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经济与管理学院第六届团支书联席会期末复习宝典武汉大学20102011学年度第二学期2009级期末试卷 (A卷)2011年6月27日学号 姓名 院（系） 英语班号: _考生注意事项：1 本次考试共计120分钟（14：30 16 ：30）；2 14：40正式播放听力录音；3 在答题卡准考证号一栏添入自己的13位学号；4 准考证号一栏涂黑相应的阿拉伯数字（漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）； 5 在试卷类型处涂黑A或B （机读卡的试卷类型在答题卡右上角，主观题答题卡试卷类型在答题卡上方。两卡都要填写试卷类型。漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）；6 主观题部分（听写、翻译、作文等）写在主观题答题卡上；7 考试结束时请将机读答题卡、主观答题纸和试题册一并交给监考人员（不交试题册者按零分处理）；8 请将姓名、学号等相关信息填入上栏（重修学生请在姓名后注明“重修”二字，而且学号不足13位的请在学号前面 加“0”使其变成13位.）。9 考生联系方式_. 审题人： 由各班团支书搜集，团支书联席会秘书长蒋润珠，副秘书长杨梦楠、周家伊、董叶子、朱怡哲整理IListening Comprehension (25%，251)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear eight 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 centre.1. A) Reading newspapers.B) Writing up local news.C) Talking about sports.D) Putting up advertisements.2. A) They will be replaced by on-line education sooner or later.B) They will attract fewer kids as on-line education expands.C) They will continue to exist along with on-line education.D) They will limit their teaching to certain subjects only.（C）3. A) Weather forecasts are not reliable.B) Theyd better change their mind.C) The tennis game wont last long.D) They shouldnt change their plan.（A）4. A) She knows the guy who will give the lecture.B) She thinks the lecture might be informative. C) She wants to add something to her lecture.D) Shell finish her report this weekend.（B）5. A) The man didnt think highly of Alices presentation.B) Alice needs more training in making public speeches.C) The man can hardly understand Alices presentation.D) Alice didnt seem to be nervous during her speech.（A）6. A) Apply for a job in the electronics company.B) Visit the electronics company next week.C) Get a part-time job on campus before graduation.D) Help the company recruit graduate students.（D）7. A) Shell prepare the dinner.B) Shell take a look at the menu.C) Shell have some chocolate cake.D) Shell go without dessert.8. A) He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.B) He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.C) He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.D) He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.（A）Section B (7 X 1 = 7)Directions: In this section, you will hear several short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be only 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage One9. A) Renting furnished apartments. B) Selling home furnishings. C) Renting home furnishings. D) Selling used furniture.10. A) Because it saves them a lot of time. B) Because it saves them much trouble and money. C) Because the furniture they get in this way is new. D) Because they can get better quality furniture in this way.11. A) People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented. B) The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable to most Americans. C) Only those who dont have enough money rent furniture. D) Some people may look down upon those who rent their furniture.12. A) Furnished Apartments B) A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings C) Rent or Buy D) Rent First, Buy LaterPassage Two13. A) It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.B) They havent devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.C) There are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.D) They believe people can recover without treatment.14. A) They show our body is fighting the virus.B) They indicate how fast the virus spreads.C) They tell us what kind of medicine to take.D) They reveal the seriousness of the problem.15. A) It causes damage to some organs of our body.B) It actually does more harm than good. C) It works better when combined with other remedies.D) It helps us to recover much sooner.Section C (10 X 1= 10)Directions: You will hear two conversations. Each will be read TWICE. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the information you get from the recording.Conversation OneS1. From the conversation we know that the man is going to _ next month.S2. The man in the conversation has worked as a _ for over 30 years.S3. The mans daughter has _ children.S4. The man is going to join the British Legion an organization and a _ for ex-service people.S5. The man is going to go on holiday to _ with his daughters family.Conversation TwoS6. According to Linda, friendship seems like a _ topic since everyone wants a friend.S7. To Frank, friendship is like sunshine which brings people _.S8. Linda thinks that friendships provide people _ and even jokes.S9. Frank thinks that friends are the ones who help us out in times of _.S10. Linda recently _ her friend in Chicago about a problem she was having in her personal life.Part II Reading Comprehension (30%，301.5) Directions: There are 3 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 centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankinds long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good.The lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful. It doesnt help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. Egypts leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam. Turkeys bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam.But big dams tend not to work as intended. The Aswan Dam, for example, stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods leftall