长沙职业技术学院二○一二年下学期人文1205班
期末考试英语泛读试题
考试类别：闭卷 考试时量：90分钟 试卷类型：笔试 制卷人： 系 班级 学号 姓名 座位号 题号 I 分值 10 得分 II 10 III 20 IV 20 VI 30 VII 总分 10 评卷人 复查人
得分 评卷人 复查人 | Part I Multiple Choices (10 ×1%=10%) Direction: Try to figure out the meaning of the
underlined words in the following sentences.
1. I can’t believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Peter turned around abruptly and walked out of the room! A. formally B. slowly C. suddenly D. quietly
2. After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, applesauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples! A. small B. not enough C. limited D. plentiful
3. There is an optimum way to approach each kind of exam question. For a multiple-choice item, for example, first remove any clearly wrong answers. For an essay question, write down an outline first.
A. inconvenient B. best C. annoying D. easy
4. When Sara was sick, her voice was almost inaudible. We couldn’t hear what she was trying to say clearly.
A. very loud B. very soft C. very strange D. very shy
5. The doctor said that there was only a slim hope of survival for the people in the air crash.
A. numerous B. considerable C. moderate D. very little 6. Black clouds, thunder and lightning show that a storm is imminent. A. transient B. about to happen C. coming to an end D. to last long 7. They suspended the construction of the bridge during the strike. A. opposed B. supported C. continued D. delayed
8. In the past the world seemed to run in an orderly way. Now however, everything seems to be in a state of turmoil. A. lack of order B. harmony C. peace D. simplicity
9. During office hour he looked very tense and anxious, but he was very relaxed on weekend.
A. unhappy B. nervous C. exhausted D. sick 10. Unlike the well-mannered John, Jim was rather uncouth. A. rude B. polite C. untidy D. informal
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得分 评卷人 复查人 Part II Word Match (10 ×1%=10%)
Direction: Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five words. Write down
the matched letter on the answer sheet. A B. 11.now that A.白领阶层的，脑力劳动的 12．Liberal arts B.课外活动 13．prestigious C.市场开发部经理 14. diplomatic relation D.首席运营官 15. white-collar E. 享有声望的 16. multi-media F.执行，贯彻 17.extra curricular activity G.文科 18. carry out H.多媒体 19. Market Development Manager I.外交关系 20．Chief Operations Officer（COO） J. 既然 得分 评卷人 复查人 Part III Sentence Completion (10 ×2%=20%) Direction: Fill in each of the blanks with the given word
in its proper form. prominently setting deliver appropriate utmost determine alert desire courtesy concisely 21. The __________of policy is not your business—your job is to carry it out. 22. We listened with the interest to this extraordinary statement. 23. Mary’s photo was displayed in a position on the piano. 24. He asked them to be to any possible danger. 25. His bright clothes were not for a funeral. 26. We can the goods to your door.
27. The heating system was already on its highest ________. 28. The hotel had everything you could possibly _________. 29. Your summary should be as clear and as possible.
30. It’s a matter of common to shake hands with each other when they meet for the first time. 得分 评卷人 复查人 Part IV Cloze (20 ×1%=20%) Direction: For each blank in the following passage,
choose the most suitable word from this list of words provided underneath. Each word can be used once only. Write your choice of word in the corresponding blank on the answer sheet..
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a as all amount at being but can enough for form how no on other A Thirsty World
reserves remove shape should since some take that use when The world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, (31) _____ nearly 75 per cent of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97 per cent of this huge (32) _____ is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the (33) _____ 3 per cent — the fresh water (34) _____ comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use (35) _____ of that, because some of it is in the (36) _____ of icebergs and glaciers.
However, (37) _____ things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, which is constantly (38) _____ replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need (39) _____ water is increasing rapidly — almost day by day. Only if we (40) _____ steps to deal with this problem now (41) _____ we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on. A limited water supply would have (42) _____ bad effect on agriculture and industry. We all have to learn (43) _____ to stop wasting our precious water. One of the first steps we (44) _____ take is to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field, but only (45) _____ a small scale. (46) _____ even if every city purified and reused its water, we still would not have (47) _____. All we’d have to do to make use of the vast (48) _____ of sea water in the world is (49) _____ the salt. And then we’ll be in (50) _____ danger of drying up. 得分 评卷人 复查人 Part V Reading Comprehension (50 points, 2 points
each) Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each
passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question,
there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Every animal is a living radiator（散热器）— heat formed in its cells is given off through its skin. Warm-blooded animals maintain a steady temperature by constantly replacing lost surface heat; smaller animals, which have more skin for every ounce of body weight, must produce heat faster than bigger ones. Because smaller animals burn fuel faster, scientists say they live faster.
The speed at which an animal lives is determined by measuring the rate at which it uses oxygen. A chicken, for example, uses one-half cubic centimeter of oxygen every hour for each gram it weighs. The tiny shrew uses four cubic centimeters of
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