2013年英语期末考试题

Unit1

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1. This kind of animal has a pair of keen eyes that can( )the darkness.

2. In his report he( )the truth, and led us into making a wrong decision.

3. How can I find that letter in a( )of paper scraps like that?

4. This theory holds a( )view of the world and cannot see the development.

5. ( )gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop.

6. The lesson was not clear, and it has( )me.

7. I had no time to think; I made a( )choice from the cards and, fortunately, this was a lucky

card.

8. After taking the vaccine (疫苗), the child will be( )to this virus (病毒).

9. Do you think the arms race is the greatest( )now facing the world?

10. I cannot explain, but by( )I think this is the right answer.

11. He is a conservative, and he wants to have a( )church wedding.

12. Believe it, this comes from a(n)( ) source of information.

Warm-up Listening

Listen to the following passage twice. During the first listening, fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

The main (trick) of science is to really think of something: the shape of clouds and their occasional sharp bottom edges at the same (altitude) everywhere in the sky; the (formation) of a dewdrop on a leaf; the (origin) of a name or a word-"Shakespeare," say, or "philanthropic"; the reason for human social customs-the incest (taboo) , for example; how it is that a (lens) in sunlight can make paper burn; how a "walking stick" got to look so much like a twig; why the moon seems to follow us as we walk; what prevents us from (digging) a hole down to the center of the earth; what the definition is of "down" on a (spherical) earth; how it is possible for the body to (convert) yesterday's lunch into today's muscle and sinew; or how far is up-does the universe go on forever, or if it does not, is there any meaning to the question of what (lies) on the other side? Some of these questions are pretty easy. Others, especially the last, are (mysteries) to which no one even today knows the answer. They are natural questions to ask. Every culture has (posed) such questions in one way or another. Almost always the (proposed) answers are in the nature of "Just So Stories," attempted explanations divorced from experiment, or even from careful (comparative) observations.

Key

1.This kind of animal has a pair of keen eyes that can penetrate the darkness.

2.In his report he distorted the truth, and led us into making a wrong decision.

3.How can I find that letter in a jumble of paper scraps like that?

4.This theory holds a static view of the world and cannot see the development.

5..Friction gradually caused the sliding box to slow down and stop.

6.The lesson was not clear, and it has muddled me.

7.I had no time to think; I made a random choice from the cards and, fortunately, this was a

lucky card.

8.After taking the vaccine (疫苗), the child will be immune to this virus (病毒).

9.Do you think the arms race is the greatest peril now facing the world?

10.I cannot explain, but by intuition I think this is the right answer.

11.He is a conservative, and he wants to have a conventional church wedding.

12.Believe it, this comes from a(n) infallible source of information.

Unit2

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1. Britain and her( )won two world wars.

2. The spell of dry weather often makes this land( )to all animals.

3. The performance by the State Ballet was too( )for the country child.

4. The effusive love from both( )and maternal parents is likely to spoil the child.

5. After the shipwreck, he was( )alone on the deserted island.

6. Keep this substance away from rust and acid since they are all( )

7. His family name gave him( )on campus.

8. The powerful military force inflicted a( )defeat on the enemy.

9. A series of suppressed pictures( )the life story of this military giant have finally been

publicized.

10. The local newspaper claims to( )public opinions.

11. The main reason for the Pilgrims to go to America was to escape from being( )for their

religious beliefs.

12. The( )system is the system of planets, etc., of which our sun is the center.

Warm-up Listening

Listen to the following passage twice. During the first listening, fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

The study of "unidentified flying objects" is now known as ufology. Belief in alien visits, in flying saucers, (contacts and abductions) has a vast public following, and discussion of UFOs is, perhaps, the public's first (introduction to) the subject of extraterrestrial life.

The believers' position (rests on) a large collection of observations that they find (individually compelling and collectively persuasive) . They argue that some UFO sightings stubbornly (defy conventional explanations) . They recount the stories of individuals who believe that they saw evidence of (alien visitors) . Many of them believe that the US government has the evidence but is keeping the alien origin of UFOs a secret because (it fears panic) if the information became widely known.

