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大学英语修订本

CollegeEnglishAchievementTest

forCollegeEnglish（RevisedEdition）

大学英语（修订本）

一级学业测试

Band1

（2007年11月）

ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress

上海外语教育出版社

PartIListeningComprehension（25%）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,you’llhearfiveshortconversations.Aftereachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationandquestionwillbereadonlyonce.Listencarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.

1.A）Hehadn’tbeenthere.B）Helikedtherestaurant.

C）Hedidn’tlikeit.D）Heneverheardofit.

2.A）60dollars.B）30dollars.

C）20dollars.D）40dollars.

3.A）Hewantstoeatimmediately.

B）Hewantstoknowwhenthegamewillbeover.

C）Hewantstoknowwhattimeitis.

D）Hewantsthewomantogiveupwatchingthegame.

4.A）HeshouldimprovehisItalian.

B）Heshouldmovetoanotherplace.

C）Heshouldgiveuphispresentjob.

D）Heshouldtakeupasecondjob.

5.A）Shewantstoknowwhoneedsthecar.

B）Shedoesn’tthinkthetrafficwillbeaproblem.

C）Theymaygototheconcertbysubway.

D）They’llmisstheconcertifhedoesn’tdrivethecar.

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,you’llhearalongconversationandapassage.Theconversationandpassagewillbereadtwice.Attheendofthem,you’llhearsomequestions.Listencarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.

Longconversation

Questions6to8arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard:

6.A）Tobuyahousefromafriendandhiswife.

B）Toselltheirhousetoafriendandhiswife.

C）Tobuyahousetogetherwithafriendandhiswife.

D）Tolookforahousefortheirfriendandhiswife.

7.A）It’sagoodidea.B）It’snotquiteworkable.

C）It’llcostalotofmoney.D）It’sawayofsavingmoney.

8.A）Theywanttosharethehousewiththeirfriends.

B）Theyandtheirfriendsareinterestedinthesamehouse.

C）Theirfriendsdon’thaveenoughmoneytobuythehours.

D）Theydon’thaveenoughmoneyatthemoment.

PassageOne

Questions9to12arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard:

9.A）Fromstrangers.B）Fromtheirclosefriends.

C）Fromthefamilymembers.D）Fromtheirrelatives.

10.A）Theyusuallyliveallalonebythemselves.

B）Theywanttokeeptheirproblemssecret.

C）Theyprefernottogetadvicefrompeopletheyknow.

D）Theybelieveinpeoplewithspecialtraining.

11.A）Socialworkers.B）Scientists.

C）Elderlypeople.D）Peoplewithspecialknowledge.

12.A）Theirspecialknowledge.B）Theirrichexperience.

C）Acceptedfacts.D）Commonsense.

PassageTwo

Questions13to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard:

13.A）Whenthefoodistoohot.

B）Whenthereisnoonewaitingtobeserved.

C）Whentheyenjoytheirfood.

D）Whentheyeatwithfamiliesorfriends.

14.A）Theydon’tcareverymuchaboutwhattheyeat.

B）Theydon’thavemuchtimeformealsatnoon.

C）Americanfoodsaresimpleandnottastyenough.

D）It’sahabitofAmericanstoeatquickly.

15.A）Therearenotenoughrestaurantstomeetpeople’sneeds.

B）Peoplewanttomakeroomforthosewaitingtobeserved.

C）Peopledon’tfeelcomfortableeatinginacrowdedrestaurant.

D）Americansdon’tlikeeatinginrestaurantsverymuch.

SectionC

Directions:

Thereisapassagewithtenblanksinthissection.You’llhearthepassagereadtwice.Listencarefullyandfillintheblankswithwhatyouhaveheard.

Aqueueisalineofpeoplewaitingforsomething.Thesepeoplewaitonebehindtheotheranditisconsideredvery（16）________to“jumpthequeue”,thatis,topushin（17）________ofsomeoneelse.

Queuesareacharacteristic（18）________ofEnglishlife.Theyareformedatbusstops,atthe（19）________ofarailwaystation,inandinfrontofshops.Sometimesqueuesofseveralhundredpeopleareformed.They（20）________quiteaproblemandmustoftenformcirclessoasnotto（21）________withthetraffic.

WhenanEnglishmancomestothecontinent,heissurprisedatthe（22）________ofrushingandpushinginpublic（23）________andelsewhere.Hefailstounderstandwhythequeuingsystem,whichtohismindseemsthesimplest（24）________toaproblem,hasnotbeen（25）________abroad,too.

PartIIReadingComprehension（25%）

SectionA

Directions:

Thereisapassagewith10blanksinthissection.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgivenbelow.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Ineveryschoolthereisa“top”crowdthatsetsthepace,whiletheothers

（1）________theirexample.Let’ssaythetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttowearbrightredsweaters（运动衫）.Prettysooneverybodyiswearingbrightredsweaters.Thereis

（2）________wrongwiththat,exceptthefactthatforsomepeoplebrightredisrather（3）__________.Thesituationcanevenbecome（4）__________,ifthetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttodrinkortodrivecarsatseventymilesanhour.Thenthepeoplewhofollowtheexampleare（5）________theirverylives.Theyarelikesheepbeingledtotheslaughter（屠宰）.

