The Final Examination Paper for the Comprehensive EnglishCourse for English Majors Grade 2008 ( 2009.1）（英语专业2008级综合英语第一学期期末试题）Part I. Dictation (15分)Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning? For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. Part II. Cloze (20分)Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.In Japan, most people still feel that a woman’s place is in the home; and mo st women willingly accept their___1____role as a house wife, leaving the business of making a living ____2____their husbands. For those who do want a ____3___of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to___4___for lower wages, fewer promotions(提升), less responsible____5.____.In America, on the other hand, most women, ___6___wives and mothers, work most of their lives. But____7___, few have had real careers. As in Japan most fields are ___8____by men and opportunities foe women have been ____9___, salaries low, chances for advancement ____10. American women work mainly because they___11____; in these days of inflation(经济萧条)and luxury living, ___12___income per family is simply not enough to ____13__. So American women actually have two jobs: one is nine-to-five position outside the home, and ____14___is round-the-clock in-the-home job____15__wife, housemaid, cook and nurse.One of the main goals of the modern women’s liberation movement, which started ____16__, was to eliminate sex discrimination in the work force, and to ___17___careers for women that were previously ___18___for men. And though there is a long way to____19____, a lot of progress has been___20____.1. A. conservative B. usual C. traditional D. unhappy2. A. for B. on C. up to D. away with3. A. job B. career C. work D. post4. A. settle B. make C. search D. give5. A. titles B. status C. assignments D. positions6. A concerning B. including C. containing D. involving7. A at present B. until recently C. lastly D. not until recently8. A. owned B. kept C. led D. dominated9. A. restricted B. bounded C. stopped D. prevented 10. A. small B. inadequate C. rare D. hard 11. A. should B. like C. ought D. have to 12. A. one B single C. only D. the only 13. A. live B. live on C. support D. stay 14. A another B. one C. other D. the other 15. A. such B. like C. as D. acting 16. A. in the early 1960s B. in early the 1960sC. early in the 1960D. in the early 196017. A. lead to B. open up C cause D. set 18. A. preserved B. observed C. concerned D. reserved 19. A. go B. travel C. trip D. pull20. A. made B. taken C. covered D. completedPart III. Vocabulary (20分)There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.21. He was put into prison, but he never_____, and continued his fight.A. gave upB. gave inC. stoppedD. retreated22. The late arrivals for the musical were ______to their seats.A. hurriedB. rushedC. hastenedD. quickened23. The poverty-________economies of Asian countries received the biggest loan from the World Bank last year.A. strikingB. struckC. strickenD. severe24. The government finally apologized for feeding the public with _______facts. A. artificial B. man-made C. fake D. false25. The company said that the _________for the next year was encouraging although marketing was still a weak area for them.A. futureB. viewC. conditionD. outlook26. Of the seven songs broadcast on TV , only two of them were _______. A. live B. alive C. living D. lively 27. He was working on a children ’s book___________ “Limerick ”. A. entitled B. headed C. labeled D. tagged 28. He used to give me much _________advice and encouragement. A. sound B. deep C. exact D. thorough院系 班级 姓名 学号29. In ______to his suggestions, they have decided to consult him for more details.A. answerB. keyC. replyD. solution30. She refused to ________her boss merely to win his smile.A. praiseB. criticizeC. askD. compliment31. None of the passengers _____the air crash.A. livedB. survivedC. existedD. longed32. The company has determined to create a safe and _______work place for the workers.A. healthyB. healthfulC. unsafeD. dangerous33. The local people forced the government to _______the roads.A. keepB. remainC. maintainD. destroy34. He has many ______on how to learn English well.A. thinkingB. thoughtsC. reflectionD. right35 ________medical examinations are recommended for the workers who often work in polluted worksites.A. usualB. usuallyC. regularD. sure36. The old man __________in doing physical exercise every morning.A. persistsB. insistsC. walksD. jumps37. The _______impression we got was that they were not interested in the project.A. commonB. generalC. completeD. pure38 The crowd fell ________at the news that the president was dead.A. stillB. silentC. reservedD. inhabited39 _____education has become a part of the school curriculum.A. sexB. genderC. nameD. grade40 I do not __________us failing to agree on such a simple matter.A. wishB. hopeC. anticipateD. longPart IV. Reading Comprehension (20分))In this section there are several reading passages followed by twenty questions or unfinished statements, each with your suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your answer on your answer sheet.Text A.I hear that many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling(反叛，叛逆) . I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are clutching(抓住)at one another’s hands for reassurance.They claim that they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled round listening the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon(蚕茧)----into another cocoon.It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity(流行) wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out (开辟)a teenager market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertis ements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come -----with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.41.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to tell_________.A. readers how to be popular with people around.B. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves.C.parents how to control and guide their children.D.people how to understand and respect each other.42. According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact,most of them_______.A. have much difficulty understanding each other.B. lack confidence.C.dare not cope with problems single-handed.D.are very much afraid of getting lost.43. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. There is no popularity that really counts.B. What many parents are doing is in fact hindering(阻碍)their children from finding their ownpath.C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.D. Most teenagers claim that they want to do what they like to do, but they are actually doing thesame.44. The author thinks of the advertisements as___________.A. convincingB. influentialC. instructiveD. authoritative45. During the teenage years, one should learn__________.A. differ from others in as many ways as possible.B.get into the right season and become popular.C.find one’s real self.D. rebel against parents and the popularity waveText BPeople living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone(石灰石)cliffs(悬崖) on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding(滑)down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion(侵蚀)of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but ithas become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned(抛弃，废弃)as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and had drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed(吞掉)by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called on the government to build sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors(调查者)have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting(改变，转移)the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock that will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy cheap house with an certain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.46. What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?A. The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.B. The experts’ lack of knowledge.C. The rising of the sea levelD. The washing away of limestone.47. The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England_________.A.will soon become a problem for people living in central England.B. has now become a threat to the local people.C. is quickly changing the map of England.D. can be stopped if proper measures are taken.48. The experts’ study on the problem of erosion can______.A.lead to its eventual solution.B. provide an effective way to slow it down.C. help to prevent it from worseningD. warn people whose homes are in danger49. It is not feasible(可行的)to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because__________.A. it is too costly and will endanger neighboring areasB.the government is too slow to take actionC.they will be easily knocked down by waves and currentsD.house agents along the coast do not support the idea50. According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, peopleshould___________.A .be aware of the potential(潜在的)danger involved.B. guard against being cheated by the house agentC. take the quality of the house into considerationD. examine the house carefully before making a decisionText C.If you leave a piece of bread in a warm damp place, mould will soon grow on it. When this happens, we say that the bread “has gone mouldy”. Mould can grow on all kinds of things besides food___-on leather, clothing, even on wood. It is extremely common and we have all noticed it.Penicillin, one of the most powerful killers of bacteria(细菌)and viruses(病毒)，is a kind of mould. It was discovered quite by accident in the autumn of 1928.At that time, in his basement laboratory in London, Dr. Alexander Fleming, a bacteriologist, was looking for something that would kill deadly bacteria. In order to observe their growth, he had spread on his laboratory desk some small plate containing the bacteria. One evening it happened that he failed to place a cover on one of the plates.When Fleming arrived the next morning, ha saw that the plate had gathered some blue-green mould during the night. This did not surprise him. Around the outside of the uncovered plate the bacteria were still flourishing, while in the area close to the mould there were none. They had somehow disappeared. His trained mind started to ask questions.Fleming put some of the mould with more bacteria of the same kind. The germs( 细菌)were destroyed. He tried it on bacteria of other kinds. It stopped the growth of many other harmful germs. He seemed to have discovered a powerful antibiotic(抗生素).After years of continued experiment, he found that penicillin was indeed a powerful antibiotic and that it did not harm the body.However, it was not until 1940 that biochemists were able to find a way of producing penicillin as a powder with an unchanging character. In 1941, penicillin was declared a safe drug for use on humans and made available to doctors. As the drug was produced in quantity, it became cheaper. And the reduced cost has made possible worldwide use of penicillin in treating many infections.Penicillin has save lives and prevented suffering all over the world and people value Fleming’s work greatly. If, as long as half a century ago, Fleming had not failed to place a cover on one of his plates, the plate would not have gathered mould during the night. And if Fleming had not noticed that tiny area of mould on his plate, he would not have discovered this powerful antibiotic just then, and one of the greatest discoveries of the century would have been delayed.The discovery of penicillin also pointed out the way towards the discovery of other wonderful substances(物质)which fight disease germs without harming the body. Various kinds of antibiotics have been found which deal with almost all known bacteria and many other deadly germs. If Fleming had not discovered the first wonderful antibiotic----penicillin, the antibiotic industry world would not have developed so rapidly, would it?51.Dr. Alexander Fleming put some plate on his laboratory desk in order to ____________.A. make an experiment on penicillin.B.observe a kind of mouldC.observe the growth of bacteria.D.kill bacteria52.What surprised Fleming the next morning?A. Some bacteria were killed by a kind of mould.B. Some mould had grown on the plate.C.A plate was not covered.D. The bacteria were flourishing.53.Which statement is not true?A. Penicillin is a kind of blue-green mould.B. Penicillin is the first powerful antibiotic.C. Penicillin is not harmful to the body.D. Penicillin can treat all infections (感染) 。