温州大学期末考试试卷

1、温州大学期末考试试卷学院- 班级- 姓名- 学号-装-订-线-20082009学年第一学期考试科目大学英语A（一）考试成绩试卷类型A卷考试形式闭卷考试对象08级普通本科 (不含音体美)注：听力考试时间为9：009：30；广播频率：北校区：FM87.2兆赫；南校区：FM88.5兆赫；学院路校区：FM102兆赫 Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension (20%)Section ADirections: You're going to hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the e

2、nd of each conversation, a question will be asked about what you've heard. Listen once carefully and choose the right answer to the question you hear. (5%)1. A) Travel on his own. B) Travel with his friends. C) Work full time at a restaurant. D) Do a part-time job at a restaurant2. A) 90 cents.

3、B) 1.50 dollars. C) 1.15 dollars. D) 50 cents.3. A) He isn't interested in visiting museums. B) He isn't keen on art at all.C) He doesn't have time to visit art museums often.D) He isn't such an art lover as he says he is4. A) He was too busy to call the woman.B) He called the woman

4、but she was out.C) He didn't know that he should have called the woman last night.D) He tried calling the woman but was not successful.5. A) After his class is over. B) After 3 oclock.C) After class tomorrow. D) Sometime tomorrow afternoon.6. A) Both speakers were bored with the movie. B) The ma

5、n didn't think he would like the movie at first but later didC) The woman didn't like the movie but the man did.D) The man didn't like the movie but the woman did.7. A) Prepare their arguments for possible debating topics.B) Practice their speeches.C) Have a big celebration for debating

6、success.D) Take a good rest.8. A) Healthy. B) Brave. C) Helpful. D) Strong.9. A) He is an irresponsible father. B) He is careless.C) He is very busy with work. D) He is cold to his family. 10. A) She knows something about her own real condition. B) She knows nothing about her own real condition.C) S

7、he doesn't know anything about Mary's real condition.D) She doesn't want to know about Mary's real condition.Section B PassagesDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and questions will be

8、 spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B) C) and D). (15%)Passage OneQuestions 11-14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) To find a job. B) To meet a customer.C) To talk to the owner. D) To get a book.12. A) It pa

9、id well. B) The boss was kind to her.C) She needed money to go to college. D) It offered her a chance to help others.13. A) She is a college student. B) She is a mapmaker.C) She is a hotel maid. D) She is a news reporter.14. A) She likes whatever job she is doing. B) She takes pride in the achieveme

10、nts she has made.C) She feels she is working for the customers instead of her employerD) She tries hard to make sense of the worldPassage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) To learn about their educational background.B) To inform them of his decision to take ri

11、sks.C) To celebrate the rapid expansion of his company.D) To thank them for helping him achieve success.16. A) Academic qualifications (资格) and knowledge.B) Willingness to take risks.C) The ability to use people.D) The ability to put one's ideas across.17. A) He is very proud of his achievement.

12、 B) He wishes he had studied for a PhD degree. C) He envies his employees' educational background. D) He is deeply impressed by his employees' qualifications.Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passages you have just heard.18. A) It is a peaceful, friendly and convenient town.B

13、) It is clean and pretty, but very poor. C) It is a busy, crowded and booming(繁荣的) place. D) It is suffering from increasing crime.19. A) It will cause fierce（激烈的） competition. B) It might cost them their jobs. C) It will change their way of life. D) It might lower their wages.20. A) She is going to

14、 compete in the Olympics. B) She works in the local coffee shop. C) She is an experienced debater. D) She leads the fight against the Wal-Mart（沃尔玛）store. Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked

15、A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 21. Many people are still unwilling to buy on credit. The idea of spending money before one earns it _ among the Chinese. A) has passed a

16、way B) has not yet fitted intoC) has not yet taken hold D) has not yet put across22. I _ you on your engagement. A) cheered B) congratulated C) greeted D) delighted23. People enter the organization from a(n) _ range of social, economic, and educational backgrounds. A) extensive B) influential C) div

17、erse D) peculiar24. During the war there was a severe food shortage. It was not unusual that even the well-to-do families had to _ meat for days. A) do with B) turn away C) turn in D) do without25. The rains came this weekend, much to the _ of tomato growers in this region. A) assistance B) release

18、C) relief D) entertainment26. The car _ a lot of fuel. A) assumes B) presumes C) consumes D) resumes27. His services have been _ by his employers; they have not properly rewarded him. A) canceled B) withdrawn C) deleted D) overlooked28. _ at night the _ voice of the wolf made all his hair _ up. A) H

19、earing; frightening; standing B) Hearing; frightened; stand C) Heard; frightened; stood D) Heard; frightening; stand29. Some areas, _ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated. A) due to B) in spite of C) but for D) with regard to30. “You _ call me uncle because I am about the same age a

20、s your father,” said the visitor to the boy. A) may just as well B) sort of C) more or less D) off and on31. The bounding power of any adhesive（胶带） depends on the cohesion of the adhesive itself and _ to the surface to which it is applied.A) how well does the adhesive adhere B) how well the adhesive

