西安电子科技大学英语一（下）期末试题5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。

— Hi, Tom. You don’t look happy.______

   —Bad luck! I fell off my bike and hurt my leg.

A.  What’s up                B. What’re you doing?    

C. Where is your brother?      D. What a cool bike?

答案：

解析：该答案相当于what has happened,符合上下文。

2.  —Be sure to call me back as soon as you arrive home safely.

　　—Yes, I will. Goodbye then.

　　—__________.

　　A. With pleasure         B. Have a safe trip   

  C. Don't mention it       D. It's very kind of you

答案：

解析：表示祝愿别人一路顺风。

3. —I don't have any change with me. Will you pay the fare for me?

　 — ________.

　　A. That's fine   B. Nothing serious   C. Never mind    D. No problem

答案：

解析：英语习惯表达法，表示同意。

4. —I am sorry to trouble you, sir.

　　—________

　　A. My pleasure.                  B. What's wrong with you?

　　C. What seems to be the problem?    D. It doesn't matter.

答案：

解析：相当于what is the trouble.

5. —Never thought to see you here!

　 — ________

　　A. So did I.         B. It's a small world!    

C. Oh, my God!     D. Glad to see you, too!

答案：

解析：惊讶远方遇故旧，回答这个世界真小。符合习惯。

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

Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?

Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings — battles lost and won, kings or  rulers overthrown (推翻) or killed — took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.

Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

6. The phrase "subscribe to" in the first paragraph means _______.

A. go to the newspaper stand and buy

B. send their own news stories to

C. agree to buy for a specific period of time

D. become faithful readers of

答案C：

解析：故旧上下文推测，订报纸符合情景。

7. The habit of reading newspapers is _______.

A. widespread       B. found among a few families  

 C. not popular       D. uncommon

答案：

解析：第一段表明此意。

8. Before the time of the newspaper, _______.

A. bad news traveled quickly and good news slowly

B. few people cared about events that took place in far away countries

C. kings and rulers were often overthrown or killed

D. news was passed from one person to another

答案：

解析：第二段表明此意。

9. The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is _______.

A. wasted     B. not much    C. well spent     D. of no use to anyone

答案：

解析：最后一段中间表明此意。

10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Five hundred years ago it took a long time for news to reach other countries.

B. Newspaper advertisements turn people's attention away from their products.

C. The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new products.

D. When newspapers are sold at a low price, the newspaper producers will lose money.

答案：

解析：通过文章可以推测出来。

Passage 2

The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of once-and-future students on my way to work these summer mornings.

   These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once looked after by teachers and headmasters, they now appear to be in “self care.”

   For much of our history, however, Americans framed the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing seasons. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.

  The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as somehow sacred. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.

  “We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life,” says educator Dr. Ernest Boyer.

  Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is necessary. “School, whether we like it or not, is custodial and educational. It always has been.”

11. In speaking of “once-and-future students”, the author is referring to ____.

A. kids too young to take a job

B. school children old enough to take care of themselves

C. kids who cannot afford to go camping

D. school children on summer vacation

答案：

解析：第一段隐含此意。

12. For a long time in American history, the school year was arranged to meet the needs of ____.

A. school children         B. working parents

C. farm hands              D. teachers and headmasters

答案：

解析：第三段第一句话表明此意。

13. By “a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life”, Dr. Boyer means the school calendar ____.

A. is much shorter than parents’ working days

B. makes it impossible for parents to live a normal life

C. allows children to hang out instead of helping their parents

D. is set on the agricultural model

  答案：

解析：第三段表明此意。

14. From the passage we can learn that Dr. Boyer believes school should educate children and ______.

A. motivate them

B. entertain them

C. take care of them

D. help their parents

  答案：

解析：最后一段最后一句表明此意。

15. The author’s main purpose in writing this to drive home the point that ________.

A. American children must stop hanging out

B. US kids need more school time

C. The advantages of a longer school year outweigh its disadvantages

D. Parents are not happy about the present school calendar

  答案：

解析：这正是本文主题。

Passage 3

Have you ever felt your mind getting confused after a sleepless night? You couldn’t come up with an original thought no matter how hard you tried.

You were probably right if you thought that was caused by a lack of sleep. Dr. Home, a sleep researcher in England, studied 24 college students. One group got their normal eight hours of sleep. The other group didn’t get the smallest amount of sleep — they stayed awake all night. The next day, Dr. Home tested the students. He asked them questions that required creative and original thinking. One of the questions was “How many uses can a cardboard box be put to?”

The results? The wide-awake students did well on the tests. The tired students did poorly.

Research has already shown that tired people can do okay on tests of routine thinking, like simple addition. But Dr. Home tested creative thinking only.

As part of his study, he offered an amount of money as a reward to the sleepy students if they did well. But even this encouragement wasn’t enough to help the students overcome their tiredness. They still did poorly. Dr. Home believes that the cerebral cortex — the part of the brain where thinking takes place — may get worn out during waking hours. Sleep may help to repair the brain overnight. Without any sleep, he emphasizes, “even if you concentrate harder, you cannot do better.”

