西南交通大学2006—2007学年第(1)学期考试试卷

英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 1 页 共 11 页 西南交通大学西南交通大学 2006 2007 学年第 学年第 1 学期考试试卷 学期考试试卷 课程 课程 英语英语 A 卷卷 College English Test Band CET 05 3F Form A Class Name Student Number Part I Listening Comprehension 35 Section A 15 Directions Directions In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations At the end of each conversation one or more questions will be asked about what was said Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once After each question there will be a pause During the pause you must read the four choices marked A B C and D and decide which is the best answer Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre 1 A She will turn off her recorder B She is not responsible for the noise C She will do something about the noise D She wants the man to use earphone 2 A Jane is not so forgetful B Jane used to have a good memory C Jane shouldn t be so nervous D Jane should not try to memorize the whole script 剧本 3 A She doesn t have time to go outside B She ll consider the man s advice C She knows how to relieve her stress D She will feel more stressful if she gets behind in her class 4 A The man should not buy so many discs 唱片 B The man should stop buying discs C The man shouldn t worry too much D The man should go shopping less 5 A Practice their speeches 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 2 页 共 11 页 B Have a big celebration C Prepare their arguments for possible topics D Take a good rest 6 A Brave B Healthy C HelpfulD Strong 7 A He is an irresponsible father B He is careless C He is very busy with work D He is indifferent to his family 8 A She knows something about her own real condition B She knows nothing about her own real condition C She doesn t know anything about Mary s real condition D She doesn t want to know about Mary s real condition Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard 9 A Thirty years B Thirteen years C Not mentioned D Three years 10 A Instability B Her husband is not responsible for their children C They live around the poverty line D Her husband doesn t pay the bills 11 A Their kids are popular with other kids B Their kids play tricks on other kids C Their kids are laughed at by other kids D Other kids are friendly to them 12 A Joint custody 共同的监护权 B Visitation rights C Large support payments D Half of their mutual property and large support payments Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard 13 A Friends B A police officer and an investigator C Two police officers D A police officer and a program hostess 14 A His job as a police officer B His personal life C How stressful patrol 巡逻 work is D How police officers are taught to deal with stress 15 A He is an experienced police officer B He will quit his present job sooner or later C He is a good supervisor D He enjoys being a police officer Section B 10 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 3 页 共 11 页 Directions In this section you will hear 3 short passages At the end of each passage you will hear some questions Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre Questions 16 to18 are based on the passage you have just heard 16 A She can practice anywhere in Britain B She can only practice nursing in Britain C She can practice in some foreign counties D Both A and C 17 A She is not allowed much freedom to advise a patient B She often consults doctors about nursing C Her nursing duty is often interfered by the doctor D She is the most familiar person to patients in the hospital 18 A The nurse B The doctor C The devoted woman D The man with a vast amount of responsibility Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard 19 A In America B In Canada C In Africa D In the South 20 A Because he was wrongly thought to be an American B Because he was popular with the audiences there C Because he was more familiar with the culture there D Because there was a larger number of audiences there 21 A He writes songs B He records songs C He tours the world D He performs concerts 22 A Flood victims B Victims of wars C People who are starving D People who have got AIDS Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard 23 A Culture B Communication skills C Culture and communication D Intercultural communication 24 A In Room 405 in the library B In Room 405 in the research lab C In Room 311 in the research lab 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 4 页 共 11 页 D In this room 25 A A research project B Attendance C Final test D Classroom participation Section C 10 Directions In this section you will hear a passage three times When the passage is read for the first time you should listen carefully for its general idea When the passage is read for the second time you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information For these blanks you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words Finally when the passage is read for the third time you should check what you have written The rose is believed to have been the first flower brought under cultivation No other flower has so captured the S1 of man who has celebrated it in literature and in art Roses have a long and interesting history They have been S2 of love beauty war and politics The rose is 35 million years old There are some 150 S3 of roses spreading throughout the Northern part of the world Garden cultivation of roses began some 5 000 years ago S4 in China During the Roman period roses were S5 extensively in the Middle East They were used at celebrations for S6 purposes and as a source of perfume After the fall of the Roman Empire the popularity of roses seemed to rise and fall depending on gardening S7 of the time During the fifteenth century S8 The white rose symbolized York and the red rose symbolized Lancaster as a result the conflict became known as the War of the Roses S9 It wasn t until the late eighteenth century that cultivated roses were introduced