本科英语I半期练习.doc

13 级专升本英语 I 半期练习题Part Listening Comprehension （本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共计15分）Section A Directions: Listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the questions you hear01. What are the man and woman talking about? A) What they are planning to do at Christmas B) What they traditionally do at Christmas?C) How they spent their ChristmasD) How to choose Christmas gifts.02. Why didnt the woman celebrate Christmas with her family?A) Because it was inconvenient since she was far away from home.B) Because she didnt have enough money to go home again since going home on Thanksgiving had cost a lot.C) She had a date with her friends at Christmas.D) She planned to go to the mans house.03. What did she do with her friends at Christmas ?A) They decorated the Christmas tree.B) They ate roast turkey at the Christmas dinner.C) They sang Christmas songs together.D) All of the above.04. Which of the following is NOT true as for how the man spent Christmas with his family?=A) He and his family went to a party at their friends house.B) They went to church.C) They exchanged gifts with each other.D) They spent a lot of time eating and playing games together.05. What do the man and the woman think of giving and receiving gifts at Christmas?A) The man prefers receiving gifts while the woman likes giving people gifts.B) The woman prefers receiving gifts while the man likes giving people gifts.C) The man thinks receiving gifts can make him very happy.D) Both the man and woman think it is necessary to exchange gifts on Christmas Day. Section B Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing information.Hello, I am a 06)_ at Brown University and I have a 07) _apartment to share with you. If you are a male, non-smoker; clean and 08) _ , you could be the one I am looking for. The apartment is on 09)_ of an apartment building, with an elevator and laundry in the basement. It is located on Bright Road, a 10)_ to the south entrance of the university. The apartment is medium sized and furnished; equipped with 11) bedroom, closet, telephone, 12)_ balcony, cable /satellite, 13)_ Internet; microwave, parking, and yard. The rent is $300 per month, 14)_ and utilities are not included. If you are interested, please call 15) _.Part I Reading Comprehension （本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共计40分）Passage One Back in 1967, social psychologist Stanley Milgram had an idea. Stanley Milgram- Everybody knows at least a few other people, he reasoned, and those people know another people. Therefore, just going through the people you know, you should be able to contact any person on earth. Milgram conducted experiments by sending letters to random acquaintances（漫无目的的广泛相交）, asking them to pass the letter on through their friends to an unknown person. Milgram His experiments, confirmed later with e-mail tests, showed that were all connected by no more than six degrees of separation. That is, you can reach any person in the world through a chain of six people. It might be comforting to know that your friends friends friends friends friend knows Bill Gates or Jennifer Lopez but its not really that useful. Tracing the chain is time-consuming and inconvenient. But thats changing now, thanks to the development of online databases. While many people use their PCs to keep track of their contacts and address books， new services like Friendster and Spoke combine these address books together. This way youre not only in touch with your own-friends, but with their friends and their friends friends. Looking for someone who works in marketing at Sony Music in Tokyo？ Going to Paris for the weekend and looking for someone to have dinner with? Just check the Friendster files theres sure to be a friend of a friend of a friend in there. So whats the catch? If you want to use Friendster or similar services, you need to build a profile including your real name, where you work, your job, where you went to school and who your friends are. This lack of anonymity might seem likely to scare users off, but apparently people are hungry for contact with real people: in less than nine months, Friendster has already signed up over four million users. 16. The experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram are intended to_.A) show the law of“six degrees of separationB) test his reasoningC) reach any person in the worldD) ask his friends to pass the letter on17. The first sentence in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by“_”A) So whats the problem?B) So what gets your attention?C) So whats the discovery?D) So what can you take?18. The passage mainly discusses_. A) the theory of six degrees of separationB) he results caused by Stanley Milgrams experimentsC) the way to trace a chain of six peopleD) online services like Friendster19. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A) E-mail tests by Stanley Milgram revealed that we are able to reach any person.B) Through a chain of six people, you can know Bill Gates.C) Online databases enable people to keep track of their address books.D) The lack of anonymity drives people to contact real people.20. The passage most probably is_.A) an official documentB) a research reportC) a news reportD) an advertisementPassage Two Many new students find it hard to do all the studying that has to be done; they find themselves putting off required reading, jumping from one subject to another and rarely being quite certain what they are trying to do during a particular study session. The best way to overcome these difficulties and to start studying efficiently is to plan your time and organize your work. When to studyLet us assume that you have 15 hours per week of classes (lectures and tutorials) and that you decide to allow yourself a 40-hour working week (a reasonable figure, leaving you 70 waking hours for other activities). You now have to decide how to allocate and occupy the remaining 25 hours of private study time. Naturally the decisions you make will vary from week to week according to what essays have to be written and what reading has to be done. Many people find it helpful to draw up each week a seven-day timetable showing the occasions on which they will be working independently and the particular subjects that they will be studying on each occasion. By checking such a plan at times during the week, you can see what work you have done and what you still have to do; the whole enterprise then becomes manageable. Where to study There are a number of places where you can study college library, public library, lodgings, home, vacant classrooms, on a bus or train and each has several obvious advantages and disadvantages. The college library is least busy in the evenings, on Wednesday afternoons, and all day Friday and Sunday. When you are deciding where to study, keep the following suggestions in mind: * Always try to study in the same places. After a while the familiar surroundings will help you to switch into the right frame of mind as soon as you sit down. * Find somewhere with as few distractions as possible. * Make sure that your study place has good light and is warm (but not too warm）and well-ventilated. 21. We know from the first paragraph that_.A) it is often really difficult for new students to study efficiently.B) new students are willing to plan their time and organize their work.C) new students are sure how to arrange their time.D) new students are allowed to put off one required subject.22. New students might have_ .A) 15 hours per week of classes. B) 25 hours of working time.C) 70 hours for entertainment.D) 40 hours per week of classes.23. Why does the author say the whole enterprise becomes more manageable”？A) Because new students have enough time to arrange their activities.B) Because fewer courses are required for new students.C) Because new students know what they need to do if they draw up a seven-day timetable each week.D) Because new students have done all the assignments required by the school.24. Which time is least suitable for students studying in the college library?A) Tuesday evenings.B) Monday mornings.C) Sunday evenings.D) Wednesday afternoons.25. Concerning where to study, which of the following is NOT mentioned?A) A place that is warm.B) A place students are familiar with.C) A place with background music.D) A well-lighted place.Passage Three February 14th is a complicated but interesting holiday. First of all, Valentines Day is not a holiday from work . No one gets a day off. On Valentines Day people usually send romantic cards to someone they love or want to be loved by The cards are called valentines. They are very colorful, often decorated with hearts, flowers or birds, and have humorous or loving words printed inside. The basic message is always Be My Valentine, Be My Sweet Heart or Lover. A valentine may be anonymous (匿名的) and is sometimes signed, Guess who. The person receiving it has to guess who sent it. This can lead to interesting speculation 。And thats half the fun of valentines. The loving message might be carried by a heart-shaped box of chocolate candies, or by a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbon. But in whatever form, the message is the same Will you be my valentine? One of the symbols of St. Valentines Day is the Roman god of Love; called Cupid. Cupid is often pictured on the card, as a winged infant not wearing any clothes, ready to shoot his arrow into a heart. He would shoot an arrow of love in to a persons heart to make the person fall in love immediately, maybe with the first person to come along. Sometimes one arrow would go through two hearts, holding them together. On February 14th not only do we have pictures of the non-Christian Cupid, the Roman god of Love but we also have pictures of the Christian St. Valentine. It is from the Christians that we get the stories about Valentines Day that most people have come to believe. One story is about a Christian man whose name sounded something like Valentine. He lived around 250 A.D. 他生活在公元前250年。At that time the Roman Emperor Claudius refused to allow any Roman soldiers to get married for any reason whatsoever. Christian couples came to Valentine to be married so Valentine would marry them in a Christian way. He was discovered and put in prison by the Emperor. 他的行为被发现了而被投进了监狱。