04秋泛读期末试卷(A)

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English Department, Suzhou College

Summer Semester ,2005

–

2006 Final Exam Paper( A )

Extensive Reading For 04 Autumn (04

秋泛读

)

Composer

Ma Mingming

Marker Checker

No.

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II

III

IV

V

Total

Ｍ

arks

Marks

Marker

I.

Match

each

word

or

phrase

with

a

proper

meaning

below.

（

2

points

each

，

20

points

in

total

）

1.

determination

A)great firmness in carrying out a purpose

2.

barrier

B)wander; go around without an aim

3.

roam

C)take into consideration

4.

sensitive

D)attack suddenly and without warning

5.

enthusiastic

E)urge or request earnestly

6.

allow for

F)something that prevents progress

7.

turn upon

G)easily hurt or offended

8.

keep track of

H)eagerly interested

9.

press for

I)be aware of; keep informed about

10. clear of

J)free from; no longer touching

Marks

Marker

Ⅱ

.

Filling the blanks

（

2 points each

，

10 points in total

）

Directions:

In

the

following

text,

some

sentences

have

been

remo-

ved.

For

11-15,

choose

the

most

suitable

one

from

list

A-G

to

fit

in

each

of

numbered

blanks.

There

are

two

extra

choices,

which

do

not

fit

in

any

of

the

blanks.

I have many wonderful memories of my days as a circus clown, but

there is one day that I would rather forget: July 6,1944. _____(11)_____.

The

day

seemed

like

most

circus

days

until

just

before

that

afternoon

’

s performance. When the bugler blew first call on his cornet,

I

dressed

in

my

ragged

costume

and

made

up

my

face,

complete

with

the

putty nose, hoping it would not melt in the extreme heat.

As

I

put

the

finishing

touches

on

my

face,

I

could

hear

the

band

playing for the end of the animal display. _____(12)_____. The word is the

nightmare

of

the

circus

business.

_____(13)____.

At

first

I

thought

it

might

be

the

sideshow

tent,

or

some

straw

in

the

animal

tent

that

had

caught

fire

—

anything,

I

prayed,

but

the

big

top!

That

is

the

thing

circus

people dread above all else, for it involves the public, including so many

children.

_____(14)_____. I was trying to run and was making poor headway

in

my

big,

loose

clown

shoes.

Suddenly

I

noticed

that

I

was

carrying

a

water

bucket

that

I

must

have

grabbed

automatically

on

leaving

the

dressing tent.

There was nothing

I

could

do with it because the tent was

burning too high from the ground, and the flames were spreading fast.

I

could

hear

grandstand

chairs

slamming

inside

the

tent

as

people

rushed onto the track heading toward the exits. ______(15)_____. At one

place

a

couple

of

quick-thinking

workmen

had

stretched

the

canvas

side

wall out tight to serve as an escape exit, but most of the crowd was pouring

through the regular exits, and it soon became a panic.

A). We were playing a two- day stand in Hartford, and the big top caught

fire.

B). I dashed outside and saw smoke curling up from the end of the main

tent.

C). I tried to get in, but it

’

s impossible to break through the frightened

people.

D). But the smoke was too black for a straw fire

—

it was the big top.

E). At that instant someone ran past our dressing tent shouting:

“Fire

!

”

F). At every jammed exit, circus people were busy doing the same thing.

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G). Some were jumping twelve feet from the top rows of the grandstand and

seats to the ground outside.

Marks

Marker

III. Fast Reading

(2 points each

，

10 points in total)

Directions:

In

this

section

there

are

three

passages

with

a

total

of

five

multiple-choice

questions.

Skim

or

scan

them

as

required

and

then

mark

your answer.

Text One

First read the questions.

16. The passage is mostly concerned with _____.

A. different types of glasses.

B. a visit to the eye doctor.

C. myths about eyesight.

D. eye transplant.

17. One cause of eyestrain mentioned in the passage is _____.

A. wearing glasses for too long.

B. reading in bed.

C. going to the movies.

D. not visiting your eye doctor

Now go through the text quickly and answer the questions.

There

are

many

commonly

held

beliefs

about

glasses

and

eyesight

that

are

not

proven

facts.

For

instance,

some

people

believe

that

wearing

glasses

too soon weakens the eye. But there is no evidence to show that the structure

of

eyes

is

changed

by

wearing

glasses

at

a

young

age.

Wearing

the

wrong

glasses, however, can prove harmful. Studies show that for adults there is no

danger, but children can develop loss of vision if they have the wrong glasses.

We have all heard some of the common myths about eyesight

gets bad.

Most people believe that reading in dim light cause poor eyesight, but that is

untrue. Too little light

makes

the

eyes work harder, so

they do

get

tired and

strained. Eyestrain also results from reading a lot, reading in bed, and watching

too

much

television.

But,

although

eyestrain

may

cause

some

pain

or

headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight. Another myth about eyes

is that they can replaced, or transferred from one person to another.

There are close to one million never fibers that connect the eyeball to

the

brain,

and

it

is

impossible

to

attach

them

all

in

a

new

person.

Only

certain

parts

of

the

eye

can

be

replaced.

