大学英语C试卷-1.doc

大学英语C试卷-12008年10月注 意 事 项一、将你的姓名、考号填写在答题卡的规定栏内，将考号和考试科目在规定的栏内用2B铅笔涂满涂黑。考试结束后，把试卷和答题卡放在桌上。试卷和答题卡均不得带出考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题卡的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、选择题用2B铅笔将选中项涂满涂黑，主观题用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。第一部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔将答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D 第一篇Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks, they are full of people looking for bargains. Usually my husband and I do not go to the sales because we dont like crowds. Last year, I took my husband with me to the sales at a large shop in London. We both needed some new clothes and hoped to find a television set. When we got to station, (1) I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were too large for me, so I bought a television at a very cheap price, and I felt quite pleased with myself. When I arrived at the station, I saw my husband. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy box. “Oh, dear!” I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two televisions. We shall not go to the sales again. 1. In January _. A. people dont have enough money to look for bargainsB. people have a lot of money to spend after Christmas C. all the shops close for a two-week Christmas holiday D. lots of people go shopping for price-reduced goods 2. In this passage, the word “bargain” means _. A. cheap goods B. expensive goods C. interesting goods D. useful goods 3. The husband and wife in the story _ . A. often went to the sales to buy clothesB. went to the sales the year before C. wished to buy a TV D. liked the crowds very much 4. After shopping, the husband and wife met at _.A. home B. the station C. the shop D. the bus stop 5. After their days shopping, they _. A. were unhappy with their bargains B. had got everything they wanted C. got more than they had hoped for D. had to go back to the sales the next day第二篇Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant. She is 17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the art skill four years ago. (2) Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She made the marks, and then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Ruby, and then people asked for her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the colors to the brushes in her trunk and Ruby begins to paint.6. The story is probably in _.A. a dictionary B. a history textbook C. a novel D. a newspaper 7. Ruby first showed the art skill when it was _.A. 4 years old B. 17 years old C. 13 years old D. 10 years old8. People asked for Rubys pictures because _.A. newspaper reporters had written about her picturesB. her pictures were better than other pictures C. the zoo workers asked them to do soD. they just wanted to have fun9. Ruby made the marks in order to _.A. clean her trunk B. make other ones C. dig a hole in the sand D. ask for more brushes and paints10. From the story we can know that _.A. Ruby can draw a picture all by herselfB. Ruby cant draw a picture all by herself C. Ruby can help zoo workers to paint pictures D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture 第三篇Bruce was an Australian and he worked for a newspaper in Sydney. One day he thought, “I want to see Europe, so Ill go to England and work for a newspaper for a few years.” (3) He flew to London and soon got work, because he was good at his job.He lived in a small but comfortable house near London, and he had a small garden. He enjoyed working in it on Saturdays and Sundays. He had nice neighborson both sides. They often worked in their gardens on Saturdays and Sundays,too. They talked and joked together.One day he was digging a hole in his garden to plant a bush when one of these neighbors came to the fence between the two gardens and looked at Bruces work. He laughed and said, “Are you making a swimming-pool?” “Oh, no,” answered Bruce, “Im going home.”11. Bruce went to England because _.A. he wanted to see Europe B. Europe was quite new to himC. he thought he had lived in England too long D. he wanted to live a better life12. When he got to London, he _.A. began to work for a newspaper B. became a gardenerC. enjoyed traveling a lot D. did his work even better13. His neighbors _.A. helped him to look after his gardenB. had the same habit of working in the gardenC. joked with him every dayD. often laughed at him14. He dug a hole in his garden to _.A. stop his neighbors from coming to his garden B. have two gardensC. plant a bush D. make a nice swimming-pool15. What does “Im going home” mean?A. He wanted to go back to Australia. B. He was a funny man and made a joke.C. He would die very soon. D. He wanted a swimming pool in his garden.第四篇(4) From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last few years.The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. The sea is very big. It nearly covers 75% of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place and at that place the sea is about 11 kilometers deep. