期末考试试题及答案2008年1月ⅠVocabulary and Structure (20%)1. Have they achieved the American dream _ are they on _____ street?A goodB easyC richD simple2.The room is in a terrible mess; it ___ cleaned.A would have beenB mustn’t have beenC shouldn’t have beenD can’t have been3. _____, the chances of winning the lottery are very small.A On purposeB In turnC In realityD With pleasure4. Charlie ___ his trip to London because he couldn’t get a passport in time.A have canceledB has to cancelC must cancelD had to cancel5. We were ____ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.A kept offB broken downC put backD held up6. She _____ waited until they had finished , and then she began to speak calmly but firmly.A peculiarlyB patheticallyC perfectlyD patiently7.It is better to _____ schoolchildren by feeding them good food.A noticeB neglectC witnessD nourish8. ___ the traffic jam, I wouldn’t have been late for the dinner party.A Were it not forB ButC Only ifD If not9. the first place ____ in the factory was the tool room.A where we visitedB we visited inC we visitedD which we visited10. ____, I will learn it well.A No matter how English is difficultB However English is difficultC However difficult English isD No matter how difficult is EnglishⅡCloze (20%)When a German couple noticed a man’s head and shoulder sticking out of a glacier in the Austrian Alps recently, they made history. The frozen corpse was about five feet 11 and scientists who helicoptered to the site determined that it was 4,000 years old – the first 12 body ever found from the Bronze Age. Mummified by the wind and snow, he came 13 with sikn, bones, internal organs, and fingernails. He was 14 in leather shoes and finely stitched leather suit, insulted with hay. An array of weapons and equipment was found alongside him_ 15 a leather quiver with fourteen arrows, a stone necklace, a fire flint, a knife, and an ax with a crude bronze head.“The find is of 16 scientific meaning,”said Lonrad Spindler, professor of early and Primeval History at the University of Innsbruck, who is investigating the 17 . Skeletal remains of buried corpses have been excavated before in Bronze Age graves. But “the iceman,”as Austrian newspapers dubbed him, was going about the normal course of life when he died 18 the ages of 20 and 40, which means he should yield a reassure-trove of information about conditions 4,000 years ago. Scientists plans to 19 the contents of his stomach and intestine for clues to the Bronze Age diet, illnesses, and parasites. They also hoped to 20 the glacier site further for companions.11. A tall B height C long D length12. A steady B great C alive D intact13. A ready B complete C full D enough14. A showed B fashioned C dressed D determined15. A with B including C of D over16. A minor B feeble C gorgeous D extraordinary17. A discovery B story C legend D invention18. A from B of C between D with19. A look B study C hear D watch20. A develop B manage C travel D searchⅢReading Comprehension (20%)<一>Some students at the Open University left school 20years age. Others are younger but al must be at least 21 years old. This is one example of how the Open University is different from all other universities. Its students must either work full-time or beat home all day. For instance, mothers of families do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called “open”. The university was started in order to help a known group – people who missed having a university education when they were young.The first name for the Open University was ‘the University of the Air’. The idea was to teach ‘on the air’, in other words on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into people’s homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University students also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country, 36 weeks of the years he or she has to send written work to a ‘tutor’, the person who guides his or her studies. The student must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities.21 The purpose of the Open University is to _____________.A help the young to go to schoolB help those who want to study the universityC help those who are younger than 21 years oldD help those who had missed the chance to study when they were young22. ‘on the air’ means ________.A on the showB on radio and TVC on the flightD flying everywhere23. The students at the Open University have their education _______.A.both at home and at some study centersB.through many kinds of examinationsC.with their written work onlyD.in the local centers only24. ‘Tutor’ in the second paragraph means __________.A the person who is in charge of various examsB the person who is to help students get through examsC the person who provides guidance to students in their studiesD the person who teaches students face to face25. Which of the following is implied but not stated?A Everyone wants to go to such an open university.B Everyone wants to go to such an open university.C Students must be over 21 years old in the Open University.D The Open University really benefits a lot those who did not have the chance to have university education.<二>My husband and I were traveling in Africa. And we were staying in a government guest house which was sort of like a small hotel, but it wasn’t a very fancy place. Anyway it was a very hot night. We wanted to have the windows open, but the problem was we had everything we owned right there in the room. The windows didn’t have any screens or anything. So anybody could just come right in and steal our things. But if we shut the window, it would be impossible to sleep. It was way over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit or forty degrees centigrade. So we decided to put a lot of pots and pants like that under the window. Then if a thief came in, the pots and pans would fall down and we would wake up. That’s what we did. Anyway, we were asleep.All of the sudden in the middle of the night, sure enough, I hear the pans crash. I sat up in bed. My heart was beating like anything. I could see that there was a man in a white robe standing up next to the bed. I tried to scream and I had laryngitis(喉炎) which mean my voice wasn’t working. And I was screaming in the local language for help. It was like ‘ help, help’. But I couldn’t scream. So the man came over and he shoved me down on the bed. Then he says in English “:be quiet.”Then I realized it was my husband, huh… And when I was able to speak, I asked, “what ‘re you doing?” He said, “ well, I had a headache and I wanted to get up and get some aspirins.26. Why did they want to sleep with the windows open? Because ______.A the windows didn’t have any screensB it was very hot thereC they stayed on the first floorD there were no neighbors around27. Why were they worried about leaving the windows open? Because __________.A they were worried about their kidsB nobody opened the windows in the hotelC it was very windy in the late nightD they were afraid of being stolen while they were asleep28. How did they construct an alarm system?A They called the police for help.B they set the alarm clock in the bedroom.C They put a lot of pans and pots under the window.D They closed the window after a second thought.29. Who was the intruder who crashed into the pots and pans?A It was the husband.B It was a thief.C It was their kids.D It was the wife.30. What was the person doing in the darkness? The person _________.A was having a nightmareB wanted to take some medicineC was going to the toiletD wanted to have some waterⅣPut each of the following sentences into English or Chinese (15%)31. As late as 1897, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered unmanly._________________________________________________________________________.32. When a close relationship ends, or when we are afraid that it might end, production of endorphins(太咖肽) stops and we’re throw into a panic._________________________________________________________________________.33. Lasers are used in our homes in music CD players and videodisc players, which offer much better audio and video reproduction than we get from audiotapes or VCRs._________________________________________________________________________.34. 在欧洲，会有很多人排队等候爬上某段山坡，到处都有向导来回走动，垃圾可见。