成都信息工程学院考试试卷

成都信息工程学院考试试卷

2005 —— 2006 学年 第 2 学期

课程名称：大学英语II( Unit4&Unit 5) 使用班级： 2005级本科

系名____________班级____________姓名____________学号____________ 试题 得分 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 Part I Listening Comprehension (1*20=20) Section A

Directions: In this section you will hear 10 statements. Each statement will be spoken only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which one is closest in meaning to the sentence you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A. The edge of the card catalog holds pencils. B. The edges of the card are sharp.

C. The pencil can be found on the card catalog.

D. There is a pencil sharpener at the end of the card catalog. 2. A. The program won’t go beyond ten.

B. There won’t be more than ten people at the program. C. It will continue beyond the tent.

D The program will end after ten o’clock. 3. A. Bonnie and Paul messed up dinner. B. Both Bonnie and Paul long for dinner. C. Neither Bonnier nor Paul came to dinner. D. Bonnie and Paul used to be thinner. 4. A. Mary was looking at the leaf. B. Mary was looking for the leaf.

C. Mary looked under the microscope for the leaf. D. Mary wanted to examine the microscope. 5. A. Please open the window.

B. Do you mind that the window isn't open? C. Do you have an open mind? D. I don’t mind closed windows.

6. A. I suspected they didn’t know the answers. B. They didn’t think I didn’t know the answers. C. I was suspected because I knew the answers.

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D. They didn’t suspect me because I didn’t know the answers. 7. A. Jane is staring at her elder sister. B. Jane respects her elder sister.

C. Jane’s elder sister told her to look up the world. D. Jane is waiting for her elder sister. 8. A. I’m learning only a little bit of English. B. I bit my tongue while speaking English.

C. The best way to learn English is to progress in little bits. D. My English is gradually improving. 9. A. How thin are you?

B. Have you ever been any heavier? C. Isn’t Ben thin?

D. Is it always made out of thin? 10.A.My headache isn’t getting better.

B. It looks like my headache is stopping. C. When I go away I get headaches. D. I’ve stopped headaches. Section B

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read 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 center. 11. A. He left his notes in class.

B. He borrowed the notes from his classmates.

C. He needn’t have the exam. D. A classmate borrowed his notes 12. A. He has a better idea.

B. It would be better if Mary could come with him. C. He thinks Mary’s idea is the best.

D. Mary should come up with a better idea. 13. A. Finish the work.

B. Wait until next morning. C. Go home.

D. Have a rest there.

14. A. They want to go downtown. B. They want to go to a park.

C. The man doesn’t know where to park the car.

D. The man wants to know where the park is.

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15. A. He wants to join the others.

B. He is behind in his work.

C. He missed work when he was ill.

D. He will catch up with his friends later. 16. A. She felt sleepy during the lecture. B. She didn’t like the lecture. C. She fell asleep also.

D. She found the lecture interesting. 17. A. The woman has chosen a doctor.

B. The man doesn’t care which color is chosen. C. The man is concerned about the color. D The man has chosen a different color. 18. A. No one has a friend like Tom. B. Every is Tom’s good friend.

C. The man feels lucky to have Tom as a friend. D. The woman doesn’t like any of the man’s friends. 19. A. The man thinks the book is excellent.

B. All the papers says that the book is good, too. C. The woman thinks the book is excellent.

D. Reactions to the book are different. 20. A. Relaxing just a bit. B. Enjoying sight-seeing.

C. Getting the room back into shape.

D. Exercising.

Part II Reading Comprehension (2*20=40)

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide which is the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can

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be supported in a number of ways.

It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the working is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

21. The writer is in favor of the view that man’s intelligence is given to him___________. A. at birth

B. through education

C. both at birth and through education D. neither at birth nor through education

22. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ___________. A. become a genius

B. still become a genius if he should be given special education C. exceed his intelligence limits in rich surroundings D. not reach his intelligence in his life

23.In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population”

means if we _____________. A. pick any two persons

B. take out two different persons

C. choose two persons who are relative

D. choose two persons with different intelligence

24. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows___________.

A. the importance of their intelligence B. the role of environment on intelligence C. the importance of their positions D. the part that birth plays

25. The best title of this passage can be ____________. A. Surroundings B. Intelligence

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C. Dependence on Environment D. Effect of Education

Passage 2

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Time to Relax

Leisure plays an important part in British life. There are four main reasons for this.

