《大学英语3》课程期末考试试题(参考)

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Part I

Listening Comprehension (20%)

Section A

Directions:

In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the

end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The

conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question

there will be a pause. During the pause you

must read the

four choices

marked (A., (B., (C. and (D., and decide which is the best answer. Then mark

the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet One with a single line through

the center.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read:

A. At the office.

B. In the waiting room.

C. At the airport.

D. In a restaurant.

From

the

conversation

we

know

that

the

two

were

talking

about some work they have to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have

taken place at the office. Therefore, A “At the office.” is the best answer. You

should choose [A] on

the

Answer Sheet

One and

mark it with a single line

through the center.

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1.

A. He will not accept a late paper.

B. He is not interested in her ideas.

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5.

A. She must begin writing a paper for her history class.

B. She must begin writing up her laboratory assignments for her chemistry class.

C. She must begin studying for her English exam.

D. She must begin studying for her French exam.

6.

A. Henry didn’t paint it because there was no ladder.

B. Henry didn’t paint

it because he didn’t like painting.

C. Henry painted it himself.

D. Someone else painted it.

7.

A. To school.

B. Home.

C. To the grocery store.

D. To her friend’s house.

8.

A. Secretary.

B. Student.

C. Boss.

D. Customer.

9.

A. At 8:30.

B. At 9:30.

C. At 9:00.

D. At 10:00.

10. A. It was not exciting but realistic.

B. It was better than the one he saw last time.

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C. It was exciting but not true to life.

D. It was a poor film with realistic features.

Section B

Directions:

In this section you will hear two passages. The passages will

be read only once. After each of them, you will hear some questions. After you

hear

a

question,

you

must

choose

a

correct

answer

from

the

four

choices

marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet

One with a single line through the center.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

11. A. One and a half hours.

hours.

12.

A. He will not accept them.

B.

Two

hours.

C.

Two

and

a

half

hours.

D.

Three

B. He will accept them and grade them as usual.

C. He will give them a lower grade than they should get.

D. He will accept the papers of the students whom he knows.

13.

A. The professor knows his name.

B. He spends three hours on the test.

C. He does very poorly on the test.

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D. He spends two and a half hours on the test.

14.

A. Because if the professor knows his name, the professor will give him a

lower grade.

B. Because the

student thinks he is a top

student

and the professor should

be

kinder to him.

C. Because if the professor

doesn’t know his name, he can succeed in mixing his

paper into the pile without being found out.

D. Because the student wants to test the professor’s memory.

15.

A. Diligent.

B. Quick-minded.

C. Stupid.

D. Proud.

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

16. A. A flight attendant.

B. A pilot.

C. A miner.

D. An engineer.

17. A. He was carrying a bomb.

B. He was carrying guns.

C. The flying was dangerous.

D. He didn’t fly a plane any more.

Careful.

18. A. Calm.

B. Excited.

C. Worried.

D.

Questions 19 to 20 are based on the following passage.

19. A) Santiago.

B) New York.

C) Oklahoma.

D) Houston.

20. A) Cloudy.

B) Sunny.

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C) Snowy.

D) Rainy.

Part II Reading Comprehension

(30%)

Directions: There are three passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some

questions. 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.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

Students graduating from colleges today are not fully

prepared to deal with the

“

real

world.

”

It

is

my

belief

that

college

students

need

to

be

taught

more

skills

and

information to enable them to meet the challenges that face everyone in daily life. The

areas in which students need training are playing the credit game, planning their personal

financial strategy, and consumer awareness.

Learning how to obtain and use credit is probably the most valuable knowledge a

young person can have. Credit is a dangerous tool that can be of tremendous help if it is

handled

with

caution.

Having

credit

can

enable

people

to

obtain

material

necessities

before they have the money to purchase them outright.

But unfortunately, many, many

young people get carried away with their handy plastic credit cards and awake one day to

find they are in serious financial debt. Learning how to use credit properly can be a very

difficult and painful lesson indeed.

Of equal importance is learning how to plan a person budget. People have to know

how

to

control

money;

otherwise,

it

can

control

them.

Students

should

leave

college

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knowing how to allocate their money for living expenses, insurance, savings, and so forth

in order to avoid the

“

Oh, no! I

’

m flat broke and I don

’

t get paid again for two weeks!

