新视野大学英语试卷

《新视野大学英语》试卷

试卷一

请考生注意，试卷一的答案要填在答题卡上，填在试卷上无效。试卷二的答案要写在试卷二上。交卷时要按英语班级分开交上（只交答题卡和试卷二）。

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 points, 20 questions)

Section A

Directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked a), b), c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center.

Example: you will hear: M: Is it possible for you to work late, Miss Grey.

W: Work late? I suppose so, if you really think it’s necessary.

Q: Where do you think this conversation most probably took place?

Y ou will read: A) At the office

B) in the waiting room

C) at the airport

D) in a restaurant

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “at the office” is the best answer. Y ou should choose [A] and mark it with a single line through the centre.

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PartⅡReading Comprehension (30 points)

Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Y ou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Many people, particularly recent college graduates, dream of owning their own businesses. Although such ventures are often exciting and profitable, the new entrepreneur should thoroughly investigate and plan the situation before plunging in. the first step should be to assemble a board of advisers, including a lawyer, an accountant, and an insurance representative. These individuals can provide valuable information and counsel. Securing the necessary licenses and permits is also a precondition and may require research to determine what is necessary.

Most successful small-business owners have considerable experience in the field working for others before they become independent. They also begin with substantial financial backing and a good location. Renting space may be preferable or necessary at the start, but the lease on the building must be examined carefully before it is signed. The new owner should be thoroughly familiar with the market and the competition. A person who wants to buy an existing business can often learn the history of the company and its prospects from the owner’s records. Once the

business gets started, accurate and complete records should be kept to monitor the company’s progress and profits.

Financing may be the most difficult step for small-business owners. They may rely on their own savings or borrow money from a bank or the Small Business Administration. Some suppliers will sell merchandise on credit, and manufacturers may be willing to finance the purchase of equipment. If the new business is a corporation, the owner may choose to sell stock.

Once the new business is started, the Small Business Administration is a good source of advice. Several of its programs are designed to help new owners with the advice and expertise of retired executives. A nearby university or trade association may also help owners locate local sources of help.

New business owners often report that they work long, hard hours but find the experience extremely satisfying. The realization that their efforts will produce actual results in the form of profit, success, and pride can be quite motivating. Those who have worked for others enjoy the opportunity to make decisions and follow projects through to completion. Many report that hard work has never been so enjoyable before. Careful research, investigation, and planning at the outset do not guarantee success, but they provide a good foundation for the new small business and its owner.

21.The main idea of the passage is about _________.

A)the history of the small business

B)tips on how to start your own business

C)how a small business works

D)the best way to build up a profitable business

22.Which of the following advisers is most necessary before you begin?

A)A retired executive.

B)A bank officer.

C)A professor of economics.

D)A lawyer.

23.The article indicates that most successful small-business owners are _______.

A)recent college graduates

B)new entrepreneurs

C)financially secure

D)experienced in the field

24.One advantage of buying an existing business over starting a new one is that ______.

A)it has records readily available

B)it minimizes the competition

C)it is cheaper

D)it already has many customers

25.New business owners may avoid potential problems by ______.

A)hard work

B)selling stock

C)careful planning

D)buying on credit

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards, that is to say, of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats. It is said that the English man objects to this type of existence, but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world today. In the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions, such as central heating, constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom, and so on, as well as such details, important notwithstanding (然而), as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages in the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings, and drying grounds for washing. It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus (对，对抗) individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time as far as Britain is concerned. And it is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised. Those who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption (设想) that everyone prefers an individual home and on the high cost per unit of accommodation. The latter ignores the higher cost of providing full services to a scattered community and the cost in both money and time of the journeys to work for the suburban resident.

26.We can infer from the passage that _____.

A)English people, like most people in other countries, dislike living in flats

B)people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats

C)people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flats

D)modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living

27.What is said about blocks of flats built in the past in Britain?

A)They were mostly inhabited by people who did not earn much.

