级大一第二学期D班期末A卷

武汉理工大学考试试题纸（ A 卷） 课程名称 大学英语2 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 专业班级 13级D班 八 九 十 总分 题分 备注: 阅卷以答题卡为准，试题纸上答题均为无效。 College English Test Band 2 Part I Writing (15’) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Don’t Rely Too Much on Computers. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below. 1. 现在许多人越来越依赖电脑; 2. 过分依赖电脑会带来很多问题; 3. 我的看法 Don’t Rely Too Much on Computers ( 注意：此部分试题在答题卡背面作答。)

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Part II Listening Comprehension (35’) Section A (1’x15) In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 1— 8 are based on the short conversations you’ve just heard. 1. A）The man wants to know why action movies appeal to Peter so much. B）Peter spends too much of his spare time watching movies. C）The woman expects her son to study more than he can handle. D）Peter doesn’t study hard enough. 2. A）She doesn’t have time to go outside. B）She’ll consider the man’s advice. C）She doesn’t know how to relieve her stress. D）She will feel more stressful if she gets behind in her lessons. 3. A）The man shouldn’t buy so many discs. B）The man should stop buying discs. C）The man shouldn’t worry too much. D）The man should go shopping less. 4. A）Both speakers were bored with the movie. B）The woman didn’t like the movie but the man did. C）The man didn’t like the movie but the woman did. D）The man didn’t think he would like the movie at first but later he did. 5. A）Practice their speeches. B）Have a big celebration. C）Prepare their arguments for possible topics. D）Take a good rest. 6. A) Brave. B) Healthy. C) Helpful. D) Strong. 7. A）He is an irresponsible father. B）He is careless. C）He is very busy with his work. D）He is indifferent to his family 8. A）She knows something about her own real condition. B）She knows nothing about her own real condition. C）She doesn’t know anything about Mary’s real condition. D）She doesn’t want to know about Mary’s real condition.

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Long conversation 1 Questions 9 — 15 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard. 9. A) Jane and her sister. B）Jane’s aunt. C）Jane’s friend. D）Mike. 10. A）She visited her aunt. B）She worked on a paper. C）She went to bed. D）She studied history. 11. A）She found the history course very difficult. B）She did not know how to write a good history paper. C）She was afraid of the history professor. D）She was worried that her history paper might be late. 12. A）Sleep well after hard work. B）Work well under pressure. C）Finish writing a paper after a party. D）Plan a birthday party. Long conversation 2 Questions 13 — 15 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard. 13. A）Nervous. B）Relieved. C）Excited. D）Hopeful. 14. A）1. B）4. C）8. D）16. 15. A）She wants to leave her family and join Ed. B）She hopes to find a job near where Ed works. C）She hopes that Ed will be offered the job. D）She hopes that Ed will find a job near home. Section B (1’x10) Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear one question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Question 16 to 18 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. 16. A）The function of anti-anxiety drugs. B）The effects of anti-anxiety drugs. C）he reasons for taking anti-anxiety drugs. D）The value of anti-anxiety drugs. 17. A）They make a patient addicted to them. B）They make a patient feel frustrated and disappointed. C）They weaken a patient’s ability to deal with changes or unexpected problems. D）The price is too high. 18. A）Prejudiced. B）Positive. C）Completely negative. D）Partly negative. 3

Passage 2 Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. 19. A）Her family wanted her to study medicine. B）A family friend suggested it to her. C）Her sickness caused her to make that decision. D）She wanted to do something no women had done before. 20. A）In Geneva. B）In London. C）In Britain. D）In New York. 21. A）To prevent disease. B）To cure patients. C）To offer free medical care for the poor. D）To teach people basic hygiene（卫生学）. 22. A）Outstanding. B）Aggressive. C）Full of curiosity. D）Eager to excel in everything Passage 3 Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. 23. A）Parents and teachers who are important to them. B）Adults and peers who are important to them, C）Important teachers and peers. D）Adults and peers around them. 24. A）Their perceptions of their parents’ attitude toward them. B）Their perceptions of how their teachers value them. C）Their perceptions of how their peers judge them. D）Their perceptions of how the important adults in their lives judge them. 25. A) The factors that help a child develop his self-esteem. B) The factors that may contribute to low self-esteem among children. C) The role of education in developing young children’s self-esteem. D) Different criteria to evaluate children. Section C (1’X 10) Direction: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 35 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 4

