浙江教育学院《大学英语》第一学期
期终试卷
Part I. Vocabulary
1.He has behaved in the most extraordinary way; I can’t ________his actions.
A) account for B) care for D) allow for
2. It is not the consciousness of man that determines his existence, but, ________, his social existence determines his consciousness.
A) on the average B) on the contrary C) on the whole D) on the other hand
3. The policeman went from house to house, ________ whether anyone had seen the lost boy.
A) requiring B) acquiring C) inquiring D) informing
4. Taken in time, the medicine can be quite _________.
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A) effective B) affected C) efficient D) sufficient
5. We can’t tell what homes of the future will be like because new materials and inventions are ______ being developed.
A) eventually B) constantly C) regularly D) normally
6. To find the answer quickly, you must first ______ the main words in the question.
A) turn out B) work out C) keep out D) make out
7. I’ve made an _______ for you to see the dentist at 5 o’clock tomorrow.
A) interview B) opportunity C) appointment D) occasion
8. We wrote to them last week and ______ them to reply in the next few days.
A) expected B) hoped C) waited D) look forward to
9. The meeting had to be _______ because of the absence of chairman of the board.
A) called out B) called off C) called on D) called up
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10. Bicycling is good exercise; _______, it doesn’t pollute the air.
A) however B) moreover C) therefore D) otherwise
11. We would much ________ it if you could do us that favor.
A) associate B) appropriate C) appreciate D) intermediate
12. If you _______ in local politics, you cannot have much time for your family.
A) involve B) devote C) concentrate D) engage
13. _______ your last point, I don’t think I have anything to add.
A) With respect to B) Regardless of C) On account of D) By means of
14. This type of work is far _______ the capacity of many children.
A) more B) beyond C) below D) beneath
15. The new regulations will not take _______ until the beginning of next month.
A) place B) action C) effect D) position
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16. The old lady was not _________ to survive the operation if she got any worse.
A) possible B) probable C) like D) likely
17.We believe that the younger generation will prove _______ of our trust.
A) worth B) worthy C) worthwhile D) worth while
18. Newspapers and magazines ________ the secret agreement between the government and opposition forces.
A) exploded B) exposed C) explored D) exploited
19. Each time Robert shut his eyes, he would see ______ of his dear ones who died in the earthquake.
A) shades B) shadows C) reflections D) images
20. The doctor examines his patient at ________ intervals to make sure that everything is normal.
A) regular B) adequate C) medium D) moderate
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21.Let’s work hard to find ________ to the problem.
A) an answer B) a way C) a method D) a solution
22. Is that film still _____?
A) running B) working C) taking D) performing
23.Here are some toys. You can ______ one or two for your little son as a birthday present.
A) single out B) pick out C) work out D) find out
24.The trip has ______ his memory of his childhood.
A)brought about B) brought back C) brought over D) brought force
25. Luckily, most sheep ______ the flood last month.
A) endured B) survived C) lived D) passed
26. They thought about the problem for a long time but came to no _______.
A)end B) result C) opinion D) conclusion
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27.We can depend on John to make a _______ choice.
A) sound B) loud C) noisy D) well
28. There are ________ students absent from class today because of the football match.
A) a great deal of B) quite a few C) a large amount of D) a considerable sum of
29. He ______ me by two games to one.
A) beat B) conquered C) gained D) won
30. She dieted constantly in order to _______ her youthful figure.
A) protest B) preserve C) persist D) prescribe
Part II Structure
31. In no way ______ to happen again.
A) such a thing we can allow B) we can allow such a thing
C) can we allow such a thing D) can such a thing allow
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32. Nowadays many parents find ______ for them to share ideas with their children.
A) it difficult B) that is difficult C) difficult D) of difficulty
33. Lane spent all evening talking about her latest book, _______ none of us had ever heard.
A) which B) of what C) that D) of which
34.______ your opinions are, you are welcome to join in our discussion.
A) No matter B) Whatever C) Whichever D) However
35.Adams is fully aware that ______ ,his factory will have to close down in less than a year.
A) though is properly managed B) when is not managed properly
C) unless properly managed D) if properly managed
36. An investigation of the case _______ next week.
A) is to be made B) is made C) is to have been made D) must have been made
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37.______ between 10C in the early morning and 30 C at noon, a person is going to need all his clothes to live here for just one day.
A) With the temperature varies B) The temperature is varying
C) Since the temperature varied D) The temperature varying
38. Advertising is different from other forms of communication _______ the advertiser pays for message to be delivered.
A) in which B) by which C) in that D) by that
39.Knowing Jack to be a dishonest man, I demand that he ________me nothing but the truth.