21、 adheres C) does the adhesive adhere D) the adhesive adheres32. It doesnt come as a surprise to you to realize that it makes no _ what you read or study if you cant remember it. A) variation B) separation C) difference D) contradiction33. In spite of his breakdowns, Bruce achieved a position of seni

22、ority and in due course retired with a(n) _ . A) pension B) earning C) salary D) donation34. The meeting was _ by the National Association of Women for the purpose of furthering the womens liberation movement. A) chaired B) sponsored C) assigned D) participated35. I suppose that when I come back in

23、five years time all those old houses _. A) will have been pulled down B) will have pulled down C) will pull down D) will be pulled down.36. The southern Weekend reported at least two village officials were actively _ in the trade. A) involved B) absorbed C) included D) occupied37. Tom woke up late a

24、nd left home without breakfast, _ another long and boring day at school. A) being anticipated B) anticipating C) having anticipated D) anticipated38. He took a friendly _ to us. A) idea B) opinion C) feeling D) attitude39. Generally speaking, the rewards the employees get in their job are in direct

25、_ to the effort they put in. A) rate B) thickness C) proportion D) amount40. The birth rate in a city _ to fall as its gross domestic product rises steadily. A) tends B) assumes C) anticipates D) estimatesPart III Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage

26、 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 centre. Passage OneQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the

27、 following passage:Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a

28、 genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the one hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a persons intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limit

29、s will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus

30、if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and child

31、ren, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon

32、 find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.41.

33、 The writer is in favor of the view that mans intelligence is given to him _.A) at birthB) through educationC) both at birth and through educationD) neither at birth nor through education42. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can _.A) never become a geniusB) still become a genius if he sho

34、uld be given special educationC) exceed his intelligence limits in rich surroundingsD) not reach his intelligence in his life43. In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population” means “if we _”.A) pick up any two personsB) choose two persons who are relativesC)

35、 take out two different personsD) choose two persons with different intelligence 44. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately is to show _.A) the importance of their intelligenceB) the role of environment on intelligenceC) the importance of their positionsD) the par

36、t that birth plays45. The best title of this passage can be _.A) SurroundingsB) IntelligenceC) Dependence on EnvironmentD) Effect of EducationPassage Two Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been changing from curing dise

37、ase to preventing disease especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight , but does not eat very nutritious(有

38、营养的) foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk , and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person

39、 is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier. The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished(区分) between someone who is merely “ not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the bo

40、dys special needs. Both types have simply been called “well”. In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exerc

41、ise and they  make a point of monitoring their body's condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be "well," in this new sense, if they make

42、 an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. "Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease a

43、nd to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.46. Today medical care is placing more stress on_.A) keeping people in a healthy physical condi

44、tionB) monitoring patients' body C) removing people's bad living habitsD) ensuring people's psychological well-being47.In the first paragraph, people are reminded that_.A) good health is more than not being illB) drinking, even if not to excess, could be harmfulC) regular health checks a

45、re important to keeping fitD) prevention is more difficult than cure48.Traditionally, a person is considered "well" if he _.A) does not have any unhealthy living habitsB) does not have any physical handicapsC) is able to handle his daily routinesD) is free from any kind of disease49.Accord

46、ing to the author, the true meaning of "wellness" is for people _.A) to satisfy their body's special needsB) to strive to maintain the best possible healthC) to meet the strictest standards of bodily healthD) to keep a proper balance between work and relaxation50.According to what the

47、author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy?A) People who have strong muscles as well as slim figures.B) People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of diseaseC) People who try to be healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations.D) People w

48、ho can recover from illness even without seeking doctors.Passage ThreeQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage: Today, there are many avenues open to those who wish to continue their education. However, nearly all require some break in ones career in order to attend school full time. Pa

49、rt time education, that is, attending school at night or for one weekend a month, tends to drag the process out over time and puts the completion of a degree program out of reach of many people. Additionally, such programs require a fixed time commitment which can also impact negatively on ones care

50、er and family time. Of the many approaches to teaching and learning, however, perhaps the most flexible and accommodating is that called distance learning. Distance learning is an educational method which allows the students the flexibility to study at his or her own pace to achieve the academic goa

51、ls which are so necessary in todays world. The time required to study may be set aside at the students convenience with due regard to all lifes other requirements. Additionally, the student may enroll in distance learning courses from virtually any place in the world, while continuing to pursue thei

52、r chosen career. Tutorial assistance may be available via regular airmail, telephone, facsimile machine, teleconferencing and over the Internet. Good distance learning programs are characterized by the inclusion of a subject evaluation tool with every subject. This precludes the requirement for a st

53、udent to travel away from home to take a test. Another characteristic of a good distance learning program is the equivalence（相同） of the distance learning course with the same subject materials as those students taking the course on the home campus. The resultant diploma or degree should also be the

54、same whether distance learning or on-campus study is employed. The individuality of the professor/student relationship is another characteristic of a good distance learning program. In the final analysis, a good distance learning program has a place not only for the individual student but also the corporation or business that wants to work in partnership with their employe