网络教育部 分公共基础课全国统一考试 大学英语 C试卷

1、试点高校网络教育部分公共基础课全国统一考试大学英语C试卷2007年10月注 意 事 项一、将你的姓名、考号填写在答题卡的规定栏内，将考号和考试科目在规定的栏内用2B铅笔涂满涂黑。考试结束后，把试卷和答题卡放在桌上。试卷和答题卡均不得带出考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题卡的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、选择题用2B铅笔将选中项涂满涂黑，主观题用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，每个问题后有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的

2、最佳选项，并用铅笔把答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D Passage OneRoast is very famous in Brazil (巴西). Customers just sit, waiting for waiters to send them all kinds of meat. If you like, you take one; if you dont, the waiters pass you. If you dont give any messages of no more sending, they will go on sending you meat.O

3、ne day when I was in Brazil, I went to a restaurant to try the roast. After I took my seat, the waiters gave me the sign (牌子) with the color “red” on one side and “green” on the other. I said “thank you”, then the waiters began to serve me. My plate was already full, but the waiters still kept on se

4、rving me more. I thought I had to eat more quickly. But to my surprise, the waiters still kept on serving more. (51) Then a waiter found out the reason. He helped me to turn the sign over, with the red outside. When I finished, I found the waiter didnt serve me, just passed me. If I didnt call them,

5、 they didnt take a look at me. Do you know why? Its just like the traffic lights (交通信号灯) in the street. How wonderful!1. The story took place in _. A. ChinaB. BritainC. AmericaD. Brazil2. The waiters gave me a sign _.A. after I went into the restaurantB. after I took my seatC. when I tried the foodD

6、. when my plate was full3. What colors did the sign have? A. Red and green.B. Red.C. Green.D. Yellow.4. My plate was already full, but the waiter still kept on _. A. serving lessB. wanting more C. serving moreD. passing me5. The sign on the table is just like _ in the street. A. a gestureB. a menuC.

7、 an advertisementD. traffic lightsPassage TwoDo you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world. (52) These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting (捕猎) animals for food.No one knows how or where these pe

8、ople learned to grow food. But when they did, their lives changed. They didnt have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.People began to live near one another. And so the villages grew. (53) Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.When m

9、achines came along, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.Today, some people are moving back to small towns. This is strange, isnt it?6. Long long ago, there were _ thousand people in the world. A. a lot ofB.

10、 only a fewC. manyD. much7. When people moved over the land, they _. A. hunted animals for food B. fished for food C. always ate vegetables D. lived together8. The villages grew very big because _. A. gold was found there B. people wanted to get rich overnight C. cities were so competitive D. many p

11、eople came to work in the villages9. The cities grew very big because _. A. more and more people came to work in the factories and lived around B. villages needed more people C. people liked to move here and there D. life in the villages changed10. What is happening today? A. The cities are growing

12、smaller. B. Villages are growing bigger. C. Some people are moving back to small towns. D. People are moving to big cities.Passage ThreeBasketball is still a young game. Its over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather

13、was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldnt play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play at. It was not easy to invent such

14、a game because it had to be played indoors, and the court (院子) was not very large.Dr Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. (54) It was played between two teams. To make a score, the ball had to be thr

15、own into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first Dr Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket instead. Thats why the game got its name.11. The students fel

16、t unhappy because _. A. they often fought each other B. they had no time to play C. they didnt like to play D. they couldnt play outdoors12. Who asked Dr Naismith to invent a new game? A. His friends.B. His children.C. Some teachers.D. Some students.13. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. When th

17、ey played this game, the students needed to kick the ball. B. When they played this game, the students needed to run and jump. C. When they played this game, the students needed to pass the ball. D. When they played this game, the students needed to throw the ball.14. To _, the ball had to be thrown

18、 into the basket. A. win the game B. make a score C. lose the game D. lose a score15. The game got its name from _. A. the ball itself B. the basket itself C. both the basket and the ball D. neither the basket nor the ballPassage FourThe English language is different from any other languages. Yet En

19、glish words dont stay the same. It is always changing. New words are needed for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way.English can change by borrowing words from other languages. “Tomato” was borrowed from Mexico. “Coffee” came from Turkey,

20、and “tea” came from China. Now new space words are borrowed from other countries, too.New words also come into use by putting two words together. “Postman and grandfather” are examples. (55) The names of people can also become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after a man called Sandwich.16. This

21、passage is mainly about _. A. borrowing words from other languages B. the English language C. how to put two words together D. how names of people become English words17. The English language needs new words for new _. A. films and TV plays B. stories and books C. space and universe D. inventions an

22、d ideas18. From the passage we can see that the English language _. A. stays the same B. is always changingC. is very newD. is borrowed19. The word _ came into use by putting two words together. A. spaceshipB. sandwichC. coffeeD. tomato20. Which of the following is TRUE? A. There are no new words in

23、 the English language. B. People in space talk in different languages. C. The English language is different from any other languages. D. Peoples names cant become new words now.第二部分：词汇和结构（共30小题；满分40分）第一节：此小节共有20个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔把答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D （共

24、20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）21. _his name? Hes Mike, my friend.A. WhatB. WhatsC. WhoD. Whos 22. _Yes, I am.A. Whats your name? B. How do you do?C. Are you a student? D. How old are you?23. Is that an _jeep?Yes, it is.A. myB. oldC. your D. his24. The picture is very nice. Let me have a look _it.A. at B. onC.

25、to D. in25. The books _ under the bed. They _in the box.A. isnt; isB. isnt; areC. arent; areD. arent; is 26. Jane finds her watch. She says, _A. “Yes, it isnt.”B. “This is her dream.”C. “No, it is.”D. “This is my watch.”27. These are Daves _. A. brotherB. sisterC. cousinD. brothers28. My fathers mot

26、her is my _. A. grandmotherB. aunt C. grandparentsD. sister29. That is a boy. _name is Bob Black. _is my friend. A. His; HeB. He; HisC. He; He D. His; His30. _are these?Photos. A. WhereB. WhatC. WhoD. How31. Jim, this is my mother. Nice to meet you! _ A. Fine, thanks.B. Nice to meet you, to! C. Good

27、bye.D. Nice to meet you, too!32. _Hes in Beijing. A. Where is your mother from?B. Where are you from? C. Where is your math book?D. Where is your father?33. Where is the map?_on the wall. A. ItB. ItsC. ItsD. Theyre34. My brother needs his notebook. Can you _ it to him? A. returnB. writeC. carry D. r

28、ead35. _a computer on my desk. A. Have B. Has C. There is D. There are36. This pencil is his. That one is _. A. Tom B. your C. Toms D. my37. Mrs. Hill is a _ good teacher. She loves her students very much. A. much B. very C. very much D. much very38. My parents go to work _ 7 oclock. A. on B. at C.

29、for D. in39. _ Alice and Bob like Beijing duck?Yes, they do. A. Does B. Are C. Is D. Do40. Mary has four basketballs, _ she doesnt have a soccer ball. A. but B. and C. so D. at第二节：此小节的短文中共有10个空白处，针对每个空白处有4个选项，请你从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并用铅笔把答题卡上相应的字母涂黑。示例: A B C D （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Two women we

30、re quarrelling (吵架) on the train. One wanted to open the window, 41 wanted to close it. Then the conductor (列车员) came to them.One woman said to the conductor, “If this window is open, I will catch a cold. And 42 I will die of cold.”The other woman said, “But if the window is closed, Ill 43 hard to b