1、1长沙职业技术学院二一二年下学期人文 1205 班期末考试英语泛读试题考试类别：闭卷 考试时量：90 分钟 试卷类型：笔试 制卷人：题号 I II III IV VI VII 总分 评卷人 复查人分值 10 10 20 20 30 10得分| Part I Multiple Choices (10 1%=10%)Direction: Try to figure out the meaning of the underlined words in the following sentences. 1. I cant believe it! Right in the middle of our c
2、onversation, Peter turned around abruptly and walked out of the room!A. formally B. slowly C. suddenly D. quietly2. After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, applesauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples!A. small B. not enough C. limited D. plentiful3. Th
3、ere is an optimum way to approach each kind of exam question. For a multiple-choice item, for example, first remove any clearly wrong answers. For an essay question, write down an outline first.A. inconvenient B. best C. annoying D. easy4. When Sara was sick, her voice was almost inaudible. We could
4、nt hear what she was trying to say clearly.A. very loud B. very soft C. very strange D. very shy5. The doctor said that there was only a slim hope of survival for the people in the air crash. A. numerous B. considerable C. moderate D. very little6. Black clouds, thunder and lightning show that a sto
5、rm is imminent.A. transient B. about to happen C. coming to an end D. to last long7. They suspended the construction of the bridge during the strike.A. opposed B. supported C. continued D. delayed8. In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now however, everything seems to be in a state
6、 of turmoil.A. lack of order B. harmony C. peace D. simplicity9. During office hour he looked very tense and anxious, but he was very relaxed on weekend.A. unhappy B. nervous C. exhausted D. sick10. Unlike the well-mannered John, Jim was rather uncouth.A. rude B. polite C. untidy D. informal得分 评卷人 复
7、查人系 班级 学号 姓名 座位号 2Part II Word Match (10 1%=10%)Direction: Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five words. Write down the matched letter on the answer sheet.A B.11.now that A.白领阶层的，脑力劳动的12Liberal arts B.课外活动13prestigious C.市场开发部经理14. diplomatic relation D.首席运营官15. w
8、hite-collar E. 享有声望的16. multi-media F.执行，贯彻17.extra curricular activity G.文科18. carry out H.多媒体19. Market Development Manager I.外交关系20Chief Operations Officer（COO） J. 既然Part III Sentence Completion (10 2%=20%)Direction: Fill in each of the blanks with the given word in its proper form.prominently se
9、tting deliver appropriate utmost determine alert desire courtesy concisely21. The _of policy is not your businessyour job is to carry it out.22. We listened with the interest to this extraordinary statement.23. Marys photo was displayed in a position on the piano.24. He asked them to be to any possi
10、ble danger.25. His bright clothes were not for a funeral.26. We can the goods to your door.27. The heating system was already on its highest _.28. The hotel had everything you could possibly _.29. Your summary should be as clear and as possible.30. Its a matter of common to shake hands with each oth
11、er when they meet for the first time.Part IV Cloze (20 1%=20%)得分 评卷人 复查人得分 评卷人 复查人得分 评卷人 复查人3Direction: For each blank in the following passage, choose the most suitable word from this list of words provided underneath. Each word can be used once only. Write your choice of word in the corresponding
12、blank on the answer sheetaasallamountatbeingbutcanenoughforformhownoonotherreservesremoveshapeshouldsincesometakethatusewhenA Thirsty WorldThe world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, (31) _ nearly 75 per cent of the earths surface is covered with water.
13、But about 97 per cent of this huge (32) _ is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the (33) _ 3 per cent the fresh water (34) _ comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use (35) _ of that, because some of it is in the (36) _ of icebergs and glaciers.