Vera Wang has become a 26) __________ figure in the American fashion industry in a 27)___________ short period of time. She has no formal design training because her father wouldn’t let her go to art school and wanted her to 28)__________ on more “practical subjects”. After earning a degree in 29)___________ arts, Vera worked as a(n) 30)__________ at Vogue for 17 years and as a design director of Ralph Lauren for two years. In 1990 she opened her first boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, in a less expensive line of 31)_____________ bridal and evening dresses. She chose bridal wear for she wanted to build a fashion company starting with one market and then 32)__________ into others. She became a household name in 1994 when she designed stylish costumes for figure skater Nancy Kerrigan to wear in the Winter Olympics. Vera Wang herself is a very good skater and she had Olympic dreams too. But that dream was 33)___________ when she did not win at the National Figure Skating Championships in 1968. However, her love for the sport never 34)__________. “I wanted to make an artistic contribution to the sport,” she said. “I don’t know if designing costumes for Nancy has been good in terms of 35) __________ sales, but it has been tremendous for name recognition.” 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。 5

Part III Reading Comprehension (35’) Section A (0.5’x10) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A) reservations I) attend B) distrust J) accomplish C) hostile K) conclude D) amazing L) defy E) efficient M) deny F) realistic N) overcome G) appropriate O) protests H) related At first, my dad was not in favor of me marrying Will because Will is black. I guess my dad was a bit of a racist. Unfortunately, no arguments could counter Dad’s beliefs. Despite his ____36_____, though, Will and I decided to go through with our wedding. On a marvelous June day we were married in the park. The wedding went off without any ____37____ words or embarrassing exchanges. It was actually quite beautiful. There was just one problem. Many of our friends and relatives didn’t ____38____ our wedding. I had to ___39___ that my dad was not the only prejudiced person we knew. Other than my father, no one had come out to speak against my relationship with Will. It did not seem ___40_____ for them to show their resistance to our marriage in this way. My dad had strong ___41____ about my marriage to Will, but at least he was not there. Will and I decided to ____42_____ this burden by showing everyone how wrong they were. We wanted not only to love one another, but also to ______ 43______ racial hatred by loving one another. We probably weren’t being all that ______44____, but we did succeed with one person. My dad and Will have developed a (n) _____45_____ friendship. My dad says he has forgotten why he ever had any doubts about our marriage. Section B (1’x10) Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 6

Caring For Elderly Parents Catches Many Unprepared [A ] Last July, Julie Baldocchi’s mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn’t prepared for. “I was flying by the seat of my pants,” says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn’t handle her mother’s care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchi wasn’t willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents’ home created other problems. Baldocchi, 48, is married and lives about a mile away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems that make it difficult for her to lift her mother. “I couldn’t do it all,” she says. “But I didn’t even know how to find help.” [B] With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. “But even if you plan intellectually and legally, you’re never ready for the emotional impact,” Baldocchi says. In the first two months after her mother’s stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted. More than 42 million Americans provide family care-giving for an adult who needs help with daily activities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP. An additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year. And many are unprepared. [C] While many parents lack an advance care directive, it’s the most basic and important step they can take. The directive includes several parts, including: a durable power of attorney（律师）, which gives someone legal authority to make financial decisions on another’s behalf; a health care proxy(代理人), which is similar to the power of attorney, except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlines instructions for end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificial measures.) “It’s invaluable for the kids, because it’s hard to make those decisions for a parent,” says Jennifer Cona, an elder- law attorney at Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville, N.Y. An advance care directive is the first line of defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen Kelly, executive director of the Family Caregiver Alliance, which supports and educates caregivers. Without an advance directive, the family will have to petition the court to be appointed the parent’s legal guardian, says AgingCare.com. [D] It’s important for families to talk about long-term care so the adult children know their parents’preferences, wishes and goals, says Lynn Feinberg, a care-giving expert at AARP. But it’s not an easy conversation. Elderly parents are sometimes suspicious of their children’s financial motives, says Susan John, a financial planner at Financial Focus in Wolfeboro, N.H. One client asked John to hold a family meeting because they needed an intermediary to talk about financial issues, she says. And when there are many siblings(兄弟), the family decisions can become a three-ring circus with much acrimony（恶语相向）, says Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder-law attorney in Glen Cove, N.Y. Families who need information and help sorting out disagreements can call on elder-law attorneys, financial planners, geriatric care managers and caregiver support groups. In February, AARP said it will offer its members a new care-giving support service through financial services firm Genworth. 7