First of all, people spend less time working now than they used to, mostly due to the introduction of new technology in industry. The normal British working week is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm, although some people regularly work a few hours’ overtime each week. Secondly, all working people get a minimum of two weeks’ paid holiday a year. In addition, there are six or more bank holidays a year when all banks and businesses are closed. In some cases the dates of these national holidays change from year to year and in different parts of Britain.

Another reason is that, thanks to modern medicine and higher living standards, people live longer now. This means that after retirement, people have quite a few years of leisure left. Nowadays a much higher proportion of the population is over sixty, but in this group there are more women than men.

Finally, fewer babies are born each year and the average family in Britain has two children. This is one result of changing social attitudes. For example many more married women now go out to work. The more they earn influences their leisure time. Even married women who do not go out to work have more time for interesting hobbies. Most British homes have washing machines, vacuum cleaners and other labor-saving gadgets. 26. “Time to relax” means “time for______________”. A. refreshments B. enjoyment C. amusement D. rest

27. “A paid holiday” means working people__________. A. have to pay for their holiday

B. have no pay when they are on holiday C. get usual pay when they are on holiday D. get less pay when they are on holiday

28. Among the old people, there are ____________. A. as many men as women B more women than men C more men than women

D much more women than men

29. In Britain, married women have more leisure hours because they have __________.

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A. work with a good pay B. a lot of time

C. fewer children and more labor-saving gadgets D. washing-machines and vacuum cleaners

30. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage? A. Some married women have more time for reading. B. Some married women have interesting hobbies. C. Some married women go out to work. D. Some married women stay at home.

Passage 3

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and displayed. The objects may be anything found in nature or made by man. There are museums devoted to art, science, history, industry, and technology. But museums are no longer just storehouses for collections. Today nearly all museums, large or small, carry on education programs. Museums offers guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals(独奏), art lessons, and other attractions.

Museums work constantly to improve their collections and ways of displaying them. All museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Works of art are bought from art dealers and private collectors or at auction(拍卖)sales. Museums also accepts gifts and bequests（遗物）,but the large museums no longer accept everything that is offered to them. They accept only objects or collections that meet their high standards.

What is to be gained from visiting museums? Museum exhibits can teach us about the world in which we live―the materials it is made of, the trees and plants that covers it, and the animals that have lived on it since its beginning. We can learn about the activities of man―his history and developments and his accomplishments in arts and crafts. 31. The first paragraph deals with____________. A. what museums preserves

B. what kind of objects museums display C. where museums obtain their objects D. how museums function 32. Which statement is not true?

A. Museums are not only storehouses for collections. B. Museums are places where you can learn something.

C. Museums preserve and display only things found in nature. D. Museums carry on educational and research programs. 33. Where do objects at museums usually come from? A. From auction sales.

B. From art dealers and private collections

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C. From gifts and bequests. D. All the above.

34. The large museums accept ___________. A. everything offered to them B. all the gifts and bequests

C. only objects that meet their high standards D. only things that small museums do not have 35. The last paragraph is about_____________.

A. the knowledge one gets from visiting museums B. the things one can see in museums C. the world and the people living in it D. museums collections from other lands

Passage 4

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

International electronic mail systems are no longer the plaything of hackers and bug-eyed computer enthusiasts. They are emerging as credible business tools that enable individuals and companies to communicate cheaply and efficiently around the globe.

Like the in-house electronic mail networks that have become a fact of business life in many companies, these systems provide a means of sending and receiving messages via personal computers or computer terminals. With global electronic mail services, however, messages can be sent across the world or across town.

For evidence of the rising popularity of electronic mail, a look at the business cards collected from clients or contacts lately should be enough. The chances are that some of them include electronic mail “addresses” along with telephone and fax numbers.

The advantages of electronic mail are numerous. It can eliminate hours of frustrating “telephone tag” and enable people to communicate across time-zones with ease. It also substitutes for busy fax machines that print out piles of paper which are often misplaced or misdirected. With electronic mail, the message appears upon the computer screen of the individual being contacted.