But

if

we

keep

clearing

up

the

myths and learning more about the eyes, some day a full transplant may be

possible.

Text Two

First read the questions.

18. Dr. Schweitzer was able to settle the argument because _____.

A. he was the judge there.

B. he was clever and impartial.

C. he wanted some of the fish.

D. he wanted to help his patient.

19. The final judgment was that _____.

A. all the fish should go to patient.

B. the fish should go to the owner of the canoe.

C. the fish should be destroyed and thrown away.

D. everyone involved should get a third of the fish.

Now go through the text quickly and answer the questions

The

incident

occurred

one

morning

outside

Albert

Schweitzer's

hospital in the African jungle. A patient had gone fishing in another man's

boat the previous night. The owner of the boat thought he should be given

all the fish that were caught. Dr. Schweitzer said to the boat owner.

are right because the other man ought to have asked permission to use your

boat.

But

you

are

wrong

because

you

are

careless

and

lazy.

You

merely

twisted the chain

of

your canoe round a palm tree instead of fastening it

with a padlock. Of laziness you are guilty because you were asleep in your

hut on this moonlit night instead of making use of the good opportunity for

fishing.

He turned to the patient:

you were in the wrong then

you took

the

boat

without

asking

the

owner's

permission.

You

were

in

the

right

because

you were not

so lazy

as he was

and

you did not

want

to

let

the

moonlit

night

go

by

without

making

some

use

of

it.

Dr.

Schweitzer

divided the catch among the fisherman, the boat owner and the hospital.

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Text Three

First read the questions.

20. It is the driver's responsibility to _____.

A. make children under 14 wear seat belts in the front.

B. make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt.

C. stop children riding in the front seat.

D. wear a seat belt on all occasions.

Now go through the text quickly and answer the questions.

More than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously

injured each year. The impact on you of an accident can be very serious. At a

speed

of

only

30

miles

per

hour

it

is

the

same

as

falling

from

a

third-floor

window.

Wearing

a

seat

belt

saves

lives;

it

reduced

your

chance

of

death

or

serious injury by more than half.

Who has to wear a seat belt? Drivers or front passengers in most vehicles.

If you are 14 or over, it will be your responsibility to wear the belt. If you do

not, you could be fined up to '50. It will not be up to the driver to make sure

you wear your belt. But it will be the driver's responsibility to make sure that

children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of

some kind.

A

very

few

vehicles

have

a

middle

front

seat

between

the

front

passenger

seat and the driver's seat, for example, a bench seat. Your vehicle may be one of

them.

If

just

one

passenger

sits

in

front,

he

must

wear

a

seat

belt.

But

if

two

passengers sit in front, the person sitting in the middle will not have to wear a belt.

Medical exemptions Certain people ought not to wear a seat belt because of their

health. It may be more risky for them to wear a belt than to be in a road accident

without

one.

But

they

will

not

have

to

wear

a

belt

if

they

get

a

valid

medical

certificate from a doctor. If you think this applies to you, go and talk to a doctor

as soon as possible. The doctor may reassure you that you can wear a seat belt. Or

he may have to examine you before he can decide whether or not to give you a

certificate. When you go and see him you should ask him at the start how much

this

would

cost.

Keep

the

certificate.

If

the

police

ask

you

why

you

are

not

wearing a seat belt, you should show them the certificate. If you cannot show it to

them on the spot, you should take the certificate to a police station of your choice

within five days.

Marks

Marker

IV

. Comprehension

(2 points each

，

40 points in total)

Passage

One

The economy of the United States after 1952 was the economy of a

well-fed

almost

fully

employed

people.

Despite

occasional

alarm,

the

country

escaped

any

postwar

depression

and

lived

in

a

state

of

boom. An economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s,

may

be

typical

as

illustrating

the

rapid

economic

growth

of

the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954

(1

955

output

was

es

tim

ated

at

392

bi

lli

on

doll

ars).

The

production

of

manufacturers

was

about

40

percent

more

than

it

had

averaged

in

the

years

immediately

following

World

War

2.

The

country’s

business

spent

about

30billion

dollars

for

new

factories

and

machinery.

National

income

available

for

spending

was

almost

a

third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about

256

billion

dollars;

that

is

about

700

million

dollars

a

day,

or

about

twenty-five

million

dollars

every

hour

,

all

round

the

clock.

Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million

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an

ominous

echo

of

the

mid

-

1920’s.

As

farmer’s

sh

are

of

their

products

declined

,

marketing

costs

rose.

But

there

were,

among

the

observers

of

the

national

economy,

a

few

who

were

not

as

confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could

not

last

and

would

eventually

lead

to

the

opposite-depression.

21.

What

is

the

best

title

of

the

passage?

A.

The

Agricultural

Trends

of

1950’s

B.

The

Unemployment

Rate

of

1950’s

C.

U.S.

Economy

in

the

50’s

D.

The

Federal

Budget

of

1952

22

.

In

Line

4

,

the

word

“boom”

could

best

be

r

eplaced

by______.

A.

nearby

explosion

B.

thunderous

noise

C.

general

public

support