大学英语考试卷B

1、长江职业学院海事学院2014-2015 学年第一学期期末考试试卷科目：大学英语期末试卷（B 卷） 考试类型：闭卷（本试卷卷面总分100 分，考试时间 90 分钟）一、情景交际10*1=10分Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport. Put in the missing words.Sally:1 _ me, can you help me? I'mgoing to Beach Hotel, but I've lost 2_.Stranger: Go 3 _ this stree

2、t until you come to West Avenue. Turn left there and gostraight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4 _ of West Avenue and MainStreet.Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 _ the way, can I take a bus?Stranger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 _ Bus No. 15 and get 7 _ at thethird stop.Sally: Whe

3、re can I 8_ the bus, please?Stranger: The bus stop is over there in 9_ of the supermarket.Sally: 10 _ thanks.二、词汇和结构15*1=15分Fill in the blanks with the proper words or expressions given below, changing the form if necessary.take action, stand for, the host city, at the moment, offer, make time,not n

4、ecessarily, at (the) most, hand out, take care of, at hand , evidence, make a difference, team, time for,1.Nodding seems like an easy body language, but it may _agreement in one culturebut totally the opposite in another.2. Sorry, I can't give you an answer _ . I need to think about it further.3

5、. Always think positively, and it will_ in your life.4.Our manager is at a conference. She can't _ to see you now.5. Sometimes speaking up is not enough, and you need to _.6. I'd like to _ some volunteer work if you don't accept my money. 7.The historical _ in support of this conclusion

6、is weak.8.The great progress they have made comes from their good _ work.9. As _ of World Economic Forum, Dalian and Tianjin have both done a great job.10. Of course I will _ what you feel about it, but business is business.11. The freshmen could help _ the tickets for the college's“ Do It Yours

7、elf Show精品文库12. The change of a city is _ a change in its becoming morebeautiful andfashionable.13. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were such a good _ the world to know more about China.14. You have to keep some money _ when traveling.15. The boss was here just now. He has been away 10 minutes _.三、阅读

8、理解20*2=40分Task 1Question: Are you punctual?Posted July 2, 2010 By Lisa L.Answer 1: This is a great cultural question. Those traveling or doing business abroad shouldalways find out the answer to this question. I m punctual in my work life. But Imy personal life by American standards 标准 . We, America

9、n Brazilians 巴西人 , are always late by American standards: if the party is at 8, everyone shows up at 10 and everyone, including the host 主人 , is happy that we are on time. Cheers!Answer 2: It is good etiquette 礼节to be on time for an appointment.It is also supposedgood etiquette to arrive a little la

10、te for a party, which I have never ever understood. I tend to beearly for everything. And Iconsider 考虑it impolite 不礼貌to be otherwise 相反的 .Answer 3: ABSOLUTELY绝对地 !I believe that showingup late fora date 约会 ,appointment, class, etc. is aninsult 侮辱to the person(s) you are meeting. It seems to say:time

11、 is more important than yours.”Answer 4: Not only am I“ punctual” , I am always early for most events in my lifesecret.The 秘密 is (and it really works!): I keep all the clocks (except my computer) in my life 10 minutes fast!Answer 5: Yep too much so. It really gets on my nerves. Even when I really tr

12、y to be late, I am earlier. It is a terrible habit. Okay, I AM late sometimes. The only time I am late is when I getlost, and then I am really late by an hour or so. But hey, we all have ourmishaps 小事故 , don'twe?Answer 6: When dating, I always made sure I was on time. Once I had a girlfriend who

13、 was always late for every date. If the date was at 9 and it was a 45 minute trip for her, then she would arrive at 9:45. I liked her a lot, but could not stand 忍受 the bad punctuality.Answer 7: I hate to be late and always plan on being at least 10 minutes early. However, in the Washington area, whe

14、n a bridge or major 主要的 highway shuts down, there may not be any way to get where you are going. So I wou ld have to say that I am always early, except when I can get there at all, in which case 事件 I will call as soon as I know I am going to be late. It doesn't happen often, but I really hate it

15、 when it does.Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.1（） If you are two hours late for a Brazilian party, you don't have to worryabout it.2（）The second answer says that one should be punctual for both an appointment and a party.3 （）The third

16、posting person believes that being late for an appointment is an insult to oneself. m not pu“ My t欢迎下载2精品文库4（） The fourth netizen keeps his computer clock 10 minutes fast.5（） The fifth person is really nervous about his being late.Task 2Hanna P., Marketing 市场营销网上发帖 his own commuting通勤views:I went to

