浙江教育学院《大学英语》第二学期
期终试卷
Part I Listening Comprehension (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a
question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. In the closet.
C. She said she lost it. 2. A. 30 minutes.
C. 15 minutes.
B. On the desk.
D. She couldn’t remember exactly. B. 20 minutes. D. 10 minutes.
B. Jim’s roommate is out. D. Jim is with his girl now. B. In 1981. D. In 1983.
3. A. Jim is at a meeting now.
C. Jim has moved to another room. 4. A. In 1980.
C. In 1982. 5. A. The secretary is a man.
B. The secretary is married. C. The secretary is very efficient.
D. The secretary has been working there very long.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. At the end
of the passage, you’ll hear five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
6. A. Young boys and girls.
C. Old people and children.
B. Mothers and their children. D. People who can’t stop quickly.
7. A. Because they walk too slowly.
B. Because they are usually careless.
C. Because they like to look right and left. D. Because they can’t see or hear clearly. 8. A. Because it moves many meters a second.
B. Because it can’t stop very quickly.
C. Because people don’t understand how a car travel. D. Because some drivers are too careless. 9. A. To look both ways while crossing the road.
B. To walk slowly while crossing the road. C. To know how fast a car can run.
D. To wait until all the cars have stopped. 10. A. Because cars travel faster than they do.
B. Because drivers can’t judge how fast they run.
C. Because they are likely to fall to the ground. D. Because they can’t stop before a car hits them.
Section C
Directions: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. You’ll hear the passage read twice.
Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.
Many years ago movies were (11) ________. A man Walt Disney made a cartoon Mouse that could talk in his movies. He (12) ________ this mouse Mickey Mouse. People were very (13) ________ at the talking mouse. Soon, Mickey became a great (14) ________ with both young and old people. Children loved to see their lovely friend, because he brought joy and (15) ________ to them.
Mickey was a clean mouse right from the (16) ________. Perhaps this is one reason why people hate real (17) ________ but love Mickey Mouse. In his early life Mickey made some (18) ________. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said that they did not want Mickey to do (19) ________ things. Now our Mickey Mouse is not only clean, but he also appears as a star of beauty and (20) ________. He has his friends in almost every country.
Part II Reading Comprehension (l5%)
Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
What makes it rain? Rain falls from clouds for the same reason anything falls to Earth. The
Earth’s gravity pulls it. But every cloud is made of water droplets or ice crystals. Why doesn’t rain or snow fall constantly from all clouds? The droplets or ice crystals in clouds are exceedingly small. The effect of gravity on them is minute. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward displacement is zero, even though the droplets are in constant motion. Droplets and ice crystals behave somewhat like dust in the air made visible in a shaft of sunlight. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random fashion, moving about chaotically（混乱地）without fixed direction. But in fact dust particles are much larger than water droplets and they finally fall. The cloud droplet of average size is only 1/5,000 inch in diameter. It is so small that it would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and it does not fall out of moving air at all. Only when the droplet grows to a diameter of 1/125 inch or larger can it fall from the cloud. The average raindrop contains a million times as much water as a tiny cloud droplet. The growth of a cloud droplet to a size large enough to fall out is the cause of rain and other forms of precipitation（降水）. This important growth process is called “coalescence”.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The mechanics of rain. C. How gravity affects ice crystals.
B. The climate of North America
D. Types of clouds.
2. The word “minute” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following? A. Second . B. Tiny. C. Slow. D. Predictable. 3. Why don’t all ice crystals in clouds immediately fall to Earth?
A. They are balanced by the pressure of rain droplets.
B. The effect of gravity at high altitude is random. C. They are kept aloft by air currents.
D. The heat from the sun’s rays melts them.
4. What can be inferred about drops of water 1/5,000 inch in diameter?
A. They never occur.
B. They are not affected by the force of gravity. C. In still air they would fall to Earth.
D. In moving air they fall at a speed of thirty-two miles per hour. 5. In this passage, what does the term “coalescence” refer to?
