2011-2012-11级竞赛题A

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河南理工大学2011-2012-2 大学英语竞赛(2011级)试题

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（2）试卷类型：A ; 准考证号为本人学号的后9位数; 考试科目：外语。

I. Understanding Short Conversations

Directions: In this section you'll hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. (20 points)

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A. Scientists.

B. The public.

C. Politicians.

D. Agencies.

2. A. Mother and son. B. Father and daughter. C. Brother and sister. D. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

3. A. Working wouldn ’t cause a problem. B. Being in the hospital caused problems. C. Working would help her feel sure of herself. D. Being among people would be helpful.

4. A. Animals are dying. B. Animals can care too. C. People depend on animals. D. People are failing.

5. A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Father and daughter. D. Mother and son.

6. A. In a post office. B. In a bank. C. In a shop. D. In a school.

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A. He started a new program.

B. He stopped exercising.

C. He feels very tired.

D. He was ill last month.

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A. In Seattle.

B. In Los Angeles.

C. In Chicago.

D. In Detroit.

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9. A. The man thinks science is causing people to lose faith.

B. The man thinks flying cars will be provided.

C. The man thinks science is useful.

D. The man thinks science will be advanced.

10. A. A person.

B. A dog.

C. A bird.

D. A monkey.

11. A. The speakers don’t like their president.

B. The man is happy with the president.

C. The president is a symbol.

D. The president will be elected soon.

12. A. He was able to exercise every day after work.

B. He cannot count the ways his life has changed.

C. Others have asked him how he’s gotten healthy.

D. People have changed their attitude toward him.

13. A. Failing to get the painting job.

B. Living with his parents again.

C. Starting a new family in the city.

D. Moving into the city to find a job.

14. A. The pants don’t fit him.

B. The pants fit him.

C. The pants look lovely on him.

D. The pants are expensive.

15. A. Reading. B. Walking.

C. Studying.

D. Planting trees.

16. A. Mother and son.

B. Father and daughter.

C. Brother and sister.

D. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

17. A. The man doesn’t like laughing.

B. The man is trying to slow down.

C. The man is running too slowly.

D. The man is running too fast.

18. A. Husband and wife.

B. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

C. Mother and son.

D. Daughter and father.

19. A. Begin swimming.

B. Start weight lifting.

C. Look at herself differently.

D. Eat better to lose weight.

20. A. The woman wants to date the man.

B. The woman has no time on Saturday.

C. The woman has wanted to ask the man a question.

D. The woman isn’t sure that the man is serious.

II. Understanding Long Conversations

Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen

carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. (20 points)

Conversation 1

21. A. A book that they read about loving one’s family.

B. A special occasion that is coming up soon.

C. The ways they want to act toward their own families.

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D. The gratitude they have for their family members.

