2010级B班英语期中试卷.doc

中 原 工 学 院 2010～2011学年　第　2 学期 2010级B班大学英语期中试卷 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 （注意：请按照原题序号做在答题纸上，注意答题纸答案顺序要与原题号顺序一致,答案写在试卷上无效。） Part I Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions:?In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 1-7, mark Y (for YES), if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO)?if statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN),?if the information is not given in the passage.?For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Highways Early in the 20th century, most of the streets and roads in the U.S. were made of dirt, brick, and cedar wood blocks. Built for horse, carriage, and foot traffic, they were usually poorly cared for and too narrow to accommodate (容纳) automobiles. With the increase in auto production, private turnpike (收费公路) companies under local authorities began to spring up, and by 1921 there were 387,000 miles of paved roads. Many were built using specifications of 19th century Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and John MacAdam (for whom the macadam surface is named), whose specifications stressed the importance of adequate drainage. Beyond that, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictions, or commercial signs. During World War I, roads throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks. When General Eisenhower returned from Germany in 1919, after serving in the U.S. army’s first transcontinental motor convoy (车队), he noted: “The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany’s Autobahn or motorway had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.” It would take another war before the federal government would act on a national highway system. During World War II, a tremendous increase in trucks and new roads were required. The war demonstrated how critical highways w