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西南大学网络与继续教育学院课程考试试题卷
类别：网教 专业：应用英语/英语教育 2017年6月
课程名称【编号】： 综合英语二 【0086】 A卷
大作业 满分：100 分
I. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each)
Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. B. C. and D. You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals. Short-range goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possible months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, so long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.
The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-range goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.
Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.
1. Our long-term goals mean a lot______.
A. if we complete our short-range goals B. if we cannot reach solid short-term goals
C. if we write down the dates D. if we put forward some plans
2. New short-term goals are build upon______.
A. two years B. long-term goals
C. current activities D. the goals that have been completed
3. When we complete each step of our goals ,______.
A. we will win final success
B. we are overwhelmed
C. we should build up confidence of success
D. we should have strong desire for setting new goals
4. Once our goals are drawn up,_______.
A. we should stick to them until we complete them
B. we may change our goals as we have new ideas and opportunities
C. we had better wait for the exciting news of success
D. we have made great decision
5. It is implied but not stated in the passage that ______.
A. those who have long-term goals will succeed
B. writing down the dates may discourage you
C. the goal is only a guide for us to reach our destination
D. everyone should have a goal
Passage Two
About a year ago, while at a supermarket, I read a thought-provoking sign posted at the check-out counter. In essence, it said the store was using only plastic bags.
On the surface, that seemed to be very environmentally unfriendly. But the sign went on to explain a rationale that hadn't occurred to me until then, asserting that the energy and exhaust fumes expelled to transport the same number of paper bags outweighed the fact that plastic wasn't biodegradable. Paper bags take up more space and require more trucks for transport, so the store believed it was lessening its carbon footprint by using plastic.
It got me thinking, so I looked into it a bit further. According to the Society of Plastics Industry, it requires 400 percent more energy to manufacture a paper bag than a plastic one. And while paper bags are compostable and biodegradable, they also cost the world trees, potentially increasing greenhouse gases. (I say "potentially" because if the trees used are from paper farms and were planted only for the purpose of being cut down, then those wouldn't factor in here. )
I suppose we could end the discussion by simply purchasing those canvas grocery bags that are showing up in supermarkets everywhere. But what sort of impact does their production have on the environment?
I'm just saying there are no easy answers. And you know what they say about the road to hell with good intentions. I was talking about this recently with my husband, John, who had probably the best suggestion of all.
Why not ask for plastic and bring your used plastic bags each time you visit the grocery store? If you use them five or six times, or until they start to fall apart, you've really done a good thing, haven't you? You can also use them to line your small wastebaskets, instead of purchasing plastic trash bags.
There's another environmental dilemma I've been struggling with, too. We use quite a lot of paper plates in my house. I'm not going to defend it, because I know all about landfills and deforestation and any other argument you could throw my way. But I also know a thing or two about the need for convenience and necessary evils. But are paper plates really evil? I don't know.
Doesn't the energy used to run the dishwasher and the chemicals from the dishwashing detergent that eventually enter the water table count for anything? That might be even worse.
6. From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. the store uses plastic bags because it doesn't concern about environment
B. the store believes that plastic bags have less negative impact on environment
C. the author doesn't care about environment
D. the author doesn't agree with the store
7. The store chooses to use plastic bags because it believes ______.
A. plastic bags are green
B. plastic bags are biodegradable and can be used many times
C. paper bags cost energy in transportation and world trees, probably increasing greenhouse
gasses
D. paper bags are more energy-consuming than plastic ones
8. In the fifth paragraph, the sentence "you know what they say about the road to hell with good
intention" means that ______.
A. people should buy canvas grocery bags to protect the environment
B. people should use plastic bags instead of paper bags
C. people may intent to protect the environment but turn out to jeopardize it
D. the author doesn't think using canvas grocery bags is a good idea
9. By "another environmental dilemma" in Paragraph 7, the author means that ______.
A. she doesn't know which kind of bags to use, plastic ones or paper ones
B. she has no idea whether using paper plates is evil or not
C. she knows clearly about how using paper plates will destroy the environment but still use them
D. how much energy will be used to run the dishwasher and whether chemicals from dishwashing
detergent will pollute the water
10. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Am I really helping Mother Earth? B. How to protect the environment?
