )

Section A ( 10 %)

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. Example: You will hear:

M: Is it possible for you to work late, Miss Grey

W: Work late I suppose so, if you really think it's necessary. Q: Where do you think this conversation most probably took place You will read:

A. At the office.

B. In the waiting room. C. At the airport. D. In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore A) \the best answer. You should choose [A] and mark it with a single line through the center. 1. A. In a bus. B. In a restaurant C. In a hospital. D. In a shop. 2. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By walking D. By rushing. 3. A. Get to the grocery store.

B. Give the man directions to the bus station. C. Get directions to the bus station.

D. Find out where the stoplight is.

4. A. The red wallet cost two dollars. B. He has been to church. C. The broom was on the bottom. D. He has searched there carefully. 5. A. At a doctor's. B. At a store. C. At a bank. D. At a library. 6. A. The story of a novel. B. A report of an accident. C. Looking for a job. D. The whereabouts of a book. 7. A. To go along to meet her friend with her.

B. To go along to meet her friend with Tony. C. To occupy himself with the woman's work. D. To meet her friend for her.

8. A. He will take a cab. B. He will drive.

C. He will walk. D. He will take a bus. 9. A. To spend the weekend with her mother B. To try to get a driving license.

C. To go to the hospital for a medical check. D. To renew her passport.

10. A. He has promised to keep smoking cigarettes. B. He's gained a profit from his business.

C. Cigarettes become cheaper recently. D. He guesses that smoking releases anxiety.

Section B Compound Dictation ( 10 %) (Please transfer your answers onto the Answer Sheet attached to this test paper.)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to Sl0 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

When John (S1) that morning, he remembered that his mother was going (S2) hospital. He hadn't (S3) worked out what was wrong with her. He knew, ( S4 ) , that she hadn't been well for some time now, and it had become almost (S5) to him to see her eyes narrowed in a sudden attack of pain, and her hand (S6) against her heart. Their own doctor, who she had finally gone to for (S7) , had sent her to a specialist who knew all about these things. (S8) .

During the weeks since then the pains had come even more often, and the narrowed eyes became an almost permanent part of her expression. (S9) _____________________________________ . John, a considerate person, tried to think what it would be like to have toothache all the time and how bad-tempered that would make you.

So when his mother went into hospital, John was going to stay with his aunt and his father would stay on at home by himself. However, John didn't feel much happier . (S10) . Part II Reading Comprehension （ 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 1

Questions 11～15 are based on the following passage.

If an animal is moved from its home in the tropics to a cold climate, it will die if it is not kept warm. And animals accustomed to cold climates will die if they are moved to the tropics. Many plants, too, will die if they are removed from the place where they normally grow and are transplanted into an unfamiliar soil. Almost every species is adapted to life in a particular place by its organs and their functions and by permanent habits. The specialized adaptation has great advantages, for it enables many organisms to survive under different conditions. It also has disadvantages, for it means that the life of most species is controlled by local conditions.

Living things are not scattered over the earth at random; most species have definite habits for living places. Ecology is the study of how organisms live in their environment. This means finding out how an organism survives and reproduces in certain surroundings. By environment we mean not only the soil and the climate but the living things of the same species and other species, plant or

animal. Most living things are slaves to their environment. Some can alter certain features of their environment to suit themselves; a beaver, for example, can make ponds by building dams, many birds and insects can build elaborate nests to provide shelter for their young. But these skills are restricted and highly specialized. Most organisms must adapt their bodies to fit in with their surroundings, and since they can adapt only to particular surroundings, they are found only in places where they can live successfully with the least effort.

Plants find these favorable places by trial and errors. The wind carries their seeds and spores great distances. If the seeds land in a favorable environment, they grow and reproduce. If they are deposited in an unfavorable environment, they die. Animals, on the other hand, search until they find a favorable environment.

11. The main idea of this passage can be summarized as: _______.

A. different habits of animals and plants B. living things and their surroundings

C. plants and animals: slaves of their surroundings

D.animals’ ability to adapt themselves to their surroundings 12. What is meant by adaptation

A.The ability of living things to survive in a particular place under difficult conditions. B.The control of most species of living things by local conditions.

C.The ability of living things to find out some kind of specific surroundings for their survival. D.The permanent habits of most living things.

13. Living things can adapt themselves to their surroundings mainly through____.

A. their organs and the organs’ specific functions B.their specialized permanent habits C.their local living conditions D. both A and B

14. Animals are different from plants mainly in that _____.

A. they can more or less alter their surroundings

B. their organs are highly specialized to their surroundings

C. they are looking for a favorable environment for their survival D. they usually have their own specialized habits

15. What information is implied but not stated in the passage

A. Animals are not completely restricted or confined to their surroundings. B. Plants are completely confined to their surroundings.

C. Human beings are the only animals who can alter their surroundings.

D.The specialized adaptation is very important for living things to survive under different conditions. Passage 2

Questions 16～20 are based on the following passage.

Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern California has made a scientific study of lying. According to him, women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a “white lie”, such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie

from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.

Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer, they are saying, “I wish I were somewhere else now”. They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressure makes it itchy.

Another gesture which gives liars away is what the writer Desmond Morris in his book Manwatching calls “the mouth cover”. He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touching the upper lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such a gesture can be interpreted as an unconscious attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself or herself from lying. Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, or squirming about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently in this situation. It is not one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and in particular the context in which the lie is told. 16. According to Professor Jellison, a “white lie” appears to be a lie _______.

A. that is told to mean the opposite B. that a liar tells unconsciously

C. that the teller tends to profit or gain some advantage from it D.told harmlessly to avoid offending people

17. Research on lying suggests that women_______.

A. are more skilled at telling less serious lies than men B .tell more lies than men

C. end to flatter people more often than men do D. are better at telling lies at parties than men do

18. When people lie, they tend to rub their noses in order to _____.

A. stop themselves from lying B. get rid of itch

C. avoid offensive smell D. give a hint of lying

19. One reason people sometimes cover their mouths while lying is that ______.

A. they wish those words had not come out of their mouths B. mouth is very sensitive to physical changes caused by lying

C. they are trying unconsciously to stop themselves from telling lies D. they regret that their lies might hurt other people’s feelings 20. We can know from the passage that ______.

A. certain gestures can be used as proofs to judge whether a speaker is lying or not B. politicians and businessmen lie more often than ordinary people C. some gestures are proofs of lying only if they occur frequently D. there is no simple way to judge if people tell lies or not Passage 3

Questions 21～25 are based on the following passage.

After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian

accent suddenly becomes indecipherable (难辨认的) after the clarity of his words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours become minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.

For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit articles and edit them via E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists.

My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mails and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard (暴风雪) of 2002 on TV.

But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another mode on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A.A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.

What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has become an avoidance, a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs soothe me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or compulsively needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to us. Work moves from foreground to background.

21. Compared to her boyfriend’s clear words on screen, his accent becomes ____.

A.unidentifiable B. unbearable C. unreal D. misleading

22. The passage implies that the author and her boyfriend live in _____.

A. different cities in England B. different countries C. the same city D. the same country

23. What does the last paragraph mean

A. She is so absorbed in the TV programs that she often forgets her work.

B. In order to keep up with the latest news and the weather, she watches TV a lot.

C. In order to get some comfort from TV programs, she, sometimes, turns on the television. D. Having worked on the computer for too long, she becomes a bit odd. 24. What is the author’s attitude toward computer

A. She dislikes it because TV programs are more attractive.

B. She dislikes it because it cuts off her relationships with the outside world. C. She has become bored with it.

D. She likes it because it is very convenient.