The biggest roadblock to the success of electronic mail in the past has been the lack of sufficient users. Although dozens of personal computer electronic mail services are available, until recently they were not linked. This meant that to reach somebody it was necessary to subscribe to the same electronic messaging system.

Over the past couple of years, however, many electronic mail systems have started “talking” to one another. The mechanism for this is “Internet”― a low cost and efficient link between electronic mail services worldwide.

Internet links an estimated1.5 million computers over 10,000 networks in 50 countries, serving about six million users. Internet resembles a computer network cooperative. There is no central authority that oversees it, and rules are largely informal.

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Over the past 20 years it has mushroomed to include regional, corporate and public networks, including commercial electronic mail systems. “People conduct their love life over Internet, their hobbies and their interests. They argue politics and engage in all kinds of business.” says Mr. Mitch Kapor, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Fountain of Cambridge. Massachusetts, which promotes awareness of the on-line world.

“Internet is doubling annually in users, networks, computers and traffic,” says Mr. Vinton Cert, president of the Internet Society, a volunteer secretariat that helps administer the network.” It is growing faster than any other telecommunications systems ever built, including the telephone network.” Commercial users now outnumber academic and government Internet users, and Mr. Cert. predicts the system will soon serve over 100 million users.

Despite the anarchic(无政府主义的) nature of its structure, the basic of using Internet communications are simple. All that is needed is a computer, a modem, a communications software package and a subscription to an on-line information service linked to Internet.

Subscription costs range from about US$9 to US$20 per month, depending upon the service and varying according to the information service offered.

Once a subscription to one of these services is obtained, the charge for sending an electronic message is generally only a few cents. In most places a local telephone call will connect you to the system.

36. According to the passage, “electronic mail” is a way to ____________. A .upgrade the old mail system B. get electronics by mail

C. communicate by personal computers or computer terminals D. connect to the post office

37. Electronic mail is widely used in business___________. A. for its efficiency and low cost

B. with the coming of the computer age C. because it is part of business training D. to speed up the sending of messages

38. In Line 2, Para.4, “telephone tag” is _________. A. a leaked message

B. an inability to contact the person you phone C. getting the wrong person on the telephone D. matching time with the caller

39. Electronic mail wasn’t successful in the past because_________. A. the cost of electronic mail service was very high B. personal computers weren’t widely used

C. its users subscribed to different, unconnected mail services D. computer networks could not be connect globally 40. Internet provides__________.

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A. users with international business opportunities B. a central control to oversee the system C. subscribers with a cheap and efficient link D. support service to users

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (0.5*30=15)

Directions There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four

choices marked A B C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 41. My Italian friends talk so fast; I simply can’t ________ what they’re saying. A. catch up B. keep up with C. come up with D. keep in 42. I never expected that he would _______ the trust I placed in him.

A. abuse B. abandon C. refuse D. remove 43. The thief tried to open the locked door but ________.

A. in no way B. in vain C. without effect D. at a loss 44. The pressure ________ cause Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constant emotional strain.

A. to compete B. competing C. to be competed D. having competed 45. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy__________ for her examination.

A. to prepare B. to be prepared C. preparing D. being prepared 46.A jury(陪审团)should not _______ the silence of a defendant(被告)as a sign of guilt. A. estimate B. judge C. interpret D. decide

47. It’s funny how your day’s sick-leave _______ with the international football match on TV! A. happened B. coincided C. matched D. started 48. I arrived at the shop________ I’d left all my money at home.

A. as to finding B .only to find C. in order to find D. so to find

49. Mark does not take his schoolwork seriously. ________, no one expects a millionaire’s son to work hard. A. However B. Conversely C. But then D. Nevertheless 50. As a cleaning woman, her ______ duties include cleaning the desks and mopping the floor. A. continuous B. routine C. initial D. constant

51. But for her mother’s sudden illness, she would never think of breaking this _______with you.

A. arrangement B. schedule C. appointment D. interview 52. To be frank, I don’t like Jack. His rather superior manner ________ on me.

A. jams B. jars C. irritates D. upsets 53. The explosion was of such ________ that it was heard five miles away.

A. intensity B. strength C. greatness D. loudness 54. She is such a capable woman that she had the ability to cut through to the _______

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of a problem. A. pare B. main C. core D. depth 55. She ought to be thoroughly ________ of herself for talking to her mother like that. A. aware B. ashamed C. guilty D. afraid 56.___________ newspapers can increase our knowledge. A. Reading B. To read C. To be read D. Read 57. I don’t like ________ at me.

