公共英语试卷
I. Vocabulary (30 points)
1. Drive carefully because there are a lot of in the road for the next few miles.
A. curls B. folds C. crosses D. bends
2. A considerable amount of time and money has been invested in this latest video recorder.
A. effecting B. injecting C. affecting D. perfecting
3. If you look at their father’s photograph, you will find that the children take their father.
A. to B. after C. up D. down
4. There could have been a war over it but in the end reason
A. induced B. counted C. survived D. prevailed
5. this text can be used for listening has not decided yet.
A. what B. if C. whether D. which
6. We all the achievements he has made in his experiments.
A. admire B. adopt C. advice D. adjust
7. You must be careful. The fire may the gunpowder.
A. set down B. set out C. set off D. set up
8. The child was kidnapped by a of robbers.
A. staff B. gang C. team D. crew
9. hard our task may be, we must fulfill it in time.
A. no matter B. how C. however D. whether
10. He never studied French, what he knows he while living in Paris.
A. picked out B. picked up C. got up D. look up
11. I had to stand in a for hours to get the tickets for the film.
A. file B. tail C. queue D. procession
12. we must that the telegram arrives in time.
A. secure B. ensure C. assure D. certify
13. in many places, this style of building is quite common here.
A. finding them B. to find C. found D. they are found
14. there is no beer left and the pubs are shut so you’ll have to
A. go with B. go off C. go without D. go for
15. on my way back, I at my brother’s house.
A. dropped in B. dropped down C. dropped off D. dropped out
16. he was knocked down by a car and badly
A. injured B. damaged C. harmed D. ruined
17. anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to the situation.
A. similar B. alike C. same D. likely
18. her husband wrote out the monthly cheque to pay the debt.
A. down B. out C. off D. for
19. The rain was heavy and the land was flooded.
A. consequently B. continuously C. constantly D. consistently
20. Don’t this news to the public until we give you the go-head.
A. relieve B. release C. relate D. retain
21. She refused to the car keys to her husband until he had promised to wear his safety belt.
A. hand in B. hand out C. hand down D. hand over
22. I object as he is still too young.
A. to my son’s smoking B. my son smoking
C. to my son smoke D. my son to smoke
23 it is quite late now and Mr. White hasn’t left his office.
A. already B. still C. since D. yet
24 she did not study hard, so she had to take the .
A. consequences B. sequences C. effects D. outcome
25. there is a beautiful of forest near my country house.
A. length B. extension C. strength D. extent
26. I wonder who will as secretary of our club next year.
A. take up B. take over C. take on D. take to
27. “he is no use at all.” “ , I have found him a great deal of use.”
A. by contrast B. in contrast to
C. to the contrast D. on the contrary
28. He swallows his words so much that I can never what he is saying.
A. make out B. Lay out C. deal with D. find out
29. Look your examination paper for any small mistakes before you hand it in.
A. out B. in C. through D. on
30. I asked him to me a few minutes so that we could talk the matter over.
A. share B. spend C. spare D. save
31. She married a worker and home in a small town.
A. brought up B. took up C. gave up D. set up
32. Tension within a family is often relieved or eliminated when the family as a whole is threatened by force.
A. internal B. external C. intensive D. extensive
33. His way of interpretation throws new on the novel.
A. views B. meaning C. light D. interest
34. The situation is critical: it may be worse.
A. therefore B. however C. moreover D. otherwise
35.”I’m not going to buy that book.”
“ . It’s too expensive.”
A. I don’t either B. so am I C. neither am I D. I am not too
36. John always his classmate in a debate.
A. backs out B. backs up C. backs down D. backs off
37. in the country a postman may have a bicycle or a small van, so he does not have to walk so far, but he has his problems too.
A. instead B. therefore C. nevertheless D. thus
38. the audience waited until the curtain had risen and then into applause.
A. cheered B. got C. Burst D. wept
39. what you say must be or I won’t know what to do.
A. particular B. special C. specific D. specified
40. the car broke on the way to the airport, and I had to get a taxi.
A. off B. out C. over D. down
II. Structure (20 points)
41. Let’s go to the Jiefang Department Store. There are a lot of leather goods this week.
A. for sale B. on sale C. for sell D. on sail
42. We held a meeting to sum up our experiences we finished the work.
A. immediately B. immediate C. while D. before
43. We were so late getting to the theater that we missed most of
A. at act first B. act one C. act first D. first act
44. you return those books to the library immediately you will have to pay a fine.
