大学英语1期末试卷A卷

成人高等学历教育 《大学英语1》 期末考试试卷A 卷 总分：100分 时间：90分钟 一．Vocabulary and Structure （每小题2分，共30分） 1. Eyes play an important role in body balance(平衡) and it is important to ___________ as much information as possible. A) absorb B) involve C) invent D) conquer 2. At drama(戏剧) school, there is __________ attention to a student’s control of both voice and movement, and the different departments work at developing a student’s overall acting technique. A) current B) worldwide C) primary D) conquer 3. whatever one has planned to do is _________ to be altered (改变)in the process. A) prohibited B) eager C) embarrassed D) bound 4. Y ou __________ about your friends never coming to see you, but when they do come, you give the m such a hard time it’s hardly surprising they stay away . A) waken B) disturb C) complain D) publish 5. If your child is spending too much time on computer games, think carefully about how you are going to __________ the situation. A) accomplish B) arrange C) handle D) decrease 6. Music, for both of us, is part of life we treasure, and Michael has found his records and tapes a constant __________ of happiness during the long hours of inactivity forced upon him. A) accomplish B) illustration C) addition D) package 7. She fell asleep at last, but in no time at all the pain in her back _________ her again, sharp and insistent. A) conquered B) wakened C)absorbed D)retired 8. The only way to ________ a fear is to face it, and to do so as frequently as possible. A) commit B) enlarge C) communicate D) conquer 9. Early in the morning, I was _________ out of bed to repair a minor fault on the car. A) distracted B) dragged C) wakened D) assigned 10. It can be argued, for example, that teaching can be __________ more effectively if teacher and student take their appropriate （合适的） roles. A) disciplined B) handled C) accomplished D) proposed 11. Y ou should make sure you know where the parents can be __________, and that they have given you all the information you are likely to need about the child. A) connected B) communicated C) committed D) contacted 12. The “unsinkable” passenger liner Titanic sank on her maiden （处女）__________ when she

struck an iceberg in the Atlantic.

A) trip B) tour C) voyage D) journey

13. On one __________, they locked her in the car when they went to a Call and wind up the window to prevent her overhearing.（偷听）

A) Occasion B) campus C) voyage D) basis

14. the result of very accident, however __________, is a rise in the cost of insurance.

A) radical B) rare C) reluctant D) minor

学校 专业 批次/层次 姓名 学号 ___座位号__________

15. If you wish, we can __________ luggage（行李）to be sent on ahead to each of the overnight stops.

A) memorize B) contract C) arrange D) commit

二．Cloze （完形填空）（每小题2分，共40分）

We were young; we were smart; we were looking forward to the world of work. And ___(16)___We graduated from Oxford University in the early 1970s, my wife and I thought we’d ___(17)___ it all. We’d both have successful ,satisfying careers(事业)。 We’d have ____(18)___ time to travel the world and have fun. We’d ___(19)___ in our kids’ upbringing and ___(20)___ the housework. We believed that the world of staying-at- home moms and job trapped (为工作所困不能脱身的)dads had ___(21)___sometime around 1969.

We were ___(22)___, of course. In her 30s, my wife gave ___(23)___ her job as a government official to have children. Trying to balance(平衡)work and family, she took part-time jobs that ___(24)___ some cases were enjoyable ___(25)___ that never gave her the advancement that you get ___(26)___ you’re in full-time employment. Meanwhile---first for fun, ___(27)___because the extra income helped ---I allowed work to take over my life, spending nights and weekends___(28)___ on books or TV films. I’ve ___(29)___ nothing close to the time I wanted to ___(30)___ my two daughters. True, there should b e some rules against well-paid people complaining about their lot in life, but the three-way balance work, family and non-job, non-kid things that ___(31)___ much spice(情趣) to life---whatever happened ___(32)___ my tennis game or the trips to foreign lands?---is nothing ___(33)___ what my wife and I imagined it would be. It’s not just women who are ___(34)___ that modern life has not fulfilled their various needs. ___(35)___ are millions of men who wanted their marriage to be true partnership of equals.

