2023-2023(1)大学英语III-期末考试-A卷试题

1、试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 防灾科技学院2023 2023学年第一学期期末考试大学英语 试卷 (A) 使用班级 2023级本科非英语专业答题时间120分钟注意：“考试开始后15分钟，开始放听力；“请将选择题答案涂在机读答题卡上，其他题答在主观题答题卡上。题号Part IPart Part Part Part Part Total阅卷教师得分阅卷教师得 分Part I Listening Comprehension本大题共25小题，每题1分，共25分。Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short c

2、onversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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,

3、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. 1. A. It took her too much time to go to work.B. She has to spend money for her journey.C. She likes the company she worked with.D. She loves walking to work.2. A.He is not sure whether Edward will be here on time.B. Nobody will be here on time.C.Edward

4、will certainly be here on time.D. Maybe Edward will be here on time.3. A. She was using the wrong paint.B. She has dropped out of art and is now in drama.C. She doesnt feel like going to class.D. She has run out of paintbrushes.4. A. The woman should lose 10 pounds.B. The woman should gain 5 pounds.

5、C. The woman should buy some new clothes.D. The woman should not worry.5. A. Forty yuan. B. Thirty-five yuan.C. Thirty yuan.D. Forty-five yuan.6. A.Hell not regret missing a chance like that.B. Hell probably not to go since he is busy.C.Hell definitely go.D. Hell probably not to go since he is not i

6、nterested.7. A. At the mans house.B.In a hotel.C. In a grocers.D.In a restaurant.8. A. The man could not wait to see Susan.B.The man always knows the latest news in town.C. Susan talks to people only on the phone.D. Susan is eager to pass the information she knows.试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 Conversat

7、ion 1Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. That the library opens at 8:00.B.That none of the material he needs is available.C.That no one else has read the articles.D. That reserve materials can be taken out of the library.10. A. He is not cooperative.B. He will b

8、e in his office all afternoon.C. He already brought in extra copies of the articles.D.He has not read any of the articles himself.11. A.Ask professor Grand for a copy of the articles.B. Photocopy the articles he needs.C. Return early the next day.D. Wait until the girl has finished with her articles

9、.Conversation 2Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. The election for senator. B.The election for president.C. The election for secretary. D. The election for treasurer.13. A. They are competing against each other in an election.B. The man is writing the womans

10、speech.C.The woman is planning the mans campaign.D.The man is interviewing the woman.14. A. Make posters. B. Answer questions.C. Write a speech.D. Study chemistry.15. A.Review the mans talk.B.Compare their lectures.C. Prepare questions to ask candidates. D. Vote in the school election.Section BDirec

11、tions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hearone question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ,B ,C and D.Then write the correspon

12、ding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. Our ability to make noise without mouths.B. The impressive technology.C. The amazing complexity of television.D. Our ability to use tools.17. A. The ability to write.B. The ability to us

13、e technology.C. The ability to talk.D. The ability to read.18.A. Facial expressions.B. Bristling fur.C. Bowing head or drooping tail.D. Both A, B and C.试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. We dont know how to enjoy ourselves.B.

14、We are busier with our work.C. We dont think relaxation is essential to health.D. We are using new technologies more.20. A. Stress is always harmful to people.B. Stress can be avoided.C. Stress is hardly controlled for most people.D. Different people can withstand different amount of stress.21.A. Kn

15、owing the art of relaxation.B. Having control over performance.C. Not fearing stress.D. High sense of responsibility. 22.A. High blood pressure has nothing to do with stress.B. Health becomes endangered when one is exposed to stress for a long time.C. It is hard to find better ways to deal with stre

16、ss. D. We can remove stress from our life.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A. Decline of GDP.B. Increases of tourism.C. Decline of domestic consumption.D. Developing bad consumption habits.24.A. Because they are more expensive in China.B. Because they

17、are not available in China.C. Because they are made in China.D. Because they are in poor quality in China.25.A. They are wealthier.B. They are more brand conscious.C. They are more confident.D. All of the above.阅卷教师得 分Part: Multiple Choice本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分。Directions: Beneath each of the following

18、sentences,there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes each sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheetwith a single line through the centre.26. Beethoven is my favorite musician. I regard him as _ other musicians. A.superior toB.more superior than

19、C.more superior to D.superior than 27. Her apology was so obviously _ that it only served to make me angrier. A.humiliated B. insincere C. diverse D. annual 28. The earthquake was the greatest _ the country had ever experienced. A.injuryB.disasterC.faultD. loss29. Bob is one of those people who _ ri

20、sk and danger. Hed be bored in a sage and steady job. A. relishB. reviveC. releaseD. reckon试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 30. In a healthy relationship, the partners strengths and abilities _ each other, rather than being identical.A. commenceB. compileC. complementD.confuse31. The invention of the steam

