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大学英语 1 试题 A 卷 第 1 页 共 9 页 姓 名 学 号 班 级 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题 20102010 20112011 学年第二学期期中考试学年第二学期期中考试 大学英语大学英语 4 4 试题 试题 A A 卷 卷 供 10 级非英语专业本科 班使用 出题人 2011 年 4 月 题题 号号 I IIIIIIIIIIIIVIV 总 分 得得 分分 阅卷人阅卷人 本套试卷共 8 页 Part Listening Comprehension 20 Section A Directions In this section you will hear 10 short conversations At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said The conversation and the question will be spoken only once After each conversation there will be a 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center 10 1 A At 9 30B At 10 00C At 10 30D At 11 00 2 A She s heard of it before B She didn t know what a hurricane is C She knows nothing about it D The huge hurricane is terrible and unbelievable 3 A In a library B In a printing workshop C At a department store D In a bookstore 4 A By seaB By carC By trainD By air 5 A 5423 Broadway B 5234 Broadway C 5243 Broadway D 5423 Broadway 6 A Paul B Paul s wife C Paul s motherD Paul s father 7 A Peter really needs the part time job B Peter shouldn t take the part time job C Peter can get some work experience D Peter can earn some money to support his study 8 A The woman found the examination difficult B The woman found the examination much easier than expected C The woman failed the final English examination D The woman finished the examination within half an hour 9 A Husband and wife B Shop assistant and customer C Tailor and customer D Teacher and student 10 A 256B 300C 320D 400 Section B 5 Directions In this section you will hear a short passage At the end of the passage you will hear five 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center 5 11 A His bicycle was stolen B He got a letter from the police station C His had to visit a small village D He couldn t find the thief 12 A He went to the police station B He went to visit a small village C He received a letter from the local police D He went to the railway station to get back his bicycle 13 A Twenty years ago B Several months agoC Five days ago D Yesterday 14 A At a railway stationB At a police station C In a small villageD In an unknown place 15 A 16 B 20C 36 D 60 Section C Directions In this section you will hear two long conversations At the end of each conversation some questions will be asked about what was said Both the conversation and question will be spoken only once After each question there will be a pause During the pause read the four choices marked A B C and D and decide which is the best answer Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center 5 Conversation 1 16 A Skiing B Skateboarding C Swimming D Skating 17 A To watch TV B To join in a talk show on TV C To do a TV advertisement D To work for the TV station 18 A Husband and wife B Mother and son C Teammates D Friends Conversation 2 19 A To help her to sleep well B To help her to be awake 大学英语 1 试题 A 卷 第 2 页 共 9 页 C To help her to relax D To help her to work at night 20 A Because the baby can have birth defects 缺陷 B Because it can affect the baby s heart rate C Because it delays the baby s birth D Because the baby can become alcoholic Part Reading Comprehension 50 Directions In this section there are 5 passages followed by five questions each with four suggested answers marked A B C and D You should choose the most appropriate answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage Chris Peterson was teaching a class in psychology at Virginia Tech when he told his students to fill out a carefully designed test that determines a person s level of optimism and pessimism The students also answered questions about their general health including how often they went to a doctor Peterson followed the health of his students the following year and discovered that the pessimists had twice as many diseases and made twice as many trips to the doctor as the optimists Later Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania and two of his colleagues using interviews and blood tests found that optimists have better immune 免疫的 activity than pessimists Why One big factor is that Pessimistic individuals as Seligman writes get depressed more easily and more often When a person is depressed certain brain hormones 荷尔 蒙 become reduced creating a chain of biochemical 生物化学的 events that end up slowing down the activity of the immune system Optimists also look at information in more depth to find out what they can do about the risk factors In a study by Lisa Aspinwall at the University of Maryland subjects read health related information on cancer and other topics She discovered that optimists spent more time than pessimists reading the severe risk material and they remembered more of it These are people says Aspinwall who aren t sitting around wishing things were different They believe in a better outcome and that whatever measures they take will help them to heal In other words instead of having their heads in the clouds optimistic people look and seek They aren t afraid to look into the situation because they re optimistic Thus for yet another reason optimists are likely to be healthier The best news is what research has shown repeatedly Anyone can become more optimistic with effort And every effort you make to keep an optimistic attitude will reward you with a stronger immune system So you ll enjoy better health 21 The purpose of these scientific studies is to A pick out people who are more optimistic B determine a person s level of optimism and pessimism C prove pessimistic people get depressed more easily and more often D discover to what degree one s health is related to one s attitude in life 22 Seligman s research suggests that A optimism helps people become healthier B interviews are the main tool used in the research C blood