中央广播电视大学2007-2008学年度第二学期"开放专科"期末考试
综合英语(4) 试题
2008年7月
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I. Directions: (Vocabulary & Structure)
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose
the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20
points)
Example: The homeless couple at last in finding a flat to rent.
A. managed B. did C. finished D. succeeded
The sentence should read, "The homeless couple succeeded at last in finding a flat to rent."
Therefore you should choose D.
1. It was difficult to guess what her __ to the news would be.
A. impression B. reaction
C. comment D. opinion
2. If it to be technically sound, the laser might prove to be a major breakthrough
in the telephone communications.
A. turns out B. turns for
C. turns up D. turns over
3. The little boy was __ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
A. charged B. fined
C. accused D. scolded
4. I'm sorry, what you ordered is __ stock now.
A. in B. on
C. out of D. from
5. Circumstances forced us finally to __ this policy.
A. admit B. adopt
C. adjust D. adapt
6. It's already 5 o'clock now. Don't you think it's about time
A. we are going home B. if she heaves home
C. we went home D. if she had left home
7. He believes that she as she wasn't in the house at the time.
A. couldn't have stolen it B. must have stolen it
C. mustn't have stolen it D. couldn't steel it
8. She wore clothes
A. that was better than the other girls
B. that was better than that of the other girls
C. that were better than that of the other girls
D. that were better than those of the other girls
9. You __ your visa __ before it expires.
A. had better to get; extending B. should better get; extending
C. had better get; extended D. would better get; extend
10. __ her age, she really had done a good job in such a short time.
A. Giving B. Gives
C. Been given D. Given
H. Directions:
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and
D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)
Before the 20th century the horse pro,~!ded day to day transportation in the United
States. Trains were used only for long distance transportation.
Today the car is the most popular means of transportation in all of the United States. It
has completely 11 the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their
cars for 12 90% of all personal trips. Most Americans are able to 13 cars. The
average price of a regularly made car was $ 2050 in 1950, $ 2700 in 1970 and up to $ 4750
14 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about improving their
products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the 15 family increased
from 1950 to 1975 faster than the price of cars. For this reason 16 a new car takes a
smaller part of a family's total earnings today.
In 1951, proportionally it took 8.1 months of an average family's 17 to buy a new
car. In 1962, a new car 18 8.3 of a family's annual earnings. By 1975, it only took 4.75
months' income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically 19 to models from the
previous years.
The influence of the automobile extends throughout the economy 20 the car is so
important to Americans. Americans spend more money to keep their cars running than on
any other items.
11. A. denied B. reproduced C. replaced D. replied
12. A. hardly B. nearly C. certainly D. somehow
13. A. buy B. sell C. race D. see
14. A. on B. in C. behind D. about
15. A. unusual B. interested C. average D. biggest
16. A. bringing B. obtain C. purchasing D. having bought
17. A. income B. work C. plans D. debts
18. A. used B. spent C. cost D. wasted
19. A. famous B. superior C. fastest D. prior
20. A. then B. as C. so D. which
IlI. Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four
answers marked A, B, C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each
of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)
Questions 21~25 are based on the following passage.
It was midnight in Paris and we were rolling toward the Avenue Bosguet. As we came to
the Pont Alexandre m , the cab slowed down, for the traffic light was red against us, and
then, without stopping, we sailed through the red light in a sudden burst of speed. The
same performance was repeated at the Alma Bridge. As I paid the driver, I asked him why he
had driven through two red lights.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a veteran like you, breaking the law and
endangering your life that way," I protested.
He looked at me, astonished. "Ashamed of myself? I am a law-abiding citizen and have
no desire to get killed either." He cut me off before I could protest.
"No, just listen to me before you complain. What did I do? Went through a red light.
Well, did you ever stop to consider what a red light is, what it means?"
"Certainly," I replied. "It is a stop signal and mean that traffic is rolling in the opposite
direction."
"Half right," said the driver, "but incomplete. It is only an autonomous stop signal.
And it does not mean that there is cross traffic. Did you see ay cross traffic during our trip?
Of course not. I slowed down at the light, looked carefully to the right and to the left. Not
another car on the streets at this hour. Well, then! What would you have me do? Should I
stop like a dumb animal because an automatic, brainless machine turns red every forty
seconds? No, monsieur," he thundered, hitting the door with a huge fist. "I am a man, not
a machine. I have eyes and a brain and judgment, given me by God. It would be a sin against
nature to surrender them to the dictates of a machine. Ashamed of myself, you say? I would
only be ashamed o~ myself if I let those blinking lamps do my thinking for me. Good night,
monsieur."
Is this bad, is this good? Frankly I no longer am sure. I never doubted that it was
wrong to drive through a red light, but now I find my old Anglo-Saxon standards somewhat
shaken.
21. At the Bridge
A. the writer stopped the cab and paid the driver
B. the cab went through a red light again
C. there was a performance the writer had already watched
D. the writer began to criticize the driver
22. To the cab driver, a red light
A. was not a stop signal
B. should not work at midnight
C. sometimes made mistakes in judgment
D. didn't always mean that there was cross traffic
23. The chief reason the driver dared to drive through the red light was that
A. he found there was no cross traffic there and then
B. he thought it a shame to be controlled by a machine
C. he knew no other driver would see him at this hour
D. he didn't trust any brainless machine
24. According to the passage, the driver thought of what he had done as
A. law-abiding B. law-breaking
C. something to be proud of D. something to be ashamed
25. The last sentence shows that the writer is probably __
A. an old man B. a French person
C. an English person D. an American
Questions 26~30 are based on the following passage.