[E] Many families are unprepared for quick decisions, especially when they find out that Medicare doesn’t pay for long-term care, Feinberg says. The median cost of a year in a private room at a nursing home in 2011 was $77,745, according to Genworth. And only those who have spent most of their assets can qualify for Medicaid to pay for the nursing home. [F] Assisted living is another option. Residents can have their own apartment to maintain some independence. But the facilities generally provide personal care services, such as meals, housekeeping and assistance with activities. Still, it’s not cheap: The national median cost in 2011 was $39,135, according to Genworth. Assisted living isn’t covered by Medicaid. [G ] If they have a choice, at least 90% of elderly parents prefer to stay at home as long as they can, according to AARP research. But if the parents can no longer safely live at home, it can be hard for children to move them into an adult care facility. There may be another option. Sometimes the home can be modified so a parent can stay there. For example, Baldocchi put in a chair lift for her mother. She also arranged for a home caregiver. [H] Family caregivers take over many responsibilities. One might manage a parent’s finances, while another sibling will take the parent to doctors\" appointments and shopping. Those who move in with a parent take on a significant and sustained burden of care. Jan Walker moved into her mother’s home in Leesburg, Fla. After her mother, who is 83, had fallen, she wasn’t able to get around as well. Walker, 55, has three brothers. But she is the only daughter, is divorced and has no children. “I always knew that this was the role that I would have, and I guess my mind was prepared for it,” says Walker, who now is a full-time caregiver and works from home as a tutorial instructor for a digital scrapbooking website. “When you get into the trenches, it’s literally baptism by fire,” she says. “New things come up. It’s not just about advance planning for finances or medical care. It’s everything,” she says. [I] Caregivers need to also watch their own health. “There is such a thing as caregiver burnout, ” Cona says. Among female caregivers 50 and older, 20% reported symptoms of depression, according to a 2010 study on working caregivers by MetLife. “It’s a hard job,” Walker says. “But most worthwhile things are hard. She was always there for me when I needed a helping hand. It’s only natural that I be here for her now.” 46. When elderly parents cannot live at home safely, their children can change their home instead of sending them to an adult care facility. 47. To talk about long-term care is not easy because sometimes aged parents are suspicious of their children’s financial motives. 8

48. Besides advance planning for finances or medical care, family caregivers take over many other responsibilities. 49. The difference between a durable power of attorney and a health care proxy is that the latter allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment. 50. Baldocchi did not want to send her mother to a nursing home, but she had difficulty taking care of her. 51. Over 42 million caregivers helped an adult with everyday activities in the USA in 2009. 52. If a family needs information or help to sort out disagreements, there are many people they can call on. 53. Caregivers should pay attention to their own health, or they may burn out or become depressed. 54. One will have to petition the court to be the parent’s legal guardian, if there is no advance directive. 55. The national median cost of assisted living in 2011 was $39,135 and it is not covered by Medicaid. Section C (2’x10) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage 1 The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay. At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story. “I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.” “I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to

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share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.” 56. According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______. A. is willing to help those in need without pay B. can afford to travel to different places C. has a strong wish to be successful D. offers services to the poor with minimum pay 57. What moved Tracy is Mother Teresa’s life efforts of giving _____ to the poor. A. medical care B. financial help C. charity love D. professional aid 58. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer? A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa. B. She had already had some experience. C. She was invited by Mother Teresa. D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example. 59. Why did Tracy say that she could not help much in Calcutta? A. Because she could only do some simple things. B. Because she could not speak the native language. C. Because she worked there only for a short time. D. Because she got more than what she gave. 60. What is Tracy’s “new idea” of being a volunteer? A. Going abroad to help the sick. B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home. C. Improving oneself through helping others. D. Doing simple things to help the poor. Passage 2 It is possible to insure (投保) almost anything ---- for a price. Film stars insure their legs, singers their voices, pianists their hands. Anybody who owns something valuable probably insures it ---- otherwise they might suddenly have to find millions of pounds to replace a plane, a factory or a collection of jewellery. Insurers share out these big “risks” among themselves---so that even when a Jumbo（大型喷气式客机） crashes and there is an insurance claim of 20 or 30 million pounds, the money can be paid without the insurer going bankrupt（破产）.

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In a smaller way, most people are insured. In most countries, it is illegal to drive a car which isn’t insured. The insurance usually pays for the damage to the car and, more important, it pays compensation or medical expenses to anyone injured in an accident. Sometimes an innocent person who is involved in an accident is crippled for life and the person who caused the accident might not have the money to pay him for years ---- but the insurance company does. Apart from car insurance, people insure their homes against fire and theft, and their possessions against loss. They often take out life insurance too, so that if they die before a certain age their family will receive a sum of money to live on. If someone lives beyond the age specified （标明）in his insurance policy, he usually gets a cash sum himself---it’s a way of saving. Medical insurance is common today, too. It’s essential in a country like America where everyone has to pay for their medical treatment; but even in England some people take out insurance to cover the cost of private treatment in hospital or at home. Two hundred years ago, if your house or property was insured by a company they gave you a special sign to put up which showed that you were insured. If that was still done, practically everyone in this country would have a sign up, since we are all insured in some way against something. 61. Judging by the context, the word “compensation” (Line 3, Para.2) means __________. A) medical expenses B) money paid to the insurance company C) money paid by the insurance company for the loss or damage D) profits made by the insurance company 62. It is not a common practice today to __________. A) insure homes against fire and theft B) put up a sign to show that you are insured C) insure one’s legs, hands or voices D) take out insurance to cover the cost of medical treatment 63. From the whole passage we may conclude that __________. A) it is beneficial to be insured one way or another B) insurers are likely to go bankrupt due to the big risks C) innocent people are most likely to get involved in accidents D) it doesn’t pay to buy life insurance if someone lives beyond the age specified in the policy . The author mentioned all the following except __________. A) life insurance B) car insurance C) insurance as a way of saving D) how insurance came into existence 65. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A) An insurer has to pay 20 or 30 million pounds to get things insured. B) It is possible to insure almost anything against something. C) Medical insurance is essential in a country like America. D) Two hundred years ago, insurance was not as common as it is today. 11

