大學(xué)英語泛讀期末考試試題

1、大學(xué)英語泛讀期末考試一試題（B)(1)(1)Whenyoungpeoplegettheirfirstrealjobs，theymayfacealotofnew，confusingsituations。Theymayfindthateverythingisdifferentfromthewaythingswereatschool。Itisalsopossiblethattheywillfeeluncomfortableandinsecureinbothprofessionalandsocialsituations。Eventually，theyrealizethatuniversityclass

2、escantbetheonlypreparationforallofthedifferentsituationsthatariseintheworkingworld。Perhapsthebestwaytolearnhowtobehaveintheworkingworldistoidentifyaworkeryouadmireandobservehisbehavior。Indoingso,youwillbeabletoseewhatitisthatyouadmireinthisperson。Forexample,youwillobservehowheactsinacrisis.Perhapsev

3、enmoreimportant,youwillbeabletoseewhatishisapproachtoday-todaysituations。Whileyouareobservingyourcolleague,youshouldbeaskingyourselfwhetherhisbehaviorislikeyoursandhowyoucanlearnfromhisresponsestoavarietyofsituations.Bywatchingandlearningfromamodel,youwillprobablybegintoidentifyandadoptgoodworkingha

4、bits。1。Theyoungpeoplejustgraduatedfromschoolmaynotbehavewellintheworkingworld,because_.A。whattheylearnedinuniversityclassesisnotadequatefortheirnewlifeB.theyarenotwelleducatedC。thesocietyistoocomplicatedtoadapttoD.theyfailedtoworkhardatschool2.Inthelastlineofthefirstparagraph，theword”arise”means_.A.

5、bringaboutB。comeintobeingC.occurtoD.causetohappen3.Thebestwaytolearnhowtobehaveintheworkingworldis_。A。tofindaworkerandfollowhimcloselyB。tofindapersonyouadmireandmakefriendswithhimC.tofindapersonyourespectandwatchcarefullyhowheactsindifferentsituationsD。tomaketheacquaintanceofamodelyouadmire4。Inthela

6、stlineofthesecondparagraph,theword”approachmeans.A。meansofenteringB。speakingtosomeoneforthefirsttimeC.wayofcomingnearertoD。mannerofdoingsomething5。Thepassagecouldbebestentitled_。A.”LearnfromaModelB。Learn，LearnandLearnAgain”C.”LearnForeverD。OneIsNeverTooOldtoLearn”（2）ThefirstEnglishwindowwasjustaslit

7、inthewall。Itwascutlong,sothatitwouldletinasmuchlightaspossible,andnarrow，tokeepoutthebadweather。However,theslitletinmorewindthanlight。Thisiswhyitwascalledthewindseye.ThewordwindowitselfcomesfromtwoOldNorsewordsforwindandeye。Beforewindowswereused，theancienthallsandcastlesofnorthernEuropeandBritainwer

8、edarkandsmoky。Theirgreatroomswerehigh,withonlyaholeintherooftoletoutthesmokefromtorchesandcookingfires.Astimewenton，peoplewantedmorelightandairintheirhomes。Theymadethewindseyeswidersoastoadmitairandlight.Theystretchedcanvasoftapestryacrossthemtokeepouttheweather.1。Thefirstwindowwasa_。A。largeholeinth

9、ewallB.holecoveredwithcanvasC。slitinthewallD。slitwithapieceofpaperoverit2。Thewordwindowmeant_.A.openingtolookthroughB.lightgivenC。windD。windseye3.Thewindowgotitsnamebecauseit_。A。keptoutthewindB.blewoutthesmokeC。letinmorewindthanlightD.letinmostlylight4.Intheancientcastles，smokewentoutthrough_.A.thew

10、indowsB.thedoorsC。thechimneyD.aholeintheroof5。Itseemstruethatthelarger,canvascoveredwindows_。A.werenotasgoodasthefirstwindowsB。letinmorelightandkeptoutmorewindC.didnotletanyairinD.wereasgoodastodayswindows（3）Itwasoncebelievedthatapersonwasingreatdangerwhenhesneezed-peopleimaginedthatthesoulcouldesca

