哈尔滨学院2007年秋季学期期末试卷

C卷

课程名称：06级第三学期基础英语（精读）

考试时间： 120 分钟 考试方式： 闭卷

（卷面总分100分，占总成绩的 60 %）

I. Match.（每小题1分，共10分）

1. adolescent A. to twist and pull with force

2. drip B. law, moral pressure, promise, etc. that forces one to do sth

3. consumer C. the ability to remember sth, the act of remembering

4. roam D. to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or

direction

5. forgery E. to fall or let something fall in very small drops

6. executioner F. a young person who is developing into an adult

7. recollection G. someone who buys and uses products and services

8. obligation H. the crime of making an illegal copy of a document , a painting or paper money

9. verge I. someone who legally kills someone else as a punishment for a serious crime

10. wrench J. to be very close to a place

II. Choose the right words in their proper forms.

（每小题1分，共10分）

anxious(ly) eager(ly)

1.Young people are usually ________ to try out new things.

2. Naturally we are all ___to know the result of the test.

objective object

3. You must look at the situation in an ___ way.

4. After you have set your ___, you must decide on the concrete measures.

to tease to ridicule to mock to laugh(at)

5. They were just ___you . They meant no harm.

6. He who ____ last laughs best.

tone tune

7. The new radio had a pure ___.

8. Is that Shubert? The ___sounds very familiar.

to charge to accuse

9. Why did you arrest my son? On what ___?

10. The president was ___ of obstructing justice and faced a possible impeachment.

III. Paraphrase the underlined words（每小题2分，共10分）

1.I wouldn’t know about that. I’ve never worn glasses. Twenty-Twenty vision.

2. I just think we owe him a few words. That’ all.

3.But one day I became attached through no design of my own.

4.Newlyweds, he figured, were the best prospects.

5. For the first time I knew that I was the son of my father. He was a story teller as I was to be.

IV. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese. （每小题2分，共10分）

1.缺乏锻炼会导致各种各样的健康问题。

_______________________________ all kinds of health problems.

2.永远不要伸手拿不属于你的东西,不然,你迟早会被抓住。

Don’t______________________, because sooner or later you will be caught.

3.我有一种爱从好的方面看问题的倾向。

I am __________________look at things__________________________.

4.他提出一种理论，认为人类的进步很大程度上是由于合作而不是竞争。

He __________________that human progress has been largely _________cooperation rather than competition.

5.我们必须永远记住不要浪费有限的水资源.

We must always_________________________________.

V. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.（每小题1分，共25分）

1. You make a living by what you get, _____ you make a life by what you give.

A. and B. also C. but D. for

2. Economics applies directly to how we earn our incomes and _____.

A. how to spend our money B. how we spend our money

C. the way we spend our money D. the way our money is spent

3. _____ been any answer to your letter yet?

A. Have there B. Has it C. Has there D. Have they

4. I think it only reasonable that in this case the guilty should go _____. She killed a dangerous murderer.

A. not to be punished B. unpunished

C. not punished D. unpunished

5. Many people are not aware of ________ new technologies are already being used in the home.

A. how very much B. how many

C. how much D. how many more

6． A woman has to be ______ a man to go half as far.

A. as twice good as B. twice better as C. twice so good as

D. twice as good as

7． Busy ______ he is, he always finds time for sports.

A. as B. although C. since D. if

8． He’s 26. It’s high time he ______ a trade to make a living.

A. learn B. learns C. must learn D. learned

9. I know nothing about the man’s background _______ he’s got a Ph. D. degree in

chemistry.