However, orthodox scientific opinion totally (rejects accounts of) visits to Earth by extraterrestrials. Few scientists are willing to (bestow credibility) on theories which purport to explain how extraterrestrials could visit us. (UFO skeptics argue) that explaining (anomalous sightings) in the same terms as the rest is (far more plausible) than inventing an advanced alien civilization to (account for them) . And they often (elaborate their case) by raising more specific plausibility issues

Key

1. Britain and her allies won two world wars.

2. The spell of dry weather often makes this land inhospitable to all animals.

3. The performance by the State Ballet was too sophisticated for the country child.

4. The effusive love from both paternal and maternal parents is likely to spoil the child.

5. After the shipwreck, he was stranded alone on the deserted island.

6. Keep this substance away from rust and acid since they are all corrosive .

7. His family name gave him status on campus.

8. The powerful military force inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy.

9. A series of suppressed pictures depicting the life story of this military giant have finally been

publicized.

10. The local newspaper claims to mirror public opinions.

11. The main reason for the Pilgrims to go to America was to escape from being persecuted for their

religious beliefs.

12. The solar system is the system of planets, etc., of which our sun is the center

Unit3

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1. ( )from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to

smoking.

2. I had a curious and( )feeling as I watched an Indian snake charmer playing with a snake.

3. The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people( ).

4. Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is( )good or evil, and it's up to him and

only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.

5. A(n)( ) step may crush the snail that crawls in the public path. But we could have treaded

aside and let the reptile live.

6. Everything is in motion. Everything shakes. Everything is( ).

7. If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks or work,

but rather teach them to long for the endless( )of the sea.

8. A caribou will( )his ear and listen watchfully at the slightest sound.

9. Our scientific power has( )our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided

men.

10. A(n)( ) into the grizzly's territory may be stalked and killed by the grizzly.

11. A herd of cattle are grazing( )on the grassland.

12. The old( )"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is clearly an appropriate

model for conserving the rich diversity of the world.

Warm-up Listening

Listen to the following passage twice. During the first listening, fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

Today animal populations have sadly (dwindled) all over the world. In the last three centuries more than 200 species of (mammals) , birds, and reptiles have become extinct. Eight hun dred more species are endangered. The (endangered species) include the gorilla, the (orangutan) , the giant tortoise, the trumpeter swan, (the whooping crane) , the big cats, and the whales. Since life began on this planet, countless creatures have come and gone - rendered extinct by natural changes. If extinction is part of the natural order, we can leave it as it is. Unfortunately, we cannot attribute the accelerating decline of our wild animals and plants to "natural" processes. Today's dangers to wildlife most often result from hunting, (habitat) degradation, environmental pollution, the introduction of (pesticides) , and expansion - all generally as a direct result of human activities. What man has done to the animals in the past hundred years will appall anyone who loves this world. It is very true that man's greatest "achievement" in the 20th century is not that he traveled to the moon but that he destroyed forever an (heritage) that nature offered us.

In the course of (expansion) and exploitation, earlier settlers stalked and killed wild animals because these animals preyed on and competed with their livestock for (the grazing land) . The (predators) they killed include the wolf, (mountain lion) , fox, bobcat, and bear. They killed wild creatures also because they believed that predators should be killed on sight, whether they preyed on livestock or not.

The mountain lion has especially suffered from trapping and hunting. There is no need to discuss why we should care about the (extinction) of these birds and animals. With the distinction of each species, we lose a small part of the (diversity of nature) and the world we live in becomes less colorful and interesting. Surely we do not want a world for ourselves and our children that is (devoi d of) birds and animals, do we?

Key

1. Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be

attributed to smoking.

2. I had a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watched an Indian snake charmer playing with a

snake.

3. The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere .

4. Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and

only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.

5. A(n) inadvertent step may crush the snail that crawls in the public path. But we could have treaded

aside and let the reptile live.

6. Everything is in motion. Everything shakes. Everything is vibrating .

7. If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks or work,

but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

8. A caribou will cock his ear and listen watchfully at the slightest sound.

9. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

10. A(n) trespasser into the grizzly's territory may be stalked and killed by the grizzly.

11. A herd of cattle are grazing placidly on the grassland.

12. The old adage"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is clearly an appropriate model for

conserving the rich diversity of the world.

Unit4

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1. A( )in time saves nine.

2. Chinese people( )on their memory the war crimes committed by Japanese invaders.

3. Superstitions were as prevailing as( )in those hard times.

4. The shy girl( )up her courage to stand up and asked a question.

5. The most( )part of our expedition was crossing the lake.

6. Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the( )than reason and common sense.

