试卷代号：1162 2006年1月《英语(2)》国家开放大学（中央电大）期末考试试卷及答案

试卷代号：1162

中央广播电视大学2005—2006学年度第一学期“开

放本科”期末考试各专业英语Ⅱ(2)试题

2006年1月

注意事项

1．将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸：放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可离开考场。

2．考试第一部分为听力理解，每道题读两遍，请抓紧时间读题、做题和检查。

3．仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。

4．用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效

第一部分：听力理解（20分）

一、理解对话(每题1分，共10分)

在本节中，你将听到10个对话，每个对话后有一个问题-请从A、B、C或D四个选项中选择答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。每段话后有10秒的停顿，以便阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. When does the film begin?

A. At 8:50. B. At 8:15. C. At 8:30. D. At 7:30. 2. Where did this conversation most probably take place?

A. At a museum. B. At a restaurant. C. At a concert. D. At a department store. 3. Why was Sunny late for class?

A. The train was last. B. She got up later than usual. C. She forgot her class. D. She got on the wrong coach 4. What did the woman buy?

A. Fruit. B. Vegetable. C. Biscuit. D. Meat. 5. What is most probably Raymond's job?

A. A doctor B. A teacher. C. A technician. D. A businessman. 6. How long has the man been waiting for?

A. 16 minutes. B. One hour. C. Half hour. D. Two hours. 7. What happened to Mike?

A. He got a pay rise. B. He was ill at work.

C. He lost some of his responsibility. D. He had fallen down at work. 8. What does the man mean? A. The movie was cheap.

B. The movie was not worth seeing. C. He liked the movie very much.

D. He didn't have lime lo go to the cinema. 9. How much Joes .he man owe the woman?

A. 15 cents. B. 50 cents. C. 5 dollars. D. 75 cents. 10. Who made the pizza?

A. The man. B. The woman. C. The woman's mother. D. A Cook.

二、理解段落(每题2分，共10分)

在本节中，你将听到一段独白或对话，判断下列句子是否符合所所独白或对话内容，符合的选择T(True)．不符合的选择F(False)，并标在答题纸的相应位置。对话前后各有30秒钟的停顿，以便阅读问题并核对答案。对话读两遍。

11. David learned to scuba dive when he was working in India.

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12. David spent his first holiday in Bali.

13. David's scuba diving instructor was a young woman. 14. The scuba diving course lasted 3 days.

15. Scuba diving is now one of David's favorite hobbies.

第二部分：英语知识运用(35分)

三、选择填空(每题1分，共15分)

阅读下面的句子和对话，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。 16. That is_______.

A. the best novel I've ever read B. a best novel I've ever read C. the best novel I've never read D. the better novel I've ever read 17._______average women do more housework than men. A. By B. In C. On D. For 18._______she works hard, she won't pass her exams.

A. If B. Unless C. When D. Because 19. The sky is so blue. ________nice weather!

A. Which B. What C. What a D. How a 20. _________ is that guy standing by your mother?

A. Whom B. Which C. Who D. When 21. He didn't want to sec that film because he _______already seen it. A. has B. had C. have D. was 22. It's ________to drive so fast.

A. insafe B. missafe C. unsafe D. dissafe 23. Could you tell me ________?

A. how long you learn to swim B. how long have you learned to swim C. how long you have learned to swim D. how long you learned to swim 24. His carelessness ________ his failure in the exam.

A. has resulted in B. has resulted to C. has lead to D. has lead in 25. You had better ________ arrive here earlier next time.

A. - B. to C. off D. and 26. The population of the world is growing at a dangerous _______. A. progress B. rate C. increase D. measure

27. It is important to remember the saying that _______ is better than cure. A. prevention B. promotion C. permission D. proportion

28. Some pop singers have much influence _______ the young people today. A. to B. for C. onto D. on

29. I wasn't sure about my homework, so I stopped _______ the answers with a friend. A. checking B. having checked C. to check D. to have checked 30. Sorry, I didn't know he is a friend of________.

