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北理工B卷

北京理工大学继续教育学院

2013年下半年

专业层次：

人力资源（专升本）

《英语》期末考试卷（B卷）

（闭卷120分钟卷面满分100分）

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　PartI  ReadingComprehension（30%）

　Directions：

Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Languagesareremarkablycomplexandwonderfullycomplicatedorgansofculture.（76）Theycontainthequickestandthemostefficientmeansofcommunicatingwithintheirrespectiveculture.Tolearnaforeignlanguageistolearnanotherculture.Inthewordsofapoetandphilosopher，“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks，somanylivesonelives.”Acultureanditslanguageareasnecessaryasbrainandbody；whileoneisapartoftheother，neithercanfunctionwithouttheother.Inlearningaforeignlanguage，thebestbeginningwouldbestartingwiththenon-languageelementsofthelanguage：

itsgestures，itsbodylanguage，etc.EyecontactisextremelyimportantinEnglish.Directeyecontactleadstounderstanding，or，astheEnglishsayinggoes，seeingeye-to-eye.Wecanneverseeeye-to-eyewithanativespeakerofEnglishuntilwehavelearnedtolookdirectlyintohiseyes.

1.Thebesttitleforthispassageis

　　A.OrgansofCulture        B.Brainand Body

　　C.Lookingintohiseyes     D.LanguageandCulture

2.Accordingtothispassage，thebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguageis__________

　　A.toreadtheworksofpoetsandphilcsophers

　　B.tofindanativespeakerandlookdirectlyintohiseyes

　　C.tobeginbylearningitsbodylanguage

　　D.tovisitacountrywhereyoucanstudy

3.Accordingtothispassage，gesturesare__________

　　A.spokenwords            B.anon-languageelement

　　C.picturesinalanguage     D.writtenlanguage

4.“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks，somanylives……”means__________

　　A.ifonelearnsmanyforeignlanguages，onewillhaveabetter

　　understandingofhisownlanguage

　　B.lifeisricherandmoreinterestingifoneknowsseveral languages

　　C.nomatterhowmanylanguagesoneknows，onecannever

　　knowmorethanone'sownculture

　　D.ifapersonspeaksonlyonelanguage，hewillliveaveryhappy life

　5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn'tsharethesamemeaningwiththe others？

　　A.signs                   B.gestures

　　C.efficient                D.bodylanguage

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

　　Treesareusefultomaninthreeveryimportantways：

theyprovidehimwithwoodandotherproducts；theygivehimshade；andtheyhelptopreventdroughts（干旱）andfloods.

　　Unfortunately，manhasnotrealizedthatthethirdoftheseservicesisthemostimportant.Twothousandyearsagoarichandpowerfulcountrycutdownitstreestobuildwarships，withwhichtogainitselfanempire（帝国）。

Itgainedtheempire，but，withoutitstrees，itssoilbecamehardandpoor.Whentheempirefelltopieces，thehomecountryfounditselffacedbyfloodandstarvation.

　　（77）Eventhoughagovernmentrealizestheimportanceofaplentifulsupplyoftrees，itisdifficultforittopersuadevillagerstoseethis.Thevillagerswantwoodtocooktheirfoodwith；andtheycanearnmoneybysellingwood.Theyareusuallytoolazytoplantandlookafterthetrees.（78）So，unlessthegovernmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol，orcaneducatethepeople，theforestswillslowlydisappear.

　　Thisdoesnotonlymeanthatthevillagers'childrenandgrandchildrenwillhavefewertrees.Theresultsareevenmoreserious，forwheretherearetreestheirrootsbreakthesoilupallowingtheraintosinkin-andalsobindthesoil，thuspreventingitsbeingwashedawayeasily；butwheretherearenotrees，therainfallsonhardgroundandflowsawayfromthesurface，causingflood.

6.Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoftrees？

　　A.Providingfuel.              B.Offeringshade.

　　C.Preventingnaturaldisaster.    D.Providingwood.

7.Whateventuallyhappenedtotheempireintheparagraph？

　　A.Itspeoplediedofhunger.B.Itfelltopieces.

　　C.Itbecameagiantempire.D.Itbuiltmanyshipswithwood.

8.Itisimpliedinthepassagethatthevillagers__________

　　A.wantaplentifulsupplyoftrees.B.wantfirewoodbadly.

　　C.justwanttogetmoney.D.don'trealizetheimportanceoftrees.

9.Theroleoftreesisto__________

　　A.loosensoil                B.keepsoilinposition

　　C.hardensoil               D.bothAandB

10.Whatisthepassagemainlyconcernedwith？

　　A.Thebenefitsoftrees.B.Treesandsoilprotection

　　C.Thevarioususesoftrees.D.Differentattitudestowardtrees.

Passage3

　　Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

　　AdamSmithwasthefirstpersontoseetheimportanceofthedivisionofthelabor.Hegaveus anexampleoftheprocessbywhichpinsweremadeinEngland.

