_______期日______ _名___签__任__主__室__研_教名课姓 任 _ _ ____________名__签__员_教号题学 出 _ ________________员__教_课次任班学 __教_ _ _ _ _ _ ______________次__班_核别考队 ______数人核考粤华培训学校2013-2014学年第二学期《大学英语》期末考试试卷 2.
What does the word “notion” (Line 3, Para. 2) mean? … 粤华培训学校
……Who are likely to work hard according to the survey?
…《大学英语》期末考试试卷(A卷)
3. ……4. What are the factors that cause young Americans to devaluate hard work? …
……题 目 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 总 分 核分人 复查人 5. Whose job is it to tell the students the role of hard work?
……得分
…
…2、Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete
……
statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the 线…评卷人 得分
statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).
…… 一、阅读简答（2小题，每小题5分，共10分）
The Enlightenment (启蒙运动) and the Romantic Movement of modern European culture …
stimulated interest in myth, both through theories about myth and through new academic ……disciplines. Although the Enlightenment emphasized the rationality of human beings, it directed …1、Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete
attention to all human expressions, including religion and mythology. Enlightenment scholars ……statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the tried to make sense of the seemingly irrational and fantastic mythic stories. Their explanations ……statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).
included historical evolutionary theories—that human culture evolved from an early state of …Hard work has been an important part of the American belief from the nation?s beginning. ignorance and irrationality to the modern culture of rationality—with myths seen as products of 封…The American idea that hard work was to be esteemed distinguished us from Europeans who the early ages of ignorance and irrationality.
…admired their gentlemen of leisure. For us, hard work rather than idleness was the way to Myths were also thought to result from euhemerism, that is, the divinizing (神化) of the ……distinction.
heroic virtues of a human being. More important than any one theory of mythology, however, ……Now, however, like many other traditional values, hard work is coming under attack. In was the development of systematic disciplines devoted to the study of mythology. In new fields ……academic journals, conferences and classrooms, the idea of hard work is considered to be such as social and cultural anthropology and the history of religions, scholars were forced to …another of those notions that the dominant forces in our society (i.e. white males) impose on the come to terms with myths from earlier historical periods outside the Western tradition, and they ……rest of us. It merely advances white-male interests as any woman or minority foolish enough to began to relate the study of myth to a broader understanding of culture and history.
…buy into (接受) the dominant value system will find out.
The Romantic Movement turned to the older Indo-European myths as intellectual and 密…In the recent survey, high-school students in the United States and Japan were asked to rank cultural resources. Romantic scholars tended to view myth as an irreducible (不可削减的) form ……factors that contributed to success in the classroom. Of the Japanese, 72 percent listed hard work of human expression: For them, myth, as a mode of thinking and perception, possessed prestige …first while only 27 percent of the American agreed.
equal to or sometimes greater than the rational grasp of reality.
……Many factors contribute to the devaluating of hard work. Thinking that self-esteem is Myth had always been part of classical and theological studies in the West, but during and …crucial, many parents and teachers hesitate to point out a student?s failings, even laziness. To after the Enlightenment, the concern for myth, revived with new intensity, could be detected in ……make matters worse, Americans place an unusually high value on the idea of innate ability. And almost all the newer university disciplines—anthropology, history, psychology, history of …aptitude inevitably de-emphasizes the role that hard work plays in success. But if our students religions, political science, and structural linguistics. Most current theories of myth emerged fail to see that hard work matters, it is because we are telling them, time and again, that it doesn?t. from one or more of these disciplines. If we want young people to esteem hard work, it is up to us to show them its worth, its strength,
and its significance in everyday life.
1. What did the Enlightenment most stress? 1. What?s the author?s opinion on hard work?
2. According to historical evolutionary theories, myth was
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_______期日______ _名___签__任__主__室__研_教名课姓 任 _ _ ____________名__签__员_教号题学 出 _ ________________员__教_课次任班学 __教_ _ _ _ _ _ ______________次__班_核别考队 ______数人核考粤华培训学校2013-2014学年第二学期《大学英语》期末考试试卷 3. What was Romantic scholars? view on myth?
7. A、new B、friendly C、fresh D、common … 8. A、casters B、TV stations C、states D、broadcasters ……4. Before the Enlightenment, the study of myths in the West was 9. A、audience B、viewer C、watcher D、crowd … …10. A、not B、also C、however D、neither …5. What does the word “discipline” (Line 3, Para. 1) probably mean?
