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课堂号：________ --------------------------------- 中南财经政法大学武汉学院2014—2015 学年第2学期期末考试试卷 课程名称：《大学英语4》 （A）卷 课程代号：B1030053 考试形式：闭卷、笔试 -- - - -- - -- -：---号---学---- - - -- 线 - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -：---名---姓---生---学-- 封 -- - -- - -- - -：---级---年---- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - 密 -：---业---专--- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -：--）---系---（---院--------- 使用对象：艺术系1301--10班 题 号 Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ 总分 总分人 分 值 20 30 30 10 10 100 得 分 得 分 评阅人 I. Listening Comprehension （本题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 4 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A. New York City. B. An evening party. C. An air trip. D. The man’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A. Close the window. B. Open the window. C. Turn off the TV. D. Turn on the radio. 2. A. He’s in his office. B. He’s in a meeting. C. He’s on a business trip. D. He’s on holiday. 3. A. Take a Chinese course. B. Visit China. C. Stay at home. D. Go to a summer camp. 4. A. The water is too cold. B. The pool is too far away. C. The pool is too crowded. D. The weather is too hot. 5. A. Four days. B. Fourteen days. C. Twenty-four days. D. Forty days. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, you will read one question followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. After the listening, you should decide on the correct answer from the choices and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. The conversations will be spoken two times. Questions 6 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 6. The conversation is likely to take place in __________. A. Bob’s dorm B. Prof. Smith’s home C. the classroom D. Prof. Smith’s office 7. Bob needs Prof. Smith’s advice on __________. A. a photo competition B. a logo design contest C. how to improve performance in the sports meet D. how to pass the final exam Questions 8 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. Prof. Green was late for the class this morning because __________. A. he missed the school bus B. he was caught in the traffic jam C. he got up late this morning D. his car broke down on the way to school 9. According to Prof. Wang, if a driver runs a red light __________, he has to attend training courses and take test again. A. once B. twice C. for a third time D. four times 10. According to Prof. Wang, if a driver is caught making phone calls while driving, he will be fined and have __________ point(s) deducted from his license. A. six B. three C. two D. one Section C 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 choose the exact words to fill in the blanks from the box given below. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have chosen. Please mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain, Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest and most influential (有影响力的) __11__ of the 20th century. He once said, “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a __12 __, you’ll be a __13__. If you become a monk (修道士), you’ll end up as the Pope (教皇).’ Instead I became a __14__ and ended up as Picasso.” From an early age Picasso showed an interest in __15__. At the age of seven, he began __16__ art instruction from his father, who was an art teacher. By the time he was 13, his paintings were already better than his father’s. Soon, he lost all __17__ to do any schoolwork and instead spent his school days doodling on (乱写乱画) his notebooks. Finally Pablo Picasso became one of the most __18__ figures in the 20th century art. Best __19__ his contributions to modern art, Picasso worked in __20__ different styles and in nearly every medium. His artistic achievements brought him worldwide fame and immense (巨大的) fortune. A. artists B. soldier C. known as D. general E. painter F. recognition G. drawing H. painting I. receiving J. a sum of K. desire L. recognized M. receive N. known for O. a number of 得 分 评阅人 II. Reading Comprehension （本题共15小题，每小题2分，共30 分） Section A Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Some of the statements contain information given in each of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You should choose each statement only once. Each statement is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter for each item on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Youth Basketball: Life Lessons to Teach Your Team 21. When an individual player or a team as a whole puts in extra work and the results pay off on the court, what better time is there to communicate his message? 22. Players at all levels can quickly fall into a pattern of using only the skills that they’re most comfortable with. Younger players might only dribble with their strong hand. Therefore, encourage your players to take chances and reward their efforts even if the result is less than optimal. 23. Challenges are easier when taken in bite-size chunks. By getting a little better every day, the process is more comfortable than if you try to make a drastic improvement in one practice. It’s a good message for players to remember: Try their best at every practice. 