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安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 1 页共 7 页题号一二三四五六总分得分 Part I Listening Comprehension (25%) Section A Directions: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. A. The air is not fresh. B. The air is fresh. C. It is hot. D. It is damp. 2. A. She didn't like playing with him at all. B. She was sick so she was not able to play. C. She preferred to play with him the next day. D. She didn't like playing mixed doubles. 3. A. On Thanksgiving Day. B. At Christmas. C. On Father’s Day. D. On New Year's Eve. 4. A. She persuades him not to smoke. B. She asks him to look at the sign. C. She gives him a cigarette. D. She gives him a sign. 5. A. Husband and wife. B. They are dating each other. C. Teacher and student. D. Manager and his secretary. Section B Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, you’ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 6. A. From a friend. B. From her teacher. C. From a student newspaper. D. At an employment office. 7. A. She wants to know more about the work. B. She wants to know where the tapes are. C. She wants to know different kinds of language labs. D. She wants to know how to have her voice recorded. 8. A. It needs to have more French lesson tapes. B. It needs to have its controls repaired. C. It is different from all other labs. D. It can be operated rather easily. 9. A. Ten hours a day. B. Ten hours a week. C. Four hours a day. D. Six hours a week. 10. A. To change her class schedule. B. To fill out a job application. C. To organize tapes on the shelves. D. To work on the French lessons. Section C Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read only once. At the end of the passage, you’ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 11. A. About 45 million. B. About 50 million. C. About 5.4 million. D. About 4.5 million. 12. A. The actors and actresses are not paid for their performance. B. The actors and actresses only perform in their own communities. C. They exist only in small communities. D. They do not have their own buildings. 13. A. Because they want to make more friends. B. Because they want to perform or to be creative. C. Because they want to get rid of their boring jobs. D. Because they want to get more money for their work. 14. A. To give the audience a chance to enjoy modern art. B. To give performance in schools or churches. C. To provide an opportunity for creative work. D. To provide jobs for poor people. 15. A. To provide an opportunity for participants to learn the art of acting. B. To provide the community people with the opportunity to make friends. C. To provide the community people with the opportunity to watch performances for free. D. To educate and improve the community. 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 2 页共 7 页 Section D Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. When the passage is read for the second time, you should fill in the blanks numbered from 16 to 23 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 24 to 25 you are required to write down the main points about what was said. Check your answers when the passage is read for the third time. In a way, all of us are on a spaceship -- the (16) ______ Earth. We move around the sun at 18 miles per second and never stop. On our spaceship, we have 5 (17) ______ people and a limited supply of air, water and land. These (18) ______ have to be used carefully because we can’t buy new air, water or land from anywhere else. Environment on our planet is a closed (19) ______. Nothing new is ever added. Nature recycles its (20) ______. Water, for example, evaporates and rises as visible drops to form (21) ______. The same water returns to the earth as rain or snow. The rain that falls today is actually the same water that fell on the land 70 million years ago. Today, the earth is in trouble. Factories (22) ______ dirty water into our rivers, many fish die and water becomes unhealthy for people to drink. Cars and factories put (23) ______ into the air and cause plants, animals and people to get sick. (24) ___________________________________________ ________________________________. Over the years people have changed environment and we have pollution. To continue to survive, we must learn how to use the earth resources wisely. We have to change our habits and stop dropping such enormous amounts of industrial waste into the water and air. (25)______________________________________________________________________. PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (30 points) (2 points for each) 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. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage: The octopus (章鱼)’s reputation as a human-killer isn’t simply an exaggeration – it is a total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly hunter, but only of its natural prey. Clams, mussels, crabs, lobsters and an occasional sick or unwary fish have reason to be frightened of this multi-armed predator, but a person is much too large to interest even the biggest octopus. Even a giant among octopuses is much smaller than most people imagine. Far from being large enough to engulf (吞下) a submarine, as monster octopuses in movies have been known to do, the largest octopuses, found on the Pacific coast, weigh around 110 pounds and grow to a diameter of no more than ten feet. The hard, parrot-like beak (嘴) of an octopus is not used for attacking deep-sea divers, but for cutting open crabs and lobsters. Indeed, the octopus possesses such a tiny throat that it cannot swallow large pieces of meat. It feeds instead by pouring digestive juices into its victims, and then sucking up the soupy remains. A clam or scallop (扇贝) that finds itself in the grasp of an octopus has only a short time to live. But human beings are perfectly safe. Still, people rarely care to venture close enough to these timid creatures to get a good look at them. 16. This passage is mainly about _________. A) the horrors of the octopus B) the largest octopus in the world C) octopuses and their behaviour D) the octopus’s deadly hunting method 17. It is implied but not stated in the passage that _______________. A) people have groundless fears about the octopus B) the octopus is not interested in human beings because they are too large for it C) the octopus is afraid of human beings D) the octopus is a very vicious sea animal 18. Which of the following statements is true? A) The octopus usually uses its eight tentacles to tear its prey into pieces before eating it up. B) The octopus always catches sick and careless fish. C) The octopus never attacks people. D) The octopus can engulf submarines. 