2005年综合英语(2)a

2004-2005学年第2学期考试试题 （A）卷课程名称 综合英语 任课教师签名 出题教师签名 综合英语课程组 审题教师签名 考试方式 （闭）卷 适用专业 04级英语 考试时间 （ 120 ）分钟 题号一二三四五六七总分得分评卷人考生须知：1、本卷的第二部分至第四部分的答案做在答题卡上。请务必用铅笔涂卡。2、本卷的第一、五、六部分（听写、翻译和作文）写在答题纸（最后一页）上。3、请看清分别属于本科和专科的题目。3、考试完毕后，将答题卡和答题纸交给监考人员。Part I Dictation (听写) (15分) Section A Passage Dictation (短文听写) （英语本科1-9班）Section B Spot Dictation (填空听写) （ 商务英语1-2班）Sam Benton lost his wallet _ . Sam was sure that the wallet _by one of the villagers, but _ . Three months passed, _, Sam found his wallet _. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it _, together with a note which said: “A thief, yes, but _ a thief.” Two months later, some more money _ with another note: “Only 25 per cent a thief now.” In time, _ in this way. The last note said: “I am _ now.”Part II Reading Comprehension (阅读理解) （40分，每小题2分）Passage One Suppose we built a robot to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning. According to the evolutionary theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place , but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent. The evolutionary theory accounts well for differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers. 1. The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us _. A) the differences between robots and men B) the reason why men need to sleep C) about the need for robots to save power D) about the danger of men working at night2. Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him _. A) maintain a regular pattern of life B) prevent trouble that comes looking for him C) avoid danger and inefficient labor D) restore his bodily functions3. According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we _. A) are worrying about our safety B) are overworked C) are in a tent D) are away from home4. Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats _.A) need more time for restoration B) B) are unlikely to be attackers C) are more active than horses when they are awake D) spend less time eating to get enough energy5. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? A) Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking. B) The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory. C) Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots. D) The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. It has been thought and said that Africans are born with musical talent. Because music is so important in the lives of many Africans and because so much music is performed in Africa, we are inclined to think that all Africans are musicians. The impression is strengthened when we look at ourselves and find that we have become largely a society of musical spectators. Music is important to us, but most of us can be considered consumers rather than producers of music. We have records, television, concerts, and radio to fulfill man y of our musical needs. In most situations where music is performed in our culture it is not difficult to distinguish the audience from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa. Alban Ayipaga, a Kasena semiprofessional musician from northern Ghana, says that when his Flute and drum ensemble is performing, “Anybody can take part”. This is true, but Kasena musicians recognize that not all people are equally capable of taking part in the music. Some can sing along with drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with the ensemble. It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on a stage) and so the lines between the performing nucleus and the additional performers, active spectators, and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view.6.The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that .A) most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music.B) we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians.C) most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators.D) we are the audience and they are the additional performers.7.The word “such”(Line9) refers to the fact that .A) music is performed with the participation of the audience.B) music is performed without the participation of the audience.C) people tend to distinguish the audience from the performers.D) people have records, television sets and radio to fulfill their musical needs.8.The author of the passage implies that .A) all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa.B) not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives.C) most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments.D) most Africans perform as well as professional musicians.9.The word “nucleus” probably refers to .A) musicians famous in AfricaB) musicians at the center of attention C) musicians acting as the core in a performanceD) active participants in a musical performance10.The best title for this passage would be .A) The Important of Music to African PeopleB) Differences Between African Music and Music of Other CountriesC) The Relationship Between Musicians and Their AudienceD) A Characteristic Feature of African Musical PerformancesQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards, that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats. It is said that the English- man objects to this type of existence, but if the case is such, he does in fact differ form the inhabitants of most countries of the world today, In the past our won blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom , and so on, as well as such details, important notwithstanding, as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing. It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time as far as Britain is concerned. And it is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised. Those who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption that everyone prefers an individual home and garden and on the high cost per unit of accommodation. The latter ignores the higher cost of providing full services to a scattered community and the cost in both money and time of the journeys to work for the suburban resident.11. We can infer from the passage that _.A) English people, like most people in other countries, dislike living in flatsB) people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flatsC) people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flatsD) modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living12. What is said about blocks of flats built in the past in Britain?A) They were mostly inhabited by people who did not earn much.B) They were usually not large enough to accommodate big families.C) They were sold to people before necessary facilities were installed.D) They provided playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings.13. The word “rage” (Line 11?) means “” A) be ignored B) develop with great force C) encourage people greatlyD) be in fashion14. Some people oppose the building of flats because _.A) the living expenses for each individual family are higherB) it involves higher cost compared with the building of housesC) they believe people like to live in houses with gardensD) the disposal of rubbish remains a problem for those living in flats15. The author mentions that people who live in suburban houses _.A) do not have access to easy facilities because they live away from the cityB) have to pay a lot of money to employ people to do service workC) take longer time to know each other because they are a scattered communityD) have to spend more money and time traveling to work every dayQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Where do pesticides fit into the picture of environmental disease? We have seen that they now pollute soil, water and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and bridles. Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Can he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly distributed throughout our world?We know that even single exposures to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can cause extremely severe poisoning. But this is not the major problem. The sudden illness or death of farmers, farm workers, and others exposed to sufficient quantities of pesticides are very sad and should not occur. For the population as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly pollute our world. Responsible public health officials have pointed out that the biological effects of chemicals are cumulative over long periods of time, and that the danger to the individual may depend on the sum of the exposures received throughout his lifetime. For these very reasons the danger is easily ignored. It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster. “Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious signs, ” says a wise physician, Dr Rene Dubos, “yet some of their worst enemies slowly approach them unnoticed.”16. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence. “Manis part of nature” (Lines 4, Para.1)?A) Man appears indifferent to what happens in nature.B) Man acts as if he does not belong to nature.C) Man can avoid the effects of environmental pollution.D) Man can escape his responsibilities for environmental protection.17. What is the authors attitude towards the environmental effects of pesticides? A) Pessimistic B) Indifferent C) Defensive D) Concerned18. In the authors view, the sudden death caused by exposure to large amounts of pesticides _.A) is not the worst of the negative consequences resulting from the use of pesticidesB) now occurs most frequently among all accidental deathsC) has sharply increased so as to become the center of public attentionD) is unavoidable because people cant do without pesticides in farming19. People tend to ignore the delayed effects of exposure to chemicals because _.A) limited exposure to them does little harm to peoples healthB) the present is more important for them than the future C) the danger does not become apparent immediatelyD) humans are capable of withstanding small amounts of poisoning 20. It can be concluded from Dr. Dubois remarks that _. A) people find invisible diseases difficult to deal withB) attacks by hidden enemies tend to be fatalC) diseases with obvious signs are easy to cureD) people tend to overlook hidden dangers caused by pesticidesPart III Vocabulary & Structure (词汇和结构) （15分，每小题0.5分）21. The meetings been cancelled. Ann _ all that work.A. need to do B. need haveC. neednt have done D. needed not to do22. It was not until midnight_ the snow-capped peak. A. that they sighted B. that they did not sight C. did they sight D. had they sighted23. We could _ him with a detached house when he came, but he had specifically asked for a small flat. A. provide B. have provided C. not provide D. not have provided24. This missile is designed so that once_ nothing can be done to retrieve it. A. fired B. being fired C. they fired D. having fired25. _, he would not have recovered so quickly. A. Hadnt he been taken good care of B. Had he not been taken good care of C. Had not he been taken good care of D. Had he been not taken good care of26. Agriculture is the countrys chief source of wealth, wheat _ by far the biggest cereal crop. A. is B. been C. be D. being27. The opening ceremony is a great occasion. It is essential _ for that. A. for us to be prepared B. that we are prepared C. of us to be prepared D. our being prepared28. He spoilt the poem by reading it in a _ voice.A. soft B. monotonous C. cheerful D. faint29. As the drug took _ the patient became quieter.A. force B. effect C. action D. influence3 30. I cant go- for one thing, I have no money, and _, I have too much work. A. whats more B. as well C. for another D. in addition 31. She is one the most _ people in the company, for she is very influential. A. vital B. special C. precious D. practical 32. No one forced her; in fact, she made her _ choice. A. temporary B. solitary C. reactionary D. voluntary33. This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen _ comfortable. A. is worn B. wears C. wearing D. are worn34. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were _ and many houses collapsed.A. wrecked B. spoiled C. torn D. injured35. After his father died, he _ the rank of nobility from him.A. inherited B. derived C. resulted D. received36. Americans in England are thought to be a little _ because of their loud behavior and their language.A. interior B. inferior C. exterior D. prior37. If you have really been studying English for so long, its about time you _ able to write letters in English. A. should B. were C. must be D. are38. They decided to chase the cow away _ it did more damage. A. unless B. until C. before D. although39. When people are physically _ a drug, they suffer ill physical effects if they stop taking the drug. A. absorbed in B. accepted by C. addicted to D. attracted to40. This famous businessman_ most of the profits from his business to various charities after his success. A. discharged B. donated C. designated D. distributed41. A winter _ technique in mammals is a slowing of the physiological processes, including reduction of body temperature. A. endurance B. existence C. survival D. continuation42. Plants draw minerals and other _ from the soil. A. materials B. nutrients C. nutrition D. food43. The requirements and methods of modern warfare have made swords _ as combat weapons. A. dispensable B. obsolete C. unnecessary D. useless44. Listening, speaking, reading and writing _ the fundamental order in language learning. A. contain B. consist C. constitute D. control45. In the next few years major changes will be _ in Chinas industries. A. brought forward B. brought about C. brought on D. brought up46. Because a circle has no beginning and end, the wedding ring is a symbol of _ love. A. eternal B. forever C. prolonged D. lengthen47. The performance given by the students greatly enchanted their parents on the first day of school. A. amused B. charmed C. pleased D. surprised48. Some drugs may seem to make users just irritable and talkative, but in fact, they are extremely harmful to their health. A. chatty B. noisy C. reserved D. eloquent49. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and _ knowledge. A. extensive B. expansive C. intensive D. expensive50. He packed a(n) _ shirt in case he had to stay another day. A. surplus B. extra C. additional D. excessPart IV Cloze (完形填空) （10分，每小题0.5分）A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supplyall these were important _ (51) in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. _(52) they were not enough. Something _ (53) was needed to start the industrial process. That “something special” was men-_(54) individuals who could invent machines, find new _ (55) of power, and establish business organizations to reshape the society.The men who_ (56) the machines of the Industrial Revolution _(57) from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were _(58) inventors than scientists. A man who is a _(59) scientist is primarily interested in doing his research_(60). He is not necessarily working _(61) that his findings can be used.An inventor or one interested in applied science is_(62) trying to make something that has a concrete _(63). He may try to solve a problem by using the theories_(64) science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a _(65) result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of _(66) other objectives.Most of the people who _ (67) the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had _ (68) or no training in science might not have made their inventions _(69) a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years _ (70).51. A) cases B) reasons C) factors D) s