tests may not produce exact results D one s immune system is controlled by one s thoughts 23 According to the scientists the reduction of immune activity is basically caused by A some uncertain factors B one s worse condition of health C one s depressed feeling D the change of biochemical events 24 It can be inferred from the passage that A optimists spend more time on studying and searching B pessimists are more concerned with their health C we can tell who is a pessimist by observing his reading behavior D hormones are something with mysterious effects on the brain 25 Which of the following statements is NOT true A Everyone can develop an optimistic attitude with effort B Pessimists have no hope of making a change in their attitude C Optimists have a stronger immune system D A positive attitude toward life makes us healthier Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage If you are a male and you are reading this congratulations you are a survivor According to statistics you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman and nine times more likely to die of AIDS Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term about 78 years for men in Australia you will die on average five years before a woman There are many reasons for this typically men take more risks than woman and are more likely to drink and smoke but 大学英语 1 试题 A 卷 第 3 页 共 9 页 perhaps more importantly men don t go to the doctor Men aren t seeing doctors as often as they should says Dr Gullotta This is particularly so for the over 40s when diseases tend to strike Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two For those over 45 it should be at least once a year Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50 year old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker s cough for a year When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer he says Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him but it would have prolonged this life According to a recent survey 95 of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year compared to 70 of men in the same age group A lot of men think they are invincible 不可战胜的 Gullotta says They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think Geez if it could happen to him Then there is the ostrich 鸵鸟 approach some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know says Dr Ross Cartmill Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies Cartmill says He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check ups Regular check ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse Cartmill says But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases Besides the ultimate cost is far greater it is called premature death 26 Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage A They are more likely to survive serious diseases today B Their average life span has been considerably extended C They have lived long enough to read this article D They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier live 27 What does the author state is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women A men drink and smoke much more than women B men don t seek medical care as often as women C men aren t as cautions as women in face of danger D men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases 28 Which of the following best completes the sentence Geez if it could happen to him line2 para 7 A it could happen to me too B I should avoid playing golf C I should consider myself lucky D it would be a big misfortune 29 What does Dr Ross Cartmill mean by the ostrich approach line 1 para 9 A a casual attitude towards one s health conditions B a new therapy for certain psychological problems C refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved D unwillingness to find out about one s disease because of fear 30 What does Cartmill say about regular check ups for men A They may increase public expenses B They will save money in the long run C They may cause psychological strains on men D They will enable men to live as long as women Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage Some desert animals can survive the summer heat and dryness because they are very unusual The camel for example can experience and bear an increase in the temperature of its body and its blood of 9 C without anything bad happening to it In addition it can drink a lot of water at one time then store enough water in parts if its body to supply its needs for two weeks or more the kangaroo rat on the other hand gets all the water it needs from water that it produces when it breathes However most animals need to maintain a fairly constant body temperature and will die if it rises more than 5 C Therefore they need to find some way to stay away from the heat of the summer sun Nor can many animals either store or produce water in their bodies as the camel and kangaroo rat can So they must find ways to keep their bodies from losing water because of the heat Because very few desert animals can survive the high temperature of a typical summer s day most of them are active only in the night Only after the sun has set does the desert come fully to life The night is relatively cool and the darkness provides protection not only from the sun but also from other animals and from the birds So the coming of darkness is the signal for the large majority of animals and insects to start again their search for water and food When morning 大学英语 1 试题 A 卷 第 4 页 共 9 页 comes most of them seek shelter again Many go underground nearly all find some dark and cool place where they can keep away from the sun s heat For many species of insects living in the desert is easier than for animals Like many desert plants they have a waterproof skin which prevents water loss because of the high