A) tells B) tell C) told D) must tell
40. I wonder when ______ from college.
A) did he graduate B) he graduated C) he has graduated D) has he graduated
41. Gorge _____ the motel. I explained the route carefully and drew a map.
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A) cannot have missed B) may not have missed C) must not miss D) may not miss
42. It ______ for a week and the streets are flooded.
A)had rained B) has been raining C) rained D) is raining
43. Charles regretted _______ the TV set last month. The price has now been raised.
A) not buying B) not to buy C) not to have bought D) having not bought
44. ______by the police, the villages felt they were quite safe.
A) To be protected B)Protecting C)Protected D) Having protected
45. Were it not for television, we _______ the events that are happening in other places.
A) can’t see B) could not see C) can’t have seen D) could not have seen
46.He or I ______ going to attend the conference next week.
A) is B) are C) will D) am
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47.He became angry ________ the woman who stood ______ his way.
A) at/at B) with/in C) to/on D) with/on
48. They treated him_____ a king when he won the game.
A)like B) as C) to D) for
49.I have thrown away my old shoes. I’ll have to buy_______.
A) a new pair B) a new one C) some new one D) some new pair
50. I didn’t mean _______anything but these apples looked so nice that I couldn’t resist ______one.
A) to eat/to trying B) eating/to trying C) eating/to try D) to eat/trying
Part III. Translation
51. 这个问题同刚才讨论的问题截然不同。
52．地球上的生物正在受到日益增长的工业污染的威胁。
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53．有了这一大笔资金做保证，他可以周游世界了。
54．面对这样困难的任务，学生们充满相信并提前完成了它。
55．必须采取有效措施防止废水流入江河。
Part V Reading Comprehension
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Moviegoers may think history is repeating itself this weekend.The summers most anticipated film,Pearl Harbor,which has opened recently,painstakingly recreates the Japanese attack that drew the United States into World War Ⅱ.But that isn’t the films only reminder of the past.Harbor invites comparison to Titanic,the biggest hit of all time.Like Titanic,harbor heaps romance and action around a major historical event.Like Titanic,Harbor attempts to create popular global entertainment from a deadly real life.Like Titanic,Harbor costs a pretty penny and hopes to get in even more at the box office.Both Titanic and Pearl Harbor unseal their tales of love and tragedy over more than three hours.Both stories center on young passion,triangles of tension with one woman and two men:In Titanic,Leonardo DiCaprio and Billy Zane compete for the love of the same woman,a high-society type played by a British actress named Kate (Winslet).In Harbor,two pilots (Ben Affelck,Josh Hartnett) fall for the same woman,a nurse played by a British actress named Kate (Beckinsale).The scenes of peril
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also have similarities.Harbor has a shot in which soldiers cling for dear life as the battleship USS Oklahoma capsizes.The moment is recalled of the Titanic’s climactic sinking scene in which DiCaprio and Winslet hang from the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically plunges into the water.In Harbor,one of its stars floats atop a piece of debris in the middle of the night,much like Winslet’s character does in Titanic.And the jaw-dropping action of Titanic is matched by Harbor’s 40 minute recreation of Dec.7,1941 attack on the United States Pacific Fleet.Both films spent heavily on special effects.Harbor director,Michael Bay,for example,says he kept salaries down so more could be spent on the visuals.Both movies event shot their ship-sinking scenes at the same location: Fox Studios Baja in Mexico.Harbor’s makers have even taken a Titanic-like approach to the soundtrack.The film includes one song.There you’ll be,performed by country music superstar Faith Hill.Titanic,which is one of the best selling soundtracks of all time,also had only one pop song: Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On.“If Harbor becomes a major moneymaker,filmmakers may comb history books searching for even more historical romance-action material,” says a critic.
56.What are the two things that the author of this article tries to compare？
A.The attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.
B.Historical fiction movies and successful box office hits.
C.The movie Titanic and the on-show movie Pearl Harbor.
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D.Sinking boats and famous actors.
57.Pearl Harbor and Titanic are similar in all the following aspects EXCEPT________.
A.both spent large amount of money on special effects
B.both have soundtracks starring a major pop star
C.both added made-up stories to historical events
D.both are documentary movies（纪录片）of historical events
58.If Pearl Harbor is as successful as Titanic,which of the following movies might we see next？
A.The Battle of Waterloo.
B.The Adventures of Mr.Bean.
C.Space Invaders.
D.The Haunted House.
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B
One of the qualities that most people admire in others in the willingness to admit one’s mistakes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say ,“I was wrong,and you were right about that.”
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.He told me he had been the manager of a certain store in the neighborhood where I grew up,and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons（in many countries,eggs are sold by the dozen and are put in cartons.）Then he related an incident（event,matter）and I began to remember unclearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time.I went into the store with my mother to do some shopping.On that particular day,I must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there were lots of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons.The cartons were put three or four feet high.I must have stopped in front of the piles of egg cartons.Just then a woman came by pushing her shopping cart and knocked off the cartons.For some reason,I decided it was up to me to put the eggs back together,so I went to work.
