大学英语一级期末考试.doc

上海师范大学标准试卷 大学英语一级（全新版）2011级期末（2011级期末A卷 120 minutes） 专业 本、专科 年级 班 姓名 学号 Part I Listening Comprehension 20%Section A 5%Directions: In this section you will hear 10 statements. Each statement will be read only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which one is closest in meaning to the sentence you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A. I dont like playing games on computer. B. Id rather play games than work on computer. C. Playing games on computer is what I like to do most. D. There is nothing that I dont like to do.2. A. I remember that I have seen him in a certain place. B. I will remember to see him in somewhere. C. To remember seeing him somewhere before is what I should do. D. The fact is I saw somewhere before, but I cant remember it.3. A. We can do nothing to stop the process of aging. B. There is nothing that we cant do to stop the process of aging. C. To stop the process of aging is something we can do. D. There is something we can do to stop the process of aging.4. A. They shouldnt have been so fussy about it. B. They should have made so much fuss（大惊小怪）about it. C. It was unnecessary for them to make a fuss about it. D. They need have made a fuss about it.5. A. He is not only creative but also talkative. B. He is creative but speaks little. C. He speaks a lot but is poor in ideas. D. He is lacking in ideas though very creative.6. A. I was supposed to hand in my research paper on Tuesday, but I forgot it. B. I forgot to finish my research paper on Tuesday. C. I forgot finishing my research paper on Tuesday. D. My research paper was expected to be handed in on Tuesday and I remember it.7. A. Peter would like to go to the university. B. Peter might as well get a job. C. It is better for Peter to get a job. D. Peter determined to get a job instead of going to the university.8. A. Smoking threatens your health. B. If you smoke too much, it will be harmful to your health. C. Smoking is very dangerous to your health. D. You will put your health in danger as long as you smoke.9. A. The snow is falling on the leaves and the house looks like a new one. B. Snows family plans to move into their new house. C. The Snows are going to sell their old house and buy a new one. D. Mr. Snow is going to leave his old house and move to a new one.10. A. He was sure of the decision he had made. B. He was not certain whether he had made the right decision or not. C. Whether he had made the right decision or not was quite certain. D. It was certain that he had made the right decision.Section B 5%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 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.11. A. She had difficulty in solving the maths problem, yet she managed it. B. The maths problem was too difficult for her to understand. C. The maths problem was not difficult and she solved it with ease. D. She understood the maths problems but she could not solve it.12. A. She is easy-going. B. She is an ill-natured person. C. She looks mean, but deep down she is kind. D. She is strict with her student.13. A. He just reminded her of her birthday. B. He brought her a beautiful rose for her birthday. C. He was going to buy a beautiful rose for her birthday. D. He was going to take her out to buy a beautiful rose she liked.14. A. Hobbies. B. How to kill time. C. Their favorite hobby. D. Music class.15. A. He has got a bike. B. He is good at maths. C. He is poor in maths. D. He goes to school by bike.16. A. A teacher. B. A millionaire. C. An officer in travel agency. D. An English teacher.17. A. The man himself. B. The mans mother. C. The cleaner. D. The woman.18. A. He missed the train. B. He missed the train because he overslept. C. Though he got up early, he missed the train. D. He didnt miss the train because he got up early.19. A. Stores. B. The man himself. C. The woman. D. His tailor.20. A. $358.58. B. $158.00 C. $200.58 D. $100.58Section C: Spot Dictation 10%Directions: In this part, you will hear a passage three times. The passage is printed on your test paper with 10 blanks. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing words you have just heard. In my twenty-five years S1 , I have had to master three different kinds of writing machines. I began my career on the manual typewriter. I soon S2 efficiently and typed between sixty-five and seventy words per minute. S3 , I found myself being S4 to an electric typewriter. At first, I swore（发誓）I preferred a manual because I had trouble remembering not to S5 as hard. Also, it took me several days to quit reaching for a carriage return. After a while, however, I S6 returning to a manual. Recently, I was persuaded to give up my electric typewriter for a word processor. Always S7 , I complained in the beginning about S8 the new keyboard and the commands. But after using the word processor S9 , I dont believe I would consider S10 of the electric typewriter.Part II: Reading Comprehension 35%Section A: Fast reading 5%Directions: In this part, you are required to read the following passage as quickly as you can. Then there are some questions or uncompleted statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choices and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Lillian was a young French Canadian girl who grew up on a farm in Ontario. When she was 16, her father thought “Lill” had had enough schooling, and she was forced to drop out of school. In 1922, with English as her second language and limited education and skills, the future didnt look bright for Lill. Her father was a strict man who seldom took no for an answer and never accepted excuses. He demanded that Lill find a job. But her limitations left her with little confidence, and she didnt know what work she could do. With small hope of gaining employment, she would still ride the bus daily into the “big cities” of Windsor or Detroit. But she couldnt muster the courage to respond to a Help Wanted ad; she couldnt even bring herself to knock on a door. Each day she would just ride to the city, walk aimlessly about and at dusk return home. Her father would ask, “Any luck today, Lill?” “No no luck today, Dad,” she would respond mildly. As the days passed, Lill continued to