大一英语期中考试.docx

1、大一英语期中考试Midterm Exam(90 min.)Task 1 Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (1 5 minutes)Directions：In this part，you will have 1 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestionsFor questions 17，markY(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage； N(f

2、or NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage：NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passageFor questions 8-10，complete the sentences with the information given in the passageVote for Our Hero of the YearEvery month，Readers Digest spotlights ordinary citize

3、ns who risk something bigtheir reputation，their money，sometimes even their livesto help someone elseHere we profile seven of the most extraordinary Americans we knowWhose story inspired you the most? Cast your vote at wwwrdcomeveryday heroesWell update you on our winner in the April issueThe Good Do

4、ctorThe tiny village of Bayou La Batre，Ala，had been without a doctor for several years when Regian Benjamin turned a shuttered pharmacy into a community clinicAnd in they came-patients with problems you didnt often see in a medical school：shrimp poisoning from the seafood plants，fishhooks in eyebrow

5、s，shark bitesIn 1998 Hurricane Georges roared through，smashing everything in its pathThe clinic was destroyedFor two years，Benjamin made house calls in her battered pickup，working weekends as an ER physician and running up her credit cards while rebuilding her clinicIn June 2002，Benjamin，at 45，becam

6、e the first woman and the first African American tobe named president of the Medical Association of the State of AlabamaBut her passion remains her patientsEvery once in a while a headhunter calls with a job offerFor Benjamin the answer is easy： “Not interested”The ShadowDriving up a residential str

7、eet in the quiet suburb of Clarkston，Wash，Kim Heimgartner noticed a man pulling a girl of 11 or so into a white sedanThe girl struggled，but the man yanked her by the backpack，shoved her into the backseat and sped off “Maybe it was her dad”Heimgartner wonderedPossiblyButWith her own six-year-old daug

8、hter in her Jeep，Heimgartner turned around and followed the sedan out of townShe dialed 911Ive witnessed a possible abduction，she explained，describing their remote location near a landfillHeimgartners hunch (直觉)was rightAfter a three-hour standoff with police，the kidnapper surrenderedIn his car were

9、 a gun，knives，cameras, duct tape and 90 rounds of ammunitionHe is now serving a 13-year，8-month prison termAnd Heimgartner knows to trust her gut instinctThe Brave Boy“I went into the ditch and flipped (翻转)over twice，” recalls Tammy Hill of the accident on Thanksgiving, 2002 “Luckily, the kids were

10、all in car seats. I went through the drivers side window”Hills seven-year-old son，Titus Adams，suddenly became the head of the familyHe wrapped blankets around his two younger sisters，crawled through the broken window and wearing only his pajamas and socks，walked toward the lights of a dairy farm a t

11、hird of a mile away. Weather reports showed it was below freezing, and Titus was scared of the darkColorado State Trooper JRPeters was the first officer to arrive at the accident scene. “This kid was unbelievable，” he saidTammys injuries were severe，but thanks to her son，shes going to be okayThe Tra

12、ck StarAll Brad McCorkle intended that afternoon was to meet his cousin，Kim，for lunchBut when he got to Valley Bank in Davenport，Iowa，where Kim worked as a teller，a man leapt over the gate by the tellers window and rushed pastKim pointed at the mall and mouthed to McCorkle，a former track star (田径明星)

13、，“Go get him!”Across the street，through a supermarket parking lot，over a barbed-wire fence，McCorkle chased the man，cornering him in somebodys backyardWhen police arrived，they found $12，940 in the mans pocketCoincidentally，the pursuit lasted a quarter of a mileMcCorkles best distanceThe robber was se

14、ntenced to ten yearsThe Mountain ClimberAt 13,000 feet，about to summit Colorados Quandary Peak，Andy Kass and Matt Wisniewski felt like they were on top of the worldBut in a flash，the snow beneath their feet cracked wide open，and both men were swept downhill at 50 mphKass somersaulted some 200 feet；w

15、hen he awoke，his face was bloody and his friend was goneDazed and shivering，he started down the mountain，hoping to find Wisniewski before sunsetBut his numb fingers couldnt grip the handholds in the cliff and bam!-he fell，dropping four stories onto solid granite，smashing his kneecapKass screamed out

