北航05-06学年第一学期英语期末试题与答案(B)

北京航空航天大学2005-2006学年第一学期大学英语(C级)期末考试试题试卷类型：B注意事项：1 请用铅笔在答题卡上填涂选择题的答案。2 务必在答题卡上填涂试卷代号（即试卷类型），没有填涂的题卡没有成绩。3 请在答题卡上姓名一栏中写明班级代号。4 考试结束后将试卷、答题卡和答题纸一起交给监考老师。5 该错题的改正方法是：在答题纸上写出错误选项，然后写出正确答案。北京航空航天大学2005-2006学年第一学期大学英语(C级)期末考试试题试卷类型：B姓名： 学号： 班级代号：CPart I Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both 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.1. A). The rain delayed Nancy. B) She hurt herself. C) She had a delay. D) She couldnt go. 2. A) Rent an apartment in the suburbs.B) To drive about 20 miles to work every day. C) Buy a farm.D) To find a house about 20 miles away from work.3. A) Help the woman downstairs. B) Take the books upstairs. C) Move the bricks. D) Carry the box down.4. A) Hes too nervous to calm down. B) Hes already an hour late for the interview. C) The woman feels nervous about the interview. D) The woman shouldnt be so upset.5. A) Somebody stole his passport. B) He lost his passport. C) His passport is in the car. D) His money was stolen. 6. A) Looking for water. B) Planting something. C) Looking for something. D) Getting dirty. 7. A) Fifty dollars. B) Twenty-five dollars. C) Forty dollars. D) Twenty dollars. 8. A) It was not a very good bicycle. B) He didnt think much of it. C) He would like to have one like that. D) He used to have one like that.9. A) Pick up his prescription. B) Take a note to his professor. C) Lend him her notes. D) Borrow his notes.10. A) It is clear. B) It is snowing. C) It is cloudy. D) It is raining. Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages 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.Passage 111. A) Because he wanted to get off. B) Because he wanted to make sure that the driver could hear the bell. C) Because he thought it was funny to do so. D) Because the driver couldnt hear the bell if he rang once.12. A) Because the conductor was a foreigner. B) Because the conductor spoke too quickly. C) Because the bell was ringing loudly. D) Because Henry was too annoyed.13. A) Ask the driver to go slowly. B) Ask the driver to stop the bus. C) Ask the driver to go on. D) Ask the conductor to collect tickets.14. A) The landlady. B) The conductor. C) The passenger. D) The bus driver.15. A) Henry wanted the bus to go on. B) Henry spoke poor English. C) Henry loved to ring bells. D) Henry was a foreigner who didnt know the customs of the city.Passage 216. A) Rich but mean. B) Rich and kind. C) Neither rich nor kind. D) Not rich but kind. 17. A) He gave them to a beggar. B) He used them to pay for his taxi home.C) He used them to pay for the lunch. D) He lost them.18. A) Each paid his own bill. B) The beggar. C) Neither of them paid. D) The artist.19. A) He gave the beggar more money. B) He invited the beggar to spend the night in his home. C) He took the beggar home and gave him back the money. D) He invited the beggar to another lunch.20. A) He had something else to do. B) He had no money to pay for the taxi. C) He didnt want the artist to pay for the taxi. D) He didnt want to pay for the taxi either.Part II Spot DictationDirections: 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. A certain old gentleman was very (21) _, and thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of knowing (22)_. One day he was (23) _ near his home when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat. The old gentleman (24)_ and asked them (25) _. One of the boys said to him, “(26)_. Were telling lies, and the one (27)_ gets to keep the cat. The old gentleman thought that this was a good opportunity (28)_, so he said to them, “(29)_in my life.” All at once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said, “(30)_! You can take the cat!”Part III Reading ComprehensionSection AReading in depthDirections: There are 2 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneResearchers using the most powerful computer in the world said on Tuesday they had found the start of the AIDS virus to be around 1930.Bette Korber and her research fellows at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico used a computer model to figure out the mutations (突变) found in HIV and to estimate when the epidemic started.“We estimate the time of commencing of the HIV-1 main group to be near 1930,” they said in a written statement at an international meeting.The first case of infection with HIV, as it is known today, could have been in a chimp, which passed it to a human, or in a human being infected with a chimp virus that mutated into HIV in his or her body.“I think its more likely it was a human”, Korber told newspaper writers. “It wasnt for sure the case that a chimp bit a man.”Allowing for mistakes, the actual start could be anywhere between 1910 and 1950, but Korber told the meeting she did the examination in two ways and both came in very close to 1930.Other scientists believe HIV, which has infected nearly 40 million people worldwide, began after a monkey virus known as SIV jumped from chimps to humans in western central Africa.Korber used a very powerful computer to figure out the rate of change of the virus, known for its quick mutations.Korber used two models the questionable molecular clock, which assumes that genes in any living being mutate and develop at an even rate; and a method that allowed for different rates of change. Both gave a best estimate of 1930.People in some parts of Africa often look for and kill chimps, and a virus can easily spread during butchering.A second group of HIV that infects people, known as HIV-2, is believed to have started out in a monkey known as a sooty mangabey (白眉猴).31. