大学英语精读试题B卷

池 州 学 院2012—2013学年第 1 学期 “大学英语精读教程3” 考试试卷 高一化学期中考试试卷分析八年级语文期末考试卷五年级期末考试试卷初三数学期末考试试卷考试试卷模板 B 命卷人 赵林 审卷人 刘胜 审核人 何池雄 题号 I II III IV V VI 总分 得分 Section A Understanding Short Conversations (1 point for each, 10 points in all) Directions: Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices. (Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken twice.) 1． 2． 3． 4． 5． 6． 7． 8． 9． 10． Section B Understanding a Passage (1 point for each, 5 points in all) Directions: Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices. (Both the passage and questions will be spoken twice.) 11． 12． 13. 14. 15. 16. From her ______ I guess she’s from the Northeast. A. expression B. dressing C. behavior D. accent 17. Dr. Bright always_____ as he examines his patients and treats them with extreme care. A. stands a chance B. turns against C. takes his time D. catches his breath 18. There is no ____ information about the child who was found missing almost a month ago. A. reliable B. countable C. applicable D. regrettable 19. ______ the obscure nature of the charge, I would have been found guilty if I had come form a different background. A. Giving B. Given C. Having been given D. Give 20. We’ve just had a very______ meeting with the management and we’re now much more hopeful about the pay rise. A. wonderful B. thankful C. fruitful D. interesting 21. Roger was quite stubborn and it was almost impossible to _____ him of his mistakes. A. convince B. compel C. stimulate D. renovate 22. The tired traveler stopped to _____ and make sure of his directions. A. take notes B. leave out C. catch his breath D. stand a chance 23. As the train to Chizhou is obviously gone, there is no point_____. A. to wait B. to waiting C. in waiting D. waiting 24. I leave the classroom an hour later_____ that I was even more boring than usual. A. convincing B. convinced C. and convince D. to convince 25. When the company marched into the valley, they suddenly found themselves____ by enemy forces. A. surrounded B. being surrounded C. to be surrounded D. have been surrounded 26. A beautiful newly constructed highway ____ its way along the coast of the island. A. curls B. expands C. encircles D. winds 27. They have never met, but they have been in ____ with each other for years. A. relationship B. interaction C. correspondence D. communication 28. Most couples who break up seem to find it hard to remain friends. Kim and Gerry are exceptions ____ that rule. A. from B. to C. of D. with 29. After his father explained the difference to him, the boy became _____ and relaxed. A. slack B. slippery C. perplexed D. steady 30. Which of the following is the acceptable form of the fraction 3/4? A. three fourth B. third four C. three quarter D. three quarters 得分 评卷人 复核人 Passage One Joel Smith is in poor health and he is thinking of retiring to a quiet cabin in Tennessee. But a few years ago he was strong and he liked his job as a cop in the Chicago suburb of Rosemout. One day in 1979, he was informed that a man was firing a gun in front of an apartment complex. The man had quarreled with his girlfriend and had fired a gun into the air to scare away people who were interfering. Then he dragged her into his apartment. Smith and his partner hurried there, knocked, and told him to let the girl go. But the man threatened that if they came in, he would blow their rear quarters off. When they kicked the door open, the man shot twice. Smith was hit in the hand and leg. Then the man threw down his gun and surrendered. He was Kerry Rudman, 33, and no stranger to trouble. At the time of the shooting, he was awaiting trial for robbing a jewelry store in a suburban shopping mall. Smith spent a week in the hospital and six weeks at home. But by 1981 he had to have further surgery on his hand. And a month later, he suffered a stroke. The doctors said the blood clot could have been the result of the bullet wounds. Rudman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a total of six years in prison for the robbery and the shooting of Smith. But he served less than half of that. He was out in 27 months. So that amounts to about a year for shooting and possibly disabling a cop, and a year for robbing a jewelry store. While in prison, Rudman developed a thirst for knowledge and went to the prison library. He read law books, and then filed a federal suit against the policemen. He said they attacked him and that he shot only in self-defense. And they beat him so badly that they broke one of his fingers. This, he said, deprived him of his civil rights, and he asked for $150,000 in damages. 