英语专业2008级《现代大学英语》期中考试卷

new stuff is to mix things that already exist.

11.

The futility of violence in the struggle for racial justice has been

tragically

in all the recent Negro riots.

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2010-11-09

12.

One

sees

screaming

youngsters

and

angry

adults

fighting

hopelessly and aimlessly against impossible

.

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座号

姓名

13.

I

must

tell

you

about

a

very

strange

experience

that

福建师范大学福清分校外语系

英语专业

2008

级《现代大学英语》期中 考试卷

（

2010

< br>－

2011

学年度上学期）

题号

一

二

三

四

五

六

合计

得分

I.

Vocabulary

(20%)

Section A (5 points)

Directions:

Complete each of the following sentences with

an appropriate form of the word given in brackets.

1.

(metropolitan) Let us be dissatisfied until those that live on the

outskirts of hope are brought into the

of daily security.

2.

(assort) It's an inexact term for a wild

of changes

in politics, business, health, entertainment.

3.

(consistent) Westernization, I discovered over months of study

and travel, is a phenomenon shot through with

and

populated by very strange bedfellows.

4.

(buoyant)

There

will

be

those

moments

when

the

of

hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair.

5.

(quiet)Nothing may disturb or

the mysterious nosings

about, feelings round, darts, dashes, and sudden discoveries of

that very shy and illusive spirit, the imagination.

Section B (15 points)

Directions:

Complete

the

following

sentences

with

the

words given below. Change the form where necessary.

strain,

befall,

come up with,

odd,

wile,

doubt,

separate,

formidable,

eliminate,

suggest,

discriminate,

devoid,

detach,

degenerate

,

sympathy

,

etch,

shatter

1.

The most

member of a family is a

2.

learned

about

11

different

styles

of

mah- jongg,

told

me

with

that

friendliness

of

those

whose

true

connection is with machines.

3.

It is necessary also to discuss the ends and the aims for which

we

are

fighting,

for

which

we

are

doing

battle

with

these

obstacles.

4.

It

imagination that this could be the same country

where

a

generation

ago

the

three

most

desired

luxury

items

were wristwatches, bicycles, and sewing machines.

5.

Negroes who have a double disability will have a greater effect

on

when they have the additional weapon of cash

to use in their struggle.

6.

Be sympathetic; be tender; flatter; deceive; use all the arts and

of our sex.

7.

Personal

conflicts

among

husbands,

wives

and

children

will

diminish

when

the

unjust

measurement

of

human

worth

on

the scale of dollars is

.

8.

She was so constituted that she never had a mind or a wish of

her own, but preferred to

always with the minds and

wishes of others.

9.

This

had

led

Negro

Americans

in

the

past

to

seek

their

goals

through power

of love and conscience.

10.

It’s really hard to be ori

ginal these days, so the easiest way to

me as a novelist.

14.

Our

dreams

will

sometimes

be

and

our

ethereal

hopes blasted.

15.

Though men sensibly allow themselves great freedom in these

respects,

I

that

they

realize

or

can

control

the

extreme

severity

with

which

they

condemn

such

freedom

in

women.

II.

Reading Comprehension (25%)

Directions:

There are 2 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.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

The other problem that arises from the employment of women

is that of the working wife. It has two aspects: that of the wife who

is

more

of

a

success

than

her

husband

and

that

of

the

wife

who

must

rely

heavily

on

her

husband

for

help

with

domestic

tasks.

There are various ways in which the impact of the first difficulty can

be reduced. Provided that husband and wife are not in the same or

directly

comparable

lines

of

work,

the

harsh

fact

of

her

greater

success

can

be

obscured

by

a

genial

conspiracy

to

reject

a

purely

monetary

measure

of

achievement

as

intolerably

crude.

Where

there

are ranks,

it

is

best

if

the

couple

work

in

different

fields

so

that the husband can find some special reason for the superiority

of the lowest figure in his to the most elevated in his wife's.

A problem that affects a much larger number of working wives

is

the

need

to

re-allocate

domestic

tasks

if

there

are

children.

In

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell wrote of the unemployed of

the

Lancashire

coalfields:

never ...

in

a

working-

class

home,

will

you

see

the

man

doing

a

stroke

of

the

housework.

Unemployment has not changed this convention, which on the face

of it seems a little unfair. The man is idle from morning to night but

the woman is as busy as ever - more so, indeed, because she has to

manage

with

less

money.

Yet

so

far

as

my

experience

goes

the

women

do

not

protest.

They

feel

that

a

man

would

lose

his

manhood if, merely because he was out of work, he developed in a

'Mary Ann'.

It

is

over

the

care

of

young

children

that

this

re- allocation

of

duties becomes really

significant. For this, unlike the cooking of fish fingers or the making

of beds, is an inescapably time- consuming occupation, and time is

what

the

fully

employed

wife

has

no

more

to

spare

of

than

her

husband.

The male initiative in courtship is a pretty indiscriminate affair,

something that is tried on with any remotely plausible woman who

comes

within

range

and,

of

course,

with

all

degrees

of

tentativeness.

What

decides

the

issue

of

whether

a

genuine

courtship is going to get under way is the woman's response. If she

shows interest the engines of persuasion are set in movement. The

truth is that in courtship society gives women the real power while

pretending to give it to men.

What

does

seem

clear

is

that

the

more

men

and

women

are

together, at work and away from it, the more the comprehensive

amorousness of men towards women will have to go, despite all its

past

evolutionary

services.

For

it

is

this

that

makes

inferiority

at

work

abrasive

and,

more

indirectly,

makes

domestic

work

seem

unmanly, if there is to be an equalizing redistribution of economic

and

domestic

tasks

between

men

and

women

there

must

be

a

compensating

redistribution

of

the

erotic

initiative.

