曲阜师范大学杏坛学院2009—2010学年第二学期期末试卷(A卷)
年级：2008级专业：英语考试科目：精读
I.Vocabulary(20×1=20%)
i. Directions：Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.
1. T he Prime Minister’s policy ________ many back benchers. (alien)
2. Her first two books are ___________ to each other. (complement)
3. He looked at the enemies __________. (fury)
4. The cotton fields to the north of the road were an ________ of shimmering white. (expand)
5. The police invaded the dorms and ______ the students there. (savage)
iii. Directions：There are ten items in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
11. Just ten a great sense of pride _____ him.
A. fell on
B. swept over
C. overcame
D. overpowered
12. It is a small country _____ beautiful lakes, and the few million people were concentrated in a few cities rather than _____.
A. filled with, divided
B. covered with, separated
C. spread with, dotted
D. dotted with, scattered
13. Throughout his life my grandfather was _____ the land, but the land he _____ did not belong to him.
A. chained to; tilled on
B. chained by; tilled
C. chained to; tilled
D. confined to: worked
14. Many definitions view the essence of leadership ___the ability to motivate groups to achieve certain goals, without the use of any force or coercion.
A. to be
B. being
C. as being
D. been
15. Being colour-blind, Sally can’t make a _____ between red and green.
A. difference
B. distinction
C. comparison
D. division
16. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their world.
A. relevant
B. simultaneous
C. consistent
D. practical
17. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be ___.
A. restless
B. skilled
C. strong
D. versatile
18. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.
A. economic
B. thrifty
C. frugal
D. careful
19. The age-long struggle of the greatest intellects in the world to ____ that assumption is one of the marvels of history.
A. shake off
B. get off
C. fight off
D. dispose of
20. Failure to follow the club rules ________ him from the volleyball team.
A. disfavored
B. dispelled
C. disqualified
D. dismissed
II. Cloze (15×1=15%)
Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
The jumper I was given for my birthday was too small for me, and one day while showing some friends around London, I thought it would be __________ to dash into the large department store where it was bought and exchange it for a __________ one. I told my friends to wait in the car and rushed into the store. ____________ , they had no others in my size, so I left with the ________ gift after putting it and the____________ for it back in my bag. As I dashed out of the store to_____________ my friends, who were still waiting in the car, my arms were grabbed ____________ by a stern man and a similar woman. I ______________to know what I had done wrong, but this was met with silence as they ______________me through a side entrance to the store and to a small room upstairs. I had always____________ that a receipt would be enough to prove a shopper’s innocence in such_______________ . but when I showed them mine, they looked at me as if I were trying to ____________ with a particularly cunning trick.. I was furious and upset. But I continued to __________ that I was not a shop-lifter. Eventually, and with great reluctance, the two detectives left to find the shop assistant I _____________. When the manager arrived a litter later, and begged forgiveness, it was naturally rather satisfying. But even the most enjoyable visions of managers on their hands and knees ____________ me. The detectives’ rude behavior had left me badly shaken, and I dreaded to think what might have happened if I had had a less clear-cut case.
21. A. logical B. rational C. reasonable D. sensible
22. A. better B. larger C. newer D. right
23. A. Disappointed B. Naturally C. Obviously D.Unfortunately
24. A. first B. former C. original D. other
25. A. account B. bill C. receipt D.statement
26. A. participate B. rejoin C. take part in D. unite with
27. A. greedily B. heartily C. jokingly D. viciously
28. A. asked B. begged C. commanded D. demanded
29. A. marched B. paraded C. strolled D. wandered
30. A. assumed B. convinced C. doubted D. suspected 31. A. charges B. cases C. occasions D. instances
32. A. break free B. get away C. run off D. shake off
33. A. complain B. confirm C. persist D. protest
34. A. spoke B. spoke to C. had spoken D. had spoken to
35. A. can’t reall y comfort B. couldn’t re ally comfort
C. can’t really have comforted
D. couldn’t really have comforted III. Reading Comprehension (10×2=20%)
Directions:There are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions. 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One：Questions 36 to 37 are based on the following passage.
The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a collective style of living, which they retained until late in the 18th century. Historical records document a group-oriented existence, in which one room was used for eating, entertaining guests, and sleeping. People ate soups from a sommunal pot, shared drinking cups, and used a common pit toilet. With the development of ideas about individualism, people soon began to shift to the use of individual cups and plates; the eating of meals that included meat, bread, and vegetables served on separate plates; and the use of private toilets. They began to build their houses with separate rooms to entertain guests-living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping, separate work areas-kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms.
In Mexico, the meaning and organization of domestic space is strikingly different. Houses are organized around a patio, or courtyard. Rooms open onto the patio, where all kinds of domestic activities take place. Individuals to not have separate bedrooms. Children often sleep with parents, and brothers or sisters share a bed, emphasizing familial interdependence. Rooms in Mexican houses are locations for multiple activities that, in contrast, are rigidly separated in the United States. 36. Changes in living styles among early immigrants were initially brought about by
____.
A. rising living standard
B. new concept
C. new custom
D. new designs of houses
37. Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?
