1、 学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要答题/第 1 页（共 10 页） 第 2 页（共 10 页）2016-2017 学年第一学期期末考试试卷（C 卷）考试科目：大学英语 考试时间：90 分钟适用班级：16 秋大专班(运管、通信、工程、车辆、航空) I. Choose the best answer for each of the following items.（ 2*15=30）1. Shall we go for a picnic?A. No, I dont know B. Sorry, I cantC. Sure, Id love to D. Really?2. Thank you
2、so much for helping us.A. Youre welcome. B. No,thanks. C. Sure. D. Just so so.3. Id like to invite you to come to my birthday party this Friday night.A. Yes, I know that. B. Yes, its right. C. How about going shopping? D. Oh, youre so nice! 4. When autumn comes, _ of most trees turn yellow and then
3、fall down.A. leaf B.leafs C. leaves D. Leave5. A group of _ are talking with two _ over there.A. Frenchmen; Germans B. Frenchmen; GermenC. Germen; Frenchmen D. Germans; Frenchmans6. My new teacher is a very _ person.A. Gentle B. Gently C. gentleman D. gentleness7. Smoking _ your health.A. danger B.
4、dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger8. The plan will soon become a _.A. real B. really C. reality D. Realize9. The cake smells_. Please throw it away.A. good B.badly C.bad D.well10. It is the _ decision she has ever made in her career life.A.bad B.worst C.worse D.badly11. _, she found the watch she
5、had lost two days before.A. Especially B. Usually C. Generally D. Fortunately12. She showed great _ when she heard the bad news.A.courage B. encourage C. discourage D. courageous 13. He _ taught himself in this subject.A. patience B. patiently C. patiently D. impatient14. You can say it in person, o
6、ver the phone, in a note, or in an e-mail.A. 你可以个人说，打电话说，写便条说，或写电子邮件说。B. 你可以面对面说，在电话里说，写便条或电子邮件。C. 你可以亲自说，打电话，写便条，或写电子邮件。D. 你可以对别人说，对电话说，写便条或电子邮件说。15. Once you have your board, you are free to skate anywhere.A. 一旦你有了滑板，你能自由地滑。B. 一旦你有了滑板，你可以随便滑。C. 一旦你有了自己的滑板，你可以自由地滑。D. 一旦你有了自己的滑板，就可以滑着它去任何地方。II. Cloz
7、e text.（1.5*10=15 ）Carrot, Egg or CoffeeA daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so 16 for her .She was tired of fighting and struggling . She wanted to 17. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.Her father ,a cook ,took her to the 18, He filled three pots
8、with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first pot he placed carrots,in the second he placed eggs, and in the 19 he placed ground coffee beans.He sit and boil, without saying a word.The daughter 20 waited ,wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he
9、 21 the burners, He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a mug. Turning to her he asked,“Darling,what do you see?“Carrots, eggs ,and coffee.“she replied.题号 I II III IV V 合计得分学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要
10、答题/第 3 页（共 10 页） 第 4 页（共 10 页）He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots ,She did and noted that they were 22. He then asked her to take an egg and break it, After pulling off the shell ,she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee .She smiled ,as she tasted
11、 its rich aroma(芳香 ).“What does it 23 , Father?“she asked .He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity（逆境）, boiling water, but each reacted 24, The carrot went in strong, hard ,and unrelenting(不甘示弱), But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and weak. The egg had be
12、ing fragile(脆弱), Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after going through the boiling water, its inside became hard, The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water ,they had changed the water .“25 are you?“he asked his daughter.When adversit
13、y knocks on your door ,how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg , or a coffee bean?16. A. easy B. happy C. hard D. nice17. A. Give up B. Make up C. Get up D. Set up18. A. classroom B. washing room C. kitchen D. market19. A. first B. last C. second D. two20. A.impatient B. Impatience C. impossibl
14、e D. impatiently21. A.turn on B. turn off C. turn up D. turn down22. A. soft B. hard C. big D. small23. A. mean B. cost C. matter D. contain24. A. similar B. similarly C. different D. differently25. A. how B. which C. why D. WhoIII. Reading.(2*15=30)Stay Hungry, Stay FoolishI am honored to be with y
15、ou today. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest Ive ever got to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. Thats it. No big deal. Just three stories.My second story is about love and loss.I was luckyI found what I loved to do early in life
16、. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. But I got fired when I had just turned 30. How? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me. But gradually our visions of the future became different and our board of directors sided wi