11、pefromthebodyatthemomentofsneezing。Godblessyouwasaprayerforassistanceinkeepingthesoulwhereitbelonged.TheGermanwordGesundheit(goodhealth)isavariationofthisprayer；theIrishdeisealandtheItalianfelicitaaresimilarprayers.TheHindussayawordthatmeans，”and”whenliveaMohammedansneezes,hepraisesGod.TheZulusofSou

12、thAfrica，farfrombeingafraidofsneezes，believethatasneezesignifiesafriendlyspiritblessing.Wheneverachildsneezes，theyshout”Grow!hopingthefriendlyspiritthatstimulatedthesneezewillhelpthechildgrowtallandstrong.TheancientHebrewsalsobelievedthatasneezewasgoodasneezeindicateslife;thedeadneversneeze。TheJapan

13、esesaythatifyousneezeonce，someoneissayinggoodthingsaboutyou；ifyousneezetwice，badthingsarebeingsaidaboutyou；ifyousneezethreetimes,youhavecaughtacold.11。Peopleoncethoughtthatanyonewhosneezedwas_.A。sickB.indangerC.ingoodhealthD。evil2?！盙odblessyouwassaidinorderto_。A.makechildrengrowtallandstrongB.insure

14、goodhealthC.keepthesoulinthebodyD。preventsomeonefromsayingevilthingsaboutthesneezer3.Gesundheitisasneezingprayermostlike_.A.theZuluprayerB?！盙odblessyou”C。theJapaneseprayerD.awarning4。TheZulusbelievethatsneezingiscausedby_。A.agoodspiritB。abadspiritC.illnessD。children5。Itwouldbereasonabletoconcludetha

15、t_。A。manypeoplesayprayerswhentheysneezeB.aprayerkeepsthesoulwhereitbelongsC.allpeopleswereafraidofsneezesD。themomentofsneezingisverydangerous（4)BrendaLinsonnevergoesanywherewithoutanemptyspectaclescase。Itisasvitaltoherasherpurse。Yet,shedoesntwearglasses。Thereasonshecantdowithoutitisthatshecantreadan

16、dshecant。writeIfvershegetsintoanysituationwhereshemightbeexpectedtodoeitherofthesethings，shefishesaroundinherbagforthespecscase,findsitsempty,andasksthepersonconcernedtodothereadingforher。Untilafewmonthsagohardlyanybodyknewaboutherproblem.Herhusbanddidnknowandherchildrendidn。tknowThechildrenstilldon

17、t.Shehadanynumberoftacticsforhidingherdifficulty-forexample，neverlingeringnearaphoneatwork，incaseshehadtoansweritandmightberequiredtowritesomethingdown。Ithasneveroccurredtothechildrenthattheirmothercannotread.Shedoesntreadthemstories，butthentheirfatherdoesnteither，sotheyfindnothingsurprisinginthefac

18、t.SimilarlytheyjustacceptthatDadistheonewhowritesthesicknotesandreadstheschoolreports。NowthattheelderboyTomisquiteaproficientreader，Brendacanskillfullygethimtoreadanynotesbroughthomefromschoolsimplybyasking，”Whatsthatallabout，then?Brendashusbandneverguessedthetruthintenyearsofmarriage。Foronething，he

19、insistsonhandlingalldomesticcorrespondenceandbillshimself.Asalesmanforalargecompany,hetravelsagreatdealandsoisnotaroundsomuchtospotthetruth.WhilehesawayBrendacopeswithanysituationsbyexplainingthatshecantdoanythinguntilshesdiscusseditwithherhusband.Brendawasverysuccessfulinherjobuntilrecently.Forthel

20、astfiveyearsshehadworkedaswaitressatanexpensiverestaurant，andhadeventuallybeenpromotedtoheadwaitress.Shekeptthethingasecrettheretoo,andgotoverthepracticaldifficultiessomehow.1.Brendacarriesanemptyspectaclescasewherevershegoesbecause_.A。sheisalwayssoforgetfulB.sheusesitasapurseC.itmayprovideherwithan

