高职高专 实用英语 第一学期 期中考试试卷 A卷.doc

高职高专 实用英语 第一学期 期中考试试卷 A卷Part Listening Comprehension （每题两分，共十题，共二十分）Only Child versus SiblingsRead the text and fill in as many words as you can.Although I wasnt an （1）_ child, my sister was 14 years （2）_ than me and had left home when I turned （3）_ years old, so I left like an only child.I had no one to play with and my (4) _ were older - my mother was 40 when I was (5)_ .So now I have 4 children at age 3,5,14 and 16. My boys are the two older ones. My girls are the younger ones and they always (6)_ over the toys, but the older two often manage to find a way that they can play together peacefully.There are a lot of good things to have (7)_ than one child. You can always say, “Go and play with your brother or sister, I must (8)_ dinner.” Siblings teach us to live with others more easily. While an only child never has to (9)_ with anyone in her home, a child with siblings (10)_ to share.Part Vocabulary & Structure（每题一分，共四十题，共四十分）Section A: Choose the best answer.1. We would like to _ you to our barbeque tomorrow. Ainvitation B. information C. invite 2. I felt rather _ when I left home for the first time to go on an exchange visit to America.A. happy B. informal C. nervous 3. The party is very _ so you can wear what you like. A. informal B. formal C. friendly4. I_ what my family is doing at this moment back home. A. suggest B. wonder C. ask5. There is no reason to continue this discussion. You are not going to the party and _.A. thats that B. so on C. ever after6. You _ think that all Americans can speak English and you would be right.A. daily B. probably C. wrongly7. My best friend, _, can speak English and Spanish. A. new B. school C. for example 8. But _ if I lived on the border to Mexico I could speak English and Spanish, too. A. maybe B. always C. never9. I can hear my _ neighbor through the wall. He is so loud. It is awful!A. another B. next-door C. nice10. A _ handshake is much better than a limp one. A. firm B. serious C. unfriendly11.I took the wrong _ at the last road junction, can you tell me how I get back on the motorway? A. turn B. turner C. turning 12. Am I going in the right _ for the post office?A. route B. direction C. sign13. Can you tell me please how I _ to the cinema from here? A. come B. get C. take14. Could you please _ me in the direction of the motorway? A. deliver B. show C. point 15. Im making for the M25 motorway. Is this road the most _ route? A. direct B. obvious C. straight16. Can you help me please? Ive lost my way and _ to get to the shops before closing time. A. require B. need C. request17. Could you tell me how _ I am from the town centre, please? A. near B. far C. close18. _ to this map I should be near the church. I s that correct? A. Considering B. After C. According19. Im _ for the town hall - am I anywhere near?A. making B. seeking C. seeing20. Is this the _ way for the railway station?A. correct B. clear C. fine 21. If you _ your money every week, you will soon have enough for a new bicycle.A. spent B. save C. earn 22. It is _ to spend your money DVDs. You can borrow them from the shop.A. necessary B. good C. unnecessary23. Siblings often have _ about silly things.A. agreement B. arguments C. friends 24. A good _ with your parents is very important.A. birth B. dinner C. relationship 25. My brother got a job as a _ bus driver when he left school.A. trainee B. clever C. friendly 26. Chu _ in China and then moved to the USA when he was 25.A. enjoyed B. visited C. grew up 27. I think we should _ uniforms at our school. I hate them!A. do away with B. sell C. take 28. A healthy river is _ fish.A. empty B. full of C. nice29. I was very _ of my sister for having such beautiful black hair.A. frustrating B. happy C. jealous30. There are no appointments _ at the dentist this afternoon. You will have to wait until tomorrow.A. attractive B. available C. ableSection B: Complete the sentences with the right form of the words in brackets1. I had going shopping with my mother and the _ (bad) moment always comes when she announces loudly in the shop how wonderful I look in the dress she has chosen for me.2. She once chose an ugly pullover for me and went on to choose the _ (awful) pair of trousers that I had ever seen.3. Online shopping is the _ (good) way of shopping for clothes, as my mother can no longer embarrass me in shops!4. Buying online is _ (easy) than fighting the crowds in town.5. I dont want to be known as the person who has the _ (fashionable) clothes at school, I just want to be one of the ordinary people, like my friends are.6. There is one boy at our school who always wears the _ (expensive) brands of shoes but they look no different to other shoes.7. His parents are not _ (rich) than mine but