C. The environmentally friendly plastic bags. D. Plastic bags or paper bags?
Passage Three
Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Website you've visited, or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen － the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter?
For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acauisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon.
But privacy does matter － at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it, you don't notice it. Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
11. What does the author mean by saying "the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked" (Lines 3-4,
Para.2)?
A. People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.
B. In the 21st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.
C. People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.
D. Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.
12. What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?
A. Friends should open their hearts to each other.
B. Friends should always be faithful to each other.
C. There should be a distance even between friends.
D. There should be fewer disputes between friends.
13. The author says "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret" (Lines 4-5, Para.3) because _________
A. modern society has finally evolved into an open society
B. people leave traces around when using modern technology
C. there are always people who are curious about others' affairs
D. many search engines profit by revealing people's identities
14. What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protection?
A. They change behaviors that might disclose their identity.
B. They use various loyalty cards for business transactions.
C. They rely most and more on electronic devices.
D. They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
15. According to the passage, privacy is like health in that _________.
A. people will make every effort to keep it B. its importance is rarely understood
C. it is something that can easily be lost D. people don't cherish it until they lose it
II. Cloze (15 points, 1 points each)
Directions: There is one incomplete passage with 15 blanks in this part. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Decide which of the choices would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.
The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours’ wakefulness and that the sleep normally coincides 1 the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this 2 can be modified.
The question is no mere academic one. The ease with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a 3 of growing importance in industry where automation 4 round-the-clock working of machines. It normally 5 from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a 6 routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. 7 , it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine 8 he has to change to another, 9 much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very 10 .
One answer would seem to be 11 periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. 12 , recent research has shown that people on such systems will revert to go back to their 13 habits of sleep and wakefulness during the week-end and that this is quite enough to destroy any 14 to night work built up during the week. The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to those permanent night workers whose 15 may persist through all week-ends and holidays.
1. A. in
C. of
2. A. cycle
C. circle
3. A. problem
C. trouble
4. A. asks
C. calls for
5. A. takes
C. demands
6. A. former
C. reversed
7. A. Therefore
C. In a word
8. A. as
C. then
9. A. though
C. while
10. A. efficiently
C. easily
11. A. shorter
C. longer
12. A. So
C. Similarly
13. A. new
C. temporary
14. A. change
C. adaption
15. A. wakefulness
C. preference
B. with
D. over
B. period
D. round
B. difficulty
D. matter
B. invites
D. reacts to
B. spends
D. asks
B. returned
D. regular
B. Unfortunately
D. In comparison
B. when
D. than
B. so that
D. as
B. good
D. happily
B. better
D. nicer
B. In short
D. However
B.normal
D. favourite
B. return
D. tendency
B. sleep
D. habit
III. Translation (30 points)
Section A(2 points each)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 他的成功很大程度上依靠了他同事的配合。
2. 对我来说，没有哪一家的服务和膳食能与这儿的相比。
3. 与外国人打交道时，我们必须对他们的文化有所了解。
4. 可以设想，人们总有一天会征服太空。
5. 经过一番心态调整，他们开始喜欢音乐与绘画了。
6. 她完全沉浸在书中境界里，连敲门声也没听见。
7．如果他能戒烟，那对他来说将是个良好的开端。
8．抱怨自己运气不好是没用的，你应该鼓起勇气尽力工作。
9. 没有作好充分的准备我是不愿意去的。
10. 鼓励学生参加课堂讨论是现在教师的通常做法。
Section B(10 points)
Directions: Translate the following short passage into Chinese.
Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages.Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But i suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently never set about tackling it in the right way.
IV. Writing (25 points)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of 200 words or so based on the following topic.
My View on Reading Books
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