16、 in pain，but struggled to his feet and kept goingAt the bottom，he saw Wisniewski，his face blank and his body temperature dangerously lowKass forced himself into a run，adrenaline (肾上腺素)helping him push through the pain until he found a house with a phone to call 911Wisniewskis heart stopped twice whi

17、le medics rushed him to the hospitalAmazingly，he recovered，marveling： “Andy ran for my life.”The Boogie BoarderDay one of his vacation in Maui：Stephen Bona was goofing around on his boogie board when he saw something huge and gray leap out of the water about 20 yards awayShark!Instinctively，he turne

18、d to catch the next wave inThen he heard screamsA ten-foot shark had grabbed hold of Julie Given-Glance，a 34-year old triathlete. Her right hand was nearly severed and she was losing bloodThe other swimmers headed back inCommon sense told Bona to followInstead, he paddled into the crimson wavesHe sl

19、ipped his board under the victims back and started kicking for the faraway beachThey both knew that blood attracts sharksIt took surgeons four hours to reattach Given-Glances handBut a year after the attack，she planned to head back to Hawaii-back to the Pacific to swimThe CowgirlJust before Christma

20、s，2002，intruders broke into Melissa Alexanders parents garage in German Township，OhioTheyd intended to steal a car，or the presents stashed in Melissas Moms trunk，or bothAs two figures ran down the driveway, Melissa，pajamaclad and shoe- less，dashed after themOne intruder looked back just as Melissa-a

21、ll five-footthree and 115 pounds of her-took a running jumpShe tackled him as they slid across the icy ground“Dont even think about moving，”she saidWith a 37-foot lunge line (套马绳)，used to tame horses， she roped the mans hands behind his head and pinned him to the ground with her body weightThe men w

22、ere found guilty of criminal trespass and theft chargesExercises： 1The tiny village in which Regian Benjamin worked as a doctor was far from sea 2Heimgartner was alone in her Jeep when she noticed a man pulling a girl of 11 or so into a white sedan 3The brave boy Titus who saved his mother was not s

23、cared of the dark at all 4Brad McCorkle was able to catch the robber because hes good at running 5With his face blank and his body temperature dangerously low，Kass tried his best to help his friend 6It was the first time for Andy Kass and Matt Wisniewski to summit Colorados Quandary Peak when the sn

24、ow beneath their feet cracked wide open 7Stephen Bona was on holiday when he saw a huge and gray shark leap out of the water at the sea 8Given-Glance planned to _ the Pacific to swim a year after the shark attack 9Melissa roped one intruder with a _and pinned him to the ground10. The two men who Mel

25、issa caught were found guilty of_.Task 2 Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (1 5 minutes)Directions：In this part，you will have 1 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestionsFor questions 17，markY(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage

26、； N(for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage：NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passageFor questions 8-10，complete the sentences with the information given in the passagePassportsIf youve ever traveled outside the United States，one of the most imp

27、ortant tasks you had to complete before your trip was applying for a passportA copy of your original birth certificate may suffice for short trips to Mexico or the Caribbean，say on a cruiseBut，generally speaking，want to see the world，you have to have a passportthe only universally accepted form of i

28、dentificationWhat Exactly Is a Passport and How Long Has It Been Around?Passports have been around in some form for hundreds of yearsGovernments learned long ago that an official document or certificationone that identified a traveler as a citizen or national with a right to protection while abroad

29、and a right to return to the country of his citizenship is a necessityPassports，letters of transit and similar documents were used for centuries to allow individuals to travel safely in foreign lands，but the adoption of the passport by all nations is a development of the 19th and，20th centuriesAccor

30、ding to State Department historians，except for brief periods-during wartime，passports were not generally required for travel abroad and few obstacles were presented by foreign states passport requirements until after1914An executive order made on Dec15，1915，required every person entering or leaving

31、the United States to have a valid passportIn the United States，passports are issued upon application to UScitizens by the State Department and its 13 passport agencies in major cities，by the clerks of federal and certain state courts，certain designated post offices and by USconsular authorities abro

32、adThe passport is required for both departure from and re-entry to the United StatesIt is valid for 10years for adults and five years for people under 18A USpassport cannot simply be renewed but must be completely replaced when it expiresApplying for a Passport You can find passport applications at any regional passport agency or at designated post offices or clerk of court of