西安电子科技大学英语一（下）期末试题2答案

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《英语（一）（下）》期末考试试题

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Ⅰ. 交际与对话(每题3分，共15分)

此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

1. — Do you care for pop songs?

— ___________.

A. Yes, I do   B. Yes, I am    C. No, I can’t    D. No, I am not

答案：

解析：问是否喜欢流行歌曲，作了肯定回答，符合语法。

2. — Henry had a car accident and broke his arm.

  — _________________

 A. It’s impossible.                B. Really? How terrible!

 C. It’s too good to be true!         D. Don’t cry!

答案：

解析：先惊讶，后评论，表示同情，符合英美人习惯。

3. — We’re planning a visit to America next week.

   — _________________

   A. Have a good journey.            B. Good bye.

   C. Wish you happy.                D. You’re right.

答案：

解析：表示祝愿，符合英美人习惯。

4.  — Hi, is Jack in the office, please?

   — _________________.

   A. No, he is not there.             B. Yes, what do you want?

C. Hold on. I’ll get him.           D. Yes, Tom is me.

答案：

解析：只有答案符合英语打电话用语。

5. —What kind of room would you like?

  —_________________

A. Two rooms.                  B. OK, thank you.

C. I like it very much.         D. A double room with a private bath.

答案：

解析：问预订的房型，唯有答案是地道说法。

Ⅱ. 阅读理解(每题2分，共30分)

此部分共有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

Passage 1

I was due to take my driving test at 11:30 am. It was a rainy morning with low clouds and as I approached the driving school at 9:50 am, my heart sank. My driving instructor, Stan, said something, trying to drive away my fears, but I was not impressed.

We set off for the test centre with an hour to go. I wanted a run round the test circuit (圈), but we got stuck in a traffic jam, and could only drive no faster than walking.

We arrived at the test centre at 11 am. Stan made me watch a group of six learners emerging from the building with their respective (各自的) examiners. Their instructors were looking out from two windows. We watched them drive off. They must have been feeling very nervous.

Stan took me round the probable test track, pointing out the traps. The weather became even worse. It seemed to make me feel worse too. I had developed a couldn't-care-less mood, and was almost calm. We returned to the test centre in time to see the six unfortunates returning. Their nerves must have been in a terrible state.

I sat in the waiting room until six examiners came in to call out our respective names. Mine showed no emotion as he asked me to go to my car. I showed none either, but the tension began mounting again.

6. On their way to the test center, Stan tried to comfort the author _______.

A. but it made the author's heart sink deeper

B. but the words produced no effect

C. so that the author could drive to the center with no fears  

D. so that they could prepare for all the traps

答案：

解析：第一段最后一句话表明此意。

7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Six learners would be tested at the same time.

B. The learners were tested in the presence of their instructors.

C. None of the six learners passed the test in the end.

D. The instructors were as nervous as the learners.

答案：

解析：第三段表明此意。

8. When the author was sitting in the waiting room, he was quite _______.

A. upset     B. nervous      C. frightened      D. Relaxed

答案：

解析：最后一段最后一句表明此意。

9. When it was his turn to take the test, the author went to his car with _______.

A. firm confidence            B. mixed emotions

C. increased nervousness       D. perfect calmness

答案：

解析：最后一段最后一句的后半句表明此意。

10. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. the influence of bad weather upon a test taker

B. the feelings of a learner before his driving test

C. the preparations before a driving test

D. an unforgettable day

答案：

解析：这正是本文主题。

Passage 2

Who coined the term personal computer? The Oxford Dictionary says Byte magazine used it first, in its May 1976 issue. But Yale Law School Fred Shapiro decided to do some digging on his own--- with help from JSTOR, an online electronic database for academic journals. JSTOR’s arts and sciences archive offers scans of million pages from 117 journals, some dating back to 150 years. Using character-recognition software, JSTOR creates searchable files for each document, allowing full-text searches across 15 academic fields.

While searching for the origin of personal computer, Shapiro uncovered several computing claims. Stewart Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalog, says on his Web site that he first referred to a “personal computer” in a 1976 book; and GUI pioneer Alan Kay is said to have used the term in a paper published in 1972.