When we think of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of
men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasso, i.e. great artists,
inventors and scientists -- a selected and exceptionally gifted body of men with rare talent
and genius. The tendency to regard creativity and imaginative thinking as the exclusive of a
lucky few disregards the creative and imaginative aspects inherent in the solution of many of
the tasks we regularly have to face -- the discovery and development of new methods and
techniques, the improvement of old methods, existing inventions and products.
Everyone has creative ability to some extent. Creative thinking involves posing oneself a
problem and then originating or inventing a solution along new and unconventional lines. It
involves drawing new analogies, discovering new combinations, and / or new applications of
things that are already known. It follows, then, that a creative person will exhibit great
intellectual curiosity and imagination. He will be alert and observant with a grea! stores of
information which he will be able to sort out and combine, in the solution of problems. He
will be emotionally receptive to new and unconventional idea and will be less interested in
facts than in their implications. Most important of all, he will be able to communicate
uninhibitedly and will not be too concerned about other people's reaction to his apparently
"crazy'; notions. People called the Wright brothers mad but it did not stop them from
becoming the first men to construct and fly a heavier than air craft.
26. The author believes that creativity and imaginative thinking __
A. require rare talent and genius
B. belong to those exceptionally gifted people
C. are only possessed by great artists, inventors and scientists
D. can be found in ordinary people
27. Creative thinking involves.
A. putting forward a question to oneself and originating a solution
B. less imagination than curiosity
C. madness
D. less information than knowledge
28. A creative person should
A. try to imitate those great people
B. have great curiosity and imagination
C. only observe the unconventional things and people
D. pay much attention to other people's reaction
29. What do we learn about Wright brothers from the passage?
A. They were out of their minds.
B. They were great artists.
C. They were held back by people laughing at them.
D. They were observant and intelligent.
30. "He will be emotionally receptive to new and unconventional ideas." This sentence
means that
A. he will not be strongly against new and unconventional ideas
B. new ideas are too radical in his eyes
C. he will accept new and unconventional ideas
D. he will not accept ordinary ideas with emotion
IV. Directions:
Put each of the following sentences into English or Chinese, using the word given in the bracket
if any. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
31. Because they seemed less likely to feel personally responsible for being late, they
also expressed less regret for their own lateness and blamed others less when they were late.
32. Yet despite these changes, Graham always remained true to a basic belief that dance
expresses emotion we often try to hide and cannot express in words.
33. Painful as it is to think about, murder has become a grim fact of modern society,
and solving one involves more than the contributions of the police and witnesses.
34．今天，身受现代科学时代影响的人们算命更多地只是为了娱乐而已，不过过去可不是这样。(influence)
35．相反，研究者称，后出生的孩子更有可能性情随和、与人友善，不像哥哥姐姐那样拘谨，因为父母对他们更加轻松了。(sociable)
V. Directions:
For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "On Punctuality" in
about 110 words. You need to include all the information. Write your answer on the ANSWER
SHEET. (25 points)
1．守时是良好品质的一个方面。
2．有的人总是为迟到找许多借口。
3．守不守时是个习惯问题。
You can write the composition in three or four paragraphs. Remember to write it neatly.
试卷代号：2161
中央广播电视大学2007-2008学年度第二学期"开放专科''期末考试
综合英语(4) 试题答案及评分标准
(供参考)
2008年7月
I．第一部分(20％，每小题2分)
1．B 2．C 3．D 4．C 5．B
6．C 7．A 8．D 9．C 10．D
Ⅱ．第二部分(20％，每小题2分)
11．C 12．B 13．A 14．B 15．C
16．C 17．A 18．C 19．B 20．B
Ⅲ．第三部分(20％，每小题2分)
21．B 22．D 23．A 24．C 25．C
26．D 27．A 28．B 29．C 30．C
Ⅳ．第四部分(15％，每小题3分)
(答案并不一定要求与所给答案完全一样。符合句意，无语法错误，得3分；基本符合句意，无重大语法错误，得2分；不太符合句意，有明显语法错误，得1分；不符合句意，句子无法渎懂，得。分。其他情况，酌情扣分。)
参考答案：
31．因为他们不怎么觉得对于迟到应付个人责任，所以他们自己迟到时很少表示歉意，而且当别人迟到时，他们也很少去责备。
32．然而尽管有这些变化，Graham总是坚持一个基本的想法，那就是舞蹈可以表达我们努力隐藏而且不能用言语表达的情感。
33．尽管想来很令人痛心，但是，凶杀案件已经成为现代社会的一个严峻现实。破获一起凶杀案需要的不仅仅是警察和目击者的贡献。
34. Today, many people who have been influenced by the modern scientific age rarely
use fortune-telling for anything other than amusement, but it wasn't always so.
35. By contrast, the researchers say, later children are more likely to be more relaxed
and sociable, and less inhibited than the eldest child because their parents were more
relaxed.
V．第五部分(25％)
(答案略)
(评分标准：
21～25很好。基本无语法错误、内容切题、结构合理、行文流畅。
16～20较好。无重大语法错误、内容比较切题、结构比较合理、文字比较通顺。
10～15差。语法错误很多、结构较乱、内容与题目要求不很一致、字数不够。
0～9很差。语句不通，语法错误太多、文不对题、结构混乱。)
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