南京信息工程大学试卷2020-2021学年第2学期通用英语2期末考试

1、12 页；考试时间学号本试题应在 120 分钟内完成。听力开始时间禁止学生携带手机，电子词典等具有存储功能的电子设备进入考场，如已带入，请关机后妥善保管，考试过程中不得随意离开考场。如有去洗手间，每次只允许一名学生并由监考陪同。考试开始半小时内不可离开考场，考试结束前十分钟起也不可离开考场。本试题册共 12 页（试卷 10 页，答题纸试卷所有题目应将答案填写在答题纸上，试题册和答题纸分开交。考生进入考场后，须将学生证或身份证放在作为左上角。考试结束后交答题纸，请监考教师将答题纸按顺序（升序）分开排好。请各位主、监考教师认真填写考场情况登记表，签名后交至指定地点。以上各项请考生在做题前仔细阅读。

2、120 分钟；命题教师12 页；考试时间学号本试题应在 120 分钟内完成。听力开始时间禁止学生携带手机，电子词典等具有存储功能的电子设备进入考场，如已带入，请关机后妥善保管，考试过程中不得随意离开考场。如有去洗手间，每次只允许一名学生并由监考陪同。考试开始半小时内不可离开考场，考试结束前十分钟起也不可离开考场。本试题册共 12 页（试卷 10 页，答题纸试卷所有题目应将答案填写在答题纸上，试题册和答题纸分开交。考生进入考场后，须将学生证或身份证放在作为左上角。考试结束后交答题纸，请监考教师将答题纸按顺序（升序）分开排好。请各位主、监考教师认真填写考场情况登记表，签名后交至指定地点。以上各项请

3、考生在做题前仔细阅读。120 分钟；命题教师院系9:30。2 页），请注意查收。填涂答案时，请将相应选项涂黑。集体英语班；考试时间2021 年 6 月 30 日2020 2021 学年 第 2 学期 通用英语 2 期末考试本试卷共姓名考场指令(1)(2)否则以作弊处理。(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)第 1 页 共 12 A) The better-off. D) Government. A) It has nothing to do with higher math score. A) Americans. A) Age groups. D) Family backgrou

4、nds. A) She is environmentally-concerned. D) She wants to see the man on the bus. B) Financial institution. B) Europeans. B) Generational backgrounds. B) She wants to save money. C) Asians. D) Africans. 2020-2021 学年第二学期通用英语 2 期末考试A) The better-off. D) Government. A) It has nothing to do with higher

5、math score. A) Americans. A) Age groups. D) Family backgrounds. A) She is environmentally-concerned. D) She wants to see the man on the bus. B) Financial institution. B) Europeans. B) Generational backgrounds. B) She wants to save money. C) Asians. D) Africans. Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions

6、: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Social Practice. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. 注意：此部分在答题纸上作答。Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news re

7、ports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

8、with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分在答题纸上作答。Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. 1. A) 62. B) 64. C) 60. D) Unknown. 2.C) Ordinary people. Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item. 3. A) Give teacher extra help. B) Engage in many activities. C) Show

9、up in class. D) Offer constructive advice. 4.B) It works in some subjects, but not in others. C) It leads to higher scores in social studies. D) It encourages students to do better in science. Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5. A) The relationship between hard work and suc

10、cess. B)The importance of hard work in success. C)The role of hard work in success. D) Different attitudes toward hard work and success. 6.7.C) Economic conditions. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questi

11、ons. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center. Questions 8 to 11 are based on

12、 the conversation you have just heard. 8.C) Her car is being repaired in the shop. 第 2 页 共 12 2 期末考试A) Diana believes the air is not likely to be cleaner. A) The man wants to live in them. A) A honeymoon suite for $250 for the night and free breakfast of Chinese style. 2020-2021 2 期末考试A) Diana belie

13、ves the air is not likely to be cleaner. A) The man wants to live in them. A) A honeymoon suite for $250 for the night and free breakfast of Chinese style. 9.B) Diana thinks the diesel (柴油机) bus is free of pollution now. C) Diana has taken a class on environmental engineering. D) Diana sounds pessim

14、istic about the future of the insulator ( 绝热器 ). 10. A) It makes the fuel burn more efficiently. B) It helps release more unburned fuel. C) It is easy to install. D) It is very cheap. 11. A) Lowering transportation fees. B)The environmental engineering class. C)The mancar in the shop. s D) Better en