7. Everything is in slow motion down there and silent. It could replace( )

8. The disease is reaching( )levels in part of the country.

9. Life( )would grow by leaps and bounds(突飞猛进地) if green vegetables smelled as good as

bacon.

10. This world was( )to the people, so they turned to superstition to seek comfort.

11. It is( )with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and

nobly.

12. ( )goods is a very inefficient means of organizing transactions.

Warm-up Listening

Listen to the following passage twice. During the first listening, fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

(Despite the criticism) surrounding astrology, it continues to (flourish) in modern society. Astrology has enjoyed a new popularity in the second half of the 20th century. Millions still (practice it worldwide) . In the US, newspapers and magazines carry daily and weekly (horoscopes) . Astrology has become a (fad) . Twenty years ago, if you (believed in) astrology, you would have been considered (ignorant of) knowledge. Today, it is (trendy) to ask "What's your sign?" The reason is simple. People read about events that cannot be explained by known scientific means and turn to astrology for explanations. Astrologers and astrology can not explain these (supernatural) events

better. Indeed even astrologers say they do not understand (how astrology works) -only that it does. We notice that (astrological readings) and their interpretations (are relative to) the person performing the analysis. Two astrologists analyzing the same person independently may come up with vastly different (predictions) . And very often it is the common sense rather than astrology that (makes a difference) for the (slant) of their advice-positive or negative.

Unit5

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1. Mead( )her readers not to worry about the anxiety problems too much.

2. He needed at least three days to assess the( )of their attentions.

3. The news( )her to the heart.

4. This guy is( ); he always behaves himself in an unacceptable way.

5. The statistics indicate that the murder( )of the city last year ranks the second highest in its

history.

6. In my view he is a real( )to the public.

7. A military( )has been completely destroyed by the government troops.

8. This small town is a(n)( ) place for people to live in.

9. Still in some areas in the West the water supply is( ).

10. He seems to have a(n)( ) for always doing right things.

11. I only have a very( )memory of that event you mentioned.

12. I( )at the attitude with which their work is received.

Warm-up Listening

Listen to the following passage twice. During the first listening, fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

The (terrorist attacks) of September 11 showed us good and evil, heroism and villainy. There were people who stared death in the face and, (setting fear aside) , did what they thought needed doing. Firefighters and policemen strode into burning buildings to save lives. Passengers attacked armed hijackers with their bare hands. And the hijackers steadfastly flew stolen airliners into their targets (at the price of certain death) . Given this basic similarity, why were some acclaimed as martyrs and heroes while others were deplored as fanatics and villains? Is the only difference whether (the moral assessment) emanates from New York City or from Kandahar?

Death is the ending we fight against all our lives. So it is appalling to think of countless lives lost and (horrifying) to see magnificent buildings utterly destroyed. It is heartstopping to imagine the will power and concentration that it takes to (accept the risk) or certainty of death and yet continue to act. So we are quick to think it heroic to take that risk.

Large segments of our culture seem to think self-sacrifice is (the measure of moral worth) . The press has been full of reports, since the attacks on the Twin Towers, that America has shown its moral greatness. The New York Times, in a story about how attitudes toward New York have changed in the heartland, reports on this phenomenon: Debi Koss, a nurse, used to think of New York as a faceless, godless cinderblock. But she has (revised her views) . "I've seen a lot of selflessness," Ms. Koss said. The article also cites a factory worker who remarks that the post-disaster spirit of mutual aid (contrasts

favorably with) the normal run of business: "Before, they appeared to be selfish with their time."

The concept that heroism is self-sacrifice (for a noble ideal) is clearly alive in the West today.

key

1. Mead admonished her readers not to worry about the anxiety problems too much.

2. He needed at least three days to assess the genuineness of their attentions.

3. The news stabbed her to the heart.

4. This guy is unmanageable ; he always behaves himself in an unacceptable way.

5. The statistics indicate that the murder toll of the city last year ranks the second highest in its history.

6. In my view he is a real menace to the public.

7. A military coup has been completely destroyed by the government troops.

8. This small town is a(n) paradisiacal place for people to live in.

9. Still in some areas in the West the water supply is meager .

10. He seems to have a(n) instinct for always doing right things.

11. I only have a very vague memory of that event you mentioned.

12. I despair at the attitude with which their work is received.