国家开放大学电大本科《高级英语(1)》2023期末试题及答案(试卷号：1351) Information for the examinees：
•This examination consists of 4 parts. They are:
Part I : Vocabulary and Grammar (30 points)
Part II : Reading comprehension (30 points)
Part Hl : Cloze (10 points)
Part 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.
I • Vocabulary and Grammar(2 points each,30 points in total)
Choo the best answer for each blank from the four choices given. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
好奇心英文1.At the moment, I lots of new friends.
A.make
B. 's making
C. 'm makingD・ makes
2.They women in the Carshalton Club.
A.aren't wanting
B. aren w t want
C. doesn't want
D. don't want
3.They together for ten months.
A.play
B. have playing
C. have been playingD・ don't play
4.I had an accident becau 1 at the road.
A.wasn't looking
永不放弃英文B.hadn't looked
C.didn't look
D.hasn't looked
5.When he crashed the car, he six bottles of beer.
A. drank
B. was drinking
I), had drunk
C. drinks
6.Nineteenth century travellers u credit cards becau they didn't exist then.
A. could
C. had to
pets4D.has to
7.Scientists are certain that the a level ri in the next 200 years.
A. is going to
B.may
C. will
D.should
8.Today, the motel by members of the same family.
A. is managed
B. was managedwarned
C. will be managed
D. has been managed
9.She told me that she a car since 1990.
短话剧剧本A.hadn't driven
gore
B.wasn't driving
C.didn't drive
D.wouldn't drive
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10.You have en her at the station. —she was at home with me!
A. mustn't
B. should
C. couldn't
D. may
11.The game is complex so you need patience to learn it.
A. some
B.many
C. a fewD・not much
12.I buying her a cookery book for her birthday.
A. thought about
C. manage
D.might
13.He asked her a degree.
A. did shehave
B.if shehad
C. does shehave
D.if shehas
14.We always on time for school on Monday.
A. are
B.arrive
C. come
<
15.Can you help me? My phone is out of.
A. working C. order
B. place D. time
[I . Reading comprehension (30 points)
Passage A(4 points each.20 points in total)
Read the article and then judge whether the statements followed are true (T) or fal (F)? Write "T" or "F"
at the corresponding place on the answer sheet.
Like Father, Like Son?
Perhaps Not •••
A new report suggests that our brain chemistry at birth is asimportant as our upbringing
Go into a busy newsagent and have a look at what kind of things people are reading. The chances are that the women are reading about fashion, beauty, romance or relationships and the men are reading about cars, photography > equipment or sport. This ought not to be a surpri. After all, the choices are also en in typical male and female hobbies-men generally enjoy things such as looking after their cars, buying new parts for their stereos, bird-watching or playing computer games while women em to prefer keeping in touch with friends and entertaining.
For a long time, experts thought that the differences between male and female interests depended on how parents brought up their children and indeed society in general. However, when we look at young babies, we e that boys and girls have interests which we can call typically 'male' or 'female' from a very early age. A baby girl, as young as 12 months old, is sympathetic when she es a sad or worried face-she also looks sad and makes comforting sounds. Baby girls also make more eye contact and look longer at other people. Boys of the same age look longer at mechanical objects-toys that spin，light up or move. Later, when they become toddlers, boys usually enjoy putting things together and building towns or bridges or vehicles. Boys are often more lfish and aggressive when they play with other children while girls are better at joining in with others. Just like the adults.
So where do the differences between male and female behaviour come from? Although it is true that culture and upbringing play an important role, many scientists now believe that the answer also lies in the amount of male and female hormones in the mother,s body before a child：s birth. Rearch has shown that this balance of hormones leads to three different types of brain： type E. type S and type B. People who are born with a type S or male brain are generally interested in systems： constructing and organising things and working out how things work. They tend to be good at working out where they are from maps, making things from plans or collecting ihings. ()thers have a type E or female brain which means they are good al undtrstanding olher people's cnwiions and ireaiing people with care becau they are nsitive Themlves. Others are born with characteristics of both the male and female brains-this is
called the type B or balanced brain.
Perhaps the most crucial thing that the rearchers found out was that the type of brain you have docs
not have to depend on your x. Not all men have the male brain, and not all women have the female brain. But on average, more males than females have a type S brain, and more females than males have a type E brain.
So does this mean that one sort of brain is superior? No, not at all. Some people find some things easier to do than others but both xes have their strengths and their weakness. Rearchers hope that understanding how people are born with different types of brain can help make all of us more tolerant of difference.
Are the statements true (T) or fal (F)?
16.Generally speaking, women and men both prefer reading about people than reading about gadgets or equipment.
17.Experts ud to believe that parents had a lot of influence on what hobbies their children liked.
doctor18.Even when they are babies, girls em more interested in people than boys.
19.It ems to be easier for little girls to get on with people than for boys.
20.People with a type S brain get lost easily.
Passage B(2 points each• 10 points in total)
Read the article and match headings A-II with paragraphs 21-25. There arc three headings you don't need.
[21] | Last night I was worried, very worried. I had the job of going to watch amateur
ballet dancers performing on stage with one of the UK,s top professional ballet companies.
A performance like this emed very risky and I asked mylf, Are they mad?' Before I tell
you the answer, I'll tell you why I had such big doubts.
2亏]j The idea of mixing amateur and professional dancers started a couple years ago when two friends with very different jobs found a way of working togeiher. One of the men had created an award-winning TV ries. Musicality• in which amateurs trained to perfo rm in the musical Chicago. The other man runs a charity called Youth at Risk which works with young people who have rious problems with aggression and antisocial behaviour. Although it was a risk, the two men thought they
could make a TV programme in which ballet changed the lives of young people with problems.
bec高级成绩查询23Their idea was this： if the young people could accept the strict discipline and challenge of ballet t
raining, it would build their lf-esteem and give them new confidence in themlves. The first step was to find suitable teenagers to take part and they asked teachers and youth workers already working professionally with young people at risk, to find candidates for the project. Through them 300 young people joined the programme and although about half dropped out, in the end sixty teenagers appeared
on stage in the public performance.
24The ballet they cho v/as Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. The story of Romeo and Juliet includes family conflict, the generation gap, gangs, murder, young love and teenage suicide so it is the perfect mirror for the lives of troubled young people in today's society.
25Going back to my original question： ' Are they mad?' The answer is definitely 'no'. As soon as the ballet started, my worries disappeared. It was amazing how the
unlikely dancers were magically transformed into lheir characters. At the end of the evening I was left with this thought: b ballet can change lives\ It is a dancing cure, not a talking cure； it is silent so it stops arguments.
淘换Headings：
A.Why I love going to the ballet
B.Where the idea came from
C.Why I was worried
D.Romeo and Juliet is the perfect choice
E. A new star is born in Chicago
F.How they found the young people
G.My final thoughts
H. A dancer's life
HI. Cloze
Choo the best answer for each blank from the four choices given and write your answer on the Answer Sheet. (2 points each, 10 points in total)
Dear Sara,
How's life at college? I think you're lucky that you're not at home any more. Mark has bought a pet rat! Why a rat? If I 26 a pet, it would be something nice like a dog or a cat but my brother bought a rat. Now he says that it has to run around. Apparently, if rats 27 kept in cages all day, they 28 unhappy. I told him that 29 this rat isn' t kept in a cage all day, I will be unhappy!
Anywayt other news. I 30 work this summer -I don't know yet. Jenny knows the owners of a cafe by the a and they will probably need someone to help in July and August. It's about 80 percent sure so keep your fingers crosd. If I do get the job, I'll live in a Flat above the cafe so that will be great.
Hope all is well at university!
Love
Beth