21、excuseD.shewishestolooklikeaneducatedwoman2。Theword”hfisinthefirstparagraphmeans_。A。searchB.pretendC。examineD.touch3。Brendaschildrenhaveneverfoundoutaboutherproblemas。A.sheisntoftenathomeB。theyaretooyoungtoguessthetruthC.theyfinditnormaltoasktheirfatherforeverythingD。theythinkitnaturalthatshortsight

22、edpeopleliketheirmotherdontdomuchreadingorwriting4。WhatmostprobablymadeBrendatryhardtohideherdifficulty?A。Herdesiretobesuccessfulinherjob。B。Herfearoflosingface。C。Herdeceitfulnature.D.BothAandB5。Ofthefollowingsuggestedtitles，whichisthemostappropriate？A。BrendaandHerFamilyB.AWomanWhoDoesntWearGlassesC.

23、AWomanwithanEmptySpecsCaseD.TheMiserableLifeofaWaitress(5)Georgescaseisnotunique。Inthelastfifteenortwentyyears,quiteanumberofmenandwomenhavechosentodropoutoftheworkingworldtotryadifferentkindoflife。Mostofthemareintheirthirtiesandforties,oftenwelleducated，althoughallagesandbackgroundscanbefoundamongt

24、hem。Avarietyofreasonshaveledthemtogiveuptheirworkandthesecurityitprovided。Some,likeGeorge,havegivenupacareerthatwasdemandingtoomuchfromthem。Otherscouldntstandthepressureandthecompetition.Athirtyfive-yearoldwoman，whohadahighpositioninhercompany，decidedtoleavewhenshefoundherselfsufferingfromallergiest

25、hatmadeherlifemiserable.Shehadtwochildrenandnosavings;butevenheranxietyaboutthefuturecouldntspoilherfeelingofreliefandhernewpeaceofmind。Herhealthimproved.Shemayneverworkagain；ifshedoes,shesaysthatshewilltakesmalltemporaryjobs。Somepeople，onthecontrary，havequitjobsthatwereboringormeaninglesstothem.Ano

26、fficeemployeewhohasbeen2pushingpapers（hasbeendoingpaperwork）foryearsmaystartwonderingwhetherthosepapersareachievinganything.Anengineerinalargecompany,awarethathecouldbereplacedbyanymanwiththesametraining，maycometofeelunimportantasanindividual.Suchpeopleleavetheirworkinthehopeoffindingstrongerinteres

27、tsandasenseofpersonalworth。Therearealsopeoplewholeavetheirworktofulfillanolddream,suchaswritingbooks,painting,sailingtoremoteislands,orgrowingfruittrees.Anarmyofficerlefttheserviceatthirtyeighttobuilddollhouses,andanotherone,whohadalwaysbeeninterestedinarchaeology,(考古學(xué))didthesameatforty-fivetodiganc

28、ientIndiansites.Hiswifewasdelightedinsteadofkeepinghouse,shewasgoingtosatisfyherowndreamoflearningtomakepaper。Butmostofthemenandwomenwhodropoutoftheworkingworldhavenospecialinterestandnodesiretotakeupanyoccupation.Theywantonlytoenjoytheirfreedom，theirindependence，andtheirleisure.Nomorerushingtocatch

29、amorningtrain，nomorecommuter（通勤者）traffic，nomoreanxietytopleaseaboss,nomoremeetings，nomoreobligationstobehaveanddressaccordingtotherules。Thisendlessvacationdoesnotnecessarilybringhappiness;manyofthosewhohavechosenitasastyleoflifeadmitthatleisure，too，canbecomeboring.Buttheystillpreferittotheirformerex

30、istence(Buttheylikeitmorethanworkingforaliving)。Themainproblemremainsthelackoffinancialsecurity,for,withfewexceptions,the”dropouts（退出生俗社會的人）arenotwealthy.Andsotheysurvivebysellingtheirpossessions,byborrowingfromfriendsandfamily，andbytakinganoddjob（asmalltemporaryjob)nowandthenforashorttimewhenitbeco