17、th him. So at 30 I was out.I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed my dream one bit. So I decided to start over.During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another co
18、mpany named Pixar. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT. I returned to Apple. Im pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadnt been
19、 fired from Apple. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Dont lose faith. Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. If you havent found it, keep looking. Dont settle.Cho
20、ose the best answer according to the text you have read.1. The phrase “big deal” in Paragraph 1 means .A. big agreement B. important personC. big thing D. big business.2. The board of directors didnt side with Jobs because A. they had trouble in capitalB. they were cheated by a talented personC. the
21、y had different ideas of the future developmentD. they thought Jobs was a bad guy学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要答题/第 5 页（共 10 页） 第 6 页（共 10 页）3. Pixar is _. .A. the first computer animated feature film in the worldB. the most successful animation studio in the worldC. the first electronic appliance company in t
22、he worldD. the most successful seafood company in the world4. From the text, we can learn that_. .A. Jobs graduated from college ten years agoB. Jobs didnt know what to do until he was fired by AppleC. Jobs left the valley at 30D. Jobs returned to Apple more than five years later5. The passage is ma
23、inly about_. .A. how Jobs was fired by AppleB. how Jobs viewed love and lossC. what Jobs did for AppleD. why Jobs couldnt graduate from collegeBAmerican schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year: the first term is from September to January, and the
24、second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.High school students take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, an
25、d they have homework for every class. After class, they do many interesting things.After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.6. In A
26、merica, summer holidays begin in .A. September B. July C. May D. February7. Most American children go to school at the age of _.A. five B. seven C. eighteen D. seventeen8. High school students _ after class.A. do their homework B. go to workC. do many inte resting things D. play basketball9. In orde
27、r to _, many American college students work after class.A. help their parents B. get the money for their studiesC. help others D. learn some useful things10. After high school, many students go to _.A. work B. make money C. cities D. collegeCThomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years
28、he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also
29、make new ones. The head man liked Edisons new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them
30、. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.11. After he lost his first job, Ed
31、ison _.A. found no jobs in the next five yearsB. worked in New York for the next five yearsC. had a bad time in the next five yearsD. had enough food to eat12. In New York _.A. Edison did not get a job学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要答题/第 7 页（共 10 页） 第 8 页（共 10 页）B. Edison found the work to fix machinesC. Edison
32、got $40,000 by fixing machinesD. Edison made more money by fixing old machines13. The head man was interested in _.A. Th omas Edison B. the old machinesC. the new machines D. Edisons telephone14. Edison made a telephone. It _.A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voicesC. carried voices
33、more clearly D. carried voices much farther15. The best title for this passage might be “_”.A. The First Telephone B. Thomas Edisons ShopC. Thomas Edisons New Job D. Thomas EdisonAn InventorIV. Match English phrase and Chinese meaning.(1*10)have important results in_ improve living conditions_a movi
34、e star_ trade partner_be free to_college graduation_ enter the world_ in the coming week_ be afraid to do_ a box of chocolate_A.一盒巧克力 B.大学毕业典礼 C.下个星期 D.产生重要影响 E.出生 F.感谢信 G.贸易伙伴 H.改善生活条件 I.电影明星 J. 自由做某事儿 K. 害怕做某事儿V. Writing.(15)Write a note according to the instructions given in Chinese below.假设你是大一新
35、生李雷，给辅导员 Mr.Johnson 写一张请假条。时间：2017 年 3 月 15 日，周三。内容：1.咳嗽厉害，想去医院看病；2.本周大部分作业已经完成，故周四、周五请假两天；3.看完病后会给辅导员打电话；4.对由此造成的不便表示抱歉；5.希望得到辅导员的批准。Words for reference:咳嗽: cough辅导员：counselor答题卡学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要答题/第 9 页（共 10 页） 第 10 页（共 10 页）I. Choose the best answer.1-5 _6-10 _11-15 _II. Cloze text.16-20 _21-25 _III. Reading.1-5 _6-10 _11-15 _IV. Match_; _; _; _; _; _; _; _; _; _.V. Writing_学校 班级 姓名 学号 /密封线内不要答题/第 11 页（共 10 页） 第 12 页（共 10 页）
