同济大学2020级英语专业大学英语(4)期末试卷(四)

同济大学2020级英语专业大学英语（4）期末试卷（四）

Part II. Reading Comprehension.

Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions. (30%)

Text 1

My husband and I got married in 1981 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very

happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to

school and I thought I might go back to work

My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of

the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.

After several weeks of looking for a job, I found my present job, which is working for a small

public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends. “My

clever little wife can run that company she’d working for.”

But as his joking statement approached truth, my husband stopped talking to me about my job.

I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I’m now making more money than he is.

I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our joined incomes, my husband and I can do

many things we had always dreamed of doing, but we don’t do these things because he is very

unhappy.

We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For

the first time in our marriage, I think it is possible that our marriage may come to an end.

I love my husband very much, and I don’t want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job. I

think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don’t know how. Who can give me some

advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?

16. When was the passage most probably written?

A) In 1991 B) Around 1996

C) In 1981 D) Four years ago

17. The husband was supportive, for he .

A) praised her for all the housework she had done

B) took over what she used to do at home

C) encouraged her

D) made the decision for her

18. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A) It only took several days for her to find the job she is now doing.

B) For the first time since their marriage, the writer doesn’t think her husband is as kind as

before.

C) Her husband stopped talking to her about her job when her career was approaching success.

D) Her husband has been proud of her for every success she has won on the job.

19. As she was making more money, .

A) she did a lot of things she had dreamed of

B) she found a gap taking place between them

C) she could buy many new clothes and a new house

D) she was very critical of her husband

20. The difficult position a working woman is in is a choice between

A) husband and friends B) career and pay

C) children and work D) job and marriage

.

Text 2

After-sales service and guarantee become an integral and essential part of a “good brand” on

both local and regional levels, and the provision of such also produces solid ground for customer

loyalty.

Customers today are a lot more demanding than before. Being able to find after-sales service

creates a feeling of convenience and a sense of responsibility from the manufacturer. This is very

important to build customer loyalty and explains why more 24-hour hotline centers are available

nowadays.

Product guarantee is also one of the major factors when a potential customer decides to make

a purchase. Whether this be in the form of a written guarantee or a guarantee based on reputation,

the importance to the consumer is self-evident. A brand’s research & development, an unavoidable

investment, usually back up safety guarantees for marketers nowadays. Product testing and

refinement are conducted for both new and existing products. With the help of computerized

machinery, quality control has achieved the highest level than ever before to enable consistency in

production. For the consumer this means a quality of guarantee for that brand whether it be available

at home or abroad.

21. After-sales service and guarantee can provide the customers with .

A. solid ground for loyalty B. sense of responsibility

C. a feeling of convenience D. sense of satisfaction

22. More 24-hour hotline centers appear because .

A. more and more customers demand after-sales services

B. there are more and more complaints from customers

C. more companies come to realize the importance of after-sales services.

D. they have become a new type of investment

23. Product guarantee .

A. must in written form

B. can be based on the company’s reputation

C. is not often provided by the companies

D. often fails to meet in reality

24. Product testing and refinement are conducted for .

A. new products only B. quality products

C. dangerous products D. both new and existing products

25. Which is NOT mentioned concerning product guarantee?

A. A brand’s research & development. B. Product testing and refinement.

C. Quality control. D. Product distribution.

Text 3

Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an important exam. Winners would

receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent,

but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order to qualify for the $3,000 stipend (津贴).

Although Ana had worried about the interview portion of the exam, she came through with flying

colors (轻松地). She spoke to the American interviewers about her family background and discussed

her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of twenty awarded a four-

year scholarship earlier this month.

Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a business management class at the University of

California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is

having difficulty with the text and lectures because there are so many new words and technical

definitions to remember. Ana is finding it difficult to understand the professor. Now she must work

twice as hard to maintain her high grades.