14、However, (37) _ things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, which is constantly (38) _ replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need (39) _ water is increasing rapidly almost day by day. Only if we (40) _ steps to deal with this problem now (41) _ we avoid a severe worldwide w
15、ater shortage later on. A limited water supply would have (42) _ bad effect on agriculture and industry. We all have to learn (43) _ to stop wasting our precious water. One of the first steps we (44) _ take is to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field, but only
16、(45) _ a small scale. (46) _ even if every city purified and reused its water, we still would not have (47) _. All wed have to do to make use of the vast (48) _ of sea water in the world is (49) _ the salt. And then well be in (50) _ danger of drying up.Part V Reading Comprehension (50 points, 2 poi
17、nts each)Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
18、 through the center.Passage 1Every animal is a living radiator（散热器） heat formed in its cells is given off through its skin. Warm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by constantly replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce of 得分 评卷人 复查人4body weight, m
19、ust produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gra
20、m it weighs. The tiny shrew uses four cubic centimeters of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. Because it uses oxygen eight times as fast, it is said that the mouse-like shrew is living eight times as fast as the chicken. The smallest of the warm-blooded creatures, the hummingbird（蜂鸟）, lives
21、a hundred times as fast as an elephant.There is a limit to how small a warm-blooded animal can be. A mammal（哺乳动物） or bird that weighed only two and a half grams would starve to death. It would burn up its food too rapidly and would not be able to eat fast enough to supply more fuel.51. The passage s
22、ays that every animal is a living radiator because it_.A. produces heat in its body cells B. burns fuel to produce heatC. sends out heat from its bodies D. requires oxygen to produce heat52. Warm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by_.A. restoring heat continuallyB. storing heat in their
23、body cellsC. regulating the amount of heat producedD. regulating the amount of heat given off53. The amount of oxygen an animal uses depends on_.A. how much it weighs B. what food it eatsC. what it is like D. how long it lives54. An animal weighing less than 2.5 grams would starve because it would n
24、ot be able to _.A. get enough oxygen B. maintain its body temperatureC. burn its food fast enough D. eat fast enough to supply fuel55. What is implied but not stated in the passage?A. There is no limit as to how large a warm-blooded animal can be.B. The hummingbird lives faster than any other warm-b
25、looded creature.C. Small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones.D. The hummingbird is the smallest of the warm-blooded animals.Passage 2Yellow Pages of a telephone book list the telephone numbers of companies and services. All services are listed in alphabetical order in the Ye
26、llow Pages. And each company or person providing a service is listed alphabetically under the heading of that service. Guide words at the top of each page give you the first and last service listed on that page. Other services and companies come in alphabetical order between the two guide words on t
27、hat page.For example, if you are looking for a company that sells carpets. You turn to a page with the guide words Carpenter and Curtains. Carpets would be listed on this 5page.Laundries LightingLaundriesAdams Laundry Dry Cleaning62 State 3216050Valley Laundy5 State 3216000Laundry EquipcommercialLau
28、nderwell Machines wholesale only8 Franklin 7270538Laundry Mart repairs152 Simms 7272928Laundry Equip homesee Washing Machines DryersLawnsGrofast GardensRt 3 .6349898mowing seedingsodLeather goodsAce Bag Co wholesale101Main 4321972Barton Co luggage repairs52 Water 2134321Letter Servicesee“Copying Dup
29、licating Svce”Library Equip SuplsAdjustable Products Co.59 Water.2138549wood shelving tables retail wholesaleFrank Supply Co102 Green .4320908mfrs library furniture metal woodLighting Fixtures retailABC lron Creations 29 State 3214440mfrs iron brass antique importsArt Fixtures 134 State 3212910buy s
30、ell rent repairLook through the above extract and answer the following questions.56. You have broken your lamp and want to get it repaired. Which company will you call? A. Adjustable Products B. Art Fixtures C. ABC Iron Creations D. Laundry Equip57. Someone spilled ink on your rug. The label says Dr
31、y Clean Only. What number will you call to get your rug picked up and cleaned?A. 727-0538 B. 321-6000 C. 321-6050 D.634-989858.You want to buy a new washing machine for your house. You should _. .A. call 727-0538 B. go to 152 Simms St. C. call 432-4440D. look under the heading Washing Machines, Drye
32、rs59. You plan to open a small store to sell washing machines. You want to buy four machines. Which company will you call?A. Laundry Mart B. Launderwell Machines C. Grofast GardensRt 3D. Adams Laundry Dry Cleaning60. Which company could not be added to the list from the Yellow Pages above?A. Wilsons
33、 Laundry B. Joes Landscape ServiceC. Lindsays Chevrolet Co. D. Acme Washing Machine Co. commercialPassage 3Children are a relatively modern invention. Until a few hundred years ago they did not exist. In medieval and Renaissance painting you see pint-sized men and 6women, wearing grown-up clothes an
34、d grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved.Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in America, and at no time more than now. It is always Kids Country here. Our civilization is child-ce
35、ntered, child-obsessed. A kids body is our physical ideal. In Kids Country we do not permit middle-age. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come.We are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy (颠倒) situati
36、on has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society, and for immigrant the only hope is in the kids. In the Old Country, that is, Europe, hope was in the farther, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth
37、pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the farther was ever inheriting from his son. Kids Country may be the inevitable result.Kids Country is not all bad. American is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids Country.