22. A. Student and teacher.

B. Brother and sister.

C. Mother and son.

D. Father and daughter.

23. A. She works two jobs.

B. She is only too happy to help others.

C. She can be silly sometimes.

D. She knows all about love.

24. A. She thinks her family is much too silly to love.

B. She thinks her family taught her a lot about love.

C. She thinks the man is silly because of what he says.

D. She thinks the man loves his family more than others.

25. A. Write a book. B. Give a gift.

C. Send a letter.

D. Give a party.

Conversation 2

26. A. A letter to the man’s parents.

B. A dying frog.

C. The inner workings of the body.

D. An experiment.

27. A. Teacher and student.

B. Employer and employee.

C. Doctor and patient.

D. Mother and son.

28. A. Kill the man’s frog.

B. Write a letter.

C. Meet the man’s father.

D. Kill other animals.

29. A. The man thinks the woman is too cowardly.

B. The man thinks he should try the woman’s patience.

C. The man thinks he is braver than his classmates.

D. The man thinks the woman shouldn’t ever tell him what to do.

30. A. She feels that the man is cowardly.

B. She feels she is losing her ability to tolerate the man.

C. She feels that the man should stand up for his beliefs.

D. She feels she should let the man do what he wants to do.

Conversation 3

31. A. In a place for feeding the poor.

B. In a classroom at school.

C. In a gymnasium for physical exercise.

D. Just outside of a classroom.

32. A. The poor and hungry people.

B. The man’s brother.

C. People who are very handsome.

D. Exercises that improve strength.

33. A. She believes he is a good man.

B. She knows he cares about others.

C. She likes that he has a good heart.

D. She thinks he is good looking.

34. A. His brother has a kind and loving heart.

B. His brother goes without food so he can feed others.

C. His brother has a handsome appearance.

D. His brother likes to build his strength.

35. A. He thinks it’s something she should only daydream about.

B. He thinks it’s something interesting to kid about.

C. He thinks it’s a bad idea, because she’d ruin his brother.

D. He thinks it’s a good idea, because his brother is sweet.

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Conversation 4

36. A. In a game production center.

B. In an office at Microsoft.

C. At Bill Gates’ home.

D. At Paul Allen’s home.

37. A. In 1981. B. In 1975. C. In 1976. D. In 1977.

38. A. Marketing.

B. Production.

C. Developing.

D. Programming.

39. A. He can learn quickly.

B. He has a good background.

C. He has worked with games before.

D. He knows about Microsoft’s early years.

40. A. The man has never played a game.

B. The man has a background in programming.

C. The man has learned quickly about gaming.

D. The man has gotten the job at last.

III. Understanding Passages

Passage 1

41. A. Growing as a person by learning the piano.

B. Choosing a teacher when learning the piano.

C. The problems of learning the piano.

D. Reducing the costs of learning the piano.

42. A. Some teachers aren’t committed.

B. Piano learning can take a lot of money.

C. Some teachers don’t offer benefits.

D. Competition support is expensive.

43. A. $20. B. $50. C. $15. D. $150.

44. A. A teacher. B. Books.

C. A piano.

D. A learning fee.

45. A. Put more money into learning piano-playing.

B. Learn the basics of piano-playing.

C. Invest in buying a piano.

D. Learn more about the piano.

Passage 2

46. A. Earthquakes in California.

B. Mexico’s earthquake warning system.

C. The Richter scale.

D. American engineers.

47. A. They want to improve their own.

B. They want to help Mexicans.

C. They want to get a grant.

D. They want to make warnings more common.

48. A. Mexico City. B. California.

C. Flores and Gibbson.

D. The National Science Foundation.

49 A. 305. B. 3. C. 12. D. 50,000.

50. A. Public speakers watch the monitors.

B. The monitors can send out electronic signals to computers.

C. Mexico City has good computers.

D. City residents listen to the radio.

II. Cloze (with choices provided)

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. (20 points)

Passage 1

Getaways (外出换换环境) are often the easiest way to spend some quality time reconnecting with your partner. In a weekly survey, we asked people where their favorite romantic getaway (51)_______ was. Their answers (52)________ from staying at home to going abroad. Below are the (53)_______ responses.

Staying in a home on a lake is a common (54)_______. (55)_______ the outdoors! Plan a day of fishing, (56)_______, or just watching the birds. When you need a (57)_______ departure from your busy daily life, this getaway might be perfect! You can make it even (58)_______ romantic. Do this by bringing candles and relaxing (59)_______.

Romantic hotel getaways are also fun to (60)________. Our lives are often (61)_______ with work. However, that doesn't mean you should miss the chance to get away once (62)________! Find a hotel in your area that looks (63)_______. And make sure it has a deck with a(n) (64)_______ view. Enjoy yourself and get some (65)________. To do this, it'll be necessary to find a (66)________ place. So make sure the hotel doesn't have any interruptions such as Internet (67)________.

A mountain getaway might be the thing for you, (68)________. This getaway is a perfect escape that's hard to (69)________. You can spend your time (70)________ skiing down the mountainside and enjoying the warmth of the fire inside. This sounds great to me!

51. A. reservation B. determination C. indication D. destination

52. A. extended B. changed C. altered D. ranged

53. A. top B. head C. example D. alternative

54. A. choice B. range C. pick D. request

55. A. Escape from B. Escape to C. Run after D. Run past

56. A. quieting B. calming C. relaxing D. easing

57. A. complete B. whole C. full D. compact

58. A. better B. most C. more D. much

59. A. sound B. tune C. notes D. music

60. A. bring B. take C. carry D. handle

61. A. covered B. engaged C. involved D. occupied

62. A. in a while B. in a moment C. in a minute D. in forever

63. A. creative B. ornamental C. fancy D. flowery

64. A. tedious B. spectacular C. enormous D. numerous

65. A. peace of mind B. piece of mind C. peak of mind D. appeal of mind

66. A. quiet B. silent C. reserved D. still

67. A. success B. process C. assess D. access

68. A. wherever B. however C. whatever D. whenever

69. A. defy B. oppose C. refuse D. resist

70. A. among B. between C. amid D. beside

III. Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from

the four choices marked A, B, C and D. (40 points)

Passage 1

Culture shock might be called an expected disease of people who have suddenly moved to some foreign countries. Like most diseases, it has its own symptoms and cure.

