Testing Paper Unit 1, 4, 5
Sky：陈人智、吴斌、马琴、苏红光
Group________ Name__________ Score_________ I. Listening (30%)
I).Listen to the dialog between Gary and Paul and choose the best answer to each of the
questions you hear on the recording. (2×5=10) (Unit 1 Part II Listening I)
（）1.A.Eating and drinking. B. Dancing to the music.
C. Standing around at the party.
D. Talking with his girlfriend.
（）2.A.Women who stay home doing housework. B. Women who stimulate his intellect.
C. Women who pursue their own careers.
D. Women who enjoy reading novels.
（）3.A. Cleaning and cooking. B. Fixing things around the house.
C. Washing the car and collecting the trash.
D. Watching television and taking out the garbage.
（）4.A.They are the same as his. B. They are quite progressive for the times.
C. They reflect the views of earlier generations.
D. They were shaped by their own family life.
（）5.A. Visit his friend, Bob. B. Remain at the party to try to make new friends.
C. Meet a woman who shares his interest in literature.
D. Return home alone and spend the night with his dog.
II).Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write "T"
for True and "F" for False in the spaces provided. (2×5=10) (Unit 4 Part III Practice One)
______6.Women and men play different roles in society because their physical structures are very different.
______7.Girl babies were found to differ a lot from boy babies in birth length, weight and irritability.
______8.Our parents, school, television and the Internet show us how we should behave.
______9.Male cartoon characters are usually more prominent than female characters.
______10.Nowadays, women are no longer expected to play their traditional roles.
III).Listen to the interview and complete the following sentences with the exact words you hear(1×10=10) (Unit 1 Part Four Section III)
11. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to _______it
12. A baby boy will pick up a stick and _______it_______ a gun
13. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to _______their hair_______
14. Boys couldn't_______ _______ if their hair is untidy
15. Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too _______ to _______ them.
16. At an early age, boys are attracted to _______
II Words and Expressions (40%)
1.assign __________________
2.culturally__________________
3.genetic _________________
4.sex-biased__________________
5.neatness ________________
6.nursery_____________________
7. carry over_______________ 8.fall behind __________________
9.put away ________________ 10.up to ______________________
11.认可，赞许_____________ 12.偏见，成见________________
13.构成_________________ 14.间接地____________________
15.参与，参加_____________ 16.事实上，其实______________
17.叫（学生）回答问题_______ 18.处于不利的_________________
19.短文，论说文______________ 20.给人以希望_________________
Ⅲ.Translation (20%)
1. In the process of growing up , each child learns hundreds of culturally patterned details of behavior that become incorporated into its gender identity.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2. According to the researchers, the bias is unintentional and unconscious, but it is there and it is influencing the lives of millions of schoolchildren every year.
_____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
3. Their research showed that many teachers who thought they were nonsexist were amazed to see how biased they appeared on videotape.
_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. A similar subordination of female to male students has also been observed in law and medical school classrooms in recent years.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 5. But these are cultural, not genetic patterns.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 6. The classroom is a man’s world, where boys get two-thirds of the teachers’ attention even when they are in a minority.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 7. The tapes proved otherwise.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Neat and tidy work from girls was treated with some contempt.
____________________________________________________________________________ 9. Are there essential differences between the male and female brain?
_____________________________________________________________________________ 10. A person (whether male or female) has a particular “brain type”.
____________________________________________________________________________
IV. Fill in the blanks:(10%)
Of course, there are_______1）to the culture of animals. As ______2）as we know, no ape has formed social institutions such as religion, law, or economics. Also, some ________3）may be able to learn sign language; but this form of language is limited in its_______4) to communicate _______5) ideas. Yet with a________ 6) language we can communicate_______ 7) entire culture to anyone else who knows that language. Perhaps the most ______ 8) thing we have learned from studies of other animals is that the _______9) dividing us_______10) them is not as clear as we used to think.