One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out the window of his prison. The leaves were shaped like a heart 26. Judging from the context, what happens on February 14th?A) People get a day off.B) People usually send romantic cards. C) People make new friends by sending cards. D) People visit their relatives.27. According to the text, what is half the fun of Valentines Day?A) Receiving the Valentines card.B) Guessing who sends the Valentines card to you.C) Having a wonderful dinner.D) Spending time with your lover.28. What do the loving messages have in common?A) Love.B) Friendship.C) Congratulations.D) Greetings.29. What does Cupid look like?A) Cupid is a handsome man with brown eyesB) Cupid is a female angel.C) Cupid is an infant with a pair of wings, not wearing anything.D) Cupid is the symbols of St. Valentines Day, the Roman god of Love.30. What do we know from the fourth paragraph?A) The story about the origin of Valentines Day.B) The way couples celebrate Valentines Day.C) The reason why people use a heart-shaped box of chocolate candies.D) The way people show their love to othersPassage Four （本篇选自课本外）Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passageHigh tech and state of the art are two expressions that describe the modern technology. High tech is just a shorter way of saying-high technology. And high technology describes ally in-vention, system of device that uses the newest ideas or discoveries of science and engineering.What is high tech? A computer is high tech: So is a communications satellite. A modern manufacturing system is surely h*h tech. High tech .became a popular expression in the U-nited States during the early 1980 s. Because of improvements in technology, people could buymany new kinds. of products in American stores, such as home computers, microwave oveps, ,etc.State of the art is samen.tt is as modern as possible. It is a product that is based onthe very latest methods and technology. Somethu$ that is state of the art is the newest possibledesign or product of a business or industry. A state of the art, television set, for example, uses themodemest electronic design and parts. It is the best that one can buy.State of the art is not a new expression. Engineers have used it for years, to describe thebest and most modern way of doing something. Millions of Americans, began to w the exprionin the late 1970s. The reason was the computer revolution. Every computer company claimed thatits computers were state of the art.Computer technology changed so fast that a state of the art ; cuter .today might be oW to-morrow. ( 80 )The expression sale of the art became as common and popular as tonsthemselves. Now all kinds of products are said to be state of the art.31. What is the purpose of the passage?A) To tell how high tech and state of the art have developed.B) To give examples of high. tech.C) To tell what high tech and state of the art are.D) To describe very modern technology. 32. What can we infer from. the passage? A) American stores could provide new kinds of products to people.B) High tech describes a technology that is not traditional.C) State of the art is not as popular as high tech.D) A modern plough pullcdby oxen is state of the art. , 33. All the following examples are high tech exceptA) a microwave ovenB) a home computer .C) a hand pumpD) a satellite 34. Which of the following statements is not true?A) Since the computer revolution, the expression state of the art has become popular.B) State of the art means something that is the best one can. buy.C) With the rapid development of computer, , state of the art computer may easily become out of date.D) All kinds of products are state of the art nowadays. 35. The best title for the passage is _. A) Computer TechnologyB) High Tech and State of the Art C) Hign Tech and State of the ArtD) Most Advanced TechnologyPart III Vocabulary （本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共计20分）36. Young children sometimes cannot distinguish (区别) between _ and reality. A) behavior B) fantasy C) tensionD) imaginable37.Well send you a copy as soon as the book becomes _ A) capable B) approachableC) available D) possible38. Trains may be subject to delay on the northern line. We _for any inconvenience caused. A) exchangeB) relieveC) announceD) apologize39. Ann was _ when she saw the dirty hotel room. A) disgustedB) exchangedC) deceptiveD) worried40. Her blonde hair was hidden _ a baseball cap. A) inB) withinC) underD) underneath41. These technological developments were hardly_ 30 years ago. A) imaginable B) reluctant C) imaginary D) unbearable42. Fog will _ throughout the night. A) broaden B) persist C) continueD) insisitant43. An unhappy home _ can affect a childs behavior. A) concernB) essential C) environment D) staff44. They were _ of a normal childhood by the war. A) intensifiedB) involvedC) adaptedD) deprived45. Police have now _ the search for the lost child. A) intensified B) indicated C) intimated D) involved46. Some former soldiers have difficulty in _ to civilian life. A) concernB) adjustingC) agreement D) anxiety47. Our main _is that they are not receiving enough help. A) concernB) care C) essentialD) anxiety48. Because of its geographical_, the area developed its own unique culture. A) spotB) isolation C) environmentD) place 49. The new drug has great _ for the treatment of the disease. A) depriveB) tensionC) significance D) benefit50. The increase in racial _ constitutes a threat to our society. A) frectionB) pressureC) anxiety D) tension 51. She knew shed been _, but it was too late. A) disgustedB) deceptiveC) tricked D) reluctant52. If she hasnt _ by ten oclock I will go without her. A) reachedB) gone C) walkedD) appeared 53. At first, the bank was _ to lend me the money. A) reluctantB) unbearableC) deceptiveD) comic54. The headmaster _ the situation very well. A) persisted B) handled C) faceD) broaden55. Im so _ to hear that nobody was hurt. A) disgustedB) imaginaryC) relieved D) imaginablePart III Structure （本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）Directions: Study the models and complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese into English, 56. If you dont hurry up,_. （我们可能会错过下一航班） 57. A huge dog started to chase me, an