17、day:by bus No. 81,Expert 专家 at a famous software company, posted online experience and asked the netizens 网民 to share theirthen trolley bus无轨电车No. 3,then underground 地铁 Line 1,then bus No.139 and finally bus No. 87(25 km all together).Who more?And actually事实上 the point意义 of the question is: why do s

18、o many people spend lots of time and money getting to work instead of moving near to it? It would beso nerve神经 - and traffic-saving if everyone lived near their work.Responses Posted Online by NetizensCristina F.:In Portugal 葡萄牙 , moving next to work will certainly mean buying a house that we often

19、cannot afford. I work outside Lisbon 里斯本 and I travel on Monday to work, stay there and need only three steps to get to work. I travel back to Lisbon Friday afternoon.(posted 18 hours ago)James B.:I ve been working for small companiescompanies move, change and go out of business.If I had lived next

20、to where I worked, I would have had to move seven times in the last 30 years.That would have been difficult to my family. So I live where I want, and plan on driving up to 40miles, one-way 单程的 , to get to work.(posted 14 hours ago)Nigel T.:I drive. I work on short-term 短期的contract 合同assignments 任务wh

21、ich can beanything from 3 to 12 months, so moving is just not a choice. In the UK it can take 3 to 6 monthsto buy and sell a house anyway. My current 现在的employer is about 40 miles away. Last year itwas a daily round 往返的trip of 189 miles way 行程 too much!(posted 13 hours ago)Lisa N.:When I was at my l

22、ast job, I drove about 10 miles one way to get there, on city roads and theinterstate 州际公路 . It was a fast commute usually. I don t have a job right now, but when I do, Imight use a park and ride system as Imay be commuting from thesuburbs 郊区to the city.Imight also use the light rail 轻轨 if it is ava

23、ilable 可使用的 .(posted 13 hours ago)Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.6（） Hanna P. is interested in knowing why people choose not to live near their work place.欢迎下载3精品文库7（） Cristina F. travels to and from her work every day.8（） James B.'s

24、present job is his eighth job.9（） Nigel T. has to commute a longer distance in his present job than in his last.10（）In her next job, Lisa N. may have to drive to the city and then change to the light rail.Task 3What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like

25、 the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. I

26、n some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental ( 心理的 ) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists( 心理学家 ) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then m

27、ore likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to somepsychologists, if parents are alwa

28、ys telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say verypositive (helpful) things to their children, such as“ That was a very clever thing you did.are such a smart child.”Choose the

29、 right answer according to the passage.11. The words “ intelligent”“ brilliantand in the” first paragraph probably mean _ while“ dull ” in the secondagraphpar means _.A. bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understandingB. pretty and handsome; ordinary-lookingC. great and important; commonD. ho

30、peful and helpful; careless12. According to the context we can guess that a genius is _ while an idiot is _. A. a normal person; a funny personB. a strong person; a weak personC. a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded personD. a famous person; an ordinary person13. A person _ is more

31、likely to become a genius. A. whose parents are clever” or “ Yo欢迎下载4精品文库B. often thinking about difficult problemsC. often helped by his parents and teachersD. born with a good brain and putting it into active use14. It is better for parents _.A. to praise and encourage their children more oftenB. t

32、o be hard on their childrenC. to leave their children alone with nothing to doD. to give their children as much help as possible15. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?A. Parents play an important part in thei r children s growth.B. The less you use your mind the duller you m

33、ay become.C. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.D. What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion.Task 4It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese, but it is widely used by most people allover the world. English speakers enjoy creating new wor

34、ds. In fact, a majorityof words aretraceable（可追踪的）and each of them may have an interesting story.However, no one will really care where a word comes from because it makes little differencein using them in our daily life. Did you ever feel confused about why hamburgers are calledhamburgers, especiall

35、y when they are not made with ham( 火腿 )?About a hundred years ago, some men went to American from Europe, coming from a bigcity in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't know how to use English properly. Seen them eating round pieces of beef and asked what it was, the Germans didn't understand

36、the questions exactly,they answered:“ we come from Hamburg.“ One of the Americans was an owner of a restaurantand got an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef and began selling them. Suchbread came to be called“ hamburgers ” . Today, hamburgers are welcomed by lots of people comingfro

37、m different nationalities （民族） .Choose the right answer according to the passage.16. According to the text, English is _ .A) older than ChineseB) as old as ChineseC) not so old as ChineseD) very hard to learn17. Hamburg originally is _. A) a kind of foodB) a round piece of beef C) a city in Germany D) the name of a village