58. _____ you have passed the driving test successfully, you can drive on your own.
A) By now C) Now then B) Now and again D) Now that
59. Within first seven seconds of meeting, people will form their opinion about others through unspoken communication like _____, postures and attitudes.
A) signs C) symptoms B) gestures D) symbols
60. It had never _____ to me that our football team won the game.
A) struck C) hit B) occurred D) meant
61. The students ______ in cleaning the classroom according to the arrangement.
A) alternate C) adopt B) adapt D) admit
62. Have you any ______plans about how to deal with these difficulties? We need to be
practical-minded.
A) abstract C) concrete B) consistent D) contrary
63. The professor was afraid that unless the train speeded up he would miss his _______ to New
York.
A) junction C) seat B) connection D) carriage
64. When writing about controversial topics, some authors try to be _______ without favoring
either side.
A) reflective C) impressive B) persuasive D) objective
65. Many factors such as too much stress, bad living habits can lead to poor ______ and ill health. A) experience C) performance B) appearance D) competence
Part IV Cloze
(10 %)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.
Let’s look at this 66______ in more detail, because it
66. A) recognition
B) function
C) classification D) definition C) as is language, more than anything else, 67_____ 67. A) it distinguishes man from the rest of the 68_____ world. Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by 69_____ of cries: for example, many birds utter (发声) 70_____calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 71_____ cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 72_____ these various means of communication differ in important ways 73_____ human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not 74_____ thought and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 75_____ us to divide a human utterance (发声) into 76_____.
We can change an utterance by 77_____ one word in it with 78_____: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north”, 79_____ who can change one word and say “aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, 80_____
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B) that
68. A) native
B) animal
69. A) ways
B) methods
70. A) dating
B) exciting
71. A) identical
B) different
72. A) But
B) Therefore
73. A) from
B) about
74. A) infer
B) explain
75. A) encourages B) enforces
76. A) sounds
B) words 77. A) spelling
B) saying 78. A) ours
B) another 79. A) so
B) but
80. A) this
B) that
D) what C) human D) physical
C) means D) approaches C) warning D) boring C) similar D) unfamiliar C) Afterwards D) Furthermore C) with D) in
C) interpret D) express
C) enables D) ensures C) voices D) speeches C) replacing D) pronouncing C) theirs D) others
C) or D) and
C) which D) it
81. A) signs
B) signals 82. A) in
B) at 83. A) since
B) while 84. A) limitless
B) boundless 85. A) ordinary
B) alike
C) gestures D) marks
C) of D) for C) anyhow D) somehow C) changeable D) ceaseless C) common D) general
means “danger!”
This is why the number of 81_____ that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case 82_____ point; it has about twenty different calls, 83_____ in human language the number of possible utterances is 84_____. It also explains why animal cries are very 85_____ in meaning.
Part V
Writing
(15%)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My
View on Online Self-access Learning. You should write at least 120 words. And you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 一些人认为上机自主学习方式好； 2. 也有一些人认为传统的授课方式好； 3. 我的看法。
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Answer Sheet Two
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Part I Listening Comprehension
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Part V Writing (15%)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My
View on Online Self-access Learning. You should write at least 120 words. And you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 一些人认为上机自主学习方式好； 2. 也有一些人认为传统的授课方式好； 3. 我的看法。
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2010级大学英语期末考试答案（A卷）
Part I Listening Comprehension (30%)
(01—20:1’ x 20=20’)01-05 CDCBD 11-15 BDCBC 06-10 ABAAB 16-20 ADACA
(0.5’x7=3.5’) S1: worthwhile S2: necessary
S3: granted S5: range
S6: major
S7:department S8: your card is lost or stolen (2’)
S9: there is a delay in reporting the loss (2’)
S10: if used wisely, a credit card can cost nothing (2.5’)Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)
21-25 BCBCB 31-35 ABDBC
26-30 BADCD
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (15%)
36-40 CADBB 51-55 ACABB 41-45 DBAAB 56-60 DBCDA 46-50 DBCBD
61-65 DACDB Part IV Cloze (10%)
66-70 DCCDA 76-80 CCDBC 71-75 AADCA
81-85 BBDAA
Part V Writing (15%)
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S4: slightly