新视野一级试题及答案A卷

1、New HorizonCollege English TestBand One (A)2005 1Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension: (20%)Section ADirections: In this section, youll hear ten short conversations. After each conversation, a questionwill be asked about what was said. The conversation and questionwillbe read onlyonce. Listencare

2、fully and choose the best answer to each question.1. A. Changing her clothes. B. Driving her carC. Having a meal. D. Typing an essay.2. A. She cannot read. B. Nobody can tell.C. She has no watch. D. She is too sorry.3. A. Hes a boat builder. B. He smokes a pipe.C.He paints watercolors. D. Hes a plum

3、ber.4. A. She goes to bed early. B. She is alone.C. She is not tired. D. She is single.5. A. Return some books. B. Go home.C. Read Matthews book. D. Leave class early.6. A. Shes careless. B. She likes George very much.C. Shes not concerned with Georges health.D. None is correct7. A. The speed limit

4、was not clearly marked.B. The speed limit is 10 miles per hour.C. The speed limit is 40 miles per hour.D. The speed limit is 50 miles per hour.8. A. On the grass. B. Near the pool.C. At home. D. On his bike. 9. A.Philadelphia. B. California.C. Florida. D. Arizona.10. A. Jason Daniels isnt home right

5、 how.B. The caller dialed the wrong number.C. Jason Daniels cant come to the phone right now.D. Jason Daniels doesnt want to speak to the calls.Section BDirections: In this section youll hear a short passage. The passage will be read once. At the end of the passage, youll hear five questions. Listen

6、 carefully and choose the best answer to each question.11. A. Hes a tourist guide. B. He a businessman. C. Hes an interpreter D. Hes a schoolteacher.12. A. English and French. B. Gentian and Greek. C. German and French D. English and Greek 13. A. He could not speak Greek B. He could speak English on

7、ly C. He could not afford a holiday D. He was not familiar with Athens14. A. One month B. Several weeks C. A few days D. The passage does not say15. A. Mr. Brown had a wonderful time in Greece B. Mr. Browns Greek was good enough C. Mr. Brown did not speak Greek well D. Even Greeks had trouble with t

8、heir own languageSection CDirections: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. Youll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.Now Id like to talk to you about the (1) _ exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of exam wee

9、k. (2) _ to bring along two or three pens in (3) _ you run out of ink. Unlike the mid-term this test will not include multiple-choice questions. It will (4) _ entirely of essays. Youll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive, which means you will be (5) _ for

10、 all of the subject (6) _ weve covered in class. I would suggest you (7) _ the textbook as well as your class notes. The final will count for 50% of your grade in the (8) _ ; the research project will count for (9) _ ; and the mid-term 30%. Ill be in my office almost all day on Tuesday of next week.

11、 If you (10) _ into any problem, please feel free to stop in. Good luck with your studying and Ill see you on Thursday.Part II Reading Comprehension(30%)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. Text 1On a practical level, teachers need a wide variety of

12、 skills and abilities. They have to be ready to spend many hours at home planning their lessons and preparing homework. They have to be well organized in class, patient with students, able to appear bright and interested even if they are in fact tired or unhappy, and lively enough to control a group

13、 of young people for almost 200 days a year. Outside the classroom, they may have to prepare teaching materials, to choose books to use as texts, to help organize the work of other teachers, or to organize spare time activities for students. If you think that you have all the necessary qualities, yo

14、u may feel that you would like to be a teacher. One way to decide, if you live in the United States, is by joining a club for future teachers, such as Student Action for Education. Clubs like this give advice about your field, and also allow you to watch teachers at work, attend meetings and experim

15、ent with teaching methods and equipment. You could also talk with the job advisor at your school or university. Finally, you could try teaching a younger student or becoming an advisor at a summer camp for children. Any activity in which you are dealing with children will help you decide whether you

16、 have a calling for teaching. 16. The first paragraph is mainly about _. A) how to plan lessons and prepare homework B) how to help organize the work of other teachers C) various skills and abilities teachers need D) how to prepare teaching materials17.The second paragraph is mainly concerned with _

