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1、大学英语第一学期期末考试资料大学英语本科第一学期（期末考试）College English Final ExaminationPart I Listening ComprehensionSection A: (5%)Directions: In this section, you will 10 short conversations. At the end of each conservation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conservation and the question will be spok

2、en 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 decided which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A. The woman C. Aspirin B. Too little s

3、leep D. The sun2. A. 1:00 C. 1:15 B. 1:30 D. 1:453. A. He enjoys playing chess. C. He cannot play chess B. He hates playing chess. D. He neednt learn to play chess well.4. A. Bob looks good in anything. C. He wishes he had a jacket like Bobs B. He knew someone who looked like Bob. D. Bob should get

4、a new jacket.5. A. Where the 7-up can be found. C. If the woman wants 7-up left over. B. How to make 7-up. D. If there is any 7-up left over.6. A. No one has ever tried to go over that hill. C. He could go down the hill easily. B. He can ski down any hill. D. Everybody can ski down the hill.7. A. He

5、r present was a surprise to him. B. He had hoped the gift would surprise her. C. She wasnt surprised by the gift at all. D. He didnt known about the surprise party, either.8. A. At a train station. C. At a bus station. B. In a theatre. D. In an airport.9. A. She liked the exhibit very much. B. She t

6、hought the exhibit was very large. C. The exhibit had already gone somewhere else. D. There were no local artists at the exhibit.10. A. She still has exams to take. B. She wants to know which exams are over. C. She wishes she had done better on her exams. D. She has finished looking through the exam

7、s.Section B (10%)Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 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. Th

8、en mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center,Passage IQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A. They were lazy and had never worked on the farm. B. They did a lot of buying and selling in town so as to get rich quickly. C. Th

9、ey loved farm work because their father was hardworking all his life. D. They considered farm work worthless.12. A. Because he was dying. B. Because he thought they understood what he meant. C. Because he wanted them to dig the orchard all over. D. Because the gold could easily be found.13. A. Becau

10、se the farmers son hadnt dug the orchard deep enough. B. Because the gold had been stolen. C. Because the farmers sons didnt know in what part of the orchard the golden was hidden. D. Because there was no gold in the orchard.Passage IIQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.1

11、4. A. Because no day has really twenty-four hours. B. Because the earth is divided into time zones. C. Because time zones are not all the same size. D. Because no one knows where time zones begin.15. A. It is in one time zone. C. It is divided into five zones. B. It is divided into twenty-four zones

12、. D. It cannot be crossed in five days.16. A. Ahead one hour in each new time zone. C. Back one full day for each time zone. B. Ahead one hour for the new time zone. D. Ahead by twenty-three hours.17. A. The beginning of any new time zone. B. Any point where time changes by one hour. C. The point wh

13、ere a new day begins. D. Any time zone in the pacific ocean.Passage 3Question 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A. The dean decided to give her free medical education. B. The dean agreed her to come to Geneva. C. The dean promised her to become a student in his college. D. Th

14、e dean offered her full scholarship.19. A. Most students were serious B. Most student took interest in the matter. C. Some students thought by accepting Elizabeth they could make their college proud. D. Some students thought the dean should make a decision himself.20. A. He accepted Elizabeth willin

15、gly. B. He could do nothing but accept Elizabeth. C. He had to leave his post. D. He broke his promise. Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four su

16、ggested answers mark ABC and D. Choose the best answer to each questions.Question 21 to 25 are based on the following passage Its not easily noticed but it is everywhere. Its influence is very small but measurable. Whether in restaurants, shopping centers or assembly lines-even farms-background or m

17、ood music can be heard almost anywhere in the United States, from hushed（寂静）executive offices to screeching wrecking yards. One hand tool manufacturing plant found that efficiency increased 4.5% with the introduction of background music while a California farmer discovered that such music calmed ner

18、vous cattle and prevented stampedes（惊逃） that used to cause thousands of dollars in damage. The type of music seems to have an impact. Department stores play slower music during the week to encourage shopping but speed up the beat on weekends when the crowds are heavier. The music is especially desig

19、ned not to be listened to, says one background music man, but to create a favorable mood or build a tempo to work to.21. Which of the following is not listed as a place mood music can be heard? A. Ranch （牧场） C. Workshop B. Supermarket D. Convent（女修道院）22. Executive offices are described as _. A. gand

20、iose （宏伟的、堂皇的） C. quiet B. noisy D. discomposed23. The influence of mood music _. A. cannot be overestimated C. is not very large but can be measured B. is tiny but noticeable D. can never be neglected24. Mood music can _.A.prevent shoppers from impulse buying.B.prevent cattle from being panic-stric

21、ken and rushing headlongC.help rescue a sunken shipD.help memorize English words.25. Which of the following best supports the authors ideas?A.It would be easier to adjust to the fast tempo of modern life with mood music as background noise.B.Mood music is too loud for listening.C.Mood music is great

22、 for dancing.D.Mood music has a psychological effect on people. Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage Very soon a computer will be able to teach you English. It will also be able to translate any language for you too. Its just one more incredible result of the development of micro-pro

23、cessorsthose tiny parts of a computer commonly known as “silicon chips”（硅片）. So give up going to classes, stop buying more textbooks and relax. In a couple of years you wont need the international language of English.Already Texas Instruments in the United States is developing an electronic translat

24、ion machine. Imagine a Spanish secretary, for example, who wants to type a letter from the boss to a businessman in Sweden. All he or she will have to do is this: first type the letter in Spanish. The letter will appear on a television screen. After a few seconds the translated letter will appear on

25、 another television screen in Stockholm in perfect Spanish. And thats not all. Soon a computer will be able to teach you English, if you really want to learn the language. Youll sit in front of a television screen and practice endless structures. The computer will tell you when you are correct and w

26、hen you are wrong. It will even talk to you because the silicon chips can change electrical impulses into sounds. And clever programmers can predict the responses you, the learner, are likely to make.So think of it. You will be able to teach yourself at your own pace. You will waste very little time

27、, and you can work at home. And if after all that, you still cant speak English you can always use the translating machine. In a few years, therefore, perhaps there will be no need for BBC Modern English, or BBC English by Radio programsno more textbooks or teachers of English. Instead of buying an

28、exciting new textbook, the computer will ask you to replace it with microprocessor one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four. Fast, reliable and efficient language learning and translating facilities will be available to you. Think of that no more tears or embarrassing moments. One little problem is

29、 that a computer cant laugh yetbut the scientists are working on it. Happy learning!26. The title “Push-button English” suggest _.A. English can be leant by pushing a buttonB. A computer is an English-learning machineC. English can be taught and learned by using a computer.D. English is not so diffi

30、cult to learn27. According to the writer, “you wont need the international language of English” because _.A. learning English will no longer be a difficult taskB. textbooks are no longer necessaryC. its better to buy a computer than to go to classesD. the computer will be able to translate any langu

31、age for you.28. If a Spanish secretary wants to translate a letter, all he or she will have to do is _.A. push a button and wait.B. use any kind of typewriter to type the letterC. type it for the machine to do the translatingD. type the letter and tell someone else to do the translation29. You will _ if you use a computer to learn the language.A. waste much of your timeB. speak better EnglishC. need no translating machineD. do everything at your own pace30. Computers can _.A. sh