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潍坊科技职业学院 me. One time he raised his head from under the automobile hood to say:” Doc, a 编号: deaf-and-dumb guy went into a hardware store to ask for some snails. He put two figures together on the counter made hammering motions with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two figures he was hammering. The clerk 潍坊科技职业学院 brought him nails. He picked out the sizes he wanted, and left. Well, doc, the next guy who came in was a blind man. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?” 2005,2006学年第一学期期末考试 I lifted my right hand and made scissoring motions with my first two figures. Whereupon my auto-repair man laughed heartily and said, “Why, you dumb fool, he used his voice and 《英语阅读一》试卷A(450人) asked for them.” Then he said, smugly, “ I?ve been trying that on all my customers today.” “Did you catch many?” I asked. “Quiet a few,” he said, “but I knew for sure I?d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are extremely educated, doc, I knew you could not be (适用于国际语言系05级商务英语&涉外旅游&会展&04英6专业) very smart.” And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. A: Comprehending the text 考试时间90分钟，满分100分 Choose the best answer. 1. The normal score of the aptitude test is a. 160 题号 一 二 三 总分 b. 80 c.100 得分 d. 140 2. The author?s exceptionally high score on the aptitude test a. caused much trouble at the base. Part One(每小题2分，共40分) b. gave rise to much excitement at the base. c. won him quick promotions. d. helped him to get the position he desired. What is intelligence, anyway? 3. The author thinks that all his high scores simply mean that a. he is highly intelligent. What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received a kind of aptitude test b. he was very good at answering a certain type of academic questions. that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that and for two hours they made a big fuss over me. c. he can do better than others in anything he tries. All my life I?ve been registering scores like that, so that I have the complacent feeling that d. he is more intelligent than manual workers. I?m highly intelligent, and I except other people to think so, too. Actually, though, don?t such 4. The author used to believe that scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are a. he was far more intelligent than his auto-repair man. considered worthy of answers by the people who make up the intelligence tests—people with b. the auto-repair man was more intelligent than he was. intellectual tends similar to mine? c. they were equals in intelligence. For instance, I was with an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not d. they were smart in different ways. possibly have scored more than 80, by my estimate. I always took it for granted that I was far 5. When it came to fixing the car, the author more intelligent than he was. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him a. had full confidence in his auto-repair man. with it, watched him anxiously as he explored its vitals, and listened to his pronouncements as b. had doubts about his auto-repair man?s ability. though they were divine oracles—and he always mended my car. c. listened to God?s advice. 系部_____________ Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an 班级________________ 姓名__________________ 学号____________ intelligence test. Or d. had no idea who he should turn to for help. suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every 6. If the auto-repair man devised an intelligent test, one of those tests, I?d prove myself a moron. And I?d be a moron, too. In a world where I a. the author would score high. ---------------------------------------密-------------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线------------------------------------ could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do something intricate or b. the author would score low. hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. My intelligence, then, is not absolute. Its c. the author would get an average score. worth is determined by the society I live in. Its numerical evaluation is determined by a small d. the author would still score above average. subsection of that society which has managed to force itself on the rest of us as a judge of such 7. In the author?s view, intelligence matters. a. is a relative matter. Consider my auto-repair man, again. He had a habit of telling me jokes whenever he saw 1 b. is absolute. 9. I?ve been trying that on all my customers today. c. can not be measured. a. wear something b. have an test on somebody d. can be evaluated in different ways. c. put on d. make efforts to do something 8. When the author heard the answer of auto-repair?s question about asking for scissors, Part Two a. he thought the question was interesting. Reading Comprehension(每小题2分，共40分) b. he was not sure about his answer. Passage one: c. he thought the question was not worthy of an answer. Japan is poor in energy resources. It is said that about eighty percent of the energy resources d. he thought the question was tricky. used in Japan are imported in order to provide the people with enough electricity. Oil, coal and 9. When the auto-mobile man tried his question on the author natural gas are imported from many foreign countries to generate electricity. a. he had no idea what the result would be. b. he was certain that the author would be caught. There most common kinds of power plants are nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power c. he knew that the author would give the correct answer. plants. The largest amount of electricity is generated by thermal power plants. However, the d. he knew that the author would give an unusual answer. percentage of electricity generated by thermal power plants has been dropping. The percentage 10. In the opinion of the auto-repair man, of electricity generated by hydroelectric and other power plants has also been