Key Unit 1, 4, 5
Sky：陈人智、吴斌、马琴、苏红光
I. Listening (30%)
1).CADCD 6).FFTTF 11catch 12 turn into 13 tear off 14 care less 15 lazy cut 16 dirt II Words and Expressions ((40%)
1.分配，分派，指派
2.文化上
3.遗传的
4.有性别偏见的
5.整洁
6.幼儿园，托儿所
7.（在不同情况下）继续存在，保持下去8.落后
9.放好，收好10.直到
11.approve 12.bias
13.constitute 14.indirectly
15.participation 16.as a matter of fact
17.call on 18.at a disadvantage
19.essay 20.hopefull
Ⅲ.Translation (20%)
1. 在成长的过程中，每一个孩子学会了细微的行为举止，数量之多数以百计，这一切都带
有温和的烙印，成了他们性别特征的一部分。
2.据研究人员反映，这种偏爱是无意的、不知不觉的但它确实存在，并每年都在影响这数
百万计学生的生活。
3.他们的研究显示，许多自认为无性别偏爱的教师惊奇的发现，从录像带上看他们竟是那
么偏心。
4.近年来，在法学院和医学院的课堂上也发现了类似的情况：与男生相比，女生处于次要
的地位。
5.然而这些特征是文化造成的，而非遗传原因。
6.教室是男生的天下；即使在他们人数并不占多数时，老师三分之二的注意力仍花在他们
身上。
7.录像显示并非如此。
8.斯彭德说，有些学校推行了数学课和自然科学课男女分班上课的办法并且发现女生的成
绩有显著的提高。
9. 男人的大脑和女人的大脑有本质区别吗？
10. 每个人（不论男女）都有一个具体的“大脑类型”。
IV. Fill in the blanks:(10%)
1. limits
2. far
3. chimps
4. ability
5. abstract
6. spoken
7. our
8. important
9. line 10. from
大一英语期末考试试题精选 又到一个学期的期末了，大家复习好大学英语了吗?为大家精心挑选了一份大学英语第一学期期末试卷，供大家复习使用，希望能够帮助到大家! 大学一年级英语试卷 Part II Reading Comprehension (30 %) Directions: There are four 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center. Passage One Science is not a set of unquestionable results but a way of understanding the world around us. Its real work is slow. The scientific method , as many of us learned in school, is a gradual process that begins with a purpose or problem or question to be answered. It includes a list of materials, a procedure to follow, a set of observations to make and, finally, conclusions to reach. In medicine, when a new drug is proposed that might cure or control a disease, it is first tested on a large random group of people, and their reactions are then compared with those of another random group not given the drug. All reactions in both groups are carefully recorded and compared, and the drug is evaluated. All of this takes time and patience. It’s the result of course, that makes the best news—not the years of quiet work that characterize the bulk of scientific inquiry. After an experiment is concluded or an observation is made, the result continues to be examined critically. When it is submitted for publication, it goes to a group of the scientist’s colleagues, w ho review the work. Einstein was right when he said: “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right, a single experiment can at any time prove me wrong.”
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A. What's your favorite food? B. What 's your best like food? C. Sunday 5. A. Friday B. dirty （）C. What's your favorite fruit? 20 分）二、单项选择。（（）19.当你想感谢对方时，应说：________is your English teacher? （6. ）—A. You are welcome. B. I see. C. Thank you! Miss Liu. —（）20.当你问别人想喝什么时，你应说： C. Who B. Which A. What A. What do you like? B. What would you like to drink? 7. I________ a student. （）C. What's your like? C. is B. are A. am 四、从 B 栏中选出 A 栏的最佳答语。（10 分）8.
2010级大学英语第一学期期末考试(A卷) Jan., 2011 Part II Reading Comprehension (30 %) Directions: There are four 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Science is not a set of unquestionable results but a way of understanding the world around us. Its real work is slow. The scientific method , as many of us learned in school, is a gradual process that begins with a purpose or problem or question to be answered. It includes a list of materials, a procedure to follow, a set of observations to make and, finally, conclusions to reach. In medicine, when a new drug is proposed that might cure or control a disease, it is first tested on a large random group of people, and their reactions are then compared with those of another random group not given the drug. All reactions in both groups are carefully recorded and compared, and the drug is evaluated. All of this takes time and patience. It’s the result of course, that makes the best news—not the years of quiet work that characterize the bulk of scientific inquiry. After an experiment is concluded or an observation is made, the result continues to be examined critically. When it is submitted for publication, it goes to a group of the scientist’s colleagues, who review the work. Einstein was right when he said: “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right, a single experiment can at any time prove me wrong.” In August 1996, NASA announced the discovery in Antarctica of a meteorite（流星） from Mars that might contain evidence of ancient life on another world. As President Clinton said that day, the possibility that life existed on Mars billions of years ago was potentially one of the great discoveries of our time. After the excitement wore down and initial papers were published, other researchers began looking at samples from the same meteorite. Some concluded that the “evidence of life”was mostly contamination from Antarctic ice or that there was nothing organic at all in the rock. Was this a failure of science, as some news reports trumpeted? No! It was a good example of the scientific method working the way it is supposed to. Scientists spend years on research, announce their findings, and these findings
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C) He will go when he feels better. D) He won’t go as he hasn’t finished his work. 4. A) Check the timetable.B) Go to the railway station earlier. C) Travel on a later train.D) Cancel the trip earlier. 5. A) In New York.B) In Boston. C) In Newport.D) In Washington. 6. A) A clerk at the airport information desk. B) A clerk at the railway station information desk. C) A policeman. D) A taxi-driver. 7. A) A guest and a receptionist. B) A passenger and an air hostess. C) A customer and a shop assistant. D) A guest and a waitress. 8. A) He’s better.B) He’s feeling worse. C) He’s sick in bed.D) He has recovered. 9. A) The man didn’t want the woman to have her hair cut. B) The woman followed the man’s advice. C) The woman is wearing long hair now. D) The man didn’t care if the woman had her hair cut or not.
