最新大学英语A7号试卷

大学英语A7

一、阅读理解

There will be lots of new aromas（香味）at the Rocky Gap Music Festival this weekend. Those aromas will come from cigars - lots of cigars. The organizers of this year's festival decided to have a cigar bar at Rocky Gap after they saw the success of cigar bars at other music festivals. Lee Schwartz is the owner of a cigar store in Cumberland, Maryland. The festival organizers asked him if he would sell his cigars at the Rocky Gap festival. Schwartz thought it was a good idea.

A larger number of people are now smoking cigars. There has been a huge increase in the number of people who smoke cigars. According to Schwartz, “the number of cigar smokers has exploded. International cigar sales have increased by 500 percent in the last three years.”

Schwartz said that his store sells 70 different cigar brands. “Three years ago,” he said, “we sold about 150 cigars a month in my shop. Now that they are so popular, we sell about 450 a month.” There is a lot of demand for good, imported cigars. Schwartz said he gets his cigars from importers, manufacturers, and sales representatives.

“Cigars became very popular a few years ago. But there was not enough supply to meet the demand, because it can take up to five years to produce a good, aged cigar,” Schwartz said. During the last few months, more cigars have become available. They are getting easier to find and buy now. In fact, cigar bars are opening all over the country. Both men and women enjoy cigars. Schwartz said that 75 percent of imported cig ar manufacturers are Hispanic. “I found out,” he said, “that to conduct business, I'm going to have to learn a second language.”

1.The passage focuses on _____.

A.getting rid of smoking

B.harms of having cigars

C.the increasing cigar sale

D.the industry of cigarettes

答案：C

2.Why did the organizers decide to have a cigar bar at the Music Festival?

A.Cigars were sold well at other music festivals.

B.They didn't have any stores to sell cigarettes.

C.The state government required them to do so.

D.Young people prefer cigars to anything else.

答案：A

3.The word “explode” in the 2nd paragraph means _____.

A.to burst with a violent release of energy

B.to increase quickly in a short period

C.to show a violent emotional reaction

D.to emerge with violence or big noise

答案：B

4.The amount of cigars sold in Schwartz's shop now is _____times as many as three years ago.

A.3

B.4

C.5

D.6

答案：A

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that _____.

A.Nobody liked cigars a few years ago

B.many imported cigars are from India

C.women prefer cigarettes to cigars

D.good cigars may take long to produce

答案：D

A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment. For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence.

Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality.

Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn’t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner - amazing." Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly.

The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to "translate" cultural meanings properly

often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word "friend", the cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitor’s language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.

6.In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ___________.

A.rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US

B.small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

C.Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

D.most Americans are ready to offer help

答案：D

7.It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ___________.

A.culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship

B.courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated

C.various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends

D.social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions

答案：A

8.Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ___________.

A.to improve their hard life

B.in view of their long-distance travel

C.to add some flavor to their own daily life

D.out of a charitable impulse

答案：C

9.The tradition of hospitality to strangers ___________.

A.tends to be superficial and artificial

B.is generally well kept up in the United States

C.is always understood properly

D.has something to do with the busy tourist trails

答案：B

10.What’s the author’s attitudes toward the American’s friendliness?

A.Favorable.

B.Unfavorable.

C.Indifferent.

D.Neutral.

答案：A

二、词汇与语法

11.Are you _______ of how people regard such behavior?

A.conscientious

B.conscious

C.capable

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答案：B

12.They spend all their spare time, _________ their spare money, on their experiments.

A.as soon as

B.as well as

C.as long as

D.as much as

答案：B

13.― Cathy, this is Mike. I ______ because I am going to meet some guests at the airport. So I will not have lunch.

― That's OK. I will wait for you at supper time.

A.have telephoned

B.was telephoning

C.telephoned

D.am telephoning

答案：D

14.I'd like to explain the proposals _______ we have received many objections.

A.to which

B.to where

C.to who

D.to what

答案：A

15.The explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all ____ to us.

A.satisfy

B.satisfied

C.satisfys

D.satisfactory

答案：D

16.I was very tired. Otherwise, I _________ to the theatre with you.

A.had gone

B.would go

C.went

D.would have gone

答案：D

17.It is not uncommon for ________ problems of communication between old and young.

A.there to be

B.there being

C.there to being

D.there be

答案：A

18.They found the conditions there ________.

A.much improve

B.much to improve

C.much improved

D.be much improved

答案：C

19.Our products are displayed in Stand B22, _____ you will find me during office hours.

A.when

B.which

C.that

D.where

答案：D

20.Scarcely had the storm stopped ________ the earthquake took place.

A.than

B.when

C.after

D.before

答案：B

三、完型填空

The American Millionaire is the personification（象征）of the American Dream. In the "Land of the Free", they worked their way up to the top __21__ the factory floor. Many, having devoted their youth to making and saving money, __22__ their later years giving money away. __23__, the Rockefeller family who made their money through banking and oil, donated（捐献）$530 million to medical research and education. They founded two national parks and __24__ the vast Rockefeller Center in the middle of Manhattan. The first Rockefeller, who started life as a clerk, led a life of __25__ simplicity.

Many find __26__ hard to understand why these American millionaires labored so hard to acquire wealth, then __27__ so much of it away. The answer __28__ be guilt or even pride. Perhaps it is only __29__ materialism（物质享乐主义）and generosity, the urge to acquire wealth and the urge to share it,__30__side by side in the character of many Americans.

21.

C.from

D.on

答案：C

22.

A.spent

B.kept

C.turned

D.had

答案：A

23.

A.On occasion

B.Such as

C.For example

D.Once upon a time 答案：C

24.

A.built

B.devised

C.raised

D.molded

答案：A

25.

A.continual

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C.emotional

D.relevant

答案：B

26.

A.that

B.this

C.them

D.it

答案：D

27.

A.brought

D.carried

答案：B

28.

A.must

B.should

C.will

D.may

答案：D

29.

A.which

B.what

C.that

D.how

答案：C

30.

A.exists

B.exist

C.existed

D.existing

答案：B

四、汉译英

31.由于受过专门训练，她打字又快又准确。

答案：Having received special training, she types quickly and accurately.

32.这是你自己的错，不要将工作的失败归咎于别人。

答案：It’s your fault. Don’t blame others for the failure of your work.

33.从金钱的角度来说，这份工作好处不大，但是我从中可以得到有价值的经验。

答案：The work isn’t very profitable in terms of cash, but I am getting valuable experience from it. 34.在英语学习中，我们最需要的就是练习。

答案：In learning English, what we need most is to practice.

In your life, you have met a lot of different people. Some of them have helped you, while others may have hurt you. Write an essay on the topic "The Person I Feel the Most Grateful to". You should

base your essay on the following outline.

1.你一生中最想感谢的人是谁？

2.为什么要感谢他/她？

3.这个人对你的影响或意义。

答案：无