31. The incident took place in _____. A. Tennessee B. Chicago C. Rosemont D. a suburban shopping mall 32. When the shooting incident happened, Rudman_____. A. was robbing a jewelry store B. had already committed robbery C. was trying to rob a jewelry store D. was waiting his time to rob a jewelry store 33. When did Smith have a stroke? A. Six weeks after he had been hit. B. One month after he had been hit. C. Seven weeks after he had been hit. D. About two years after he had been hit. 34. How long did Rudman stay in prison? A. Six years. B. One year. C. A little more than two years. D. Three years. 35. Rudman said that he had shot because he wanted to_____. A. kill the policemen B. scare away people C. blow their rear quarters off D. defend himself Passage Two A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover，these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns，potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world. In the past hundred years，humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources：land for crops，wood for paper and other products，land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example，a lot of carbon dioxide in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly，when people cut down trees，generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly，cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now，but in the long run it actually reduces the world’s wood supply. Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store. More than 25％ of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However，fewer than l％of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking rainforests. 36. Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they . A. reflect more heat into the atmosphere B. bring about high rainfall throughout the world C. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃ D. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth 37. What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to? A. We will lose much more than we can gain. B. Humans have begun destroying rainforests. C. People have a strong desire for resources. D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests. 38. It can be inferred from the text that A. we can get enough resources without rainforests B. there is great medicine potential in rainforests C. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land D. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns 39. What might be the best title for the text? A. How to Save Rainforests B. How to Protect Nature C. Rainforests and the Environment D. Rainforests and Medical Development Passage Three Mine was, at times, a lonely childhood. Born in Chungking, China，of missionary parents, I lost my mother at birth. I was two months old when my father sent me to Mother's favorite sister in Morgantown, West Virginia. There I grew up in the house where Mother had spent her girlhood. When Aunt Ruth was at home, I was surrounded by love. But she was our sole breadwinner and worked in an office six days a week. Left with a procession of hired girls, I felt the loneliness of the big, old house. In the evening, before Aunt Ruth came home, I often sat on the floor beneath a picture of my mother—a sweet-faced young woman of 20, with dark eyes and black curly hair. Sometimes I talked to the picture, but I could never bear to look at it when I'd been naughty. There was one question always in my mind: What was my mother like? If only I could have known her! Twenty years passed. I had grown up, married and had a baby, named Lucy for her grandmother—the mother I'd so longed to know. One spring morning, 18-month-old Lucy and I boarded a train for Morgantown to visit Aunt Ruth. A woman offered me half her seat in the crowded car. I thanked her and busied myself with Lucy, while the woman turned her attention to the landscape speeding by. After settling my baby in my arms for a nap, I started to talk with the woman. She said she was going to Morgantown to see her daughter and brand-new grandson. "Surely you know my aunt, Ruth Wood," I said. "She's had a real-estate office in Morgantown for years." "No," she answered. "I've been away a long time, and that name is not familiar to me." For several minutes, the woman looked out the window. Then, without turning her head, she began to speak. "There was a Miss Lucy Wood, a teacher, in Morgantown years ago. She probably left there before you were born. You said the name Wood, and, suddenly, I can't stop thinking about her. I haven't thought of her for years, but once I loved her very much. She was my teacher. My parents owned a bakery on Watts Street. They were on the verge of divorce. They fought and quarreled all the time. I had to work very hard at home and in the bakery, too. "I loved school, though I didn't make good grades. Miss Wood's room was a happy place; it seemed like heaven to me. One day, after my folks had a big