B)They were usually not large enough to accommodate big families.

C)They were sold to people before necessary facilities were installed.

D)They provided playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings.

28.The word "rage" (Line 9) means _____.

A)be ignored

B)develop with great force

C)encourage people greatly

D)be in fashion

29.Some people oppose the building of flats because _____.

A)the living expenses for each individual family are higher

B)it involves higher cost compared with the building of houses

C)they believe people like to live in houses with gardens

D)the disposal of rubbish remains a problem for those living in flats

30.The author mentions that people who live in suburban houses _____.

A)do not have access to easy facilities because they live away from the city

B)have to pay a lot of money to employ people to do service work

C)take longer time to know each other because they are a scattered community

D)have to spend more money and time traveling to work every day

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage

Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge,

there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But Agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define "wisdom" and consider means of promoting it.

There are several factors that contribute to wisdom. Of these I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. Y ou have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. Y ou succeed (let us say) as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowing the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybody's mind at the present time; you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested(无利害关系的) desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race.

Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments (增强)our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity for evil, if our purpose are unwise.

31.Disagreement arises when people try to decide _____.

A)how much more wisdom we have now than before

B)what wisdom is and how to develop it

C)if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age

D)whether wisdom can be developed or not

32.According to the author, "wisdom" is the ability to _____.

A)carefully consider the bad effects of any kind of research work

B)give each important problem some careful consideration

C)acquire a great deal of complex and special knowledge

D)give suitable consideration to all the possible elements in a problem

33.Lowering the infant death-rate may _____.

A)prove to be helpful everywhere in the world

B)give rise to an increase in population in Europe

C)cause food shortages in Asia and Africa

D)raise the living standard of the people in Africa

34.The author uses the examples in the passage to illustrate his point that _____.

A)it's extremely difficult to consider all the important elements in problem

B)success in medical research has its negative effects

C)scientists may unknowingly cause destruction to the human race

D)it's unwise to be totally absorbed in research in scientific medicine

35. What is the main idea of the passage? _____

A)It is unwise to place the results of scientific research in the hands of a powerful mad man.

B)The more knowledge one has, the wiser one becomes.

C)Any increase of knowledge could lead to disastrous results without the guidance of

wisdom.

D)Wisdom increases in proportion to one's age.

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)

Section A (10 points)

Directions:There are 20 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

36.The current political ________of our country is favorable for foreign investments.

A) climate B) weather C) temperature D) state

37.It is the business of the police to detect ______and of the law courts punish criminals.

A) puzzles B) losses C) crimes D) faults

38.Scientists say it may be five or ten years ______ it is possible to test this medicine on human

patients.

A) since B) before C) after D) when

39.The popular singer was not only a national but an international_______.

A) image B) role C) figure D) picture

40.He has been awarded first prize for his roses three years in _________.

A) success B) continuation C) continuity D) succession

41.The country has a system of _______, most of which date from nineteenth century.

A) channels B) rivers C) streams D) canals

42.I objected _______ punishing a whole group for one person’s fault.

A) against B) by C) to D) from

43.In summer, many North Americans go to Europe by boat because they expect to have a

delightful _______.

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

44.Y ou’d better _______your points by giving one or two examples; otherwise the students

won’t be able to understand you.

A) compare B) illustrate C) prove D) sharpen

45.The confusion ________from various names that had been given to the same substance.

A) rose B) raised C) arose D) aroused

46.The coming of the railways in the 1830s________our society and economic life.

A) transformed B) transported

C) transferred D) transmitted

47.If you _________in taking this attitude, we will have to ask you to leave.

A) persist B) insist C) resist D) pursue

48.I didn’t expect you to _______at the party. I thought you were in America.

A) present B) assist C) come across D) turn up

49.I’m sorry. It wasn’t my _______to cause a quarrel between you and David.

A) meaning B) point C) intention D) view

50.On the_______, he trades in his old car for a new one every three years.

