2008级综合英语期末考试1. 考试范围：Unit1, Unit2, Unit5, Unit6（时间为120分钟）2. 期末考试题目类型如下：I.Word Spelling (20%, 40题)II.Word Transformation （15%，15题）III.Multiple Choice （15%，30题）IV.Proofreading (10%, 2篇文段，每篇10处错误，每行一处错误) V.Reading Comprehension (20%, 4篇，每篇5题)VI.Translation (20%, 10句)（注：word spelling; word transformation; multiple choice; 和translation 中可以有50%左右的题目是书本或quiz中出现过的；word spelling, word transformation等题目涉及到每个单元的三篇课文，并不是只考第一篇。

.最后的composition是专门为老外学生准备的，中国学生不用做）I. Word Spelling:Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different s_ _ _ _ _ _ _.(a sign that something exists, especially something bad)II. Word Transformation:In business, __________ consists of the performance or management of transactions and other matters, and the making and implementing of major decisions. (administrative)III. Multiple ChoiceThat pile of rubbish has been a fire _________ for years, but people never pay attention.A. dangerB. hazardC. riskD. perilIV. ProofreadingIn the morning of November 18th, 1755，an earthquake shook Boston, 1．＿＿＿＿the Massachusetts. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt a quake 2．＿＿＿＿and awoke up．“I rose and found it to be fifteen minutes past 3．＿＿＿＿four.”John Winthrop hurried to downstairs to the clock．It had stopped 4．＿＿＿＿three minutes ago, at 4:11．Except for stopping the clock, the quake 5．＿＿＿＿only threw a key from the mantel on the floor．6．＿＿＿＿The clock stopped because Winthrop put some long 7．＿＿＿＿glass tube he was using for an experiment into the case8．＿＿＿＿for safekeeping．The tubes were knocked by the quake and 9．＿＿＿＿blocked the pendulum（钟摆）. Winthrop, therefore, had the exactly10. ＿＿＿＿time that the earthquake hit Boston.V. Reading ComprehensionTo call someone bird-brained in English means you think that person is silly or stupid. But will this description soon disappear from use in the light of recent research? It seems the English may have been unfair in associating birds’ brains with stupidity.In an attempt to find out how different creatures see the world, psychologists at Brown University in the USA have been comparing the behavior of birds and humans. One experiment has involved teaching pigeons to recognize letters of the English alphabet. The birds study in “classrooms”, which are boxes equipped with a computer. After about four days of studying a particular letter, the pigeon has to pick out that letter from several displayed on the computer screen. Three male pigeons have learnt to distinguish all twenty-six letters of the alphabet in this way.A computer record of the birds’ four-month study period has shown surprising similarities between the pigeons’and human performance.Pigeons and people find the same letters easy, or hard, to tell apart. For example, 92 percent of the time the pigeons could tell the letter D from the letter Z. But when faced with U and V (often confused by English children), the pigeons were right only 34 per cent of the time.The results of the experiments so far have led psychologists to conclude that pigeons and humans observe things in similar ways. This suggests that there is something fundamental about the recognition process. If scientists could only discover just what this recognition process is, it could be very useful for computer designers. The disadvantage of a present-day computer is that it can only do what a human being has programmed it to do, and the programmer must give the computer precise, logical instructions. Maybe in the future, though, computers will be able to think like human beings.1. The writer suggests that the expression “bird-brained” might be out ofuse soon because it is ________.A. sillyB. impoliteC. unnecessaryD. inappropriate2. Psychologists have been experimenting with pigeons to find outwhether the birds ________.A.are really silly or stupidB.see the world as human beings doC.can learn to make ideas known to peopleD.learn more quickly than children3. U and V are confused by ________.A.many English childrenB.92 percent of pigeonsC.most people learning EnglishD.34 percent of English children4. There are similarities in observing things by pigeons and humans because ________.A.pigeons are taught by humansB.pigeons have brains more developed than other birdsC.pigeons and humans have similar brainsD.their basic ways to know the world are the same5. The research may help ________.A. teachersB. computer salesmenC. psychologistsD. computer designersVII.Translation飞船一旦脱离地心引力，它将在宇宙中自由飞行。