《综合英语》
Ⅰ、考试内容及要求
考试以英语专业本科基础阶段教学大纲的要求为内容。要求考生能灵活、正确运用教学大纲语法结构表一级至四级的全部内容,掌握大纲规定的基础阶段认知词汇(5500—6000),并且能正确、熟练地运用其中的3000—4000个单词及其中的搭配;能根据所给的作文题目,按要求写一篇200个单词左右的短文;能读懂英美国家出版的中等难度的文章和材料。为了有效地考核学生各项基本技能,本考试本着科学和客观的原则,根据基础阶段英语水平评估的特点,采用试题多样化的形式,以保证考试的效度和信度。
Ⅱ、考试形式及试卷结构
考试形式为闭卷、笔试。考试时间为120分钟,试卷满分为100分。
考试共有四个部分:词汇与语法、完型填空、阅读理解、英文写作。
一、词汇与语法 (PART I: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR)
测试要求:
(1) 掌握基础阶段认知词汇(5500~6000),并能正确、熟练运用其中的3000~4000个单词及其最基本的搭配。
(2) 掌握并能正确运用英语专业一至四级语法内容。
(3) 考试时间为30分钟。
测试形式:
本部分采用多项选择。要求考生从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项
中选出一个最佳答案。共30小题,一小题1 分。
测试目的:
测试学生掌握词汇、短语及基本语法概念的熟练程度。
二、完型填空(PART II:CLOZE)
测试要求:
能在全面理解所给短文内容的基础上,选择一个最佳
答案使短文意思和结构恢复完整。
(2) 考试时间20分钟。
测试形式:
本部分采用多项选择题。在一篇约250个单词、题材熟悉、
难度中等的短文中留出20个空白。每个空白为一题,每题有四个选择。填空涉及词汇、语法及语篇知识。本部分共20小题,一小题1分。
测试目的:测试学生的综合语言知识和技能。
三、阅读理解(PART III: READING COMPREHENSION)
测试要求:
(1)能读懂英美国家出版的中等难度的文章及新闻报道。
(2)能掌握所读材料的主旨大意,了解说明主旨大意的事实和细节;既理解字面意义,又能根据所读材料进行判断和理解;既理解个别句子的意义,也理解上下文的逻辑关系。
(3)考试时间为35分钟。
测试形式:
本部分为四至五篇文章,采用多项选择题,要求考生从四个
选项中选出最佳答案。本部分共30小题,一小题1 分。
测试目的:
本部分测试学生通过阅读获取有关信息的能力,考核学生掌握相关阅读策略和技巧的程度,既要求准确性,也要求一定的阅读速度。
选材原则:
(1)题材广泛,包括社会、科技、文化、经济、日常知识、人物传记等。
(2)体裁多样,包括记叙文、描写文、说明文、议论文等。
(3)阅读材料的语言难度适中,关键词汇不超出四级水平。
四、写作(PART IV: WRITING)
测试要求:
能根据所给的作文题目、提纲或图表、数据等,写出一篇200个单词左右的短文。能做到内容切题、条理清楚、结构严谨、语法正确、语言通顺、表达得体。
测试形式:
本部分为主观题。属于命题作文。文章体裁主要属于说明文、议论文或记述的范围。
3、测试目的:
按照大纲的要求测试考生的书面表达能力。
4、考试时间35分钟。
Ⅲ、考试参考书目
新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列生教材:《综合教程》1-4册(第2版)(修订版);戴炜栋 何兆熊;上海外语教育出版社
Ⅳ、题型及示例
广州航海学院XXXX年本科插班生考试试卷
综合英语考试 试卷 (A卷)
(考试时间:120分钟)
注:本试题分试卷和答卷,答案必须写在答卷上,写在试卷上无效。
Part I Grammar and Vocabulary 30% (每小题1分,共30分)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there are four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. Her knowledge of the truth of the matter caused her more _________ than pleasure.
