【正文】 本科大學英語2第一學期期末考試試題(A)閉卷 適用專業(yè)年級：09級各專業(yè)學生姓名 學號 專業(yè) 班級 本試題一共六道大題，共14 頁，滿分100 分?？荚嚂r間120 分鐘。 總 分題 號一二三四五六閱卷人題 分252015101515核分人得 分注：，請準確、清楚地填各項，涂改及模糊不清者、試卷作廢。 2．試卷若有雷同以零分計。答題須知1. 耳機開關(guān)用FM收聽?？荚嚽霸囈羝诓シ艃?nèi)容是四川農(nóng)大考場指令。2. 客觀題答案用鉛筆做在機讀卡上，其他方式答題一律無效。3. 機讀卡上“試卷類型”涂A，“準考證號”前8欄填涂學生學號（最后兩欄空白），“科目”欄涂01。4. 翻譯用鋼筆或圓珠筆做在試卷二上。5．考試結(jié)束時，只交試卷二和機讀卡，不交試題冊Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 1to 8 are based on the conversations you have just heard.1. a. Nothing, since it is already done.b. He will definitely buy the soft drink.c. Nothing, since she doesn’t want to buy the soft drink. d. He will consider buying it.2. a. He was fined. bought a ticket. c. He had a car accident. had a driving lesson.3. a. On the grass. b. Near the pool. c. At home. d. On his bike.4. a. At his old house. b. In his friend’s apartment. c. On the street. d. On the other side of the town.5. a. About 6:00 p. m. b. At 3:30. c. About noon. d. After dinner.6. a. The woman’s. b. Lily’s. c. The man’s. d. Susan’s.7. a. She went to New York. b. She stayed at home. c. She visited her sister. d. She called her sister.8. a. She’s bound to find it somewhere else. b. The paper she wants is out of stock. c. He’ll see if they have more paper. d. He can’t accept a check.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversations you have just heard.9. a. People in developing countries. b. People living in poor conditions. c. People in the 1950s. d. People in New York.10. a. million. b. 12 million. c. 14 million. d. 26 million.11. a. Health care. b. Housing problem. c. Transportation problem. d. Educational problem.12. a. Tokyo. b. Beijing. c. Shanghai. d. Seoul.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversations you have just heard.13. a. She doesn’t know whether to change major or not. b. She had to stay up all night doing her assignment. c. She can’t find the book she wants. d. The book she wants isn’t available in the library.14. a. He thinks it is a 180 degree shift from her major. b. He thinks she doesn’t have the patience. c. He thinks she should take drama as her major. d. He thinks it’s a waste of time.15. a. He thinks she decides too fast. b. He thinks she is not suitable to do it. c. He thinks she’ll lose time if she transfers. d. He thinks she needs to gain more credits.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a, b, c. and d. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. a. Difficult to produce in large quantities. b. Subject to many parasites. c. Essential to the wealth of the country. d. Expensive to gather and transport.17. a. Farmers. b. Dealers. c. Weather. d. War.18. a. To explain how wheat is marketed today. b. To justify suspension of trading on the Grain Exchange. c. To describe the origins of the Canadian Wheat Board. d. To argue for further reforms on the Canadian Wheat Board.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 420. a. The apple of love. b. The apple of paradise. c. The cousin of potato. d. Wolf peach.21. a. Quality, color and taste. b. Color, convenience and quality. c. Flavoring, quality and color. d. Convenience, quality and flavoring.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. a. By making use of special paper. b. By adding mon salt to silver salt. c. By making temporary images on the salt. d. By using a special piece of metal.23. a. 1727. b. 1826. c. 1839. d. 1860.24. a. A new kind of paper. b. A new kind of film. c. Light darkened silver salt. d. An ‘instant’ camera with self developing film.25. a. The scientists related to camera. b. The techniques in camera development. c. The time periods of camera. d. The invention of camera.一、聽力（本大題共25小題，每小題1分，共25分） 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. C 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. A 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. D 22. D 23. C 24 D 25. DPart II Reading Comprehension (20%)Passage 1 The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that can be called repartee. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. “Watching a conversation between two Americans is like watching a table tennis game,” a British observer said. “Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt.”Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to “talk too much.” Many Americans have difficulty paying attention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans admire conciseness, or what they call “getti