《基础英语1》试题(C卷)

临沂师范学院临沂师范学院 2009 20102009 2010 学年度第学年度第 1 1 学期学期 基础英语 1 试题 C 适用于 2009 级英语师范及翻译方向本科学生 闭卷考试 时间 120 分钟 I Multiple choices 1 20 20 1 Various devices have been tried to supply the diver with air and thus permit a stay under water A enlarged B expanded C increased D prolonged 2 In the 1970s problems in the existing housing program began to in that country calling for governmental solutions A come B emerge C exist D immerse 3 The old man can t hope to his cold in a few days A get away B get off C get over D get out 4 Because propaganda is often accompanied by exaggerations of facts it is often thought to be A wrong B false C dishonest D misleading 5 I a hint but he failed to catch it A threw up B threw out C threw away D gave up 6 In the early 1980s automakers worldwide were rapidly their plants to advanced electronic automation techniques A changing B adjusting C adapting D converting 7 The ordinary Zulu fighters were not to Shaka s plan of throwing away their sandals A opposed B objected C opposing D conflicting 8 The tourists through the fog trying to read what was engraved on the gravestone Shakespeare had chosen for himself A glanced B glimpsed C peered D peeped 9 The new examination syllabus for English majors will next week A come off B come out C come on D come down 10 I must congratulate you the excellent design of the new bridge A with B of C at D on 11 girls are better at language than boys A Big and large B By and near C By and great D By and large 12 The class had a short break then the teacher his lecture A proceeded B proceeded to C proceeded from D proceeded with 13 Peter will what his parents expect of him A watch out for B live up to C stand up to D get along with 14 I beg to tomorrow s meeting A be excused from attending B be excused to attend C be excused not to attend D excuse from being attended 15 He was to suspend his experiment because he was seriously ill A compelled B repelled C combined D propelled 16 The prisoner pleaded that he allowed to see his family who did not yet know of his conviction A is B was C be D could be 17 I phoned you at 9 this morning but got no answer I m sorry I the bell I in the garden A didn t have heard must have been B didn t have heard must be C didn t hear must have been D didn t hear must be 18 They suggested us our luck at the casino A to try B try C trying D tried 19 Mr Brown s numerous New Year s resolutions came to nothing just as the saying goes A leopard never changes its A spots B dots C patches D points 20 He is what I said A far off understanding B far from understanding C far off to understand D far from understand II Cloze 1 15 15 Directions Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet We have spoken of marriage as a formal contract It should be noted however that this contract does not 1 the same form in different societies In Western societies the union of a man and a woman 2 given the status of legal marriage by being registered by an official 3 by the state In some African societies however marriage has nothing to do with an official registration of this kind but is legalized by the formal 4 of goods Generally 5 is the bridegroom who is required to make a 6 of goods to the bride s kin 亲戚 though sometimes a payment is7 made by the bridegroom s kin to that of the bride Among the Nuer a person living in Southern Sudan the payment made to the bride s kin 8 as bride wealth is in the 9 of cattle Once the 10 of bride wealth is agreed upon and the formal payment is made the marriage becomes a 11 union and the offspring of the union become the acceptable 12 of the husband They remain 13 children even 14 the wife subsequently leaves him to live with 15 man 1 A make B get C take D do 2 A is B are C was D were 3 A recognizing B recognize C to recognize D recognized 4 A exchange B contact C communication D connection 5 A that B this C one D it 6 A money B payment C cost D consumption 7 A also B too C either D as well 8 A called B known C named D looked 9 A shape B size C form D type 10 A amount B number C figure D volume 11 A legal B casual C direct D progressive 12 A bride B cattle C wealth D children 13 A his B her C their D one s 14 A before B because C while D if 15 A other B another C more D farther III Reading Comprehension 1 20 20 Directions Read the following three texts Answer the questions below each text by choosing A B C or D Passage One Girls as young as 10 years old are dieting and in danger of developing unhealthy attitudes about weight body image and food a group of Toronto researchers reported Tuesday Their study of 2 279 girls aged 10 to 14 showed that while the vast majority had healthy weights nearly a third felt they were overweight and were trying to lose pounds Even at the tender age of 10 nearly 32 per cent of girls felt too fat and 31 per cent said they were trying to diet McVey a researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and her colleagues analyzed data collected in a number of surveys of southern Ontario school girls between 1993 and 2003 reporting their findings in Tuesday s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal Nearly 80 per cent of the girls had a healthy body weight and only 7 2 percent were considered overweight using standard weight to height ratios Most researchers suggest the rate of overweight children in this country is several times higher than that figure Nearly 30 percent of the girls reported were currently trying to lose weight though few admitted to dangerous behavior such as self induced vomiting Still a test that measured attitudes towards eating showed 10 5 per cent of survey Participants were already at risk of developing an eating disorder We re not talking about kids who ve been prescribed a diet because they re above average weight or overweight We re talking about children who are within a healthy weight range And they have taken it upon themselves to diet to lose weight McVey said acknowledging she found the rates disturbing She said striking a balance between healthy weights and healthy attitudes towards food and body image is a complex task with no easy solutions 1 The study showed that most of the girls A were overweight B were on a diet C had unhealthy attitudes about weight D had a healthy body weight 2 What percentage of the girls considered themselves overweight A Nearly 80 percent B 7 2 percent C Nearly 30percent D 10 5 percent 3 The survey participants were girls A who were 10 B who were 14 C who were 10 to 14 D who were 10 to 18 4 What kind of institution does the lead researcher work with A A schoo1 B A hospital C An association D A charity 5 Unhealthy attitudes about weight body image and food may A lead to an eating disorder B result from self induced vomiting C make it easier to gain weight D bring about greater competition Passage Two Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity It may be walking cycling or swimming or in winter skating or skiing It may be game of some kind football hockey golf or tennis It may be mountaineering Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship and to take risks on high mountains This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure Mountaineering is a sport and not a game There are no man made rules as there are for such games as golf and football There are of course rules of different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore but it is this freedom from man made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a