新视野三级期末考试B卷及答案.docx

1、新视野三级期末考试B卷及答案曲阜师范大学2005-2006学年第一学期大学英语三级（新视野）期末考试B卷Paper OneI. Listening Comprehension (20%)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation 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 then decide which is the best answer.1. A. Go to the beach with her friends. B. See Professor Jones after class. C. Postpone her meeting with Professor Jones. D. Give a

3、 speech in Professor Jones class.2. A. Some meat and fruit. B. Some fruit only. C. Nothing. D. Anything but some meat.3. A. The baker. B. The womans mother. C. The man. D. The woman.4. A. By plane B. By bus C. By car D. By ship5. A. 69 B. 67 C. 59 D. 766. A. He smokes 10 cigarettes a day. B. He stil

4、l smokes. C. He used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day. D. He stopped smoking.7. A. It was a disaster. B. It was better. C. It was not good enough. D. It was great.8. A. Sales clerk and customer. B. Waitress and customer. C. Doctor and patient. D. Teacher and student.9. A. The graduate students could und

5、erstand the lecture. B. The undergraduate students could understand the lecture. C. Both the undergraduate students and graduate students could understand the lecture. D. Neither the undergraduates nor the graduate students could understand the lecture.10. A. Its not raining. B. Its drizzling. C. It

6、s raining very hard. D. Her clothes are made of silk.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the best ans

7、wer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.11. A. The two levels of language usage. B. Purpose of language usage. C. The two differences between formal language and informal language. D. Several situations of language usage.12. A. When we write business letters. B. When we have a conversation wi

8、th our parents friend. C. When we talk with our colleagues. D. When we give class lectures.13. A. Other levels of language usage. B. Another difference between formal and informal language. C. The situations in which informal language is used. D. The identification of formal language and informal la

9、nguage.14. A. In 1927 in New York. B. In 1927 in Massachusetts. C. In 1928 in New York. D. In 1928 in Massachusetts. 15. A. Tom Lehrer began to write songs. B. Tom Lehrer made his first record. C. Tom Lehrer wrote songs for a popular television show. D. Tom Lehrer recorded a third album.16. A. He wa

10、s a professional singer. B. His songs were popular among the college students as well as the children. C. He stopped singing in 1977. D. His songs make fun of society and its concerns.17. A. It is a hand-held phone with antenna. B. It is a small phone without any wire. C. Using it often can definite

11、ly harm human tissue. D. It can release large amount of radiation while in use.18. A. Scientists claimed that cell phones are harmful to peoples health. B. A man took a legal action against the maker of a cell phone. C. Many charges were made in the media and court that cell phones may cause cancer.

12、 D. The cell phones industry invested a lot of money to find out whether cell phones are safe.19. A. $ 2,700,000 B. $ 3,700,000 C. $ 27,000,000 D. $ 37,000,00020. A. Some experts of the Wireless Research Group suggest that cell phones are not safe. B. Cell phone radiation may cause genetic damage to

13、 human bodies. C. More and more people begin to limit use of cell phones because it is harmful to health. D. Its certain that too much use of cell phones may cause brain cancer.Part II. Reading Comprehension (30 points)Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some q

14、uestions 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage 1Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an im

15、portant exam. Winners would receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent, but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order to qualify for the $3,000 stipend (津贴). Although Ana had worried about the interview portion of the exam, she c

16、ame through with flying colors (轻松地). She spoke to the American interviewers about her family background and discussed her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of twenty awarded a four-year scholarship earlier this month.Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a

17、 business management class at the University of California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is having difficulty with the text and lectures because there are so many new words and technical definitions to remember. Ana is finding it difficult to under

18、stand the professor. Now she must work twice as hard to maintain her high grades.21. Ana realizes that _.A) her grades are poorB) she must do well on the examC) she is sitting in a business management classD) she must work twice as hard to get good grades22. Ana has been studying English for _.A) se

19、ven years B) two monthsC) all her life D) the last two years23. Ana experiences difficulty with _.A) texts B) technical definitionsC) the professors lectures D) all of the above24. San tells the interviewers about _.A) her flying colorsB) her familyC) her difficulty in understanding new wordsD) her

20、worries about the interview25. The best main idea for the first paragraph is _.A) Ana has many experiences taking the interview examB) Ana prepares for the interview examC) Ana came through with flying colorsD) Ana takes examsPassage 2Having raised eight children of my own, I know the dilemma parent

21、s face. In a world increasingly hostile to children, we want to show we care by acting on our loving impulses, which usually means spending. But when our kids came home asking for the latest designer wear, my wife and I knew we had to say “no” more often than not. Of course, deciding to have no TV i

22、n the house was the first real breakthrough; I doubt we would have won this battle without freeing ourselves from its influence.As a child, I grew up in what I now see was poverty. For the first few years of my life, I ate only the smallest amount. Yet, I would find it hard to imagine a happier chil

23、dhood. Why? Because my parents gave us children time and attention on a daily basis. For instance, no mater how busy they were, they tried to eat breakfast with us before we went off to school each morning.No child should have to live in poverty. But I firmly believe that the happiness of a child do

24、es not depend on his or her access to material wealth. After all, it is the love we give our children, and not the things, that will remain with them for life.Having worked thirty years as a family counselor, I know that parents really to love their children, and want to do what is best for them. Bu

25、t what does it mean to give a child love? Next time you feel that your have failed your kids, and are tempted to relieve those feeling by bringing home gifts, remember that we cant buy our childrens affection. All they really want, and need, is time and attentiveness, a listening ear and an encourag

26、ing word. These are things every parent can provide.26. What the author most concerns about is _.A) how to make children pleasedB) how to give children the true loveC) how to educate his childrenD) how to meet the childrens needs27. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A) The

27、 author lived in a poor family when he was very young.B) He never bought any gifts to his children.C) When he was a child, his parents cared him and other children much in their own way.D) Every parent has the ability to provide love for his or her children.28. In Paragraph One, when the author says

28、, “But when our kids we had to say no more often than not”, he means _.A) he could not afford to muchB) in order not to spoil his children, he must refuse themC) though he loved his children, he didnt always satisfy their material needsD) he wanted to fight against his children29. The sentence “I wo

29、uld find it hard to imagine a happier childhood” means _.A) his childhood was much happier than he could imagineB) he did not have a happy childhood because of povertyC) its hard to imagine whether he had had a happy childhoodD) none of the above30. What does the author think is the best for his chi

30、ldren?A) GiftsB) A listening ear and an encouraging word.C) Time and attentiveness.D) Both B and CPassage 3As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr. And Mrs. Malloy settled back with a sigh of relief. They had thought theyd never be able to get away on this holiday, their first holiday alone, without

31、the family, since their honeymoon. They had had to arrange for Mrs. Malloys mother to look after Freddie and George, their children, while a neighbor had kindly agreed to look after Annabelle their cat, for the two weeks of their of their holiday. Then thered been the problem of arranging both to ta

32、ke their annual leave from work at the same time, all the bother of getting passports (it was their first holiday abroad) and finally the last minute rush to pack, get the children off to their grandmother and make sure the neighbor had precise instructions as to what Annabelle liked to eat. Sometime