in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt(淤泥) that it barely generates electricity. And yet, the myth of controlling the waters persists. This week, in the heart of civilized Europe, Slovaks and Hungarians stopped just short of sending in the troops in their contention over a dam on the Danube. The huge complex will probably have all the usual problems of big dams. But Slovakia is bidding for independence from the Czechs, and now needs a dam to prove itself.Meanwhile, in India, the World Bank has given the go-ahead to the even more wrong-headed Narmada Dam. And the bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction. The benefits are for the powerful, but they are far from guaranteed.Proper, scientific study of the impacts of dams and of the cost and benefits of controlling water can help to resolve these conflicts. Hydroelectric power and flood control and irrigation are possible without building monster dams. But when you are dealing with myths, it is hard to be either proper, or scientific. It is time that the world learned the lessons of Aswan. You dont need a dam to be saved.16. The third sentence of paragraph 1 implies that_.A) people would be happy if they shut their eyes to realityB) the blind could be happier than the sightedC) over-excited people tend to neglect vital thingsD) fascination makes people lose their eyesight17. In paragraph 5, “the powerless” probably refers to_.A) areas short of electricityB) dams without power stationsC) poor countries around IndiaD) common people in the Narmada Dam area18. What is the myth concerning giant dams?A) They bring in more fertile soil.B) They help defend the country.C)They strengthen international tiesD) They have universal control of the waters.19. What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as_.A) “It is no use crying over spilt milk”B)“More haste, less speed”C)“Look before you leap”B)“He who laughs last laughs best”20. What is the authors attitude toward building giant dams?A) PositiveB) NegativeC) NeutralD) IndifferentPassage TwoQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.I suppose its in the nature of science to be optimistic. One of the unspoken assumptions of scientific inquiry is that there are answers to every question. The answer may take years or decades or centuries to find, but for every question about the observable world, a scientist will tell you that there is an answer.I am one of those people whose life knows only change. The one certainty I am aware of is death. All other things are subject to change. I have known changes for the better and changes for the worse (we now have the means to destroy our own planet), but I have never questioned the fact that whether I liked it or not, change was unavoidable. How, you ask, with our infinite capacity for evil, can I remain optimistic about change?The answer, I suppose, is similar to the one I would give if you asked me how the knowledge of death affects my life. I know that I am going to die. Everything that lives eventually dies. But I cant live as if every hour were my last. If I did, I would be inactive. I wouldnt go to work; I wouldnt bother reading the daily paper or going to school. In short, I wouldnt have time for all those little joys. Instead, I would spend my life between fear and tears.Problems in human relations are obviously much more difficult. And Im not foolish enough to equate technological problems, which have solutions, with human questions, which dont always have simple right or wrong answers. What I am suggesting, however, is that if we believe that human questions have solutions, we may, given patience, reason, and compromise, actually find some. If we dont believe solutions are possible, we will never find any. Or to put it another way, you will never find what you dont look for.We have, in this century, witnessed murder, barbarism, war and genocide of a scale unknown in previous human history. Sometimes, it seems that for every technological advance, we have suffered from the misuse of that very advance. Atomic power both lightens and darkens our lives. Still, we have no alternative but to keep trying. Every person saved from mistreatment, starvation, or genocide is a feather in the cap of humanity. If we sit back and just let things happen, we are less than human. From this point of view, optimism is essential to preserving our humanity in these difficult times.21. According to the author, science is by name_.A) OptimisticB) advantageousC)EvilD) advanced22. The authors life knows only change and he thinks of change as_.A) UnpromisingB)detrimentalC)InevitableD)avoidable23. How does the knowledge of death affect the author?A) The author lingers between fear and tears when spending his life.B) The author is not willing to wait for death and still leads a meaningful life.C) The author thinks his life is out of control and not worth living.D) The author indulges himself at that time for he knows that he is going to die.24. What is the difference between technological and human problemsA) Technological problems can be easily resolved while human problems cannot.B) Technological problems need serious attention while human problems are often ignored.C) Human problems dont always have simple right or wrong solutions as technological problems do.D) Patience, reason, and compromise are the prerequisites to solving human problems but not to