2011级《综合英语1》期末考试A卷

2011级《综合英语Ⅰ》期末考试

Attention: Please write all your answers on the Answer Sheets!

Part Ⅰ?Listening Comprehension (30 Points) Section A Long Conversation (10 Points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear several long conversations. At the end of each conversation, several questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Conversation One

The following questions are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) The Speech Association. C) The Students’ Sport Group. B) The Leaders’ Group. D) The Student Union. 2. A) He wants to ask her a question.

B) He wants to borrow a book from her. C) He needs her help in organizing a party. D) He wants to visit her.

3. A) Materials about plays and stories. C) Both A and B. B) Advice on the performance. D) Without mention. 4. A) At two o’clock tomorrow afternoon. B) At two o’clock that afternoon. C) At twelve o’clock that afternoon. D) At twelve o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Conversation Two

The following questions are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5. A) He’s from Beijing. C) He’s from Anhui.

B) He’s from Jiangsu. D) He’s from Shanghai. 6. A) The man cannot speak Beijing dialect well.

B) The woman knows a lot about the man’s hometown.

C) The man’s hometown is famous for various agricultural products. D) The woman has been to the man’s hometown on a business trip. 7. A) To bring the woman some special paper for calligraphy.

B) To bring the woman something she needs from his hometown. C) To bring the woman some bamboo shoots. D)To invite the woman to visit his hometown.

Conversation Three

The following questions are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. A) Husband and wife. C) Teacher and student.

B) Manager and secretary. D) Mother and son. 9. A) They drive to the supermarket. C) They take a taxi.

B) They walk to the supermarket. D) They take a bus. 10. A) Stamps. C) Dairy products.

B) Meat. D) Fruits and vegetables.

Section B Passages (10 Points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear several short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

The following questions are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Animals lived in cages made of concrete with iron bars.

B) Animals lived in natural environment. C) Steams of water flew through the cages. D) Several species of animals lived together.

12. A) Because the zoo keeper does not take care of them.

B) Because the animals were not fed well.

C)Because the environment was anything but natural. D)Because the cages were too dirty.

13. A) Animals lived in more natural environment.

B) Trees and grass grow in the cages.

C) A deep ditch filled with water surrounds the area where animals live instead of iron bars. D) All of the above.

Passage Two

The following questions are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) They thought it was acceptable.

B) They thought it didn’t make a difference both to the man and the woman. C) They thought it was impolite and foolish. D) They thought it was nothing.

15. A) Social customs are the same in every country.

B) Social customs don’t change as time goes by.

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C) Social customs are only suitable for gentlemen.

D) Social customs are changeable in terms of time and place.

16. A) Don’t make people feel uncomfortable by pointing out their mistakes in manners and

customs.

B) Eating peas with your knife is considered good manners.

C) Correct them if you see your guests having the wrong manners.

D) Don’t go to a formal dinner party if you are not sure about your manners.

Passage Three

The following questions are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Because that is an ill manner.

B) Because it’s a custom of people to queue.

C) Because they think the person who jumps the queue is ill-bred. D) Because that means he or she is selfish. 18. A) How much money she earns. C) Whether she is a Christian or not.

B) How old she is. D) Whether she is a feminist or not. 19. A) They don’t have the habit of bargaining.

B) Sometimes they think bargaining losing face.

C) They take it for granted that the prices are reasonable. D) They just want to buy what they think reasonable. 20. A) British women are afraid to be old. C) Jump the queue.

B) Bargain when you do the shopping. D) The British are very proud.

Section C Compound Dictation (10 Points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835, better known by the pen name Mark Twain. He (S1)________ up in Missouri on the Mississippi River. After his father died in 1847, young Samuel went to work as an (S2)________ to a publisher. Ten years later, he became a pilot on a steamboat that (S3)________ on the Mississippi.

Later, he wrote (S4)________ stories and called himself Mark Twain. He also traveled a lot and (S5)________ writing books about his travels. Mark Twain was (S6)________ a successful

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writer before he became famous as a public speaker. Over the years, he had (S7)________ a lot of money in unsuccessful businesses. In 1893, he found himself deeply in (S8)___________. So to earn money, he traveled around the world giving humorous talks. (S9)_____________________________________________________________________ they had experienced.

However, (S10)___________________________________________________________. Two of his daughters died. His wife died in 1904 after a long sickness. Some critics think (S11)_______________________________________________________________________. He died of heart failure in 1910.

Part Ⅱ?Reading Comprehension (31 Points) Section A (10 Points)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 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 carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.

They were going to Fort Lauderdale ― three boys and three girls ― and when they R1 the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, R2 of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York R3 behind them.

As the bus R4 through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in R5 of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting R6 , never moving, his dusty face R7 his age. He kept chewing the inside of his lip a lot, R8 into complete silence.

Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus R9 into Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo who sat R10 in his seat. A) stopped B) masking C) passed D) showing E) boarded F) clothing G) pulled H) dreaming I) suit J) vanished K) driven L) went M)frozen N) front O) rooted

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Section B (21 Points)

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), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand --- he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.

What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors out of the countless patterns is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, nor have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.

Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose(歇息). Their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, and that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, and that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.

If one painter chooses to paint a gangrenous(长坏疽的) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something --- all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

21. It is hard to explain what a painter is saying, because________.

A) most painters do not express themselves well B) a painter uses unusual words and phrases

C) a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words D) many painters do not say anything

22. A painter chooses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they ______.

A) have been used frequently in the past C) are worth showing to the public B) are easy to work with D) will be most attractive to the public 23. The writer says that contemporary artists might say their choice of subject ________.

A) carries a message to the public B) only provides interesting pattern C) has no pattern or form

D) teaches the public important truths

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