词汇1000与中级阅读班期末测试题

词汇1000与中级阅读班期末测试题

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一、词汇

在英语合成词中，有一种不是很普遍的，也较少人注意的，那就是叠声合成词（repetition compounds）。叠声合成词多数是名词，也可转化为形容词、动词或副词，有三种形式：

Ⅰ两个字都相同

请你猜猜下面划线的单词是什么意思，连线右边的汉语翻译

●He pooh-poohed my idea. （再见）

●It is a hush-hush report not to be made public. （轻视）

●The boy said bye-bye to his parents. （秘密的）

以下是其他类似的叠声合成词，请你猜猜它们的意思，连线右边的汉语翻译

clank-clank （雨水声）

drip-drip （打扮得很俗气的）

tap-tap （马马虎虎）

so so （各半的）

goody-goody （剪声）

fifty-fifty （伪善的）

pretty-pretty （打字机的声音）

thump-thump （砰然声）

snip-snip （链子声）

Ⅱ第二字的元音和第一字的不同

●Electric networks(电线网) criss-cross the whole island.（）

●The government dilly-dallied over lengthening the retirement age(延长退休年限).（）

●The blinds(百叶窗) flip-flopped in the wind.（）

●The drunkard(醉汉) zig-zagged along the road.（）

●Most women like knick-knacks.（）

●Is it possible to get rid of(解决) the riff-raff of a society(社会)?（）

●The graduating(即将毕业的) students had a pleasant sing-song in the garden.（）

●Do you like wishy-washy soup?（）

Ⅲ第二字的辅音和第一字的不同

请你猜猜划线的单词是什么意思，从方格里选择汉语翻译的编号填入括号内。

●Barbarians(平民) in ancient times had to kow-tow to government officials.（）

●Some people are not used to the hub-bub of the city. （）

●I pity(同情) those who lead a humdrum life year in year out(年复一年).（）

●Willy-nilly, young people at the age of 18 must go for military training (军训).（）

●Don't play hanky-panky with your friends.（）

● When rain suddenly came, the pedestrians(路人) ran helter-skelter.（）

● Tom and his friends used to hob-nob in the bar.（）

● The defeated(打败仗的) soldiers retreated(撤退) pell-mell.（）

叠声合成词形象清新，但数量不多，用的范畴也较局限，通常都不在严肃或正式的场合出现

二、阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I

Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much. He always asked his father for sweets.

The boy’s father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great man lived nearby. The boy’s father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make th e child give up sweets.

So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.

During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy did not ask for sweets any more.

The boy’s father felt surprised, “Why didn’t you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a month ago?” The man answered, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself? In the last month I gave up eating sweets.”

A person’s example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can’t do ourselves.

1. The boy’s father took his son to the great man because _____.

A. the man lived close to the house

B. the man might give him some help

C. the man was also fond of sweets

D. the man had already given up sweets

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The great man had a hobby of eating sweets.

B. The great man gave up eating sweets in a month.

C. The father and son came back to the man a month later.

D. The boy failed to stop eating sweets at last.

3. Which is the best title（标题）for the passage?

A. Eating sweets is bad for children

B. A good way to give up eating sweets

C. Giving up sweets is not difficult

D. Examples speak louder than words

II

Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time wi th a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.

When to arrive

The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you over, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can turn up a little bit after 3:00. But usually it is a good idea to arrive at the right time.

What to bring

Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.

How to greet（问候）

When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and

they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr. or Mrs. Smith. This will show them more respect （尊重）and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Another way to show respect is to call them Madam or Sir.

It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend and your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!

4. If you are told to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m., it is polite to arrive at _____ p.m.

A. 5:02

B. 4:50

C. 4:30

D. 5:30

5. When the writer was a child, he called his friend’s father _____.

A. Smith

B. John

C. Mary

D. Paul

6. The passage mainly（主要）tells us _____.

A. when to arrive at your friend’s house

B. how to greet people

C. what to bring to your friend

D. how to be a good visitor

7. The passage may be from _____.

A. a notice on a wall

B. a letter to a friend

C. an article（文章）in a magazine

D. a news story in a paper

III

Letter One

Dear Editor（编辑）,

After I finish my homework, I often go online and chat with my friends. Sometimes I play Internet games. But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer. Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and Internet games harm（伤害）children. Once I went to a net bar（网吧）to play games after school. But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school. I said so because I didn’t want to make them unhappy. I feel bad about it. However, I need to rest for a while by playing computer games after studying for a long time. I really want my parents to understand that. Do foreign parents do the same to their children? Please help me.

Li Ping,

Nantong

Letter Two

Dear Li Ping,

I think it’s not strange for parents to keep their children away from anything bad. Foreign parents will do the same as your parents! They may not let their children watch TV for too long a time, or like your parents, they don’t want their children to play computer games.

Talk to your parents and be honest （诚实）to them, I think. Tell them what you are doing and why you are doing so to make them understand you. It’s never good to do things behind your parents’ backs. They aren’t fools as you think sometimes! Our parents seem to know what is the best for us. Remember: to be honest is the best way.

Good luck,

Rebecca

8. From the passage we can learn that Li Ping often _____.

A. talks to his friends on the Internet

B. plays basketball after school

C. plays computer games at home

D. chats online before doing his homework

9. The boy goes online _____.

A. to get news about QQ

B. just to have a rest

C. to show that he hates study

D. just to find some friends

10. The underlined（划线的）sentence in Letter Two means “ _____ ”.

A. You must do everything in front of your parents

B. You must always listen to your parents carefully

C. You should tell your parents what you do before or after doing it

D. You should not do anything to make your parents worry about you

11. The editor thinks _____.

A. children should play computer games secretly

B. playing computer games can be very helpful to children’s studies

C. children should be honest and try to make their parents understand them

D. foreign parents don’t care for their children as much as Chinese parents

IV

Get ready, China. The world is coming! Every day lots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists. And even more people will come in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics. When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people. But there are some things they may not like:

1. Traffic problems Cars park on sidewalks （人行道）. Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid.

2. Queue jumping At the post office, or even at McDonald’s, people push to the front of a line instead of waiting.

3. Bumping Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains. This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either. On a bus in North America, people try to make themselves smaller and they’ll say “Excuse me” or “Sorry” if they knock into someone. In China, people make themselves bigger with no “Sorry” or “Excuse me”.

4. Littering I notice this everywhere. Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin（箱）right next to them.

Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am. And, certainly, the government（政府）has known the problems and is trying to do something about them.

China is on her way!

12. Someone throws an empty Cola bottle onto the ground. This is called _____.

A. bumping

B. littering

C. queue jumping

D. a traffic problem

13. The writer thinks we Chinese people should do the following except _____.

A. park our cars at right places

B. wait our turn in public（公共）places

C. throw rubbish into rubbish bins

D. hurry onto buses before others

14. We can conclude（得出结论）from the passage that _____.

A. things will get better and better in China

B. fewer and fewer foreigners will visit our country

C. there will be more and more traffic problems in Beijing

D. fewer and fewer Chinese people will eat hamburgers

15. When the writer says “Get ready, China”, he means that _____.

A. China is going to be a fast-growing country

B. it is time for the Chinese to change their bad behaviors（行为）

C. most Chinese people are as unhappy with these problems as him

D. the Chinese will do a good job in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games