A) normal B) plain C) ordinary D) average

51.Having missed that last bus, Bob had no alternative _____ a taxi home though he didn’t like

the idea.

A) but to take B) but taking C) but take D) to take but

52.The doctor told Penny that too much _______ to the sun is bad for the skin.

A) exposure B) extension C) exhibition D) expansion

53.The teacher wrote his comments in the _______ of the student’s paper.

A) bulletin B) margin C) edition D) magazine

54.If you are on a ______, you must not have chocolate.

A) rise B) drop C) decline D) diet

55. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds _____ his argument in favor of the new

theory.

A) which to base on B) on which to base

C) to base on which D) which to be based on

试卷二

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Section B (10 points)

Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word given in brackets.

56.(mysterious) The origin of this tribe is lost in ___________.

57.(utter) Politicians have to be careful in their public ___________.

58.(endurance) As a soldier, you must be ready to __________hardships and even suffer

death.

59.(beneficial) Rebuilding the canal has already brought many ____________to our

national economy.

60.(assume) Even ____________that smokers do see the health warnings, I doubt

they will take any notice.

61.(challenge) Teaching young children is a very ___________and rewarding job.

62.(authority) She _______ her partner to carry out the daily responsibilities on her

behalf when she was on her business trip.

63.(approve) He showed his ____________by smiling broadly.

64.(courage) It was a _______ decision to resign in protest at th e company’s pollution

record.

65.(fortune) I feel I’m a very ________ person having so many choices in my career.

66.(stain) ______ steel stays bright under circumstances that would cause other

steel to become rusty or dirty.

67.(accurate) The computer can predict changes with a surprising degree of _____ .

68.(sense) Naturally, Germans are ________ about war after their own defeat and

destruction.

69.(sympathy) I approve of his determination and energy, though I can’t ______ with his

ideas.

70.(worth) She considers teaching a _______ career.

71.(precede) Paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the _______ decade.

72.(popular) The _______ of Chinese paintings in the West has generated a new boom

in the study of Chinese culture and tradition.

73.(invisible) The __________is good today, with no clouds or fog.

74.(doubt) It is ______ if we can get the engine working before morning.

75.(public) It is unadvisable for the university authority to ______ the exam results

now.

Section C (5 points)

Directions: Complete the following sentences with the words given below. Change the form

76.A jury should not _______ the silence of a defendant as a sign of guilt.

77.He was _______ for four matches after arguing with the referee.

78.They'd chosen a(n) _______ time to call as I'd just got into the bath.

79.I'm not ________ —it was the worst meal I've ever eaten in my life.

80.Biologists _______ animals and plants into different groups.

81.It's ________ to book seats at least a week in advance.

82.Ever since our secretary walked out, the office has been in a state of utter ______.

83.South Africa has submitted a(n) ________ to host the World Cup.

84.The findings show a(n) _______ difference between the opinions of men and women.

85.The recession has led to many small businesses going ______.

Part IV. T ranslation from Chinese into English (10 points)

86.我们的原则是如果你向学生传授诸如诚实、勇敢、正直、领导能力、好奇心和关心他人

等美德的话，学生的学习成绩自然会提高。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 87.总统夫人威胁要公开揭发丈夫，这件事成了头条新闻。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 88.由于在地震中遇难的大部分人都是被正在倒塌的建筑物砸死的，所以，一定要改进建筑

结构，使他们能够抵御地震的力量。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 89.在折价玫瑰花零售店生意兴隆的同时，美国的玫瑰种植商却在残酷的外来竞争中破产。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 90.他因发表了一本科幻小说而成名，其灵感来源于他大学时代在实验室的经历。

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Part ⅤGuided writing (15 points)

Directions:Write a short passage on “Competition and Cooperation”with at least 120 words (excluding the given words). The first sentence of each paragraph is given below:

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/6e2311650.html,petition is a common phenomenon in our social life.

2.We often find competition and cooperation at the same time.

3.While we are advocating competition, we can not forget cooperation.

Competition and Cooperation