宝鸡文理学院试题

宝鸡文理学院试题 课程名称: 基础英语 适 用 时 间: 2012年7月6日 试卷类别: 　　A 　　 适用专业、年级、班: 2011级本专科 　　 　　 Ⅰ. Multiple Choices (1 point each, 1×20=20 points) 1. Jack was expected to ____at the meeting, but he never came. A. show up B. show in C. show out D. show 2. On weekends father would allow his daughter to use his study and books____. A. to her own disposal B. with her own disposal C. at her own disposal D. in her own disposal 3. The wife____for her husband, who was killed tragically in a traffic accident. A. cried B. mourned C. mold D. saddened 4. Don't____ past misfortunes. Cheer up! A. dwell about B. think about C. dwell on D. think of 5. Dorothy is a ____girl who would be sad for a few days even at the death of a tiny ant. A. sensuous B. sensible C. sensitive D. sentimental 6. Southerners in China are more particular with their food. They feel it unbearable to manage with a____meal when they have visitors. A. homestead B. hometown C. homely D. homey 7. Most boys are＿＿to use force when they are faced with conflicts. A. decline B. inclined C.underlined D. like 8. The visitors are all impressed by the wide of the flowers on exhibition. A. variation B. various C. vary D. variety 9. His theory sounds ＿＿at first, but on second thought, it is reasonable to a certain degree. A. abundan B. absurd C. abstract D. abnormal 10. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is usually broadcast＿＿to the world. A. live B. alive C. lively D. living 11. In the 1930s, there was a serious ＿＿of the economy in America, with numerous workers losing jobs and countless people starving to death. A. oppression B. compression C. depression D. impression 12. Jazz music＿＿from a type of improvised musical performance popular in New Orleans in 1900. A. date B. trace C. tracks D. becomes 13. He was so tired that he couldn't＿＿what he was doing. A. concentrate in B. concentrate on C. rely on D. depend on The retired teacher has himself his career of teaching and researching. A. given ... in B. devoted ... to C. led ... to D. given ... up Customers are often to buy what they haven't meant to buy. A. attracted B. distracted C. tempted D. made Every night while he was reviewing his lessons, his mother sat by him＿＿. A. knit B. knits C. knitting D. knitted The soldiers’ desire for freedom their fear of death. A. won out B. won up C. won over D. won in English majors are read extensively in English. A. suppose to B. supposed to C. supposition to D. supposing to My daughter getting up early in the morning after she attended the boarding school. A. use to B. used to C. got used to D. being used to 20. Take your skates you decide to go skating. A. in no case B. in case of C. in case D. in the case Ⅱ. Cloze (1 point each, 1×10=10 points) We have our life experience only once. Our life is 1 more than our time. Therefore, to kill time is a form of suicide. We are shocked when we think of death and we 2 no pains, no trouble, and no expense to 3 life. But we are too often indifferent to the loss of an hour or of a day, 4 that our life is the total sum of the days and of the hours we live. A day or an hour wasted is therefore so much life forfeited. Our life is a brief period spanning some seventy or eighty years 5 . But nearly one third of this has to be spent 6 sleeping, taking meals, traveling on the bus, trains or tubes to work, watching TV, or even daydreaming. Now if all these years were to be 7 from the term over which our life extends, we shall find only about twenty or thirty years at our 8 for active work. 9 remembers this will never willingly waste a single moment of his life. 10 he is sure to live a meaningful and careful life. 1. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something 2. A. take B. spare C. spend D. cost 3. A reserve B. preserve C. conserve D. deserve 4. A. forgetting B. forget C to forget D. forgotten 5. A. for all B. at all C. all in all D. in all 6. A. on. B. at C. in D. for 7. A. deducted B. inducted C. conducted D. abducted 8. A. apposition B. disposition C. proposal D. disposal 9. A. Who B. Those C. Whoever those D. Whoever 10. A. Instead of B. Instead C. In spite of D.In spite Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension (2 points each, 2×20=40 points) Passage 1 There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points. A type of reading which necessitates careful attention to detail is proofreading, in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to practise this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text. 1. The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed____. A. among readers who have different experiences B. among all the readers C. between the poorly-educated and the highly educated D. among highly-educated people 2. A good reader is a reader who____. A. concentrates on the wonderful part of the article B. always reads slowly and carefully C.changes his speed according to the kind of text D. changes his speed according to his interest of the text 3. The author says that when reading a novel, a good reader can quickly read____. A. every part of the book B. the most wonderful part in the book C. the major part in the book D. the scientific part of the book 4. The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that____. A. a reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one B. a reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one C. a reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book D. a reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one 5. Which of the following can be the title of the passage? A. Reading and Listening. B. Difference Between Highly-educated and Poorly-educated. C. Practice Reading Skill. D. Difference in the Speed and Efficiency of Reading. Passage 2 California is a land of variety and contrast. Almost every type of physical land feature, sort of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. Sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another. People living in Bakersfield, for instance, can visit the Pacific Ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the arid Mojave Desert, and the high Sierra Nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. In other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distance. Contrast abounds in California. The highest point in the United States (outside Alaska ) is in California, and so is the lowest point (including Alaska). Mount Whitney, 14,494 feet above sea level, is separated from Death Valley, 282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. The two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three miles. California has deep, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. It has Lake Tulainyo, 12,020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the Salton Sea, 236 feet below sea level. Some of its lakes, like Owens Lake in Death Valley, are not lakes at all: they are driedup lake beds.In addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, California has its Pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of Oregon and Washington combined. 6. Which of the following is the lowest point in the United States?A. Lake Tulainyo.B. Mojave desert.C. Death Valley.D. The Salton Sea. 7. Where is the highest point in the United States located?A. Lake Tahoe.B. Sierra Nevada.C. Mount Whitney.D. Alaska. 8. How far away is Death Valley from Mount Whitney?A. About 3 miles.B. Only 100 miles.C. 282 feet. D. 14,494 feet. 9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100 miles of Bakersfield? A. The Pacific Ocean.B. San Joaquin Valley.C. Mojave Desert.D. Oregon and Washington.10. Which statement best demonstrates that California is a land of variety and contrastA. The highest lake in California is Lake Tulainyo.B. It is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of California without having to travel long distance. C. Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert and the Pacific Ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles. D. Owens Lake, in Death Valley, is not really a lake at all. Passage 3 Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), children are encouraged, but not forced, to “leave the nest” and begin an independent life. After children leave home they often find social relationship and financial support outside the family. Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married, Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses (配偶) through other friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions. Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve of their choices.　　In many families, parents feel that children should make m