fight at breakfast, I came to school late, holding back the tears. Miss Wood kept me after school. I thought she would scold me but, instead, she let me tell her my troubles. She made me feel how much my brothers and sisters, and even my parents, needed me and from that day on, my life was worth living. "A few months later, I heard a little girl say: 'Miss Wood's going to marry a missionary and go live in China!' I went home crying. My parents stopped in the middle of a fight to ask me what was wrong, but they could not know how great a light was going out in my life. I couldn't sleep that night. "The next day, Miss Wood again kept me after school to see what was wrong. "When I told her, she looked surprised and tender. 'Please don't go way off to China!' I begged. "'Viola,' she answered, 'I can't give up China. I'm going where my heart calls me, with the man I love. But I'll think of you often, and I'll send you a postcard.' "I'd never had any mail of my own, so that made me feel better. When I told my mother, she shook her head, saying. 'Don't feel too bad, Viola, if she forgets; she'll have so many folks to write to.' "Two months later, I got a postcard with a picture of the Yangtze River, postmarked Chungking, China. 'Are you still making me proud of you, my little brave one?' it asked. If anyone had given me a million dollars, it couldn't have made me more proud. "Right after that, my parents broke up and we moved away from Morgantown. I raised my five brothers and sisters, married, and raised four children of my own. "Goodness, we are almost there! I've talked too much. I do hope I haven't bored you." Then, for the first time, she turned to me and saw the tears in my eyes. "Would you like to see Lucy Wood's granddaughter?" I asked. My baby was waking from her nap. My heart was singing. The burning question of my childhood had been richly answered. At long last, I knew exactly what my mother had been like. 40. When the author lived in her aunt’s house, she was looked after by______. A. herself B. her aunt C. housemaids D. nobody 41. Why was the author sometimes unable to look at her mother’s picture? A. Because she was always thinking of the question. B. Because that face had dark eyes. C. Because she didn’t know her. D. Because she had done something wrong. 42. The woman who offered a seat to the author had just become______. A. a mother B. a grandmother C. an aunt D. a grandaunt 43. The woman was once______. A. a pupil of the author’s mother B. an owner of a bakery in Morgantown C. a teacher in Morgantown D. Miss Wood’s teacher 44. When did the woman’s parents get divorced? A. A few years before she came to know Miss Wood. B. Before Miss Wood left for China. C. when Miss Wood got married. D. About two months after Miss Wood left Morgantown 45. How did the woman’s mother react to Miss Wood’s promise of sending a postcard? A. She felt bad. B. She was doubtful. C. She trusted her words. D. She believed the teacher had many people to write to. Directions: use the verb in brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb and complete the sentence with it. 46. Mrs. Fuller went on a diet and in three months _____ her weight to 100 pounds. (bring) 47. I really don’t want to go tonight and I’am trying to ____an excuse.(think) 48. Natural gas _____ less carbon dioxide than coal. (give) 49. On most of the night, Jane_____ reading classical literature. (stay) 50. We left in a hurry and I must have _____my keys____.(leave) 51. The contract had run out before Mr. Wang was able to find a new job. 52. If either of you had been able to hold back your anger the fight would have been avoided. 53. Despite the scorching heat, the farmers kept on working until all the crops were got in. 54. While my wife and kids were away for the long weekend, I had the entire house to myself. 55. The June 3, 1996 issue of Newsweek carries a long article about Japan’s future empress. 56. 我认为我们应该鼓励中学生在暑期找临时工作。(temporary) 57. 如果有机会， 约翰也许已成为一位杰出的画家。（given） 58. 许多美国大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。(apply) 59. 就能力而言， 我肯定他能胜任这件工作。(qualify) 60. 在西方，人们常常邮购商品， 这可以节省许多时间。（mail-order） Please write a letter to your friend Xiaomei who is now studying English in the US. Tell her about your experiences in Chizhou University. You can choose one or two things which impressed you most to write a letter with at least 100 words. Scores will mainly be based on content, choices of words and grammar. 系 专业____________ 班级 姓名： 学号： 装 订 线 内 不 要 答 题 得分 评卷人 复核人 I. Listening comprehension (15%) 得分 评卷人 复核人 II. Please choose the best answer for each. (15%) III. Reading Comprehension (30%) 得分 评卷人 复核人 Ⅳ. Blank-filling (5%) 得分 评卷人 复核人 Ⅴ. Translation (20%) 得分 评卷人 复核人 VI. 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