31、mesabsolutelynecessary.Samwouldneverhaveunderstoodtheirattitude。Inthefirstplace，hehadneverbeenunhappywithhisoccupation,andhehadneverfeltanyconflictbetweenhisworkandhispersonallife。NeitherhadheeverdreamedofdoinganythingbutsellinggroceriesandchattingwithFred.Andtherewasyetanotherfactor。Todaysdropoutsc

32、analwaysfindsomesmalljobtodowhentheyareinneedofmoney，orperhapstheycangetunemploymentcompensation（賠償）fromthegovernmentforawhile。ButSamhadlivedthroughthe1930s，whenworkofanytypewasalmostimpossibletofind。Inthosedaysajob，nomatterhowunpleasantorpoorlypaid，wasamansmostpreciouspossession。Losingitwasadisaste

33、r;notlookingforanotherone，ashame.Asfornotwantingtoworkatall,itwasunthinkable,forsocietywasnotusedtoloafers（漂泊者）then。Anonworkingfamilymanwouldhavelosttherespectofhisfriendsandhisplaceinthecommunityofresponsiblemen。Georgemighthavetriedtoexplaintohisfatherthenewpointofview,totellhimthatpeoplehavearight

34、tobefree,independent，andtowatchbirdsalldayiftheywantto。ButhewouldnothaveconvincedSam,forwhomindependenceandleisurewereluxuriesthathadtobedeservedthroughhardwork.Samhimselfhadenjoyedavacationonceinawhile，andhehadbeenhappytorestinthesunwithouthistie。Butthatwasonlybecause，havingearnedhisfun,hecouldenjo

35、yitwithagoodconscience(良心）.ItwouldhaveshockedSamtolearnthatthoseshameless”peoplewhochoosetoliveinunearnedidleness（懶散）haveagoodconsciencetoo。1。Inthelastfifteenortwentyyears,peoplelikeGeorgehavechosentodropoutoftheworkingworldbecause_。A.theyhaveearnedenoughmoneytospendfortherestoftheirlivesB。theyareno

36、twellpaidatworkC.theywanttoliveamoreleisurelylifeD.allofthemhaveworkthatistoodemanding2。Afterleavingherpositionthethirty-five-year-oldwomanfelt_。A。relievedandpeaceful,thoughworriedabouthersecurityB.bored，withoutfriendsandcompanionsC.thatsheneededanotherjobD.thepressuresandburdensoflife3.Accordingtot

37、hetext，peoplewouldprobablynotdropoutoftheworkforceifthey_。A。oftenworryabouttheirworkB.workwithoutanycomplaintsC。finditveryeasytodotheirjobsD.dontmindbeingcontrolledbyothers4。AccordingtoSam,amansvalueliesin。_A.reachingahigherpositioninsocietyB.enjoyingfullfreedomandindependenceC.workinghardandhavinga

38、goodrelationshipwithhiscommunityD。earningmoneyandsendinghischildrentocollegesanduniversities5。WhichofthefollowingstatementsmightcauseSamandGeorgetoargue?A.Tobeeitherashopkeeperorageologistwillgiveonesatisfaction。B。Happinesscanbeobtainedonlythroughhardwork。C。Dropoutsliveahappierlifethananyoneelse。D.D

39、ropoutsliveamiserablelifeiftheyhavenofinancialsecurity.01級泛讀期末試題（B卷）1、fillinthebracketswiththewordsgivenbelowthepassage.KennethandIsabelwerebothSouthAfricanborn.TheygotmarriedinLondon。Whenthey（1）byshipattheirhomeland,theirentrywasbarredwhentheimmigration(2)foundthatKennethwas(3)Theofficalbeganto（4）t

40、hem。Whenaskedaboutthereasons(5）their(6）,Kennethsimplyrepliedthattheycame(7)becausetheywereSouthAfricans。Theseniorofficalhadto(8)themtoproceedbuthewarnedthemthattheywouldbecommittingacrimeifthey(9)together.ThisshowsthatthelawinSouthAfricaforbidsa（10）betweenthewhiteandthe3coloured。Givenwords:AforBques