A. except B. except that C. besides D. besides that

10. He ______ to be related to the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace.

A. says B. is said C. is saying D. been said

11. It will take us twenty minutes to get to the railway station, ______ traffic delays.

A. acknowledging B. affording C. allowing for D. accounting for

12. He will have to ______ his indecent behaviour one day.

A. answer to B. answer for C. answer back D. answer about

13. With ______ exceptions, the former president does not appear in public now.

A. rare B. unusual C. extraordinary D. unique

14. We have been hearing ______ accounts of your work.

A. favoured B. favourable C. favourite D. favouring

15. During the summer holiday season there are no ______ rooms in this seaside hotel.

A. empty B. blank C. deserted D. vacant

16. Drive straight ahead, and then you will see a ______ to the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway.

A. sign B. mark C. signal D. board

17. Whenever possible, Ian ______ how well he speaks Japanese.

A. shows up B. shows around C. shows off D. shows out

18. The tenant left nothing behind except some ______ of paper, cloth, etc.

A. sheets B. scraps C. pages D. slices

19. Shares on the stock market have ______ as a result of a world-wide economic downturn.

A. turned B. changed C. floated D. fluctuated

20. I think you can take a(n) ______ language course to improve your English.

A. intermediate B. middle C. medium D. mid

21. The police have offered a large ______ for information leading to the robber’s arrest.

A. award B. compensation C. prize D. reward

22. I arrived at the airport so late that I ______ missed the plane.

A. only B. quite C. narrowly D. seldom

23. The popularity of the film shows that the reviewers’ fears were completely _______.

A. unjustified B. unjust C. misguided D. unaccepted

24. The head of the Museum was ______ and let us actually examine the ancient manuscripts.

A. promising B. agreeing C. pleasing D. obliging

25. The multinational corporation was making a take-over ______ for a property company.

A. application B. bid C. proposal D. suggestion

VI. Cloze（每小题1分，共10分）

Mr. Crowther seemed to ___1___, then to make ___2___ his mind. “If I tell you, I trust you won’t ___3___ me of any wish to ___4___ you. I’ve never had the slightest ___5___ to surprise anybody. Observe, please, that I haven’t forced the ___6___ on you. If you hadn’t spoken to me, we should have traveled in ___7___ silence. I have a book here which interests me ___8___ and if you hadn’t, if I may say so, ___9___ me into ___10___.

VII. Reading Comprehension（每小题1分，共25分）

Passage one: Questions 1---5 are based on the following passage.

Growing up, I wasted a lot of time being afraid and embarrassed over the smallest things and thinking I was near death from my many allergies and ailments. My attitude changed, however, when I was a teen-ager.

I had gone to a fancy birthday party, and the girl's parents served hamburgers smothered in mustard. I ate one even though I'm extremely allergic to mustard. I immediately felt an attack coming on but tried to hide it. When the party was over, I made it to my parents' car, but then it happened — I got sick out the car window and was caught in the glare of all the other headlights. I wanted to die. After that, nothing seemed quite so embarrassing again. I'd learned an important lesson: You can't really die of embarrassment. It just feels fatal.

I have failed with dozens of shows, including "Me and the Chimp" and "Blansky's Beauties." The important thing was that each time, I got up the next day and tried to think of another show.

Most people try to beat down their flaws or deny them altogether. I've always found it best to say, "Here are my flaws. Now I have to find something I'm good at." Don't use your flaws as an excuse to quit. Move forward or sideways. If fear doesn't paralyze you, and if you can work under pressure, then you've got a shot at success.

1.When the narrator was growing up, __________.

A. He was very often seriously ill

B. He tried hard to hide his allergies and ailments

C. He was always thinking of unpleasant things

D. He paid too much attention to unimportant things and wasted a lot of time

2.The word "allergic" most probably means __________.

A. hateful

B. oversensitive

C. glad

D. fond

3.What did the narrator do during a fancy birthday party?

A. He ate a hamburger which he liked very much.

B. He tried to hide the hamburger given to him by the parents of the girl.

C. He was attacked by someone with a hamburger smothered in mustard.

D. He ate a hamburger with mustard and felt sick.

4.The lesson the narrator learned is: __________.

A. You can't avoid embarrassment

B. Embarrassment is fatal

C. When you are embarrassed, you want to die

D. Embarrassment is not as fatal as it seems

5.The advice given in the story is: __________.

A. Never reveal your flaws because they might be embarrassing

B. Deny your flaws and do something you are good at

C. Never use your flaws as an excuse to quit

D. Sometimes fear can paralyze you

Passage two: Questions 6--- 10 are based on the following passage.