This study gives people something to think about, especially people like hospital workers and airline pilots, who must stay awake all night and then make emergency decisions.

16. According to the passage, the confusion of your mind is possibly due to _____.

A. the lack of sleep 

B. the difficult question

C. the requirement of your creative thinking

D. the requirement of your original thinking

答案：

解析：第二段表明此意。

17. Tired people can do everything EXCEPT_____.

A. doing simple addition     

B. doing okay on tests of routine thinking

C. answering the creative question well

D. telling other people their names

答案：

解析：第3-4段表明此意。

18. The purpose for Dr. Home to offer a lot of money to the sleepy students is to _____.

A. help them repair their brains

B. stimulate their interests of the question

C. buy some medicine which can make them exciting

D. encourage them to do better

答案：

解析：第五段表明此意。

19. Who might be better instructed in their work after reading this passage?

A. Nurses. B. Children. C. Students. D. Businessmen.

答案：

解析：最后一段表明此意。

20. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. a foolish man with good sleep may answer creative question well

B. a pilot should fly the aircraft after having good sleep

C. enough sleep is good for your emergency decisions

D. both B and C

答案：

解析：两个答案文章中均提到。

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. The authorities showed no signs of ______ to the kidnapper's demands.

    A. giving in            B. giving off

C. giving up            D. giving out

答案：

解析：固定搭配。

22. To our surprise, the stranger ______ to be an old friend of my mother's.

    A. turned down                  B. turned in

C. turned out                   D. turned on

答案：

解析：固定搭配，意思是结果是或被证明是。

23. The length of time spent exercising ______ the sport you are training for.

    A. determines on                B. leans on

C. decides on                   D. depends on

答案：

解析：固定搭配又符合上下文。

24. I ______ of most of my old college friends, unfortunately,.

    A. have missed track            B. have kept track

C. have lost track              D. have a track

答案：

解析：固定搭配。

25. Most beginners buy plants ______ and then hope for the best.

    A. to impulse                   B. by impulse

C. at impulse                   D. on impulse

答案：

解析：固定搭配，其余不是。

26. The exhibition ______ to York City Art Gallery on 23rd January.

    A. transmits                    B. transfers

C. transports                   D. transplants

答案：

解析：固定搭配又符合情景。

27. It is important that we ______ well.

    A. have studied                B. would study

C. studied                     D. study

答案：

解析：虚拟语气。

28. ______ your advice, I would have made myself a fool.

A. But for    B. But that     C. But if      D. thanks to

答案：

解析：虚拟语气。

29. I remember the whole thing as if it ______ yesterday.

    A. happened                    B. have happened

C. had happened                D. would happen

答案：

解析：虚拟语气。

30. No sooner ______ reading the poem than the student's questions began pouring in.

    A. she had finished            B. had she finished

C. has she finished            D. had finished she

答案：

解析：固定结构。

31. ______ such a wonderful novel.

    A. Never have I before read    B. Never have read I before

C. Never before have I read    D. Never had I before read

答案：

解析：倒装结构。

32. Not until quite recently ______ what had happened at school.

    A. did I know                  B. I had known

C. I didn't know               D. will I have known

答案：

解析：倒装结构。

33. The more difficult the problems are, ______ able to solve them.

    A. I am the less likely        B. the less likely I am

C. the likely less I am        D. I am less likely

答案：

解析：比较级平行结构。

34. I wish I ______ longer this morning, but I had to get up and come to class.

    A. have sleeping                B. could have slept

C. slept                        D. have slept

答案：

解析：虚拟语气。

35. These figures are a ______. The real situation is much more complicated than this.

   A． complication          B. simplification

   C． diversification         D. certification

答案：

解析：符合上下文意思。

36. The man we are looking for is of ______ height or smaller, with a long hooked nose.

   A. middle         B. core      C. medium       D. central

答案：

解析：中等个子英语地道表达法。

37. My work is ______ to train people to help other people.

   A. basically    B. accurately     C. optimistically    D. generously

答案：

解析：结构副词符合逻辑。

38. I will ______ if he is the right person for the post.

   A. check out     B. check in    C. check up     D. check through

答案：

解析：固定搭配，意思是查看一下。

39. The army has remained ______ to the government.

   A. elegant       B. contributed    C. clever      D. loyal

答案：

解析：固定搭配又符合上下文。

40. Besides ability, the other essential ______ in political success is luck.

   A. element       B. portion       C. role       D. percentage

答案：

解析：意思是 因素，符合上下文。

Ⅳ. 英汉互译(每题4分，共20分)

  41. Though constantly disturbed, he still managed to finish the job on time.

  42. In every aspect of our life, we become more and more and more comfortable with the help of computers.

  43. 他从大衣口袋里掏出一包东西。（package）

  44. 孩子们把屋里弄得乱七八糟。（upside down）

  45. 墙纸上有美丽的蓝色图案。( design)

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。

Electricity

电在人们生活中的重要性

电的用途

怎样更节能的发电和用电

   答案：略