A. until B. if C. unless D. provided
45. I wish that you such a bad headache because I’m sure that you would have enjoyed the concert.
A. hadn’t B. didn’t have had
C. hadn’t had D. hadn’t have
46. We desire that the tour leader us immediately of any change in plan.
A. inform B. informs C. informed D. has informed
47. People usually prefer that they according to their intentions and feelings.
A. evaluated B. we evaluated
C. be evaluated D. are evaluated
48. I completely forgot the front door last night and feel fortunate that nothing is stolen.
A. locking B. to have locked
C. being locked D. to lock
49. Firstborn children in a family seem to have a stronger desire to succeed
A. than do later-born children B. as children born later
C. if later-born children do D. but later-born children do
50. Nothing could live air and water.
A. but B. but for C. except D. except for
51. is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.
A. that B. which C. as D. it
52. I remember to help us if we ever got into trouble.
A. once offering B. him once offering
C. him to offer D. to offer him
53. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I your advice.
A. follow B. have followed
C. would follow D. to offer him
54. She never laughed, lose her temper.
A. or she ever did B. nor did she ever
C. or did she ever D. nor she ever did
55. I was hungry, I nothing all day.
A. had eaten B. have eaten C. had been eating D. ate
56. the exception of institutions controlled by church, municipal, or private corporation, Latin-American universities are regulated by federal laws.
A. by B. for C. with D. to
57. To my surprise the food was still on the table,
A. no touch B. no touching C. untouched D. untouching
58. I have coffee than tea.
A. like to B. prefer to C. had better D.would rather
59. It is difficult to understand him because he speaks
A. very rapidly B. in a rapid manner
C. fastly D. with great speed
60. He never used to swim in winter, ?
A. did he B. didn’t he C. was he D. wasn’t he
III. Reading Comprehension
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:
Psychologists now believe that noise has a considerable effect on people’s attitudes and behavior. Experiments have proved that in noisy situations (even temporary ones ), people behave more irritably and less cooperatively; in more permanent noisy situations, many people cannot work hard, and they suffer from severe anxiety as well as other psychological problems.
However psychologists distinguish between “sound” and “noise”. “Sound” is measured physically in decibels. “Noise” cannot be measured in the same way because it refers to the psychological effect of sound and its level of “intensity” depends on the situation. Thus, for passengers at an airport who expect to hear airplanes taking off and landing, there may be a lot of sound, but not much noise (that is, they are not bothered by the noise). By contrast, if you are at a concert and two people behind you are whispering you feel they are talking noisily even if there is not much sound. You notice the noise because it affects you psychologically.
Both sound and noise can have negative effects, but what is most important is if the person has control over the sound. People walking down the street with earphones listening to music that they enjoy, are receiving a lot of decibels of sound, but they are probably happy hearing sounds that they control. On the other hand, people in the street without earphones must tolerate a lot of noise which they have no control over. It is noise pollution that we need to control in order to help people live more happily.
61. According to the passage people_________.
A. cannot work better in a noisy situation
B. will suffer from complete deafness because of noise pollution
C. can be psychologically affected by working in very noisy factories
D. may cooperate well in a noisy surrounding
62. “Sound”, as defined by the psychologist，_________.
A. can be measured in the same way that “noise” in measured
B. may be extremely harmful to health
C. is not at all different from “noise”
D. can be measured by machines
63. People waiting at an airport_________.
A. enjoy hearing airplanes taking off and landing
B. are usually not troubled by the noise
C. can easily tell sound from noise
D. are often physically affected by the noise
. People enjoy listening to music________.
A. though they are receiving a lot of decibels of sound in fact
B. because it does not have any negative effect
C. because they do not have to tolerate the noise around them
D. even though it is sometimes unpleasant hearing strange sounds
65. We can conclude from the passage that we need to control noise pollution if__________.
A. we want to stay both psychologically and physically healthy
B. we don’t want to be physically dent
C. we want to cooperate well
D. we don’t want to be anxious
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men′s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year，It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
Fall is next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.
66. Huntington based his conclusions on ______.
A. records of changes in his own intelligence.
B. work with people in different climate.
C. records of temperature changes.
D. all of the above.
67. Ellsworth Huntington decided that climate and temperature have _________.
A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence.
B. some effect on most people’s intelligence.
C. effect on only a few people’s intelligence
D. no effect on people’s intelligence
68. One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that _______.
A. all nature, including man, is growing then.
B. it lasts longer than the other seasons.
C. it is neither too warm nor too cold.
D. both b and c.
69. The best seasons for thinking seem to be _______.
A. spring and fall B. winter and summer
C. summer and spring D. fall and winter
70. According to the selection, vacation from thinking should be taken ______.
A. several times throughout the year.
B. during the spring and fall.
C. during the summer
D. as seldom as possible
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:
In the English educational system, student take three very important examinations. The first is the eleven-plus, which is taken at the age of eleven or a little past. At on time the ability of aptitude shown on the eleven-plus would have determined if a child stayed in school. Now, however, all children continue in “comprehensive” schools, and the eleven-plus determines which courses of study the child will follow. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are tested for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide range of subjects; once students have passed this exam, they are allowed to specialize, so that two-thirds of more of their courses will be in physics, chemistry, classical languages, or whatever they wish to study at greater length. The final examination, at eighteen, cover only the content of the special subjects. Even at the universities, students study only in their concentrated area, and very few students ever venture outside that subject again; in a real sense, the English boy or girl is a specialist from the age of fifteen.