16. A) when B) while C) as D) since

17. A) do B) have C) take D) make

18. A) plenty B) little C) enough D) few

19. A) put B) share C) work D) help

20. A) divide B) separate C) break D) do

21. A) stopped B) ended C) closed D) completed

22. A) right B) wrong C) sure D) confused

23. A) in B) away C) up D) back

24. A) on B) for C) at D) in

25. A) but B) or C) and D) however

26. A) though B) if C) as D) unless

27. A) latter B) later C) secondly D) again

28. A) turning B) relying C) working D) looking

29. A) done B) taken C) left D) spent

30. A) for B) with C) at D) on

31. A) add B) increase C) commit D) take

32. A) at B) to C) for D) on

33. A) as B) to C) like D) for

34. A) embarrassed B)wakened C) disappointed D) disturbed

35. A) So B) As C) Also D) Nor

三、Reading Comprehension (阅读理解) （每小题3分，共30分）

Passage One

Some people have it easy. When their kids ask them what they do at work, they can give a simple, direct answer: “I put out fires”or “I fix sick people”or “I teach primary school.”As a theoretical(理论的) physicist, I never has this luck. Society has come to expect many things from the physicists. It used to be that we only had to discover the basic laws of the world and supply the techniques that would power the next Silicon V alley(硅谷). With these expectations we were fairly comfortable: they are the sorts of things we think we know how to do. What makes us uncomfortable—and what makes it hard for us to tell our kids what we’re up to—is that in this century we have become, though unwillingly , gurus on questions such as “What is the nature of Reality?”

We now deal with a whole new class of problems. We ask how the world began and what is the nature of matter. The answers we are coming up with are just not easy to comprehend for the average person.

So, when physicists get out of their cars in the morning, have a cup of coffee and sit down in front of their computers, they leave a familiar world and enter a place where things act in strange ways that are impossible for ordinary people to understand.

36. According to the passage, in a way physicists are___________.

A) intelligent B) comfortable C) strange D) unlucky

37. Judging from the context, the word “guru” in the first paragraph most probably means a person ________.

A) who acts as a teacher and answers big questions

B) who gives wrong answers to big questions

C) who does not have answers to real big questions

D) who is eager to supply answers to big questions

38. Which of the following is true according to what the author says about physicists?

A) Physicists do not like their jobs.

B) Physicists live in two different worlds.

C) Physicists are coming up with new answers to old questions.

D) Physicists don’t have to tell people what they are doing.

39. Which of the following statements is true of theoretical physicists?

A) They only have to answer the basic questions about the world.

B) They have contributed to the new industry in Silicon V alley.

C) They have disappointed the expectations of many people.

D) They have found it hard to make friends with ordinary people.

40. Which of the following is true about the job of today’s physicists?

A) It is getting easier and easier with the help of modern technology.

B) It is not related to any practical use.

C) It cannot be done by a person with average intelligence.

D) It is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Passage T wo

I was born in the city of Y ork, in England, in the year 1632. My father was a man of some wealth, able to give me a good home and sent me to school. It was his wish that I should be a lawyer but my head began to be filled very early with thoughts of travel, and I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea. My father gave me strong advice against it, but with little effect. One day, being at Hull, I met a school-fellow who was about to sail for London in his father’s ship, and he invited me to go with him, and without telling my father, I went on board.

On the way to London, a storm arose, the ship was wrecked(失事), and we barely escaped with our lives. I went on foot to London, where I met with the master of a vessel which did business with countries on the coast of Africa. He took a fancy to me, and offered me a chance to go with him on his voyages, which I gladly accepted.

A great storm came up, and the ship was tossed about for many days, until we did not know where we were. Suddenly we struck a bank of sand, and the sea broke over the ship in such a way that we could not hope to have her hold many moments without breaking into pieces. So we launched(使…下水) a boat. After we had been driven four or five miles, a mountainous wave struck us so hard that it overturned the boat at once. Though I swam well but the waves were so strong that I was dashed against a rock with such force that it left me senseless. But I recovered a little before the waves returned, and, running forward, got to the mainland safely.

41. What did the author want to do most when he was young?

A) To visit Africa.

B) To sail the seas.

C) To practice law.

D) To make a tour of London.

42. Why did author go on foot to London?

A) The ship he took was destroyed in a storm.

B) His father did not supply the fare for the journey.

C) He went against his father’s strong advice not to do so.

D) His school-fellow invited him to go together.

43. Why did they launch a boat?

A) They knew they were near the shore.

B) The big waves were about to overturn the ship.

C) Their ship had been knocked about for many days on the sea.

D) Their ship had struck sand and was about to break into pieces.

44. When the author got to the mainland, he_________.

A) searched everywhere for his lost companions

B) fell down on the ground senseless

C) was safe and sound

D) ran forward to escape being washed back into the sea

45. When the author finally arrived on land, he most probably________.

A) knew he was in Africa

B) did not know where he was

C) was not aware he was back in England

D) got in touch with his family and asked for help