into Europe from China Most modern day roses go back to this ancestor The rose is one of S10 Part Reading Comprehension 34 Directions There are 4 passages in this part Each passage is followed by some questions or incomplete statements Read the passages carefully then choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D or complete the statements in the fewest possible words Passage 1 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 5 页 共 11 页 A few thousand years ago people lived about thirty years From their point of view we have already extended our lives to an amazing degree However from where we stand today we can see that we still have a long way to go Some people still die in their 40 s from cancer heart attack stroke and infections This is tragic and frustrating Today s medicine is only somewhat able to deal with these and other conditions and it has scarcely started to attack the problem of aging But we can see light at the end of the tunnel Fifty years from now what causes of death will be preventable That depends largely on the technology we will have available so let s start by projecting some technology tendencies Gene sequencing and identification will be as easy as a blood sugar test Medical devices such as artificial hearts and insulin 胰岛素 pumps will be implantable and well integrated with the body s natural demands Surgical instruments will be more delicate and less destructive what today is major surgery will be done with an office visit Computers will be millions of times faster than today s machines Last but not least we will probably have the ability to build strong useful complex machines out of individual atoms This is called nanotechnology 纳米技术 or simple nanotech and it will make us healthier in several important ways Can we expect technology to solve all our medical problems With the following explanations it will become clear that nanotech can solve most of the medical problems that might keep us from being in good health thus allowing us to remain in a state of good health for many decades or even centuries 26 The last sentence in the first paragraph But we can see light at the end of the tunnel probably means A Today s machines can deal with the problem of aging B We have a bright future in dealing with aging problem C Our machines can not solve the problem of aging D We still have a long way to go 27 Which of the following is NOT the technology trend mentioned in this passage A Medical devices will be implantable B Surgical instruments will be more delicate and less destructive C Blood sugar test will be as easy as gene sequencing and identification D Nanotech will make us healthier in several important ways Q1 According to the author we still have a long way to go to Q2 It is tragic and frustrating that such diseases as can only somewhat be treated by today s doctors Q3 One of the technology tendencies in the following 50 years is which will be as easy as a blood test Q4 With nanotechnology we will be able to solve most of all the medical problems so that Passage 2 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 6 页 共 11 页 As more people live closer together and as they use machines to produce leisure they find that their leisure and even their working hours becomes spoilt by a by product 副产品 of their machines namely noise Noise is nowadays in the news it has acquired political status and public opinion is demanding more and more insistently that something be done about it To control noise is to demand much self discipline annoyance arises often from lack of common courtesy 礼貌 a sense of proportion there is usually a conflict of interest if a noise is to be stopped the expenditure 花费 of money and it is far more economical to do this early rather than late and finally technical knowledge Technical difficulties often arise from the subjective objective nature of the problem You can define the excessive speed of a motorcar in terms of a pointer reading on a speedometer 里程计 But can you define excessive noise in the same way You find that with any existing simple noisy meter vehicles which are judged to be equally noisy may show considerable difference on the meter Though the ideal cure for noise is to stop it at its source this may in many cases be impossible The next remedy is to absorb it on its way to the ear Domestic noises may perhaps be controlled by forethought 深谋远虑 and courtesy and industrial noises by good planning and technical improvement But if we are going to allow fast motorcycles and heavy lorries to pass continuously through residential 住宅的 and business districts the community must decide on the control it needs to exercise for in the long run it has got to pay for it And if a nation is to take part in modern air transport it must enter into international agreements on the noise control measures it will impose on its airports and here the cost of any real control is to be measured in millions of dollars 28 In the 4th line of the 1st paragraph the author says it has acquired political status He means that A people know noise is related to leisure life B noise is the by product of machines C people are concerning about noises from leisure bringing machines D people are spoiled by noise from their working places 29 A sensible cure for noise is A to deal with it before it reaches the ear B to stop it at its source C to pay for it D impossible 30 Which of the following statements is not true A Domestic noises can be controlled before they are given out B Noise control measures in airports cost highly C Industrial noises may be planned and reduced technologically D It is not something very important for heavy trucks to run through the business districts Passage 3 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 7 页 共 11 页 To talk about problem solving or decision making within a national environment means examining many complex cultural forces It means trying to measure the impact of