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The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened.When he appeared,I was on my knees looking at some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken,but to him it looked as though I was the one who just did it.He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.I tried to explain,but it did no good.Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident,it is plain that the manager did not.
59.According to this passage,many people will have a good opinion who________.
A.have never made any mistakes
B.often make mistakes but correct them in no time
C.admit their mistakes
D.forget other people’s mistakes easily
60.Which is the correct order of the following？
a.I forgot all about the incident.
b.I went into the store.
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c.A woman knocked off the egg cartons.
d.I stood in front of the egg cartons.
e.The manager reminded me of the incident.
f.The manager didn’t believe my explanation.
g.I picked up the unbroken eggs.
A.b; d; g; c; a; f; e B.b; d; c; g; f; e; a
C.b; c; d; g; e; f; a D.b; d; c; g; f; a; e
61.The word “reprimanded” in the last paragraph most exactly means“________”.
A.frightened B.scolded C.warned D.comforted
62.The best title for this passage should be________.
A.A Case of Mistake B.The Manager I Never Forget
C.The Manager and I
D.An Incident 15 Years Ago
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C
A higher reading rate,with no loss of comprehension,will help you in other subjects as well as in English,and the general principles apply to any language.Naturally,you will not read every book at the same speed.You would expect to read a newspaper,for example,much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook—but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.
The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction.They are all about five hundred words long.They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge.Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel.If you read this kind of English,with understanding at four hundred words per minute,you might skim (浏览) through a newspaper at perhaps 650~700 ,while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.
Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved.Tests in Minnesota,U.S.A,for example,have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty,for example,Tolstoy’s War and Peace in translation,at speeds of
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between 240 and 250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension.Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons,once a week,the reading speed can be increased,with no loss of comprehension,to around five hundred words per minute.
63.According to the passage,the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is most likely to help you________.
A.only in your reading of a physics textbook
B.improve your understanding of an economics textbook
C.not only in your language study but also in other subjects
D.choose the suitable materials to read
64.Which of the following does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph?
A.Those beyond one’s reading comprehension.
B.Those concerned with common knowledge.
C.Those without much demand for specialized knowledge.
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D.Those with the length of about five hundred words.
65.The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is________.
A.about 300 words per minute
B.about 245 words per minute
C.about 650~770 words per minute
D.about 500 words per minute
66.According to the passage,how fast can you expect to read after you have attended twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota?
A.You can increase your reading speed by three times.
B.No real increase in reading speed can be achieved.
C.Yon can increase your reading speed by four times.
D.You can double your reading speed.
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D
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When you are travelling,whether on business or for pleasure,you often need to stay in a hotel.The kind of hotel you choose probably is decided above all according to how much money you want to spend.There are small hotels with very few services,where the prices are low,or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts,where you could spend all the money you have in the bank for one very comfortable night.
There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels.Some want to live,rather than just stay,in a hotel; the hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels.However,most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists on holiday.
In most hotels,there are two kinds of rooms: single rooms,for the use of one person,and double rooms,for the use of two people.In addition,in large hotels,there are also suites(套房),which include two or more rooms connected together—perhaps a bed-room and a living room.There are for people who are very rich or very important.
72.One’s choice of a particular hotel is made mainly according to ________.
A.how much one is willing to pay for a night
B.whether one is travelling on business or for pleasure
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C.whether the hotel is in the central part of a city
D.how good the services of the hotel are
73.If the president of a certain country comes,he will ________.
A.live in a residential hotel with a suite
B.stay in a single room of a hotel
C.stay in a double room of a hotel
D.stay in a suite of a modern hotel
74.If a person stays in a modern hotel with latest comforts for a night________.
A.he will become poor
B.he has to pay a lot of money
C.he has to spend all the money he was in the bank
D.he has to pay some money
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75.The title of the article is probably ________.
A.Rooms of a Hotel B.Cost of a Hotel
C.Hotels D.People staying in Hotels
Suggested Key
1—5 ABCAB 6—10 DCABB 11---15 CDABC 16—20 DBBDA
21—25 DABBB 26—30 DABAB 31--_35 CADBC 36—40ADCBB
41—45 ABACB 46—50 DBAAD
51 This question is totally different from the one that has just been discussed.
52 The living things on the earth are threatened by the ever-increasing industrial pollution.
53.With all this assurance of a large sum of money in hand, he felt ready and able to travel anywhere in the world.
54. Faced with such a difficult task, the students were full of confidence and
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accomplished it ahead of schedule.
55.Effective measures must be taken to prevent waste water from flowing into the rivers.
56~60 BDACD 61~65 BACAB 66~70 DCBCB 71~75 AADBC
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