大学英语预备阶段练习（一） （Unit 1~4） ⅠWord Building Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in the brackets. 1.Thank you very much for your ____ advice. I followed it and succeeded at last. (value) 2.His business has ____ rapidly since his brother came to help. (development) 3.After a two-day discussion, we finally found a ____ to the difficult problem. (solve) 4.Prices ____ high for quite a while .People began to complain about it. (remaining) 5.I don’t think it ____ to finish all the work today. We can go on with it tomorrow.(necessity) 6.It is obviously not ____ to leave a 3-year-old boy alone at home. (properly) 7.The tourists saw a beautiful ____ when they climbed onto the top of the mountain.(scene) 8.Traveling in the desert is a challenging ____ to most people. ( inexperience) 9.____, I don’t think it possible to finish the task in two days. (person) 10.The government must make sure that the economy is developed in the right ____.(direct) ⅡVocabulary and Structure Directions: Choose the best one from the four choices to complete the sentence. 11.The temperature ____ throughout the day in that part of the country. A. very B. remains C. differs D. varies 12.The game is full of violence and will certainly have a bad ____ on young players. A. meaning B. pain C. loss D. influence 13.The warm-hearted elderly lady downstairs is always ____ to help others. A. real B. ready C. practical D. polite 14.The question is ____ difficult in the exam today. Don’t you think so? A. therefore B. since C. rather D. otherwise 15.She used to live in a lovely ____ building near the sea. A. 3-story B. 3-stories C. 3-classed D. 3-classes 16.There are different ____ of transport in big cities for you to choose when you go out. A. means B. mean C. meanings D. meaning 17.They did not take a rest until the job was ____ finished. A. straightly B. specially C. completely D. fairly 18.The bookstore owner ____ the old magazines with a new ones to attract more readers. A. required B. reviewed C. repeated D. replaced 19.Would you like to buy the book? It is ____ reading. A. worthy B. firm C. further D. worth 20.She wears sunglasses to ____ her eyes from the sunshine in summer. A. prepare B. produce C. protect D. provide 21.We all like her very much for her pleasant ____: kind, gentle and warm-hearted. A. character B. chance C. chairman D. skills 22.All the students enjoyed the wonderful ____ by the professor that afternoon. A. discussion B. lecture C. advice D. solution 23.If you have confidence in yourself first, you will not be _______ by others easily. A.won B. doubled C. defeated. D. delayed 24.The little girl developed a strong _______ on her new friends.
01 Passage 1 Hypnotism (催眠术) is very old. Thousands of years ago people started to use it in Egypt. The use of hypnotism has grown very much since that time. Today, doctors and scientists are in almost every country hypnotize people to help them with their problems. What is hypnotism, and how does it work? Many people think that a hypnotist puts people to sleep. Then he makes the hypnotized people do strange things. This is not what a hypnotist does. Hypnotism is really just a way to relax the mind and body. What are some of the uses of hypnotism? We go to a hypnotist because w e have a problem. The problem makes us unhappy. The hypnotist asks us to think hard about something and relax. When we are relaxed, t he hypnotist gives us some ideas to help us with our problems. Hypnotism can help people to remember things. The police sometimes ask hypnotists to help them. For example, a man sees an accident. He forgets the license number of the car he sees. If he is hypnotized he may remember it. The police can then find the car and catch the driver. People who are hypnotized can also make mistakes or say something that isn't true. People remember what they think they saw. That may not be what really happened. The police don't hypnotize people who do something wrong. Why not? People who are hypnotized may say something that isn't true. A person who has done something bad has a good reason to say something that isn't true. 1. Hypnotist helps people by ____. [A] putting them to sleep [B] helping them to get relaxed [C] offering his ideas about their problems [D] making them forget their problems 2. When hypnotized, some people may say something that is not true, because ____. [A] they do not remember what has happened [B] they remember what they think has happened [C] they do not know what has happened [D] they are not interested in what has happened 3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?____ [A] Hypnotism is very different form what it used to be. [B] When a person is hypnotized, his body gets relaxed, while his mind works hard. [C] Hypnotism is much more widely used today than it was thousands of years ago. [D] When hypnotized, a person will do something strange. 4. The passage mainly talks about ____. [A] how hypnotism works [B] the development of hypnotism [C] the use of hypnotism [D] the wonder of hypnotism
新编大学英语A2期末考试试卷 Part I Listening Comprehension(20%) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Section A. 1. A. An advertisement B. A newspaper C. Their work D. A dream 2. A. On foot B. By car C. By bus D. By bike 3. A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six 4. A. The restaurant provides good food B. She enjoys her part-time job C. The restaurant offers cheap food D. There are several cooks in the restaurant. 5. A. The movie was disappointing B. The movie was expensive to see. C. He wants to see the movie again. D. He should have seen the movie at home. 6. A. $ 64 B.$ 86 C. $96 D. $140 7. A. To stay at home B. To go to bed immediately C. To see a movie D. To go to a party. 8. A. Tom is unable to hear well. B. Tom didn’t say anything at the meeting. C. Tom doesn’t listen to him. D. Tom went out before the meeting was over.