11. A、speak B、say C、read D、talk …
…12. A、Other B、More C、No D、Less ……
13. A、hidden B、stored C、kept D、existed …评卷人 得分
14. A、in B、by
C、with
D、to
……15. A、world B、continental C、international D、multinational … 二、完型填空（2小题，每小题10分，共20分）
16. A、also B、only C、as D、so …线
17. A、program B、teaching C、class D、lesson ……1、Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four
18. A、it B、itself C、it self D、its self …19. A、only B、mainly C、roughly D、simply ……choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE 20. A、above
B、mainly
C、first
D、generally
…that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with
……a single line through the center.
…English prevails in transportation and the media. The travel and (1)（ ） language of the 2、Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four
……international airwaves (2)（ ） English. Pilots and air traffic (3)（ ）speak English at all choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE …international airports. (4)（ ） traffic uses flag and light signals, (5)（ ） if vessels needed 封that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with …to communicate (6)（ ）, they would find a (7)（ ） language, which would probably be a single line through the center.
……English.
Cars are an important (1)（ ） of life in the United States. (2)（ ） most people feel …Five of the largest (8)（ ）—CBS, NBC, ABC, the BBC, and the CBC—reach a that they are poor. And (3)（ ） if a person is poor he doesn?t feel really poor (4)（ ） he ……potential (9)（ ） of about 300 million people through English broadcast. It is (10)（ ） has a car.
…the language of satellite TV.
…There are three main reasons why the car becomes so (5)（ ） in the United States. (6)…Computers (11)（ ） to each other mostly in English. (12)（ ） than ten percent of （ ） of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move (7)（ ） in it. The car ……all the information (13)（ ） in the more than 100 million computers around the world is (14)provides the most comfortable and (8)（ ） form of transportation. (9)（ ） a car people …（ ） English.
can go anywhere without spending a lot of money.
密…85 percent of (15)（ ） telephone conversations are conducted in English, (16)（ ） The second reason cars are popular is the fact (10)（ ） the United States never …are three-fourths of the world's mail, telexes, and cables. Computer (17)（ ） instructions and …developed (11)（ ） and inexpensive form of public (12)（ ）. Long-distance trains have …the software (18)（ ） are often supplied (19)（ ） in English.
never been (13)（ ） common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. ……German was once the language of science. Today more than 20 percent of all scientific Nowadays there is a good system of air-service (14)（ ） by planes. But it is (15)（ ） …papers are published (20)（ ） in English.
expensive to be used frequently.
……
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is …1. A、talking B、dialogue C、speaking D、communication (16)（ ） really makes cars popular. Americans don?t like to wait (17)（ ） a bus, or a 2. A、was B、are C、is D、were train or even a plane. They don?t like to have to (18)（ ） an exact schedule. A car gives them 3. A、leaders B、controllers C、directors D、keepers the freedom to schedule (19)（ ） time. And this is the freedom that Americans want (20)4. A、Maritime B、Air C、Land D、Sea （ ） to have.
5.
A、and B、but C、even D、as
6.
A、verbally
B、orally
C、immediately
D、seriously
1. A、role B、part C、effect D、basis
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A、Without a car C、Without no car Scientists at universities(A) are often(B) more involved(C) in theoretical research than in … B、Not with a car D、With not a car practically(D) research. ……3. A、ever B、still C、even D、quite
……4. A、although B、when C、whether D、but …5. A、qualified B、increasing C、developing D、popular 3、Directions: This part consists of five sentences. In each sentence, there is one mistake.
……6. A、First B、Firstly C、At first D、The first For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to mark ……7. A、around B、on C、along D、forth the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the ……8. A、cheap B、most cheap C、cheapest D、cheaper center. And then write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
…9. A、Through B、By C、With D、As
People complain that the costs of establishing an office are(A) so high(B) that only(C) the …rich can afford running for(D) office. …10. A、which
B、that
C、where
D、what
线…11. A、an interested B、an affected C、an efficient D、a satisfied …12. A、movement B、carriage C、shipping D、transportation 4、Directions: This part consists of five sentences. In each sentence, there is one mistake.