these forces on contemporary life and also coming to grips with changes now taking place It also means using dangerous comparisons and the need to translate certain fundamental concepts which resist translation and comparisons For example the concept of vocational or professional identity differs markedly between the United States and Japan In the West the emphasis is on what a man or a woman does for a living Here in the U S if you ask what his father does he will say My daddy drives a truck or My daddy is a stock broker or My daddy is an engineer But in Japan the boy will tell you My daddy works for Mitsubish or My daddy worked for Hitachi But you will have no idea whether his father is the president of Hitachi or a chauffeur at Hitachi In Japan the most important thing is what organization you work for This becomes very significant when you try to analyze the direction taking or decision making process At least it explains the greater job stability in Japan in contrast to the great job mobility in America While we differ in many ways such differences are neither superior nor inferior to each other A particular pattern of management behavior develops from a complexity of unique cultural factors and will only work within a given culture 31 What is the topic of the passage A The impact of complex cultural forces on contemporary life B American and Japanese patterns of management behavior C Differences of professional identity between America and Japan D Influence of cultural forces on problem solving within a national environment 32 The passage tells us that A the Japanese decision making process is superior to the American one B the American problem solving process is inferior to the Japanese one C there is neither superiority nor inferiority between the American and the Japanese decision making process D the Japanese pattern of management behavior can also work very well within American culture 33 The example given in the passage shows that A the American boy knew his father s job B the Japanese boy did not know what his father did C the Japanese boy did not want to tell people his father s job D the concept of vocational identity is quite different between the two countries 34 To talk about problem solving within a national environment means all of the following except A to define cultural forces B to interpret certain basic concepts C to deal seriously with changes taking place 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 8 页 共 11 页 D to try to find out the influence of culture forces on people s life 35 According to the author which of the following sentences is false A The Japanese loves their organization more than their American counterpart B In the west people are very much concerned with what he or she does for a living C In Japan people are concerned with what organization he or she works for D Japanese job mobility is weaker than American one Passage 4 It is an inescapable fact that to most people there comes a time when failing powers of mind or body made it impossible for them to manage their daily lives without some sort of help and despite the weakened sense of family solidarity 团结 this help comes in many cases from children other relatives or occasionally friends When an old person or old couple gives up an independent home and becomes part of another household it does not mean that all the problems of old age are automatically solved the problems are different not so pressing perhaps and their solution lies more with the younger relatives than with the older people themselves Caring for the aged requires skill as well as goodwill Much advice is now available for those caring for young children and babies and there are numerous books to help mothers in bringing up their families but as far as I know little has been written about the day to day care of old people Fortunately the first essentials sympathy and affection are very often to be found and will carry relatives friends and old people a long way but not the whole way without these two virtues the work of caring for the old can be onerous 繁重的 and unrewarding Probably the first thing for anyone to learn who has old people to care for is the need to allow them the freedom of action to realize that their personality is still individual and that social significance is essential to happiness It is all too easy to take the attitude that the old are past doing anything and to encourage resting and doing nothing This is mistaken kindness though it may be an easy way of satisfying the conscience compared with the more exacting way of continual encouragement to be active to go out to find worthwhile occupation The latter course however is much more likely to promote happiness 36 To solve the problems of the old A younger relatives should play a key role B old people should live with younger relatives C old people should live in an independent home D younger relatives should visit the old occasionally 37 Advice about bringing up families is mentioned in the second paragraph to show that A there are not enough suggestions about caring for the old B goodwill and skill are required in caring for the old C it is easier to care for the young than the old D it is the first essential to care for the old 英语 期末考试试卷 A 卷 第 9 页 共 11 页 38 Which of the following statements will the author probably agree with A It is mistaken kindness to encourage the old to look for a job B Young people are more concerned with social significance than the old C With failing powers of mind or body the old should be encouraged to rest D Younger relatives often but not always feel sympathy and affection for the old 39 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word pressing Para 1 A automatic B urgent C essential D independent 40 What is the best title for the passage A Personalities of the Old B Problems of the Old C Caring for the Old D Housing of the Old Partart Vocabulary 10 Directions There are 20