西安石油大学《大学英语大二上册》期中试题D及其答案.docx

1、西安石油大学大学英语大二上册期中试题D及其答案班级 学号 姓名 命题教师 教研室（系）主任审核(签字) -装-订-线- 装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记2010/2011学年第一学期期中试题（卷）课程名称大学英语（大二上册）考试性质考试试卷类型D使用班级全校非艺术专业考试方法闭卷人 数题 号一二三四五六七八九十总 成 绩成 绩一、听力阅读Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question wi

2、ll be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken 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 decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer She

3、et with a single line through the center.1. A) Eat before the film. B) Eat after the film. C) Grab something to eat during the movie. D) Finish her bite of food.2. A) To the hospital. B) To the beach C) To a department store. D) To a parking area.3. A) He bought a new red car. B) He sold a car. C) H

4、e closed for the day. D) He sold Kathy a new red car at full price.4. A) Guard her apartment for her. B) Move to the new hotel downtown. C) Be on the lookout for an apartment for her. D) Show her an apartment in the new hotel.5. A) For the woman to like his friends. B) To have a party. C) To arrange

5、 everything. D) To take care of his friends.6. A) She made it herself. B) She had it remade. C) In a supermarket. D) At a hotel.7. A) Finish the book. B) Wait for the due date. C) Find the book. D) Pay the fine.8. A) Missed her friends. B) Made up a story. C) Timed her job. D) Worked over the weeken

6、d.9. A) Registration. B) When the line breaks. C) People who dont wait their turn. D) How long the line is. 10. A) Composers like things other than music. B) Not every composer likes only music. C) Composers like to listen to music a lot. D) Composers usually like records.Section BDirections: In thi

7、s section you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

8、Passage 111. A) Animals. B) Policemen. C) Children. D) Soldiers.12. A) He hoped to get ideas. B) He wanted to avoid a visitor. C) He was feeling lazy. D) He could not finish a story.13. A) To steal something. B) To have a drink. C) To see Tom. D) To read Toms story.14. A) Drank a cup of tea. B) Left

9、 Tom some advice. C) Paid for his cigarettes. D) Left Tom some money.15. A) To meet Tom. B) To get more ideas from him. C) To have stories stolen. D) To be robbed more often.Passage 216. A) A piece of news. B) An advertisement. C) A little story. D) A picture of a car.17. A) 45.19 B) 54.99 C) 34.79

10、D) 74.8918. A) A pump. B) A girl. C) A lamp. D) An extra.19. A) Because the lamp was in the advertisement but not included in the price. B) Because there was a girl in the advertisement. C) Because the price was too high. D) Because the shopkeeper didnt want to sell the bicycle to him.20. A) There i

11、s no lamp on the bicycle in the advertisement. B) There is a lamp on the bicycle. C) There is not a girl on the bicycle. D) There is also a girl in the advertisement, but we dont supply one with the bicycle either. Key 1 10 ABBCB BDDCA 11 20 BDABB BBCAD二、单项选择1. The bridge was named _ the hero who ga

12、ve his life for the cause of the people. A) after B) with C) by D) from2. Lewis had a(n) _ manner of lecturing, which was not greatly changed over the years. A) statistic B) critical C) distinctive D) delicate3. The committee did not _ of the plan to build a new bridge over the river. A) agree B) gr

13、ant C) permit D) approve4. The pupils love the bright, colourful _ in their books. A) illustrations B) demonstrations C) identifications D) conventions5. The “New Army” was _ volunteers only, who poured into recruiting stations in their thousands. A) consisted B) insisted C) comprised D) compromised

14、 6. I applied for the job but they _ me _ because I didnt know German. A) turned ; in B) turned ; down C) turned ; on D) turned ; off7. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe _ Europe into a great war. A) inserted B) imposed C) pitched D) plunged8. His applicat

15、ion for a position with that company was _. A) turned on B) turned down C) turned off D) turned up 9. Very few experts _ with completely new answers to the worlds economic problems. A) come to B) come round C) come up D) come on10. Bernard has _ admiration and affection at Westminster with his good

16、humor. (3-4A*) A) made B) taken C) earned D) followed11. Wright is correct to see Paisleys _ of liberty as a development of this view. A) interpretation B) investigation C) infection D) injection12. I dont like the department chairmans _ to the teachers who are not in his favor. A) determination B)

17、permission C) intelligence D) indifference 13. Generally, there are three different _ of what happened, and no one knows which one is true. A) versions B) evolutions C) formations D) distributions班级 学号 姓名 -装-订-线- 装 订 线 以 内 不 准 作 任 何 标 记14. Baltimore enjoyed a national and international _ as an examp

18、le of successful inner-city regeneration. A) reputation B) evolution C) succession D) inference 15. The Statue of Liberty had just arrived from Paris and was being _ so it was not in New York harbor when they arrived. A) approved B) operated C) assembled D) resembled 16. The new president said she w

19、ould _ herself to protecting the rights of the old, the sick and the homeless. A) determine B) decide C) undertake D) dedicate 17. Hitlers invasion of Poland led to the _ of the World War II; millions upon millions of people died in the war. A) settlement B) tragedy C) statue D) miserable18. Charlie

20、 Chaplin is a famous actor of _ appeal; people from all corners of the world enjoy his performances.A) grave B) universal C) fantastic D) brilliant19. I always think that it is best to pour the tea into milk in the cup as this _ the milk more evenly. A) crushes B) utters C) distributes D) fames20. T

21、he pressure cannot _ me; it forces me to think. A) feature B) elaborate C) crush D) plunge21. The downstairs restaurant where breakfast is served has walls _ with paintings of people dressed in traditional local costumes. A) decorated B) classified C) featured D) disguised 22. As the world gets more

22、 complicated, it is nice to have old fashioned stuff around to help people _ the demands of modern life. A) cope with B) go against C) go ahead D) show off23. He was greatly disappointed when someone suggested that he should _ the copyrights of his newly-published biography to the publisher. A) gran

23、t B) permit C) allow D) license 24. Despite her success, her feet are _ firmly on the ground. A) grown B) planted C) fed D) nursed25. They were _ to find club owners using the citys violent reputation as a tourist attraction. A) surprising B) astonishing C) ignorant D) grave26. Grant Wood instantly

24、rose to _ with his painting American Gothic. A) fame B) famous C) humor D) portrait 27. The fame she gained from the famous painting saved her _ a very boring life. A) of B) by C) with D) from28. A quarrel was inevitable because she expressed no _ for his support. A) feeling B) emotion C) gratitude

25、D) mood29. This reaction to the event is rather _ but on the other hand theres something in it. A) true B) exaggerated C) critical D) ignorant30. The government should be playing a more _ role in promoting human right. A) prominent B) impressing C) moderate D) universal31. Peter thought the world wa

26、s flat until I _ him. A) enforced B) encircled C) ensured D) enlightened32. It was a rabbit, not a lion; you are _ as usual. A) exaggerating B) extending C) exclaiming D) exploring33. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _. A) relatively B) actually C) annually D) comparatively3

27、4. There was a _ drop in support for the Union in the 1974 election. A) delicate B) distinct C) distant D) downward35. Henrys news report covering the conference was so _ that nothing had been omitted. A) clear B) moderate C) comprehensive D) understandable 三、阅读理解 第一篇 1970 was World Conservation Yea

28、r. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to “conserve” nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1, 300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866 remain. The other

29、s have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We cant live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask, “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, an