试卷代号：1351 中央广播电视大学2013一2014学年度第一学期“开放本科”期末考试 高级英语(1)试题 2014年1月 注意事项 一、将你的学号、姓名及分校（工作站）名称填写在答题纸的规定栏 内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带 出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可离开考场。 二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答 题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。 三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。 Information for the examinees: This examination consists of 4 parts.They are: I:Vocabulary and Grammar(30 points) II:Reading comprehension (30 points) Ⅲ：Cloze(10 points) IV:Writing (30 points) The total marks for this examination are 100 points.Time allowed for completing this examination is 90 minutes. There will be no extra time to transfer answers to the Answer Sheet; therefore you should write ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do each task. 1621
试卷代号 中央广播电视大学 4学年度第一学期"开放本科"期未考试 高级英语 )试题 2014 年1 注意事项 一、将你的学号、姓名及分校〈工作站〉名称填写在答题纸的规定栏 内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答是纸均不得带 出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可离开考场。 二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答 题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷土的答案元效。 三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题元效。 Information for the examinees: This exa.mination consists of 4 parts. They are: I : Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points) II : Reading comprehension (30 points) 皿: Cloze (10 poipts) N :Writing (30 points) The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for completing this examination is 90 minutes. There will be no extra time to transfer answers to the Answer Sheet; therefore ,you should write ALL your answers on the Answer Sheet as you do each task. 1621
I.Vocabulary and Grammar(2 points each,30 points in total) Choose the best answer for each blank from the four choices given.Write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 1.This year,the number of club members very quickly. A,is growing B.grows C.are growing D.growing 2.People often a club to make new friends. A:are joining B.joins C.join D.aren't joining 3.Colin the bass guitarist since Brian left. A.has been B.is C.has been being D.was 4.When her brother was in prison,she him every month. A.had visited B.visited C.was visiting D.visits 5.When he crashed the car,he six bottles of beer. A.drank 、B.was drinking C.drinks D.had drunk 6.You tell anyone-it's a secret! A.have to B.don't have to C.must D.mustn't 7.Mrs Porter's heart is very weak and she is very ill.The doctors say she die soon. A.'s going to B.will C.might D.must 8.Hurry up！They_ a group meeting in Room 6 soon. A.may have B.are having C.have had D.have 9.Today,the motel by members of the same family. A.is managed B.was managed C.will be managed D.has been managed 1622
I. ary and Grammar(2 points each ,30 points in total) Choωe the best answer for each blank from the four cboie四given. Write your answer on the Answer Sh very quickly. B. grows D. growing a club to make new friends. C. are growing 2. People often 1. This year, the number of club members A. is growing 电are joining C. join 3. Colin A. has been B. joins D. aren't joining the bass guitarist since Brian left. B. is C. has been being 4. When her brother was in prison, she A. had visited D. was him every month. B. visited C. ~as visiting 5. When he crashed the car, he A. drank C. drinks D. visits six bottles of beer. was drinking D. had drunk 6. You tell anyone - it's a secret! A. have-to B. don' t have to C. must D. mustn' t 7. Mrs Porter's heart is very weak and she is very ill. The doctors say she die soon. A. ' s going to B. will C. might 8. Hurry up! They A. may have C. have had J 9. Today , the motel A. is managed C. will be managed D. must a group meeting in Room 6 soon. B. are having D. have by members of the same family. B. was managed D. has been managed 1622
10.She told me that she a car since 1990. A.hadn't driven B.wasn't driving C.didn't drive D.wouldn't drive 11.He be hungry-he's just had lunch. ·A.can't B.must C.ought to D.might 12.There's power left in the battery so you'd better plug your laptop in. A.not many B.not much C.a few D.enough 13.We to invite you for dinner next weekend. A.love B.think about C.offer D.would like 14.He asked her a degree. A.did she have B.if she had C.does she have D.if she has 15.More and more young people our club these days. A.join B.don't join C.are joining D.aren't joining II.Reading comprehension (30 points) Passage A(4 points each,20 points in total) Read the article and then answer the guestions followed:Write your answer at the corresponding place on the Answer Sheet. New Orleans Tuesday 28 February,2006 I went to New Orleans only a week after Hurricane Katrina.Many streets were still.under water and the city was a sad and lonely place.There was no music to be heard,only the sound of helicopters as rescuers searched for survivors.More than a thousand people had died.Tens of thousands had lost their homes.Perhaps four hundred thousand had fled. The devastation was terrible:street after street of ruined houses and wrecked cars, dirty.refrigerators under.rotting trees.The city that many considered to be the most 1623