A. The gathering of small clouds to form larger clouds. B. The growth of droplets.
C. The fall of raindrops and other precipitation. D. The movement of dust particles in the sunlight.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Many countries face a somewhat more serious economic problem in the form of an unfavorable trade balance with other nations. Such an imbalance exists when the total value of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. For example, if a country buys $25 billion of products from other countries, yet sells only $10 billion of its own products overseas, its trade deficit（贸易逆差）is $15 billion. Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this position because they lack natural resources or the industrial capacity to use these resources, and thus have to import raw materials or manufactured goods. One effect of a trade deficit is the flow of currency out of a country. In the case of an underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including failure to meet debt payments and obstacles to creation of an industrial base. Even in the case of a fully developed nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is a reason for alarm. American products, made by well-paid workers in U.S. industries, cost more to produce than those made in places like Asia, where labor and material costs are much lower. Money spent on foreign products is money not spent on items produced by domestic industries.
6. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Some worldwide economic problems.
B. The cause and consequences of trade deficit. C. Lack of resources in underdeveloped countries. D. High labor and material costs in developed countries
7. According to the passage, a trade imbalance occurs when ________.
A. a country is facing serious financial problems
B. a country buys more from other countries than it sells overseas
C. the value of a country’s exports is greater than that of its imports D. products imported are more expensive than those exported
8. Many underdeveloped countries have trade deficits because ________.
A. they failed to meet debt payments
B. they export most of their natural resources to other countries
C. they borrow too much money from other countries D. they have to import most of their manufactured products
9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible cause of a trade imbalance?
A. The flow of currency out of the country.
B. Low labor and material costs in Asian countries. C. Lack of natural resources.
D. An undeveloped industrial base.
10. It can be inferred from this passage that American industries ________.
A. do not pay their workers sufficiently
B. are hurt by a trade imbalance
C. imported labor and material from abroad D. are able to prevent a trade deficit
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
Newspapers, along with reporting the news, instruct, entertain, and give opinion. An important way for reading a large, big-city newspaper is knowing how to take it apart. Can you find these separate sections: world news, national and local news, sports, business, entertainment, opinions, classified ads? Does your paper have other sections? News stories give facts, not the author’s opinions. Editorials do the opposite: you can expect an editorial to take sides. Some newspaper editorials have a by-line with the author’s name, but many newspapers have unsigned editorials. These reflect the opinions of the publisher or editor. You can be a better reader if you know what to expect in a newspaper. For example, you can expect headlines to omit unnecessary words. You can expect to find the most important facts in the lead paragraph (the first paragraph) of a news story. You can expect important news items to be on the front page. You can expect less important items to be on the inside pages. Most of all, the more you know about the current news, the more you will understand what is in the newspaper; important stories are generally presented one day and followed up on following days. So, an important way for reading newspapers is reading one frequently.
11. To read a large newspaper, a good way is ________.
A. to read it from cover to cover B. to do some paper-cutting C. to find separate sections
D. to predict what is inside the newspaper
12. Which of the following statements about news stories is true?
A. News stories tell the facts without comments. B. News stories contain both facts and opinions. C. News stories reflect the opinions of the editor.
D. News stories express the writer’s point of view.
13. If you want to know less important news without any details, you can read ________.
A. the lead paragraphs of the news on the front page B. the headlines on the inside pages C. news stories on the front page
D. news items on the inside pages only
14. To follow the current news, the best way is to ________.
A. read extensively and thoroughly B. read various newspapers skillfully C. read one newspaper frequently
D. read a large big-city newspaper carefully 15. The main idea of this passage is ________.
A. how to read stories and editorials B. how to find important news stories C. how to tell apart different news sections D. how to read newspapers effectively
Part III Vocabulary (20%)
Section A
Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.
1. Those who felt like hearing the story again came over and added themselves to the audience. A. enjoyed hearing C. would rather hear
B. wanted to hear D. had better hear
2. Then the civil war broke out, setting back the modernization of the country by 10 years. A. canceling B. dismissing C. delaying D. damaging 3. The handbook gives specific instructions on how to set the channels of the TV. A. especial B. typical C. singular D. detailed
4. Kids often end up resenting parents who push them too hard at school.
A. getting angry with C. revolting
B. becoming tired of D. betraying
5. Joe is not good in sport, but when it comes to arithmetic he’s the best in the class.
A. since we are talking about arithmetic B. as it turns out to be arithmetic C. as far as arithmetic is concerned D. when it happens to be arithmetic
6. The report charged him with using the company’s money for his own purpose.
A. involved him in C. accused him of B. dismissed him for D. confirmed him in