26. Ana realizes that .

A) her grades are poor

B) she must do well on the exam

C) she is sitting in a business management class

D) she must work twice as hard to get good grades

27. Ana has been studying English for .

A) seven years B) two months

C) all her life D) the last two years

28. Ana experiences difficulty with .

A) texts B) technical definitions

C) the professor’s lectures D) all of the above

29. San tells the interviewers about .

A) her flying colors

B) her family

C) her difficulty in understanding new words

D) her worries about the interview

30. The best main idea for the first paragraph is .

A) Ana has many experiences taking the interview exam

B) Ana prepares for the interview exam

C) Ana came through with flying colors

D) Ana takes exams

Text 4

The term "culture shock" has already begun to creep into the popular vocabulary. Culture shock

is the effect that involvement in a strange culture has on the unprepared visitor. Culture shock is

what happens when a traveler suddenly finds himself in a place where yes may mean no, where a

"fixed price" is negotiable, where to be kept waiting in an outer office is no cause for insult, where

laughter may signify (意味) anger.

The culture shock phenomenon causes a breakdown in communication, a misreading of reality,

an inability to cope. Yet culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with the much more serious

malady（弊病）, future shock. Future shock is brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It

may well be the most important disease of tomorrow.

Take an individual out of his own culture and set him down suddenly in an environment sharply

different from his own, with a different set of cues to react to — different conceptions ( 概 念 ) of

time, space, work, love, religion, sex, and everything else, then the dislocation he suffers will be

severe. Given few clues as to what kind of behavior is rational under the radically new circumstances,

the victim may well become a danger to himself and others.

Now imagine not merely an individual but an entire society, an entire generation — including

its weakest, least intelligent, and most irrational members — suddenly transported into this new

world. The result is mass disorientation (迷失方向), future shock on a grand scale.

This is the prospect that man now faces. Change is avalanching（把……淹没） upon our heads

and most people are unprepared to cope with it.

31. Culture shock occurs when .

A. one loses all hopes of returning to his home environment

B. one expresses ideas and emotions contrary to what he intends to express

C. one cannot make accurate judgment using one's own value standards

D. one cannot conduct negotiations for goods of fixed prices

32. Future shock is much more serious than culture shock as

A. it concerns the problems of the future

B. it affects people on a grand scale

C. it causes mass casualties (伤亡)

D. it destroys the foundation of the society

33. The word "cue" in Para. 3 most probably refers to something that

.

.

A. disorients an individual

B. disturbs an individual's normal way of life

C. helps an individual to function in society

D. arouses an individual's interest in the new culture

34. One of the good measures to prevent future shock is to .

A. get people well-prepared for the future changes

B. keep people well-informed of the cultures in different places

C. make people fight against the possible future changes

D. acquaint people with the harm of the future changes

35. It can be inferred that the author's tone in the passage is .

A. humorous B. exaggerated C. ironic (讽刺的)

D. serious

Part III. Vocabulary and Structure. (25%)

Directions:

Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

36. The pilot of the plane is

for the passengers' safety.

C) necessary D) regulated A) conscious

37. Our hopes

B) responsible

and fell in the same instant.

B) rose C) raised D) aroused

A) arose

38. He has been of murdering the Japanese visitor.

B. charged C. accused D. arrested

get out of bed without help.

D. barely

A. blamed

39. The patient's progress was very encouraging as he could

A. nearly

40.

.

B. only C. merely

The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural

A. tradition

41.

B. transmission C. transportation D. transformation

you have been in this school for some time, please tell me what do you think of it.

B) In that C) With that D) Now that

A) That

42.

, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man

whose command of language is poor.

A) Other things being equal

C) Were other things equal

B) To be equal to other things

D) Other things to be equal

43. He always

this town with his cousin.

B) reminds C) relates D) memorizes

supplies

A) associates

44. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have

of petroleum.

A) proficient

B) potential C) efficient D) sufficient

45. The government clearly had not the slightest

continued protest.

A) desire

of changing the legislation, in spite of the

B) ambition

C) willingness

D) intention

46. They packed the instruments carefully

they would be broken during transportation.

C) for fear that

workshops.

A) so that

B) on condition that

D) provided that

47. After the meeting the workers went back to their

A) respectable

B) respective C) respectful D) respected

48. According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life

: 77.2 years.

B) scale C) span D) scope

before

A) rank

49. With the development of science and technology, man can make various flowers

their time.

A) be bloomed

B) bloomed C) bloom D) blooming

developing the students productive 50. In recent years much more emphasis has been put

skills.

