中国海洋大学命题专用纸(夜大学函授)

中

国

海

洋

大

学

命

题

专

用

纸

（夜大学

/

函授 ）

试题名称

：

专科第一学期期末考试样题

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. Vocabulary and Structure:

There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four

choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.(20%)

1

.

He says what he thinks,

other people

’

s feelings.

A. despite of

B. in view of

C. in charge of

D. regardless of

2. The old machine won

’

t

properly if you don

’

t oil it regularly.

A. affect

B. effect

C. function

D. practice

.you from joining us last night?

A. prevented

B. encouraged

C. urged

D. forbade

4.I

’

m sorry to

you, but can you direct me to the railway station?

A. worry

B. bother

C. upset

D. hurry

you do not understand a word, you can look it

in this dictionary.

A. on

B. with

C. up

D. for

6. The teacher said Tom is

average in his lessons..

A. on

B. over

C. above

D. up

7. Friendly

between different peoples facilitate the cultural and economic interchange.

A. contests

B. contents

C. contacts

D. concerts

8. Why are you talking in such a strange

?

A. means

B. manner

C. matter

D. measure

9. When he heard how well the new company was doing , he took a calculated

and invested all his money in it.

A. venture

B. chance

C. opportunity

D. risk

10. Out of their expectation, a new difficulty has

.

A. arisen

B. raised

C. aroused

D. arose

11. Please

sure that the house is locked before you leave.

A. make

B. take

C. do

D. let

12. The children are

computer games.

A. addicted to

B. attempted to

C. adopted to

D. associated to

13. Their traveling expenses amount

seven hundred dollars.

A. for

B. with

C. to

D. about

14. You will have to work harder to

up with the top students in your class.

A. catch

B. take

C. hold

D. make

15. Shall I

you up at the airport tomorrow morning?

A. send

B. pick

C. see

D. look

was a long

before he answered the telephone.

A. stop

B. break

C. interval

D. occasion

17. The accident resulted

three people being killed.

A. in

B. from

C. to

D. for

political leader was defeated at last. His scandal

his resignation.

A. led away

B. led off

C. led up

D. led to

19. The managing director

’

s only

was how to improve the quality of their products.

A. concern

B. confirm

C. conclude

D. confess

20. I

aside my overcoat and took out my summer clothes.

A. make

B. take

C. set

D. bring

Ⅱ。

Please use the proper form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.(10%)

use of gunpowder was

to the Chinese people before the Europeans.(know)

2.I said hello to her but she showed no

(recognize).

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boy took up my

to run a race.(challenge)

made an

of five million dollars for the diamond brooch. (offer)

car was

along very slowly.(creep)

’

s a dirty job but the

is good.(pay)

caught sight of herself

in the shop window.(reflect)

to the competition will be published next week.(solve)

9.I bought a lot of dresses during my

in Paris last year.(stay)

10. Those who attended the meeting mainly discussed the problem of teenage drug

(addict)

Ⅲ。

Reading comprehension:

The questions below are provided with 4 answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one for each.(40%)

Passage 1

Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or

accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the

gre4ying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of playfulness and

energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight greying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much

harder to detect.

Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more efficiently during childhood. They reach their peak at

the

time

of

maturity,

or

early

adulthood.

After

that,

they

begin

to

decline.

Bones,

for

example,

gradually

become

lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can

make moving very painful.

All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets

smaller in size. Thinking processes of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in remembering recent

events.

One of the most serious changes of old age occurs in the arteries, the blood vessels that lead from the heart. They

become

thickened

and

constricted,

allowing

less

blood

to

flow

to

the

rest

of

the

body.

This

condition

accounts,

directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attack.

Aging is not a uniform process. Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are great differences

among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are

capable

of

reproducing

themselves

many

times

during

the

course

of

a

lifetime.

Nerve

cells

and

muscle

fibers

can

never be replaced once they wear out.

Geronto logists

—

scientists who study the process of aging--- believe that wearing out of the body is controlled by

a

built-in

biological

time-clock. They

are

trying

to

discover

how

this

clock

works so

that

they

can

slow

down

the

process. This could give man a longer life and a great number of productive years.

1. What is the main idea in the first paragraph?

A. Signs of aging are easier to detect in animals than in plants.

B. Aging occurs in every living thing after it has reached maturity.

C. The outward signs of aging may be seen in old people.

D. Not all signs of aging are visible.

human body begins to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiently

.

A. during childhood

B. soon after reaching adulthood

C. soon after reaching adulthood

D. in old age

old age the bones

.

A. become more flexible.

B. become heavier

C. break easily

D. cause much pain

4. When the brain begins to age

.

A. eyesight will begin too

B. it becomes lighter

C. the thinking process stop

D. memorization declines

5.

“

The arteries

”

refer to

.

A. the paths along which blood flows to all parts of the body.

B. the tubes carrying blood back to the heart.

C. vessels that are thickened and constricted.

D. such heart diseases as suffered by old people.

of the diseases of old people are the result of

.

A. lack of food

B. low blood pressure

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C. the thickening of the blood vessels

D. poor blood circulation

7.

“

Aging is not a uniform process

”

means that

.

A. old people do not have the same outward sighs of aging.

B. not all people age at the same age

C. the process of aging is slow

D. nerve cells and muscle fibers do not age simultaneously.

8. Which of the following statements about aging is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People vary in their rate of aging

B. The cells of the body age in different ways.

C. The various parts of the body do not wear out at the same rate.

D. All body cells once worn out can never be replaced.

9. Which of the following pieces of information is NOT given in the passage?

A. Gerontologists can give man a longer life.

B. Gerontologists can prevent diseases connected with aging.

C. Gerontologists have discovered that aging is controlled by a built-in biological time- clock.

D. Gerontologists are studying how they can slow down the process of aging.

10. According to the passage, what condition is responsible for many of the diseases of the old?

A. Their trouble in remembering recent events.

B. The worn- out nerve cells and muscle fibers.

C. The blood vessels that have become thickened and constricted.

D. The rigid and inflexible joints between the bones.

Passage 2

What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way

Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and convenience foods freed the

family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s , work in the wartime defense plants took

more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother.

Today

about

half

of

the

country

’

s

married

women

are

employed

outside

the

home.

But,

unless

family

members

pitch in

with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that chore. Instead many have become, in a sense,

prisoners of the completely

cooked convenience meal. It is easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way

home from work or to take the family out for pizzas or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners

after a long, hard day.

Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many

young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people , live alone rather than as part of a

family unit and don

’

t want to bother cooking for one.

Fast food is appealing because it is fast; it doesn

’

t require any dressing up, and it offers a

“

fun

”

break.

11. American women left home to work in large numbers because of

.

A. the increase in food prices

B. the need of wartime industry

C. the improved living standard

D. the modernization of the kitchen

12 The phrase

“

pitch in

”

in Line 2, paragraph 2, is closest in meaning to

.

A. disagree with

B. eat with good appetite

C. offer compliment

D. offer help or support

is a working mother

’

s best choice if she does not have time to prepare dinner for the family according to the

passage ?

A. Making a meal out of canned food.

B. Buying some chicken on the way home and frying it.

C. Taking the family to dinner at a pizza place.

D. Heating up frozen dinners

14 Which of the following groups of Americans are most likely to cook their own meal at home?

A. Single working mothers

B. Unemployed women with family

C. Elderly people living alone

D. Unmarried mature people

15 What is this passage mainly about?

A. Changes in the American family during World War

Ⅱ

.

B. Women

’

s liberation in America.

C. Rising divorce rate in America today.

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