大学英语考试卷 B.doc

长江职业学院海事学院2014-2015学年第一学期期末考试试卷科目：大学英语期末试卷（B卷） 考试类型：闭卷（本试卷卷面总分100分，考试时间90分钟）一、情景交际10*1=10分Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport. Put in the missing words.Sally: 1 _ me, can you help me? Im going to Beach Hotel, but Ive lost 2 _.Stranger: Go 3 _ this street until you come to West Avenue. Turn left there and go straight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4 _ of West Avenue and Main Street.Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 _ the way, can I take a bus?Stranger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 _ Bus No. 15 and get 7 _ at the third stop.Sally: Where can I 8_ the bus, please?Stranger: The bus stop is over there in 9_ of the supermarket.Sally: 10 _ thanks.二、词汇和结构15*1=15分Fill in the blanks with the proper words or expressions given below, changing the form if necessary.take action, stand for, the host city, at the moment, offer, make time, not necessarily, at (the) most, hand out, take care of, at hand , evidence, make a difference, team, time for, 1.Nodding seems like an easy body language, but it may _agreement in one culture but totally the opposite in another.2. Sorry, I cant give you an answer _ . I need to think about it further.3. Always think positively, and it will_ in your life.4.Our manager is at a conference. She cant _ to see you now.5. Sometimes speaking up is not enough, and you need to _.6. Id like to _ some volunteer work if you dont accept my money.7.The historical _ in support of this conclusion is weak.8.The great progress they have made comes from their good _ work.9. As _ of World Economic Forum, Dalian and Tianjin have both done a great job.10. Of course I will _ what you feel about it, but business is business.11. The freshmen could help _ the tickets for the colleges “Do It Yourself Show”.12. The change of a city is _ a change in its becoming more beautiful and fashionable.13. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were such a good _ the world to know more about China.14. You have to keep some money _ when traveling.15. The boss was here just now. He has been away 10 minutes _.三、阅读理解20*2=40分Task 1Question: Are you punctual? Posted July 2, 2010 By Lisa L. Answer 1: This is a great cultural question. Those traveling or doing business abroad should always find out the answer to this question. Im punctual in my work life. But Im not punctual in my personal life by American standards标准 . We, American Brazilians巴西人, are always late by American standards: if the party is at 8, everyone shows up at 10 and everyone, including the host主人, is happy that we are on time. Cheers! Answer 2: It is good etiquette礼节 to be on time for an appointment. It is also supposed good etiquette to arrive a little late for a party, which I have never ever understood. I tend to be early for everything. And I consider考虑 it impolite不礼貌 to be otherwise相反的. Answer 3: ABSOLUTELY绝对地! I believe that showing up late for a date约会, appointment, class, etc. is an insult侮辱 to the person(s) you are meeting. It seems to say:“My time is more important than yours.”Answer 4: Not only am I “punctual”, I am always early for most events in my life. The secret秘密 is (and it really works!): I keep all the clocks (except my computer) in my life 10 minutes fast! Answer 5: Yep too much so. It really gets on my nerves. Even when I really try to be late, I am earlier. It is a terrible habit. Okay, I AM late sometimes. The only time I am late is when I get lost, and then I am really late by an hour or so. But hey, we all have our mishaps小事故, dont we? Answer 6: When dating, I always made sure I was on time. Once I had a girlfriend who was always late for every date. If the date was at 9 and it was a 45 minute trip for her, then she would arrive at 9:45. I liked her a lot, but could not stand忍受 the bad punctuality. Answer 7: I hate to be late and always plan on being at least 10 minutes early. However, in the Washington area, when a bridge or major主要的 highway shuts down, there may not be any way to get where you are going. So I would have to say that I am always early, except when I cant get there at all, in which case 事件I will call as soon as I know I am going to be late. It doesnt happen often, but I really hate it when it does. Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.1（）If you are two hours late for a Brazilian party, you dont have to worry about it. 2（） The second answer says that one should be punctual for both an appointment and a party.3 （） The third posting person believes that being late for an appointment is an insult to oneself.4（）The fourth netizen keeps his computer clock 10 minutes fast. 5（）The fifth person is really nervous about his being late. Task 2Hanna P., Marketing市场营销 Expert专家 at a famous software company, posted online 网上发帖his own commuting通勤 experience and asked the netizens 网民 to share their views: I went today: by bus No. 81, then trolley bus无轨电车 No. 3, then underground地铁 Line 1, then bus No.139 and finally bus No. 87 (25 km all together). Who more? And actually事实上 the point意义 of the question is: why do so many people spend lots of time and money getting to work instead of moving near to it? It would beso nerve神经- and traffic-saving if everyone lived near their work.Responses Posted Online by Netizens Cristina F.:In Portugal葡萄牙, moving next to work will certainly mean buying a house that we often cannot afford. I work outside Lisbon里斯本 and I travel on Monday to work, stay there and need only three steps to get to work. I travel back to Lisbon Friday afternoon.