Culture shock is started by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and sights of social activities. Those signs or cues (提示) include the thousand and one ways in which we find our place in the situation of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and when to refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when

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not. These cues, which may be words, gestures, expressions with the face, customs, or norms, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and are as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us depend for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues, most of which we do not carry on the level of conscious awareness.

Now when an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of these familiar cues are removed. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded or full of goodwill you may be, a number of supports have been knocked out from under you followed by a feeling of frustration and anxiety. People respond to the frustration in much the same way. First they reject the environment which causes the discomfort. "The ways of the host country are bad because they make me feel bad." When foreigners in a strange land get together to complain about the host country and its people, you can be sure they are suffering from culture shock. Another stage of culture shock is regression. The home country suddenly assumes a great importance. To the foreigner everything becomes much greater than it really is. All the difficulties and problems are forgotten and only the good things back home are remembered. It usually takes a trip home to bring one back to reality.

71. According to the passage, culture shock is _________________.

A. an expected disease of foreign people

B. may lead to very serious symptoms

C. actually not a disease

D. something that can't be changed

72. According to the passage, culture shock results from ________________.

A. the sudden loss of our own signs and sights of social activities

B. the sudden change of our daily habits

C. the sudden change of the social situation and customs

D. the discomfort that we feel when faced with a foreigner

73. Which one of the following may NOT be the symptoms of culture shock?

A. You don't know how to express your thanks.

B. You don't know how to greet other people.

C. You suddenly forget what a word means.

D. You don't understand why a foreigner acts in a certain way.

74. How would a person who stays abroad most probably act when he is frustrated by the

culture shock according to the passage?

A. He is most likely to refuse to absorb the strange environment at first.

B. He may begin to hate the people or things around him.

C. He is ready to accept the change and change himself to the new environment.

D. Although he takes the cultural differences to be regular, he still doesn't know what

to do with them.

75. This passage is most likely taken from ______________.

A. a news report

B. a grammar book

C. a book on medicine and psychology

D. an essay on human customs

Passage 2

Stare at the clock.

Make silly drawings.

Stare at the clock again.

Complain about the weather.

The clock? It's still there, ticking even more slowly.

No, none of this was planned for the meeting.

You'd love to get your work done, but instead you spend half your day in a meeting room.

Office workers spend an average of 23 hours a week in meetings, according to the Wharton Center for Applied Research in the US. And, these workers consider only 58 percent of that time useful.

It doesn't have to be this way. Here are a few guidelines for you to use meetings

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effectively, not eat up your productivity.

1)Know what you want. "Know precisely why the meeting is being held and decide

realistically what you intend to accomplish," says Gayle Brickman, a US communication instructor. "If you cannot write these two things down, the meeting should not take place."

2)Figure out whether a face-to-face meeting is necessary. Would a group email be

enough? A couple of phone calls? These ways would probably be more efficient with fellow workers you know well.

3)Pick the right times. If possible, avoid planning meetings during your most

productive hours. If everyone runs to the break room for coffee at 10:30 am, that would be an excellent time to have informal staff meetings.

4)Be prepared. Read the plan for what needs to be done. Study the numbers on the

project you're putting forward. If there are papers to be discussed, hand them out the day before to those who will attend the meeting.

5)Keep track of the time for them. Set apart a certain amount of time each week for

the meetings, and keep to it.

If you still find yourself caught in meeting after meeting, don't feel bad. At least your organization obviously thinks your physical presence is valuable.

76. A worker who is in a meeting that he doesn't want to take part in is likely to

___________.

A.draw funny pictures

B. change the clock

C. check the weather

D. plan another meeting

77. Office workers think that _________ the time used in meetings is wasted.

A. more than half of

B. almost all of

C. less than half of

D. none of

78. In this passage, we are advised to follow some principles in order to __________.

A. learn guidelines

B. eat up productivity

C. make the most of meetings

D. increase production

79. To decide whether a meeting is necessary, we may ask the following questions except

"___________".

A. Can I solve the problem by email or phone call?

B. Will my fellow workers like to have this meeting?

C. What is the purpose of this meeting?

D. What do I intend to get from the meeting?

80. It is a good time to have informal staff meetings ___________.

A. when you and your coworkers are most productive

B. when all the staff are having a coffee break

C. before you hand out the information to be discussed

B. when you can keep track of the time

Passage 3

You will be surprised how often people simply want to get things off their chests. All you have to do is just listen. Keep on listening. Don't answer back, and in nine cases out of ten, your staff will leave your room perfectly happy and satisfied.