15、vironment. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A) The hotel confused him with another guest. B) Rooms are overbooked for that evening. C)There are no more rooms available for five people. D) All the rooms available are under renovation. 13. A) There was a marath

16、on going on. B)Almost all the hotels were being renovated. C)There was a conference going on. D) The hotel was overbooked two months ago. 14.B) They are like the normal rooms. C)There is a roll-away bed. D) Customers can watch TV there. 15.B)A honeymoon suite for $225 for the night and free breakfas

17、t of Western style. C)A honeymoon suite for $200 for the night and free breakfast of Chinese style. D) A honeymoon suite for $200 for the night and free breakfast of Western style. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some que

18、stions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center. Questions 16 to 18 are based on

19、the passage you have just heard. 16. A) American college students power. buyingB)American college students income.C)American college students tuition. risingD) American college students entertainment.第 3 页 共 12 2 期末考试B) $ 3 billion. A) They are usually good at making friends. B) They tend to be well

20、 adjusted. D) They usually have successful marriages. C) $ 4 billion. D) $ 5 billion. 2020-2021 2 期末考试B) $ 3 billion. A) They are usually good at making friends. B) They tend to be well adjusted. D) They usually have successful marriages. C) $ 4 billion. D) $ 5 billion. 17. A) $ 11 billion . 18. A)

21、By offering them part-time jobs. B) By spending more money on advertising. C) By providing them quality products. D) By offering them free gifts. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A) How to improve your reasoning ability. B)Why classical music is popular with math

22、students. C)The difference between classical music and rock music. D) The effects of music on the results of math tests. 20. A) Because it keeps you calm. B) Because it strengthens your memory. C) Because it stimulates your nerve activity. D) Because it improves your problem-solving strategies. 21.

23、A) The effects of music do not last long. B) Piano music could interfere with your reasoning ability. C) Music, whether classical or rock, helps improve your memory. D) The more you listen to music, the higher your test scores will be. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

24、 22. A) They were on the verge of breaking up. B) They were compatible despite differences. C) They quarreled a lot and never resolved their arguments. D) They argued persistently about whether to have children. 23. A) Neither of them has any brothers or sisters. B) Neither of them won their parents

25、 favor. C) They werent spoiled in their childhood. D) They didnt like to be the apple of their parents eyes. 24.B) They tend to be adventurous and creative. C) They are often content with what they have. D) They tend to be self-assured and responsible. 25. A) They enjoy making friends. C) They are l

26、east likely to take initiative. Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefu

27、lly 第 4 页 共 12 2 期末考试J.agricultural K. 2 期末考试J.agricultural K. including L. compromise M. requires N.primary O.consisting before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the c

28、entre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well - grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Such extended families were

29、suited for survival in slow paced 26 societies. But such families are hard to 27 . They are immobile. Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family 28 shed its excess weight and the so-c

30、alled nuclear family emerged-a stripped-down, portable family unit 29 only of parents and a small set of children. This new style family, far more 30 than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial counties. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-te

31、chnological development, 31 even higher mobility. Thus we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlining process, a stepfurther by remaining children, cutting the family down to its more 32 components, a man and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched careers, will prove

32、more efficient at navigating through education and social status, through job changes and geographic relocations, than the ordinarily child-cluttered family. A 33 may be the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women today are often torn in 34 between a commitment to career a

33、nd a commitment to children. In the future, many 35 will sidestep this problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement. A. transplant B. situation C. gradually D. transport E. elemental F.conflict G. continually H. mobile I. couples Section B Directions: In this secti

34、on, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the ques

35、tions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet. The Three-Year Solution A Hartwick College, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes this offer to well-prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and save about $43,000, the amount of one

36、 years tuition and fees. A number of innovative colleges are making the same offer to students anxious about saving time and money. Thats both an opportunity and a warning for the best higher-education system in the world. B The United States has almost all of the worlds best universities. A recent

37、Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10. Our research universities have been the key to developing the competitive advantages that help Americans produce 25% of all the world wealth. In 2007, 623,805 of the s worlds brightest students were attracted to

38、American universities. 第 5 页 共 12 2 期末考试2020-2021 2 期末考试C Yet, there are signs of peril（危险） within American higher education. U.S. colleges have to compete in the marketplace. Students may choose among 6,000 public, private, nonprofit, for-profit, or religious institutions of higher learning. In add

39、ition, almost all of the $32 billion the federal government provides for university research is awarded competitively. D But many colleges and universities are stuck in the past. For instance, the idea of the fall-to-spring school year hasnt changed much since before the American Revolution, when we