10. She t.old methat she A. hadn't driven c. didn't drive a car since 1990. B. wasn't driving D. wouldn't drive 11. He ..:.- be hungry -he's just had lunch. A. can't B. must C. ought to D. might 12. There's power left in thebattery so you' dbetterplug your laptop in. A. not many B. not much C. a few D. enough 13. We to invite you for dinner next weekend. A. love B. think about C. offer D. would like B. if she had C. does she have 15.More and more young people A. join C. are joining D. if she has our club these days. B. don't join D. aren't joining II . Reading comprehension (30 points) Passage A(4 points each. 20 points in tota)) Read the article and then answer the qu回tions fonowed; Write yo町answer at the corr四ponding place on the Answer Sheet. New Orleans Tuesday 28 FeiJruary, 2006 I.went to New Orleans only a week after Hurricane Katrina. Many streets were stiJI under water and the city was a sadand )onely place. There was no music to be heard. only the sound of heJicopters 部rescuers searched for survivors. More than a thousand people had died. Tens of thousands had lost their homes. Perhaps four hundred thousand ha4 fled. The devastation was terrible: street after street of ruined houses and wrecked cars. dirty.refrigerators under‘rotting trees. The city that many considered to be the most 1623
beautiful in North America looked as though it had been hit by a neutron bomb. Six months later and it's Mardi Gras in New Orleans.Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday and it's the culmination of twelve days of parties and parades.A celebration of life, food and fun.The city is full of people in masks and costumes,spectacular floats drive along the streets,jazz bands play outside grocery stores.Music has returned to New Orleans. There are not as many people as usual but that's hardly surprising.Less than half the population has returned home since Katrina and much of the city is still a disaster zone. What might seem surprising is that there is anyone celebrating at all.Samuel Spears,a refugee in Houston,is angry,'I can't go home,but they can have a parade?That's ridiculous!'However,Rob Clemenz,a lawyer wearing a clown costume believes that the festivities will help the city to recover.'We have to laugh.We need joy.'Katrina has not been forgotten in the parades.There are people with hats that look like storm-damaged roofs,and others with dirty lines on their trousers like the flood lines on the sides of their homes and a group dressed as blind men with walking sticks and dark glasses.On their T-shirts are the words 'levee inspector'. But there is more to New Orleans than Mardi Gras.Songwriter Bob Dylan once said that New Orleans is a poem.It's a city of culture,a city of art and music is at its heart.This is the birthplace of jazz and home to a wonderful mix of funk,R'n'B,country,reggae and hip hop. The French Quarter is alive with music again.On one side of the street a rock group plays a concert,on the other a blues singer gives a performance to make you cry and on stage in the Maple Leaf venue a jazz guitarist has his audience in the palm of his hand.Artists sell drawings and portraits without frames on the streets.A sculptor has collected bits of broken buildings and used them to make fantastic sculptures in a park.A dozen art galleries in the Warehouse District recently held a four-day exhibition to show they are back in business. And it won't stop with Mardi Gras.At the end of March there is the annual festival in honour of playwright Tennessee Williams,who set his play A Streetcar Named Desire in the French Quarter.And at the end of April the Jazz and Heritage festival will take place as usual. It's all summed up by a slogan on a T-shirt.It reads,'Katrina didn't wash away our spirit.'And it's true.The spirit of this amazing city,the joy of music and the strength of life 1624
beautiful in North America looked asthough it had beenhit by a neutron bomb.. Six months later and it' s Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday and it's the culmination of twelve days of parties and parades. A celebration of life , food and fun. The city is full of people in masks and costumes, spectacular floats drive along the streets, jazz bands play outside grocery stores. Music has returned to New Orleans. There are not as many people·as usual but that's hardly surprising. Less than half the, population has returnedhome since Katrina and much of the city is still a disaster zone. What might seem surprising is that there is anyone celebrating at all. Samuel Spears, a refugee in Houston , is angry , ‘I can' t go home , but they can have a parade? That' s ridiculous!' However, Rob Clemenz, a lawyer wearing a clowncostume believes that the festivities will help the city to recover. ‘We have to laugh. We need joy. ' Katrina has not been forgotten in the parades. There are people with hats that look like storm-damaged roofs, and others with dirty lines on their trousers like the flood lines on the sides of their homes and a group dressed as blind men with walking sticks and dark glasses. On their T-shirts are the words ‘ levee inspector'. But there is more to New Orleans than Mardi Gras. Songwriter Bob Dylan