重庆交通学院《大学英语I》期末预测试卷No.2
Part I Listening Comprehension (25%) （略）
Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)
Section A
Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime defense plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.
Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way home from work or to take the family out for pizzas, or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long, hard day.
Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one.
Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers a “fun” break.
26. American women left home to work in large numbers because of __________________. A) the increase in food prices B) the need of war-time industry C) the improved living standard D) the modernization of the kitchen
27. The phrase “pitch in” in Line 2, Paragraph 2, is closest in meaning to _______________. A) “disagree with”
B) “eat with good appetite” C) “offer compliment” D) “offer help or support”
28. What is a working mother’s best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for the family according to the passage? A) Making a meal out of canned food.
B) Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it. C) Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place.
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D) Heating up frozen dinners.
29. Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their own meal at home? A) Single working mothers.
B) Unemployed women with family. C) Elderly people living alone. D) Unmarried mature people.
30. What is this passage mainly about?
A) Changes in the American family during World War II. B) Women’s liberation in America. C) Rising divorce rate in America today.
D) Reasons for the popularity of fast food in America.
Passage 2
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Trials are taking place in North America and Europe to test an electronic device which will prevent children from watching unsuitable programs on television.
The device, known as a V-chip (the “v” stands for violence), allows parents to control their television set so that programs which are unsuitable for children cannot be watched on a particular television.
The V-chip works by using an electronic code. When a program is broadcast, the signal from the television transmitter carries a code, which indicates the level of sex and/or violence in a particular program. The V-chip inside the television then examines the code for each program and blocks transmission of those programs which contain certain codes.
Makers of the V-chip say that parents can be confident that their children will not be able to watch those programs which they decide are unsuitable.
V-chip technology has attracted a lot of interest. President Clinton passed a law last year which will require all new televisions to be fitted with V-chips by 1998. And the European Parliament（欧洲议会） has included the V-chip in its new Directive on Broadcasting.
But critics say that the system will not be fool-proof, and that children will find ways of getting around it. There are also concerns that foreign satellite television companies may not abide by the rules. Others say that if viewers come to rely on the V-chip, other controls on program content may start to be relaxed.
31. According to the passage, V-chip technology enables parents to _____________. A) keep inappropriate TV programs away from their children B) test electronic devices that can take the place of the TV set C) turn off the television when they are not home
D) control the amount of time that their children spend on watching TV 32. What do we learn from the passage about the electronic code? A) It is a computer program built in a TV set to examine the V-chip. B) It contains information about the television transmitter. C) It is the signal that is sent out by the V-chip.
D) It shows the level of sex and/or violence in a particular program. 33. The word “they ” in Paragraph 4 refers to ________________.
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A) makers B) programs C) children D) parents
34. We can conclude from the passage that ________________________. A) President Clinton attracted a lot of interest
B) a law had been passed to prohibit sex and violence on TV
C) TV sets sold in American after 1998 are required to have V-chips
D) the European Parliament decided to import the V-chip technology from USA 35. Critics of the V-chip were concerned that ____________________. A) children may not like the new technology
B) new problems may arise even if the V-chip works C) children may get addicted to the new technology
D) imported TV set may not have been equipped with V-chips
Passage 3
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely qualifies literacy (读写能力).
Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the UNESCO Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, comprising eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).
36. Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is .
A) approximately one hundred and twenty-five million B) approximately seven hundred million
C) approximately eight or eight point five thousand million D) exactly twenty-four million
37. The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises . A) thirty-five per cent of Europe’s population
B) zero point two per cent of the world adult population C) zero point one per cent of that of illiteracy in the world
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D) three point five per cent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe 38. It is obvious that UNESCO . A) is a company in France
B) is a world organization attached to the U. N. C) works mainly at combating illiteracy
D) has many experts whose level of attainment is far from literacy 39. A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at . A) helping illiterates learn how to read and write B) enforcing the functions of UNESCO
C) urging Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy D) training responsible citizens
40. The author implies that this world plan is to . A) be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like Africa B) be debated at an international conference
C) be drawn up by Parisian experts D) be realized in ten years
Section B
Directions: In this section there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements with no more than 10 words. Be sure to write your answers on Answer Sheet.
Teen smoking rates have been dropping since 1997, federal health officials report today, but more than a quarter of high school students still smoke cigarettes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says roughly 29% of American high school students are smokers, down from 36% in 1997. The finding confirms other studies that show a decline in smoking in this age group.
