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秋季第三版1级试题

CollegeEnglishAchievementTest

forCollegeEnglish（3rdEdition）

Band1

大学英语（第三版）

一级学业测试

2006年11月

ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress

上海外语教育出版社

ThistestpaperisforusersofCollegeEnglish（3rdEdition）.Thewholepaperorpartsofitcanbeusedinlightofthestudents’actualconditions.Teacherscanalsoadditemsoftheirownormakeadaptationsattheirdiscretion.

PartIListeningComprehension（15%）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,you’llhearfivestatements.EachwillbereadonlyONCE.Afterhearingonestatement,youshouldreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,anddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyou’vejustheard.

1.A.ThemuseumisopeneveryMonday.

B.ThemuseumisclosedonlyonMondays.

C.Themuseumisopeneveryweekday.

D.ThemuseumisopenthisMonday.

2.A.Lisafoundawell-paidjobaftergraduatingfromthisuniversity.

B.Lisastudiedatthisuniversityinordertogetawell-paidjob.

C.Lisastoppeddoingawell-paidjobinordertostudyatthisuniversity.

D.Lisagotawell-paidjobinthisuniversity.

3.A.Kimliveswithherparents.

B.Kimisusedtolivingwithherparents.

C.Kimdoesn’twanttolivewithherparents.

D.Kimlivedwithherparentsinthepast,butshedoesn’tnow.

4.A.Mother’sDaywasmadeanofficialholidayintheUnitedStatesin1915.

B.Mother’sDaywasmadeanofficialholidayintheUnitedStatesbefore1915.

C.Mother’sDaywasfirstcelebratedintheUnitedStatesin1915.

D.Since1915,peopleintheUnitedStateshavebeencelebratingMother’sDayeveryyear.

5.A.MyparentssuggestedthatIcomehomebytaxi.

B.MyparentssaidthatImustcomehomebytaxi.

C.Myparentsdidn’tknowthatIcamehomebytaxi.

D.MyparentsandIcamehomebytaxi.

SectionB

Directions:

ListentwicetoapieceofnewsaboutaBritishcoupleandfillintheblankswiththewordsyouhaveheard.

OnJune1,（6）________-year-oldPercyand100-year-oldFlorencecelebratedtheir（7）________weddinganniversarywitha（8）________intheirhome.Theygotmarriedin1925,inEngland.Theyhavebrokentheworldrecordfor（9）________thelongestmarriageandtheoldestmarriedcouple’s（10）_______age–205years.

QueenElizabethsaidtheirmarriagewasa“（11）________achievement”andsentthemacongratulatory（12）________.Thecouple’sdaughtersaidherparentsstillhaveaverylovingand（13）________relationship.Accordingtothecouple,theirsecrettoa（14）________marriageistoalwaysapologizeafterevery（15）________.

SectionC

Directions:

Inthissection,you’llhearaconversationbetweenataxidriverandapassenger.TheconversationwillbespokenTWICE.Attheendoftheconversation,you’llhearfivequestions.Afterhearingaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

16.A.About10minutes.

B.Lessthan20minutes.

C.Morethan20minutes.

D.Atleast30minutes.

17.A.Nomorethan8dollars,includingatip.

B.Nomorethan8dollars,notincludingatip.

C.Nomorethan18dollars,includingatip.

D.Nomorethan18dollars,notincludingatip.

18.A.Aroundfour.

B.Aroundhalfpastfour.

C.Aroundsix.

D.Aroundhalfpastsix.

19.A.AMexicanrestaurant.

B.AChineserestaurant.

C.AnItalianrestaurant.

D.AnIndianrestaurant.

20.A.Bybus.

B.Bytaxi.

C.Bysubway.

D.Onfoot.

PartIIReadingComprehension（15%）

Directions:

Therearethreereadingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

TodaymostpeoplespeakEnglishwhentheymeetforeigners.Ithasbecometheinternationallanguage.

TherearemanyreasonswhyEnglishhasbecomesopopular.OneofthemisthatEnglishhasbecomethelanguageofbusiness.AnotherimportantreasonisthatpopularAmericanculture,likemovies,music,andMcDonald's,hasquicklyspreadthroughouttheworld.Ithasbroughtitslanguagewithit.

IsitgoodthatEnglishhasspreadtoallpartsoftheworldsoquickly?

Idon'tknow.It'simportanttohavealanguagethatthepeopleoftheearthhaveincommon.Ourworldhasbecomeveryglobalandweneedtocommunicatewithoneanother.Ontheotherhand,Englishisaquitecomplicatedlanguagetolearnanditbringsitsculturewithit.Dowereallyneedthat?

Scientistshavealreadytriedtocreateanartificiallanguagethatisn'ttoodifficultanddoesn'tincludeanyonegroup'sculture.ItiscalledEsperanto.Butithasn'tbecomepopular.ButmaybethepopularityofEnglishwon'tlastthatlongeither.Whoknows?

TherearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeakChinesethananyotherlanguage.MaybesomedayChinesewillbethenewinternationallanguage.

