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1、20162016 年大一英语期末考试试题年大一英语期末考试试题PartIIReadingComprehension（30%)（25minutes)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart。Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA），B),C)andD）。YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerShe
2、etwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage：Speech，theactofutteringsoundstoconveymeaning，isakindofhumanaction。Likeanyotherconstantlyrepeatedaction,speakinghastobelearned,butonceitislearned,itbecomesagenerallyunconsciousandapparentlyautomaticprocess.Asfaraswecandete
3、rmine,humanbeingsdonotneedtobeforcedtospeak;mostbabiesseemtopossessasortofinstinctivedrivetoproducespeechlikenoises.Howtospeakandwhattosayareanothermatteraltogether.Theseactionsarelearnedfromtheparticularsocietyintowhichthebabyisborn;sothat，likeallconductthatislearnedfromasociety,fromthepeoplearound
4、us,speechisapatternedactivity。Themeanderingbabbleandchatterofayoungchildareeventuallychanneledbyimitationintoafeworderlygroovesthatrepresentthepatternacceptedasmeaningfulbythepeoplearoundhim。Similarly,achildsindiscriminatepracticeofputtingthingsintohismouthbecomeslimitedtoputtingfoodintohismouthinac
5、ertainway。Thesoundsthatachildcanmakearemorevariedandnumerousthanthesoundsthatanyparticularlanguageutilizes。However，achildbornintoasocietywithapatternoflanguageisencouragedtomakeasmallselectionofsoundsandtomakethesefewsoundsoverandoveruntilitisnaturalforhimtomakethesesoundsandnoothers。21。Whatisthesub
6、jectofthepassage?A）Howtomakesounds。B)Theoriginoflanguage。C)Achildslearningprocessofspeaking.D)Ababyssounds.22.Achildschatterbecomesspeechwhenit_。A）beginstofollowmeaningfulpatternsB）containsenoughsoundsC)becomesnaturaltohimD)beginstoberepeated23。Themostimportantfactorinachildslearningtospeakisprobabl
7、y_.A)instinctB）selectionC）varietyD)imitation24。WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutchildren?A)Mostbabieshaveaninstinctivedrivetomakespeechlikenoises.B）Achildcanmakemorenumeroussoundsthanthoseinanylanguage。C)Thesocietyaroundachilddetermineswhatsoundswillbeconsideredmeaningful.D)Forachild，theprocessofspe
8、akingusuallyinvolvesunconsciousactions。25.Wemaysaythatachildhaslearnedtospeakifhe_。A)makesvariedsoundsB)carefullyconsiderseachsoundshemakesC)makesonlycertainsoundsnaturallyD）imitatespeoplearoundhimQuestions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Theworldisnotonlyhungry;itisalsothirstyforwater。Thismaysee
9、mstrangetoyou,sincenearly75percentoftheearthssurfaceiscoveredwithwater.Butabout97percentofthishugeamountisseawater,orsaltwater。Mancanonlydrinkandusetheother3percent-thefreshwaterthatcomesfromrivers,lakes,undergroundandothersources.Butunfortunately,someofithasbeenpollutedandisunfitfordrinking.However
10、，asthingsstandtoday,thissmallamountoffreshwaterisstillenoughforus。Butourneedforwaterisincreasingrapidlyalmostdaybyday.Onlyifwetakestepstodealwiththisproblemnowcanweavoidasevereworldwidewatershortagelateron。Soweallhavetolearnhowtostopwastingourpreciouswater.Oneofthefirststepsweshouldtakeistodevelopwa
11、ysofreusingwater。Todayinmostlargecitieswaterisusedonlyonceandthendischarged.Butitispossibletopipewaterthathasbeenusedtoapurifyingplant,andthenitcanbeusedagain.Butevenifeverylargecitypurifiedandreuseditswater,westillwouldnothaveenough.Wherecouldweturnnext?Didyouhearsomeonesay“totheoceans”？Ithinkthats
12、apossiblesolution.Allwedhavetodoistoremovethesalt.Thisprocessisalreadyinuseinmanypartsoftheworld。26.Whatisthemainsubjectofthepassage?A）Thereasonwhytheworldisbothhungryandthirsty。B)Howtoavoidasevereworldwidewatershortage。C)Thefirststepsweshouldtake.D)Wheretofindfreshwater。27.Allthefreshwater_.A）isgoodenoughtobeusedB）ispollutedandcantbeused