2009级听力1重修试卷A.doc

密封装订线华 北 科 技 学 院系（部） 专业、班级 姓名 学号 20122013学年第一学期重修考试试卷（B2009级） 考试科目：英语听力（1） 试卷类型 A 适用专业：英语题目一二三四五六七八 总分 得分评阅人核分人Full score: 100 Time limit: 65 minutesPart I Dictation (15 points)Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and the third reading, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 to 20 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given two minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEETPart II Conversations (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.1. Which city was number one in population in 1950?A. London B. New York C. Tokyo D. Calcutta2. How many people will be living in Mexico by the year 2000 according to the estimation?A. 26 million. B. 18million. C. 13million. D. 14million.3. Whats the increase of the population of Calcutta in the past 50 years?A. Quadruple. B. Triple. C. Double. D. Five-fold.4. What does Tokyo rank now?A. No.1 B. No.2 C. No.3 D. No.4Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.5. Why didnt they like Raw Deal? A. Too much violence in it. B. One of them didnt like that film. C. One of them has just seen it not long ago. D. The time wasnt enough for them to get to the cinema.6. When did the conversation most probably take place? A. At 7:00. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00. D. At 8:30.7. How did they get to the movie? A. By car. B. By bus.C. On foot. D. By taxi.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation.8. What is the man doing? A. Complaining to the manager. B. Having a fight with the manager C. Buying another pair of jeans. D. Trying to get his money back.9. What made the man so angry? A. The girl refused to refund the jeans. B. He was given the wrong size. C. The girl deliberately put the jeans in a box. D. The girl didnt handle his complaint well.10. Which word best describes the man? A. Apologetic. B. Reasonable. C. Pathetic. D. Fault-finding.Part III News Broadcast (10 points)Directions: Questions 1 to 2 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the News.1. How many days does Colombia President Alvaro Uribe plan to visit the US? A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Four days. D. Five days.2. Which of the followings is NOT the topic of the meetings between the two presidents? A. Trade. B. Terrorism. C. Illegal drugs. D. Nuclear weapons.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.3. What have NASA scientists discovered on Mars? A. Evidence of life. B. Evidence of water. C. Evidence of oxygen. D. Evidence of human beings.4. What will the NASA scientists do next? A. To study opposite sides of Mars. B. To come back to the earth from the Mars. C. To publicize the discovery to the world. D. To suspend the current exploration on Mars.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the News.5. Why does China oppose an American missile defense system? A. Because the missile defense system violates an international anti-missile treaty.B. Because the missile defense system would threaten the balance of power in the East Asia area. C. Because the missile defense system would threaten the peace of China. D. Because the missile defense system would threaten the peace of the world.6. Why does the United States want the missile defense system?A. The United States wants the missile defense system to protect it and its allies from attacks by rebel countries. B. The United States wants the missile defense system to fight against terrorism. C. The United States wants the missile defense system to protect the world. D. The United States wants the missile defense system to develop the space.7. What is Russians idea to the missile defense system? A. The missile defense system is useful to the world peace. B. The missile defense system is harmful to the world peace. C. The missile defense system violates an international anti-missile treaty. D. The missile defense system threatens the safety of Russia.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.8. Who is the worlds six billionth inhabitant?A. A baby boy born in Kosovo hospital.B. A baby girl born in Kosovo hospital.C. A baby boy born in Korea hospital.D. A baby boy born in New York hospital.9. Whats the UN Secretary Generals purpose in visiting the mother and the child?A. To draw attention to the social and economic problems of rapidly expanding populations.B. To draw attention to the social and ecological problems of rapidly expanding populations.C. To draw attention of rapidly expending populations.D. To draw attention to the social and environmental problems of rapidly expanding populations.10. The earths population has doubled since 1960 and with more than young people just entering their productive years.A. 80,000,000B. 10,000,000,000C. 80,000,000,000D. 1,000,000,000Part IV Passages （50 points）Section A Choosing the correct answer (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.1. The passage tells us that cats . A. sleep longer than humans B. have similar sleeping habits as humans C. have no regular sleep D. take naps besides their regular sleep2. Some experts believe that . A. cats have a natural clock inside them B. people can live better by taking naps C. people should learn from cats D. famous people are all known for their energy3. This passage is aimed to . A. describe the habit of cats B. tell people the benefit of naps C. advise people to take naps D. show the similarity between cats and humansQuestions 4 to 6 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.4. What fact had been observed long ago according to the passage? A. Different plants grow at different speeds. B. The opening times of flowers vary. C. Plants change colors with time. D. Flowers closing time changes with climate.5. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. A plant named flower clock could tell the time. B. People showed little interest in gardening in the 19th century. C. Constant darkness does not affect a plants biological clock. D. Experiments are carried out to change the shape of lowers.6. What can be learnt from the passage? A. Only plants have biological clock. B. Cycles of activities exist in certain living things. C. Circadian cycles last about a month. D. Internal clock controls plants more than environment does.Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the passage.7. How can we find out the changes in weather a long time ago? A. By looking at the sky. B. By looking for old weather reports. C. By looking at tree rings. D. By reading history books.8. Why can reading the pattern of tree rings help us learn something about climate change? A. Too much sunlight and rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. B. Tree rings remain unchanged all the time regardless of climate change. C. Some trees provided an exact record of the weather. D. The weather determines the pattern of rings in a tree trunk.9. If the fifth ring of a tree is far from the other rings, can we learn five years ago. A. the climate was unfavorable for the tree B. there was plenty of sunlight and rainfall C. there was little sunlight or rainfall D. there was too much sunlight or rainfall10. A large population suddenly leave a region of New Mexico, because . A. all the trees were cut down B. all the buildings were destroyed C. the climate became unfavorable for growing trees D. all the trees were destroyed in a fireSection B True or False (12 points)Direction: You are going to hear a passage about the discoveries and inventions of ten important scientists of the millennium. Decide whether the statements are true or false. 1. Darwins ideas were strongly opposed by many religious people in the past. But now people are all in favor of them. 2. Louis Pasteur believed that it is tiny organisms that spread most diseases.3. Thomas Edison considered the motion picture his most important invention. 4. Albert Einstein most famous theory is about time, space, mass, movement and gravity. 5. Charles Darwin thought that all living things developed from simple organisms. 6. Albert Einsteins most famous theory led to the discovery of atomic energy. Section C Matching Column A with Column B (12points)Directions: Listen to a passage about womens soccer and the World Cup. Match Column A, the numbers, with Column B, the relevant information. Column A Column B1. 32 a. number of games being played2. +18,000,000 b. number of tickets sold for the contest3. 16 c. number of people who play soccer in the U.S4. 460,000 d. number of people around the world watching the games on TV5. 79,000 e. number of national teams taking part in the games6. 1,000,000,000 f. number of people watching the opening gameSection D Answering questions (16 points)Directions: In this part you are going to hear a passage about Louis Satchmo Armstrong, one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United States. Answer the following questions briefly.1. Where was Louis from? 2. What kind family was he born into? 3. Who knew Louis? 4. What music did he play? 5. When did he learn to read music? 6. What is Louis Armstrong most famous for? 7. What brings Louis and other people together? 8. What does the story “The man with the horn” mainly tell us? Part V Blank-filling (15 points)Directions: Listen to a short talk entitled “Be careful with numbers.” Some important words are taken away from the written passage. Supply the missing words. The passage will be read to you twice.Be careful with numbersQuick and accurate response to numbers is very important in daily 1) . Telephone numbers, addresses, price, temperature, time and dates are all closely linked with the use of numbers. Besides, numbers also play a very important part in broadcast 2) such as scientific stories, statistics update, and reports about ongoing events of various kinds.Although identification of numbers in 3) is usually easy, number identification through 4) proves to be a big problem for many people. In actual listening, we are often required to get the numbers immediately after we hear them. And 5) to get a correct number, sometimes a mere mistake in digit, can seriously affect the understanding of the whole story and therefore cause severe 6) . The differences between million and billion, “-teens” and “-tys” are so great that no one can simply afford to 7) them.Numbers are sometimes 8) in different ways. For example, “seventeen point five million” or “seventeen million five hundred thousand” can also be read as “seventeen and one half million.” 9) training in numbers can help us get 10) with these different yet still 11) ways of number presentations.For easy reading and writing, numbers of more than four digits are often separated by 12) into groups of three digits each. For example, 1,234,567 is one million, two hundreds and thirty-four thousand, and five hundred and sixty-seven. Saying numbers over to yourselves after you hear them can increase our 13) to numbers.Numbers are around us. Let us 14) with numbers and learn to be 15) at numbers.密封装订线华 北 科 技 学 院系（部） 专业、班级 姓名 学号 20122013学年第一学期重修考试试卷（B2009级） 考试科目：英语听力（1） 试卷类型 A 适用专业：英语题目一二三四五六七八 总分 得分评阅人核分人Full score: 100 Time limit: 65 minutesAnswer Sheet Part I Dictation (15%) Part II Conversations (10 points)1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_6_ 7_ 8_ 9_ 10 _Part III News broadcast(10 points)1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_6_ 7_ 8_ 9_ 10 _Part IV Passages (50 points)Section A Choosing the correct answer (10 points)1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_6_ 7_ 8_ 9_ 10 _Section B True or False (12 points)1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_ 6_Section C Matching Column A with Column B (12points)1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_ 6_Section D Answering questions (16 points)1 Where was Louis from? 2 . What kind family was he born into? 3. Who knew Louis? 4. What music did he play? 5. When did he learn to read music? 6. What is Louis Armstrong most famous for? 7. What brings Louis and other people together? 8. What does the story “The man with the horn” mainly tell us? Part V Blank-filling (15 points)1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 华 北 科 技 学 院20122013学年第一学期重修考试试卷A（B2009级）参考答案及评分标准Part I Dictation (15%)（大意占8分，语法占3分，拼写占4分）NearsightednessWeak eyesight is a term that is generally used to refer to nearsighted eyes. / People who are nearsighted can see well at a short range, / but anything very far away is likely to be unclear. / The term weak eyesight is misleading, / for in nearsighted eye