41、tionCcoloredDreturningEofficalsFarrivedGmarriageHlivedIallowJback2、Choosethebestanswertoeachquestion。1）IntheChildrensBalletofWarsawNinawasAthestar,orprimeballerinaBtheyoungestdancer.Cstillabeginner2)Ofthefollowingevents，thefirsttooccurwasAtheGermaninvasionofPoland.BNinasEuropeantour。CtheWorldsFairin

42、NewYork。3）NinaspentthelastpartofthewarAdancinginWarsawnightspots。BworkingwithasmallPolishtroup.Cinprison。4)NinabeganherworkinballetagainAwhileshewasstillinprison。Bassoonasthewarwasover。enshearrivedinNewYork.5)NinarefusedtodanceatthetheatertakenoverbytheGermansbecausesheAwantedtodanceinalargetheater.

43、wasnolongerinterestedindancing。CdidnotwanttodancefortheGermans。3、Fillintheblankineachsentencewithasuitablecollectivenounfromthefollowinglist。AfleetBherdCballDclusterEflightFswarmGdeckHflockIboardJbouquet1）Thekittenplayshappilywitha_ofknittingwool.2)TheFirstLadywaspresentedwitha_offlowersaftershehadg

44、ivenawaytheprizes3）Themagiciantookouta_ofcardsandperformedseveralcardtricks。4）Thelittleboyslippedandfelldowna_ofsteps。5）Theschoolismanagedbya_ofeightdirectors.Aftertheychangedtothesoutheasterncourse，a_offishingboatscameintoview.Hehadoneblacklambinhis_ofsheepandhelikeditbest。Theteacherpointedtoa_ofis

45、landsonthemapandaskedtheclassforthename.9)Theboyplungedintotherivertoescapefromthe_ofbeespursuinghim。10）Everymorninghedriveshissmall_ofcattletothehilltograze。4、PassageOneDogsaresocialanimalsandwithoutpropertraining,theywillbehavelikewildanimals.Theywillspboilyourhouse,destroyyourbelongings，barkexces

46、sively,fightotherdogsandevenbiteyou.Nearlyallbehaviorproblemsareperfectlynormaldogactivitiesthatoccuratthewrongtimeorplaceoraredirectedatthewrongthing.Thekeytopreventingortreatingbehaviorproblemsuslearningtoteachthedogtoredirectitsnormalbehaviortooutletsthatareacceptableinthedomesticsetting.Oneofthe

47、bestthingsyoucandoforyourdogandyourselfistoobediencetrain（馴服)it.Obediencetrainingdoesntsolveallbehaviorproblems,butitisthefoundationforsolvingjustaboutanyproblem.Trainingopensupalineofcommunicationbetweenyouandyourdog。Effectivecommunicationisnecessarytoinstructyourdogaboutwhatyouwantittodo。Trainingi

48、salsoaneasywaytoestablishthesocialrankorder.Whenyourdogobeysasimplerequestofcomehere，sit,”itisshowingobedienceandrespectforyou。Itisnotnecessarytoestablishyourselfastopdogorleaderofthedogpack(群)byusingextrememeasures.Youcanteachyourdogitssubordinate（附屬的)rolebyteachingittoshowsubmissiontoyou.Mostdogsl

49、oveperformingtricksforyoutopleasantlyacceptthatyouareincharge.Trainingshouldbefunandrewardingforyouandyourdog。Itcanenrichyourrelationshipandmakelivingtogethermoreenjoyable.Awell|traineddogismoreconfidentandcanmoresafelybeallowedagreateramountoffreedomthananuntrainedanimal.1）Behaviorproblemsofdogsare

50、believedto_.A）bejustpartoftheirnatureB）worseninmodernsocietyC)occurewhentheygowildD)presentathreattothecommunity2）Theprimarypurposeofobediencetrainingisto_.A）teachthedogtoperformclevertricksB）makethedogawarefoitsownersauthorityC)providethedogwithoutletsforitswildbehaviorD）enablethedogtoregainitsnorm

