大学英语第一学期期末考试试卷

2021~2022学年第一学期期末考试试卷（A卷）

考试科目：大学英语 考试时间：90分钟

I. Choose the best answer for each of the following items.（2*15=30）

1. Shall we go for a picnic?

A. No, I don’t know B. Sorry, I can’t

C. Sure, I’d love to D. Really?

2. Thank you so much for helping us.

1. You’re welcome. B. No,thanks. C. Sure. D. Just so so.

3. I’d like to invite you to come to my birthday party this Friday night.

A. Yes, I know that. B. Yes, it’s right.

C. How about going shopping? D. Oh, you’re so nice!

4. When autumn comes, ______ of most trees turn yellow and then fall down.

1. leaf B.leafs C. leaves D. Leave

5. A group of _____ are talking with two ____ over there.

1. Frenchmen; Germans B. Frenchmen; Germen

C. Germen; Frenchmen D. Germans; Frenchmans

6. My new teacher is a very ____ person.

A. Gentle B. Gently C. gentleman D. gentleness

7. Smoking _____ your health.

A. danger B. dangerous C. dangerously D. endanger

8. The plan will soon become a _____.

A. real B. really C. reality D. Realize

9. The cake smells____. Please throw it away.

A. good B.badly C.bad D.well

10. It is the ____ decision she has ever made in her career life.

A.bad B.worst C.worse D.badly

11. _____, she found the watch she had lost two days before.

A. Especially B. Usually C. Generally D. Fortunately

12. She showed great ____ when she heard the bad news.

1. courage B. encourage C. discourage D. courageous

13. He ____ taught himself in this subject.

1. patience B. patiently C. patiently D. impatient

14. You can say it in person, over the phone, in a note, or in an e-mail.

1. 你可以个人说，打电话说，写便条说，或写电子邮件说。

2. 你可以面对面说，在电话里说，写便条或电子邮件。

3. 你可以亲自说，打电话，写便条，或写电子邮件。

4. 你可以对别人说，对电话说，写便条或电子邮件说。

15. Once you have your board, you are free to skate anywhere.

1. 一旦你有了滑板，你能自由地滑。

2. 一旦你有了滑板，你可以随便滑。

3. 一旦你有了自己的滑板，你可以自由地滑。

4. 一旦你有了自己的滑板，就可以滑着它去任何地方。

II. Cloze text.（1.5*10=15）

Carrot, Egg or Coffee

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so 16 for her

.She was tired of fighting and struggling . She wanted to 17. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her father ,a cook ,took her to the 18, He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first pot he placed carrots,in the second he placed eggs, and in the 19 he placed ground coffee beans.He sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter 20 waited ,wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he 21 the burners, He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a mug. Turning to her he asked,"Darling,what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs ,and coffee."she replied.

He brought her closer and asked

her to feel the carrots ,She did and noted that they were 22. He then asked her to take an egg and break it, After pulling off the shell ,she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee .She smiled ,as she tasted its rich aroma(芳香).

"What does it 23 , Father?"she asked .

He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity（逆境）, boiling water, but each reacted 24, The carrot went in strong, hard ,and unrelenting(不甘示弱), But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and weak. The egg had being fragile(脆弱), It’s thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after going through the boiling water, its inside became hard, The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water ,they had changed the water .

"25 are you?"he asked his daughter.

When adversity knocks on your door ,how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg , or a coffee bean?

16. A. easy B. happy C. hard D. nice

17.A. Give up B. Make up C. Get up D. Set up

18.A. classroom B. washing room C. kitchen D. market

19.A. first B. last C. second D. two

20.A.impatient B. Impatience C. impossible D. impatiently

21.A.turn on B. turn off C. turn up D. turn down

22.A. soft B. hard C. big D. small

23.A. mean B. cost C. matter D. contain

24.A. similar B. similarly C. different D. differently

25.A. how B. which C. why D. Who

III. Reading.(2*15=30)

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

I am honored to be with you today. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever got to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky-I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’ garage when I was 20. But I got fired when I had just turned 30. How? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me. But gradually our visions of the future became different and our board of directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out.

