大學(xué)英語一試卷(A)

1、武漢紡織大學(xué)繼續(xù)教育學(xué)院2011年-2012年第一學(xué)期期末考試試卷大學(xué)英語一試卷（A）專業(yè)：專科所有專業(yè)姓名：學(xué)號(hào)：題號(hào)一二三四五八七八總分閱卷 教師題分一、 Part I Reading Comprehension (45%)Directions:There are several passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

2、You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:If an animal is moved from its home in the tropics to cold climate, it will die if it is not kept warm. And animals acc

3、ustomed to cold climates will die if they are moved to the tropics. Many plants, too, will die if they are removed from the place where they normally grow and are transplanted into an unfamiliar soil. Almost every species is adapted to life in a particular place by its organs and their functions and

4、 by its permanent habits. The specialized adaptation has great advantages. For it enables many organisms to survive under different conditions. It also has disadvantages, for it means that the life of most species is controlled by local conditions.Living things are not scattered over the earth at ra

5、ndom; most species havedefinitehabits for living places. Ecology is the study of how organisms live in their environment. This means finding out how an organism survivesand reproduces in certain surroundings. Byenvironment we mean not only the soil and the climate but also the living things of the s

6、ame species and other species, plant or animal.Most living things are slaves to theirenvironment. Some can altercertain features of their environment to suit themselves; abeaver ( 海貍),for example, can make ponds by building dams; many birds and insects can build elaborate nests to provide shelter fo

7、r their young. But these skills are restricted and highly specialized. Most organisms must adapt their bodies to fit in with their surroundings, and since they can adapt only for particular surroundings, they are found only in places where they can live successfully with the least effort.Plants find

8、 these favorable places by trial and errors. The wind carriestheir seeds andspores ( 芽孢 ) great distances. If the seeds land in a favorable environment they grow and reproduce. If they are deposited in an unfavorable environment they die. Animals, on the other hand, search until they find a favorabl

9、e environment.1 .The main idea of this passage can be summarized as: .A) Different habits of animals and plantsB) Living things and their surroundingsC) Plants and animals: slaves of their surroundingsD) Animals ability to adapt themselves to their surroundings2 .What is meant by adaptation ?A) The

10、ability of living things to survive in a particular place under difficult conditions.B) The control of most species of living things by local conditions.C) The ability of living things to get familiar with their surroundings.D) The permanent habits of most living things.3 .Living things can adapt th

11、emselves to their surroundings mainly through .A) their organs and the organs specific functionsD) Both A and BB) their specialized permanent habitsC) their least effort in living conditions .4 .Animals are different from plants mainly in that .A) they can more or less alter their surroundingsB) the

12、ir organs are highly specialized to their surroundingsC) they are looking for a favorable environment for their survivalD) they usually have their own local living conditions5.1 mplied but not stated: .A) Animals are not completely restricted or confined to their surroundingsB) Plants are completely

13、 confined to their surroundingsC) Surroundings sometimes can easily be altered by animalsD) The specialized adaptation is very important for animals, plants as well as human beingsQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:One thing the tour books dont tell you about London is that 2,000 o

14、f its residents are foxes. They ran away from the city about two centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home.The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing, says Gomer Jones.A survey of the wildlife in

15、New Yorks Central Park last year counted 14 species of mammals ( 哺乳動(dòng)物 ). A similar survey conducted in the 1890s counted only five species.Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost is that air and waterquality in many cities have improvedas a result of the 1970s pollution-con

16、trolefforts.Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (庇護(hù)所 ) have been created. The Greater London Council lastyear spent $750,000 to buy land to build 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city. As a result, many bird

17、s are now living in the city. For peregrine falcons (游隼 ) cities are actually safer thanrural cliff dwellings. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because of the DDT that had made their eggs too thin to support life. That year, scientist Tom Cade of CornellUniversity began raising

18、 the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded plenty of food.Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to createhabitats wherethey can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated. Such habitats can even be functional. In SanFrancisco, the local gover

19、nment is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones retain the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.6.The passage is primarily concerned with .A) wildlife returning to large citiesB) foxes returning to LondonC) wild animals living in zoosD) a surve

20、y of wildlife in New York7.1 t can be inferred from the passage that .A) Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoosB) Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their cityC) Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countrysideD) Londoners have welcomed the w

