新概念英语第二册期中测试卷

1 新概念英语第二册期中测试卷 一 Choose the correct answers 单项选择填空 20 分 1 Did you buy sugar at the supermarket A Any B a C no 2 There was time left for us to catch our train A Any B the C no 3 rich should expect to pay higher taxes A A B The C 4 rich man should expect to pay higher taxes A A B The C 5 rich men should expect to pay higher taxes A Some B The C 6 rich man who bought the house next door is always abroad A A B The C Some 7 rich men are very generous to other people bit mot all of them A Some B The C 8 The children went to school without having breakfast this morning A B the C a 9 They have pulled down infant school that I used to go to A an B a C the 10 Look I ve bought sweets for you A any B some C a 2 11 I didn t know you were going to be late this evening You have told me A should B must C would 12 You should know what to do by now after told so often A being B be C been 13 We at the airport all morning before there was any news about our flight A have been waiting B had been waiting C are waiting 14 You passed your driving the test first time if you hadn t been so careless A will have B must have C would have 15 My suit is very dirty I shall have to A have cleaned it B have it cleaned C cleaned it 16 You gone without leaving a message We got very worried A needn t have B mustn t have C shouldn t have 17 We would have had a bad harvest this year if we so much rain in the spring A haven t had B hadn t C hadn t had 18 I ve told you again and again leave the door open A to not B not to C to don t 19 I wish you wouldn t insist with me A to come B coming C on coming 20 The boss insisted that I the report before I went home A should finish B will finish C to finish 二 填空 20 分 3 1 Read this dialogue and fill in the correct tenses and forms of the verbs in brackets active or passive 用括号中动词的正确时态 语态和形式填空 10 分 Jim What were you asked to do when you had your driving test this morning Alice First of all I 1 ask to drive out of town I 2 have to park in a quite road Then I 3 tell to reverse round a corner Jim 4 you manage to do that all right Alice Yes although the examiner 5 not say anything Jim Well do you think he 6 please Alice I don t know Driving examiners never 7 smile do they but he 8 must be pleased with the way I drove When we got back to the examining centre and I 9 stop the car he said Miss Smith I am pleased to say that you 10 pass Jim Alice that s marvelous Congratulations Now you can give me a lift to the station 2 Read this short passage and fill in the blanks with the following words or phrases 阅读下列短文 然后用所给的词填空 10 so as so that to in order to in order that A month ago we bought a little dog for my wife to have as company when I am away We bought a small one 1 it would be easy to handle and 2 not to disturb our routine we decided that it should sleep outside in a kennel The first night it barked a lot 3 be let into the house We both put plugs in our ears 4 we shouldn t hear it 5 get more peace however I am going away more often 三 Cloze 完型填空 20 分 Life used to be fun for the teenagers They 1 to have more money to spend and free time to spend in it They used to 2 teenagers clothes and 3 in teenager coffee bars Some of them still 4 today 5 for many young people life is 6 now Things are more 7 Jobs are difficult to find and it is harder to find a place to live 8 Some teachers say that students study harder than 9 used to They are only interested in passing examinations They know that 10 examination result may get them better jobs 4 For some the 11 to unemployment is to leave home and look for work in big cities Every day hundreds of 12 people 13 in Beijing Shanghai and other big cities Some of them find work and 14 Others don t find it and go 15 again Everyday when you 16 the newspaper you can find the news about people s unemployment Actually China s government has taken 17 to help the young people It supplies many new 18 to them We believe in the 19 the situation will be 20 1 A liked B like C used D use 2 A dress B wear C buy D have 3 A eat B play C meet D chat 4 A can B have C are D do 5 A Therefore B However C But D Then 6 A better B enjoyable C difficult D harder 7 A expensive B cheap C different D delicious 8 A in B at C for D on 9 A we B you C they D he 10 A better B good C well D best 11 A problem B question C answer D way 12 A bad B old C good D young 13 A arrive B reach C go D come 14 A leave B stay C go D come 15 A there B in C to D home 16 A read B look C watch D see 17 A off B out C actions D on 18 A space B opportunities C money D resources 5 19 A century B year C month D future 20 A better B worse C good D bad 四 Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 20 分 Passage A Dear editor Why do newspapers have so many advertisements for electronic 电子的 equipment Last Sunday I counted ads for seven kinds of televisions and thirteen kinds of radios in the Youth Journal Besides that there were pages and pages of ads for Citizens Band radios and tape recorders Don t you realize what electronic equipment is doing to our daily life Everywhere you go you may hear loud music and advertisements over radios this continuous noise is doing harm to our ears Husbands don t talk to wives any more they are always watching the news or a ball game Children s eyes become hurt with endless hours of watching not only the programs for children but also those for grown ups as well And worse hidden microphones find out our personal lives and computers keep records of personal information about us That is enough I think you should limit the amount of advertising of electronic equipment in the Youth Journal or it will make life unbearable 难以 忍受的 for us all 1 Youth Journal is the name of A a department star B a shop that sells electronic equipment C a local newspaper D a hotel where the writer stayed 2 What problems does Jason Smith think radio causes A It has too many programs for advertising B It makes husbands talk little to wives C It gives too much loud music D Its noise does harm to our ears 3 Electronic equipment causes all the following problems EXCEPT that 6 A personal information is given to strangers B children s eyes are harmed C news of the world is given to all people D family members don t talk to each other 4 It is NOT mentioned but implied 暗示 that A some kinds of electronic equipment are bad for our personal lives B watching too much TV hurts children s eyes C some kinds of electronic equipment cause social problems D television has had effects on both grown ups and children 5 From the letter we know that A the editor agrees with Jason Smith B the editor likes the electronic equipment ads C the editor doesn t like the electronic equipment ads D Jason Smith doesn t like the electronic equipment ads Passage B America has had many presidents who have been famous all over the world People from other countries know the names Washington Kennedy and so on However many men who have served as President of the United States have not been famous in other parts of the world One example is J Q Adams the sixth man to serve as U S President Very little happened while Adams was President It was an unhappy time for him and he wasn t very effective when his term ended he went back to the Congress and served as a representative 众议院议员 While he was in Congress people began to respect him more than they had done while he was President Adams was strongly against slavery and tried to outlaw it in Washington D C People began to look back on his presidency with a different view Now they saw that he was an independent man with high ideal who loved his country and hated slavery Adams died in 1848 while speaking in the House of Representative 6 When Adams served as the sixth U S President A his people didn t regard him as a great man 7 B he tried a lot of means to get rid of slavery C his high ideal made an impression on American people D he did a lot of things against laws 7 In fact American people came to love Adams A whether he was president or not B when he was not a president C before his term ended D when he first became a representative 8 Which of the following can show the author s true attitude A Adams had ability but he had no chance