A) onto

B) over C) in D) on

deal for the company. 51. Purchasing the new production line will be a

A) forceful B) favorite C) tremendous D) profitable

free medical care. 52. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are

A. involved B. associated with C. entitled to D. assigned to

53. "What is the new literature course like?"" It

the students aren't required to attend lectures."

A. differs with the old course because

B. is different than the old course due to

C. differs from the old course in that

D. is different from the old course with respect to

54. He does not

his workmates and there are often disagreements between them.

B. put up with C. get along with D. keep up with

people's knowledge of the significance of

A. go on with

55. A special day should be created to

intellectual property.

A. learn

B. expand C. broaden D. observe

Chinese.

D) flowing

56. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak

A) fluid B) fluent C) smooth

57. The president promised to keep all the board members _

going on.

A) inform

of how the negotiations were

B) be informed C) informing D) informed

58. I won't

those children making a noise in my house!

B) let C) have D) permit A) allow

59. We'd like to a table for five for dinner this evening.

B) retain C) reserve D) sustain

based on what Max Weber, a

A) preserve

60. The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is

German sociologist, proposed.

A) fairly B) kindly C) greatly D) largely

Part IV. Cloze. (10%)

Directions: The following paragraph was chosen from your textbooks . Choose the exact word to

fill in each blank (some words are unnecessary).

at

back

vacuum

please

up

for

refreshing to stretch

temporary away

want

soaking

If you live with other people, their 1 absence can be 2 . Solitude will end on Thursday.

If today I use a singular pronoun to refer 3 myself, next week I will use the plural form. While

the others are absent you can 4 out your soul until it fills 5 the whole room,

and use your freedom, coming and going as you 6 without apology, staying up late to read,

7 in the bath, eating a whole pint of ice cream 8 one sitting, moving at your own pace.

Those absent will be 9 . Their waterproof winter coats are in the closet and the dog keeps

watching for them at the window. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends

and acquaintance leaves a 10 ; they may never come back.

Part V. Words Transformation. (5%)

1. It is reported that fighting around the capital has in the last few hours.

(intensity )

2. As the course becomes more difficult and demanding, there’s usually a drop in

attendance. (correspond)

3. From a hobby she built up a business and now has over 40 people working for her.

(thrive)

4. Your at the wedding is important to the bride and groom. (present)

5. The new government would immediately the coal and steel industries and the railways.

(nationality)

Part VI. Guided Writing (15%)

Directions: Write a composition about air pollution in three paragraphs. The first sentence of each

paragraph is written for you. You should write at least 120 words.

文中应包括的要点：

1. 清洁的空气对健康非常重要。

2. 全世界几乎所有城市都有空气污染情形。

3. 人们已经意识到这一问题并努力采取措施预防控制空气污染。

大学英语（4）期末试卷（四）参考答案

II. Reading Comprehension（1.5*20，共 30 分）

16-20 B

C C B D 21-25 A C

B

D

D

D

26-30 D A D B C 31-35 C

A

III. Vocabulary and Structure ( 1*25)

36-40 B

46-50 C

C

A

D

C

B C

B

A D 41-45.

51-55

D A A

D C C

D

C C C D

C D 56-60 B

D C

IV. Cloze. (1*10)

1. temporary 2. refreshing 3. to

6. please 7. soaking 8. at

4. stretch

9. back

5. up

10. vacuum

V. Words transformation (1*5)

1. intensified 2. corresponding 3. thriving 4. presence 5. nationalize

VI. Guided Writing (15)

Air Pollution

(Clean air is important to good health.) We need clean air every minute. If the air contains

impurities, they may be absorbed by our bodies and make us ill. Without clean air man could

not be in good health.

(But, throughout the world, air pollution is generally present in all cities.) More and more

factories are being set up every year and theses factories pour millions upon millions of tons of

harmful gases into the air. Power plants that burn coal add greatly to air pollution. Cars, which

are out on the street, take in air and replace it with poisonous gases.

(Now, more and more people are realizing the importance of clean air and trying hard to prevent

and control air pollution.) Schools are now teaching about the pollution problem. Much money

has been spent in cleaning up the air. Industries are beginning to help clean up. They are

installing special equipment to clean up their smoke. Scientists and engineers are trying to

develop cleaner engines for cars. The day will come when people will be able to take in clean

air in cities.

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