If

women

will

no longer let us beat them they must allow us to join them as the

blushing recipients of flowers and chocolates.

1. Paragraph One advises the working wife who is more successful

than her husband to

A. work in the same sort of job as her husband.

B. play down her success, making it sound unimportant.

C. stress how much the family gains from her high salary.

D. introduce more labour-saving machinery into the home.

2. Orwell's picture of relations between man and wife in Wigan Pier

(Paragraph

Two)

describes a

relationship

which

the

author

of

the

passage

A. thinks is the natural one.

B. wishes to see preserved.

C. believes is fair.

D. is sure must change.

3.

Which

of

the

following

words

is

used

literally,

NOT

metaphorically?

A. Abrasive (Paragraph Five).

B. Engines (Paragraph Four).

C. Convention (Paragraph Two).

D. Heavily (Paragraph One).

4. The last paragraph stresses that if women are to hold important

jobs, then they must

A. sometimes make the first advances in love.

B. allow men to flirt with many women.

C. stop accepting presents of flowers and chocolates.

D. avoid making their husbands look like

5.

Which

of

the

following

statements

is

INCORRECT

about

the

present form of courtship?

A. Men are equally serious about courtship.

B. Each man

C. The woman's reaction decides the fate of courtship.

D.

The

man

leaves

himself

the

opportunity

to

give

up

the

chase

quickly.

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Richard,

King

of

England

from

1189

to

1199,

with

all

his

characteristic virtues and faults cast in a heroic mould, is one of the

most

fascinating

medieval

figures.

He

has

been

described

as

the

creature and embodiment of the age of chivalry, In those days the

lion was much admired in heraldry, and more than one king sought

to

link

himself

with

its

repute.

When

Richard's

contemporaries

called

him

Coeur

de

Lion

Lion

heart),

they

paid

a

lasting

compliment to the king of beasts. Little did the English people owe

him for his services, and heavily did they pay for his adventures. He

was in England only twice for a few short months in his ten years'

reign;

yet

his

memory

has

always

English

hearts,

and

seems

to

present throughout the centuries the pattern of the fighting man.

In all deeds of prowess as well as in large schemes of war Richard

shone. He was tall and delicately shaped strong in nerve and sinew,

and most dexterous in arms. He rejoiced in personal combat, and

regarded his opponents without malice as necessary agents in his

fame. He loved war, not so much for the sake of glory or political

ends, but as other men love science or poetry, for the excitement of

the struggle and the glow of victory. By this his whole temperament

was

toned;

and

united

with

the

highest

qualities

of

the

military

commander, love of war called forth all the powers of his mind and

body.

Although

a

man

of

blood

and

violence,

Richard

was

too

impetuous to be either treacherous or habitually cruel. He was as

ready

to

forgive

as

he

was

hasty

to

offend;

he

was

open-handed

and

munificent

to

profusion;

in

war

circumspect

in

design

and

skilful

in

execution;

in

political

a

child,

lacking

in

subtlety

and

experience.

His

political

alliances

were

formed

upon

his

likes

and

dislikes;

his

political

schemes

had

neither

unity

nor

clearness

of

purpose.

The

advantages

gained

for

him

by

military

genius

were

flung away through diplomatic ineptitude. When, on the journey to

the

East,

Messina

in

Sicily

was

won

by

his

arms

he

was

easily

persuaded to share with his polished, faithless ally, Philip Augustus,

fruits

of

a

victory

which

more

wisely

used

might

have

foiled

the

French

King's

artful

schemes.

The

rich

and

tenable

acquisition

of

Cyprus was cast away even more easily than it was won. His life was

one

magnificent

parade,

which,

when

ended,

left

only

an

empty

plain.

In 1199, when the difficulties of raising revenue for the endless

war were at their height, good news was brought to King Richard. It

was said there had been dug up near the castle of Chaluz, on the

lands of one of his French vassals, a treasure of wonderful quality; a

group of golden images of an emperor, his wife, sons and daughters,

seated round

a

table,

also of

gold,

had

been

unearthed.

The King

claimed this treasure as lord paramount. The lord of Chaluz resisted

the demand, and the King laid siege to his small, weak castle. On

the

third

day,

as

he

rode

daringly,

near

the

wall.

confident

in

his

hard-tried

luck,

a

bolt

from

a

crossbow

struck

him

in

the

left

shoulder by the neck. The wound, already deep, was aggravated by

the necessary cutting out of the arrow- head. Gangrene set in, and

Coeur de Lion knew that he must pay a soldier’s debt. He prepared

for

death

with

fortitude

and

calm,

and

in

accordance

with

the

principles

he

had

followed. He

arranged

his

affairs,

he divided

his

personal

belongings

among

his

friends

or

bequeathed

them

to

charity. He declared John to be his heir, and made all present swear

fealty

to

him.

He

ordered

the

archer

who

had

shot

the

fatal

bolt,

and

who

was

now

a

prisoner,

to

be

brought

before

him.

He

pardoned him, and made him a gift of money. For seven years he

had not confessed for fear of being compelled to be reconciled to

Philip, but now he received the offices of the Church with sincere

and exemplary piety, and died in the forty-second year of his age on

April

6,

1199,

worthy,

by

the

consent

of

all

men,

to

sit

with

King

Arthur

and

Roland

and

other

heroes

of

martial

romance

at

some

Eternal round Table, which we trust the Creator of the Universe in

His comprehension will not have forgotten to provide.

The archer was flayed alive.

6

“ little did the English people owe him for his service” (paragraph

one) means that the English

A. paid few taxes to him.

B. gave him little respect.

C. received little protection from him.

D. had no real cause to feel grateful to him.