19. The hard beak of the octopus is used for . A) attacking deep-sea divers B) cutting up large pieces of meat 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院2012-2013学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷(B卷) .订… 线专业级班姓名 ,学号得分密.封线 C)cuttingopen its prey D)defending itself 20.From the passage,wecan conude that BepeoAaieciesi9aeMeCetereo C)the octo D)things described in movies are not to be believed o2o25 d te (op中子f好h好 troubling.One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago.Whether its final will cause s damage il decided to solve the gthe easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees.The new bees worked hader and produced twice as much honey.It that Pr ssor ker,Ior that was the seientist's name,had a total success on his hand mething in their the native bees and drove them from their living places. ut worse was to follow.Having taken Ia grea This woul have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil But now they are on the move,heading northwards in h ndoving at he alang speed ofsTh co it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to B.make Brazilian bees more casy-going ererobesn3 of the new bee bees less actrve A Their produc C.Their living D.Their bad tempe 23 new be an toattack their neighbors when B they dro C.oer creatures try to get their honey 24 The last paragraph implies that A.the b What is the main idea of this p B.eeben to change their personalities bcaus ofthe changing cnvronment ntific experiments may produce both positive and land North America When did you last see a polar bear?On a trip to a oo.perhaps?If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few of the Polar Bear Club at Co Island Nou York ar the age of 60 Memb First,they must get along well with everyone in the group.this is very important because there are so many differen ds of people in the club.Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through about the medical effects of cold-water swimming Some are worried about the dang ctheophtall he heaOher dth more danger of heanr dringr the difeence b the air tempreanda

安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 3 页共 7 页 C) cutting open its prey D) defending itself 20. From the passage, we can conclude that . A) the octopus is not dangerous to man, as many people believe it to be B) people often fear creatures that are not dangerous to them C) the octopus only hunts its natural prey D) things described in movies are not to be believed Passage Two Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen. The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country's bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist's name, had a total success on his hands. Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places. But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings, began to attack its neighbors ----- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings. This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them. 21. The experiment mentioned in this passage was designed to_______. A. increase the amount of honey in Brazil B. make Brazilian bees more easy-going C. increase the number of bees in Brazil D. make African bees less active 22. Which of the following may be the cause of the new bees’ attacking personalities? A. Their production of honey. B. Their hard work. C. Their living environment. D. Their bad temper. 23. The new bees began to attack their neighbors when ______. A. they became very active B. they drove all the native bees away C. other creatures try to get their honey D. they were hungry 24. The last paragraph implies that ______. A. the bees have been driven to Central and North America B. the bees may bring about trouble in more countries C. the bees must be stopped from moving north D. the bees prefer to live in Brazil 25. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Cross-bred bees began to change their personalities because of the changing environment. B. Scientific experiments may produce both positive and negative effects. C. If a scientific experiment goes wrong, it may cause troubles or even disasters. D. New bees with changed personalities began heading towards Central and North America. Passage Three Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: When did you last see a polar bear? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These “Polar Bears” are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a bit higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group, this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February. Doctors do not agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water

安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 4 页共 7 页 temperature is much greater in summer than in winter. The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits (or advantages) of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming. The main benefits (or advantages) of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim year-round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says: “When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away.” 26. The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that_____ . A. they should be easy to make friends with B. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months C. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February D. they must reach the age of 60 27. Doctors _____ . A. encourage people to take part in cold-water swimming actively B. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming C. believe swimming is helpful both in winter and in summer D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming 28. According to the passage, some doctors believe that _____ . A. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter C. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high D. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water 29. The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, because _____ . A. they want to remain young B. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter C. they find it enjoyable and interesting D. they might meet fewer troubles in life 30. The passage is mainly about _____ . A. a group of cold-water swimming lovers B. the Polar Bears’ life in New York C. doctors’ ideas about cold-water swimming D. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club PartⅢ Cloze （10 points）(0.5 point for each ) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best fits into the passage.. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 31 the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 32 reading material and giving out 33 .The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 34 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture 35 notes which do not catch the main points and 36 become hard even for the 37 to understand. Most institutions provide courses which 38 new students to develop the skills they need to be 39 listeners and note-takers. 40 these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 41 learners to practice these skills 42 .In all cases it is important to 43 the problem 44 actually starting your studies. It is important to 45 that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 46 in college study. One way of 47 these difficulties is to attend the language and study- skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the 48 year. Another basic 49 is to find a study partner 50 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support. 31.A.extending B. illustrating C. performing D.conducting 32.A.attributing B. contributing C. distributing D.explaining 33.A.assignments B. information C. content D.definition 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 5 页共 7 页 34.A.suspects B. understands C. wonders D. convinces 35.A.without B. with C. on D.except 36.A.what B. those C. as D. which 37.A.teachers B. classmates C. partners D. students 38.A.prevent B. require C. assist D. forbid 39.A.effective B. passive C. relative D. expressive 40.A.Because B. Though C. Whether D. If 41.A.enable B. stimulate C. advocate D. prevent 42.A.independently B. repeatedly C. logically D. generally 43.A.evaluate B. acquaint C. tackle D. formulate 44.A.before B. after C. while D. for 45.A.predict B. acknowledge C. argue D. ignore 46.A.to require B. required C. requiring D. are required 47.A.preventing B. withstanding C. sustaining D. overcoming 48.A.average B. ordinary C. normal D. academic 49.A.statement B. strategy C. situation D. suggestion 50.A.in that B. for which C. with whom D. such as Part IV Translation（20 points） Section A （10 points） Directions: Translate the English into Chinese The task of writing a history of our nation from Rome’s earliest days fills me, I confess, with some misgivings and even were I confident in the value of my work, I should hesitate to say so. I am aware that for historians to make extravagant claims is, and always has been, all too common: Every writer on history tends to look down his nose at his less cultivated predecessors, happily persuaded that he will better them in point of style, or bring new facts to light. But however that may be, I shall find satisfaction in contributing, not, I hope, ignobly, to the labor of putting on record the story of the greatest nation in the world. Countless others have written on this theme and it may be that I shall pass unnoticed among them. If so, I must comfort myself with the greatness and splendor of my rivals, whose work will rob my own of recognition. Section B （10 points）（2 points for each） Directions: Translate the Chinese into English. 51. 该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。 ____________________________________________________________________________ 52. 比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他做主。 _____________________________________________________________________________ 53. 丈夫死后，她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重担。 _____________________________________________________________________________ 54. 他在这个问题公开进行辩论之前就已表明了自己的立场。 _____________________________________________________________________________ 55. 法庭的判决引起史密斯先生的朋友们的气愤，他们相信他是无辜的。 _________________________________________________________________________ Part V Writing（15 points） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Online Shopping. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1、现在网上购物已成为一种时尚得分评卷人得分评卷人得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2012~2013 学年第二学期《大学英语四级》（统招）期终试卷（B 卷） ………………………………装…………订…… …线………………………………… 专业级班姓名学号得分 …………………………………密…………封…………线……………………………… 第 6 页共 7 页 2、网上购物有很多好处，但也有不少问题 3、我的建议作文部分写在答题纸上 College English Achievement Test (Band Four 统招) B 卷题型客观题复合式听写英翻汉汉翻英写作总分得分 Part I Listening Comprehension Section D（10 points）（S1-S8 , 0.5 point for each; S9-S10, 3 points for each） S1. ___________________ S2. ___________________ S3. ___________________ S4. ___________________ S5. ___________________ S6. ___________________ S7. ___________________ S8. ___________________ S9.____________________________________________________________________________________________ S10.___________________________________________________________________________________________ Part IV Translation（20 points） Section A （10 points） _________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Section B (10 points）(2 points for each) 51.__________________________________________________________________________________________________ 52. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 53. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 54. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part V Writing（15 points） Online shopping _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 得分评卷人得分评卷人得分评卷人得分评卷人