technological problems.25. The sentence “Atomic power both lightens and darkens our lives” (Para. 9) meansthat_.A)atomic power is used to generate electricity, with which we can turn on the lights and without which we will live in darkness.B)sometimes we are encouraged by the technological advances in the field of atomic power and sometimes discouraged by our own ignorance.C)the discovery and application of atomic power have brought us both enlightenment and a much more difficult life.D)atomic power can be beneficial if it is used in a proper way and it can also be detrimental if it is used for destructive purposes.Passage ThreeQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The concept of culture has been defined many times, and although no definition has achieved universal acceptance, most of the definitions include three central ideas: that culture is passed on from generation to generation, that a culture represents a ready-made prescription for living and for making day-to-day decisions, and, finally, that the components of a culture are accepted by those in the culture as good, and true, and not to be questioned. The eminent anthropologist George Murdock has listed seventy-three items that characterize every known culture, past and present. The list begins with Age-grading and Athletic sports, runs to Weaning and Weather Control, and includes on the way such items as Calendar, Fire Making, Property Rights, and Tool Making. Even the most extreme advocate of a culture of poverty viewpoint would readily acknowledge that, with respect to almost all of these items, every American, beyond the first generation immigrant, regardless of race or class, is a member of a common culture. We all share pretty much the same sports. Maybe poor kids dont know how to play polo, and rich kids dont spend time with stickball, but we all know baseball, and football, and basketball. Despite some misguided efforts to raise minor dialects to the status of separate tongues, we all, in fact, share the same language. There may be differences in diction and usage, but it would be ridiculous to say that all Americans dont speak English. We have the calendar, the law, and large numbers of other cultural items in common. It may well be true that on a few of the seventy-three items there are minor variations between classes, but these kinds of things are really slight variations on a common theme. There are other items that show variability, not in relation to class, but in relation to religion and ethnic backgroundfuneral customs and cooking, for example. But if there is one place in America where the melting pot is a reality, it is on the kitchen stove; in the course of one month, half the readers of this sentence have probably eaten pizza, hot pastrami, and chow mein. Specific differences that might be identified as signs of separate cultural identity are relatively insignificant within the general unity of American life; they are cultural commas and semicolons in the paragraphs and pages of American life.26. According to the authors definition of culture,_. A) a culture should be accepted and maintained universallyB) a culture should be free from falsehood and evils C) the items of a culture should be taken for granted by peopleD) the items of a culture should be accepted by well-educated people27. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A) Baseball, football and basketball are popular sports in America.B) Pizza, hot pastrami, and chow mein are popular diet in America.C) There is no variation in using the American calendar.D) There is no variation in using the American language.28. It can be inferred that all the following will most probably be included in the seventy-three items EXCEPT _. A) heir and heritageB) childrearing practicesC)dream patternsD) table manners29. By saying that they are cultural commas and semicolons. the author means that commas and semicolons_. A) can be interpreted as subculture of American lifeB) can be identified as various ways of American lifeC) stand for work and rest in American lifeD) are preferred in writing the stories concerning American life30. The authors main purpose in writing this passage is to_. A) prove that different people have different definitions of cultureB) inform that variations exist as far as a culture is concernedC) indicate that culture is closely connected with social classesD) show that that culture must be based on something in commonPassage FourDirections: In this section, you are required to answer the questions with Y, N, or NG and blacken letter A for Y, B for N, and C for NG. ( 注：答案涂在答题卡上，选择Y涂黑A，N涂黑B，NG涂黑C。)Y(for YES): if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N(for NO):if the statement does not agree with the information given in the passage;NG(for NOT GIVEN): if the statement is not given in the passage.Do you know the story of “Aladdin and His Lamp”, or “Ali Baba and the forty Thieves”? These and many others are included in the very famous book of stories called “the Thousand and One Nights”, which is a collection of stories from Persia, Arabia, India and Egypt which have been brought together over hundreds of years. This collection of stories is an example of a frame story, in which a number of different stories are told within the context, or frame, of an ongoing story. In this frame story, the central character is the famous story