Part IV. Translation (15’) Directions: For this part, you are required to translate a paragraph from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet. 文化冲击是生活在异国他乡的人无法避免的东西。当你在经历文化冲击的这四个阶段时，它似乎并不是一件有益的事。 然而，当你完全适应了某一种新的文化时，你会更加充分地喜爱这种文化的。 你学会了如何与他人交流， 而且还了解了不同文化背景下人们的大量生活情况。 此外，了解其他各种文化，以及懂得当你身处其中时如何去适应所受到的冲击，可以帮助你更好地了解自己。 (注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。)

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武汉理工大学教务处

试题标准答案及评分标准用纸

课程名称———大学英语2 D班————————— （ A 卷）

Part I Writing (15’) 评分原则和标准

1．作文题采用总体评分方法。 2．阅卷标准共分五等：

1）2分：条理不清，思路紊乱，语言支离破碎或大部分句子均有错误，且多数为严重错误。 2）5分：基本切题。表达思想不清楚，连贯性差。有较多的严重语言错误。

3）8分：基本切题。有些地方表达思想不够清楚，文字勉强连贯；语言错误相当多，其中有一

些是严重错误。

4）11分：切题。表达思想清楚，文字连贯，但有少量语言错误。

5）14分：切题。表达思想清楚，文字通顺、连贯，基本上无语言错误，仅有个别小错。 注：白卷，作文与题目毫不相关，或只有几个孤立的词而无法表达思想，则给0分。 3．对照样卷评分，若认为所阅文章与某一分数（如8分）相似，即定为该分数（8分）；若认为所阅文章稍优或少劣于该分数则可加一分（即9分）或减一分（即7分）；但不得加或减半分。 4．字数不足应酌情扣分： 累计数字 扣分 110~119 1 100~109 2 90~99 3 80~ 4 70~79 5 60~69 6 50~59 7 <49 9 注：1）规定的内容未写全者，按比例扣分。2）如要判为0分，须慎重处理。 Part II Listening Comprehension (35’) Section A (15%, 每题1分)

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. D Section B (10%, 每题1分)

16. B 17.C 18. D 19. B 20. D 21.A 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C Section C (10%，每题1分)

26. significant 27. relatively 28. concentrate 29. liberal 30. editor 31. ready-to-wear 32. expand 33. crushed 34. ceased 35. actual

Part III Reading Comprehension (35’) Section A (5 %，每题0.5分)

36. O 37. C 38. I. 39. K 40. G 41. A 42. N 43. L 44. F 45. D Section B (10%，每题1分)

46 G 47 D 48 H 49 C 50 A 51 B 52 D 53 I 54 C 55 F Section C ( 20%, 每题2分)

56. A 57. C 58. D 59. D 60. C

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61. C 62. B 63. A . D 65. A Part IV Translation (15’) 评分原则和标准

1. 本题满分为15分，成绩分为6个档次： 1）14分（13~15分）：译文准确表达了原文的意思。用词贴切，行文流畅，基本上无语言错误，

仅有个别小错。

2）11分（10~12分）：译文基本上表达了原文的意思。文字基本通顺、连贯，无重大语言错误。 3）8分（7~9分）： 译文勉强表达了原文的意思。用词欠准确，语言错误相当多，其中有些

是严重语言错误。

4）5分（4~6分）：译文仅表达了一小部分原文的意思。用词不准确，有相当多的严重语言错误。 5）2分（1~3分）：译文支离破碎。除个别词语或句子，绝大部分文字没有表达原文意思。 6）0分： 未作答，或只有几个孤立的词，或译文与原文毫不相关。

Culture shock is not something you can avoid when living in a foreign country. It does not seem like a very helpful experience when you are gong through its four stages. However, when you have completely adjusted to a new culture you can more freely enjoy it. You learn how to interact with other people, and you learn a considerable amount about life in a culture that is not you own.

Furthermore, learning about other cultures and how to adjust to the shock of living in them helps you learn more about yourself.

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