17、. A) the ways of deciding ones future employment B) the ways to decide whether teaching should be ones future employment C) joining a club for future teachers D) talking to an advisor when choosing future employment18. According to the author, a teacher should show a firm mind _.A) that suffers only

18、 from tiredness B) that suffers only from unhappiness C) that suffers only from unusual tiredness or unhappiness D) that is able to control tiredness and unhappiness19.Student Action for Education is _. A) a summer camp for children B) an activity at a summer camp C) a club for future teachers D) a

19、club for job advisors20. Which of the following does the author suggest to a person who wants to be a teacher? A) Watching teachers at work, or organizing students spare time activities B) Preparing and correcting homework, experimenting with teaching methods and equipment C) Joining a future teache

20、rs club, talking with job advisors, or working with children D) Planning lessons, or attending teachers meetingsPassage 2There are different ideas about pets in different parts of the world. In most cultures, animals are in a worse position than human beings. In some cases, however, people treat the

21、ir pets like members of their families, or perhaps better. In the United States and Europe, there are special shops that sell clothing and food for cats and dogs.In many countries of the world, there is special food for pets. It is common for big markets in many places to sell cat food and dog food.

22、 However, in a small town in France, there is a special restaurant for dogs. Dogs are the only customers. There is seating for twenty of them. The dogs choose from a variety of dishes on the menu.Of course, in most parts of the world, pets dont live in such wealth and comfort. People treat their pet

23、s in a more practical way. People own cats and dogs because they keep away mice and other unwanted animals. Owners have some loving feelings for their pets, but they do not see them as equal to family members. In most places in the world, there isnt any special clothing or fine food for animals. The

24、re arent any special restaurants for dogs.Pets around the world live in a great variety of ways, just as people do.21. According to the passage, in most countries _. A) people treat their pets like members of their families B) there are special shops that sell clothing for dogs and cats C) animals a

25、re in a worse position than human beingsD) pets such as dogs and cats are very popular 22. According to the passage, there are _. A) restaurants for dogs in every city in FranceB) no dogs or cats that wear clothing C) some people who treat their pets far better than they treat their children D) many

26、 owners of dogs and cats in the United States and Europe23. For many people, pets may have a more practical function because _. A) cats and dogs can be used to keep away mice B) pets are often useful companions for old people C) pets can sometimes be sold to make money D) some pets may show loving f

27、eelings for their owners. 24. In your opinion, which of the following sentences is probably true? A) Dogs and cats like to wear expensive clothing. B) Many people visit the dog restaurant in France. C) People in every part of the world like to buy fine clothing for their pets. D) In some cases, anim

28、als have better food and clothing than people. 25. The main idea of this reading passage is: _. A) Dogs enjoy fine restaurants B) A rich cat can afford to go to any restaurant C) People treat pets in very different ways in different parts of the world D) It is stupid to have special food and clothin

29、g for animals Passage 3What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen rang

30、e. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother. Today about half of the countrys married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are n

31、ot fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way from work or t take family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners af

32、ter a long, hard day.Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and dont want to bother cooking for on

33、e.Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesnt require any dressing up, it offers a “fun” break.26. American women left home to work in large numbers because of_. A) the improved living standard B) the increase in food price C) the need of wartime industry D) the modernization of the kitchen

34、27. The phrase “pitch in” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_. A) “offer help and support” B) “eat with good appetite” C) “offer compliment” D) “disagree with”28. What is a working mothers best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for the family according to the passage? A) Making

35、 a meal out of canned food. B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it. C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place. D) Heating up frozen dinners.29. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their meal at home? A) Single working mothers. B) unmarried mature pe

36、ople. C) elderly people living alone. D) Unemployed women with family.30. What is this passage mainly about? A) Womens liberation in America. B) Changes in the American family during Word War II. C) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America. D) Rising divorce rate in America today. Part III

37、. Vocabulary and Structure(15%)Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 31. My thoughts were _ from the subject by the arrival of her. A) attracted B) suffered C) distracted D) related 32. Snap judgments, if _, have usually been considered signs of immaturity or lack of common sens