A. Their concepts of domestic space.
B. Their social relationships.
C. The functions of their rooms.
D. The layout of their houses.
Passage Two：Questions38 to 39 are based on the following passage.
Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way，they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals，and also for making other tools out of wood.
Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily. Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.
Since 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip—a little chip of silicon crystal. It is smaller than a fingernail，but it can store more than a million “bits” of information. It is an electronic brain. Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller, and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways.
In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. They will even talk and play games with us. People will have plenty of spare time. But what will they do with it？
Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years，but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now？What will the world be like two million years from now？
38. The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it ______.
A. was one of the first tools
B. developed human capabilities
C. led to the invention of machines
D. was crucial to the development of mankind
39. At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is
______.
A. disastrous
B. unpredictable
C. exciting
D. colorful
Passage Three：Questions 40 to 42 are based on the following passage.
Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creature, especially human beings，have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud，feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets？
For some fifty million years，despite all its eccentricities，the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet，under rocks in shallow water，or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability
to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.
Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish brown to sand color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple tentacles. Usually the creatures are cucumber shaped-hence their name-and because they are
typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combined with flexibility，enables them to squeeze into crevices where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.
Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become quiescent and live at a low metabolic rate-feeding sparingly or not at all for long periods, so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty，they would devour all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.
But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs，when attacked，it squirts all its internal organs into water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attacked or even touched；it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.
40. According to the passage, why is the shape of sea cucumbers important？
A. It helps them to digest their food.
B. It helps them to protect themselves from danger.
C. It makes it easier for them to move through the mud.
D. It makes them attractive to fish.
41. The fourth paragraph of the passage primarily discusses______.
A. the reproduction of sea cucumbers
B. the food sources of sea cucumbers
C. the eating habits of sea cucumbers
D. threats to sea cucumbers' existence
42. What can be inferred about the defence mechanisms of the sea cucumber？
A. They are very sensitive to surrounding stimuli.
B. They are almost useless.
C. They require group cooperation.
D. They are similar to those of most sea creatures.
Passage Four：Questions 43 to 45 are based on the following passage.
The train clattered over points and passed through a station.
Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the windows of the parallel carriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full and there were many empty carriages.
At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, a blind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked into the lighted first-class carriage that was only a few feet away.
Then she drew her breath in with a gasp and half-rose to her feet.
Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly, remorselessly, strangling her. Her eyes were starting from their sockets, her face was purple. As Mrs. McGillicuddy watched, fascinated, the end came; the body went limp and crumpled in the man’s hands.
At the same moment, Mrs. McGillicuddy’s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight.
Almost automatically Mrs. McGillicuddy’s hand went up to the communication cord, then paused, irresolute. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was travelling? The horror of what she had seen at such close quarters, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel paralysed. Some immediate action was necessary－but what?
The door of her compartment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, “Ticket, please.”
43. When Mrs. McGillicuddy’s train passed through a station, it ______.
A. gained speed suddenly
B. kept its usual speed
C. changed its speed
D. stopped immediately
44. What did Mrs. McGillicuddy happen to witness?
A. A quarrel
B. A murder
C. An intimate scene
D. A fight
45. Mrs. McGillicuddy didn’t ring the communication cord immediatelt because _____.
A. she was very much afraid
B. there was no point of doing so
C. she was too shocked to move
D. the ticket collector came in
IV. Filling in the blank (5×2=10%)
Directions:Choose the best phrase for each blank from the list below. Be sure to use the correct form and bear in mind that each phrase can be used only once.
1. Wealthy people’s children do not necessarily fare better because they are _____ spoiled.
2. His sudden blindness _____ him ____ the joy of seeing the beautiful world.
3. I knew that he lost quite a lot of money in stocks, but he tried to ____ it ____.
4. Meanwhile, multinational companies have _____ an international acquisition _____.
5. He bent down to study the footprint, and then he ______ and looked ahead. V. Translation （5×2＝10%）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English
1. 我想利用这个机会向您表示衷心的感谢。
2. 他假装在听，实际上他的思想已经开了小差。
3. 中国预计十年后将成为世界工厂，但是这不应该使我们自满。
4. 被水淹没的地方的老百姓都得到了很好的照顾。政府的救济及时到达了。
5. 这场比赛旗鼓相当，比分很接近。最后结果是98比96，我们赢了。
VI. Writing (25%)
Directions: Nowadays, Internet is playing an important part in people’s life. Internet offers people a colourful and convenient life. Many people simply feel they cannot live without the Internet. Write your own point of view about the Internet addicts.
Write on the answer sheet a composition of about 300 words on the following topic: How Will Our Life Go on without Internet?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.