西安石油大学《大学英语(大一下册)》期中试题B及其答案

2009 /2010 学年第二学期期中考试题（卷）班级 学号 姓名 命题教师 教研室（系）主任审核(签字) -装-订-线- 装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记课程名称大学英语（大一下册）考试性质考试试卷类型B使用班级全校非艺术专业考试方法闭卷人 数题 号一二三四五六七八九十总 成 绩成 绩一，听力理解 Section A 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 suggested choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which 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) The mountains height. B) Their ages. C) The view. D) The womans height.2.A) Paula. B) The woman. C) The man. D) No one.3.A) 8:30. B) 10:00. C) 9:30. D) 9:00.4.A) A bicycle hit the child. B) The child broke her bicycle. C) The childs brother hit his bicycle. D) The childs sister hit her.5.A) At a service station. B) In an emergency room. C) On a hill. D) In a parking lot.6.A) The womans daughter. B) Bill. C) His daughter, Bill. D) An eight-year-old-child.7.A) Helen agrees to go on a picnic tomorrow. B) Helen doesnt enjoy going on a picnic. C) Helen thinks the weather wont be good for a picnic. D) Helen has nothing in the house to eat.8.A) A few days. B) A couple of weeks. C) Several months. D) Less than a year.9.A) A game. B) A shirt. C) A bicycle. D) Basketball shoes.10.A) Play the piano. B) Sing along with her. C) Teach her to sing and play. D) Accompany her to a play.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 10 conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and 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) Only two. B) Four. C) Less than two. D) More than two.12.A) In the store. B) In the mans house. C) In the street. D) In the womans house.13.A) The mans friend. B) No one. C) The womans friend. D) The mans wife.14.A) That the woman lost her ring in the house. B) That the man was looking for the ring in the house when he lost it in the street. C) That the man was looking for the ring in the street when he lost it in the house. D) That the man found the ring in the street.15.A) On the floor. B) In the street. C) On the wifes hand. D) On the table.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) A kite. B) Paddle. C) Swimming machine. D) A boat.17.A) A friend of Ben. B) A neighbor. C) A friend of Bens father. D) A classmate of Ben.18.A) He asked Tom to go to the river and swam with the machine. B) He showed it to Tom. C) He told Tom how to use it. D) He flew it.19.A) He wanted to go swimming. B) He wanted to go home. C) He wanted to stand by the window watching Ben making the machine. D) He wanted to fly kite.第 11 页 共 11 页20.A) Ben lived in Boston at that time. B) The machine was made of metal. C) The machine could fly in the sky. D) Ben was not talent at making things.二，单项选择1.1. The river was so _ with waste from the chemical plant that people can not swim in it. A) contaminated B) intimidated C) accomplished D) implicated 2. With its excellent researchers and first-class labs, only Beijing University is able to _ the required research. A) associate B) confront C) undertake D) represent 3. Some people say that many young men in modern society have not enough political _. A) conversion B) operation C) awareness D) significance 4. By the end of the colonial period, the price of wood had risen slightly in eastern cities, but wood was still _. A) temporary B) abundant C) miserable D) effective 5. His plans are _; he wants to master French, German and Spanish before he is twenty. A) typical B) universal C) ordinary D) ambitious 6. Sometimes people get drunk and fight in the street, but these happenings are only _. A) additional B) occasional C) dismissal D) professional 7. Parents and educators have _ ideas on how to bring up children. (2-2A#) A) thorough B) current C) diverse D) positive 8. The national Fine Arts Association _ the fair to raise money for Hope Project last week. A) established B) registered C) imposed D) sponsored 9. The judge at first thought the man was a thief, but after he heard all about him he _ his opinion and said that he was not guilty. (22A#) A) charged B) devised C) reversed D) stressed 10. At the age of thirty, he was at the _ of his powers as a composer. A ) summit B) platform C) mission D) instance 11. My daughter has _ me to pop music. A) transferred B) converted C) effected D) extended 12. You had better not _ while Im talking. You can say what you want later.(22A#) A) cut off B) cut out C) cut in D) cut down 13. In order to meet the demands of quality education, China should introduce more choice and _ into the education system. (2-2A*) A) repetition B) expense C) attitude D) diversity 14. Last year the government _ a war against crime and disease. As a result, citizens have a better environment to live in. A) waged B) altered C) contacted D) omitted 15. The temple provided _ for hundreds of families whose homes had been flooded. A) platform B) resource C) shelter D) capacity 16. Marys parents _ on the idea of her going to America, so it remains to be seen whether she will realize her dream. (2-2A*) A) disgust B) frown C) ignore D) pose 17. That strange animal belongs to a _ that I havent seen before. A) species B) property C) medium D) boundary 18. The repairs to the school will be _ by a private company. (2-2A#) A) clarified B) defined C) interviewed D) financed 19. He is very uncertain _ whether it is the right job for him. (2-2A#) A) in place B) as to C) far from D) due to 20. The last few years have seen a(n) _ increase in the number of homeless people on our streets. A) initial B) creative C) explosive D) genuine 21. Additional _, such as air-conditioning and bucket seat, made it an expensive car. A) trend B) status C) option D) range 22. People living in large cities often _ emotional barriers against each other. (22B*) A) erect B) discard C) adopt D) bind 23. Im keeping my_ open, I have not made a decision on either matter. A) concepts B) devotions C) margins D) options 24. As a middle-aged housewife, she has few hobbies. Her favorite _ is watching TV programs. A) recreation B) proportion C) interaction D) demonstration 25. An environmentalist is someone concerned with the _ of natural resources. (2-2B*) A) publication B) adoption C) transformation D) conservation 26. When reading a poem, youd better not understand it in a _ sense. A) instant B) literal C) extra D) visual 27. A _ car would cost much less out of the country. (22B#) A) massive B) potential C) scarce D) comparable 28. The guide told us to keep to the _; if we left it, we would get lost. A) curve B) rate C) trail D) fashion 29. There are several _ plots available for building on in the area. A) exact B) vacant C) average D) temporary 30. We lost thousands of soldiers in the war and all we got was this narrow _ of land in return. A) strip B) trace C) profit D) location 班级 学号 姓名 -装-订-线- 装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记三，阅读理解（一）. ABDCDCathy and Wayne are in their late 20s, have been married five years, and are childless. The last time a member of Cathys family asked, “When are you going to start a family?” her answer was, “Were a family!”Cathy and Wayne belong to a growing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled. What lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society?Perhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not.