外语学院大学英语部课程考试期末试卷学号姓名院( 系）考生注意事项：1本次考试共计120 分钟（ 08:30 10:30）；2 08:40正式播放听力录音（频率FM86.25 兆赫）；3在答题卡准考证号一栏添入自己的学号，只填学号后9 位，即去掉前3 位 201；4准考证号一栏涂黑相应的阿拉伯数字（漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）；5在试卷类型处涂黑A或 B （试卷类型在本页右上角。漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）；6主观题部分（作文等）写在试卷后面的主观题答题纸上；7考试结束时请将机读答题卡、主观答题纸和试题册一并交给监考人员（不交试题册者按零分处理）；8请将姓名、学号等相关信息填入上栏（重修学生请在姓名后注明“重修”二字）。9本次考试答案请在近日登录大学英语网www.cenet.whu.edu.cn查询。审题人： _Part I Listening Comprehension(25%)Section A (8=81)Directions: In this section, you will hear several 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 centre.1. A) A student. B) A teacher. C) A lawyer. D) An interviewee. 2. A) Because he wants to meet the womans cousin. B) Because he thought he was not informed. C) Because the woman does not want him to join her. D) Because the woman goes to her cousins place too often. 3. A) To go out with her boss. B) To participate in a sport activity. C) To work for extra hours. D) To apply for a new job. 4. A) Peterson is good at history. B) Peterson is happy with the test result. C) Peterson is poor at history. D) Peterson is unpleasant to this teacher. 5. A) The woman does not like to stay at home alone. B) The woman indeed needs some days off. C) The woman prefers to go on a vacation. D) The woman will go on a vacation. 6. A) They didnt have enough knowledge to discuss voting rights. B) They left the meeting when the subject of voting rights came up. C) They dominated the part of the meeting about voting rights. D) They were most agreeable on the subject of voting rights. 7. A) She is going to pardon the man. B) She thinks the man is telling lies. C) She is unhappy for the man is late. D) She does not prefer going out by bike. 8. A) She found it interesting. B) She found it boring. C) She found it too long. D) She found it enjoyable. Section B (7=71)Directions:In this section, you will hear several 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the following passage:9. A) The climate varies a little all over the United States. B) The climate varies a lot in the United States. C) There is no variation in climate in the United States. D) The climate is very pleasant all the year round. 10. A) It is cold in winter and hot in summer. B) It is warm in winter and comfortably cool in summer. C) It is warm in winter and unpleasantly hot in summer. D) It is neither cold nor hot all the year round. 11. A) They grow them by themselves. B) They get them by ships. C) They get them by airplanes. D) They get them by trucks and trains. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the following passage: 12. A) Computer is able to translate all kinds of texts. B) Machine translation has become a major service industry. C) Machine translation has been very successful in all the major languages. D) Translation by computer will certainly have a bright future. 13. A) Because an important US science institute believed that the method could not be put in practice. B) Because an important US science institute urged to build a more powerful computer. C) Because an important US science institute thought that the method was of no value. D) Because an important US science institute did not have enough money to go on with the research. 14. A) Some scientists went on with the researches of machine translation although all the funds were cut. B) Most languages are still translated with original methods. C) Poems, novels and plays are usually translated by translators. D) Translation by computer saves a lot of manpower and time. 15. A) Communication Improvement. B) Translators Translation. C) Language Translation. D) Machine Translation. Section C (10=10X1)Directions: In this section, you are going to hear two conversations. Each will be read TWICE . Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the information you get from the recording. 注意：本部分请直接把答案写在主观题答题纸上。Part II Reading Comprehension (30%=201.5)Section ADirections: There are three 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. Choose the best answer to each question.Passage One (This passage is selected from FAST READING)Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:I was living in the Smo ky Mountains in Carolina. One autumn I moved into the