I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed my dream one bit. So I decided to start over.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT. I returned to Apple.

I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. If you haven’t found it, keep looking. Don’t settle.

Choose the best answer according to the text you have read.

1. The phrase “big deal” in Paragraph 1 means .

A. big agreement

B. important person

C. big thing

D. big business.

2. The board of directors didnt side with Jobs because .

A. they had trouble in capital

B. they were cheated by a talented person

C. they had different ideas of the future development

D. they thought Jobs was a bad guy

3. Pixar is ______. .

A. the first computer animated feature film in the world

B. the most successful animation studio in the world

C. the first electronic appliance company in the world

D. the most successful seafood company in the world

4. From the text, we can learn that____. .

A. Jobs graduated from college ten years ago

B. Jobs didnt know what to do until he was fired by Apple

C. Jobs left the valley at 30

D. Jobs returned to Apple more than five years later

5. The passage is mainly about_____. .

A. how Jobs was fired by Apple

B. how Jobs viewed love and loss

C. what Jobs did for Apple

D. why Jobs couldnt graduate from college

B

American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year: the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class, they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

6. In America, summer holidays begin in .

A. September B. July C. May D. February

7. Most American children go to school at the age of ______.

A. five B. seven C. eighteen D. seventeen

8. High school students _______ after class.

A. do their homework B. go to work

C. do many interesting things D. play basketball

9. In order to _______, many American college students work after class.

A. help their parents B. get the money for their studies

C. help others D. learn some useful things

10. After high school, many students go to _______.

A. work B. make money C. cities D. college

C

Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edisons new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

11. After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

12. In New York ________.

A. Edison did not get a job

B. Edison found the work to fix machines

C. Edison got $40,000 by fixing machines

D. Edison made more money by fixing old machines

13. The head man was interested in ________.

A. Thomas Edison B. the old machines

C. the new machines D. Edison‘s telephone

14. Edison made a telephone. It ________.

A. was the first one in the world B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly D. carried voices much farther

15. The best title for this passage might be ________.

A. The First Telephone

B. Thomas Edison’s Shop

C. Thomas Edison’s New Job

D. Thomas Edison—An Inventor

IV. Match English phrase and Chinese meaning.(1*10)

①have important results in_____ ②improve living conditions_____③a movie star____ ④trade partner_____⑤be free to_____⑥college graduation_____ ⑦enter the world_____ ⑧in the coming week____ ⑨be afraid to do____ ⑩ a box of chocolate______

1. 一盒巧克力 B.大学毕业典礼 C.下个星期 D.产生重要影响 E.出生 F.感谢信

2. G.贸易伙伴 H.改善生活条件 I.电影明星

3. J. 自由做某事儿 K. 害怕做某事儿

V. Writing.(15)

Write a note according to the instructions given in Chinese below.

假设你是大一新生李雷，给辅导员 Mr.Johnson写一张请假条。

时间：2017年3月15日，周三。

内容：

1. 咳嗽厉害，想去医院看病；

2. 本周大部分作业已经完成，故周四、周五请假两天；

3. 看完病后会给辅导员打电话；

4. 对由此造成的不便表示抱歉；

5. 希望得到辅导员的批准。

Words for reference:

咳嗽: cough

辅导员：counselor

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答题卡

I. Choose the best answer.

1-5 _____________________

6-10 _____________________

11-15 _____________________

II. Cloze text.

16-20 _____________________

21-25 _____________________

III. Reading.

1-5 _____________________

6-10 _____________________

11-15 _____________________

IV. Match

①_____; ② _____; ③ _____; ④_____; ⑤ _____;

⑥ _____; ⑦_____; ⑧ _____; ⑨ _____; ⑩ _____.

V. Writing

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