ride and her father continued to ask about her job-hunting. The questions became more demanding, and Lill knew she would soon have to knock on a door. On one of her trips, Lill saw a sign at the Carhartt Overall Company in downtown Detroit. “HELP WANTED,” the sigh said, “SECRETARIAL. APPLY WITHIN.” She walked up the long flight of stairs to the Carhartt Company offices. Cautiously, Lill knocked on her very first door. She was met by the office manager, Margaret Costello. In her broken English, Lill told her she was interested in the secretarial position, falsely stating that she was 19. Margaret knew something wasnt right, but decided to give the girl a chance. She guided Lill through the old business office of the Carhartt Company. With rows and rows of people seated at rows and rows of typewriters, Lill felt as if a hundred pairs of eyes were staring at her. With her eyes staring down, the farm girl followed Margaret to the back of the room. Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lill, lets see how good you really are.” She asked Lill to type a single letter, and then left. Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 A.M. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought that she could slip away in the crowd then. But she knew she should at least attempt the letter. On her first try, she got through one line. It had five words, and she made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. “At noon,” she said to herself, “Ill move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again.” On her second attempt, Lill got through a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. Again she pulled out the paper, threw it out and started over. This time she completed the letter, but her work was still full of mistakes. She looked at the clock: 11:55-five minutes to freedom. Just then, the door at one end of the office opened and Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lill, putting one hand on the desk and the other on the girls shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, “Lill, youre doing good work!” Lill was stunned. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape vanished and her confidence began to grow. She thought, “Well, if she thinks its good, then it must be good. I think Ill stay!” Lill did stay at Carhartt Overall Companyfor 51 years, through two world wars and a Depression, through 11 presidents and six prime ministers- all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.21. Lill dropped out of school at age 16 because . A. she had had enough schooling B. she had limited leaning skills C. her father wanted her to do so D. the future didnt look bright22. As Lill rode to the city, she was almost sure that she couldnt . A. find a job B. see any job ads C. like that city life D. be accepted by the citizens23. When Lill knocked at the door of Carhartt Overall Company, it was mainly because . A. she was good at secretarial work B. it was the first Help Wanted sign she saw C. the company was located in the downtown area D. her father pushed her harder on job-hunting24. How old was Lill when she stopped working for Carhartt Overall Company? A. 51 B. 60 C. 67 D. 7025. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Education is important to everybody. B. Confidence is the key to career success. C. Opportunity is critical in job-hunting. D. Encouragement is a valuable gift one can give.Section B: Reading Comprehension 30%Directions: There are some questions or unfinished statements in this part. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage One 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 without anything bad happening to it. In addition, it can drink a lot of water at one time; then store enough water in parts of 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 . 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 summers 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 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 suns 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.26. 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 temperature27. 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 temperature D. it can drink a lot of water at a time28. 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.29. 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.30. 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 nestsPassage two Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. An even if a person is poor he doesnt feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didnt know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the Unite States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today. There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays, there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans dont like to wait for a bus or a train or even a plane. They dont like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have. The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.31. When do most Americans feel they are poor? A. When they dont have a car. B. When they live in a huge country. C. When they dont use planes. D. When they have a car.32. Why do cars become popular in the United States? A. The United States is huge. B. Public transportation is not so good. C. Americans like to be independent. D. Americans like to move around.33. What public transportation is good in the United States? A. Buses. B. Trains. C. Taxis. D. Planes34. What has caused a big problem for Americans? A. A new kind of car. B. Public transportation. C. The gas shortage. D. Poor people.35. Which of the following is not mentioned according to this passage? A. Cars have made the nation on wheels. B. Cars have made the United States have a gas shortage. C. Nearly 80% of the American people have cars. D. Cars have made Americans independent.Passage three Ever since I was very small, Ive had the sense that I ought to be somewhere else. I remember watching trains flash by and wishing I was on board. I remember going to the airport with my parents when I was 13 and reading the destinations board, seeing all the places that I could go to: Los Angeles, Chicago, London. But the train passed