once said that New Orleans is a poem. It' s a city of culture , a city of art and music is at its heart. This is the birthplace of jazz and home to a wonderful mix of funk , R'n'B, country, reggae and hip hop. The French Quarter is alive with music again. On one side of the street a rock group plays a concert,on the other a blues singer gives-performance to make you cry and on stage in the Maple Leaf venue a jazz guitarist has his audience in the palm of his hand. Artists sell drawings and port:raits without frames on the streets. A sculptor has collected bits of broken buildings and used them to make fantastic sculptures in a park. A dozen art galleries in the Warehouse District recently held a four-day exhibition to show they are back in business. And it won't stop with Mardi Gras. At the end of March the'te is the annual festival in honour of playwright Tennessee Williams, who set his play A Streetcar Named Desire in the French Quarter. And at the end of April the Jazz and Heritage festival will take place as usual. It' s all summed up by a slogan on a T-shirt. It reads, ‘Katrina didn' t wash away our spirit. ' And it's true. Thespirit of this amazing city, the joy of music and the strength of life 1624
have survived the hurricane. Read the article.Are the statements true (T)or false (F)?Write T or F at the corresponding place on the Answer Sheet. 16.One week after Hurricane Katrina everyone had left New Orleans. 17.The writer compares Katrina to a bomb. 18.By February 2006 most of the inhabitants of New Orleans had returned home. 19.Not everyone agreed it was a good idea to celebrate Mardi Gras so soon after Katrina. 20.There were no references to the Hurricane in the parades. Passage B(2 points each,10 points in total) Read the radio programme about exotic pets,choose the correct answer and write your answer on the answer sheet. Presenter:Right,now it's time for our weekly Every Living Thing spot,and this week we want to talk about keeping exotic pets in Britain.There are a large number of species that can be called exotic pets,including mammals,birds,reptiles,fish and insects.We have in the studio Jessica Henshaw a zoologist,who has recently published a book on exotic pets in Britain,and has kindly agreed to answer some of our listeners'questions.First of all, Jessica,a question from Daniel. Daniel:Oh,hello.I just wonder why so many people want to keep exotic pets. Jessica:Well,more and more people want to keep these animals in their homes simply because there are more and more unusual species that can be bought and brought home.So, we can observe that tarantulas,iguanas,salamanders and snakes are all becoming more and more popular as pets. Presenter:I suppose that leads us to Sophie's question.Sophie? Sophle:Thank you.That is the most important thing which you have to consider if you want to keep,say,a spider or a snake? Jessica:First of all you need to know that many species are illegal in the UK,either because they may be dangerous to other people or because of the animal's conservation statues in the wild.That's why you have to find out about any laws concerning your chosen species,and whether or not you will need a permit. 1625
have survived the hurricane. Read 由e article. Are由 statements true (T) or fal皿(F)? 面te T or F at the corr四:ponding place on the Answer Sb 16. One week after Hurricane Katrina everyonehad left New Orleans. 17. The writer compares Katrina to a bomb. 18. By February 2006 most of the inhabitants of New Orleans had returned home. 19. Not everyone agreed it was a good idea to celebrate Mardi Gras so soon after Katrina. 20. There were no references to the Hurricane in the parades. 跚ge B(2 po恤its each J 10 points inωtal) 回d the radio programme about exotic pe the correct answer anc.! write your answer on the answer sh t. Presenter: Right, now it's time for our weekly Every Living Thing spot , and this week we want to talk about keeping exotic pets in Britain. There are a large number of species that can be called 界otic pets, incluJing mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects. We have in the studio Jessica Henshaw a zoologist, who has recently published a book on exotic pets in Britain, and has kindly agreed to answer some of our listeners' questions. First of all , Jessica , a question from Daniel. Daniel: Oh , hello. I just wonder why so many people want to keep exotic pets. Je随iea: Well , more and more people want to keep these animals in their homes simply because there aremore and more unusual species that can bebought and brought home. So , we can observe that tarantulas, iguanas, salamanders and snakes are all becoming more and more popular as pets. Pre回:nter: I suppose that leads us to Sophie' s question. Sophie? Sophie: Thank you. That is the most important thing which you have to consider if you want to keep , say , a spider or a snake? 四siea: First of all you need to know that many species are illegal in the UK , either because they may be dangerous to other people or because of the animal' s conservation statues in the wild. That's why you have to find out about any laws concerning your chosen species, and whether or not you will need a permit. 1625