A. your brother's B. your brothers C. your brother's friend D. your brother

四、完形填空(每题2分，共20分)

阅读下面的短文，从短文后所绐的A，B，C、D，四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。

Net becomes n British Way or Life

The Internet has become a par. of everyday life for most Britons, says a report published this week (31) market research company Netinfo.

Just over 70% of people (32) for the survey said the net had become essential. The survey reveals that emails friends and others is the nation?s favorite Internet activity. It also found that people spend an visage of seven hours a week online, visiting l3 different websites in seven Jays. But 10% of all those (33)_________ surf the net arc doing it for more than 20 hours a week for more than 20 hours n week.

Just over 2,000 adults in Britain were interviewed for the report. The study found almost l9 million people in the UK - four (34) ten adults - regularly went online. Bui the number of new users has slowed down. Numbers online grew by just 11% over the past 12 months compared (35)_________ 33% the previous year.

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The report also reveals the (36)_______ importance of the silver surfer. According to the report the number of older people online grew by more than 40% over the past year. People aged over 55 now (37)________ 17% of the UK Internet population.

The survey also discovered that many workers surf the net for personal reasons while at work. Almost (38) of workers with Internet access admitted (39)_________it for pleasure, usually to email friends and family. According to Bill Wills, author of the survey, many employees expect some flexibility, and most employers are willing to accept this \employers are less (40) to be understanding, if you're downloading movies or introducing an unfriendly virus to your company network, “ he said. 31. A. of B. to C. with D. by

32. A. questioning B. questioned C. question D. to question 33. A. who B. which C. whose D. what 34. A. from B. within C. in D. at 35. A. with B. to C. from D. and

36. A. increase B. increasing C. to increase D. increased 37. A. makes up B. is made up of C. make up D. make of

38. A. three-quarter B. three-quarters C. third-fourths D. third-quarters 39. A. to use B. to have used C. use D. using 40. A. like B. likeness C. likely D. liking

第三部分：阅读理解(30分)

五、阅读下列短文，从A、D、C、D四个选项中选出一个正确答案，并在答题纸上写出所选的字母符号。(每题2分，共20分)

短文理解1

John Parker is an English language teacher. He was always good at languages at school-so he decided lo lake his degrees in French and German. When he finished his university studies, he began teaching in a secondary school in England. Two years later, however, he met someone by chance who offered him a job leaching English to foreign students during summer holidays. His students were adults and he enjoyed the work enormously. He soon found he was more interested in teaching his own language to foreigners than in teaching foreign languages to English schoolboys.

Since then he has specialized in this work. He has found one of the advantages of the job is that enables him to find work almost everywhere in the world. First he went to Africa for two years and then he spent a year in Asia. After, his he went to Italy where he has worked for the last two years. He hasn't been to Arabia yet, but he intends ,? go there next. He has taught men and women of all ages and of various nationalities. He has also learned to get on with all kinds of people and to get used to different ways of life. He likes this way of life and has never regretted his decision to follow this career.

41. From the passage, we know {or sure that John Parker________ A. worked very hard at French and German at school B. was more interested in traveling around than teaching C. was good at teaching schoolboys English D. only worked in a high school for two years

42. John Parker enjoyed teaching adult students because ________ A. all his students were foreigners

B. he was able to talk to his foreign students in French and German C. he was more interested in teaching English than other languages D. he could be offered a job during summer holidays

43. In the first paragraph, the sentence “ …he met someone by chance …”means ________. A. he met someone accidentally B. fortunately, he met someone

C. there was a chance for him to meet someone D. suddenly he saw someone

44. The first sentence in the second paragraph \has________.

A. become an expert in leaching English in a secondary school

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B. taken teaching English to foreigners as his only occupation C. considered leaching English as very special D. become a special English teacher in his work

45. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. John's work enables him to slay for a while in many places in the world. B. John has learnt to get used to various ways of life.

