法语大学英语二考试A

三 峡 大 学 试 卷 班 级 学 号 姓 名密 封 线2010年春季学期2009级法语专业 《大学英语》（二）课程考试试卷( A 卷)注意：1、本试卷共5页，含答题纸1页； 2、考试时间: 120 分钟 3、姓名、班号、考号必须写在指定地方注意事项：1、请同学们在试卷及答题纸规定的地方填写班级，序号，学号、姓名等信息。

2、此次期末考试试卷，所有答案一律写在答题纸上的密封线内，否则无效。

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一、 从以下每题四个答案中选出最合适的一个选项或与下划线单词意思最接近。

(每小题 1 分，共 10 分)1. They said the problem was in the engine, which was just what I had ______.A. suspectedB. suggestedC. sustainedD. suspended 2. We can not have the meeting today. You will have put it off until tomorrow afternoon. A. postpone B. cancel C. wait D. hold 3. Nobody ventured to speak to the angry King.A. attemptedB. volunteeredC. daredD. wanted 4. The children ____ in line, then walked quietly into the schoolA. gatheredB. stoodC. formedD. performed5. She showed the caring side of her nature when she opened a hostel for homeless people.A. concerningB. sensitiveC. generousD. loving 6.Do not let yourself be persuaded into buying things that you do not really want. A. cheated into B. talked into C. made into D. misled into 7. Scientists in California believe they may have discovered a way to delay the aging process..A. prolongB. stopC. postponeD. quicken8. Soccer hooligans just laughed at the sort of sentence that the court gave themA. smiled atB. made fun ofC. acceptedD. obediently9. He tried to steer the conversation away from such dangerous topics A. change B. pick C. select D. elect10．The man who installed our washing machine advised me not to use the hottest wash. A. checked B. set up C. repaired D. disassembled二．为下列空白选出最合适的一个词并将代码填入空白处。

(每小题 1 分，共 10 分)Proper street behavior in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a 1 just enough to show that you’re 2 of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty or furtive, too much 3 you’re inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people 4 each other until they are about eight feet 5 , at which point both cast down their eyes. Sociologist Erving Goffman 6 this as “a kind of dimming 昏暗 of lights.”Much of eye behavior is so 7 that we react to it only on the intuitive level. The next time you have a 8 with someone who makes you feel liked, notice what he does with his eyes. 9 are he looks at you more often than is usual with 10 a little longer than the normal. You interpret this as a sign —a polite one —that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also feel that he is both self confident and sincere. 1. A. friend B. foreigner C. passerby D. stranger 2. A. aware B. curious C. ignorant D. upset 3. A. so B. or C. and D. but4. A. peep B. stare C. gaze D. eye5. A. aside B. apart C. away D. adjacent6. A. demonstrates B. describes C. deduces 推论 D. designates 标明7. A. vague B. obscure C. subtle D. uncertain8. A. discussion B. communication C. greeting D. conversation 9. A. Chances B. Possibilities C. Opportunities D. Expectations 10. A .glances B. touches C. talks D. sights三．英译汉（20 分)In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the world. Most of them had only their good looks to recommend them and had no acting experience--- whatsoever. Occasionally they got jobs, if they were lucky enough to be noticed. Gary Cooper was one of the few who was noticed. He started as a stunt rider, and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early Westerns. Many of the girls got jobs in cafes or gas stations, and as the served their customers they tossed their heads and swung their hips, hoping to attract the attention of some important person connected with the movies. Most of them hoped in vain.四．阅读。

（每小题 2 分，共 40分)三 峡 大 学 试 卷 班 级 学 号 姓 名密 封 线Passage OneAs infants, we live without a sense of the past; as adults, we can recall events from decades ago. Scientists have only a vague understanding of this remarkable transition, when our sense of time expands beyond this morn ing’s feeding and last week’s both, but now they know a bit more: Conor Liston of Harvard University has determined that the beginnings of long-term recall arise between the ninth and the 17th month of a baby’s life, coinciding with structural changes in the memory-processing regions of the brain. Besides explaining why Junior doesn’t remember last month’s trip to Disney World, these results should help guide future research on the link between early behavioral development and changes in the infant brain.“It wasn’t clear how long children in the first year of life could retain a memory of an event, ” Liston said. “We were interested in testing the hypothesis that neurological developments at the end of the first year and the beginning of the second would result in a significant enhancement in this kind of memory.”Liston showed a simple demonstration to infants ages 9, 17, or 24 months old.The test results showed a huge difference between the test children who had been 9 months old when they saw the first demonstration and those who had been older. Whereas 9-month-olds don’t really remember a thing after four months, 17-and 24-month-olds do.” Liston says, “something is happening in the brain between 9 and 17 months old that enables children to encode these memories efficiently and in such a way that