题库7
大学学位英语考试题库7（附答案）
Part I Writing
Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a Campaign Speech. You should
write at least 120 words following the outline given below.
1. 认为自己具备什么条件（能力，性格，爱好等）可以胜任学生会主席工作 2. 如果当选，你将会为本校同学做些什么
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 1. A. Christmas-time attacks made by Somali rebels. B. An explosion at a bus station in central Nairobi. C. The killing of more than 70 Ugandans in Kampala. D. Blasts set off by a Somali group in Uganda’s capital.
2. A. On Christmas Eve. B. Just before midnight.
C. During a security check. D. In the small hours of the morning.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A. It is likely to close many of its stores. B. It is known for the quality of its goods. C. It remains competitive in the recession. D. It will expand its online retail business. 4. A. Expand its business beyond groceries. B. Fire 25,000 of its current employees. C. Cut its DVD publishing business. D. Sell the business for one pound.
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
5. A. All taxis began to use meters. B. All taxis got air conditioning.
C. Advertisements were allowed on taxis. D. Old taxis were replaced with new cabs. 6. A. A low interest loan scheme. B. Environmentalists’ protests. C. Taxi passengers’ complaints. D. Permission for car advertising.
7. A. There are no more irregular practices. B. All new cabs provide air-conditioning. C. New cabs are all equipped with meters. D. New legislation protects consumer rights. Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A. He eats a lot after marriage. B. He sleeps a lot after marriage. C. He exercises less after marriage. D. He drinks a lot after marriage. 9. A. Its membership is expensive. B. Its membership is inexpensive.
C. Most of its members work out two times a week. D. Most of its members are white collar workers.
10. A. She is under 20 years old. B. She is in her 20s.
C. She is under 30 years old. D. She is in her 30s.
11. A. Buy a ticket for the health club. B. Bring a guest pass.
C. Make a membership card. D. Borrow the woman’s card.
Conversation Two
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A. Walk the dog. B. Clean the house.
C. Go to the doctor’s. D. Finish her assignment.
13. A. 12:30 p.m. B. 2:00 p.m. C. 4:30 p.m. D. 5:30 p.m. 14. A. Excited. B. Grateful. C. Disappointed. D. Exhausted. 15. A. They can’t decide which movie to watch. B. Susan’s mother is going to use it.
C. Susan’s mother is going to ask her to do something else. D. The video machine doesn’t work.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A. The development of jazz music. B. The musician named Charlie Parker. C. The new style of jazz called bebop. D. The death of Charlie Parker. 17. A. It has a fixed rhythm. B. It is similar to the traditional jazz. C. It is free and spontaneous. D. It is a typically electronic music style. 18. A. In Europe. B. In America. C. In Africa. D. In Asia.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. The percentage of remarriage among divorced Americans is ______. A. 20% B. 50% C. 80%
20. How many marriages will most Americans expect to have in the next century? A. Once or twice. B. Three or four times. C. Four or five times.
21. One of the reasons for the change in American marriages is the difference in ______. A. likes and dislikes B. salary C. family background
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. It was turned into a public museum in ______.
A. 1546 B. the 12th century C. 1682 D. 1793
23. What contribution did Napoleon III make to the building of the Louvre Museum?
A. He built the northern wing.
B. He built and opened two major western wings. C. He opened the north wing.
D. He opened two major western wings. 24. The entrance of the museum is ______.
A. a pyramid made of steel-and-glass B. made up of two main wings C. made up of two large courtyards D. a fortress 25. The paintings in the Louvre are one of ______.
A. the richest B. the most colorful
C. the most representative D. the richest and the most representative
Part III Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are ten sentences with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the sentences. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You should write the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
26. After ten years of hard work, Charles head of the computer corporation. 27. To live nature, we have to reduce pollution and population.
28. Peter had left the and pleasures of his city home to live alone in natural
surroundings.
29. The police managed to gain to the living room through an upstairs window. 30. The cold-hearted businessman his wife and went away with all their money. 31. His parents have advised him time and again to be the right people. 32. The marketing staff are discussing new marketing policies. 33. We had to a lot of noise when the children were at home.
34. The design of the building collapsed in the earthquake has weaknesses. 35. If we can the less successful products and design more new products, our
company will undoubtedly prosper in the near future.
A. discarded B. phase out C. put up with D. work on E. strategic F. ended up G. hazardous H. in contrast I. in harmony with J. attachment K. inherent L. conveniences M. access N. in contact with O. resolved
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 write your answer on Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study’s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you’re just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students’ self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, “I am lovable.”
Those with low self-esteem didn’t feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren’t urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
36. What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?
A. It is a highly profitable industry.
大学学位英语考试题库7(附答案)