……13. A、quite B、very
C、too
D、as
For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to mark …14. A、providing B、to provide C、provided D、provides …the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the …15. A、very B、so C、too D、as center. And then write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
……16. A、that B、what C、how D、which In the US, however, it is taken for(A) a sign of skillfulness or being(B) competent to(C) …17. A、for B、on C、beside D、about …solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with(D) speed. …18. A、follow B、further C、chase D、run
封19. A、their own B、their self C、theirs own D、theirs self ……20. A、best
B、most
C、worst
D、least
5、Directions: This part consists of five sentences. In each sentence, there is one mistake.
……
For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to mark ……
the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the …center. And then write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
…评卷人 得分
…Though(A) most of us would like to think ourselves free from(B) such prejudiced notions, … 三、改错（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
we're all guilty from(C) name stereotyping to(D) some extent.. ……
密…1、Directions: This part consists of five sentences. In each sentence, there is one mistake.
………For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to mark 评卷人 得分
…the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the … 四、阅读理解（2小题，每小题10分，共20分）
…center. And then write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
…A wise and(A) experienced administrator will assign(B) a job to whomever(C) is best ……qualified(D). 1、Directions: There are 2 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, 2、Directions: This part consists of five sentences. In each sentence, there is one mistake.
C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to mark Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly (势不可挡地) strong, have governed my life: the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the pity for the suffering of mankind.
center. And then write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
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_______期日______ _名___签__任__主__室__研_教名课姓 任 _ _ ____________名__签__员_教号题学 出 _ ________________员__教_课次任班学 __教_ _ _ _ _ _ ______________次__班_核别考队 ______数人核考粤华培训学校2013-2014学年第二学期《大学英语》期末考试试卷 I have sought love, first, because it brings happiness and enjoyment—so great that I would A、To Destroy All the Evils. … often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because B、What I Have Lived for. ……it relieves loneliness—the terrible loneliness. I have sought it, finally, because in the world of C、Love Conquers All. …love I have seen the version of the heaven that poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and D、The Beautiful Life.
……though it might seem too good for human life, this is what—at last—I have found.
…With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. …2、Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some
…I have wished to know everything about the nature.
……Love and knowledge led upward toward the heaven. But pity always brought me back to questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, …earth. Children in famine (饥荒), helpless old people and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on ……and pain make a mockery (讥讽) of what human life should be. I long to destroy the evil, but I Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
…can?t and I too suffer.
\线…This has been my life. And I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the has the ring of truth for a group of mature women at the University of Pittsburgh whose ……chance were offered to me.
professional lives are really just beginning. A former housewife, who is seeking a Ph. D. and …
teaching at the university has received the highest student evaluation in the university's history. ……1. Which of the following is essential in the author?s life? （ ）
A mother of four, who never had a policy-making position in previous part-time work, is now …A、Love.
deputy director in the department of planning for the city of Pittsburgh. And another woman, ……B、Knowledge. who without a college degree had trouble finding a good job, has been accepted as the first ……C、Sympathy.
woman professor at UCLA'S Graduate School of Management. These successful professionals …D、All of the above. are all graduates of a unique program designed to help mature women prepare for positions in 封…
public administration and planning.
…2. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the author seeks love? （ ）
The \(大器晚成) scholars fit no mold. Many saw their child rearing years ……A、Love needs sacrifice.
growing to a close and wanted to find a productive, useful career. Some, unexpectedly forced …B、Love makes the world beautiful. into the role of family provider by a divorce, needed training that they had not thought necessary ……C、Love can relieve loneliness.
when they were younger. Other women in the program were eager to join because they had no ……D、Love brings happiness and enjoyment. chance to go to college in their youth. One, for instance, who had hoped to go on to graduate …
school, put her efforts and money into helping her younger sister get an education instead.
……3. Whom does the author feel sympathy for? （ ）
密A、The sick people.
1. \（ ）.
……B、The people out of work.
A、people who are forty years old are just starting life ……C、All the people who are suffering in the world. B、people who are forty years old can begin a new career …D、All the people who are relevant to him. C、people who are at the age of forty begin to enjoy life ……
D、forty is a lucky number in life …4. Why does the author say “I too suffer”? （ ）
……A、Because he can?t have enough money to help others.
2. The best explanation for \?mid-career' scholars fit no mold\（ ）.
B、Because he can?t destroy all the evils that brings pain to people.
