大学英语考试卷 C

长江职业学院海事学院

2014-2015学年第一学期期末考试试卷

科目：大学英语期末试卷（C卷）考试类型：闭卷

（本试卷卷面总分100分，考试时间90分钟）

姓名_____________ 班级_____________ 学号_____________

一、情景交际10*1´=10´分

Imagine you are meeting an English teacher from the USA at the airport. Put in the missing words.

Sally: 1 _____________ me, can you help me? I'm going to Beach Hotel, butI've lost 2 _____________.

Stranger: Go 3 _____________ this street until you come to West Avenue. Turn left there and go straight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4 _____________ of West Avenue and Main Street.

Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 __________ the way, can I take a bus?

Stranger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 ____________ Bus No. 15 and get 7 ____________ at the third stop.

Sally: Where can I 8_____________ the bus, please?

Stranger: The bus stop is over there in 9_____________ of the supermarket.

Sally: 10_____________ thanks.

二、词汇和结构15*2´=30´分

Fill in the blanks with the proper words or expressions given below, changing the form if necessary.

1.The great progress they have made comes from their good ____________ work.

2. What do you think should be ____________ China, the Great Wall or the Forbidden City?

3. Always think positively, and it will__________________ in your life.

4.Of course I will _____________ what you feel about it, but business is business.

5. Sorry, I can't give you an answer _____________ . I need to think about it further.

6. I'd like to ____________ some volunteer work if you don't accept my money.

7.Our manager is at a conference. She can't ____________ to see you now.

8.The historical ____________ in support of this conclusion is weak.

9. Chatting with friends over the Internet in the dead of night is probably my only___________.

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10.When I ____________ a new word, I write it down in my notebook.

11.Nodding seems like an easy body language, but it may ____________agreement in one culture but totally the opposite in another.

12. Exercise will always give you a good ____________.

13. Sometimes speaking up is not enough, and you need to ____________.

14.You have to keep some money ____________ when traveling.

15. The boss was here just now. He has been away 10 minutes ____________.

三、阅读理解20*2´=40´分

A

A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork, but the cat eats from her plate.

Sometimes, when she finishes her dish, her master will give her a bit of his food. He shares his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.

“Ah! Where is my cat?” asks the man..His wife says, “Can’t you eat without her?” So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room and jumps into the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下) one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s plate.

“Dear me!” cries the woman, “A mouse is in your plate!”

“Hush(安静)!” says her husband. “This shows that she is a nice cat. She knows what friendship(友谊) is. She wishes me to share her dinner as I often share mine with her.

根据短文内容，判断正误，正确（T），错误（F）。

( )1. The master loves his cat very much.

( )2. The cat always shares her food with her master.

( )3. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.

( )4. The cat hurries(匆忙) home with two mice in her mouth when the master and his wife are having lunch.

( )5. The story tells us the cat also loves her master.

B

My name is Max. I am twelve years old. I have many friends. Most of them are as old as I. Some are older. Some are younger.

My best friend is Bill. He lives near me. We go to the same school and we are in the same class. Bill helps me with my maths homework. I help him with his English homework..Bill is taller than me. He is quite fat. He doesn’t like sports, so he doesn’t get much exercise. We both have black eyes, but Bill’s hair is longer. I like sports and

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I play football or go swimming every day. Every Sunday morning Bill and I play computer games. Sometimes I win. Sometimes he wins.

( )6. The main idea(主题) of the text is ________ .

A. Max has many friends B. Max and Bill go to the same school

C. Max and Bill are best friends D. Max and Bill like the same things

( )7. Most of Max’s friends are ________ .

A. twelve years old B. older than Max

C. younger than Max D. thirteen years old

( )8. Max and Bill live _________ .

A. near each other B. in different towns

C. in the same house D. in the school

( )9. Max helps Bill with __________ .

A. his maths homework B. his English homework

C. His sports lessons D. His computer lessons

( )10. Max and Bill both like to___________ .

A.swim B.play football C.play computer games D.play sports

C

Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of

students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.

When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won’t be as good as you are.” Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh no. I’m sure he’ll be as good as I am ---- or even better.”The student said, “No. Five teachers have come and gone while I’ve been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”

( )11. ______ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.

A few students B. Few students C. Many students D. No students

( )12. Mr. Lewis wanted to move to a big city because _______

A.he hated the small town

B.he couldn’t make a living in the small town

C.it would be easy for him to have more work in the city

D.it made him spend more money in the town

( )13. The student thought that _______

A. Mr. Lewis was a good teacher B. Mr. Lewis was the best teacher

C. Mr. Lewis was worse than the last D. Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last

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( )14. Before Mr. Lewis ______ teachers came to the town to teach dancing

A. three B. four C. five D. six

( )15. From the story we can conclude（推论） that the student wished _____

A. to have a better teacher B. to have a worse teacher

C. to become a dance teacher D. to see the sixth teacher

D

Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.

Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back.

Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?

( )16. The story is mainly about _______.

A. eating chicken B. sitting by the pond

C. living on a farm D. ducks and a little girl

( )17. The ducks were _____________.

A. yellow and orange B. yellow and white

C. white and orange feet D. white and black

( )18. First the little girl _________.

A. didn’t eat B. sat on the bank

C. walked to the pond D. talked to the ducks

( )19. At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______

A. under the water B. on the plate

C. in the wooden house D. swimming in the pond

( )20. The little girl didn’t eat because ______

A. she wanted nice cakes B. the food was ducks

C. the food was too hot D. the plate was empty

四、写作20*1´=20´分

Write a gift card according to the information given in Chinese.

亲爱的凯特：

你昨天送我的玫瑰就放在我的桌上。今早有些玫瑰已经开放。花儿很香很好看。它们让我心情变得更好了。你人真好。太感谢你了。 4

你真诚的朋友，

汤姆

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