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大学英语（一）第一部分：交际用语1. I had a wonderful night and thanks for your invitation. _D_A. What you have said! B. No, no. Its my honor. C. You cant say that. D. Good night. 2. What about giving up smoking? _A_A. Good idea. B. Help yourself. C. Let it be, please. D. It is not your business. 3. Hello, Linda. How are you? _B_ Im fine, thank you.A. How are you? B. Fine, thank you. And you? C. How do you do?D. Im good. 4. I was excited beyond description that I got this job. _D_A. Oh, thats very nice of you. B. It is great. C. Its a pleasure. D. I am delighted to hear that. 5. Whats your favorite tea? _C_A. I dislike black tea. B. I dont care for tea. C. I like jasmine tea. D. Yes, I have a hobby of drinking tea. 1. Do you think city life can benefit people a lot? _A_A. Well, that depends. B. Of course, it is. C. Yes, perfectly. D. Nothing at all. 2. If you were in my situation, what would you do? _B_A. Im sorry to know that. B. Sorry, I have no idea. C. Its no big deal. D. Why worry? 3. _A_ Why not stay for another cup of tea? A. Im afraid Id better say goodbye. B. See you. C. Its good to talk with you. D. Im sorry I have no more time. 4. I think it would be a good idea to play table tennis after class. _D_A. Its my favorite. B. It doesnt count. C. I am with you. D. Yes, lets go. 5. Monica, Id like you to meet Philip. He is the monitor of our class. _C_A. It is so good. B. Oh, I am happy. C. Nice to meet you. D. Good! 1. _C_ Im fond of pop music. A. Do you like music? B. Rock and roll is fun. C. What kind of music do you like?D. How about if we enjoy classicalmusic? 2. Hi, David. Hows it going? _A_ Not bad.A. Its OK. How about you? B. Going well. C. Not bad. D. I am fine, thank you. 3. I believe the cleaning has been done before we arrive. _C_A. Yes, it is impossible. B. No, it cant be true. C. Who knows! D. No, they couldnt. 4. Allow me to introduce myself. Im Lisa Cox. _B_A. Its an honor. B. Pleased to meet you. C. I feel very lucky. D. Its my pleasure. 5. _A_ Im very worried about my oral English test. A. Why are you so depressed? B. Why are you so excited? C. What are you doing?D. Did you do well in your Englishtest? 第二部分：阅读理解Passage 1Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. Theyre both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples have already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.“I cant understand why we sustained（蒙受）losses in business while others always profit” Uncle Li asked one day.“The tractor was too small” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “Well carry more apples on a truck next time!”“I agree!” said Uncle Li. “How foolish we were!”6. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because _B_.A. they hope to save moneyB. theyre both poorC. their farms are at the foot of the mountainD. theyre not far from their farms 7. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _D_.A. make a journey B. visit some places of interestC. meet their friends D. make a profit8. The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because _C .A. theirs werent as good as the othersB. theirs were much less than the othersC. a lot of apples had been already carried to the cityD. they forgot to carry them on a truck9. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _A_.A. they had sustained losses in businessB. they had lost some money in the cityC. something was wrong with the tractorD. other people profited in the city10. Which of the following is TRUE? C A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.B. The two farmers will soon get rich.C. Neither of the farmers is clever.D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.Passage 2Many people are frightened by spiders. They are especially afraid of large, hairy ones. The largest and most frightening of all spiders is the bird-eating spider, which lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America.Bird-eating spiders are a type of tarantula（狼蛛）. They are very hairy. Some of these giant spiders can spread eighteen centimeters (seven inches) with their legs. Tarantulas are not, as most people think, poisonous spiders. They can bite, and the bite is painful, but is will not kill a grown-up. The poisonous bite of a black widow spider is far more dangerous.Bird-eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks during the day, but at night they creep out and hunt for insects. As you might guess from their name, they also catch birds and eat them.They have another unusual ability. They can walk up windowpanes（窗玻璃）because of sticky, silky hairs on their feet that cling to glass.11. The bird-eating spider can be described as _D_. A. a very hairy spiderB. a very frightening spider C. the largest of spidersD. all of the above12. The climate of the place where this spider lives is _C_. A.hot and dryB. cool and dryC. wet and hotD. wet and cool13. Compared with the bite of a black widow spider, the bite of a tarantula is _A_. A. less dangerousB. more dangerousC. just as dangerousD. the most dangerous14. When do bird-eating spiders hunt? B A. During the day.B. At night.C. At dawn.D. In morning.15. According to the story, what can bird-eating spiders do? D A. They can catch birds and eat them.B. They can walk up windowpanes. C. They can give a person a painful bite.D. All of the above.Passage 3I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric ( 古怪的 ) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadnt the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.It had been snowing heavily that day and I didnt know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone. even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal ( 丑闻 ). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. I wouldnt leave her out in the cold!” he said.Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldnt let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.16. The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means _B_.A. expectB. understandC. see clearlyD. hear clearly17. Before he arrived at the farmers house, the writer expected to see Milly lying _C_.A. on the ground of a barnB. on the floor of a roomC. in bed in a roomD. in bed in a barn18. What do we know about Milly from the story? A A. She had met with an accident.B. She had caused a scandal.C. She was seriously ill.D. She was hidden somewhere.19. The farmer wished that the writer might _B_.A. look into the matterB. bring Milly back to lifeC. free him from a scandalD. keep the whole thing a secret20. The person who told the story is probably a _C_.A. farmerB. policemanC. country doctorD. newspaper reporterPassage 4In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to build a new clock which would be the biggest and best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. The big clock was made in two years. Five more years later the tower was finished. Then people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben?” Everybody laughed and agreed with him.From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became a famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents bottles of oil to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.21. Big Bens birthday is _C_.A. July 11, 1854B. 1834C. July 11, 1859D. July 11, 185222. How did Big Ben get its name? BA. Benjamin Hall gave it the name.B. Big Ben got its name because of a joke.C. Big Ben got its name from the Queen of the UK.D. Victoria gave it the name.23. “keep very good time” means _B_.A. have a good timeB. show people the correct timeC. keep runningD. be made in time24. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? C A. People all over the world look upon Big Ben as their friend.B. People all over the world even send oil to Big Ben.C. People think Big Ben will reply their letters.D. People think Big Ben is the biggest and best clock in the world.25. Benjamin Hall is _D_.A. a man who built Big BenB. a man who was always very funnyC. the man who burnt down the old clockD. a man who attended the meeting which was held to make a name for the big clockPassage 1Are you nervous? Maybe you should sit in a blue room. Are you always cold? Maybe you should sit in a room painted in a warm color such as soft orange. Are you often sad? Maybe you should sit in a yellow room. Some researchers believe that color has the power to affect our feelings. They believe that colors affect almost everyone in the same way. They tested the idea in different settings.One study was done in a workplace. The researchers painted heavy boxes white and light boxes black. They wanted to see how color affected the workers feelings. Which boxes do you think were more difficult to lift? The heavy white ones? No. The black boxes were more difficult. The white boxes were heavier but they looked light. The researchers think that this is because light colors seem light.Another study was done at a hospital with brown and dark green walls. Painters repainted the hospital walls in bright colors bright orange on the first floor, bright pink on the second, bright green on the third. Guess what happened? The patients changed. They visited each other and talked more. The workers also changed and were happier about their work.Another study was done at a school. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, studied children with behavior problems in their classroom. When the walls were brown and yellow, the childrens heart rates went up and they were overactive. When the walls were light and dark blue, the childrens heart rates were slower and the children were much calmer.If this is true, people might start to think carefully about the colors around themnot just in houses, but also in offices, in schools, in hospitals, in gyms, in prisons, in museums, and in restaurants!6. What is the main idea of this article? D A. Children are calmer in light blue rooms.B. If you are sad, sit in a yellow room.C. A heavy box seems light if it has a light color.D. Colors affect peoples feelings.7. Which of the following places is NOT mentioned in the examples to show how colors affect peoples feelings? C A. Hospital.B. Workplace.C. Restaurant.D. School.8. Colors such as red, yellow, and soft orange make people feel _B_.A. coldB. warmC. sadD. tired9. Blue makes people feel _B_.A. warmB. calmC. nervousD. active10. A dark colored box looks _B_ than a light colored box.A. lighterB. heavierC. softerD. biggerPassage 2Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”“OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldnt remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”“Burnt yesterday evening.”11. Mr. Brown told his son that _B_.A. he would be away from home for four days B. he would be back in seven days C. he would be back in a monthD. he liked a cup of tea12. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on _C_.A. the wall B. the door C. a piece of paper D. his sons pocket13. A man came to visit the boys father on _D_.A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day14. The man was very surprised because _A_.A. he thought the childs father was deadB. the child didnt ask him to sit downC. the child gave him a cup of tea D. he couldnt find that piece of paper15. What was burnt? A A. The piece of paper. B. Mr. Smith C. The visitor. D. The boy.Passage 3During the rule of a king there lived a famous magician. One day this magician foretold（预言）the death of a man who was a favorite of the king. It happened that the man died on the very day foretold. The king was very angry when he heard that his friend had died. He said that it was the magicians fault, and he sent for him.When the magician came in, the king said, “You were able to foretell the death of my friend. Can you foretell the date of your own death?”When the poor man heard this, he was very frightened. He thought that the king meant to have him killed. For a few moments he did not answer. He was wondering what he could say for himself.“Your Majesty,” he said bowing, “I cannot foretell the exact date of my death, but I can foretell that I shall die one day before your Majesty.”Hearing this, the king became greatly frightened and his face turned pale.16. The king was very angry because _A_. A. his friend really died on the day foretold.B. the magician foretold his friends death.C. the magician couldnt foretell anyones deathD. the magician looked down upon the king by not foretelling his death.17. The magician foretold that the king would die _B_. A. on the same day as he was killedB. one day after his deathC. one day before his deathD. on any day he foretold18. “Can you foretell the date of your own death?” the king meant _D_. A. to know how good a magician he wasB. to play a joke on the magicianC. to know if the magician would die soon D. to kill the famous magician19. After the magician foretold the death of himself, _D_. A. the king felt hurt and had the magician killed at onceB. the king didnt believe the foretelling at allC. the magician was given a good beating as a punishmentD. the king wanted to do everything to make the magician live as long as possible20. In this passage, the underlined word “favorite” (line 2) means _C_. A. that you like betterB. which you like bestC. the person that you like more than othersD. the thing that you love more than otherPassage 4For several years, Americans have enjoyed tele-shopping watching TV and buying things by phone.Now tele-shopping is becoming popular in Europe. In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and many other things.Tele-shopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made $100 million. In France there are two tele-shopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year buying things through those channels.In Germany, until last year tele-shopping was only possible on one channel for an hour every day. The government allowed more tele-shopping. Other channels can open tele-business, including the largest American tele-shopping company and a 24-hour tele-shopping will he