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the “system” of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction, This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other word, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

6. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The inherent Weaknesses of the Price System.

B. The Complexities of the Price System

C. Credit Terms in Transactions

D. Resource Allocation and the Public Sector

7. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to ________.

A. labor and education

B. transportation and insurance

C. utilities and repairs

D. products and services

8. According to the passage, which of the following is not a factor in the complete

understanding of price?　

A. Instructions that come with a product

B. The quantity of a product

C. The quality of a product

D. Warranties that cover a product

9. In the last sentence of the passage, the word “they” refers to _________.
A. return privileges

B. all the factors

C. buyer and seller

D. money

10. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses_________.

　 A. unusual ways to advertise products

B. types of payments plans for service

C. theories about how products affect different levels of society

D. how certain elements of a price “package” influence its market value

Passage three: Questions 11---15 are based on the following passage.

It is often said that the modern musical show is America’s most original and dynamic contribution to world theater. Certainly in the last quarter of a century, America has produced a spate of musical plays that have been phenomenally popular abroad as well as at home. Yet it is very difficult to explain what is new or characteristically American about them, for the ingredients are centuries old. For hundreds of years, drama and dance, music and verse have been combined in different ways to compose grand and light operas, operettas, musical reviews, and musical comedies.

Perhaps the uniqueness of America’s contribution to the genre can best be characterized through brief descriptions of several of the most important and best-known musicals. One of these is surely Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. When Oklahoma! burst into popularity in 1943, Broadway audiences and critics were struck by its originality, vitality, and excitement. This “new” type of musical was conceived as a kind of total theater in which the play (or “book”), the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and variety, but to share intimately in a single unifying concept. This meant that the play or story that provides the structure of the piece must be itself an interesting and cogent drama, not merely a skeleton on which to hang a series of unrelated songs and dances and jokes. It also meant that the songs and dances should arise (or seem to arise) naturally out of the situations of the story and should not interrupt the action but carry it forward. At last dancing had become more than an extra and entertaining frill; it had become a partner of equal importance. The choreographer of Oklahoma!, Agnes de Mille, was given free reign to create the dances in an American folk-dance style expanded by all the virtuosity of classical ballet and modern dance. The result was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors.

11. According to the author, it is very difficult to say that _____.

A. the modern musical show is very original and dynamic

B. the modern musical show is America’s great contribution to world theater

C. American plays have been popular abroad

D. what is original about American musical plays

12 The American musical _____.

A. is something totally modern

B. has been centuries old

C. has its origins centuries old

D is a kind of grand and light operas

13.Oklahoma! became popular in _____.

A.1940s

B.1950s

C.1960s

D.1970s

14.The merits of Oklahoma! include all the following except _____.

A. having entertainment and variety

B. having an interesting and cogent story

C. being supplied with some unrelated songs and dances and jokes

D. that the dancing is entertaining and meaningful to the whole piece

15. Agnes de Mille was________.

A. a director of the musical

B. a dancer in the musical

C. a critic of the musical

D. a singer in the musical

Passage four: Questions 16---20 are based on the following passage.

What makes people smart? It is a question that scientists and philosophers have pondered for centuries, prompting complex calibrations, from head measurements to brain-bending tests.

Now, scientists are using the latest technology to peer inside the brain, producing some of the first images of how gifted, and not-so-gifted, minds think.

Scholars have long haggled over whether smarts can be summed up as a single entity, as in an intelligence quotient, or a collection of interacting capabilities, or perhaps many distinct skills.

“We don’t want to be evaluating people on one thing with its turning out to be a very prejudicial concept of cognition,” said Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, who goes so far as to argue that we have at least seven different “intelligences.”

Proponents of a new concept called “emotional intelligence” don’t necessarily consider IQ the best predictor of how one will fare in life. What about empathy, intuition, and social savvy? Certain emotional skills, they argue, seem to bring success — promotions and coveted invitations for example.

They propose that emotion should not be considered separately from intellect. Often, feelings sharpen reason, says University of Iowa neuroscientist Dr. Antonio R. Damasio. Emotion helps reason to focus the mind, to set priorities.

