毕业前英语补考题

2010级公共英语1毕业前补考复习题

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. He was _ C____ by the strange sound that night.

A. afraid

B. feared

C. frightened.

D. exciting

2. John is the student with___A___ you talked on your way home yesterday.

A. whom

B. that

C. which

D. who

3. We use short-wave to ___A___ VOA English program.

A. take up

B. pick up

C. pick in

D. bring in

4. When my car _A_____ , the makers put it right free of charge.

A. broke down

B. fell off

C. broke up

D. fell flat

5. His books are C as my books.

A. as twice many

B. as many twice

C. twice as many

D. twice many as

6. When she graduates from college this summer, she A here for seven years.

A. has studied

B. will have studied

C. will study

D. had studied

7. __B___ come and help us.

A. Does

B. Do

C. Did

D. Will

8. I’m always happy because I have nothing C about.

A. worry

B. worrying

C. worried

D. to worry

9. They sat quietly in the classroom, B to a talk by an old soldier.

A. listened, given

B. listening, given

C. listening, giving

D. listened, giving

10. — Can you come to attend our party tonight?

— Sorry, but I do wish I ___B____.

A. had

B. could

C. will

D. can

11. _A__ your examination paper for any small mistakes before you hand in.

A. Look at

B. Look up to

C. Look through

D. Look down on

12. __D___ the news, my father immediately set off for Changsha.

A. Hear

B. To hear

C. Being heard

D. Hearing

13. It’s high time all the students ___C___ in their term papers.

A. hand

B. handing

C. have handed

D. handed

14. --- The light in the office is still on.

--- Oh, I forgot B .

A. turning it off

B. to turn it off

C. turn it off

D. having turned it off

15. The only car not yet repaired by that mechanic is D .

A. my

B. me

C. him

D. mine

II. Choose the right one from the two answers to complete the sentences.

1. Since this book is written in easy English, it is useful for (begin；

beginners)___beginners_______.

2. The government has decided to spend more money on (education;

educate)__education_________.

3. The sooner you start, the (quickly; more quickly) _____more quickly____ you'll finish.

4. Be patient. You’ll soon (discover ;discovery) __discover________ how the computer

works.

5. Peter held back his anger and tried to speak calmly and (slow; slowly) __slowly_____.

6. I spent several hours (tell; telling) __telling______ him what a good project it was.

7. Peter is the (taller; tallest) _tallest____ student I have ever met.

8. He can’t be a good teacher because he has no patience (patience; patient) with children.

9. I don’t mind having (having; have) a dog in the house as long as it’s clean.

10. She managed to settle the argument in a friendly (friend; friendly) way.

11. ___Strictly_______ (Strictly; S trict) speaking, it’s not allowed, but we won’t prevent it.

12. Failure (Fail; Failure) is the mother of success.

13. All the students went to the lecture because the lecture was very exciting

(exciting; excited).

14. Even the doctors can’t persuade him to give up smoking (to smoke; smoking).

15. Something is wrong with the tape recorder. It needs repairing (repairing; repair).

III. Reading Comprehension

Task1 After reading the following passage, you should make the correct choice.

Some cities have planned their transportation systems for car owners. That is what Los Angeles did. Los Angeles decided to build highways for cars rather than spending money on public transportation.

This decision was suitable for Los Angeles. The city grew outward instead of upward. Los Angeles never built many tall apartment buildings. Instead, people live in houses with gardens.

In Los Angeles, most people drive cars to work. And every car has to have a parking space. So many buildings where people work also have parking lots.

Los Angeles also became a city without a Central Business District (CBD). If a city has a CBD, crowds of people rush into it every day to work. If people drive to work, they need lots of road space.

So Los Angeles developed several business districts and built homes and other buildings in between the districts. This required more roads and parking spaces.

Some people defend this growth pattern. They say Los Angeles is the city of the future.

1. According to the passage, Los Angeles is a city where C .

A. there is no public transportation system

B. more money is spent on highways for cars

C. more money is spent on public transportation systems

D. public transportation is more developed than in other cities

2. "The city grew outward instead of upward" (Line 1, Para. 2) means A .

A. the city became more spread out instead of growing taller

B. there were fewer small houses than tall buildings

C. rapid development took place in the city center