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安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页题号一二三四五六总分得分 Part I Listening Comprehension (25 points) Section A（1 point for each） 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, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A. At 9:15. B. At 9:50. C. At 11:00. D. At 11:15. 2. A. She has found a job in another area of the town. B. She can’t put up with the noise. C. She wants to save money to buy a piano. D. Her present apartment is too expensive. 3. A. She’s met some of the world’s best writers. B. She’s written some books about world classics. C. She’s learned a lot from the literature class. D. She’s just back from a trip round the world. 4. A. In the office. B. At home. C. In a park. D. In a bank. 5. A. The woman is eager to go to the movies. B. The man is too tired to go to the movies. C. The woman does not want to go to the movies. D. The man is eager to go out for dinner. Section B（1 point for each） Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation. The conversation will be read twice. 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, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6. A. A bank clerk. B. An accountant. C. A lawyer. D. An adviser. 7. A. To rent a house for their friend and his wife. B. To sell their house to a friend and his wife. C. To buy a house together with a friend and his wife. D. To buy a house from a friend and his wife. 8. A. It’s a good idea. B. It’s a way of saving money. C. It’ll cost a lot of money. D. It’s not quite workable. 9. A. The two families may want to use it at the same time. B. There might be disagreement about when to sell the house. C. Who should maintain and repair the house might also be a problem. D. All the problems mentioned in A, B and C. 10. A. They don’t have enough money at the moment. B. They and their friends are interested in the same house. C. Their friends don’t have enough money to buy the house. D. They want to share the house with their friends. Section C（1 point for each） Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read twice. 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, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 11. A. Japan and Singapore. B. Australia and India. C. India and Singapore. D. Australia and Japan. 12. A. Twenty. B. Twenty-two. C. Twenty-three. D. Twenty-five 13. A. One month. C. Half a year. B. Two months. D. One year. 14. A. In Japan. B. In a small town near the sea. C. In Australia. D. In his wife’s town. 15. A. He was dreaming. C. He had a nightmare. B. He thought he was still on the ship. D. He was very happy to be at home. 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页 Section D（S1-S6 , 1 point for each; S7-S8 , 2 points for each） Directions: There is a passage with eight blanks in this section. You’ll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard. Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to (S1) _______ American culture. The car made the Unite States a nation on (S2) ______. And it helped make the United States what it is today. There are three main reasons the car became so (S3) _______ in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most (S4) _______ and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really d eveloped an (S5) _______ and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays, there is a good system of air-service (S6) _______ by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. (S7)_______________________________________________. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule. (S8) ___________________________________________. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have. PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (40 points) (2 points for each) Directions: There are 4 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: A study suggests that dirty air can reduce lung development. Researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles published their work in the New England Journal of Medicine. About one thousand seven hundred children from different communities in Southern California took part in the study. The scientists tested the children every year for eight years, starting at the age ten. They say this is the longest study ever done on air pollution and the health of children. The scientists found that children who lived in areas with the dirtiest air were five times more likely to grow up with weak lungs. Many were using less than eight percent of normal lung strength to breathe. The damage from dirty air was as bad as that found in children with parents who smoke. Children with reduced lung power may suffer more severe effects from a common cold, for example. But the researchers express greater concerns about long-term effects. They say adults normally begin to lose one percent of their lung power each year after age twenty. The doctors note that weak lung activity is the second leading cause of early deaths among adults. The first is smoking. By the time people are eighteen, their lungs are fully developed, or close to it. The doctors say it is impossible to recover from any damage. Researchers say they are still not sure how air pollution affects lung development. They believe that pollution affects the tiny air spaces where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. Arden Pope is an economics professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Professor Pope wrote a commentary about the study. He noted that air quality in Southern California has improved since the study began in the early nineteen-nineties. Clean-air laws have reduced pollution from vehicles, industry and other causes. But dirty air is still a problem in areas of California and other places. Professor Pope says continued efforts to improve air quality are likely to provide additional improvements in health. 16. A study done by researchers at the University of Southern California indicates that ____________. A. 1,700 children from Southern California have weak lung activities B. children in Southern California use less lung strength to breathe C. air pollution may affect the growth of children’s lungs D. 80 percent of children in Southern California suffer from air pollution 17. According to the article, children living in dirty air __________. 