38、We not only wear kids clothes and eat kids food; we dream Kids dreams and make them come true. It was, after all, a boys game to go to the moon.If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class, have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys
39、 and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups (俯卧撑) against eternity.61. The author uses the example of the Renaissance painting to show that _.A. adults showed less concern for children than we do nowB. adults were smaller and thinner at that time, but they still had a lot of work to doC. children
40、 looked and acted like adults at that timeD. children were not permitted to appear in family paintings at that time62. In the third paragraph, the Old Country is contrasted with America _.A. to show differences in family sizeB. to show differences in attitudes towards family relationsC. to sow two k
41、inds of geographyD. to show two different kinds of economic relations between generations63. Going to the moon is an example of _.A. Americas dreams and creativityB. Americas childish and queer behaviorC. why America hasnt grown upD. why America is considered the greatest country in the world64. Acc
42、ording to the passage, which of the following is true?A. It is very difficult for the middle-aged to live in America.B. America is Kids Country because the majority of its people are young and vigorous.C. Kids Country was taking shape in America when immigrants poured into the country7D. America is
43、more of Kids Country than any other countries in the world.65. By saying “condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging doing push-ups against eternity,” the author means that _.A. she thinks people shouldnt be so concerned about physical fitnessB. she feels too old and tired to do
44、such hard exerciseC. American society is overemphasizing youth and physical appearanceD. what happened to children centuries ago may occur to adults in America soonPart VI. Translate the following into Chinese.(66. Courtesy is as important in speaking over the phone as in talking to people face to f
45、ace. Therefore, it is essential to know the etiquette of calling, especially in the business environment.67. He is such a shrewd businessman that he loses no money in any trade.68Jack is a resolute man. Once he sets up a goal, he wont give it up easily.69Because we lingered too long at the restauran
46、t, we missed the beginning of the movie.70The workers demolished the old houses so a new block could be built.得分 评卷人 复查人8长 沙 职 业 技 术 学 院 二 一 二 年 下 学 期 人 文 信 息 系 人 1205 班商 务 英 语 专 业 阅 读 期 末 考 试 （ A 卷 ）考试类别：闭卷 考试时量：90 分钟 试卷类型：笔试 制卷人：题号 I II III IV V VI 总分 评卷人 复查人分值 10 10 20 20 30 10 100得分Part I Multip
47、le Choices (101=10)1-5._ _ _ _ _ 6-10._ _ _ _ _Part II Word Match (101=10)11-15 _ _ _ _ _ 16-20. _ _ _ _ _Part III Sentence Completion (102=20)21._22._23._24. _25._26. _ 27. _ 28._ 29._ 30. _Part IV Cloze (201=20)31. _ 32. _ 33. _34._35._36._ 37. _ 38._39. _ 40. _41. _ 42. _ 43. _44. _ 45. _46. _ 47. _ 48. _49. _ 50. _Part V Reading Comprehension (152=30)51-55: _ _ _ _ _ 56-60. _ _ _ _ _61-65: _ _ _ _ _Part VI. Translate (52=10)66. 67. 6869得分 评卷人 复查人系 班级 学号 姓名 座位号 970