’

anxiety syndrome.

Along

with

learning

about

credit

and

personal

financial

planning,

graduating

college students should be trained as consumers. The consumer market today is flooded

with

a

variety

of

products

and

services

of

varying

quality

and

prices.

A

young

person

entering the

“

real world

”

is suddenly faced with difficult decisions about which product to

buy or whose services to engage. He is usually unaware of such things as return policies,

guarantees, or repair procedures. Information of this sort is vital knowledge to everyday

living.

For a newly graduated college student, the

“

real world

”

can be a scary place to be

when he or she faced with such issues as handling credit, planning a budget, or knowing

what to look for when making a purchase and whom to purchase it from. Entering the

“

real

world

”

could be made less painful if people were educated in dealing with these areas of

daily life. What better place to accomplish this than in college?

21. According to the writer, graduating students _____________.

A) will find it hard to get a job with only knowledge gained form college

B) have insufficient skills and knowledge and do not deserve a college diploma

C) will not be able to earn enough money to support themselves

D) do not have the necessary knowledge and skill to deal with the realities of life

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22. The writer points out that many young people __________________.

A) fall into debt due to ill-advised use of credit cards

B) have to depend on credit to purchase some material necessities

C) do not know the power of credit and easily run into serious financial debt

D) start buying too much on credit before they get a paid job

23. Students suffer from an anxiety syndrome because _____________.

A) they do not have their parents

’

financial support

B) they are worried that they don

’

t get paid on time

C) they run out of money and can

’

t cover their living expenses

D) they can

’

t afford to buy insurance for themselves

24. To

“

train students as consumers

”

means to enable them to _____________.

A) handle their credit with caution

B) plan their spending carefully so that they don

’

t go broke

C) make wise purchasing decisions and be informed about consumer services

D) cope with serious financial problems

25.

By

asking

“

What

better

place

to

accomplish

this

than

in

college?

”

the

writer

means that _____.

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A) the best place to train students to deal with personal financial issues is in college

B) students

should be

trained to enter the

real

world after

they graduate from

college

C) students can best be trained in business and economics in college

D) students should be taught to cope with the difficult problems they will be

facing after graduation

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

Numerous

gestures,

facial

expression,

and

motions

also

send

different

signals

in

different cultures. For example, Americans are often direct in their conversations, expecting

the truth with no hint of deception. People in some other countries, though, may prefer not

to be direct. To them, this is s sign of respect. In America, a person who is reluctant to

maintain eye contact is called shifty- eyed and arouses suspicion. But in come countries an

attempt to maintain eye contact may be perceived as a sign of aggression. Accordingly, in

Japan,

South

Korea,

and

other

Asian

countries,

maintaining

eye

contact

is

not

an

acceptable behavior.

The evaluation of how to spend time also differs culturally. Western cultures view

time as a resource that is not to be wasted. The efficient use of time is emphasized in such

expression as

“

Time is money

”

and

“

Time is the enemy

”

. People thus live by schedules and

deadlines and thrive on being prompt for meetings and

“

< br>efficient

’

in conducting business.

In contrast, Eastern cultures view time as unlimited and unending. In such places, people

arrive late for appointments, business is preceded by hours of social rapport and those who

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are in a rush are occasionally thought to be arrogant and untrustworthy. Let

’

s say that a

salesperson form Chicago calls on a client in Mexico City. After spending 30 minutes in the

outer office, the person from Chicago feels angry and insulted, assuming,

“

This client must

attach a very low priority to my visit to keep me waiting half an hour.

”

In fact, the Mexican

client does not mean to imply anything at all by this delay. To the Mexican, a wait of 30

minutes is a matter of course.

Moreover,

many cultures value relationships. Europeans and Asians place

a high

regard on long-term relationships rather than on short-term gains, which runs counter to

what

most

Americans

perceive.

Excessive

emphasis

on

speed

and

time

may

give

the

impression that the transaction is more important than the person. That is a fundamental

error in professional judgment in many regions of the world.