1.Accordingtotheauthor,onereasonforthepopularityofEnglishisthat__________________

_______________________________.

A.Americancultureisspreadingthroughouttheworld

B.Americanpeopleliketodobusinesswithforeigners

C.Englishisabeautifullanguage

D.Englishisnotdifficulttolearn

2.Theauthorthinksthat_____________________________________.

A.itisgoodthatEnglishhasspreadtoallpartsoftheworldsoquickly

B.somedayanotherlanguagemightreplaceEnglishasaninternationallanguage

C.it’snotnecessaryforustohaveaninternationallanguage

D.wecanlearnalanguagewithoutlearningitsculture

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutEsperanto?

A.It’screatedbyscientists.

B.It’ssupposedtobeeasy.

C.Itdoesn’tincludeanygroup’sculture.

D.Ithasbecomepopular.

4.Therearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeak_______thananyotherlanguage.

A.EnglishB.Chinese

C.FrenchD.Esperanto

5.In“Ithasbroughtitslanguagewithit”（thesecondparagraph）,thefirstword“it”refersto_________________.

A.animportantreasonB.Americanpeopleasawhole

C.popularAmericancultureD.theworld

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Thestarsareusuallyactorsandactresses.Mostpeopledonotevenlookatthenameofthedirectororproducer,exceptone―StevenSpielberg.Whenhewasalittleboy,hisfathershowedhimhowtouseacamera.Laterhegothisowncameraandstartedtofilmthingslikestoriesaboutmonstersandhorriblemurders.Histhreeyoungersisterswerealwaysthevictims.Laterhemadehisfirstfilmathomeattheageoftwelve.Itwasacowboyfilmthreeandahalfminuteslong,anditcost$10tomake.Whenhewassixteen,hemadeascience-fictionfilmmorethantwohourslong.Makingfilmswashisgreathobby―muchmorefascinatingforhimthanschool.Ofcourse,Stevenwantedtogotofilmschool.Buthishighschoolgradeswerenotgoodenough!

SohejustwentalongtoUniversalStudiosandaskedforajob.

Spielbergsometimesusesalotofcomplicatedeffects―intheIndianaJonesfilms,forexample.But,likeinDuel,hecancreateafantasticatmosphereevenwithoutspecialeffects.E.T.isasuccessbecauseofthefeelingsofthechildren.In1994hewonthemostimportantfilmprize,theOscar,forSchindler'sList.ThesecretofSpielberg’ssuccessisthatthestoriesinmanyofhisfilmssomehowlookasiftheycouldhappentoordinarypeoplelikeyouandme.

6.StevenSpielbergmadehisfirstfilmattheageof_______.

A.TwelveB.ThirteenC.FifteenD.Sixteen

7.Hisfirstfilmwasabout_____________.

A.scienceB.cowboysC.monstersD.hisyoungersisters

8.Hedidn’tgotoafilmschoolbecause___________________________.

A.hedidn’thaveenoughmoney

B.hishighschoolgradeswerenotgoodenough

C.hedidn’tlikeschools

D.hewaseagertogetajob

9.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingistrueabouttheIndianaJonesfilms?

A.TheyarethemostpopularfilmsbyStevenSpielberg.

B.ManychildrenliketheIndianaJonesfilms.

C.Afantasticatmospherewascreatedwithoutspecialeffects.

D.Alotofcomplicatedspecialeffectswereused.

10.In1994,SpielbergwontheOscarforhisfilm_______________________.

A.IndianaJonesB.Duel

C.E.T.D.Schindler’sList

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Manypeoplecatchacoldinthespringtimeand/orfall.Itmakesuswonder...ifscientistscansendamantothemoon,whycan'ttheyfindacureforthecommoncold.Theansweriseasy.Therearehundredsofkindsofcoldvirusesoutthere.Youneverknowwhichoneyouwillget,sothereisn'tacureforeachone.

Whenavirusattacksyourbody,yourbodyworkshardtogetridofit.Bloodrushestoyournoseandbringscongestionwithit.Youfeelterriblebecauseyoucan'tbreathewell,butyourbodyisactually"eating"thevirus.Yourtemperaturerisesandyougetafever,buttheheatofyourbodyiskillingthevirus.Youalsohavearunnynosetostopthevirusfromgettingtoyourcells.Youmayfeelmiserable,butactuallyyourwonderfulbodyisdoingeverythingitcantokillthecold.

Thereisoneinterestingthingtonote―somescientistssaytakingmedicineswhenyouhaveacoldisactuallybadforyou.Thevirusstaysinyoulongerbecauseyourbodydoesn'thaveawaytofightitandkillit.Bodiescandoamarvelousjobontheirown.

11.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Whythereisnocureforthecommoncold.

B.Howyoufeelwhenyoucatchacold.

C.Howyourbodykillsthecold.

D.Howtopreventacold.

12.Youmayhavenosecongestionwhen____________________________.

A.yourtemperaturerises

B.youtakesomemedicines

C.bloodrushestoyournose

D.thecoldvirusgetstoyourcells

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