51、albehavior3)Effectivecommunicationbetweenadoganditsowneris_。A）essentialtosolvingthedogsbehaviorproblemsB)thefoundationfordogstoperformtasksC）agoodwaytoteachthedognewtricksD）anextrememeasureinobediencetraining4）Whydopetdogsloveperformingtricksfortheirmasters？A）Toavoidbeingpunished.B)Toshowtheiraffect

52、ionfortheirmasters.C)Towinleadershipofthedogpack.D)Toshowtheirwillingnesstoobey。5）.Whenadoghasreceivedeffectiveobediencetraining，itsowner_。4A）cangivethedogmorerewardsB）willenjoyabetterfamilylifeC）cangivethedogmorefreedomD）willhavemoreconfidenceinhimselfPassageTwoEngineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexa

53、mplesofpracticalityandrationality，butwhenitcomestomycollegeeducationIamanidealistandafool.InhighschoolIwantedtobeanelectricalengineerand,ofcourse,anysensiblestudentwithmyaimswouldhavechosenacollegewithalargeengineeringdepartment,famousreputationandlotsofgoodlabsandresearchequipment。ButthatsnotwhatI。

54、didIchosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberalarts(文科)universitythatdoesntevenofferamajorinelectricalengineering。Obviously，thiswasnotapracticalchoice；Icamehereformorenoblereasons。Iwantedabroadeducationthatwouldprovidemewithflexibilityandavaluesystemtoguidemeinmycareer.Iwantedtoopenmyeyesandexpandmyvisio

55、nbyinteractingwithpeoplewhowerentstudyingscienceorengineering.Myparents，teachersandotheradultspraisedmeforsuchasensiblechoice。TheytoldmeIwaswiseandmaturebeyondmy18years，andIbelievedthem.IheadedofftocollegesureIwasgoingtohaveanadvantageoverthosestudentswhowenttobigengineernge”factheydidntcareyouifhad

56、valuesorwereflexible。Iwasgoingtobeacompleteengineer：technicalgeniusandsensitivehumanist(人文學(xué)者)allinone。NowImnotsosure。Somewherealongthewaymynobleidealscrashedintoreality，asallnobleidealseventuallydo.Afterthreeyearsofstrugglingtobalancemath，physicsandengineeringcourseswithliberalartscourses,Ihavelearn

57、edtherearereasonswhyfewengineeringstudentstrytoreconcile（協(xié)調(diào))engineeringwithliberalartscoursesincollege.TherealitythathasblockedmypathtobecomethetypicalsuccessfulstudentisthatengineeringandtheliberalartssimplydontmixaseasilyasIassumed。inhighIndividuallyschooltheyshapeapersoninverydifferentways；togeth

58、ertheythreatentoconfuse.Thestruggletoreconcilethetwofieldsofstudyisdifficult.6）Theauthorchosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-artsuniversitybecausehe_。A）wantedtobeanexampleofpracticalityandrationalityB)intendedtobeacombinationofengineerandhumanistC）wantedtocoordinateengineeringwithliberal-artscours

59、esincollegeD）intendedtobeasensiblestudentwithnobleideals7）Accordingtotheauthor,byinteractingwithpeoplewhostudyliberalarts,engineeringstudentscan_.A）balanceengineeringandtheliberalartsB）receiveguidanceintheircareersC）becomenobleidealistsD)broadentheirhorizons8）Intheeyesoftheauthor,asuccessfulengineer

60、ingstudentisexpected_。A)tohaveanexcellentacademicrecordB)tobewiseandmatureC）tobeimaginativewithavaluesystemtoguidehimD）tobeatechnicalgeniuswithawidevision9）Theauthorsexperienceshowsthathewas_.A)creativeB）ambitiousC)unrealisticD）irrational10).Thewordthey”in”.togethertheythreatentoconfuse?！保↙ine3，Para