A. address B. depress C. distress D. express
2. My greatest _________ was to accumulate a sufficient amount of money to travel to Europe.
A. occupation B. assumption C. presumption D. preoccupation
3. I want to leave now. _________, if you want any help, just call me up.
A. Incidentally B. Occasionally C. Accidentally D. Subsequently
4. The English have a reputation for being _________. The will not talk to you unless you talk to them first.
A. preserved B. conserved C. reversed D. reserved
5. You would greatly _________ me by providing information as to the present financial position of the firm.
A. honor B. oblige C. favor D. obscure
6. If dairy milk disagrees with your stomach, soya milk could be a good _________.
A. food B. diet C. substitute D. staple
7. Most of them are _________ from Eskimo but some are from English, Danish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages.
A. made B. originated C. deprived D. derived
8. News of the severe accident in the neighboring city _________ the party.
A. overshadowed B. outweighed C. dominated D. overwhelmed
9. Tom won’t be in our college next year as he failed in several exams last term and he will _________.
A. resign B. cross out C. flunk out D. expatriate
10. We show great _________ for our professors who are devoted to teaching.
A. revenue B. reverence C. reference D. inference
11. All her attempts to question the authorities on the subject have been met by evasion and _________.
A. proliferations B. preoccupations C. professions D. prevarications
12. Parents should understand their kids and try to _________ the kid’s feelings by not criticizing them in front of other people.
A. spare B. omit C. excuse D. attend
13. There seems no escape from the _________ spread of cigarette smoke in this restaurant.
A. existent B. mass C. ubiquitous D. scattering
14. Rights, whether moral or legal, can involve _________ duties.
A. relative B. correlative C. relevant D. related
15. He was under the _________ that his son would lapse into idleness.
A. comprehension B. appreciation C. compression D. apprehension
16. None is so blind as those who _________ see.
A. couldn’t B. can’t C. won’t D. shan’t
17. He was a good runner so he _________ catch the bus.
A. could B. can C. might D. was able to
18. Look what you’ve done! You ________ more careful.
A. should be B. should have been C. had to be D. must be
19. Neither of the Smith brothers ________ to be drafted by a major league team this year.
A. expect B. expects C. has expected D. is expecting
20. Each boy and girl in the mountain area ________ to go to school.
A. asks B. ask C. is asked D. are asked
21. Most animals can swim right away ________ they go into water.
A. when first B. for the first time C. the first time D. when the first
22. The beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain delighted ________.
A. my eye B. my eyes C. eyes of mine D. eye of mine
23. ________ people say, I believe he is as innocent as a baby unborn.
A. Whatsoever B. However C. Whenever D. Whatever
24. That she ________ forget me so quickly was rather a shock.
A. would B. could C. should D. might
25. The ceremony is all the more significant ________ it was attended by a wealth of men of weight.
A. provided that B. in that C. given that D. so that
26. Her sincerity is ________.
A. beyond question B. beyond the question
C. out of the question D. out of questions
27. There’s one thing I disliked her; she never admits to ________ a mistake.
A. making B. having made C. make D. have made
28. The children ________ very quiet. I wonder what they are up to.
A. are B. is C. are being D. being
29. He is _________ to accept the first offer.
A. too shrewd businessman B. too shrewd a businessman
C. a too shrewd business D. businessman too shrewd
30. _________ United States voters may agree that there is waste in government, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
A. Even B. However C. Moreover D. However much
Part II Cloze 20%(每小题1分,共20分)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are four choices
marked A),B),C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 31 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 32 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind‘s future 33 and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is 34 for our ability to produce and use language. They 35 that our highly evolved brain provides us 36 an innate language ability not found in lower 37 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 38 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 39 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 40 times for language development…………….
(OMITTED)
31. A. generated B. evolved C. born D. originated32. A. valuable B. appropriate C. convenient D. favorite33. A. attainments B. feasibility C. entertainments D. evolution34. A. essential B. available C. reliable D. responsible35. A. confirm B. inform C. claim D. convince36. A. for B. from C. of D. with37. A. organizations B. organisms C. humans D. children38. A. potential B. performance C. preference D. passion39. A. as B. just as C. like D. unlike40. A. ideological B. biological C. social D. psychological
41…………………………………………….
42…………………………………………….
(OMITTED)
Part III Reading comprehension 30% (每小题2分,共30分)
Directions: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .
Passage One
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