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A) Korber made their results known in a written statement.B) The AIDS virus probably occurred around 1930.C) Researchers used a powerful computer to figure out the results.D) Korber and her research fellows did their research by means of experiments.32. According to the article, the first case of infection with HIV might not have started _.A) in a man who looked for and butchered chimpsB) in a human infected with a chimp virusC) in a chimp that must have bitten a manD) in a chimp which passed the virus to a human 33. Korber used a powerful computer in her research to _.A) discover how HIV startedB) explore which model was more efficientC) figure out the rate of change of the virusD) find out among various kinds of chimps which one carried the virus 34. The two models Korber used are different in that _.A) they allow for different number of mistakesB) they are based on different ideas in regard to the changing rates of genesC) they use different molecular clocks to figure out resultsD) they work at different rates 35. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the article?A) Computer Finds AIDS Commenced in 1930B) Where Did the AIDS Virus Come from?C) Who is to Blame for the Spread of the AIDS Virus?D) A New Discovery in Computer Science Passage TwoAll of us communicate with one another nonverbally, as well as with words. Most of the time were not aware that were doing it. We gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone elses eyes and look away, change positions in a chair. These actions we assume are occasional. However, in recent years researchers have discovered that there is a system to them almost as consistent and understandable as language.One important kind of body language is eye behavior. Americans are careful about how and when they meet one anothers eyes. In our normal conversation, each eye contact lasts only about a second before one or both of us look away. When two Americans look searchingly into each others eyes, they become more intimate. Therefore, we carefully avoid this, except in suitable situations.Researchers who are engaged in the study of communication through body movement are not prepared to spell out a precise vocabulary of gestures. When an American rubs his nose, it may mean he is disagreeing with someone or refusing something. But there are other possible interpretations, too. Another example: when a student in conversation with a professor holds the older mans eyes a little longer than usual, it can be a sign of respect; it can be a challenge to the professors authority; it can be something else entirely. The researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture.Communication between human beings would be just dull if it were all done with words.36. The main idea of this article is that _.A) eye behavior is the most important part in body languageB) body movements are as important as words in communicationC) all of us communicate with one anotherD) study of communication through body movement is a new science 37. What do researchers think of body language?A) Body language is the study of communication through body movement.B) Body language is more important than spoken language in communication.C) Body language has been discovered in recent years.D) Body language can be understood and used by people in communication.38. The word “intimate” in paragraph 2 probably means _.A) importantB) closeC) goodD) great39. According to the passage, you make an American person feel uncomfortable, if you _.A) look into his eyes for a long time B) avoid meeting his eyesC) stare into his eyes for one secondD) meet his eyes 40. The sentence in Paragraph 3 “The researchers look for patterns in the situation, not for a separate meaningful gesture” means _.A) the researchers look for patterns in textbooks to explain the meaning of a gestureB) the researchers believe that one gesture has only one meaningC) the researchers think that one gesture can not be used in different situationsD) the researchers explain the meaning of a gesture according to the situation in which it is used Section B Fast reading (15 minutes)Directions: There is 1 passage in this part. The passage is followed by some statements. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. If true, mark the letter “A” on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center; if false, mark the letter “B”.Wizards and wizardry (巫师和巫术), flying broomsticks (扫帚把) in a game called quidditch, evil guardians and nasty boys at Hogwarts boarding school (寄宿学校), the Harry Potter stories have entranced a whole generation of children all over the world. But who wrote the stories that have made Harry a household name?Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born near Bristol, England in 1965. As a child she loved reading stories, or having them read to her. At school her favorite subject was English and she did not enjoy sports much. She admits that the character of Hermione Granger in the books is based on herself at the age of eleven. She went to Exeter University to read French and after graduation lived in Paris for a year before getting a job in an office in London. One day in 1990 while still working in London she was traveling on a train between Manchester and Kings Cross station. The idea for Harry Potter and his story came fully formed to Rowling: “It started with Harry, then all these characters and situations came flooding into my head. It was an excitement Id never known before.” Rowling saw Harry as a boy who is a wizard but he doesnt know it. He attends a school for wizardry and amazing things happen all round him.In 1992 Rowling moved to Portugal to teach English and work on her story. After a brief marriage she returned to Britain with her baby daughter and settled in Edinburgh, Scotland to be near her sister. She was a single mother, without a job, and she wrote her novel in a local coffee shop on scraps of paper while her tiny baby slept next to her. “It was pretty cold and miserable in the flat,” recalls Rowling, “so as soon as Jessica, my baby, fell asleep in her buggy (婴儿车), wed head for the caf and Id start writing. That was probably the worst time of my life. I had to escape from my situation into Harrys magical world.”After she finished her book she sent it to a number of publishers. They all rejected it except for one agent, Christopher Little, who liked the story and sold it to the publisher Bloomsbury.Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was published in June 1997 and achieved almost instant success. It won a prize for the best Childrens Book of the Year in Britain as well as the Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal for ages 9-11.The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets followed in 1998 and in 1999 came book three, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In September 1999 all three Harry Potter books were first, second and third on the New York Times Bestseller list and stayed there for months afterwards. The story have been translated into 30 languages and the first film of the series was released in 2001.Adults as well as children seemed to be captured by Harrys spell. The British publisher even produced a special edition of the books with more “adult” covers so that grown-ups could read the stories on the train without feeling embarrassed to do so in front of fellow passengers.What is the secret behind Harrys huge success? “Here is an orphan child who is abused and powerless but escapes from this adult world into a place where he has real power. Harry is an old-fashioned hero. He has enough human weakness so that people of all ages can identify with him, but hes also an honorable, admirable person,” declares Rowling.We might add that the stories are a well-paced mixture of fantasy, ghost stories, mysteries and adventure stories rolled into one. The characters from Harry, Hermione and Ron to the evil Vordemont and the giant Hagrid are so believable that you care about them and care what happens to them. The strange, almost Dickensian names in the book, the humor, and the magic elements all help.But perhaps the true secret behind the popularity of Harry Potter lies in what Rowling once said in an interview, “The books are about the power of imagination. What Harry is learning to do is develop his full potential. Wizardry is just the analogy I use.” The stories may use magic in the plot but at their heart the books are about the human desire to be unique, to form friendships, and to see the forces of good triumphing over the forces of evil.J. K Rowling is now a very rich author. She still lives in Edinburgh with her daughter, has recently remarried, and is busy finishing the series of seven Harry Potter books. “From the beginning I took the time to plan what would be going on and what would be important in each book,” she says. “I plotted all seven books in quite a lot of detail. And I realized that I love writing these books. I dont think anyone could enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.”Harry Potter has achieved a truly magical thing he has turned children into keen, independent readers who can hardly wait for the next installment.41. J. K. Rowling had the idea for the first Harry Potter book while still at school. 42. She wrote the first story over a number of years.43. Her story was not accepted by many publishers at first.44. Both adults and children enjoy the stories.45. J. K. Rowling has not yet decided what happens to Harry in the last few books.Part IV VocabularyDirections: In this part, there are 30 sentences with blanks, each of the sentences is followed by four choices marked A), B), C) and D), please choose the answer which fills the blank the most properly. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.46. While clothing serves a purely practical function, how you dress also communicates many things about your social status, state of mind and even your _ and dreams. A) acquaintance B) aspirations C) achievements D) ornament 47. The blood test shows that the man