“Its a life-style choice,” Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity (自发性), privacy (清静) and leisure. Its also a question of where you want to give your efforts within your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods (红杉) or line up to get their oxygen ration (氧气量). There are men who complain about being caught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but cant make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation were concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.”1. What does the member of Cathys family mean by saying “When are you going to start a family?” A. When are you going to have children? B. When are you going to get married? C. When are you going to buy a house? D. When are you going to move to a new house?2. The number of childless young couples _. A. is decreasing B. is increasing C. has more than doubled D. remains unchanged3. “To fly in the face of” in the second paragraph means _. A. to run into B. to come across C. to follow D. to go against4. Which of the following statements is true of the Pecks? A. They propose that young couples have no children. B. They urge that family planning be made obligatory. C. They think that no pressure should be put on young couples who do not want children. D. They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse if young couples are not pressured into parenthood.5. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overpopulation mentioned in this passage? A. Traffic jam. B. The using up of precious natural resources. C. The lowering of the quality of life. D. War. （二） DACBC “I ask you to drink to his health as a young man full of the sprit of adventure who has lit up the world with a flash of courage.” With these words the British Minister of Air turned and raised his glass to the young man who sat before him a young man who, only a month before, was completely unknown. Yet on that summer day in 1927 his name was on the worlds lips Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic alone. He had been an air mail pilot, flying back and forth between Chicago and the city of St. Louis. Determined to win the $25,000 prize offered by a fellow-American for the first flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh had persuaded a group of St. Louis businessmen to finance the building of a special plane for them. The news that Lindbergh intended to fly the Atlantic alone was received with disbelief. “The plane would never fly,” people said. It would run out of fuel. It had only a single engine. Lloyds of London refused to insure the flight. Men called Lindbergh the “flying fool.” But on May 20th, 1927, just after ten to eight in the morning, Lindberghs “spirit of St. Louis,” heavily laden with fuel, struggled into air from a New York airfield. For several hours the weight to the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-top. Night came, and thick fog covered up the stars. Lindbergh flew steadily on, hoping that his course was the right one. He struggled to keep awake, checking the fuel all the time to keep his mind active. Throughout the next day the “Spirit of St. Louis” flew on over the seeming limitless sea. Then a fishing boat appeared, and an hour later, land. It was Ireland. Lindbergh set a compass course for Paris. By ten oclock the light of Frances capital were shining beneath him. Tired, unshaven, suddenly hungry, the “flying fool” came on to Le Bourget Airport, and landed in front of a huge crowd of wildly cheering people. After 34 hours of continuous piloting, the flight of 3600miles was over. 1. The British Minister Of Air _. A) Praised Lindbergh for his intelligence B) encouraged Lindbergh to be adventurous C) congratulated Lindbergh for his bravery D) warned Lindbergh to be sensible2. “His name was on the worlds lips” means _. A) everybody was drinking his health B) everybody was jumping about because of him C) he became suddenly unpopular D) everybody was talking about him班级 学号 姓名 -装-订-线- 装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记3. A group of St. Louis businessmen had been persuaded to _ the building of a special plane. A) arrange for B) organize with C) stop to D) pay for4. Which of the following statements is true?A) Nobody heard the news that Lindbergh was going to fly the Atlantic.B) Everybody believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic at all.C) Everybody knew that Lindbergh was very adventurous.D) People didnt believe that Lindbergh really meant to fly the Atlantic alone.5. The “spirit of St. Louis” here refers to _. A) the plane Lindbergh flew in B) the “flying fool” C) the British Minister of Air D) the city of St. Louis（三） DDDBBScientists have discovered a tiny group of cells in the brain that act as a clock to control many body activities. The discovery was made by doctors at Harvard University. They began by studying the clock-like group of cells in the brains of monkeys.Dr. Martin Moore Ede and Dr. Ralph Leidick recorded when during the day the monkeys ate, drank and slept. They found that most of the monkeys did the same things at about the same time each day. Then the doctors operated on the monkeys. They destroyed the tiny group of brain cells which they believed controlled the timing of activities.After the operation they found that the animals ate, drank, and slept the same amounts as before. But they did these things at very different times each day. There no longer seemed to be a clock within them that told them when it was time to eat, drink or sleep.Scientists could not do the same kinds of experiments with humans. But they were able to find evidence of a similar group of cells in the human brain.Dr. Charles Seizler and the two Harvard researchers looked through many years of medical records to find patients who had tumors (肿瘤) or brain damage in that area of the brain. The records showed that such patients had the same kind of eating, drinking. and sleeping problems as the monkeys whose timer cells had been destroyed.The scientists believe the cells above the optic nerves (视神经) are only one of two biological clocks in the brain. They said they had not yet found the one which governs changes in the bodys temperature.1. Dr. Martin Moore Ede and Dr. Ralph Leidick found in their research that _.A) the majority of monkeys did the same things at the same time even when the timer cells had been removed from the brainB) only the minority of the monkeys did the same things at the same time each dayC) after the operation the monkeys ate and drank the same, but slept less than beforeD) after they destroyed th