21、ild birds, but found foxes a nuisance8.According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New Yorks Central Park.A) is slowly decreasingD) has more than doubled in the twentieth centuryC) is on the same level as beforeB) competes favorably with other cities9 .Which of the following is NO

22、T a reason that wildlife is returning to the cities?A) Air and water quality has improved in the cities. B) Wildlife is appreciated in the citiesC) Food is plentiful in the cities.D) Wildlife refuges have been built in the cities.10 .The word habitat (Sentence 2, Paragraph 4) here means .A) a buildi

23、ng for keeping wild animalsB) a garden for growing plantsC) a place for animals to live naturallyD) a park where live animals are exhibitedQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:In some classes and at some schools, mid-terms seem to be almost non-existent. The phrase is used loosely t

24、o represent a short period of time occurring closer to the first day of classes than to finals with no specific calendar designed for it. Some classes require so many exams and papers that a mid- term never really happens. Other courses don tgive any exams at all; they require written assignments on

25、ly. Nevertheless, there still exist a sizeable number of schools and curricula that rely on the traditional mid-term/final peaks in the semester to assess student performance.The mere fact that mid- terms are intended to monitor one s understanding of a subjectmid-way through the term carries a heav

26、y burden for most students. At one end of the spectrum, students who perform well on their mid-terms tend to then study with far less consistency for their final exams thus reducing their overall grade for the course. On theother end of that same spectrum, students who perform poorly on a mid-term o

27、ften becomepsychologically negative: viewing the rest of the semester as a hopeless void. Almost immediately upon receiving their mid-term grade, they alreadylooking at the coursesyllabus, trying to compute what their finalgrade will be if only they can score on theirfinal and on other relevant asse

28、ssments.Of course, to avoid becoming a victim of negative mid-term psychology on either end of the spectrum, it is recommended that you should work hard to do very well on your mid-semester exams. Plan in steps. Too many students only loosely understand their subject material and then attempt to lea

29、rn it all on their own one week before or even one night before an exam. But this tactic ( 技巧 ) rarely works! Ease the anxiety of mid-terms by covering whatever you learned in the previous class and study that material. In the long run, thistactic really takes less time than the night before cram se

30、ssion.11 .For most students, mid-term exams .B) are a heavy burdenA) are almost non-existentC) just written assignmentsD) not important to them12.Students who would worry more about the final exams.A) score high on mid-examsB) do well in other performancesC) perform poorly on mid-examsD) know how to

31、 compute the final scores13 .The biggest problem students with poor performance have after mid-examsis A) their low scores on mid-examsC) how to calculate the final scores14.To excel at your study, you are suggestedA) study before examsC) treat each class seriously15.Before each class, .A) review al

32、l you have learnt beforeC) preview the lessonsB) stress and anxiety about final assessmentD) how to prepare for the final examsto .B) be confident in yourselvesD) relax before examsB) focus on what you ve learnt last timeD) do self-checkQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:When we t

33、hink of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of men such asLeonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasso,i.e., great artists, inventors and scientists aselect and exceptionally gifted body of men with rare talent and genius. The tendency to regard creativity and i

34、maginative thinking as the exclusive province of a lucky few disregards the creative and imaginative aspects inherent in the solution of many of the tasks we regularly have to face the discovery and development of new methods and techniques, the improvement of old methods, existing inventions and pr

35、oducts.Everyone has creative ability to some extent. Creative thinking involves posing oneself a problem and then originating or inventing a solution alongnew and unconventional lines.It involves drawing new analogies (類比) , discovering new combinations, and/or new applications of things that are al

36、ready known. It follows, then, that a creative person will exhibit great intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observant with a great store of information which he will be able to sort out and combine, in the solution of problem.He will be emotionally receptive to new and unco

37、nventional ideas and will be less interestedin facts than in their implications. Most important of all he will be able to communicate uninhibitedly and will not be too concerned about other peoples reaction to his apparentlycrazy notions. People called the Wright brothers mad but it did not stop the

38、m from becoming the first men to construct and fly a heavier-than-air craft.16 .The author believes that creative thinking .A) is possessed by some great artists and scientistsB) requires rare talent and geniusC) is needed in the solution of many problemsD) belongs to a lucky few17.1 n order to solv