dropping. This a. educated people are more intelligent. percentage became the lowest of the three in 1990 and is still declining. On the contrary, b. there is no difference between the intelligence of educated and uneducated people.nuclear power plants have been generating more and more electricity. In 1997 the percentage of electricity generated by nuclear power plants had more than doubled from 1980. More c. too much education may make a person stupid sometimes. d. IQ tests don?t mean a thing. nuclear power plants are said to be planned and to be under construction. Nuclear power plants, however, can be dangerous. Nuclear accidents cause enormous B: Understanding vocabulary. problems in a variety of fields, such as fishing, farming, the breeding of animals and so on. Choose the correct definition according to the context. Such problems last for generations. It is said to be very difficult to ensure 100% safety in the 1. When I was in the army, I received a kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a nuclear industry.normal of 100, scored 160. What should we do? Today, nearly forty percent of electricity is produced by nuclear power a. natural ability b. emotional plants. It may not be a wise solution to close all nuclear power plants and to stop the c. jigsaw puzzle d. unusual generating of electricity there just because the nuclear industry can be unsafe. What is 2. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that and for two hours they made a big fuss important is to use strict and thorough safety checks in the nuclear industry. over me. a. angry scene. b. complain strongly 1. Japan has to import c. unnecessary nervous excitement d. pay attention to a. a large amount of electricity from a lot of foreign countries. 3 I have the complacent feeling that I?m highly intelligent, and I except other people to think b. a large amount of oil, coal and natural gas to stop using nuclear power. a. unhappy b. self-satisfactory c. pleased d. dismay c.. energy resources to generate enough electricity. 4. I always took it for granted that I was far more intelligent than he was. d. energy resources to save its own natural resources. a. assumed b. discussed c. decided d. known 2. Which of the following is not true? 5. When anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him with it. a. Nuclear power plants are now producing most of the electricity in Japan. a. mistaken b. do something wrong c. happened d. stop working properly b. The percentage of electricity generated by thermal power plants has been decreasing.6. I?d be a moron, too. a. a cute person b. a stupid person c. People will continue to use nuclear power plants although they can be dangerous. c. a clever person d. a ingenious person 7. In a world where I could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do d. The percentage of electricity generated by nuclear power plants has been increasing.something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. (1) a. without words b. body language 3. According to the author, it is important to c. connected with words d. spoken language a. stop generating electricity at nuclear power plants. (2) a. cinch b. complicated c. pushover d. not difficult b. close nuclear power plants for a few years. 8. He wanted scissors. c. use strict and thorough safety rules to control the nuclear industry. a. a kind of striking tool b. knife d. try to find new ways of generating electricity. c. chopsticks d. a kind of cutting tool 4. W hat's the topic discussed in this passage? 2 a. Thermal power plants in Japan. street fights. His parents decided this must stop. They sent him back to the United States. He b. Nuclear power plants was more and more important to Japan. became a university student, and opened a school to teach Kung Fu later. Bruce Lee was not a c. Energy problems in Japan. big man .However, people who saw him fight could not understand how he could be so d. Dangers of Nuclear power plants. powerful. He seemed to have the strength of several men. In 1966, Bruce Lee acted in American television series called “The Green Hornet”. The program was not a success. But many Hollywood movies actors began studying Kung Fu with Passage two him. He appeared in several other television programs. Bruce Lee returned Hong Kong in For many women, life today is very different from life in the time of their grandmothers. 1971 to act in a Chinese movie “Fists of Fury?. The movie was extremely popular in Asia. He The changes have come very slowly, but in many countries women now take a more active followed this with another film,“ The Chinese Connection”. It was extremely popular too. In part in society. 1973, Bruce Lee made his most famous movie, “Enter the Dragon”. It was the first movie There are many different reasons why this change has taken place. Part of the reason is made in cooperation between American and Chinese movie companies. But Bruce Lee died a industrialization. Many women moved away from rural areas where they used to work in few weeks before the movie was released. He was thirty-two years old. Doctors said his death agriculture, to the towns and cities where they stared to work in industry. In Europe, however, as caused by swelling of the brain. More than 20000 people attended his funeral in Hong Kong the biggest changes came with the world wars. before his body was taken to American for burial. “Enter the Dragon” became as major hit. It During the World War I and World War II, many men went away to fight. This meant that made Bruce Lee an internationally famous movie star. However, his early death ended what more and more women had to work outside the home. For many women, this was the first time would have been a very successful movie career. that they were independent and that they had their own money. They were not wealthy, but 8 Which of the following is not true about Bruce? many women were not so poor as they used to be. At the end of the