Personal achievement is also viewed differently in different cultures. For the most

part, American society is an individualistic society, where most people strive for personal

achievement and they consider their position in the organization for which they work as an

indication of status. By contrast, Hindu teachings suggest that acquisitions and achievement

are not to be sought, because they are the major causes of suffering in one

’

s daily life. In

Asian countries, cooperation is an art and individual competitiveness is less desirable than

teamwork and team spirit.

The distance between individuals when talking is another issue that must be known

and respected. Although one may not be able to define the exact distance, most individuals

have a specific amount of space that they remain between themselves and others when

conversing.

Americans are typically made uncomfortable by the close conversation distance of

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Arabs

and

Africans.

They

stand

about

five

feet

apart

when

conducting

a

business

conversation. To an Arab or a Latin American, this distance is uncomfortable. In meeting

with North Americans, they move a little closer. The Americans assume they are pushy and

react negatively. As a result, Arabs and Africans may feel rejected by the lengthy personal

distance Americans maintain.

26. It is acceptable in the _____________ culture to maintain direct eye contact.

A) Japanese

B) North Korean

C) American

D) South Korean

27. Americans do NOT favor ____________.

A) maintaining eye contact

B) be indirect in conversations

C) be prompt for meetings

D) be efficient in transactions

28.

The

Mexican

client

keeps

the

Chicago

salesperson

waiting

for

30

minutes

to

_____________.

A) insult him

B) show efficiency

C) attach low priority to his visit

D) follow the rules of the culture

29. Many European and Asian cultures value _____________.

A) long-term relationships

B) speed and time

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C) professional judgment

D) short-term gains

30. The distance of conversation for the Americans is _______ than that of the Arabs

and Africans.

A)

closer

B)

farther

C)

less

comfortable

D)

more

comfortable

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

Learning on the Internet is becoming big business. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco

Systems, calls it the

“

second wave

”

of e-commerce.

“

E-learning is going to be so big it will

make e-mail look like a rounding error,

”

he has said, while International Data Corporation

believes that online education will be a $$15bn market. ELT will have a share in this market.

The

number

of

users

who

access

the

Web

in

a

language

other

than

English

is

growing

fast-------more than 100m, according to a recent survey, and a significant

proportion of

these users will want to improve their English.

ELT entrepreneurs have not been slow in responding to the challenge: there are

hundreds of English language sites now on the Web offering courses, resources, games,

newsletters and services such as teacher recruitment. Some, such as International House

’

s

Net Languages and the recently launched , are backed by big school chains.

Others, such as the British Council

’

s new LearnEnglish site, act as a

“

portal

”

or gateway to

its own and other providers

’

language resources.

However, the problem with portals is that they are not

“

sticky

”

. They attract plenty

of visits, but the visitors leave as soon as they find what they are looking for. LearnEnglish

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has some excellent content, but not enough to keep visitors engaged for long periods. One

way

round

this

is

to

create

so- called

“

vortals

”< /p>

,

or

“

vertical

portals

”

.

These

are

still

doorways into material, but all the material is on the same site. Vortals are subject- specific.

They want their visitors to stick around.

Englishtown, an independent subsidiary of EF Education, was set up in 1997 and now

claims to have 500,000 members in more than 100 countries. Online courses are free, but

students pay for teacher-led courses.

GlobalEnglish was founded in 1997 by a group of technologists and academics. Like

Englishtown, it offers a full range of services, including 24-hour, teacher-led chat rooms

and computer-adaptive assessment tests. GlobalEnglish has also recruited an impressive

advisory board that includes David Nunan, former TESOL president and Dave Sperling of the

pioneering site ESL Café

.

At the moment these sites present little threat to conventional schools. There are

some good courses on offer, but they are good precisely because they involve a human

teacher and teacher-class interaction. Remove the human element and the sites lose much

of their value. The electronic

“

Personal Tutor

”

on GlobalEnglish is slickly implemented,

but

makes

its

recommendations

on

the

basis

of

three

multiple-choice

questions.

Englishtown

’

s publicity claim that

“

We have everything your local language school offers

and more!

”

is certainly an exaggeration.

The

next

two

years

will

be

challenging

for

the

new

providers.

They

need

large

numbers of users, but Internet access will remain both slow and expensive in many key

markets.

Competition

will

continue

to

keep

prices

slow,

while

the

need

to

provide

interaction with human teachers, whether by e-mail or live videoconferencing, will push

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