(posted 18 hours ago)James B.:Ive been working for small companies companies move, change and go out of business. If I had lived next to where I worked, I would have had to move seven times in the last 30 years. That would have been difficult to my family. So I live where I want, and plan on driving up to 40 miles, one-way单程的, to get to work.(posted 14 hours ago)Nigel T.:I drive. I work on short-term短期的 contract 合同assignments 任务which can be anything from 3 to 12 months, so moving is just not a choice. In the UK it can take 3 to 6 months to buy and sell a house anyway. My current现在的 employer is about 40 miles away. Last year it was a daily round往返的 trip of 189 miles way行程 too much!(posted 13 hours ago)Lisa N.:When I was at my last job, I drove about 10 miles one way to get there, on city roads and the interstate州际公路. It was a fast commute usually. I dont have a job right now, but when I do, I might use a park and ride system as I may be commuting from the suburbs郊区 to the city. I might also use the light rail轻轨 if it is available可使用的.(posted 13 hours ago)Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.6（）Hanna P. is interested in knowing why people choose not to live near their work place.7（）Cristina F. travels to and from her work every day. 8（）James B.s present job is his eighth job. 9（）Nigel T. has to commute a longer distance in his present job than in his last. 10（） In her next job, Lisa N. may have to drive to the city and then change to the light rail. Task 3What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (心理的) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists(心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”Choose the right answer according to the passage.11. The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _ while “dull” in the second paragraph means _.A. bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understandingB. pretty and handsome; ordinary-lookingC. great and important; commonD. hopeful and helpful; careless12. According to the context we can guess that a genius is _ while an idiot is _.A. a normal person; a funny personB. a strong person; a weak personC. a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded personD. a famous person; an ordinary person13. A person _ is more likely to become a genius.A. whose parents are cleverB. often thinking about difficult problemsC. often helped by his parents and teachersD. born with a good brain and putting it into active use14. It is better for parents _.A. to praise and encourage their children more oftenB. to be hard on their childrenC. to leave their children alone with nothing to doD. to give their children as much help as possible15. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?A. Parents play an important part in their childrens growth.B. The less you use your mind the duller you may become.C. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.D. What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion.Task 4It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese, but it is widely used by most people all over the world. English speakers enjoy creating new words. In fact, a majority of words are traceable（可追踪的）and each of them may have an interesting story.However, no one will really care where a word comes from because it makes little difference in using them in our daily life. Did you ever feel confused about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)?About a hundred years ago, some men went to American from Europe, coming from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didnt know how to use English properly. Seen them eating round pieces of beef and asked what it was, the Germans didnt understand the questions exactly, they answered: “we come from Hamburg. “One of the Americans was an owner of a restaurant and got an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef and began selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, hamburgers are welcomed by lots of people coming from different nationalities（民族）.Choose the right answer according to the passage.16. According to the text, English is _ .A) older than ChineseB) as old as ChineseC) not so old as ChineseD) very hard to learn17. Hamburg originally is _.A) a kind of foodB) a round piece of beefC) a city in GermanyD) the name of a village18. Which statement is correct a