they can be retained and retrieved after a long period of time,” Liston say. Re searchers believe that changes in certain regions of the brain’s drive the rapid expansion of childhood recall. Previous studies have shown that the frontal lobes in humans begin to mature during the last quarter of the first year of life.Liston’s work many help explain why adults can rarely remember anything from before their second birthday or so. Most people simply accept his “ infant amnesia “ as a fact of life. “but it’s not clear why a 40-year-old has plenty of memories for something that happened 20 years ago, but a 20-year-old has basically no memories for something that happened when he was 2 or 3,” Liston says. He suggests tha t the same brain mechanisms that were not yet able to encode long-term memories in 9-moth-olds may also play some role in adults’ inability to remember events of infancy. Researchers still need to look at other areas of cognition-such as what role language ability plays in memory-to really fully understand why people can’t remember anything that happened before 2-3 years of age. But one thing is clear: When 1-year-old Snookums claims he doesn’t remember breaking the heirloom china five months ago, he’s almo st surely telling the truth.1. Conor Liston___A. has only a vague understanding of infants’ poor memoryB. has found something more about the origin of long-term recallC. has detected the regions of the brain responsible for memory-processingD. has established a theory about memory development2. According to this passage, __may promote the rapid expansion of childhood recall. A. the development of a sense of the past B. the last quarter of the first year of life C. certain regions of the brainD. the maturation 成熟 of the frontal lobes 前突in humans3. According to Liston, ____initiate(s) the long-term recall ability of child A. early behavioral developemtB. the memory-processing regions of the brainC. the changes in the brain between 9 and 17 months oldD. the changes in the brain between 17 and 24 months old4. According to this passage, it is normal that___A. a 1-year-old cannot recall what has happened one month agoB. a 20-year-old can recall what happened when he was 2C. a 20-year-old fails to recall what has happened one month agoD. a 40-year-old has few memories for an event that happened 20 years ago5. The proper title for this passage should be____ A. L isten’s TestingB. Forgetting and MemoryC. Baby’s forgotten YearsD. The Role Language Ability Plays in MemoryPassage TwoMaking and selling fake copies of well-known products has been a nice little earner for crafty craftsmen over thousands of years: in Roman Gaul, unscrupulous potters would put the seals of better-known competitors on their urns so they would sell better. Until the 1980s, counterfeiting was a relatively small-scale business, restricted mainly to copying luxury fashion items, such as watches and leather goods, in limited quantities. But in the 1990s it was transformed into a much bigger, broader industry, with large-scale production and distribution of false versions of such everyday items as biscuits and shampoo. Modern technology is making it ever easier to create near-perfect copies of branded goods for a fraction of the retail price of the real thing.By its nature, the extent of counterfeiting is hard to measure precisely, but a study by the International Chamber of Commerce reckoned that it grew from perhaps 3% of world trade in 1990s to 5% in 1995. John Pepper, chairman of Procter& gamble, a consumer-goods multinational, says it may now be 7%-9%, or over $450 billion a year.In some developing countries, the authorities have had, at beat, an ambivalent attitude towards the booming manufacture of fake goods in their midst. After all, it created jobs for local people and, at first sight, appears only to hurt foreign firms, Thus the richer countries whose firms are the main victims have had to use a mixture of persuasion and threats to get poorer nations to crack down on the pirates, The Uruguay round of world trade talks, which ended in 1994, resulted in an Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual-Property Rights (Trips), which obliges all member countries of the World Trade Organization to impose penalties for counterfeiting and other breaches of intellectual-property rights: to enforce their piracy laws adequately: and to help firms inhibit trade in faked versions of their products.Besides offering poorer countries trade privileges in return for a clampdown on counterfeiting, rich countries have tried convincing them that if they try harder to enforce intellectual-property rights, they will win more foreign investment. But, realizing that三 峡 大 学 试 卷 班 级 学 号 姓 名密 封 线persuasion is having little effect, they are also resorting to threats: on January 15th, America issued a warning to the Philippines and Taiwan, two of the world’s leading piracy centers, that they may have their trade privileges taken away unless they crack down harder on the counterfeiting gangs. Taiwan’s justice minis ter, Chen Ding-nan, has vowed to rid the island of its reputation are a pirates’ den. But the counterfeiters are mocking his efforts: some pirated video discs of the new James Bond film “Die Another Day”, widely available on Taiwan’s streets, carry the taunting message “come and catch me, Chen Ding-nab”.6. The first paragraph is written to tell us that___.A. the history of counterfeiting 赝品 is more than thousands of years.B. counterfeiting is an effective way to make more moneyC. modern technology is responsible for the booming manufacture of fake goodsD. counterfeiting has become more and more rampant7. The second paragraph is mainly about___. A. the extent of counterfeiting in world tradeB. the difficulty to measure the extent of counterfeitingC. a study by the International Chamber of CommerceD. what John Pepper, chairman of Procter & Gamble, says8. The underlined word “ambivalent” in the third paragraph most probably means___A. criticalB. contradictoryC. positiveD. negative9. in order for poorer countries to crack down on counterfeiting,___ A. more jobs have to be created there for local people B. rich countries resort to both persuasion and treats C. the World Trade Organization was set upD. the Uruguay 乌拉圭 round of world trade talk was held in 199410. Rich countries intend to ____A. offer poorer countries trade privilegesB. take away the trade privileges they have given poorer countriesC. clamp down counterfeiting in poorer countriesD. threaten the counterfeiting gangs in Philippines and TaiwanPassage ThreePolluted water is nothing new in the United States. We have lived through flaming rivers and caustic creeks that could take the hide off a hound. For decades, however, efforts to safeguard drinking water were hampered because no one had an accurate sense of the full range of contaminants in the water supply, nor of the geographic extent of the pollution. This year two separate research teams unveiled sophisticated new tools to find out exactly what chemical dangers are lurking in freshwater streams.“Research in Europe in the 1990s showed that pharmaceuticals were turning up in the water,” says Dana Kolpin, leader of a U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division research team that developed five new analytic methods for methods for measuring water contaminants. “Our big effort was to develop methods to measure verysm all amounts of organic chemicals,” The research team fanned out across 30 stated nationwide and conducted two years of sampling from 139 streams. They were chosen, says Kolpon, on the basis of their location downstream from “intense urbanization and livest ock production.” In a study published in the March 15 Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, Kolpin and his colleagues reported they looked for 95 different contaminants, such as antibiotics, steroids, hormones, antioxidants, plasticizers, and various solvents, They found 82 of them. Nearly 80 percent of the streams showed one or more of the contaminants. The median stream contained seven. Even the good news-that the most frequently detected contaminants like fecal steroids, cholesterol, insect repellent, caffeine, disinfectant, dire retardant, and detergents were found in generally low concentrations-had to be qualified. May of those compounds have no guidelines for safe amounts, and little is known about the effects of chronic exposure or the interactive effects of compounds that have been detected together.In a related Environmental Protection Agency study that is still in progress, a team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering is using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to detect the presence of various anticonvulsants and anticancer drugs in drinking water. Led by Lynn Roberts and Ed Bouwer to determine whether track samples at sewage treatment facilities in Massachusetts and Mary land to determine whether and in what quantities pharmaceuticals are getting through the waster-treatment plants and the extent to which they may be accumulating in coastal water,The goal of both research teams is to provide a baseline of what organic compounds are in the water, in what quantities, and how they are getting there-key steps toward ensuring that the water we drink isn’t killing us.11. The second sentence of the first paragraph, “We have lived through …off a hound”, intends to say that___.A. many rivers and creeks have been excessively polluted by various contaminantsB. our lives depend on flaming rivers and caustic creeksC. we cannot prevent rivers and creeks from being houndedD. people cannot live without the supply of water from rivers and creeks12. According to this passage, two research teams___A. have determined the full range of contaminants in the water supplyB. have ascertained the geographic extent of the water pollutionC. have developed new methods to measure water contaminantsD. have succeeded in preventing drinking water from being polluted13. Which of the following statements is true?A. Altogether 95 different contaminants have been found in streams.B. Nearly 80 percent of the streams surveyed contains only the familiar contaminantsC. The most frequently detected contaminants arte usually in low concentrationsD. The average number of contaminants in each stream surveyed is seven14. The two research teams mentioned in the passage endeavor___ A. to track samples at more sewage-treatment facilities B. to determine latent chemical dangers in the waterC. to measure the exact amount of any drug found in drinking waterD. to find out the precise number of contaminants in freshwater streams15. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?三 峡 大 学 试 卷 班 级 学 号 姓 名密 封 线A. The Organic compounds in the waterB. Drinking Water DruggedC. Polluted Rivers and StreamsD. Guidelines for Safe WaterPassage FourExperiments on monkeys were viewed much more negatively than those involving mice. Indeed, only experiments to test or develop drugs to treat childhood leukaemia were seen as justifying monkeys suffering. In Britain, experiments involving primates are very tightly controlled. Researchers must convince government officials that the knowledge to be gained justifies any suffering to the animals, and that that adequate date cannot be obtained by using other species.In practice, this means that monkeys are unlikely to be used in leukaemia research, as the disease can be studied in other animals. But attempts to develop AIDS vaccines depend heavily on experiments with related viruses in monkey, in which some of the animals are likely to become ill. Our poll indicated that a majority of British people would oppose these experiments.In the US, where regulations are less stringent, the goal of developing an AIDS vaccine is seen as sufficient justification for injection chimpanzees, our nearest relatives, with potentially lethal strains of HIV . And while most people are probably not aware of such facts, 64per cent of those we polled judged correctly that regulations governing animal experiments in Britain are as strict, or stricter, than those in other developed countries. Just 11 per cent though that British rules are less strict, while 24 per cent said they didn’t know.In one respect, however, our poll reveals a disturbing gap in people’s knowledge, which the British government might want to address. No prescription drug is marketed without first being tested in animals, yet people are either unaware that this is the case, or don’t want to acknowledge the fact, While 35 per cent of the people we polled said they or close family member had been prescribed a drug for a serious illness in the past two years or so, lonely 18 per cent of these people-6 per cent of the total sample-knew it had been tested on animals. Significantly, this small group was more favorably disposed to animal experimentation than the larger number who said they weren’t aware their drugs had been tested on animals. Indeed, with 66 per cent of then backing animal research in our question, they were more positive about animal experiments than everyone we polled except the hunters and fur coat wearers.While people may not be in full possession of the facts about animal research, many experiments that arte licensed in Britain-including hundreds of thousands of toxicity tests and fundamental biological studies-could be banned if regulators were to follow the majority views expressed in our poll.People can clearly weigh the pros and cons of animal experimenta tion. It’s time for those who want to pursue a peaceful debate to seize the initiative.16. Most people ignore the fact that___A. no new drugs would ever be developed without monkeys being involvedB. all the prescription drugs sold on market have been tested on animalsC. leukaemia 白血病 can hardly be studied in animals other than monkeysD. adequate data can still be obtained without using monkeys in animal research17. In the US, it is believed that ___A. monkeys can be involved in the experimentation to develop an AIDS vaccine 疫苗 B . to test potential lethal drugs on animals isn’t justifiable in any case C. animal research is justified only if it helps us gain new knowledge D. the regulations governing animal research should be less strict18. According to this passage, ___ of those being polled were aware that the drug they had been prescribed had been tested on animals A.6% B.18% C.35% D.66%19. We can learn from this passage, ___ may be negative about animal experimentation A. the hunters and fur coat wearers B. those who support animal researchC. those who are unaware that their drugs had been tested on animalsD. those who are in full possession of the facts about animal research20. The author’s attitude toward animal experimentation is ___ A. negative B. positive C. subjective D. objective五．作文. (20分)Direction: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition in no less than150 words about"Should College Student Hire Cleaner 清洁工，保洁员? ".三 峡 大 学 试 卷 班 级 学 号 姓 名密 封 线2010年春季学期2009级法语专业 《大学英语》（二）课程考试答题纸A 卷注意：1、本答题纸共 1 页； 2、考试时间: 120 分钟 3、姓名、学号必须写在指定地方一、 (每小题1分，共10分)1~56~10二、 (每小题1分，共10分)1.______2.______3.______4.______5.______6.______7.______8.______ 9.______ 10.______三. 20分_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 四. （每小题2分，共40分）1~5 6~10 11~15 16~20 五. 20分________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________。