war, they did not want to a. He was an American. go back to the kind of life they used to have. b. He learnt Kong Fu from Yip Man. In many countries, women also started to fight for the right to vote in elections and to make c. He was not a big man. political decisions. Their votes were important, so male politicians had to start thinking about d. He died at an early age. what women were asking for. 9.Bruce first acted in Chinese movies in the year of Other important changes affected the lives of many women. First, in many countries more a. 1941 b. 1946 c, 1966 d. 1971 girls started to go to school. In the past, people thought that education was too expensive to 10. Bruce?s best movie was “waste” on girls. In time, governments started to provide education for girls, and women were a. The Green Hornet b. Fists of Fury then able to get better jobs. c. The Chinese Connection d. Enter the Dragon 5. What is the best title for this passage? 11. Bruce died a. Women?s Lives. a. in a traffic accident b. of a disease b. Women Today c. in a street fight d. from hard work c. Advantages of War 12. Which is the right order according to this passage? d. Changes in Women?s Lives. a. Bruce acted in Chinese movies. 6. The reasons for the changes in Women?s Lives lie in b. Bruce became a university student. a. industrialization. c. Bruce acted in the film “The Chinese Connection”. b. the world war. d. Bruce returned to Hong Kong. c. more changes for women to go to school. e. The film “Enter the Dragon” was released. d. all of the above. f. Bruce died at the age of 32. 7. People used to think that A. d-a-b-c-f-e B. b-c-a-d-e-f C. d-a-b-c-e-f D. b-d-a-c-f-e a. they had no money to spend on women?s education. b. women needed only to stay at home. c. there was no need for women to get education. Passage four d. women were too weak to go to school. Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the aim of education them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Life is varied; so is education. As soon as we realized the fact, we will understand that it is very important to Passage three choose a proper system of education. His name was Lee Jun Fan Yuen Kam when he was born in the United States in 1940. A In some countries with advanced industries, there is free education for all. Under this nurse at the hospital said he should have an American name too. She suggested the name system, people, no matter whether they are rich or poor, clever or foolish, have a chance to be „Bruce”. educated at universities or colleges. It was once thought, by free education all the problems of Bruce?s father was a movie actor. Young Bruce appeared in his first movie with his father a society can be solved. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough. We when he was only two months old. Bruce and his parents returned to their home in Hong Kong find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees that there are jobs in 1941. Bruce began to act in Chinese movies at the age of six. In Hong Kong, Bruce Lee for them to fill. As a result of their degrees, they refuse to do what they think is “low” work. In began his life-long interest in the Chinese system of self-defense called Kung Fu. He studied fact, to work with one?s hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.with Yip Man, master of the famous Wing Chun Kung Fu. Bruce was also involved in many 3 The exhibition is sponsored by the International Cultural Exchange Center under the But we have only to think for a second to understand that the work of a completely Chinese Ministry of Culture, the China Millennium Monument Foundation, and the Japanese uneducated farmers is as important as that of a professor. We can live without education, but Association of World Arts, and Cultural Promotion.thwe would die if none of us grew crops. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away The show is one of the major events celebrating the 30 anniversary of diplomatic relation from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns. If there were no service people, between China and Japan. because everyone was ashamed to do such work, the professor would have to waste much of The meaning of this exhibition has gone beyond artistic exchange between the two countries. their time doing housework. It has become a symbol of the common wish of the people of both countries for peace and On the other hand, if all the farmers were completely uneducated, their production would friendship. remain low. As the population grows larger and larger in the modern world, we would die if The exhibits include ink paintings and calligraphy. Most of the artists in the exhibition have we did not have enough food. been highly active and influential over the past two decades. This is the first time this kind of In fact, when we say all of us must be educated to fit ourselves for life, it means that all exhibition has been held. The arts of ink painting and calligraphy are world arts as well. There must be educated: firstly, to realize that everyone can do whatever job is suited to his brain and are endless possibilities for these arts to develop, in form and techniques. ability; secondly, to understand that all jobs are necessary to society and that it is bad to be ashamed of one?s own work or to look down upon someone else?s; thirdly, to master all the 18. According to the text, China established diplomatic relation with Japan necessary known-how to do one?s job well. Only such education can be called valuable to society. a. 30 years ago b. 100 years ago c. 50 years ago d. 24 years ago 13. Which of the following is not true about education. 