21、 engine _ the development of industry.A. opened upB. paved the way forC. fit intoD. take advantage of32. They teach at night school to _ their income; which otherwise wouldnt be sufficient to live on.A. shatterB. supplementC. simplifyD. stump33. I had a very strange dream last night, but only rememb

22、er a few _ of it.A. functionsB. fortunesC. facultiesD. fragments34. I dont doubt _the stock market will recover from the economic crisis. A.ifB.whatC.thatD.which 35. Mary _ her little brother for a few seconds, not knowing how to answer his question. A.stared onB.stared atC.establish onD.established

23、 as 阅卷教师得 分Part: Reading Comprehension本大题共20小题，36-45题每题1分，46-55题每题2分，共30分。Directions: There are 4 passages in this section. 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

24、 the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage One Questions 36-40 are based on the following passage.There was a time in my boyhood when I felt that Father had handicapped me severely in life by naming me after him, Clarence. All literature, so far as I coul

25、d see, was thronged with objectionable persons named Clarence. Percy was bad enough, but there had been some good fighters named Percy. The only Clarence in history was a duke who did something dirty at Tewkesbury, and who died a ridiculous death afterwards in a barrel of malmsey (一种白葡萄酒). Father an

26、d I would have had plenty of friction in any case. This identity of names made things worse. Every time that I had been more of a fool than he liked, Father would try to impress on me my responsibilities as his eldest son, and above all as the son to whom he had given his name, as he put it. A great

27、 deal was expected; it seemed to me, of a boy who was named after his father. I used to envy my brothers, who didnt have anything expected of them on this score at all. I envied them still more after I was old enough to begin getting letters. I then discovered that when Father gave me his name he ha

28、d also, not unnaturally, I had to admit, retained it himself, and when anything came for Clarence S. Day he opened it, though it was sometimes for me. He also opened everything that came addressed to Clarence S. Day, Jr. He didnt do this intentionally, but unless the Jr. was clearly written, it look

29、ed like Esq. and anyhow Father was too accustomed to open all Clarence Day letters to remember about looking carefully every time for a Jr. So far as mail and express went, I had no name at all of my own.36. The underlined expression “on this score can be best replaced by _.for this reasonto get the

30、 same scoreof the same markfor the same achievements37. We may learn from the passage that _.the authors father is much cleverer than the authorthe authors father named the author after himself because he expected the author to be a good boy like himselfthe authors father expected a lot of the autho

31、r because he thought that the author was made to shoulder all the responsibility from himthe authors brothers are not as clever as the author38. The author used to envy his brothers because _.they did not have to share the responsibility though they were also named after Fatherhis father liked them

32、more than the authorthey are not named after their fatherthey never have frictions with their father试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名：39. The author considers _.it strange that his father should name the author after himselfit strange that his father should retain the name after giving his own nameit natu

33、ral that his father would open the letter for the authorit natural that his father never intentionally open the letters for his brothers40. The last sentence in the passage tells us that _.the author never signed his name when he sent a mail because he did not have his own namethe authors name was e

34、xactly the same as his fathersthe author used to send his mails under his fathers namethe authors father used to open all the mails that was meant for the authorPassage TwoQuestions 41-45 are based on the following passage.The current vogue, in the West, of Yoga and Zen (禅宗) may prove to have been n

35、o more than a transitory Western fashion. It may be doubted whether the average modern Westerner genuinely understands and practices either Zen or Yoga. However, it is also possible that these are sincere attempts to re-activate, among Westerners, the normal human faculty of spiritual contemplation.

36、 In the Middle Ages, Westerners, like other people, did practice contemplation. This is a necessary condition for spiritual health, and modern Westerners are suffering spiritually for having abandoned the practice of contemplation deliberately. Moreover, the East has other lessons for the West which

37、 the West certainly ought to learn and to take to heart. For instance, the West could perhaps learn from the East how to re-capture Mans original harmony with the rest of Nature. Man is an integral part of Nature. When he alienates himself from her and tries to dominate her as if he were outside Nat

38、ure and were not rooted in Nature, Man runs into trouble. The degree of modern Western Mans alienation from Nature can be measured by the potency of modern technology, for technology is an instrument for dominating Nature. The technologically advanced countries are already paying the price of their

39、super-technology. Two items in this price are pollution and inflation. Shinto stands for a harmonious cooperation between Man and the rest of Nature. It recognizes that Nature is holy; that she has sacred rights; that Man has a religious obligation to respect these rights; and that, if he violates t

