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适用范围：山东科技大学20152016学年第一学期大学英语考试试卷（A卷）I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) She will go purchase the gift herself.B) The gift should not be too expensive.C) The man is not good at balancing his budget.D) They are going to Janes house-warming party.2. A) It takes patience to go through the statistics.B) He has prepared the statistics for the woman.C) The woman should take a course in statistics.D) He is quite willing to give the woman a hand.3. A) The man wants to make some change in the scripts.B) The woman does not take the recording seriously.C) They cannot begin their recording right away.D) Page 55 is missing from the womans scripts.4. A) A significant event in July.B) Preparations for a wedding.C) The date of Carls wedding.D) The birthday of Carls bride.5. A) The man was in charge of scheduling meetings.B) The man was absent from the weekly meeting.C) They woman was annoyed at the mans excuse.D) The woman forgot to tell the man in advance.6. A) The woman is a marvelous cook.B) The man cannot wait for his meal.C) The woman has just bought an oven.D) The man has to leave in half an hour.7. A) Whether the man can keep his job.B) Where the man got the bad news.C) What items sell well in the store.D) How she can best help the man.8. A) The woman can sign up for a swimming class.B) He works in the physical education department.C) The woman has the potential to swim like a fish.D) He would like to teach the woman how to swim.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A) He teaches in a law school.B) He loves classical music.C) He is a diplomat.D) He is a wonderful lecturer.10.A) Went to see a play.B) Watched a soccer game.C) Took some photos.D) Attended a dance.11. A) She decided to get married in three years.B) Her mother objected to Erics flying lessons.C) She insisted that Eric pursue graduate studies.D) Her father said she could marry Eric right away.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Editor. B) Teacher. C) Journalist. D) Typist.13. A) The beautiful Amazon rainforests.B) A new railway under construction.C) Big changes in the Amazon valley.D) Some newly discovered scenic spot.14. A) In news weeklies.B) In newspapers Sunday editions.C) In a local evening paper.D) In overseas editions of U.S. magazines.15. A) To be employed by a newspaper.B) To become a professional writer.C) To sell her articles to news service.D) To get her life story published soon.II. Fill in the blanks with the words given(20 points, 1 point each)A. outcome B. appropriate C. tends D.culture16. The sort of music he listens to varies, but it _to be popular music. 17. Language is the medium of_, and when we learn a foreign language, we are exposed to a culture quite different from ours.18.Dont be too dressy. Plain, simple clothes are _for school wear.19.There were not many people who dared predict the _the next World Cup. A. secure B. bored C. bleeding D. applied 20. Scientific discoveries are often _ to industrial processes. 21. I hope you are not getting _listening to me.22. Can you _me two good seats for the concert?23. When they arrived there, he lay on the floor, his nose_.A. inquiries B. handled C. maintain D. amused24. It was a difficult situation but he _it very well. 25. To _a happy mood is very important in ones study and work. 26. He had made many _into the quality of the computer before buying one.27. We were greatly _to hear about his sitting on the wet paint.A. addition B. depressed C. social D. homesick 28.To be a top student, you need diligence and persistence in _to intelligence.29.As he has been in America for 3 years now, he is _for China. 30. The thought of having to take the examination again _me. 31.A little_ drinking does no harm; but dont drink too much. A. relevant B. somehow C. resources D. appreciate32.As a freshman, you should get to know campus _as soon as possible and make good use of them.33.I think shes right but _Im not completely sure.34.Id _it if you would turn the radio down. 35.His nationality isnt _to whether or not hes a good lawyer.III. Reading Comprehension(40points, 2 points each)Passage A Before discussing different kinds of emotions, let us briefly talk about how researchers measure bodily processes, actions and behavior, and how this relates to what we do in our everyday lives when we observe emotions in others. Bodily processes can be directly measured by means of a polygraph. When a polygraph is skillfully used to compare how we react bodily with what we are saying, it is called a lie detector. Bodily processes can also be measured indirectly. This is what we do when we observe someone blushing. However, we are not always aware what bodily processes we respond to. Measuring action or behavior is the other way researchers assess the emotions. For example, one measure of fear of snakes is how close a person will go to the snake. Another procedure is to have a person tell how afraid he is, or rate how he feels. In this way, researchers have developed the so-called fear thermometer to assess a persons fears. In our everyday living, we do very much the same thing, only not so systematically. We react to what a person does, what he says, how he says it, and how he looks. Is he smiling? Is his voice trembling? We put all these observations together to infer what a person is feeling. However, we do not always act as we feel. Sometimes we do things that we dont feel like doing. Sometimes we say we feel one way and then we act another. Actors, for example, successfully learn to make believe emotions, or learn to hide them. Thus we cannot always tell what a person is feeling by what he says or by what he does.36. The passage mainly talks about _.A the ways of assessing the emotionsB the usefulness of a lie detectorC the functioning of different emotionsD the development of the fear thermometer37. A lie detector is _.A a machine that can make people lieB a person who often tells liesC a machine to tell whether a person is lyingD a detector who lives by telling lies38. The word assess is closest in meaning to _.A makeB measureC discussD develop39. Which of the following is Not true?