UC Irvine professor Richard Haier, in a series of pioneering studies, has used positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to probe the neural underpinnings of intelligence, as traditionally assessed by IQ tests and the SATs.

Based on his continuing studies, Haier suggests that brighter people have lower brain metabolic rates because their brains are more efficient. Haier speculated that bright people might use fewer inessential, or even detrimental, circuits.

He and Iowa researcher Camilla P. Benbow compared PET scans of mathematically talented students — as determined by the SAT — to those of average students. He expected to find some measurable difference in brain activity between the gifted and not-so-blessed.

Instead, his most striking finding was overall gender differences. Among the men doing math problems, a part of the temporal lobe consistently lit up; the more it lit up, the better they scored on the math test. Among women, however, no such pattern emerged. Average and gifted women showed no significant difference in temporal lobe activity.

What gives? Haier’s short answer is, “we don’t know.” But he suspects that men’s brains are more focused in their mathematical thinking than women’s. Conversely, the talented females simply may be more efficient than their average peers, rather than more focused.

16.Those for the concept of emotional intelligence _____.

A. regard IQ the best predictor of how people will succeed in life

B. stress certain emotional skills such as promotions and invitations

C. propose to separate emotion from intellect

D. think that emotion can help people succeed

17 Dr. Haier uses _____ to prove the neurology of intelligence.

A. IQ tests

B. PET scanning

C. SATs

D. EQ tests

18 .Dr. Haier’s studies show that the main difference between the bright and not-so-bright people is that _____.

A. bright people use more inessential circuits

B. bright people have better neural underpinnings of intelligence

C. bright people’s feelings can interact with their reason

D. bright people have lower brain metabolic rates

19. According to Dr. Haier’s studies, when men and women do math problems, they differ in that _____.

A. men are more intelligent than women

B. men’s temporal lobe is consistently lit up while women’s isn’t

C. gifted women excel in temporal lobe activity

D. men’s brains are less focused in their mathematical thinking than women’s

20.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Scientists have found out that smarts can be summed up as a single entity.

B. Researchers evaluate people according to their concept of cognition.

C. Talented women are supposed to be more efficient than men in mathematical thinking.

D. Dr. Haier’s most striking finding was the positron emission tomography scanning.

Passage five: Questions 21---25 are based on the following passage.

Snoring bed partners are more than annoying; their nasal noisiness can threaten the well-being of pillow mates.

A study at the Sleep Disorders Center of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found wives of chronic snorers lose 62 minutes of sleep a night, on average. Problems associated with inadequate sleep range from impaired daytime function to higher cardiovascular risk.

Researchers observed snoring husbands and their wives overnight in a sleeping lab, and the subjects’ brain waves, heartbeats and breathing were monitored. In each case, the husband suffered obstructive sleep apnea (a fancy term for what causes snoring). Sleep partners were compared before and after hubby was treated with “continuous positive airway pressure,” a technique using a mask that keeps breathing passages open during sleep. Not surprisingly, the wives’ quality of sleep improved after their husbands’ honking was silenced.

Given that about 9 percent of men and 4 percent of women are frequent snorers, researchers estimate the problem causes 475 million “excess arousals” (a.k.a. sleep disturbances) in the United States every night.

21. According to the study at the Sleep Disorders Center of the Mayo Clinic, wives of chronic snoring husbands lose an average of _____ of sleep a night.

A. 6 minutes

B. half an hour

C. an hour

D. two hours

22. Bedmates of chronic snorers may suffer all the following except _____.

A. inadequate sleep

B. impaired daytime function

C. cardiovascular troubles

D. Obstructive sleep apnea

23. The word “hubby” in paragraph three means _____.

A. disease

B. patient

C. husband

D. bed-mate

24. The “continuous positive airway pressure” is _____.

A. a fancy term for what causes snoring

B. a technique that can keep breathing passages open during sleep

C. a treatment that cures pillow-mates of snoring patients

D. a medical equipment to monitor subjects’ sleep quality

25. The passage tries to show that chronic snorers _____.

A. are very annoying

B. can be cured

C. have chronic diseases

D. can affect the health of their bedmates

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