Even ordinary things should be noticed and appreciated. That's what the smart boss does. So you shouldn't just praise once and forget about it. If someone has done a good job, you should mention it again and again and again, because for most of us the desire for appreciation is never satisfied.

Moreover, a good supervisor (监管者) certainly notices the changes in all members of his staff and asks about them. When a staff member is back from leave, the good

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supervisor asks the staff member how he enjoyed his time off. He welcomes him back with a cheerful smile. It is just these small touches that make all the difference between a pleasant and unpleasant working environment.

It is a fact that anyone loves being given attention, and you have to recognize it if you want good results when dealing with people. People crave (渴求) attention. And they will get it one way or another. If they can't get it by being constructive (建设性的), they will get it by being destructive (破坏性的). Don't ignore people. Even a few seconds of attention periodically (周期性地) can make all the difference.

As a boss, before you yourself eat or look after your own needs, you must see to the needs of your people. You should also keep yourself in touch with the habits and ways of the people who work for you. Give them plenty of chances to say what they think. Encourage them to do so. This is one of the best ways to keep open the lines of communication. Do this often. Talk to your people. Get to know what's on their minds. Then you will be able to anticipate their needs and even stop trouble well before a matter becomes serious.

81. It may be surprising that people in general just ___________________.

A. feel happy and satisfied often

B. wish to reveal their innermost feelings

C. listen to what others have to say

D. want to answer back when told something

82. To be a smart boss, you should ____________________.

A. only praise your staff members for a good job sometimes

B. show your craving (渴求) for appreciation again and again

C. take notice of ordinary things and show your appreciation

D. do a good job and expect your staff members to praise you

83. We can guess that these small touches of your care __________________.

A. enhance the pleasant feelings at work

B. urge your staff members to come back

C. enable yourself to go on working

D. keep your staff members working hard

84. It is a general fact that people _______________________.

A. want good results in their work

B. want to work without being bothered

C. would become constructive (建设性的) when neglected

D. have a strong desire for attention

85. The passage is mainly about _____________________.

A. praise being better than criticism

B. how to be a smart boss

C. listening to your staff

D. making a difference

Passage 4

Tonga is made up of about 150 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean. There are three main groups of islands—Vava'u in the north, Ha'apai in the middle, and Tongatapu in the south. Most of the eastern islands are made up of dead animal remains. The higher islands in the west were formed by a process of mountain building. Large areas on these islands are too mountainous to be used for crops. Some of the mountains are still active—which means that they can be dangerous. Many of the smaller islands do not have any people on them. There are only two large towns—Nukualofa, the capital, and Neiafu.

These towns are Tonga's chief ports.

Tonga has few natural resources. The most important resources are a pleasant sunny climate and natural beauty, which attract growing numbers of tourists. Because of its location, Tonga is sometimes hit by storms. One such storm, in 1982, caused high winds and huge waves that destroyed many homes, including almost all of the buildings in Nuku'alofa.

Tonga was a British protected state from 1900 until 1970, when it became fully free from foreign rule again. Britain was responsible for Tonga's foreign affairs, but the Tongan

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nobles still controlled local matters. For most of this period, Tonga was ruled by Queen Salote Tupou III. During the time of her leadership, education and health care were expanded and women were given the right to help choose the leaders. The Tongan government is a mixture of Polynesian tradition and Western methods. The government, in part, is made up of a seven-member body appointed by the king, seven nobles chosen by the nobles, and seven persons chosen by all adult citizens.

Tonga's small size, lack of resources, and growing population have created problems. But the country is well governed, and sound plans for the future are being made.

86. According to the passage, Tonga is ________.

A. a small country to the North of the United States

B. a country with very rich natural resources

C. is a country made up of more than a hundred small islands

D. is a country whose government depends totally on Britain

87. Which of the following statements about Tonga is NOT true?

A. Tonga attracts large numbers of tourists every year.

B. Tonga is subject to natural disasters because of it location.

C. The islands in Tonga are quite fit for growing crops.

D. Tonga doesn't have many large cities.

88. What is true about Tonga's political status?

A. Tonga's foreign affairs are still controlled by the British.

B. Tonga became free from the UK over thirty years ago.

C. Tonga is not governed well because women have power.

D. Tongan women have very high social status.

89. Which of the following is the problem that Tonga is facing now?

A. The lack of natural resources and its small size.

B. Hunger of its people because of crop problems.

C. Failure of health care and education systems.

D. Social problems and disorders since 1970.

90. This passage is most probably taken from _________.

A. a textbook on different places in the world

B. a book on human civilization

C. a book on the world economy

D. a book on environmental protection

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