team game We should be mistaken in this There are it is true no matches between teams of climbers but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend there is obviously teamwork The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man He has to fight the forces of nature His sport requires high mental and physical qualities A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties But it is not unusual for man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps They may take more time than younger men but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort and their certainly experience equal enjoyment 6 Mountaineering involves A cold B hardship C physical risk D all of the above 7 The difference between a sport and a game has to do with the kind of A activity B rules C uniform D participants 8 Mountaineering can be called a team sport because A it is an Olympic event B teams compete against each other C mountaineers depend on other while climbing D there are 5 climbers on each team 9 Mountaineers compete against A nature B each other C other teams D international standards 10 Choose the best title for the passage A mountaineering is different from golf and football B mountaineering is more attractive than other sports C mountaineering D mountain climbers Passage Three Education is all enormous and expensive part of American life Its size is matched by its variety Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyone not just for a privileged elite Schools ale expected to meet the needs of every child regardless of ability and also the needs of society itself This means that public schools offer more than academic subjects It surprises many people when they come here to find high schools offering such courses as typing sewing radio repair computer programming or driver training along with traditional academic subjects such as mathematics history and languages Students choose their curricula depending on their interests future goals and level of ability The underlying goal of American education is to develop every child to the utmost of his or her own possibilities and to give each one a sense of civic and community consciousness Schools have traditionally played an important role in creating national unity and Americanizing the millions of immigrants who have poured into this country from many different backgrounds and origins Schools still play a large role in the community especially in the small towns The approach to teaching may seem unfamiliar to many not only because it is informal but also because there is not much emphasis on learning facts Instead Americans try to teach their children to think for themselves and to develop their own intellectual and creative abilities Students spend much time learning how to use resource materials libraries statistics and computers Americans believe that if children are taught to reason well and to research well they will be able to find whatever facts they need throughout the rest of their lives Knowing how to solve problems is considered more important than the accumulation of facts This is America s answer to the searching question that thoughtful parents all over the world are asking themselves in the fast moving time How Can one prepare today s child for a tomorrow that one can neither predict nor understand 11 Which of the following best states the goal of American education A To teach every learner some practical skills B To provide every learner with rich knowledge C To give every student the opportunity to fully develop his her ability D To train every student to be a responsible citizen 12 It is implied in the passage that A all high school students take the same courses B every high school student must take some practical ability training courses C every public school offers the same academic subjects D the subjects every student takes may vary 13 American schools place great emphasis on the learner s A enrichment of knowledge B accumulation of facts C acquisition of the ability to be creative D acquisition of the ability to work with his hands 14 According to the passage American education meets the needs of all the following EXCEPT A the brightest students B the slow students C the students from foreign countries D the immigrants 15 Which of the following best states the feature of American education that makes it different from education in other countries A The large number of its schools B The variety of the courses offered in its schools C Its special consideration given to immigrants D Its underlying goal to develop every child s abilities to the fullest extent Passage Four Some men infected with the virus that causes AIDS apparently get help from an unexpected source another virus The second virus appears to delay the progression of the disease according to new research The result may eventually help scientists develop novel treatments for the affliction Because people infected with HIV have compromised immune systems other viruses are usually bad news But about 5 years ago scientists discovered that a common virus called GB virus C appeared to prolong the lives of men infected with HIV On its own GB virus C which infects about 85 of the general population does no harm The research was controversial however because other studies found no benefit To put the matter to rest epidemiologist Jack Stapleton of the University of Iowa Iowa City and colleagues turned to the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study which has been collecting blood samples from 5622 homosexual men every 6 months since 1984 Some of the men became infected with HIV during the course of the study The team tested blood samples of 271 men with HIV some of whom had GB virus C before catching HIV and others of whom didn t GB virus C does offer a survival advantage the researchers report in the 4 March issue of The New England Journal of Medicine but the effect can only be seen in men who have carried both viruses for a long time Men who were infected with both viruses for a year and a half had the same survival rate 5 years later as men with HIV alone However men who carried both viruses for 5 years were almost three times as likely to be alive as those with HIV alone After 11 years they were almost twice as likely to be alive On the other hand men who were infected with GB virus C but cleared the helper virus fared worse than those who never had it The study suggests that GB virus C had a protective effect in some studies but not others because the studies may have been following patients who had carried one or both viruses for different amounts of time This paper puts that controversy to rest says virologist Donald Mosier of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla California More importantly this provocative observation leads to big questions as to why the virus is protective Retrovirologist Roger Pomerantz of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia says the bottom line is we don t know Once they do the next step is to develop a therapy that mimics the GB virus C s beneficial effect 16 From the passage we know that the immune systems of those infected with AIDS virus A get help from other viruses B are easily attacked by viruses C easily yield to other viruses D contain a common virus called GB virus C 17 GB virus C A can prolong the lives of men infected with AIDS B remains a controversial virus because its effects are to be proved C usual