But a search on JSTOR’s general science archive turned up what Shapiro says is the earliest recorded use of personal computer, in the October 4,1968, issue of Science. The issue contains a Hewlett-Packard advertisement for its new HP 9100A. “The new Hewlett-Packard 9100A personal computer,” the ad says, is “ready, willing and able …to relieve you of waiting to get on the big computer.” The $4900 device---a desktop scientific calculator equipped with magnetic cars---does not seem like much of a computer nowadays. And at 40 pounds, it was not very personal, either. But according to Shapiro, it was the first device to be called a personal computer.

11. The term “personal computer” first appeared______

A. in Byte magazine

B. in a Hewlett-Packard ad in Science

C. in a 1974 book

D. in a paper published by Alan Kay

答案：

解析：最后一段表明此意。

12. What is JSTOR ?

A. It is an online database

B. It is an academic journal

C. It is a kind of computer software

D. It is a research organization

答案：

解析：第一段表明此意。

13. Shapiro succeeded in his research for the origin of the term personal computer by______

A. looking into the Oxford Dictionary

B. digging into magazines that are more than 150 years old

C. scanning JSTOR’s general science archive on line

D. focusing on academic journal such as Science

答案：

解析：最后一段第一句话表明此意。

14. With a HP9100A, according to the Hewlett-Packard ad, you____

A. can easily get on the big computer

B. do not have to get on the big computer

C. can save a lot of money

D. will be willing and ready to do scientific work

答案：

解析：最后一段中间表明此意。

15. What do we learn from the passage about the first device that was called personal computer?

A. It looked very different from the PC today.

B. It was small, light and easy to carry around.

C. It was as efficient as a big computer.

D. It relieved people of a great deal of tedious work.

答案：

解析：最后一段最后3句话表明此意，

Passage 3

Ever since I was very small, I have had the sense that I ought to be somewhere else. I remember watching trains flash by and wishing I was on board. I remember going to the airport with my parents when I was 13 and reading the destinations board, seeing all the places that I could go to: Los Angeles, Chicago, London.

But the trains passed by and the planes took off without me, so I wandered the world through books. I went to Victorian England in the pages of Middlemarch and A Little Princess, and to St. Petersburg before the fall of the tsar with Anna Karenina.

My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, somewhere else. I lived within the covers of books. In books I traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be, what I might achieve, and what I might dare to dream about my world and myself.

I travel today in the way I once dreamed of traveling as a child- on airplanes and in train. And the irony is that I don’t care for it very much. I am the sort of person who prefers to stay at home, surrounded by family, friends, books. The only thing I do like about traveling is the time on airplanes spent reading.

It turns out that when my younger self thought of taking wing, she wanted only to let her spirit soar. Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the real destinations, and the journey too. They are home.

16. What did the writer do as a curious child?

A. She visited Victorian England and Tsarist Russia.

B. She flew to Los Angeles, Chicago and London with her parents.

C. She read all kinds of books.

D. She spent lots of time traveling on trains.

答案：

解析：第二段第二句话表明此意。

17. How does the author feel about travel today?

A. She doesn’t like it very much.

B. She takes great pleasure in it.

C. She feels tired of it.

D. She feels as excited as when she was young.

答案：

解析：第4段第二句话表明此意。

18. What did the author learn from books as a child?

A. About many foreign places.

B. About many historical figures.

C. About the outside world as well as her own self.

D. About the ironies of life.

  答案：

解析：第三段最后一句表明此意。

19. We can infer from the passage that when traveling by air, the author spends most of her time on the way _____.

A. reading books

B. resting herself

C. imagining things

D. letting her spirit soar

答案：

解析：第四段最后一句隐含此意。

20. In this passage the author mainly talks about _____.

A. the wonders of travel

B. her growth from an innocent child to a learned woman

C. the benefits of reading

D. the difference between childhood dreams and life’s realities

答案：

解析：这正是本文主题。

Ⅲ. 词汇与结构(每题1分，共20分)

此部分共有20个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

21. My brother Simon ______ twenty years old.

A. has          B. have         C. does         D. is

答案：

解析：用系动词表示年龄。

22. How often do you ______ shopping?

A. have         B. make        C. see          D. do

答案：

解析：购物的固定搭配。

23. Signs like that have a way of ______ small children and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the store-owner's sign.