71. The purpose of this passage is to ______.
A. show why most English students are “specialists”.
B. show the superiority of the English educational system.
C. discuss the inequalities of the English educational system.
D. describe the three tests that the English educational system is based on.
72. The exam for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education is administrated the age of ______.
A. fifteen B. eighteen C. eleven D. thirteen
73. We may conclude from the passage that ______.
A. the exam that is taken at age eighteen is easier than the other two exams.
B. failure on the eleven-plus exam excludes a student from further schooling.
C. higher education is much narrower in scope in England than in America.
D. physics and chemistry are the two most popular courses of study.
74. The passage suggests that _______.
A. most people in England are college educated.
B. schooling is very closely controlled in England.
C. the failure rate on eleven-plus exam is quite high.
D. England’s structured educational system has reduced the illiteracy tare in that country dramatically.
75. As used in the passage, the word “content” means .
A. difficulties B. framework C. material D. pleasure
Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage:
The 352 kilometer-long Thames is the longest river in England. It is a little river compared with the Nile, Amazon, or Mississippi. Yet the Thames has been unique in shaping the history of England.
When the Normans conquered England, there were only marshy banks along the Thames. Like the people who had been living along the river, they used the Thames as a highway and built the city Lonkinium. On its north bank.
Today the Thames means different things to different people. It is for example a “sporting river” to rowers, but a working river for men of commerce. And painters and writers regard the Thames as a source of inspiration.
While being a great benefit to London and Londoners, the Thames can be a dangerous enemy. Chief among is dangers is flooding. To prevent the river from flooding, the world’s largest movable flood barrier is flooding. To prevent the river form flooding, the world’s largest movable flood barrier was built in 1972. The barrier’s gate can stand eighteen meters above the river’s surface when a flood strikes.
Right now large office buildings, skyscrapers and art and recreation complexes are rising to change the skyline of London. The Thames has never ceased to develop, and it will continue to play an important part in the life of Londoners.
76. The author does not say that the Thames is a great benefit to
A. rowers B. business C. writers D. farmers
77. The Thames is the Nile, Amazon, or Mississippi.
A. longer than B. as long as C. shorter than D. not short than
78. To prevent the Thames form flooding, the Londoners built
A. hydraulic machines B. a movable fold barrier
C. A steel gate between concrete piers D. a thick stone wall in the river
79. Which of the following statements supports the idea that the Thames is of great importance to the life of Londoners?
A. the Thames means different things to different people
B. the Thames gives strength to many great painters and writers
C. the Thames mirrors the ebb and flow of London
D. the Thames is the longest river in England
80. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. the Thames used to be developed.
B. the Thames floods sometimes.
C. the Normans built the city Lonkinium.
D. Painters draw their inspiration from the Thames.
IV. Cloze
Are some people born clever and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? 81 enough, the answer to both these questions is 82. To some extent our intelligence is given us 83, and no amount of special education can 84 a genius out of a child born 85 low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a/an 86 environment will develop his intelligence less than 87 who lives in rich and varied 88. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will 90 on his environment. This view, now held 91 most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show 92 intelligence is to some extent something we are born 93. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are 94 to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people 95 from the population,
It is likely that their degrees of 96 will be completely different. If on the other hand we 97 two identical (完全相同的) twins they will very likely be 98 intelligent as each other. Relations 99 brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly 100 that intelligence depends on birth.
81. A. truly B. frankly C. strangely D. surely
82. A. never B. no C. none D. yes
83. A. so far B. by chance C. at birth D. before long
84. A. make B. regulate C. mind D. expand
85. A. to B. off C. at D. with
86. A. identical B. happy C. exciting D. boring
87. A. that B. one C. person D. somebody
88. A. surroundings B. environment C. region D. block
. A. for B. still C. but D. that
90. A. hold B. depend C. get D. surely
91. A. truly B. frankly C. strangely D. touch
92. A. that B. why C. how D. whether
93. A. on B. at C. with D. along
94. A. unable B. rational C. accidental D. likely
95. A. in brief B. at random C. on purpose D. as yet
96. A. intelligence B. relationship C. endurance D. cooperation
97. A. glance at B. judge C. estimate D. take
98. A. of B. as C. such D. for
99. A. unlike B. like C. as D. among
100. A. suggests B. claims C. maintains D. predicts下载本文