The trend is occurring across all race and age groups and in both boys and girls, says Terry Pechacek of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. If trends continue, the report says, the national goal to reduce teen smoking rates to 16% or lower by 2010 is achievable.
Pechacek attributes the decline to a 70% jump in the price of cigarettes from the end of 1997 to May 2001, along with expanded school, state and national smoking-prevention efforts. By 2000, the report says, 92% of the USA's school districts required tobacco-prevention education, and nearly half of middle and senior high schools had no-smoking policies.
To keep teen smoking rates on a downward path, Pechacek says, cigarette prices should continue to rise and smoking-prevention campaigns should expand. “We’ve got it going in the right direction,” he says, “but we can’t be satisfied with what we have got. If we’re going to continue to decline, we’ve got to continue those efforts.”
The data being released today are part of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a national school-based survey of 14,601 students in grades 9-12 that was conducted in spring 2001.
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SAQ 1. This report mainly discusses ____________________.
SAQ 2. From 1997 to 2001, the smoking rate in America high school students has dropped by _____________ percentage point.
SAQ 3. What did the US want to achieve in fighting teen smoking by the year 2010?
SAQ 4. The drop in teen smoking rate was a result of _____________________ as well as efforts
from various sectors to prevent smoking.
SAQ 5. What should be the next step to reduce teen smoking rate according to Pechacek?
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (25%)
Section A
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
41. There has been an upsurge of interest in chamber music. ________, opera is receiving a boost
from increased record sales. A) Alike B) Likewise C) Likely D) Liking 42. He would often be working _________ on his word processor late into the night. A) away B) along C) far D) awhile
43. I suggest that ________ the show season starting in June, it should be brought forward to April
or May. A) along with B) except for C) other than D) rather than 44. We'll be exploring different _________ to gathering information. A)directions B) entrance C) approaches D) instructions 45. We naturally _______ the name of Einstein with the theory of relativity. A) associate B) communicate C) honor D) spin 46. The pictures are similar, but there are _________ differences between them.
A) inevitable B) subtle C) excessive D) invaluable 47. Susan was afraid to open the door lest he _________ her.
A) followed
B) have followed C) had followed D) should follow
48. When you're older I think you're better equipped mentally to cope with ________ happens.
A) no matter how B) whichever C) whatever D) no matter when
49. He got a message from Mr. Johnson _________ the manager could not see him that afternoon. A) who B) which C) that D) what 50. She had been _________ about her father’s choice of doctor and knew now that she had been
right.
A) concerned B) dreadful C) awful D) afraid 51. Why is she looking at me as though she ________ me? I've never seen her before. A) know B) has known C) had known D) knew 52. She ________ her success to hard work and a bit of luck. A) generated B) attributed C) release d D) accumulated 53. Our holidays were ruined by the weather: _______ have stayed at home!
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A) we might just as well B) it may be as well
C) it was just as well we D) we might do as well as we 54. “Will eighty dollars be enough?” “Another twenty _______.” A) will fine B) will cover C) will fix D) will do 55. ________ the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous.
A) Judged from
B) Having judged from C) Judging from
D) After having judged from
56. Trade will figure ________ in the second day of talks in Washington.
A) irrationally B) prominently C) mechanically D) steadily 57. Non-gaseous substances which _________ naturally as pure elements, such as gold, are rare
and are often highly valued. A) happen B) perceive C) occur D) assume
58. ________ the government’s record on unemployment, their chances of winning the election
look poor. A) Give B) Giving C) Given D) To give 59. A sacred site might be a mountain that is ________ some significance to a tribe. A) with B) by C) at D) of
60. He said it was important that every member _________ his subscription by the end of the
month. A)sent B) send C) would sent D) had sent 61. Worrying about the business has turned her into a nervous _________ . A) ritual B) theory C) wreck D) spectacle 62. From the top of the hill you can get a beautiful _________ of the entire park. A) profit B) perspective C) prospective D) position 63. Only in a few countries ________ a reasonable standard of living.
A) the whole of the population enjoys B) the whole of the population do enjoy C) the whole of the population enjoy
D) does the whole of the population enjoy
64. This is the first time she _________ disappointment.
A) has experienced B) experienced C) experiences D) experience
65. Insurance statistics show that most wives ________ their husbands. A) survey B) survive C) inspect D) engage 66. ________ whether he is right or wrong, we have to abide by his decision. A) Considering B) Provided C) Regardless of D) In spite of 67. ________ in government was exposed through the agency of the press.