A. them shouting B. them shout C. their shout D. shouting

58. You can’t see the show this week, because it was sponsored by different clients on __________ weeks..

A alternate B. variable C. changing D. shifting 59. Writing is a slow process, requiring _______ thought, time, and effort.

A. significant B. considerable C. enormous D. numerous 60. Nowadays, television has a(n)________monopoly (垄断) over cultural life. A．virtual B. mere C. urgent D. vain

61. Applicants for the job are asked to _______ samples of their handwriting for analysis. A. submit B. apply C. compose D. conduct 62. I thought I could detect a slight West Country _______ in his pronunciation.

A. tune B. accent C. feature D. character 63. The whole journey was a(n)_______ ―we lost our luggage and arrived two days late. A. accident B. treatment C. trouble D. nightmare

64. She stunned her audience with the _______ that she was committed to pursuing reform through the party.

A. tone B. remark C. argument D. understatement 65. He was determined to see her; _______ weather conditions weren’t going to keep him away.

A. only B. sole C. all D. mere

66. We were thinking of selling this old furniture, but we’ve decided to ________ to it. It might be valuable.

A. hold on B. hang around C. put off D. keep up

67. This type of sales talk_______ with most people―they usually end up buying something. A. eases B. deal C. works D. affects

68. The scientist will show the audience _______ a tele-operated robot can do for a family. A. which B. that C. what D. where 69. He drinks too much. On one _______ , I saw him drinking a whole bottle of vodka. A. case B. occasion C. point D. time

70.I’d quite like to stay at home tonight and _________ out on the sofa in front of the TV. A lie B. sleep C. bear D. stretch

Part IV Cloze (0.5*20=10)

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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Four each blank there are four

choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Monday morning is always the worst morning of the week. Everybody is __71____; everybody is __72____a hurry. Last Monday’s __73____worse than usual. “Hurry up, Dick!” Father shouted __74____ he banged on the bathroom door. “I’ve got a train to catch!” “I’m shaving,” Dick answered. “I’ll be out in a __75____.” “Breakfast’s ready,” Mother called__76____ the kitchen. __77____ she got no reply, she came upstairs to see ___78___ was going on. “Where’s David?” she asked. “Is he still___79___ bed?” She knocked at his bedroom door__80_____. “You’d better ___81___ up,” she called. “It’s a quarter to eight. Your breakfast’s getting cold!” “I don’t feel __82_____ any breakfast,” David mumbled.” “I’ll have another five minutes sleep ___83_____.” Mother was ___84___to go into his room and drag him out of bed ___85____ the doorbell rang. She ___86___ downstairs to open the door. ___87 ____was the postman. “Good morning, Mrs. Crawford,” he said__88___, “It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?” “You __89____ think so if you lived here,” Mother answered.” __90_____ Mondays this place is like a madhouse.” 71. A. asleep B. sleepy C. sleeping D. slept 72. A. for B.at C. in D. to 73. A. more B. very C. even D. too 74. A. as B. so C. since D. for 75. A. time B. minute C. while D. hour 76. A. to B. from C. for D. of 77. A. If B. As if C. As D. Though 78. A. that B. which C. what D. it 79. A. in B. on C. to D. at 80. A. loudly B. aloud C. loud D. loudness 81. A. to get B. getting C. got D. get 82. A. love B. like C. to love D. to like 83. A. too B. either C. besides D. instead 84. A. soon B. about C. come D. already 85. A. while B. as C. since D. when 86. A. came B. went C. hurried D. walked. 87. A. He B. It C. Which D. Who 88. A. gladly B. sadly C. madly D. cheerfully 89. A. shouldn’t B. wouldn’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t 90. A. In B. At C. To D. On

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Part V Writing (1*15=15) (30minutes)

Directions: For this part ,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Can Money Buy Happiness? You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese ) below: 1有人认为金钱是幸福之本（source of happiness） 2.也有人认为金钱是万恶之源（root of all evil） 3.我的看法

You must write your composition in Test Paper Two

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Test paper Two

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