深大研究生基础英语综合课期末样卷.docx

1、深大研究生基础英语综合课期末样卷深圳大学期末考试试卷开/闭卷闭卷A/B卷A课程编号课程名称研究生公共英语（普通班）学分3命题人(签字) 审题人(签字) 年 月 日题号一二三四五六七八九十基本题总分附加题得分评卷人Shenzhen University Graduate English Examination (Jan. 8，2011)Part I Listening Comprehension (35 points)(特别说明：听力部分共包括4个passages, 前3个是我们每学期初提供给学生的听力题库中选取的内容，只有最后1个passage 是题库之外的)Section A Directi

2、ons: In this section you will hear a passage twice. During the first reading, you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. During the second reading, you should fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear to make the sentences complete. Be sure to write your answers on t

3、he Answer Sheet. 1. This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs. The latest government report shows that their share of nonfarm jobs nearly reached fifty percent in September. Not only have more and more women entered the la

4、bor market over the years, but the _ on men. In October the unemployment rate for men was almost eleven percent, compared to eight percent for women.2. Industries that traditionally use lots of men have _. For example, manufacturing and building lost more jobs last month. 3. But health care and _ ha

5、ve had job growth. Both of those industries employ high percentages of women. 4. Thirty years ago, women earned sixty-two cents for every dollar that men earned. Now, for those who usually work full time, women earn about eighty percent of what men earn. And women hold fifty-one percent of good-payi

6、ng _ jobs. 5. Yet a study released Thursday said men still hold about nine out of every ten top positions at the four hundred largest companies in California. The results have _ in five years of studies from the University of California, Davis. 6. Also, a new research paper in the journal Sex Roles

7、looks at the experiences of women who are the main earners in their family. Rebecca Meisenbach at the University of Missouri in Columbia interviewed fifteen women. She found they all _ and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it. 7. But they also felt _. 8. Partly that was

8、 because of _ that working women will still take care of the children. Also, men who are not the main earners may feel threatened. 9. The job market continues to suffer the effects of last years financial crash. Now, a judgment has been reached in the first case involving _on Wall Street. 10. Last w

9、eek, the government lost its case against two managers at Bear Stearns, the first investment bank to fail last year. A jury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not _ to investors. The hedge funds they supervised lost their value in two thousand seven. But jurors said there was no clear evidence th

10、at they meant to mislead investors. The Justice Department continues to investigate other companies. Section BDirections: In this section you will hear a passage twice. Then you should give brief answers to the questions printed on the examination paper. Be sure to write your answers on the Answer S

11、heet.11. What is the SETI project looking for?12. Why do some scientists think there is intelligent life on other planets?13. How many other galaxies are there in the universe?14. How does the SETI project look for life in other galaxies?15. Why is locating other intelligent life so exciting accordi

12、ng to the teacher?16. Why does the SETI project look for radio signals?17. How fast do radio signals travel? 18. How long is needed for a radio signal to travel from the nearest galaxy to earth? 19. How fast does the fastest rocket travel?20. Why doesnt the SETI project use rockets to look for intel

13、ligent life?Section C Directions: In this section you will hear two passages. Each passage will be read twice. After each passage there will be some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the cor

14、responding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions for Passage One of Section C 21. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Danny?A. He suffers from insomnia.B. He doesnt get enough sleep.C. He hates school.D. He often listens to classical music far into the night.22. According to sleep expert

15、s, kids like Danny _. A. are extremely lazy B. need to see the doctor C. are not lazy kids D. are learning disabled23. Teenagers biological rhythms _. A. prefer later wake-up times B. prefer earlier bedtimes C. favor earlier wake-up times D. favor the school hours24. According to Breus, insufficient

16、 sleep _. A. will not affect a driver with a tremendous amount of experience B. is caused by a form of depression C. can ensure good academic performanceD. can affect a kids athletic performance 25. Some research studies show that childrens grades rise _.A. because they go to bed earlier than before

17、B. because of later school start timeC. because they adapt themselves to the class schedulesD. because they have good teachers26. Headmaster Peterson changed his schools start time to _ on a trial basis. A. 8:00 B. 9:00 C. 8:30 D. 7:3027. Headmaster Peterson _ the results. A. was disappointed at B.

18、was dissatisfied with C. was regretful about D. was surprised by28. The benefits of the new class schedule include the following EXCEPT _. A. the students were less sleepy during the day B. the students were more alert C. only 50% of the students felt tired during the day D. fewer students were late

19、 for the first period in the morning Questions for Passage Two of Section C 29. _ is the leading cause of disability in older people according to the World Health Organization. A. Dementia(痴呆症) B. Loss of memory C. Blindness D. Hearing problem30. People with dementia may show the following symptoms

20、EXCEPT_. A. becoming far-sighted B. forgetting family members C. intellectual deterioration D. becoming furious31. Renata Sousa and other researchers studied the causes of disability _. A. among 50,000 old people B. in some developed countries C. among people who are 65 or younger D. in seven develo

21、ping countries32. According to the new study, dementia was the largest cause of disability in the elderly in _. A. London B. Mexico C. Venezuela D. rural India33. The researchers suggest that more attention should be given to _. A. chronic diseases of aging people B. heart disease and cancer C. chro

22、nic diseases of the brain and mindD. aging problem34. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about a separate study of children? A. Children in the study were from eighteen low and middle income countries. B. The researchers were all from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the U.S. C. Its about the

23、causes of disability in children. D. It also appeared in the Lancet medical journal.35. Children who _ were more likely to be disabled. A. attended school at a very early age B. lacked vitamin D supplements C. were overweight D. were bottle-fedPart II Reading Comprehension (20 points )（特别说明：阅读部分都是课外

24、的，是负责出题的老师原创的阅读考题。文章要求选自近期的较权威的英语报刊杂志。）Directions: In this part you are required to read three passages. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer She

25、et. Passage One It is becoming increasingly clear that the comfort of a good fit between man and machine is largely absent from the technology of the information age. Consider the humble wristwatch, which has been transformed into a kind of wrist-mounted personal computer, with a digital display and

26、 a calculator pad whose buttons are too small to be pressed by a human fingertip. In fact, the very usefulness of the digitization of time is open to question. People generally care less about knowing the time to the nanosecond than about seeing how long theyve got until lunch. With digital watches

27、that requires a little figuring (the purpose of the calculator pad, perhaps), whereas with the old analog watches, the ones with hands, its clear at a glance. Worse, by replacing the watchs conventional stem-winding mechanism with a puzzling arrangement of tiny buttons, the manufacturers created a w

28、atch that was very hard to reset. One leading manufacturer was upset to discover that a line of its particularly advanced digitals was being returned as defective by the thousands, even though the watches actually worked perfectly well. Further investigation revealed that they were coming back soon

29、after purchase and afterwards in two large batchesin the spring and the fall, when the time changed.Charles Mauro, a consultant in New York City, is a prominent member of a branch of engineering generally known as ergonomics, or human-factorsthe only field specifically addressing the question of pro

30、duct usability. Mauro who has won many awards for industrial design and human-factors research, was brought in to provide some help to the watch manufacturer, which was experiencing what Mauro calls “the complexity problem.” With “complexity” defined as “a fundamental mismatch between the demands of

31、 a technology and the capabilities of its user”, the term nicely captures the essence of our current technological difficulty. That mismatch might be measured by the increasing length of the instruction manuals required to work so many of the new gadgets. About the digital-watch manufacturer Mauro asks, “Can you believe that the company actually expected you to carry around a thirty-page manual in y