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1 2006 2007 年度第二学期期末考试卷 年度第二学期期末考试卷 B 卷 卷 科目 泛 读 班级 姓名 学号 Part I Figure out the meaning of the underlined words in the following 15 1 5 1 My father is a versatile man he is a successful businessman sportsman author and sports car mechanic A rich B influential C proud D talented 2 They suspended the construction of the bridge during the strike A opposed B supported C continued D delayed 3 The play contained a variety of morbid events the death of a young child the suicide of her mother and the murder of an old sister A moral B immoral C healthy D gloomy 4 Young people who are just starting their households often spend some of their money on appliances for instance refrigerators and televisions A tools B equipment C instruments D decorations 5 The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it A happily B really C willingly D smoothly 6 Many online banking sites now offer sophisticated tools to help you manage all of your assets more efficiently A skilled B complicated C various D social 7 To be chat savvy There are just a few abbreviations you will need to know A clever B cute C elegant D initial 8 Mary turned around and saw her mother with her arms opened wide Mary went over and gave her an enormous hug A critical B terrific C large D significant 9 You hear about obnoxious users so you might be afraid to try it A funny B unpleasant C potential D flexible 10 The exchange and return policies may be pricier than in a stroke A rarer B more expensive C safer D faster Part Fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word 15 1 5 1 There are three apply for the job 2 I must have disturbed your private 3 A good host makes her guests comfortable 4 It took years for Einstein s theory to gain acceptable 5 There is no alternate but to fight 6 The manager is optimism about the company s future 7 The loss of his son made him misery 8 When very angry people seldom act in a ration way 9 He was reading in the dimly light of an oil lamp 10 Those young girls danced graceful and received applause Part Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate word from the list 2 Change the form where necessary 10 1 moral in vain stimulus smart bleach trustworthy ambiguous embrace heredity evade 1 The discovery of oil acted as a to the local economy 2 When father asked who broke the window Dick tried to the question 3 It was rather of him to seize the opportunity and profit by it 4 Many people consider that the rising crime rate is due to the decline of standards 5 Some diseases develop because of the conditions on lives in others are present by 6 Don t this red sweater when you do the laundry 7 If this fighting finally brings peace to the area the soldiers will not have died 8 He is completely he won t cheat you 9 In some countries people commonly each other when they meet 10 The meaning of a sentence is not clear It is an sentence Part Find the topic sentence of each paragraph 20 4 1 Until the 1980s the American homeless population comprised mainly older males Today homelessness strikes much younger part of society In fact a 25 city survey by the U S Conference of Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make up the fastest growing part of the homeless population Many homeless children gather in inner cities this transient and frequently frightened student population creates additional problems both legal and educational for already overburdened urban school administrators and teachers The topic sentence of the paragraph is 2 Victorian 维多利亚时代的 parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude in fact they did nothing of the kind but children were then too frightened to let them know how they really felt Today we tend to go to the other 3 extreme but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent It is always wiser and safer to face up to reality however painful it may be at the moment The topic sentence of the paragraph is 3 Americans have always been ambivalent in their attitudes toward education On the one hand free and universal public education was seen as necessary in a democracy for how else would citizens learn how to govern themselves in a responsible way On the other hand America was always a country that offered financial opportunities for which education was not needed on the road from rags to riches schooling beyond the basics of reading writing and arithmetic was an unnecessary detour The topic sentence of the paragraph is 4 In recent years many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind The man has a job and earns the money for the family The woman stays at home and cares for the children and the house Many Americans are happy with this kind of marriage But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities There are two important differences in male and female roles now One is that both men and women have many more choices They may choose to marry or to stay single They may choose to work or stay at home Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them The topic sentence of the paragraph is 5 There is a difference between science and technology Science is a method of answering theoretical questions technology is a method of solving practical problems Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relationships technology has to do with tools techniques and procedures for implementing the finding of science The topic sentence of the paragraph is Part V Reading Comprehension 40 2 Passage One Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage This is supposed to be an enlightened age but you wouldn t think so if you could hear what the average men think of the average women Women won their independence years ago After a long bitter struggle they now enjoy the same educational opportunities as men in most parts of the world They have proved repeatedly that they are equal and often superior to men in almost every field The hard fought battle for recognition has been won but it is by no means over It is men not women who still carry on the sex was because their attitude remains basically hostile Even in the most progressive societies women continue to be regarded as second sate citizens To hear some men talk you d think that women belonged to a different species On the surface the comments made by men about women s abilities seem light hearted The same tired jokes about women drivers are repeated day in day out This apparent light heartiness does not conceal the real contempt that men feel for women However much men sneer at women their claims to 4 superiority are not borne out by statistics We all know that women cause far fewer accidents than men They are too conscientious and responsible to drive like menaces But this is a