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页 A. may lose eighty percent of their normal lung strength B. may suffer more severe effects from a common cold C. were five times more likely to catch a common cold D. were unlikely to recover from any lung damage 18. Why do the researchers express greater concern about the long-term effects of air pollution on children? A. They begin to lose 1% of their lung power each year after 20. B. They do not show any signs of lung damage when they are young. C. They may suffer early death when they grow up. D. They can not expect to have their lungs fully developed at 18. 19 What do we learn from the passage about the air in Southern California? A. It is unlikely to improve in the near future. B. It is free of pollution from vehicles and industry. C. It is as dirty as it was before. D. It is cleaner than it was in the early 1990s. 20. Professor Pope believes that _____________. A. improvement in air quality will provide further health benefits B. clean-air laws should be passed to reduce air pollution in California C. further studies should be done to find out how dirty air affects lung development. D. air pollution does even greater harm to children’s health than their parents’smoking Passage Two Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: The English have the reputation of being very different from all other nationalities. It is claimed that living on an island separated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has developed some attitudes and habits distinguishing him from other nationalities. Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, and reserved person among people he knows well. Before strangers he often seems inhibited, even embarrassed. You have only to witness a railway compartment any morning or evening to see the truth. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing(打盹)in a corner, and no one speaks. An English wit once suggested to overseas visitors, “On entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the passengers.” Needless to say, he was not being serious. There is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of suspicion. It is well known that the English seldom show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion etc. Of course, an Englishman feels no less than any other nationality. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. A man of more emotional temperament might describe her as “a marvelous jewel”, while the Englishman will flatly state “Um, she's all right.” An Englishman may recommend a highly successful and enjoyable film to friends by commenting, “It’s not bad.” The overseas visitors must not be disappointed by this apparent lack of interest. They must realize that “all right”, “not bad” are very often used with the sense of “first class”, “excellent”. This special use of language is particularly common in English. 21. One explanation for the different character of English people is that ________. A. they are geographically isolated from the European continent B. they have nothing to do with the other Europeans C. they like to keep quiet among their acquaintances D. they tend to be reserved by nature 22. The word “inhibited” (Line 2, Para. 2) in this passage probably means ________ . A. unable to have good manners B. unable to express and relax freely C. able to act properly D. able to talk freely 23. According to the passage, on entering a railway compartment, an overseas visitor is expected to ________ . A. inquire about the code of behavior in the train B. shake hands with all the passengers C. shake hands with the person he knows D. behave like an Englishman 24. The English way of commenting on something or somebody suggests that ________. A. the English are modest in most circumstances B. the English feel no less than any other nationality C. the English tend to display less emotion than they feel

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页 D. the English don’t take a strong interest in making comment 25. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The differences between the English and the other Europeans. B. The different character of the Englishman and its reason. C. The reasons for English people’s shyness. D. The code of behavior of the nationalities in Europe. Passage Three Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body. Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill heath. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever from, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “flight or fight” and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life and death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but how little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have established links with stress. Since we can not remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it. 26. What is the central point of the passage? A. Stress is a bad thing to one’s mind and body. B. Stress is unavoidable. C. We should not remove stress because our motivation stems from stress. D. High blood pressure and heart diseases come from stress. 27. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because ___________. A. they regard working as their greatest enjoyment B. they believe that work is superior to relaxation C. they are traveling fast all the time D. they are becoming busier with their work 28. According to the author, the most important character for a good manager is his ____________. A. unyielding will to hold out against stress B. knowing the art of relaxation C. high sense of responsibility D. having control over performance 29. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? A. We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress. B. Stress is always harmful to people’s health. C. It’s easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work. D. Different people can withstand different amount of stress. 30. In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to _________. A. expose ourselves to stress B. find ways to deal with stress C. remove stress from our lives D. establish links between diseases and stress Passage Four Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen that plants produce. And we need plants for another very different reason: we need them for their beauty. Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees open and turn to colorful blossom. Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why even in big modern cities, we have parks full of trees, bushes