38、e.A) taking seriously B) taken seriously C) take seriously D) to be taken seriously 33. The pictures are similar, but there are _ differences between them. A) subtle B) inevitable C) excessive D) invaluable34. There has been an upsurge of interest in chamber music. _, opera is receiving a boost from

39、 increased record sales. A)AlikeB) Likely C) Likewise D) Liking35. I suggest that _ the show season starting in June, it should be brought forward to May. A) along with B) rather than C)other thanD) except for36. Good managing of a company _ great efforts. A) calls on B) calls out C) calls in D) cal

40、ls at 37. Women and youth in rural Southern Communities now _ the fastest growing segment of people with AIDS. A)compose B) consist of C)constitute D) construct 38. The heating system here has an _ temperature control. A) aggressive B) intentional C) accidental D) automatic 39. Insurance statistics

41、show that most wives _ their husbands. A) survey B) inspect C) survive D) engage40. _ the way he laughed as he told it, it meant to be humorous. A)Judged fromB) Judging fromC) Having judged from D) After having Judged from 41. _ the governments record on unemployment, their chances of winning the el

42、ection look poor. A) Give B) Giving C) Given D) To give42. From the top of the hill you can get a beautiful _ of the entire park. A) perspective B) profitC) prospective D) position43. We consider _ the instrument be adjusted each time it is used.A) that it necessary B) necessary thatC) it necessaryD

43、) necessary of it that44. Only two people survived the fire that _ at midnight. A) broke out B) broke off C) broke up D) broke down45. She was typing _ me to hand her the book.A) while asked B) asked C) asking D) while asking46. I was made _ two hours for an appointment in the chilly wind. A) wait B

44、) to wait C) waiting D) waited47. What a _ smell! Open the window and air the room.A) disgustingB) pleasing C) distractingD) disturbing48. He has been working in this lab for many years and his health has been seriously _ by being near the chemicals. A) affected B) effected C) effect D) affect49. He

45、 spoke _ no one could understand him. A) so fast asB) very fast that C) that fast so D) so fast that 50. When I went to college, I learned that all students were _ to take an English course. A) claimed B) requested C) inquired D) required51.The company has _ its main office from New York to Chicago.

46、 A) transformed B) transported C) transferred D) transfered52. Well, lets put our heads together and find a solution _ the problem. A) of B) for C) to D) on53. His business was very successful, but it was at his familys _. A) exposure B) expense C) behalf D) concern54. Prior _ her marriage, my mothe

47、r used to live in New York. A) in B) than C) to D) of55. He always knew what time it was, as if by _.A) instinctB) imaginationC)instruction C) instant56. I dont think Im _ of your success at your present job.A) envious B) complaint C) anxious D) concern57. The company has _ in most European Capitals

48、. A) representation B) represents C) presentations D) representatives58. To be or not to be, this is a _. A) questionB) problemC) requestD) issue59. Only in a few countries_ a reasonable standard of living . A) the whole of the population enjoysB) the whole of the population do enjoy C) does the who

49、le of the population enjoy D) the whole of the population enjoy 60. Most people have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no _. A) foundation B) possibility C) exception D) ignorance Paper TwoPart IV. Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word gi

50、ven in brackets (10%)1. (origin)The coat was _ $100. Now its $20 cheaper.2. (wake) The children are still _, waiting for their mother to come back.3. (clear) Our teacher has attempted to _ a difference between “know that” and “know how”.4. (occasion) The couple only see each other very _.5. (usual)

51、It is not _ for him to come home at the small hours. He is very busy with his work.6. (efficient) The _ of the government received complaints.7. (entertain) He made a face, much to the _ of us.8. (analyze) The _ of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.9. (regard) H

52、e says what he thinks, _ of other peoples feelings.10. (reason) The employee were quite unsatisfied with the _ explanation given by the managers and decided to go on strike. Part V. Cloze. (10%)Directions: Fill in each of the following blanks with one word, in each case, use the exact word that appears in your textbook. Learning a foreign language has been a _(1)_ experience for me, but one that I wouldnt _(2)_ for anything. Not only did learning another l