40、hem, he will bring retribution on himself. The Japanese people have already begun to bring retribution on themselves by polluting Nature.Taoism (道教) sets its face against imposing Mans will on Nature by means of technology. This Chinese philosophy took shape at some dale between the sixth and the fo

41、urth century B. C., when technology was still rudimentary, if judged by present-day standards. Yet already the Taoist philosophers were taking alarm; they were calling for a return to a simpler way of life. It is now evident that they were far-sighted. The Taoist philosophy is what the world now nee

42、ds. It is needed today by West and East alike, now that the potent modern technology, which was invented in the West two hundred years ago, is being adopted all round the globe.41. Yoga and Zan is _.not only a transitory Western fashionnot genuinely understood by the average modern westernersin fash

43、ion now in the Westout of date world-widely42. This passage implies that _.it is wrong to abandon spiritual contemplationthe Westerners practice contemplation in the Middle Eastthe Westerners abandon the practice of contemplation deliberatelythe East has other lessons for the West43. What is the mai

44、n topic of this passage?Why are Yoga and Zan popular in the West?What does the West have to learn from the East?How to recapture Mans original harmony with the rest of Nature?How to practice spiritual contemplation?44. The author of this passage _.disagrees with Taoists philosophyprefers Shinto to T

45、aoismseems to be against modern technologyprefers super-technology to spiritual contemplation试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 45. According to the passage _.it is very expensive to buy super-technologyit costs a lot to deal with the problems of pollution and inflationthe technologically advanced countries

46、are richer than other countriesboth pollution and inflation are caused by modern technologyPassage Three Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.High-quality customer service is preached by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done. Shoppers seldom complain to

47、 the manager or owner of a retail store,but instead will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers and anyone who will listen. Store managers are often the last to hear complaints,and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to stud

48、y jointly conducted by Verde Group and Wharton “Storytelling hurts retailers and entertains consumers said Paula Courtney, President of the Verde Group. “The store loses the customer, but the shopper must also find a replacement On average, every unhappy customer will complain to at least four other

49、s, and will no longer visit the specific store. For every dissatisfied customer, a store will lose up to three more due to negative reviews. The resulting “snowball effect can be disastrous to retailers. According to the research, shopper who purchased clothing encountered the most problem. Ranked s

50、econd and third were grocery and electronics customers. The most common complaints include filled parking lots, cluttered shelves over loaded racks, out-of-stock items, long check-out lines, and rude salespeople. During peak shopping hours, some retailers solved the parking problems by getting moonl

51、ighting (业余兼职的) local police to work as parking attendants. Some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty parking spaces. This guidance eliminated the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided confrontation between those eyeing the same parking space. Retailers can re

52、lieve the headaches by redesigning store layouts, pre-stocking sales items, hiring speedy and experienced cashiers, and having sales representatives on hand to answer question. Most importantly, salespeople should be diplomatic and polite with angry customers. “Retailers whore responsive and friendl

53、y are more likely to smooth over issues than those who arent so friendly, said Professor Stephen Hoch. “Maybe something as simple as a greeter at the store entrance would help.Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filing complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the r

54、est of the world. Retailers are hard-pressed to improve when they have no idea what is wrong.46. Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints?AMost customers wont bother to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences.BCustomers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to peop

55、le around them.CFew customers believe the service will be improvedDCustomers have no easy access to store managers47. What does Paula Courtney imply by saying“. the shopper must also find a replacement (Paragraph4, Line 2)ANew customers are bound to replace old ones.BNot complaining to the manager c

56、ause the shopper some trouble too.CMost stores provide the same kind of service.DIt is not likely the shopper can find the same products on other stores.48. Shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shopper_.Awont have trouble parking their cars Bcan stay longer browsi

57、ng in the storeCwont have any worries about securityDcan find their cars easily after shopping49.What contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers?AHuge supply of goods for saleBHiring of efficient employeesCManners of the salespeople DDesign of store layout试卷序号：试卷序号：班级：学号：姓名： 装 订 线 50.T

58、o achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to_.Avoice their dissatisfaction to store managers directly Bsettle their disputes with stores in a diplomatic wayCexert pressure on store to improve their serviceDshop around and make comparisons between storesPassage Four Questions 51 to

59、 55 are based on the following passage.As a writer of romance novels, I create exotic fantasies. My heroines are beautiful, my heroes gilded with a touch of the legendary, my plots larger than life. Fans sometimes think of me as an expert on love, but my children never ask my advice. When I try to g

60、ive it anyway, they roll their eyes. To them, Im just Mom-too impossibly old-fashioned and ordinary to understand the winds of their times. Since they have reached their teens, however, their often painful searches for that special someone have left me sleepless many a night. There are so many thing