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页 and flowers. That is why architects always try to design houses with room for some grass and a garden. That is why in every city apartment you are sure to find some green houseplants growing in pots, or freshly cut flowers in a vase of water. Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention? According to Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, authors of a book called The Secret Life of Plants, you should talk to them and giver them love. Tompkins and Bird describe an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and positive ideas. The other plant was given only negative ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth, it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves. 31. Plants can provide people with such things EXCEPT ___________. A. beauty B. affection C. oxygen D. food 32. The experiment conducted by Tompkins and Bird shows that ___________. A. the growth of plants will be influenced by soil B. plants tend to grow secretly C. it often takes six months for plants to develop more and larger roots D. plants need people’s love and attention 33. According to the passage, if you often talk to plants, ____________. A. they will become bigger B. they will accept your positive ideas C. they can release more oxygen D. they can provide you with more food 34. Architects always try to design houses with a garden because ___________. A. it is good for the protection of the environment B. it has become a habit of more people C. nearly everyone wants to live with the beauty of plants D. people need to cut flowers to decorate their houses 35. The main idea of the second paragraph is that ________. A. most plants can have beautiful flowers B. a world without plants is unimaginable C. plants are very pleasing to the eye D. plants are part of nature. 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. Social practice has been more and more 36 in universities and colleges. Students are asked to enter into the society and try to get 37 touch with society in order to get some idea of the 38. Surely social practice has many 39. Firstly, social practice can offer the students a chance to 40 with the society and get some idea of the society, in this 41 the students can gain some valuable social 42 which will be 43 to their future career. 44, the students can apply what they have learned in class 45 the practical work, which will make them know themselves more clearly. Thirdly, some social practice can bring you some profit and it can make you more 46 of your family. However, some problems will 47 if the correct guidance is not made. For example, some students get more interested in social practice and want to 48 the whole day and get some money, 49 neglecting their study. And some students are likely to observe the society partially, which will 50 their future study. In order to carry out the social practice 51, the students should first know its 52. They should put their study 53 the first place and social practice is just a supplement 54 their college study, so they ought to try to strike a 55 between social practice and their study. 36. A. interesting B. charming C. popular D. unpopular 37. A. on B. in C. along D. to 38. A. university B. college C. company D. society 39. A. advantages B disadvantages C. effects D. influences 40. A. come B. meet C. contact D. hope 41. A. method B. way C. path D. direction 42. A. knowledge B. skill C. ability D. experience 43. A. help B. helping C. helped D. helpful 得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 8 页 44. A. Another B. Secondly C. On the other hand D. Other 45. A. to B. for C. on D. upon 46 A. dependent B. independent C. reliable D. reliant 47 A. happen B. occur C. arise D. take place 48 A. study B. read C. work D. run 49. A. thus B. by C. through D. for 50. A. benefit B. affect C. increase D. stop 51. A. carefully B. wonderfully C. casually D. smoothly 52. A. objective B. advantages C. danger D. difficulty 53. A. on B. at C. in D. for 54. A. with B. to C. in D. upon 55. A. agreement B. disagreement C. equality D. balance Part IV Multiple Choice（5 points）（0.5 point for each） 56. To be quite ______about it, your plan is impractical. A. honesty B. honest C. dishonest D. honestly 57. To his _________, Judy threw her arms about him and hugged and kissed him. A. astonishing B. astonishment C. astonished D. astonish 58. It took years for Einstein’s theory to gain _______. A. acceptable B. accepting C. accepted D. acceptance 59. The cotton company will be much more productive if it is properly ________. A. managed B. manage C. managing D. to manage 60. The new drug recommended by my doctor is much more ________ in treating headaches. A. effective B. effectively C. effect D. ineffective 61. During his solo voyage, Chichester had _________ experienced fear like many other adventures. A. doubtful B. doubtfully C. undoubtedly D. doubt 62. Our production will not increase unless we introduce more _______ techniques. A. efficient B. efficiency C. inefficient D. inefficiency 63. It is good for people to be __________ involved in their communities. A. action B. active C. actively D. activity 64. ______ with detective stories, Jimmy has now taken an interest in modern poetry. A. Bored B. Boring C. Boredom D. Bore 65. They were busy _______ a car when the accident happened. A. assembled B. assemble C. assembling D. to assemble Part V Translation（10 points）（2 points for each） Directions: Translate the Chinese into English. 66. 她非常勉强地同意让一位年轻医生为她做手术。 67. 众所周知，肺癌至少部分地是由于吸烟过多引起的。 68. 她因为那病开过两次刀，身体十分虚弱，几乎站不起来。 69. 他经常利用她缺乏生意头脑而欺骗她。 70. 教授走进教室时，我们正兴致勃勃地讨论中东的形势。 Part VI Writing（10 points） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Campaign for Student Leaders. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1. 很多大学生参加竞选学生干部 2. 对此，人们看法不一 3. 我的看法得分评卷人得分评卷人得分评卷人

安徽科技学院 2011~2012 学年第一学期《大学英语一级》（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 7 页共 8 页 Answer Sheet College English Achievement Test (Band First 统招) A 卷题型客观题复合式听写翻译写作总分得分 Part I Listening Comprehension Section D（10 points）（S1-S6, 1 point ; S7-S8 , 2 points for each） S1. ___________________ S2. ___________________ S3. ___________________ S4. ___________________ S5. ____________________ S6. ___________________ S7. __________________________________________________________________________________ S8___________________________________________________________________________________ Part V Translation（10 points）(2 points for each) . 66.__________________________________________________________________________________________________ 67. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 68. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 69. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 70. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part VI Writing（10 points） Campaign for Student Leaders __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 得分评卷人得分评卷人得分评卷人