temperature In addition some species spend all or most of their life below ground Here for most of the year at least there is some moisture and it is generally cooler than on the surface In the case of ants only adults leave the underground nests and they do so only to gather food or to defend the nest against attack 31 Compared with other desert animals the camel can bear A a very low body temperature B only a little change in body temperature C a big increase in body temperature D a constant change in body temperature 32 The kangaroo rat is different from other animals in that A it can produce water through breathing B It can store water in parts of its body C It can maintain different body temperatures D It can drink a lot of water at a time 33 Why is the desert full of activity in summer nights A because it is cooler and safer for most animals B because animals can find food in the dark C because it is easy to find water at night D because animals cannot sleep at night 34 Why is it easy for many species of insects to live in the desert A because it is not difficult for them to survive there B because they are not afraid of the heat C because it is not difficult for them to find food there D because they have a waterproof skin 35 Most insects live below the ground because A it is easy for them to build nests there B it is easy to find water there C it is cooler there than on the surface D it is easier to defend their nests Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage Most people s jobs are likely to be affected by computers in one way or another Teachers for example can use computer terminal or sets of screens and keyboards in the classroom Each pupil may one day have a terminal to use which can pose problems and ask questions and the computer can inspect and check the pupils replies But could a computer ever replace teachers or do any job a man or woman can do The short answer is that this is very unlikely At the moment there are vast numbers of things a computer cannot do Computers cannot perform an operation or dock a big ship But they can help the people who do these tasks In fact computers can help nearly everyone from an architect to a postal clerk However there is no program that makes a computer behave in anything like the way a human mind works Even so some people are trying to program computers to think like people They have had some surprising successes Some computer programs can play chess much better than the average player and there is one game in which a computer has beaten the world champion backgammon which is a board game like chess but much simpler But playing backgammon is only one skill How can we decide if a computer is as intelligent as a human being A simple test has been suggested The test involves two people who have never met before person A and person B and a computer all three in separate rooms A has to try to tell the difference between B and the computer B tries to make it clear to A that he is not a computer but the computer is programmed to try to deceive A into thinking that it is B Obviously A could tell easily if he could see into the other rooms or if he could speak to B so the only way that he can communicate with both the computer and B is through terminals A has two terminals one leading to each of the other rooms and he can use them to ask any questions he likes If he cannot tell from the replies which terminal leads to the computer then it is generally accepted that the computer must be regarded as being as intelligent as a human At the moment no program has been written which gets a computer anywhere near it Computers are only effective when problems are clearly described in advance They are next to useless when problems are not clearly described For example an airplane can fly automatically most of the time but there is always a human pilot in case something goes wrong The human can react to any situation some of which he may never have imagined At the moment most computer 大学英语 1 试题 A 卷 第 5 页 共 9 页 programs need to know everything that might happen in advance and what to do if it does happen Such programs can be written if the computer is only playing backgammon but they cannot be written for a nurse an athlete or any number of other professions Some people say that computers can never have minds of their own because they need a program which is created by a human to tell them what to do This is perfectly true But how do we know that a program cannot be written which gives a computer a mind of its own A programmer cannot always say in advance how a computer running his or her program will react There are many examples of a computer running a chess playing program in which the computer has made the best possible choice of the alternative moves it was programmed to make Despite this it will be many years before a program is devised that is anything like the human mind 36 A computer is said to be useful in the classroom because A pupils can ask questions by using computers B computers can check pupils learning progress C computers can ask questions for pupils to answer D computers can take the place of teachers 37 Computers seem to perform better than the human mind when A performing an operation B docking a big ship C playing backgammon D doing the work of a postal clerk 38 A possible way to determined whether a computer is as intelligent as a human being is to A ask difficult questions for the computer to answer B see whether a computer can behave like a human being C make computers perform the same tasks that human beings perform D see whether its answer differ from those of a human being 39 One important difference between a computer and a human being is that A no computer can deal with unexpected situations B computers can find the answers to proble