they give him so much money for clothes.8. He thinks he is the _ (cool) boy in our school.9. Unfortunately, we think he is the _ (nasty)!10. And he gets _ (aggressive) than he usually is if we just ignore him and his cool clothes.Part Reading Comprehension（每题两分，共十题，共二十分）Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions . For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Task 1Our NeighborJimmy has been a postman for the last ten year. He loves to talk to his wife in the evenings about the people he delivers to. He tells her about Mrs. Mannes, the little old lady at number 24, who is always very unfriendly when he delivers her post. She has a son in Australia and a daughter in France so she often gets post.But one day when jimmy rings the bell with a parcel for Mrs. Mannes from her daughter, there is no answer. Jimmy know that the old lady never goes out (she even gets her food delivered from the local supermarket) so he starts to fell worried. He looks through the letterbox but sees nothing, and then he looks through the living room window and sees Mrs. Mannes lying on the floor. He goes around the house to check if the back door is open. It is, so he runs in and immediately rings for an ambulance. Mrs. Mannes gets to hospital in time. The doctor says that she had had a heart attack and if she had come to hospital any later she would not have survived. From that day on, Mrs. Mannes is very friendly and always gives jimmy a bar of chocolate when he delivers a parcel.Complete the sentences with the best choice1. Jimmy has been a postman_. A. for ten years B. four ten years C. through ten years D. over ten years2. Mrs. Mannes has a _. A. son in France B. daughter in Australia C. son in Australia D. daughter in Austria3. Mrs. Mannes _. A. gets her food delivered B. goes to the local supermarket by bus C. gets her food from the little shop at the corner D. doesnt get her shopping from the local supermarket4. When Mrs. Mannes didnt answer the door, Jimmy _. A. saw her through the front door B. went through the window C. went through the living room window D. saw her though the living room window5. Mrs. Mannes got to the hospital _. A. before the ambulance B. nearly too late C. too late D. for JimmyTask 2Shopping onlineMy father and I were on holiday in America. My mother had stayed at home and on the 2nd day she fell and broke her leg. She could have asked the neighbors to do the shopping but she is a very independent lady.Anyway, on our return after three weeks to the USA, she was surrounded by boxes and wrapping paper. She told us about her fall and how it was nearly mended.“What about the shopping? Did you ask the neighbors for help?” I asked as the doorbell rang. “Theres your answer,” said my mother.I opened the door and there was a man with a big box of groceries.“Delivery for Mrs. Patterson,” he said.“That is amazing,” I said. “Did you just Phone in your order? How did you know what was on offer?”“I ordered online. Look here, this is the supermarkets homepage with all their offers. I just click on the articles I want, pay by credit card and my groceries are delivered the same day. Great, eh?”“That is amazing. I didnt know any of our supermarkets offered that service. But Mun, what do all these empty boxes come from?”“While I was surfing the net I found out how easy it is to order things at Amazon and I spent hours buying stuff on eBay. That is so much fun!”Complete the sentences with the best choice.1. The mother broke her leg _ . A. in America B. on the 2nd day of her holiday C. at the neighbors house D. on the 2nd day of the writers holiday2. The mother _ . A. asked the neighbor to do the shopping but they were too independent B. didnt ask the neighbor to do the shopping because she was too independent C. didnt ask the neighbor to do the shopping because they were too independent D. asked the neighbor to do the shopping but they were on holiday3. The bell rang and it was _ . A. a man with a box of groceries B. the neighbor with a box of groceries C. Mrs. Patterson with a box of groceries D. the father with a box of groceries4. The mother had ordered the groceries _ . A. by telephone B. was cheap C. was boring D. was the delivery man5. The mother thought shopping at Amazon and eBay _ . A. was expensive B. was cheap C. was boring D. was enjoyablePart IV Translation（每题五分，共两题，共十分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. Go straight down Station Road past the cinema. Then you will come to a crossing with traffic lights. Turn left at the traffic lights and straight on at the roundabout. The youth hostel is in front of you. You really cant miss it.2. You go into the store and first you pass beautiful flowers and plants. Ahead, you see the fresh