40、 were a nation of farmers and students put their books away to work the soil during the summer. That long summer stretch no longer makes sense. Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more

41、than half the calendar year. While college facilities sit idle, they continue to generate maintenance expenses that contribute to the high cost of running a college, he has written. E Within academic departments，tenure（终身职位） , combined with age-discrimination laws ，makes faculty turnovercritical for

42、 a university to remain current in changing times difficult. Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles （压制） them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging likemindedness and someti

43、mes inhibiting the free flow of ideas. F Meanwhile, tuition has soared, leaving graduating students with unprecedented loan debt. Strong campus presidents to manage these problems are becoming harder to find, and to keep. In fact, students now stay on campus almost as long as their presidents. The a

44、verage amount of time students now take to complete an undergraduate degree has stretched to six years and seven months as students interrupted by work, inconvenienced by unavailable classes, or lured by one more football season find it hard to graduate. G Congress has tried to help students with co

45、llege costs through Pell Grants and other forms of tuition support. But some of their fixes have made the problem worse. The stack of congressional regulations governing federal student grants and loans now stands twice as tall as I do. Filing out these forms consumes 7% of every tuition dollar. H F

46、or all of these reasons, some colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-old assumptions about what a college degree means. For instance, why does it have to take four years to earn a diploma? This fall,16 first-year students and four second-year studen

47、ts at Hartwick enrolled in the schools new three-year degree program. According to the college the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated students who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees. I By eliminating that extra year, three-year degree students s

48、ave 25% in costs. Instead of taking 30 credits a year, these students take 40. During January, Hartwick runs a four-week course during which students may earn three to four credits on or off campus, including a number of international sites. Summer courses are not required, but a student may enroll

49、in them-and pay extra. Three year students get first crack at course registration. There are no changes in the number of courses professors teach or in their pay. J The three-year degree isnt a new idea. Geniuses have always breezed through. Judson College, a 350-student institution in Alabama, has

50、offered students a three-year option for 40 years. Students attend short terms in May and June to earn the credits required for graduation. Bates College in Maine and Ball State University in Indiana are among other colleges offering three-year options. K Changes at the high-school level are also he

51、lping to make it easier for many students to earn their undergraduate degrees in less time. One of five students arrives at college today with Advanced Placement (AP) credits amounting to a semester or more of college-level work. Many universities, including large schools like the University of Texa

52、s, make it easy for these AP students to graduate faster. L For students who dont plan to stop with an undergraduate degree, the three-year plan may have an even greater appeal. Dr. John Sergent, head of Vanderbilt University Medical Schools residency （住院医生） program，enrolled in Vanderbilts undergrad

53、uate college in 1959. He entered medical school after only three years as did four or five of his classmates. My first year of medical school counted as my senior year, which meant I had to take three to four labs a week to get all my sciences in. I basically skipped my senior year, says Sergent. He

54、 still had time to be 第 6 页 共 12 2 期末考试2020-2021 2 期末考试a student senator and meet his wife. M There are, however, drawbacks to moving through school at such a brisk pace. For one, it deprives students of the luxury of time to roam （邀游） intellectually. Compressing everything into three years also lea

55、ves less time for growing up, engaging in extracurricular activities, and studying abroad. On crowded campuses it could mean fewer opportunities to get into a prized professors class. Iowas Waldorf College has graduated several hundred students in its three-year degree programs, but is now phasing o

56、ut the option. Most Waldorf students wanted the full four-year experienceacademically, socially, and athletically. And faculty members will be wary of any change that threatens the core curriculum in the name of moving students into the workforce. Most high governmental officials seem to conceive of

57、 education in this light-as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth, Derek Bok, former president of Harvard told The Washington Post. I strongly disagree with this approach. Another risk: the new campus produce less revenue for the institution and longer working hours

58、for faculty members. N Adopting a three-year option will not come easily to most schools. Those that wish to tackle tradition and make American campuses more cost-conscious may find it easier to take Trachtenbergs advice: open campuses year- round. You could run two complete colleges, with two compl

59、ete faculties, he says. Thats without cutting the length of students vacations, increasing class sizes, or requiring faculty to teach more. O Whether they experiment with three-year degrees, offer year-round classes, challenge the tenure system or all of the aboveuniversities are slowly realizing th

60、at to stay competitive and relevant they must adapt to a rapidly changing world. Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students for even higher tuition pa