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometers of water above it.(5) In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fishes live by eating them.The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea.16. This passage is _.A. a short story B. for science reading C. a piece of news D. a report17. The sea covers about _ of the earth.A. 1/3 B. 1/4 C. 2/4 D. 3/4 18. _ are not mentioned in this passage.A. Fishes B. Plants C. Islands D. Living things19. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The sea is usually beautiful when the sun is shining.B. The sea is always very terrible when the wind blowsC. The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the seaD. The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they will feel20. In the deep sea there are _ .A. not any living things B. only some plants C. only some fishes D. fishes and plants第二部分：词汇与结构 （共两小节；满分40分）第一节：此小节共有20个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔把答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）21. Allen _ any good job since he came to New York City two years ago. A. hasnt found B. didnt find C. doesnt find D. hadnt found22. The boys spent the whole morning _ possible answers to the question. A. discuss B. and discussing C. discussing D. and discussed23. Next year the sale of the company _ by 10%. A. will rise B. has risen C. rises D. rose24. How _ will you finish the painting？In a couple of hours. A. fast B. often C. long D. soon 25. That was _ problem that the teacher had to solve it himself.A. such a difficult B. so difficult C. such difficult a D. so a difficult 26. The word is new to us. Youd better _ in the dictionary.A. look at it B. look for it C. look it up D. look it out27. If there is no one _ him，he will have to put off the meeting. A. help B. to help C. helps D. helped28. As soon as she _ the letter，Mrs. White will find out the truth. A. opens B. is opening C. will open D. has opened 29. _ the government agrees to give money，the theatre will be closed next month. A. Unless B. If C. Since D As30. These three novels are for you and the rest _ for the other students in your class. A. were B. is C. are D. was31. Henry never said that he was good at maths，_ he？ A. was B. did C. didnt D. wasnt32. The little girl showed the policeman the corner _ she was knocked off her bike. A. and B. which C. that D. where33. My friend and I would like to go to the concert，but _ of us has got a ticket. A. both B. none C. neither D. all34. How do you learn English？I learn English by _.A. listen to cassettesB. speak it C. listening to tapes D. ask the teacher35. If you have questions, you should ask the teacher _help. A. from B. on C. forD. to 36. He speaks too quickly_.A. understand B. write them down C. to understand D. and write37. We still couldnt decide _ with our difficulties in learning English.A. how to do B. how to deal C. what to deal D. what to solve38. They tell us some ways _English well.A. teach B. learning C. to learn D. teaching39. What about _grammar? It is too boring.A. finding B. studying C. writing D. playing40. He was reading newspaper _ I met him.A. the first time when B. the first time C. the first time where D. when the first time第二节：此小节有两篇短文，每篇短文后有5个单词。请选择可以填入短文空白处的单词，并用铅笔将答题卡上相应的字母涂黑，每个单词只能选择一次。示例: A B C D （共10个空；每个空1分，满分10分）第一篇I once went to a _41 in the north of England on business.It was about 7：30 in the evening 42 I reached the hotel. The manager，an old man of about 60，showed me to my room. When I asked him what time dinner was，he said there was only one time at 6:30，and I was late. “Never mind，”I said. “Im not very 43 . Ill just have a drink in the bar and a sandwich.”“Bar!” she shouted 44 the top of her voice. “This is a respectable hotel，young man. If you want to drink in the bar，you must go somewhere else.” She spoke as if a glass of beer was a dangerous drug.I went to a bar and had 45 beer and sandwiches. At about 11:30, I went to the hotel. Then I opened my door and went to bed. That was the first day of my business trip. A. hungry B. some C. town D. at E. when第二篇Linda was a 46 minutes late. Wilson left the office when she got there. His secretary 47 her he would be back in a few minutes. She sat down and waited for several minutes in the outside of the office.“Ill have to get 48 job,” she told herself. Though for a moment she wanted to leave the building. Just then, Wilson came to the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes 49 his secretary took Linda in and they met each other.Linda was 50 this time, because Wilson was happy about the interview and offered her a job, so Linda could come to work next week. A. this B. lucky C. later D. told E. few第三部分：翻译 （共10小题；满分30分）第一节：将第一部分阅读理解4篇短文中的5个划线句子翻译成中文，请从A、B、C、中选出正确译文，并用铅笔将答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D （共5小题，每小题4分，满分20分）。51. I left my husband and started looking around the shops. A. 我与丈夫一起逛商店。B. 我离开丈夫开始逛商店。C. 丈夫离开我后开始逛商店。52. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk.A. 动物园的员工看到他用棍子在