长江职业学院海事学院2014-2015学年第一学期期末考试试卷科目：大学英语期末试卷（B卷）考试类型：闭卷（本试卷卷面总分100分，考试时间90分钟）一、情景交际10*1´=10´分Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport. Put in the missing words.Sally: 1 _____________ me, can you help me? I'm going to Beach Hotel, but I've lost 2 _____________.Stranger: Go 3 _____________ this street until you come to West Avenue. Turn left there and go straight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4 _____________ of West Avenue and Main Street.Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 __________ the way, can I take a bus?Stranger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 ____________ Bus No. 15 and get 7 ____________ at the third stop.Sally: Where can I 8_____________ the bus, please?Stranger: The bus stop is over there in 9_____________ of the supermarket.Sally: 10 _____________ thanks.二、词汇和结构15*1´=15´分Fill in the blanks with the proper words or expressions given below, changing the form if necessary.1.Nodding seems like an easy body language, but it may ____________agreement in one culture but totally the opposite in another.2. Sorry, I can't give you an answer _____________ . I need to think about it further.3. Always think positively, and it will__________________ in your life.4.Our manager is at a conference. She can't ____________ to see you now.5. Sometimes speaking up is not enough, and you need to ____________.6. I'd like to ____________ some volunteer work if you don't accept my money.7.The historical ____________ in support of this conclusion is weak.8.The great progress they have made comes from their good ____________ work.9. As ____________ of World Economic Forum, Dalian and Tianjin have both done a great job.10. Of course I will _____________ what you feel about it, but business is business.11. The freshmen could help ____________ the tickets for the college's “Do It Yourself Show”.12. The change of a city is _______________ a change in its becoming more beautiful and fashionable.13. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were such a good _____________ the world to know more about China.14.You have to keep some money ____________ when traveling.15. The boss was here just now. He has been away 10 minutes ____________.三、阅读理解20*2´=40´分Task 1Question: Are you punctual?Posted July 2, 2010 By Lisa L.Answer 1: This is a great cultural question. Those traveling or doing business abroad should always find out the answer to this question. I‘m punctual in my work life. But I’m not punctual in my personal life by American standards标准. We, American Brazilians巴西人, are always late by American standards: if the party is at 8, everyone shows up at 10 and everyone, including the host主人, is happy that we are on time. Cheers!Answer 2: It is good etiquette礼节to be on time for an appointment. It is also supposed good etiquette to arrive a little late for a party, which I have never ever understood. I tend to be early for everything. And I consider考虑it impolite不礼貌to be otherwise相反的.Answer 3: ABSOLUTELY绝对地! I believe that showing up late for a date约会, appointment, class, etc. is an insult侮辱to the person(s) you are meeting. It seems to say:“My time is more important than yours.”Answer 4: Not only am I “punctual”, I am always early for most events in my life. The secret秘密is (and it really works!): I keep all the clocks (except my computer) in my life 10 minutes fast!Answer 5: Yep — too much so. It really gets on my nerves. Even when I really try to be late, I am earlier. It is a terrible habit. Okay, I AM late sometimes. The only time I am late is when I get lost, and then I am really late by an hour or so. But hey, we all have our mishaps小事故, don't we?Answer 6: When dating, I always made sure I was on time. Once I had a girlfriend who was always late for every date. If the date was at 9 and it was a 45 minute trip for her, then she would arrive at 9:45. I liked her a lot, but could not stand忍受the bad punctuality.Answer 7: I hate to be late and always plan on being at least 10 minutes early. However, in the Washington area, when a bridge or major主要的highway shuts down, there may not be any way to get where you are going. So I would have to say that I am always early, except when I can‘t get there at all, in which case 事件I will call as soon as I know I am going to be late. It doesn't happen often, but I really hate it when it does.Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.1（）If you are two hours late for a Brazilian party, you don't have to worry about it.2（）The second answer says that one should be punctual for both an appointment and a party.3 （）The third posting person believes that being late for an appointment is an insult to oneself.4（）The fourth netizen keeps his computer clock 10 minutes fast.5（）The fifth person is really nervous about his being late.Task 2Hanna P., Marketing市场营销Expert专家at a famous software company, posted online 网上发帖his own commuting通勤experience and asked the netizens 网民to share their views:I went today:by bus No. 81,then trolley bus无轨电车No. 3,then underground地铁Line 1,then bus No.139 and finally bus No. 87(25 km all together). Who more?And actually事实上the point意义of the question is: why do so many people spend lots of time and money getting to work instead of moving near to it? It would beso nerve神经- and traffic-saving if everyone lived near their work.Responses Posted Online by NetizensCristina F.:In Portugal葡萄牙, moving next to work will certainly mean buying a house that we often cannot afford. I work outside Lisbon里斯本and I travel on Monday to work, stay there and need only three steps to get to work. I travel back to Lisbon Friday afternoon.(posted 18 hours ago)James B.:I‘ve been working for small companies — companies move, change and go out of business. If I had lived next to where I worked, I would have had to move seven times in the last 30 years. That would have been difficult to my family. So I live where I want, and plan on driving up to 40 miles, one-way单程的, to get to work.(posted 14 hours ago)Nigel T.:I drive. I work on short-term短期的contract 合同assignments 任务which can be anything from 3 to 12 months, so moving is just not a choice. In the UK it can take 3 to 6 months to buy and sell a house anyway. My current现在的employer is about 40 miles away. Last year it was a daily round往返的trip of 189 miles —way行程too much!(posted 13 hours ago) Lisa N.:When I was at my last job, I drove about 10 miles one way to get there, on city roads and the interstate州际公路. It was a fast commute usu ally. I don‘t have a job right now, but when I do, I might use a park and ride system as I may be commuting from the suburbs郊区to the city. I might also use the light rail轻轨if it is available可使用的.(posted 13 hours ago)Are the following statements true or false according to the passage? Write T / F accordingly.6（）Hanna P. is interested in knowing why people choose not to live near their work place.。