A. attracting    B. attracts   C. attracted    D. attract

答案：

解析：介词后动词用现在分词。

24. Your opinion __________ only a small section of public opinion.

  A. sacrifices    B. shuttles     C. represents    D. exhausts

答案：

解析：根据上下文，“代表”符合。

25. We don't expect you to ______ jogging or backpacking.

   A. take in    B. take out   C. take up   D. take off

答案：

解析：“从事”符合上下文。

26. When you see an old film, you cannot help ______ by the appearance of the women in it.

A. be shocked   B. being shocked   C. are shocked  D. shocked

答案：

解析：cannot help doing sth 固定结构。

27. The official statistics on drug addiction are only ______ of the iceberg; the real figure may well be much higher.

A. the top       B. a tip        C. the tip       D. a top

答案：

解析：固定说法，“冰山一角”, 用定冠词符合语法。

28. David started to feel more ______ about his future after his dream of becoming a college student had turned into a reality.

   A. obviously     B. positive     C. mostly      D. positively

答案：

解析：一者需要形容词，二者符合上下文。

29. The WHO officials claim that it is high time to raise ________ of the danger of AIDS among young people.

  A. awareness     B. aware      C. course      D. period

答案：

解析：一者用名词作表语，二者固定搭配，三者符合上下文。

30. Although the teacher didn't mention any names, everyone in the classroom knew whom she was ________ to.

   A. offering       B. refer       C. referring   D. offer

答案：

解析：用分词符合语法，refer to固定搭配。

31. Jonnie lives near an airport. As a result, the noise made by flights ______ his health badly.

A. effects        B. harms      C. affects     D. pollutes

答案：

解析：影响健康 只能用该答案。

32. The mother was angry to see her favorite glass broken into pieces, and what made her much angrier was that none of her three kids was willing to take the ______.

   A. error      B. mistake       C. responsibility      D. result

答案：

解析：承担责任 只能是该答案。

33. The young man works very hard, for he knows that all his family ______ success of him.

   A. expect     B. wish       C. hope       D. believe

答案：

解析：表示 等待期望，符合上下文。

34. It was very ___ of you to turn off the TV when I was working on my report.

   A. friendly    B. considerate     C. helpful     D. generous

答案：

解析：根据上下文，只能是“体贴”的意思。

35. Since the speaker was a famous researcher in this field, many students ______ his lecture yesterday evening.

   A. preferred     B. joined       C. presented    D. attended

答案：

解析：去上课的固定说法。

36. The lion is often used as a ______ of courage.

A. sign       B. signal        C. expression     D. symbol

答案：

解析：“象征”符合逻辑。

37. Women have fought long and hard ______ equally in language as well as in society, because they know that changes in language can cause changes in attitudes.

A. be treated    B. to be treated     C. being treated     D. treated

答案：

解析：一是需要不定式作目的状语，二者应被动态。

38. Sometimes new words may seem ______ and silly, such as chair for chairman, fisher for fisherman, and drafter for draftsman.

    A. awkwardly                  B. awkwarding

C. awkward                    D. awkwarded

答案：

解析：用形容词作表语符合语法。

39. Do you want to look younger? Do you want to feel strong, avoid illness, and reduce ______?

A. stressful     B. press     C. stressness      D. stress 

答案：

解析：stress 就是名词作表语。

40. Physical exercise is really an effective way of ______ pressure for most people.

A. release     B. released      C. releasing    D. being released

答案：

解析：介词后用现在分词，二者用主动态。

Ⅳ. 英汉互译(每题4分，共20分)

  41. His white hair was in sharp contrast to his dark skin.

  42. She has potential as an artist.

  43. 这家公司赞助了几个电视节目。(sponsor)

  44. 大家听到战争可能爆发的消息都很恐慌。（alarmed）

  45. 这村庄在战乱中被烧毁了。(burn to the ground)

Ⅴ. 作文(20分)

要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和中文提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。

Shopping Online

1. 网上购物的优点；

2. 网上购物的缺点；

3. 怎样更好地网上购物；

答案：略