minor quibble Women have succeeded in any job you care to name Ass politicians soldiers doctors bus conductors scientists and presidents of countries they have often put men to shame And we must remember that they frequently succeed brilliantly in all these fields in addition to bearing and rearing children 1 Which of the following statements is true A Women s struggle for recognition has been completely won B Women have proved their abilities in many fields C Women can not get the same educational opportunities as men D Women are now regarded as equal to men all over the world 2 Women cause far fewer accidents than men because women A drive like maniacs B drive much better than men C are conscientious and responsible D want to put men to shame 3 According to the passage men s true attitude towards women is A hostile B light hearted C objective D superior 4 Men sneer at women because men A are superior to men B think women belong to a different species C are making jokes with women D feel contempt for women 5 Women s success in almost every field is significant because A women have fought very hard for success B women have to bear and rear children C women have never succeeded before D men still carry on the sex war Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching On the contrary both their knowledge and experience are enriched We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not so bright child After a11 it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade Besides it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability This is only one aspect of their total personality We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full not just their academic ability We also value personal qualities and social skills and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning In our classrooms we work in various ways The pupils often work in groups this gives 5 them the opportunity to learn to cooperate to share and to develop leadership skills They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think to make decisions to analyse and evaluate and to communicate effectively The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher Sometimes the pupils work in pairs sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments and they can do this at their own speed They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate We encourage our pupils to use the library and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently An advanced pupil can do advanced work it does not matter what age the child is We expect our pupils to do their best not their least and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal 6 In the passage the author s attitude towards mixed ability teaching is A critical B questioning C approving D objective 7 By held back Line 1 the author means A made to remain in the same classes B forced to study in the lower classes C drawn to their studies D prevented from advancing 8 The author argues that a teacher s chief concern should be the development of the student s A personal qualities and social skills B total personality C learning ability and communicative skills D intellectual ability 9 Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED in the third paragraph A Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others B Pupils aim learn to develop their reasoning abilities C Group work provides pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers D Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities 10 The author s purpose of writing this passage is to A argue for teaching bright and not bright pupils in the same class B recommend pair work and group work for classroom activities C offer advice on the proper use of the library D emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching Passage Three Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage Scientist have established that influenza viruses taken from man can cause the disease in animals In addition man can catch the disease from animals In fact a great number of wild birds seem to carry the virus without showing any evidence of illness Some scientists conclude that a large family of 6 influenza viruses may have evolved in the bird kingdom a group that has been on the earth 100 million years and is able to carry the virus without contracting the disease These is even convincing evidence to show that virus strains are transmitted from place to place and from continent to continent by migrating birds It is known that two influenza viruses can recombine when both are present in an animal at the same time The result of such recombinations is a great variety of strains containing different H and N spikes This raises the possibility that a human influenza virus can recombine with an influenza virus form a lower animal to produce an entirely new spike Research is underway to determine if that is the way that major new strains come into being Another possibility is that two animal influenza strains may recombine in a pig for example to produce a new strain which is transmitted to man 字串 6 11 According to the passage scientists have discovered that influenza viruses A cause ill health in wild birds B do not always cause symptoms in birds C are rarely present in wild birds D change when transferred from animals to man 12 What is known about the influenza virus A It was first found in a group of very old birds B All the different strains can be found in wild birds C It existed over 100 million years ago D It can survive in many different places 13 According to the passage a great variety of influenza strains can appear when A H and N spikes are produced B animal and bird viruses are combined C dissimilar types virus recombine D two viruses of the same type are contracted 14 New strains of viruses are transmitted to man by A a type of pig B diseased lower animals C a group of migrating birds D a variety of means 15 It can be inferred from the passage that all of the following are ways of producing new strains of influenza viruses EXCEPT A two influenza viruses in the same animal re combining B animal viruses recombining with human viruses C two animal viruses recombining in one animal D two animal viruses recombining in a human Passage Four Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage Water on the earth is being recycled continously in a process known as the hydrologic cycle The first step of the cycle is the evaporation of water in the oceans Evaporation is the process of water turning into vapor which then forms clouds in the sky The second step is the water returning to the earth in the form of precipitation either rain snow or ice When the water 7 reaches the earth s surface it run off into the rivers lakes and th