39、e scientific problems, people .A) have to possess crazy notions B) should not attach too much importance to factsC) should be able to express themselves clearlyD) should use imagination and dont care about what others might think of them18.Creative thinking involves .A) drawing new pictures of old t

40、hingsB) observing the actions of great peopleC) finding the problem and originating a solutionD) storing information19. A creative person must look at facts .A) as they areB) for what they implyC) and remember themD) which are interesting20. .In this passage, “ unconventional ” means ._A) not politi

41、cal B) unacceptable C) not ordinary D) uninhibited二、Part n Vocabulary and Structure (20%)Directions:There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentencethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresp

42、onding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.21. Youd rather work than play, ?A) do you B) would youC) dont youD) wouldnt you22. He was for the army because of his poor eyesight.A) rejected B) returnedC) acceptedD) admitted23. Although Tom has a lot of difficulty, he ought

43、 to finish his work in time, ?A) ought he B) shouldnt heC) should heD) wouldnt he24. About three-fourths of the surface of the earth covered by the sea.A) isB) areC) haveD) have been25. No one knows about how many elements it is that most of the substances we meet ineveryday life.A) consist of B) ar

44、e composed of C) make upD) are made up of26. No one was surprised at the change in Bank Rate, confidently expected by investors.A) having already beenB) to have already beenC) it having already beenD) it to have already been27. To save money for my education, Mother often took on more work than for

45、her.A) it was good B) what was good C) was good D) being good28. Sometimes children have trouble fact from fiction and may believe that such things actuallyexist.A) to separate B) separatingC) for separating D) of separating29. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone t

46、hem.A) discovered B) will discover C) would have discovered D) discovers30. Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert it means standing in a queue all night.A) as if B) even if C) provided D) whatever31. The last half of the nineteenth century the steady improvement in the means of travel.A) h

47、as witnessed B) was witnessed C) witnessed D) is witnessed32. These two areas are similar they both have a high rainfall during this season.A) to thatB) besides thatC) in that D) except that33. They are nice boys and Im sure youll get on them very well.A) byB) withC) towardD) beside34. Im going to t

48、he theater tonight. So .A) shall IB) am IC) do ID) I am35. It is necessary that the plan before Thursday.A) were fulfilled B) was fulfilled C) be fulfilled D) would be fulfilled36. Sailing down the Yangtze River, .A) a terrible accident happened B) a boat collided with the shipC) the boat collided w

49、ith a shipD) I saw a terrible accident to happen37. Helen apologized for the party.A) her not being able to attendB) her being not able to attendC) her being able not to attendD) not her being able to attend38. The strike was timed to with the party conference.A) coincide B) cooperate C) coordinateD

50、) cope39. She tries to some money every month.A) set about B) set down C) set forth D) set aside40. I am sorry that he the offer.A) should refuse B) has refuse C) refuses D) should have refused41. I didnt know his telephone number; otherwise I him.A) telephoned B) had telephoned C) would have teleph

51、oned D) was telephoning42. She yesterdays test, but she didnt.A) should have studied B) would study C) might be studying D) must have studied43. The number of visitors from parts of Scotland, not including the Edinburgh, was, in fact, relativelysmall (19%), but exceeded the number of overseas visito

52、rs (16%) .A) by a small margin B) by a large margin C) on a large scale D) by and large44. One of the differences between a bullet and a rocket is that ground control can change the course of the latter while it is still in .A) toss-up B) flight C) launched out D) construction45. In social dancing,

53、the participants dance for their own pleasure rather than for the of anaudience.A) appreciation B) entertainment C) relaxation D) satisfaction46. Nothing can the Chinese people in their resolve to modernize theircountry.A) figure out B) keep up with C) stand in the way of D) conjure up47. It was bec

54、ause the applicant was too proudhe failed in the interview.A) therefore B) that C) so thatD) so48. When trapped in drifting sands, do not struggle, or you will be in deeper.A) absorbed B) pushed C) heavedD) sucked49. The appreciation of works of art is bound to be by a particular world outlook.A) fo

55、rmulated B) originated C) covered D) dominated50. She was complaining that the doctor was too much for the treatment he was giving her.A) expending B) offering C) costing D) charging三、 Part III Cloze (35%)Directions:There are a number of blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four

56、choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Have you (* 51 *) asked yourself why children go to school? You will probablysay that they go (*52 *) their own language and