A、older people have a difficult time
C、Because he can?t obtain the love from others while he loves people so much. B、older scholars have no standard success
D、Because he can?t find the cause of evils. C、the scholars are not all the same sort of people D、the scholars don't fit into molds
5.
Which of the following can be used as the title of this article? （ ）
3. The expression \（ ）.
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_______期日______ _名___签__任__主__室__研_教名课姓 任 _ _ ____________名__签__员_教号题学 出 _ ________________员__教_课次任班学 __教_ _ _ _ _ _ ______________次__班_核别考队 ______数人核考粤华培训学校2013-2014学年第二学期《大学英语》期末考试试卷 A、to have a real ring
Chinese given in brackets.
… B、to appear to be true
Children who are brought up in the country （ ） (不一定比……健康) those ……C、to have a true background brought up in towns. …D、to form a real circle
…… …4.
The best title for the passage would be （ ）. 5、Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
……A、Mid-career Program Chinese given in brackets.
……B、Women and Their Children The only thing now （ ） (妨碍进一步发展) is the lack of money. …C、The Importance of Education
……D、Education for Mature Women
…
线…5.
From this passage we learn that （ ）.
评卷人 得分
……A、a mature woman will have little chance to receive the highest education 六、词汇（1小题，每小题5分，共5分）
…B、a woman can not succeed until she is mid-aged
… …C、a mother of middle age still has chance to receive the highest education and to find a …good job
1、Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select
……D、a women who has no children have no right to enter the \
one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. ……
Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is …封
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet …2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more …评卷人 得分
…than once.
… 五、翻译（5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
Home schooling is a joint effort. Even the working father needs to be (1)（ ） with the ……
teaching of children. I?ve discovered one way that a father can (2)（ ） his time with his …1、Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
children by using the simple technology of a tape recorder.
……Fathers can tell stories to their children on tape. In my experience, children between the ……Chinese given in brackets.
ages of 2-10 love to listen to cassette tapes. At this time, the market is (3)（ ） with tapes of …I don?t know what?s wrong with me today, I （ ） (老是打碎东西). stories and songs for children. Also, the message on many tapes (4)（ ） in the marketplace 密…
is refreshing. However, the most important aspect of a father making his own taped stories is ……2、Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
that the content of the tape can be trusted. Some of the “family” or “Christian” story tapes …available leave much to be desired.
……Chinese given in brackets.
The influence of cassette tapes is easily understood when you simply take time to watch …I know you are radical in your thinking, but （ ） (别太离谱). your children. Children will turn on a tape and listen to it over and over again. They will know ……
the (5)（ ）in the story inside and out, and they seem to never (6)（ ） of listening to the …3、Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
tape one more time.
This provides an ideal opportunity for the father to have tremendous (7)（ ） on his Chinese given in brackets.
children. He can simply tell stories on tape. At first, the concept may seem a little (8)（ ）to I still haven't enough confidence（ ） (着手干这件事). some fathers. However, they will find that not only will they do a good job, but their children
will love to listen to their daddy?s stories on tape, which gives them an opportunity to help (9)4、Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
（ ）their characters and give them (10)（ ） in many areas. At the same time, dad, you?ll
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_______期日______ _名___签__任__主__室__研_教名课姓 任 _ _ ____________名__签__员_教号题学 出 _ ________________员__教_课次任班学 __教_ _ _ _ _ _ ______________次__班_核别考队 ______数人核考粤华培训学校2013-2014学年第二学期《大学英语》期末考试试卷 be helping your wife in an important way in the training of your children. … A、mold I、interfered ……B、maximize J、available ……C、figure K、schooling …D、characters L、frightening ……E、instruction M、flooded …F、postpone N、tire ……G、impact O、involved ……H、reaction …… 线…
……评卷人 得分
…… 七、写作（2小题，每小题15分，共30分）
……
……1、Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing.
………For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Valuing Yourself. 封You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline given below in ……Chinese:
…1. 重视自己的重要性。
……2. 重视自己不同于喜欢自己。 ……3. 缺乏自我重视的危害。
……2、Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing.
……For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Lectures and …密Discussions. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline ……given below in Chinese:
…1. 一些学生赞成讲座式教学； ……2. 另一些学生偏爱讨论式教学； …3. 你的看法。
………
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