大学英语期末复习题

第一部分：交际用语1、- Are you feeling better today, Jack?- ____（C：Yes, thank you, doctor. But I still don't feel well ）2、- Thank you ever so much for your lovely gift.- ____（B：I'm glad you like it. ）3、- How are you, Bob?- ____, Ted. （B：I'm fine. Thank you. ）4、- Thanks for your help.- ____. （A：My pleasure ）5、- Hello, I'm Harry Potter.- Hello, my name is Charles Green, but ____.（C：call me Charles ）6、- Would you like something to drink? What about a cup of tea?- ____（A：No, thanks. ）7、- What's the problem with your bike?- ____ （C：Nothing serious. ）8、- Paul, ____?- Oh, that's my father! And beside him, my mother.（B：who's talking over there ）9、- Hi, Tom, how's everything with you?- ____ , and how are you? （B：Hm, not too bad ）10、- That's a beautiful dress you have on!- ____. （A：Oh, thanks. I got it yesterday ）11、- What are you majoring in?- ____ （C：Mathematics. ）12、- Are you going on holiday for a long time?- ____ （C：No. Only a couple of days. ）13、-- Must I take a taxi?-- No, you____. You can take a car. （D：don't have to ）14、-- We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?-- __.（A：I'm afraid not, because I have to go to an important meeting ）15、-- May I use your bike for a moment?-- ____. （C：By all means ）第二部分：阅读理解Passage 1We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners. "Yes", you may say , " but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?"People all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially to those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong.Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.He never laughs at people when they are in trouble.Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or to animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a post office, he takes his turn.He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an old person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says, "excuse me" or "I'm sorry".He says "please" when making a request, and "thank you" when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not interrupt other people when they are talking. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public. When eating, he does not speak with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs.1、Which of the following is considered as being well-mannered? -- ______（C：Helping older people ）2、If you try to be kind and helpful to others, you ______. （C：will be considered very polite ）3、When waiting for a bus, a well-mannered person should ______.（D：stand where he is and wait for his turn ）4、According to this passage, a polite person ______.（A：will not break into other's conversation ）5、The word "accidentally" (Line 5, Para. 4) means _____. （B：by accident ）Passage 2Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.6. What's the meaning for the word 'parchment'? ______（B. A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. ）7. Which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper? ______（A. More jobs could be provided than before. ）8. When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ______ （A. Around 1400. ）9. Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? ______（B. Sweden. ）10. What is the main idea of this short talk? ______（C. The invention of paper is of great significance to man ）Passage 3Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3.The space between six and three was there to mean." not any " tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. At last, only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.Now zero has many important uses. Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?11. Long, long ago people didn't know how to ______. （B. write zero ）12. Long, long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote ______. （B. 2 8 ）13. Later ______ was used to mean space. （D. a dot ）14. People used circles ______. （C. not to forget the space ）15. The story tells us ______. （A. how zero came to be used ）Passage 4As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend in the U.S. continue to grow.“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough mone y to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books tell you how you can do thing yourself.16. We can learn from the text that many newly married people____.（A. find it hard to pay for what they need )17. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ____. （B. make or repair things ）18. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at hom, he means Jim____.（D. keeps house and looks after his children ）19.Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when____.（A. his car repairs cost too much ）20. What would be the best title for the text?-- ____. （B. You can Do It Too! ）Passage 5Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him, "Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?" Tom answered," No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my ticket to pieces."21. Tom wanted to buy ______ when the girl asked him. （C. the fourth ticket ）22. The big boy stopped Tom at the door because ______. （A. it was the big boy's job ）23. The big boy was ______ at the cinema. （D. a worker ）24. From the story we know ______. （B. the little boy knew nothing about the cinema ）25. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?-- ____.（C. Tom was too young to make friends. ）Passage 6In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.26.What is the main idea of this passage? ______（B. The role of time in social life over the world. ）27.What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours?______ （B. A matter of life or death. ）28. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend?-- ____. （B. at 4:00 pm. ）29. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ______（D. Promptness is valued highly in American life. ）30. From the passage we can safely infer that ______.（B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world ）第三部分：词汇与结构1、- Write to me when you get home.- OK, I ____. ( C：wil )2、Professor Smith promised to look ____my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defence. ( B：over )3、- The public store is to close at 9:00 p.m.- ____ no need to worry; it is just 7:30 p.m.( D：There is )4、When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother ____ dinner in the kitchen.( B：was cooking )5、Did you notice the guy ____ head looked like a big potato? ( C：whose )6、Tom is so talkative. I'm sure you'll soon get tired ____ him. ( A：of )7、Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ____.( A：in between )8、I don't know ____ to deal with such matter. ( B：how )9、Both the kids and their parents ____ English, I think. I know it from their accent.( C：are )10、Never before ____ see such a terrible car accident on the road! ( D：did I )11. She is not only my classmate ____ also my good friend. ( B：but )12. ____ girl dressed ____ black is her sister Rose．( D：The; in )13. Yesterday was ____ day that we decided to go swimming.( C：such a beautiful )14. I have the complacent feeling ____I'm hightly intelligent. ( C：that )15. 、It was on the beach ____Miss White found the kid lying dead. ( A：that ）16. I am not used to speaking ____ public. （A. In ）17. Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a ____ and disorder!（B. Mess ）18. You had better ____ a doctor as soon as possible. （C. See ）19. - Is the library ____ now？- No，it's____. （C. open；closed ）20. Although he did not know London well, he made his way____ to the airport.（C. easily enough ）21. Tom ____ more than twenty pounds on the novel. （A：spent ）22. Mike is better than Peter ____ swimming．（B：at ）23. There ____ a book and some magazines on the desk. （A：is ）24. She has two best friends. ____ of them is in the country. （D：Neither ）25. I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I ____to half a dozen other groups. （C：had given ）26. - Write to me when you get home. - OK, I ____. （C. Will )27. Professor Smith promised to look ____my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defence. （B. Over )28. - The public store is to close at 9:00 p.m.- ____ no need to worry; it is just 7:30 p.m.（D. There is )29. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother ____ dinner in the kitchen. ( B. was cooking ）30. Did you notice the guy ____ head looked like a big potato? （C. Whose ）第四部分：完形填空If your children are in the house, it’s always best to 1 medicines of any kind out of their reach. Otherwise, they may be taken 2 candies or a new kind of drink. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular care in a number of 3 in order to make them safe and 4 .Fire is usually a risk. So, remember not 5 clothes in front of fires, or leave stoves in the middle of rooms 6 they can easily be 7 over. And don’t8 to keep the children away from 9 . Smoking may cause fire. So you’d better give it up.Safety first may mean a little more time and 10 , but it may save you a lot of trouble.1.Put2.as3.ways4.healthy5. to dry6.Where7. Knocked8.forget 9.fire 10. CareLast June my brother 11 a car. He had had an old scooter before, but it 12 several times during the spring. We planned to borrow some money from our Aunt Myra, who was rich enough to pay for a second-hand Mini. We told our parents that we were going to see Aunt Myra. They weren’t very happy about it and asked us not to go. So13 . But later that same day something strange 14 . A doctor 15 us that Aunt Myra 16 into hospital for an operation. “17 go and see her at the same time,” said my mother. “You two go today, but don’t mention the money.”When we 18 , Aunt Myra 19 . “I’m not seriously ill”, she said, “but the doctor insists that 20 to drive my car. You can have it if you promise to take me to the seaside now and again.” We agreed, and now we quite enjoy our monthly trips to the coast with Aunt Myra.11.wanted to buy 12.had broken down 13.we didn’t14. Occurred15.rang to tell 16.had gone 17. we can’t all18. got there19.seemed quite happy 20.I’m getting too oldIn the eighteenth century, cities 21 larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the 22 because there was 23 work for them to do in the cities.On Sundays and holidays, they liked to 24 the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every 25 had a horse or a wagon (马车). People needed a simpler means of transportation. 26 in many countries tried to solve this problem.The first bicycle, which was very simple, 27 in 1790. People call “the horse on wheel”. Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, the bicycle became a practical 28 of transportation.People liked bikes because they weren’t as29 as horses and didn’t need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to 30 .21.became 22.cities 23.more 24.leave 25.family 26.Inventors27.appeared 28.means 29.expensive 30.ride第五部分：写作（满分15分）1.要求在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和中文提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。