河北省燕山大学2013—2014学年大二上综合英语期末考试试卷

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河北省燕山大学2013—2014学年大二上综合英语期末考试试卷
I. Multiple choice (10 scores)
1. The hall has a ___________ of five hundred people.
A. faculty    B. capability   C. ability   D. capacity 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com

2. Man is the only animal that has the ________ of speech.

A. ability    B. capability  C. capacity   D. faculty
3. The metal will __________ if heated.
A. extend    B. increase  C. expand   D. shrink来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
4. They felt the ground __________ as the bomb exploded.
A. quake  B. shake   C. tremble    D. shiver
5. Like many couples, they have enjoyed a drop in prices for a variety of items they have bought in recent weeks—thanks to a slow economy and __________ competition.
A. intensified  B. intense   C. intensive    D. extensive
6. He was very shy. We used to _______ him. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
A. ridicule  B. mock   C. tease  D. laugh at
7. Come to dinner with us. We have prepared something _______for you.
A. especial  B. special   C. particular  D. extraordinary  来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
8. He had never lost his north-county ______ which shows he came from a particular region.
A. dialogue  B. accent  C. dialect  D. tone 
9. After ten years his ___________ speech was still noticeable.   
A. amiable     B. absurd      C. alien          D. abnormal
10. The Space Age _______ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
A. commenced   B. initiated  C. originated  D. embarked
II. Explain the underlined word in the context given. (10 scores)
1. He observed that we should probably have rain. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
2. In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
3、Passengers were waiting on the wharf to board the ship.
4. The ethos of the Communist party dominated every aspect of public life in Soviet Russia.
5. My parents always frown on late nights out. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
6. Some men usually loathe going shopping with their wives.
7. It exasperated me that they never kept their promises.
8. The scent of her perfume lingered on in the room.
9. He came into the room with an air of importance. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
10. Students will often grimace during a difficult test.
III. Reading comprehension (30 scores)
There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. You should write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine had discovered how to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
"The Constitution," said the association's spokesman, "gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn't spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect themselves." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
"Don't you think it's dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?"
"The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse separately in a drawer."
"Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
The spokesman said, "Hydrogen bombs don't kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they're going to think twice about breaking in."
"But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an invader." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
"Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
1. According to the passage, some people started a national association so as to__________.
A) block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bomb
B) coordinate the mass production of the destructive weapon
C) instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at home
D) promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon
2. Some people oppose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that__________.来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
A) the size of the bomb makes it difficult to keep in a drawer
B) most people don't know how to handle the weapon
C) people's lives will be threatened by the weapon
D) they may fall into the hands of criminals来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
3. What does the spokesman mean by saying that “the bomb also has a deterrent effect” ? (Para. 6, 2nd line)  来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
4. According to the passage, opponents of the private ownership of H-bombs are very much worried that__________.来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
A) the influence of the association is too powerful for the less privileged to overcome
B) poorly-educated Americans will find it difficult to make use of the weapon
C) the wide use of the weapon will push up living expenses tremendously
D) the cost of the weapon will put citizens on an unequal basis
5. What is the author’s attitude toward the main topic of the passage?
Passage Two
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said.  "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon.” 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: "This is a distraction we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princ-
ess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess's views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
6. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997_________
A) to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
B) to clarify the British government's stand on landmines来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
C) to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D) to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
7. What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (Line 5, Para.1)? 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
8. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because__________.
A) she was ill-informed of the government's policy
B) they were actually opposed to banning landmines来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
C) she had not consulted the government before the visit
D) they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
9. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A) She paid no attention to them.
B) She made more appearances on TV. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
C) She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D) She rose to argue with her opponents.
10. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A) It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B) It had brought her closer to the ordinary people. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
C) It had greatly promoted her popularity.   
D) It had affected her relations with the British government.
Passage Three
The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator." 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
    In my fridgeless fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
     The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed--natural cooling, drying, smoking salting, sugaring, bottling... 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
    What refrigeration did promote was marketing--marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
Consequently, most of the world's fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house, while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
    The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant, If you don't believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers, but at least you'll get rid of that terrible hum. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
11. The statement "In my fridgeless fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily." (Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that _______.来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
12. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
A) People would not buy more food than was necessary.
B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
D) People had effective ways to preserve their food. 来源进步网www.szjjedu.com
13. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
A) Inventors      B) Consumers   C) Manufacturers     D) Traveling salesmen