_A People do not always know what bodily processes they respond to.B Researchers can assess the emotions in two waysC The fear-thermometer is a way to measure how fearful a person is.D We can never tell what a person is feeling.40.The author uses the example of actors in order to argue that _.A it is rather easy to become successful actorsB people do not always act as they feelC we can never believe what other people sayD actors are always telling liesPassage B I have a young son. I notice every day that he learns something new. It did not take long for me to see he was watching me and then trying to do whatever I did. Utilizing this simple method he has learned to walk, run, open doors, and climb stairs. When he does these things he never looks exactly like I do. He supplements his actions with his own creative touch. I call how he learns creative emulation. I used creative emulation to help me attain my goal of playing tennis on the pro circuit. I used several methods to creatively emulate those players who were winning pro tournaments. I would read every tennis book I could find in the libraryand bookstores. I examined back issues of every tennis magazine looking for articles on techniques. I would watch top pros on television. I would videotape pro matches and play them back, sometimes in slow motion. I would go to see pros play in person. As I studied I made observations. I wrote most of these ideas in my personal journal, which consisted of several notebooks and thousands of index cards. I used this journal to help me apply what I had observed. This process converted me from a third-string player on a second-rate college tennis team to someone who could win a few minor tournaments on the pro circuit. Along the way I developed one of the best approaches to learning tennis there is. Shortly after finishing my Ph.D., Iestablished a goal of starting a part-time business lecturing and conducting seminars. I used the same creative emulation to help me reach my goal. The next stage of my transition to the business world was my purchase of a computer in early 1985. I once again tried to learn all I could about how I could use this machine in business. I subscribed to computer periodicals. I learned how to use spreadsheet, database, word processing, graphics, desktop publishing, and outlining processing software. I wrote down almost every idea I got from my readings or my own thinking and published articles. I became a part-time computer hardware and software agent and consultant. Because of the softwareskills I now had, I became confident of my ability to do more significant thingsin business. I realized that I could manage complex projects that involved many co-workers, customers, resources, and products. I started doing seminars to the public in 1988. These went so well that I was able to leave traditional education for good in 1989. My one-person home business bloomed over the years into a collection of larger enterprises which have taught at least 11 000 adults computer and business skills.My success tells me that the key to successful creative emulation is to emulate the successful people, the doers of the world. The best way to emulate someone in business is to follow him or her around and make observations of what they do. If you do this long enough, with the right person, and apply what you observe you should succeed. The second best way to emulate is to listen or read about what your model businessperson or mentor does and how he does it. The more you know about how your mentor succeeds the more clues you will have to help you succeed.41.Why does the author mention his young son before talking about himself?A) To show how simple and common his method of learning is.B) To get parents of lazy children to read his article.C) To entertain the reader with a familiar example.D) To get some children to read his article.42. How does the author compare the methods he used in tennis, computers, and business?A) He says each of these required a completely different method. B) He says each of these required a somewhat different method.C) He says each of these required exactly the same simple method.D) He says he is not sure whether they were the same.43.Why does the author write so many observations in his journals?A) He thinks he has a very poor memory for facts and details.B) He wants to publish the journals and make some money.C) He eventually wants to show the journals to his son.D) Writing things down helps him summarize and apply his observations.44. What does the author mean by emulating another person?A) To exactly copy that personB) To model upon that personC) To greatly admire that personD) To read everything about that person45. If the author wanted to learn to play a guitar, what would he be most likely to do first?A) Buy the best and most expensive guitar.B) Talk to other students who have guitars.C) Get VCDs of the worlds best guitarists.D) Write fan letters to some famous guitarists.Passage C My interest in Chinese food started years ago，when l was a young reporter for the Washington PostOur office Wasnt far from Chinatown，where I found some very good Chinese restaurantsThe first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved itI noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetablesWhen I learned more about the food，I began to understand why it has this special featureMany years ago，China had an energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forestsThis loss was very bad for the country，of course，but it turned out to be very good for the foodWood became very expensive and hard to get，so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it betterThere werent any substitutes so people found ways to economizeIn order to economize in cooking，they had to use very little woodSo they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oilThat way，the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor and its this flavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking46This text is mainly about_Awhat caused Chinese food to taste freshBhow Chinese food is cooked in the USCwhen the author started to make Chinese foodDwhy most foreigners like cooking Chinese food 47According to the text，what makes Chinese food attractive to foreigners?AIts way of cookingBIts long historyCIts special tasteDIts lovely look48The author mentioned the energy crisis to show_Ait is important to protect the forestsBit is necessary to find substitutes for woodCwhy the Chinese changed their way of cookingDwhat problems a big population is causing China today49It can be inferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food_Awas cooked in rather large piecesBwas cooked in water but not oilCdidnt taste goodD didnt look fresh50The underlined word“economize”in paragraph 3 means_Ato meet energy crisisBto find other forms of fuelCto improve cooking methodsDto use carefully without waste Passage D Life is difficult It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult. Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nations.What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their natures, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear.These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes endless serious problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. Yes, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious tests that tell us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to resolve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, Those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.51. From this passage, it can be inferr