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2010-2011学年第一学期期末考试试卷出题 （09级本科）一 试卷结构I. 听力（20分）1-20题短对话10题，每题1分，共10分，长对话一题，5个问题，共5分， 短文一个，5个问题，共5分。（本部分的长对话和短文均选自听说课本所学单元中的家庭作业部分）II. 完形填空（10分）21-40题本题20个空，每空0.5分，共10分。（本题选自读写课本所学单元的课后练习）III. 阅读理解（30分）41-55题本部分共3篇短文，其中前2篇（41-50题）为正常四级阅读，第3篇（51-55题）为自主学习内容。IV词汇（15分）56-70题本部分为自主学习内容V. 翻译（10分）71-75本部分共5个句子，为读写课本所学单元课后的英译汉VI. 写作（15分）词汇1. Well forget this little_ , but never let me catch you lying again! Episode2. The local farmers _markets all our produce better than we do. association3. Jennifers heart beat faster but she forced herself to slow the quick, _ breathing caused by her panic. shallow4. Her mother and sisters and brothers all embraced her but she showed no _. emotion5. An _ of a year passed before another meeting took place. interval6. Even if he stood _ in front of him, he doubted that Stillman would be able to see him. directly7. Im afraid this banknote is a fake; its just a _ piece of paper. worthless8. Some of the survivors said that one of the fire exits had been _. barred9. Wait for a couple of minutes with your mouth closed before _ the thermometer (体温表). Inserting10. One theory is that the _ has been present in humans for a very long time. infection1. He couldnt _ the thought of leaving his hometown forever. A) bear B) carry C) offer D) support A2. Reading detective (侦探) stories is one of his favorite _. A) hobbies B) occupations C) habits D) engagements A 3. As we had to keep the fire going throughout the games, we had to add firewood _. A) specially B) permanently C) previously D) constantly D 4. New difficulties kept _ as they built the railway tunnel. A) arising B) arousing C) raising D) rising A 5. She is the most _ secretary Ive ever had. A) efficient B) effective C) industrial D) practiced A6. _, David still could not solve the problem. A) However he tried hard B) However hard he tried C) However hard did he try D) However he hard tried B7. By the time this talk is over, we _ a lot about airplanes. A) shall be learning B) are learning C) shall learn D) shall have learnt D 8. The government is believed to be considering _ a law, making it a crime to possess any kind of weapon. A) to pass B) passed C) have passed D) passing D 9. It seems oil _ from this pipe for some time. Well have to take the machine apart to put it right. A) had leaked B) is leaking C) leaked D) has been leaking D10. I dont think it advisable that Tom _ the job since he has no experience. A) is assigned B) will be assigned C) be assigned D) has been assigned C1. I used to love giving my mother a present on Mothers Day. It always made her cry, then shed hug me hard enough to squeeze the _ out of me. A) air B) gas C) breath D) breathe C 2. Boxing Day is a holiday _ some British Commonwealth countries like England, Australia and Canada. A) exclusive to B) exclusive in C) inclusive to D) inclusive of A 3. Boxing Day is a perfect date for a holiday, _ the day after Christmas Day. A) be B) being C) to be D) to have been B4. I absolutely hate Christmas shopping. I can never _ what to buy for everyone. A) count out B) calculate out C) figure out D) compute out C 5. I know you enjoy celebrating holidays again and again, but its hard _ my wallet. A) in B) for C) on D) to C6. If we spend money at this rate, Ill _ in the poor house. A) end up B) accomplish C) complete D) achieve A7. April Fools Day is a day people play _ one another, A) tricks against B) tricks on C) tricks with D) jokes at B8. The lead flight attendant _ telling her fellow crew members about her boyfriends stopover at the same airport. A) do a point in B) do a point of C) made a point in D) made a point of D 9. They could not fly back home and regretted _ able to celebrate Thanksgiving with all their family members. A) being not B) not being C) not to D) to not B 10. The Wilsons began holding a yearly Thanksgiving dinner for _ they called their extended family. A) that B) which C) what D) it C阅读理解You must face the fact that in your inmost heart you hate the thought of moving. It is easiest not to leave the rooms where your children passed through their wonderful childhood and annoying teens to a friendly but slightly distant maturity.Until, suddenly one day, the distance is absolute and they are grown up and gone. Then you find yourself living in too large a house, which consumes in its maintenance too much energy and money. When we found ourselves in this situation a few years ago, we determined to move while we still had the strength and before the emotional ties that the old house had wrapped around us became too powerful to be broken. Move while you can! But be sure you really want to, and do not move too often. It is an exhausting process.Your first task is to find a house that will suit you. It must be smaller, quieter, easier to run, and more conveniently placed for transport. Not so small, though, that it will not have room for your largest pieces of furniture, and located not too far from the neighborhood where so many friendships have been built up.At last we found one: a late Victorian cottage, in a street where the houses, all small, range from late 18th to mid 20th century. It was near enough to where we wanted to live. It had no basement (底下层), which was a great convenience for aging legs; there were only two floors: one for ourselves and one where friends, children, and grandchildren could spread themselves when they came to stay. Each floor had two rooms. There was a kitchen on the ground floor, with the bathroom above it.12. The passage concerns _. A) buying a house for a newly married couple B) buying a large house for a growing family C) buying a better house when people have more money to spend D) buying a smaller house for older people whose children have left home 13. The passage implies that grown-up children are _. A) more friendly to their parents when they are grown up B) distant from their parents C) friendly but not very close D) annoying 14. The author decided to move _. A) when his house gave him too much work and cost too much to run B) when he grew tired of his house C) when he suddenly got the strength to do so D) before the house collapsed 15. The author advises people in his own situation _. A) to move into a very small house B) to move somewhere where the largest possible pieces of furniture will fit C) not to move too far from the main road D) to choose somewhere not so noisy 16. According to the passage, the new house had _. A) two floors B) three floors C) four floors D) two bathrooms Correct answer: DCABAA devastating quake ripped through Turkey. American structural engineers say there was something that might have lessened the damage and saved lives. Pictures of the devastation in Turkey show us what engineers already know: a powerful earthquake has an ally in a weak building.Jim Malley of Degenkolb Engineers said, The most common form of multi-story building in Turkey is a concrete frame. He says, These are very heavy buildings and its not uncommon for them to collapse in earthquakes because of the extra weight.Malley says the risk of building collapse increases when the first floor is a shop, because glass windows replace brick walls. Undoubtedly, there was a glass store front at this level, and that made it much weaker. As a result, we got the collapse of that