大学英语第一学期期末考试(A卷) Part I Listening Comprehension ( 30% ) Section A Directions In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example You will hear You will read A) At the office. C) At the airport. B) In the waiting room. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A)"At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A) Place another order. B) Call to check on it. C) Wait patiently. D) Go and find the furniture. 2. A) She doesn’t need the job. B) She hasn’t got a job yet. C) She has got a good job. D) She is going to start work soon. 3. A) She got home before 9 o’clock. B) She had a bad cold. C) She had a car accident. D) She was delayed. 4. A) She hasn’t gone camping for several weeks. B) She likes to take long camping trips. C) She prefers not to go camping on weekends. D) She often spends a lot of time planning her camping trips.
Testing Paper Unit 1, 4, 5 Sky：陈人智、吴斌、马琴、苏红光 Group________ Name__________ Score_________ I. Listening (30%) I).Listen to the dialog between Gary and Paul and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear on the recording. (2×5=10) (Unit 1 Part II Listening I) （）1.A.Eating and drinking. B. Dancing to the music. C. Standing around at the party. D. Talking with his girlfriend. （）2.A.Women who stay home doing housework. B. Women who stimulate his intellect. C. Women who pursue their own careers. D. Women who enjoy reading novels. （）3.A. Cleaning and cooking. B. Fixing things around the house. C. Washing the car and collecting the trash. D. Watching television and taking out the garbage. （）4.A.They are the same as his. B. They are quite progressive for the times. C. They reflect the views of earlier generations. D. They were shaped by their own family life. （）5.A. Visit his friend, Bob. B. Remain at the party to try to make new friends. C. Meet a woman who shares his interest in literature. D. Return home alone and spend the night with his dog. II).Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write "T" for True and "F" for False in the spaces provided. (2×5=10) (Unit 4 Part III Practice One) ______6.Women and men play different roles in society because their physical structures are very different. ______7.Girl babies were found to differ a lot from boy babies in birth length, weight and irritability. ______8.Our parents, school, television and the Internet show us how we should behave. ______9.Male cartoon characters are usually more prominent than female characters. ______10.Nowadays, women are no longer expected to play their traditional roles. III).Listen to the interview and complete the following sentences with the exact words you hear(1×10=10) (Unit 1 Part Four Section III) 11. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to _______it 12. A baby boy will pick up a stick and _______it_______ a gun 13. When boys play with Barbie dolls, they like to _______their hair_______ 14. Boys couldn't_______ _______ if their hair is untidy 15. Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too _______ to _______ them. 16. At an early age, boys are attracted to _______ II Words and Expressions (40%) 1.assign __________________ 2.culturally__________________ 3.genetic _________________ 4.sex-biased__________________ 5.neatness ________________ 6.nursery_____________________ 7. carry over_______________ 8.fall behind __________________
《综合英语》考试试卷（A卷、闭卷） Part I Reading Comprehension (阅读理解) （每小题3分，共15分） Passage One Suppose we built a robot to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning. According to the evolutionary theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. The theory does not deny that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent. The evolutionary theory accounts well for differences in sleep among creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers. 1.The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us . A) the differences between robots and men B) the reason why men need to sleep C) about the need for robots to save power D) about the danger of men working at night 2.Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help