Now,itislikelythatyouhavecomeacross（6）________likethesemorethanonceinyourlife.Infact,itislikelythatatonetimeor（7）________youprobablydidsomethingyouknewtobewrong.Youmayhave（8）________yourselfbysaying,“Gee,thecrowddoesit.”Well,letthecrowddoit,butdon’tdoityourself.Learntosay“No.”Developyourownstandardsandyourown（9）________.Ifyouknowthecrowdisplanningsomethingofwhichyoudisapprove,havethecouragetobowoutgracefully.You’llhavethesatisfactionof（10）________onyourowntwofeet.

A）unsuitable

B）another

C）possible

D）nothing

E）accused

F）endangering

G）something

H）judgments

I）facts

J）follow

K）learning

L）excused

M）dangerous

N）situations

O）standing

SectionB

Directions:

Thereare2readingpassagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion.

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

TheUnitedStatesisfullofautomobiles.Therearestillmanyfamilieswithoutcars,butsomefamilieshavetwoorevenmore.However,carsareusedformorethanpleasure.Theyareanecessarypartoflife.

Carsareusedforbusiness.Theyaredriventoofficesandfactoriesbyworkerswhohavenootherwaytogettotheirjobs.Whensalesmenaresenttodifferentpartsofthecity,theyhavetodriveinordertocarrytheirproducts.Farmershavetodriveintothecityinordertogetsupplies.

Sometimessmallchildrenmustbedriventoschool.Insomecitiesschoolbusesareprovidedonlywhenchildrenlivemorethanamilefromtheschool.Whenthechildrenaretooyoungtowalkthatfar,theirmotherstaketurnsdrivingthemtoschool.OnemotherdrivesonMonday,takingherownchildrenandtheneighbors’childrenaswell.AnothermotherdrivesonTuesday,anotheronWednesday,andsoon.Thisiscalledformingacarpool.Menalsoformcarpools,withthreeorfourmentakingturnsdrivingtotheplacewheretheyallwork.

Morecarpoolsshouldbeformedinordertoputfewerautomobilesontheroadandtouselessgasoline.Parkingisagreatproblem,andsoisthetrafficinandaroundcities.Toomanycarsarebeingdriven.Somethingwillhavetobedoneabouttheuseofcars.

11.WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A）EachAmericanfamilyhasgotatleastonecar.

B）SomeAmericanfamilieshavegotmorethanonecar.

C）CarsareverycommonintheUnitedStates.

D）Americansdonotusecarsforpleasureonly.

12.Accordingtothepassage,childrenmustbetakentoschoolbycarwhen________.

A）theirhomesareoveronemileawayfromtheirschool

B）therearenoschoolbusesavailableandtheschoolistoofarawayforthem

C）thereareanumberofchildrenintheneighborhoodwhosefamilieshavecars

D）thechildrenaretooyoungtowalktoschooleverymorning

13.Whichpeopleareformingacarpool?

A）Threeorfourpeoplewhodriveinturnstotheofficeorthefactorywheretheyallwork.

B）Awomanwhotakesherownchildrenandherneighbors’childrentoschoolbycar.

C）Childrenwhodrivetoschoolinturns.

D）Parentswhodrivetheirownchildrentoschoolinturns.

14.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofformingcarpools?

A）Itisagoodpractice.

B）Itisgoodjustformotherstakingchildrentoschool.

C）Itwillsolveparkingproblems.

D）Ithelpscutdownthenumberofcarsputouteachyear.

15.WhatdoestheauthorthinkistheproblemaboutcarsintheUnitedStates?

A）Thereisashortageofgasolineforcars.

B）Therearetoomanycarsinthestreetsandontheroads.

C）Therearenotenoughcarstogoaround.

D）Somefamiliesstilldonothavetheirowncars.

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Howmuchlivingspacedoesapersonneed?

Whathappenswhenhisspacerequirementsarenotadequatelymet?

Sociologistsandpsychologistareconductingexperimentsonratstotrytodeterminetheeffectofovercrowdedconditionsonman.Recentstudieshaveshownthatthebehaviorofratsisgreatlyaffectedbyspace.Ifratshaveadequatelivingspace,theyeatwell,sleepwell,andreproducewell.However,iftheirlivingconditionsbecometoocrowded,theirbehaviorpatternsandeventheirhealthperceptiblychange.Theycannotsleepandeatwell,andsignsoffearandtensionbecomeobvious.Themorecrowdedtheyare,themoretheytendtobiteeachotherandevenkilleachother.Thusforrats,populationandviolencearedirectlyrelated.Isthis