A) Caution B) Corruption C) Charity D) Collision 68. His business was very successful, but it was at his family’s ________. A) exposure B) concern C) behalf D) expense
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69. The champagne ________ for the guest to toast the bride and groom, when the police arrived
to arrest the groom. A) was just pouring out B) just was poured out
C) just have been pouring out D) had just been poured out 70. I was made ________ two hours for an appointment in the chilly wind.
A) wait B) waiting
C) to wait
D) waited
Section B
Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word derived from the one in brackets.
Example 1: Tom does not have a job. He is _____________. (job) Answer: jobless
Example 2: It is _____________ to talk with one’s mouth full of food. (polite) Answer: impolite
71. Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into ________ (adult).
72. Getting there is the main thing——how we get there is a ________ (second) consideration. 73. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an ________ (alter) to painkillers.
74. The aim of the cruise was to ________ (awake) an interest in and an understanding of foreign
cultures.
75. The new test should _______ (able) doctors to detect the disease early. 76. Pamam is the second airline in two months to file for ________ (bankrupt). 77. Earning enough money to keep his family is a high ________ (prior).
78. ________ (employ) is so damaging to both individuals and to communities.
79. Social science is a _________ (collect) name, covering a series of individual sciences. 80. He didn’t want to tell Mr Morrison why he was ______ (patient) to get home.
Section C
Directions: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of words or phrases according to the meanings of the expressions given in Chinese in brackets.
81. She ______(上诉) to the high court against her sentence.
82. A microscope will _______ (放大) these germs, so that you can actually see them. 83. The Museum exhibited famous _______ (史前的) cave paintings of Lascaux.
84. Every visitor to Georgia is overwhelmed by the kindness, charm and _______ (好客)of the
people.
85. The talk took place _________ (有…在场)of a diplomatic observer.
86. It is not an idea around which the Community can unite. _______ (正相反), I see it as one that
will divide us.
87. I don’t know why you’re so concerned. It isn’t your problem________ (毕竟).
88. The _______ (积累的) effect of using so many chemicals on the land could be disastrous. 89. Football is not _______ (免疫的) to economic recession.
90. There is a wide ________ (差异) of opinions on the question of disarmament.
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Part IV Translation (10 %)
Directions: Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English, using the words or phrases provided.
91.做科学研究不容易，不仅需要时间、精力和经验，还需要具有自制力和奉献精神（discipline and commitment）。
92.这是一次重要的会议，请务必不要迟到。（see to it that）
93.不管是有意识还是无意识，人们往往用眼神、面部表情、形体动作和态度表露真情，从而使他人产生包括从舒适到害怕的一连串反应。（range…from…）
94.不管花多少钱，我们都要尽最大努力延长这位感染艾滋病毒的姑娘的生命。 （be infected with AIDS virus）
95. 那位女士太激动，以至情不自禁地提起了婚姻话题。（bring up）
重庆交通学院《大学英语I》期末预测试卷No.2答案
Part II Reading Comprehension (40%)
26-30: BDCBD 31-35: ADDCB 36-40: ACBAD
SAQ 1 a decline in smoking rate of American high school students SAQ 2 seven
SAQ 3 To reduce teen smoking rate to 16 percent or lower. SAQ 4 rising cigarette prices
SAQ 5 To continue to raise cigarette prices and expand smoking-prevention campaigns.
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (25%)
Section A 41—50: BADCA BDCCA 51—60: DBADC BCCDB 61—70: CBDAB CBDDC Section B 71. adulthood 72. secondary 73. alternative 74. awaken 75. enable
76. bankruptcy 77. priority 78. unemployment 79. collective 80. impatient
Section C 81. appealed 82. magnify 83. prehistoric 84.hospitality 85. in the presence 86. On the contrary 87. after all 88. cumulative 89. immune 90. diversity
Part IV Translation (10%)
91. It is not easy to do scientific research; it requires time, energy and money as well as discipline
and commitment.
92. This is an important meeting. Please see to it that you are not late for it.
93. Consciously or unconsciously, people show their true feelings with their eyes, faces, bodies
and attitudes, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from comfort to fear.
94. We’ll do our best to help the girl infected with the AIDS virus to live longer, regardless of the
cost.
95. The young lady was so excited that she could not restrain herself from bringing up the subject
of marriage.
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