C. John would never feel sorry if be kept his job as a secondary school teacher.

D. John Parker gets on well with men and women of all ages and of various nationalities.

短文理解2

Advertisement can be thought of “as the means of making known in order to by or sell goods or services”. Advertisements aim to increase people?s awareness and arouse interest They try inform and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the mark* The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local markets. Television, although more expensive, can he very effective. Public notices are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement.

There can be no doubt that the growth in advertising is one of the most striking features the western world in 20th century. Many businesses such as those handling frozen foods, liquor, tobacco and medicines have been built up largely by advertisement.

We might ask whether the cost of advertising is paid for by the producer or by the customer. Since advertisements form part of the cost of production, which has to be covered by the selling price, it is clear that it is the customer who pays for advertising. However, large-scale advertising lead to increased demand, production costs are reduced, and the customer pays less.

It is difficult to measure exactly the influence of advertisements on sates. When the market is growing, advertisements help to increase demand. When the market is shrinking advertisements may prevent a bigger fall in sales than would occur without its support. When is dear is that businesses would not pay large sums for advertisements if they were not convince of its value to them. 46. Advertisement is often used to ________.

A. deceive customers B. increase production C. arouse suspicion D. push the sale 47. The word \

A. the press B. television C. radio D. all of the above 48. Advertisement is mainly paid for by________.

A. the customer B. the producer C. increased sales D. reduced prices 49. Advertisement can increase demand _________.

A. all the time B. in any circumstances C. in a growing market D. in n shrinking market

50. From the last lenience of this passage we conclude that _________. A. businesses usually do not pay much for advertisement

B. businessmen know well that advertisement could bring them more profits C. advertisement could hardly convince people of the value of the Roods D. advertisement usually cost businesses large amounts of money

六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容判断其后的句子是否正确（T）、错误（F），还是文字中没有涉及相关信息（NG）。(每题2分，共10分)

短文理解3

Have you ever watched the TV series ?Star Trek?, or seen one of the films based on the series? If you have, did you know that it has given us a new language? Yes, a TV science fiction series has given us a new language with its own vocabulary and grammar. The language is ?Klingon?, the language spoken by the 'baddies' in the early series who became friends of the ?goodies?, the humans, in later episodes.

The language was developed by Star Trek fans, who are known as ?Trekkies?, in the USA They took the little amount of Klingon heard in the series and subsequent films and created a whole new language based on it. It now has its own dictionaries and grammar books. When the fans meet up at conventions to buy memorabilia and meet the stars of the programmes, they can often heard talking in Klingon. 51. Klingon was first heard spoken at Star Trek conventions. 52. You can only see Star Trek on TV. 53. Klingon was developed by Trekkies.

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54. There are 'leach yourself Klingon' courses available. 55. Klingon is spoken at 'Trekkie' conventions.

第四部分：写作(15分)

七、书面表达(15分)

Directions: You are to write a notice to recruit(招聘) a receptionist. You should -write at least 80 words and base your entail on the Chinese outline below:

1．说明所录用岗位的职责 2．应聘人员的条件 3．应聘的时间地点

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参考答案

第一部分：听力理解（20分）

一、理解对话(每题1分，共10分) 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. B

二、理解段落(每题2分，共10分)

11. F 12. T 13. F 14. T 15. T

第二部分：英语知识运用(35分)

三、选择填空(每题1分，共15分) 16.A 17 C 18.B 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.C 23.C 24.A 25.A 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.C 30.A

四、完形填空(每题2分，共20分) 31.D 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.A 36.B 37.C 38.B 39.D 40.C

第三部分：阅读理解(30分)

五、选择正确答案。(每题2分，共20分)

41. D 42. C 43．A 44．B 45．C 46. D 47. D 48．A 49．C 50．B

六、判断正误或未涉及相关信息。(每题2分，共10分) 51. F 52.NG 53. T 54.NG 55.T

第四部分：写作(15分)（略）

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