　　“Onemandrawsoutthewire，anotherstrengthensit，athirdcutsit，afourthpointsit，andafifthgivesitahead.Justtomaketheheadrequirestwoorthreedifferentoperations.Theworkofmakingpinsisdividedintoabouteighteendifferentoperations，whichinsomefactoriesareallperformedbydifferentpeople，thoughinothersthesamemanwillsometimesperformtwoorthreeofthem.

　　Tenmen，Smithsaid，inthisway，turnedouttwelvepoundsofpinsadayorabout4800pinsaworker.（79）Butifallofthemhadworkedseparatelyandindependentlywithoutdivisionoflabor，theycertainlycouldnothavemadetwentypinsinadayandnotevenone.

　　Therecanbenodoubtthatdivisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.Fewerpeoplecanmakemorepins.AdamSmithsawthis，（80）buthealsotookitforgrantedthatdivisionoflaborisitselfresponsibleforeconomicgrowthanddevelopmentanditaccountsforthedifferencebetweenexpandingeconomiesandthosethatstandstill.Butdivisionoflaboraddsnothingnew，itonlyenablespeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.

11.Accordingtothepassage，AdamSmithwasthefirstpersonto__________

　　A.takeadvantageofthephysicallabor

　　B.introducethedivisionoflaborintoEngland

　　C.understandtheeffectsofthedivisionoflabor

　　D.explainthebadcausesofthedivisionoflabor

12.AdamSmithsawthatthedivisionoflabor__________

　　A.enabledeachworkertodesignpinsmorequickly

　　B.increasedthepossibleoutputperworker

　　C.increasedthenumberofpeopleemployedinfactories

　　D.improvedthequalityofpinsproduced

13.AdamSmithmentionedthenumber4800inorderto__________

　　A.showtheadvantagesoftheoldlaborsystem

　　B.stresshowpowerfultheindividualworkerwas

　　C.showtheadvantagesofthedivisionoflabor

　　D.stresstheimportanceofincreasedproduction

14.Accordingtothewriter，AdamSmith'smistakewasinbelievingthatthedivisionoflabor__________

　　A.wasanefficientwayoforganizingwork

　　B.wasanimportantdevelopmentinmethodsofproduction

　　C.finallyledtoeconomicdevelopment

　　D.increasedtheproductionofexistinggoods

15.Accordingtothewriter，whichoneofthefollowingisNOTtree？

　　A.Divisionoflaborcanenablefewerpeopletomakemorepins.

　　B.Divisionoflaborhelpspeopletoproducemoreofwhattheyalreadyhave.

　　C.Divisionoflaborisbynomeansresponsibleforeconomicgrowth.

　　D.Divisionoflaborisanefficientwayoforganizingwork.

PartII VocabularyandStructure（30%）

　　Directions：

Inthispartthereare30incompletesentences.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，C，andD.ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

　　16.Hespent__________collectingmaterialsforhisarticle.

　　A.ahalfyear             B.halfyear

　　C.halfayear            D.halfofayear

　　17.Tosucceedinascientificexperiment，__________

　　A.oneneedsbeingpatientperson

　　B.patienceistoneed

　　C.oneneedstobepatient

　　D.patienceiswhatneeded

　　18.Englishisusedbymorepeoplethanis__________languageexcept

　　Chinese.

　　A.any                 B.anyOther

　　C.other                 D.allother

　　19.Thedish__________terrible！

Idon'tlikeitatall.

　　A.tastes                B.tasted

　　C.willtaste             D.istasted

　　20.She__________beillbecauseIsawherplayingtennisjustnow.

　　A.can't                 B.couldn't

　　C.mustn't               D.maynot

　　21.Sorry，officer.I__________at80milesbutIdidn'tseeanysigninthe

　　areatellingpeoplehowfasttheycandrive.

　　A.shouldnotdrive        B.shouldn'thavedriven

　　C.mustn'tdrive          D.can'tdrive

　　22.Whynot__________ProfessorLiforhelp？

Heiskind-heartedand

　　willingtohelp.

　　A.ask                  B.youask

　　C.toask                 Dyourasking

　　23.Itisnoteasy__________theanswertothedifficultmathproblem.

　　A.tofigureout           B.figuringout

　　C.figureout              D.beingfiguredout

　　24.Thetsunami（海啸）__________over160，000peoplewerekilledwas

　　aterribledisasterforhumanbeings.

　　A.ofthat                B.amongwhich

　　C.duringthat            D.inwhich

　　25.Takethemedicinenow.Ibelieveitwill__________yourpain.

　　A.release                B.relive

　　C.reject                 D.relieve

　　26.Howcanyou__________heroffer？

I'mafraidshewillfeelhurt.

　　A.turnout               B.turnup

　　C.turndown              D.turnaway

　　27.Sheapologizedfor__________toattendthemeeting.