19. The underlined sentence probably means that a. it is an end in itself. a. the exhibition has gone out of these two countries. b. it is only a means. b. the exhibition is not only an artistic exchange but also a symbol for peace and friendship. c. it is varied. d. it is free sometimes. c. the exhibition includes not only paintings from China but also paintings from Japan.14. According to the second paragraph, some people can not find a job because d. the exhibition is a success because it has brought about great economic benefits to china. a. there is a social problem. b. there are not many jobs. 20.The subject discussed in the text is a. friendship between two countries c. these people get university degrees. b. a successful exhibition d. these people do not want to do “low” work. 15. The work of a completely uneducated farmers is as important as that of a professor c. the exhibition without friendship d. friendship beyond exhibition because a. without education all of us would live a more meaningful life. b. without farmers we would have to grow crops ourselves. c. without farmers we would die of food shortage. Part Three d. without farmers we would have to do housework ourselves. Vocabulary on the text. (每小题1分，共20分) 16. All of us must be educated to understand or realize that 1. Atzel was beside himself with joy. a. the more people with university degrees we have, the better life we will have. a. very happy b. almost mad c. very calm d. nearly confused b. we could not live without education. 2. She hung on to Ma and sobbed. c. everyone should have a chance to be educated at universities or colleges. a. leant against Ma b. hugged Ma c. pushed against Ma d. went to Ma d.. everyone can do a job that is suitable for him. 3. It opens up the possibility for other music events, as well as sports events, theatre and talk 17. Which of the following is true according to the text? shows to be broadcast live to the Internet. a. there should be free education for all in every country. a. increase b. has c. projects d. offers b. farmers should also receive education. 4. Both water and wind power are cheap forms of energy and they are easily available but they c. people with university degrees can always find a job. can only create a small quantity of energy. d. professors are more important than farmers in a society. a. able to be obtained b. able to be created c. able to be used d. able to be discovered Passage five 5. But at night, thinking about Mr. B.—Who could scare just about anybody I know, even my More than 100 works of art by about 100 Chinese and Japanese artists are on show at the father—it seemed perfectly sensible to cheat. China Millennium Monument in western Beijing until December 5. a. understandable b. senseless c. reasonable d. possible 4 6. A few minutes later we saw his enraged red face above the wall on the far side of the field. a. angry b. keen c. biting d. excited 7. A cab drew up and an Englishman got out. a. passed by b. came to a stop c. went to d. caught up 8. I replied that I did and asked what time our train was due to at Lyons. a. arrived b. expected c. stopped d. leaving 9. Then the rop was pulled again and Buck had to let go. a. give up b. leave c. move along d. go away 10.Buck was beaten , but he was not broken. a. dead b. seriously injured c. losing courage d. crushed physically and mentally 11.The city is concerned with finance, but it is also a market for goods of almost every kind, from all parts of the world. a. is famous for b. is an important place of c. has trouble with d. concentrates on 12. The Mayor makes a solemn promise to carry out his duties faithfully, and the Lord chief justice hands the Mayor his sword of office. a. formal b. sincere c. immediate d. serious 13. Sour cream sounded perfectly revolting. a. unthinkable b. disgusting c. welcome d. serious 14. Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by energy soldiers. a. withdrew hurriedly b. became frightened and went c. found our way d. made haste 15. The Physics of Modern Age was published 45 years ago, and is still around today. a. is useful b. is available c. is here and there d. is praised 16. I now understand a serious scientific phenomenon. a. fact b. knowledge c. news d. conclusion 17. I see his spelling—binding personality and faith in the beauty of knowledge and nature. a. fascinating b. unbending c. excellent d. interesting 18. Then she spotted something between two trailers. a. stepped on b. felt c. saw d. picked up 19. My confidence started to disappear the day Angela Brady showed up at the pool for workout. a. was called b. got ready c. arrived d. reported 20. I had never felt so left out, so disappointed in my whole life. a. depressed b. exhausted. C. low—spirited d. neglected 5 Part One(每小题2分，共40分) -5 __________________ 6-10____________________ 1 11-15 ________________ 16-20 ___________________ Part Two Reading Comprehension(每小题2分，共40分) 1-5 __________________ 6-10____________________ 11-15 ________________ 16-20 ___________________ Part Three Vocabulary on the text.(每小题1分，共20分) -5 __________________ 6-10____________________ 1 11-15 ________________ 16-20 ___________________ 编号: 潍坊科技职业学院 2005,2006学年第一学期期末考试 《英语阅读》试卷A(450人) (适用于国际语言系05级商务英语&涉外旅游&会展&04英6专业) 考试时间90分钟，满分100分 题号 一 二 三 总分 得分 6 系部_____________ 班级________________ 姓名__________________ 学号____________ ---------------------------------------密-------------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线------------------------------------ 得分 Part One(每小题2分，共40分) 1-5 __c, b, a, a, a___ 6-10___b, d, d, b, c___ 11-15 __a, c, b, a, d__ 16-20 __b, c, b, d, b__ Part Two Reading Comprehension(每小题2分，共40分) 1-5 __c, a, c, b, d___ 6-10____d, c, a, b, d___ 11-15 __b, a, a, d, c_ 16-20 _d, b, a, b, d____ Part Three Vocabulary on the text.(每小题1分，共20分) 1-5 ___b, a, d, a, c__ 6-10___a, b, b, a, c___ 11-15 _d, d, b, a, b__ 16-20 _c, a, c, d, d____ 编号: 潍坊科技职业学院 2005,2006学年第一学期期末考试 《英语阅读》试卷A(450人) (适用于国际语言系05级商务英语&涉外旅游&会展&04英6专业) 考试时间90分钟，满分100分 题号 一 二 三 总分 7 系部_____________ 班级________________ 姓名__________________ 学号____________ ---------------------------------------密-------------------------------------------封----------------------------------------线------------------------------------ 8