24. In basketball as in life, players will not always come out on the winning side. Learning how to deal with one’s emotions immediately after losing a close game is an important experience for players, even if it doesn’t feel too good at the time. Players can also learn how adjustments made in practice after losses can have a positive impact on future games. 25. Whenever your team comes from behind and secures a victory, take the opportunity to reinforce this important message: Never quit. A. Working within a system requires adjustments. B. Hard work leads to success. C. Making good decisions. D. Inch by inch, life is a cinch; yard by yard, life is hard. E. The power made magic of teamwork — everyone makes a difference. F. It’s important to take chances because that’s how we grow and get better. G. Preparing for and meeting challenges. H. Don’t quit. I. Getting along within a group. J. Winning and losing with grace. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 your answers on your Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage one Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Once upon a time, there were three tortoises who were friends. One of them was a large tortoise, one was a medium-sized tortoise and the third was a small tortoise. One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cake. While they were waiting for the cake, they remembered that they hadn’t brought any money. “Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cake,” the big tortoise said. “The little tortoise can go home and get it,” the medium-sized tortoise said. “He’s the youngest, so he should be the one to go.” The little tortoise wasn’t very pleased at this, but he knew he shouldn’t argue with his elders, so he said, “All right, I’ll go. But you must promise not to eat my cake while I’m away.” The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed, and the little tortoise set off for home to get some money. A few days later, the big tortoise said to the medium-sized tortoise, “Let’s eat the little tortoise’s cake. I’m hungry again.” “So am I,” the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for the cake. As she did so, the little tortoise shouted from near the door of the restaurant, “If you touch my cake, I won’t go and get the money.” 26. The three tortoises _______. A. were related B. knew each other C. were no longer friends D. lived in a restaurant 27. The underlined word “medium” (Line 1, Para. 2) probably means _______. A. 中等的 B. 微型的 C. 大的 D. 小的 28. The three tortoises realized they had forgotten their money _________. A. inside the restaurant B. before they went into the restaurant C. after they ordered D. before they ordered 29. The little tortoise ________. A. didn’t mind getting the money B. wanted to share his cake C. agreed to go and get the money D. enjoyed getting the money 30. The little tortoise ________. A. hadn’t gone very far after a few days B. had returned quite quickly C. had brought the money with him D. couldn’t hear the other tortoises’ words from the door Passage two Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Once there was an unknown young painter made a living by painting portraits (pictures of persons). One day, a rich man came by and asked him to draw a portrait. They agreed on the pay of 10,000 dollars. Soon the portrait was done. But the rich man hit on a bad idea, “The man in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, no one else will. Why should I pay so much money for it?” So he said, “I will only pay 3,000 dollars.” The young artist was shocked and strongly argued on fairness. But the rich man just didn’t listen to him, “I ask you at last, will you sell it 3,000 dollars or not?” The young artist knew the rich man went back on his words on purpose, so he said calmly, “No, I’d prefer not to sell the painting rather than to be humiliated by you. Today you break your word and someday you must pay 20 times, we’d better wait and see.” Before long the painter moved out of the sad place, visiting many famous teachers to study hard on painting night and day. More than a dozen years passed, the rich man had already forgotten the artist’s painting and words. Until one day, some of his friends came to tell him, “Something is so strange! We pay a visit to a famous artist’s exhibition of paintings, in which one painting is marked 200,000 dollars and the man in the painting looks exactly the same as you. It is so ridiculous that the title of the painting is Thief.” It came to him a terrible blow. He immediately thought up the young painter years ago. If the painting was really the one he broke his promise that year, it would be terrible. He went to the exhibition right away. As expected, the painting named Thief was no other than that one he had broken his words that year. He quickly apologized to the artist and paid 200,000 dollars to buy back the portrait. The young painter finally made the rich man lower his head. Nobody can really humiliate or beat you as long as you put all your heart in what you are interested in. And this young man’s name, was Pablo Picasso. 31. The rich man changed his mind to pay only 3,000 dollars, because _____. A. nobody else would buy the painting except him B. the painting was just worth that price C. he wanted to bully the young man with no fame D. he was short of money at that time