重庆电力高等专科学校英语考试试题《实用英语综合教程》第三册 供 级专科 专业使用 共6页第2页 考试科目基础英语考试班级 考生姓名 评分 taking part in the music. Some can sing along with the drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with ensemble. It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound Performances often take place in an open area(that is, not on a stage)and so the lines between the performing nucleus and add itional performers, active spectat ors and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view 6. The difference between us and Africans as far as music is concerned is that A. most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music B. we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians C. most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators D. we are the aud ience and they are the additional performers 7. The word " such"" in the sentence "In most situations .. but such is often not the case in Africa. refers to the fact that A. music is performed with the participation of the audience B. music is performed without the participation of the audience C. people tend to distinguish the aud ience from the performers D. people have records, television sets and rad ios to fulfill their musical needs 8. The author of the passage implies that A. all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa B. not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives C. most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments D. most Africans perform as well as professional musicians 9. The word"" in the last sentence probably refers to A. musicians famous in africa C. musicians acting as the core in a performance B. musicians at the center of attention D active participants in a musical performance 10. The best title for this passage would be A. The Importance of Music to African People B. Differences between African Music and Music of Other Countries C. The Relationship Between African Music and Their Audience E. A Characteristic Feature of A frican musical performances Task 3 (5%) Directions: After read ing the following passage, you are required to complete the outline below it. You should write your answers briefly(in no more than 3 words)on the answer Sheet correspondingly Rather than fight the crowds in the Chicago and San Francisco areas, thousands of busy people log on(a* k)to the Peapod, an online shopping and delivery service. Peapod is giving us a look into the future of retail ing(EE NL )--the virtual store. Peapod is a pioneer in a rapidly expanding industry that is devoted to enabling us to buy almost anything from PC Peapod's online shopping system is linked directly to its partner store's computer systems, when you send your shopping list to Peapod an order is delivered to the nearest partner store a professionally trained shopper takes your order, grabs (0)a shopping cart, and does your shopping for you. The professional shopper takes a fraction of the time you would take becaus the list is ordered by aisle( )and the shopper knows exactly what to get The system saves people time and money Busy people in Chicago and San Francisco do their shopping by entering I Peapod system is linked directly to its computer system In the Peapod system does the shopping for the client Peapod system can save people Task 4 (5%)重庆电力高等专科学校英语考试试题《实用英语综合教程》第三册 供 级专科 专业使用 共 6 页 第 2 页 考试科目 基础英语 考试班级 考生姓名 学号 评分 taking part in the music. Some can sing along with the drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with ensemble. It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on a stage) and so the lines between the performing nucleus and additional performers, active spectators, and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view. 6. The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that ___________. A. most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music B. we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians C. most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators. D. we are the audience and they are the additional performers 7. The word “such” in the sentence “In most situations…, but such is often not the case in Africa.” refers to the fact that ______________. A. music is performed with the participation of the audience B. music is performed without the participation of the audience C. people tend to distinguish the audience from the performers D. people have records, television sets and radios to fulfill their musical needs 8. The author of the passage implies that ________________. A. all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa B. not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives C. most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments D. most Africans perform as well as professional musicians 9. The word “nucleus” in the last sentence probably refers to _________________. A. musicians famous in Africa C. musicians acting as the core in a performance B. musicians at the center of attention D. active participants in a musical performance 10. The best title for this passage would be ____________. A. The Importance of Music to African People B. Differences Between African Music and Music of Other Countries C. The Relationship Between African Music and Their Audience E. A Characteristic Feature of African Musical Performances Task 3 (5%) Directions: After reading the following passage , you are required to complete the outline below it. You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Rather than fight the crowds in the Chicago and San Francisco areas, thousands of busy people log on (登录) to the Peapod, an online shopping and delivery service. Peapod is giving us a look into the future of retailing (零售业) ---the virtual store. Peapod is a pioneer in a rapidly expanding industry that is devoted to enabling us to buy almost anything from PC. Peapod’s online shopping system is linked directly to its partner store’s computer systems, when you send your shopping list to Peapod, an order is delivered to the nearest partner store. A professionally trained shopper takes your order, grabs (抓) a shopping cart, and does your shopping for you. The professional shopper takes a fraction of the time you would take because the list is ordered by aisle (栏) and the shopper knows exactly what to get. The system saves people time and money. Task 4 (5%) Busy people in Chicago and San Francisco do their shopping by entering ______11________. Peapod is an online __________12____________ service. Peapod system is linked directly to its ______13______ computer system. In the Peapod system, _______14________ does the shopping for the client. Peapod system can save people _______15________