first story. Also, Malley says Turkeys concrete frame buildings often lack reinforcing steel.In California, each big quake teaches engineers another way of dealing with the problem. They have learned to use steel frames to reduce the weight of new buildings.Janiele Maffei shows a San Francisco skyscraper under construction. She says, The building is designed to move and to sway, and the connections to stay together.The 1994 Northridge, California quake taught people about the weakness of rigid joints. Engineers found a simple solution. Janiele Maffei demonstrates this in the building under way.See to the right of the connection, see the structure? See how it looks smaller in some points? Thats called a dog bone; you can see how it looks like a dog bone, how it is small in the middle and big on the ends. What that will do is it will take the stresses away from the connection, and concentrate them in that smaller section of the structure.17. How can an earthquake be helpful? A) It can cause buildings that are too old to collapse. B) It can get rid of the buildings that are made of concrete. C) It can teach people how to make safer buildings. D) It can teach people how to be safe in buildings. 18. What can make a building heavy, and therefore increase the risk of it collapsing? A) A shop on the first floor. B) The use of concrete. C) Glass store fronts. D) Brick walls. 19. In California, builders have learned to use _ to reduce risk. A) brick walls B) glass windows C) skyscrapers D) steel frames 20. Because of one Californian earthquake, engineers understand the problem of _. A) steel frames B) reinforcing steel C) shop windows D) joints that are too firm 21. In the final paragraph, Janiele Maffei is describing _. A) a new type of skyscraper B) a new kind of joint C) a weakness of skyscrapers D) a bone material used in building Correct answer: CBDDBAfter the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll (死亡人数) could have been much worse.More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity (强度) that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims.Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the citys highways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes (准则) in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the citys buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes.Despite the good news, civil engineers arent resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints (蓝图) for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations (振动). The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquakes vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.12. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that _. A) new computers had been built into the buildings B) it occurred in the residential (居住的) areas rather than on the highways C) large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday D) improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways 13. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _. A) counterbalance (抵消) an earthquakes action on the building B) predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy C) help strengthen the foundation of the building D) measure the impact of an earthquakes vibrations 14. The smart buildings discussed in the passage _. A) would cause serious financial problems B) would be worthwhile though costly C) would increase the complexity of architectural design D) can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes 15. It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on _. A) the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction B) the development of flexible building materials C) the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations D) early forecasts of earthquakes 16. The authors main purpose in writing the passage is to _. A) compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the US B) encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers C) outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials D) report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings Correct answer:DABCD Im 90 years old. The advantage of being 90 is that you can look forward to death. The world is getting noisier, sexier and more horrible by the minute, but at least I can comfort myself with the fact that the end is in sight. Or so I thought. Imagine my anger when I opened the newspaper and discovered they were going to make us live till 130. When youre 60 or 70 the thought of death crosses your mind like a shadow. It disturbs you, it worries you. But by the time you reach my age you hope for it.My body is dying on me. Its horrible. You start to smellthe smell of deathand you can do nothing about it. I can no longer see properly. You go deaf, and people talk to you as if youre a child. Your legs give up on you. Nowadays I spend so much time working out how to avoid making the trip downstairs more than once a day. When I do get out, I can barely walk more than a few yardsand according to those who know me, Im lucky in good shape for my 90 years.Ah, but the world would be so much wiser, some people say. Im afraid thats an illusion. As we get older, we lose our wisdom, our mind, and even our language. We would have a world in which no one could communicate because wed have forgotten how to.No. The absolute nothingness of death is something to look forward to. If I discovered a medicine to make people live until 130, the first thing Id do is to bury it.17. What is the advantage of being 90 years old? A) You can become sexier. B) You can look forward to death. C) You can enjoy the world more. D) You can hear less noise. 18. Why did the speaker get angry? A) He learned people will live longer. B) He learned people will be noisier. C) He learned people will become sexy. D) He learned people will think about death. 19. Why is the speaker lucky, according to some? A) He doesnt have to walk much. B) He doesnt need to listen to others. C) He is in good health for his age. D) He is much wiser than before. 20. What is an illusion, according to the speaker? A) That the world has become a better place. B) That the world has become sexier and noisier. C) That old people are happy to live longer lives. D) That old people are wiser than they were before. 21. What would he do with a medicine that makes life longer? A) Live 130 years. B) Become wiser. C) Forget where it is. D) Bury the medicine. Correct answer: BACDDSport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. Criticism from coaches, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create an excessive amount of anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological, and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout (筋疲力尽). Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself. The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback (反馈) to youngsters can greatly affect their children. Youngsters may take their parents and coaches criticisms to heart and find a flaw (缺陷) in themselves.Coaches and parents should also be cautious that youth sport participation does not become work for children. The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. In todays youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. Following a game, many parents and coaches focus on the out