大学英语C4

大学英语C4一、阅读理解1、Miss Jones teaches at a school. In one of her classes, the boys and girls are about eight years old, and they are not good at maths. Miss Jones always wants to make her lesson interesting and useful.One day she gave them a question. "If you go to the shop to buy apples," she said, "and an apple and a half cost twelve pence（便士）, how much will you have to give for twelve apples?"The pupils began to write in their exercise books, and for a time nobody spoke. Then one boy put his hands up and said, "Could you say the question once again, please?"Miss Jones said, "If an apple and a half…" but the boy shouted."Oh, an apple and a half?" he said."All the time I am working it out in oranges, Miss Jones. So the answer must be different."(1)、Miss Jones teaches ______.A：very little babiesB：high school studentsC：very good studentsD：maths in one class答案：D(2)、Miss Jones ______.A：bought apples for the boys and girlsB：went to the shop with her pupilsC：wanted her pupils to eat applesD：wanted her pupils to be interested in her lesson答案：D(3)、The pupils began to work, ______.A：and soon they got the answerB：and they did it very quicklyC：but one was not quite clear about the questionD：but one left the classroom and went home答案：C(4)、Apples and oranges are different things, ______.A：so the answer must be differentB：but the answer would be the sameC：so there should be no answerD：so Miss Jones must be wrong答案：B(5)、The boy was ______.A：very quickB：very foolishC：quite cleverD：quite useful答案： B2、William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. Asa young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid.Because of that, the people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy."Here, William," one of them would say. "Here is a nickel（五美分硬币）, and here is a dime（十美分硬币）. Which one do you want?"William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, "I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. Why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?""Certainly I know it," William answered slowly, "but if I choose the dime, then people won't play the trick on me anymore. Then I won't get any more nickels."(1)、William Henry Harrison was born .A：in a big cityB：on a farmC：in the countrysideD：in a small town答案：D(2)、People thought he was stupid because .A：he did poorly at schoolB：he was so quietC：he always asked foolish questionsD：he was afraid of others答案：B(3)、Whenever people played tricks on him, he was asked to .A：laugh at himselfB：make facesC：choose between a nickel and a dimeD：tell right from wrong答案：C(4)、His mother took him aside and asked why .A：he always chose the nickel instead of the dimeB：he didn't know that a dime was worth more than a nickelC：people played the same trick on himD：he failed to let people know how smart he was答案：A(5)、We can infer（推断）from the story that William Henry Harrison was . A：foolishB：naughtyC：silentD：clever答案：D二、词汇与语法1、Cars, buses and bikes ______ stop when the traffic light is red.A：canB：mustC：mayD：need答案：B2、He likes traveling during his ______.A：holidayB：workC：studyD：time答案：A3、She is _______ more beautiful than her elder sister.A：muchB：manyC：ratherD：quite答案：A4、They have invited us to their party, ______ makes us very happy. A：thatB：whereC：whyD：which答案：D5、Planes usually arrive on _______.A：timeB：testC：skyD：ground答案：A6、What number is ______ bus?A：JimB：Jim isC：Jim'sD：Jims'答案：C7、The math problem is ______ to work out.A：too difficultB：difficult muchC：enough difficultD：much difficult答案：A8、There _____ a post office, a bank and two parks there.A：isB：areC：haveD：has答案：A9、I don't like this one. Please give me ________.A：otherB：some elseC：anotherD：some other答案：C10、The music _____ like the singing of a bird.A：hearsB：listensC：soundsD：listens to答案： C三、选词填空1、Mr Jones bought a lot of things from a big shop last month, and then he thought that the shop had taken too __1__ money. He wanted to tell the shop __2__ that, so he telephoned the shop and wanted to speak to the Accounts Department."Who do you want to speak to in the Accounts Department?" the telephone operator asked."Anybody in the Accounts Department," Mr Jones answered. He did not __3__ the names of any of the people there. He heard nothing for a few seconds, and then the operator said, "Hello, you wanted to speak to __4__ in the Accounts Department, didn't you?""Yes, that's right," Mr Jones answered."Would you speak to Mr Green?" the operator said."Yes, that'll be all right," Mr Jones said, "I don't __5__ speaking to anyone in that department.""I'm sorry," the operator answered, "but Mr Green isn't in the office today."(1)、A：mindB：aboutC：someoneD：muchE：know答案：DA：mindB：aboutC：someoneD：muchE：know答案：B(3)、A：mindB：aboutC：someoneD：muchE：know答案：E(4)、A：mindB：aboutC：someoneD：muchE：know答案：C(5)、A：mindB：aboutC：someoneD：muchE：know答案：A2、We are learning English. But how can we __1__ English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can't speak English.If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the __2__and if you want to be a football __3__, you must play football.So you see, you can learn English only by __4__ it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your classmates and also you must write something sometimes. Then one day, you may find your English very __5__.A：river B：good C：player D：using E：learn 答案：E (2)、A：river B：good C：player D：using E：learn 答案：A (3)、A：river B：good C：player D：using E：learn 答案：C (4)、A：river B：good C：player D：using E：learn 答案：D (5)、A：river B：good C：player D：using E：learn 答案： B四、英译汉(1)、What do you plan to do this Friday?(2)、When the meeting will be held has not been decided yet.(3)、What did they say they had done?(4)、After I get home, I'll call you.五、汉译英(1)、他们一起唱歌。