大学英语2第一学期期末试题.docx

1、大学英语2第一学期期末试题2009级本科大学英语第一学期期末考试试题(A)闭卷 适用专业年级：09级各专业学生姓名 学号 专业 班级 本试题一共六道大题，共14 页，满分100 分。考试时间120 分钟。 总 分题 号一二三四五六阅卷人题 分252015101515核分人得 分注：1.答题前，请准确、清楚地填各项，涂改及模糊不清者、试卷作废。 2试卷若有雷同以零分计。答题须知1. 耳机开关用FM收听。考试前试音期播放内容是四川农大考场指令。2. 客观题答案用铅笔做在机读卡上，其他方式答题一律无效。3. 机读卡上“试卷类型”涂A，“准考证号”前8栏填涂学生学号（最后两栏空白），“科目”栏涂01。

2、4. 翻译用钢笔或圆珠笔做在试卷二上。5考试结束时，只交试卷二和机读卡，不交试题册Part Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the quest

3、ions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked a, b, c and d, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 1to 8 are based on

4、the conversations you have just heard.1. a. Nothing, since it is already done.b. He will definitely buy the soft drink.c. Nothing, since she doesnt want to buy the soft drink. d. He will consider buying it.2. a. He was fined. b.He bought a ticket. c. He had a car accident. d.He had a driving lesson.

5、3. a. On the grass. b. Near the pool. c. At home. d. On his bike.4. a. At his old house. b. In his friends apartment. c. On the street. d. On the other side of the town.5. a. About 6:00 p. m. b. At 3:30. c. About noon. d. After dinner.6. a. The womans. b. Lilys. c. The mans. d. Susans.7. a. She went

6、 to New York. b. She stayed at home. c. She visited her sister. d. She called her sister.8. a. Shes bound to find it somewhere else. b. The paper she wants is out of stock. c. Hell see if they have more paper. d. He cant accept a check.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversations you have just h

7、eard.9. a. People in developing countries. b. People living in poor conditions. c. People in the 1950s. d. People in New York.10. a. 8.1 million. b. 12 million. c. 14 million. d. 26 million.11. a. Health care. b. Housing problem. c. Transportation problem. d. Educational problem.12. a. Tokyo. b. Bei

8、jing. c. Shanghai. d. Seoul.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversations you have just heard.13. a. She doesnt know whether to change major or not. b. She had to stay up all night doing her assignment. c. She cant find the book she wants. d. The book she wants isnt available in the library.14.

9、a. He thinks it is a 180 degree shift from her major. b. He thinks she doesnt have the patience. c. He thinks she should take drama as her major. d. He thinks its a waste of time.15. a. He thinks she decides too fast. b. He thinks she is not suitable to do it. c. He thinks shell lose time if she tra

10、nsfers. d. He thinks she needs to gain more credits.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer

11、from the four choices marked a, b, c. and d. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. a. Difficult to produce in large quantities. b. Subject to many parasites. c. Essential

12、 to the wealth of the country. d. Expensive to gather and transport.17. a. Farmers. b. Dealers. c. Weather. d. War.18. a. To explain how wheat is marketed today. b. To justify suspension of trading on the Grain Exchange. c. To describe the origins of the Canadian Wheat Board. d. To argue for further

13、 reforms on the Canadian Wheat Board.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 420. a. The apple of love. b. The apple of paradise. c. The cousin of potato. d. Wolf peach.21. a. Quality, color and taste. b. Color, convenience and quality. c. Fla

14、voring, quality and color. d. Convenience, quality and flavoring.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. a. By making use of special paper. b. By adding common salt to silver salt. c. By making temporary images on the salt. d. By using a special piece of meta

15、l.23. a. 1727. b. 1826. c. 1839. d. 1860.24. a. A new kind of paper. b. A new kind of film. c. Light darkened silver salt. d. An instant camera with self- developing film.25. a. The scientists related to camera. b. The techniques in camera development. c. The time periods of camera. d. The invention

16、 of camera.Part II Reading Comprehension (20%)Passage 1 The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that can be called repartee. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. “Watching a conversation between two Americans

17、is like watching a table tennis game,” a British observer said. “Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt.”Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.” Many Americans have difficulty paying att

18、ention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans admire conciseness, or what they call “getting to the point.”Americans engage in little ritual interaction (礼仪式的交流). Only a few ritual greetings are common: “How are you?” “Im fine, t

19、hank you,” “Nice to meet you,” and “Hope to see you again.” These things are said in certain situations Americans learn to recognize, and, like any ritual greetings, are concerned more with form than with substance. That is, the questions are supposed to be asked and the statements are supposed to b

20、e made in particular situations, no matter what the people involved are feeling or what they really have in mind. In many Americans opinions, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are “too shy” or “too polite,” unwilling to reveal their true natures and ideas.Americans are generally impatient

21、with long ritual greetings about family members healthcommon among Latin Americansconsidering them a waste of time.26.During a typical conversation between Americans, people try to be _.a. polite b. interestedc. concise d. friendly27. By comparing a conversation between two Americans to a table tenn

22、is game, the British observer means that _. a. Americans like to take short turns in a conversation b. Americans enjoy talking as well as watching a table tennis game c. Americans get excited easily d. Americans talk with great expression28. Americans _ when they talk with Arabs.a. may lose their pa

23、tience b. have to listen very carefully c. talk too much d. never use English29. In the United States, ritual greetings _. a. are very common in peoples conversations b. are suitable in all situations c. help to lead to a serious conversation d. have little substance30. According to this passage, Am

24、ericans have a low opinion of people who _. a. do not talk much b. do not pay attention to the speaker c. like to ask about other peoples health d. bring too many ritual greetings into a conversationPassage 2 Ask most American children what they want to be when they grow up, and they probably will s

25、ay “doctor” or “lawyer.” Though our culture, our economy, indeed our very security are heavily dependent on science and engineering, only 12 percent of American high school students graduate with the prerequisites(必要条件) for a career in science or engineering. Worse yet, only 6 percent of minority ch

26、ildren are said to be so prepared. Dont be too surprised. If you ask further why the majority of the high school students would choose a career in medicine or law, the answers will be straight out of some popular TV shows.“Doctors help people. They save lives.” “Lawyers beat the bad guys.” Most stud

27、ents would say.Now, how about science or engineering as a career choice? The answers will be just as predictable: “Get real! Who wants to be a geek? They all are nerds. Besides, I hate math.”In our media, scientists and engineers typically are portrayed as introverted(内向的) and humorless. They always

28、 wear white lab coats, with a collection of pencils in their pocket protectors. They wear glasses with black plastic frames.If more students are to choose technical careers, they must have a better view presented to them.They need to be told, for instance, that the invention of lifesaving equipment

29、saves lives just as surely as the application of it in the hospital.It also might help if someone emphasized to students that the lawyer who saved the defendant(被告) by introducing the DNA evidence would have seen him hanged had it not been for the scientists who discovered DNA.Whatever we do, until

30、students stop thinking of the term “engineer” as a synonym for “geek,” it is impossible to expect our children to change their views towards scientists and engineers.31. What is the problem with most American children when they choose their careers? a. They have a very low opinion of science and eng

31、ineering. b. They are too anxious to succeed in different fields. c. They are not sure what career suits them best. d. They do not have enough confidence in themselves.32. Which of the following has influenced American students greatly in their choice of their careers? a. Parents opinions. b. TV shows and various publications. c. Great discoveries made by doctors and lawyers. d. Culture and economy.33. In the passage, the writer criticizes the media for _. a. depicting scientis