《实用英语》考试试题一

《实用英语》考试试卷

专业____年级____班级___ 学号___ 姓名_____ 总分_____

Ⅰ：Test of vocabulary and structure

Section A Find the definition in Column B which matches the word in

Column A. (10%)

A B

1. perform A like or alike

2. hand in hand B to give a show before public

3. possess C special

4. particular D to fix or set in a certain place

5. popular E to own; have

6. locate F always happening together

7. homesick G not often

8.mostly H feeling unhappy because of missing home

9. similar I mainly

10. rarely J liked by many people

Section B

Directions:In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) or D). You are required to complete

the sentence by deciding on the most appropriate choice. (20%)

11. The rule of safe driving applies ____everyone.

A at

B in

C on

D to

12. My teacher, as well as my classmates ____ going to visit the museum.

A is

B are

C were

D was

13. He ____that he found the money in the forest.

A claimed

B have claimed

C has claimed

D claim

14. Don't go and bother him. He _____ in the room.

A writes

B has written

C is writing

D has been writing

15. I didn't want to take part in their argument, so I remained _____.

A silence

B silently

C silents

D silent

16. The foreign friends _____here just now.

A left

B have left

C have been away from

D had left

17. Such an idea never occurred_____me before.

A on

B to

C at

D in

18. I felt very sorry that I was not in a position ____help you.

A at

B to

C in

D on

19. During the illness of their mother, the children ____by a neighbor.

A took care of

B were taken care

C were taken care of

D have been taken care

20. English textbooks ______in that publishing house.

A were published

B have been published

C are published

D had been published

Ⅱ（30%）

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

and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25are based on the following passage.

It is hard to track the blue whale ,the ocean’s largest creature which has almost

been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable

to give real insight into its behavior.

So biologists were delighted early this year when with the help of the Navy they

were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days monitoring its sounds. This

was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans. Tracking whales is but one example of an

exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the

Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening

system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.

Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the

system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time

and that they plan similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network

for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures. The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second-slower than through land

but faster than through air. What is most important different layers of ocean water

can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊

器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear,

is focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the

ocean ,especially low-frequency ones can often travel thousands of miles.

21. The passage is chiefly about ____.

A an effort to protect an endangered marine species.

B the civilian use of a military detection system.

C the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weapon.

D a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales.

22. The underwater listening system was originally designed ____.

A to trace and locate enemy vessels

B to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions

C to study the movement of ocean currents

D to replace the global radio communications network

23. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ____.

A the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water

B the capability of sound to travel at high speed

C the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound

D low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water

24. It can be inferred from the passage that____.

A new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue

whales

B blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening system

C opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use

military technology

D military technology has great potential in civilian use

25. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network?

A It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.

B It has been replaced by a more advanced system.

C It became useless to the military after the cold war.

D It is indispensable in protecting endangered species.

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Play is the principal business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs opportunity and the right materials for play, and the

main tools of play are toys. Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist

play. To succeed in this they must be good toys, which children will play with often,

and will come back to again and again. Therefore it is important to choose suitable

toys for different sta ges of a child’s development.

In recent years research on infant development has shown that the standard a child

is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’s abili ty to profit from

the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged and stimulated, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing

up successfully.

In the next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every

type of suitable toy should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability. Bricks and jigsaws（七巧板）and construction toys; painting, scribbling(涂鸦) and making things;

sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play; the first social games

for learning to play and get on with others.

By the third stage of play development-from five to seven or eight years-the child

is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at

home or at school. It is easier to see which type of toys the children most enjoys.

Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same to a child.

But once reading has been mastered, then books and school become the main source

of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, they lead on to new hobbies,

but their significance has changed to a child of nice or ten years, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.

26 The passage tells us that as a child grows up ____.

A he should be allowed to choose his own toys.

B he should be given identical toys.

C he should be given different toys.

D he should be given fewer and fewer toys.

27According to the passage, the abilities a child has inherited from his parents ____.

A determine his character.

B will not change after the age of three.

C partly determine the standard he is likely to reach.

D to a large extent determine the choice of toys.

28 Who have the best chance of growing up successfully?

A Those who tend to overeat

B Those who are given a lot of toys.

C Those who are given toys, talked to and played with.

D Those who can share their toys with their playmates.

29 We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity ____.

A when he is two

B when he is around four.

C when he is six.

D when he is eight.

30 The passage is mainly about____.

A the importance of pre-school education

B the importance of schooling.

C the role of play in a child’s develop ment.

D the choice of toys for adults.

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

In the last 500 years, nothing about people --- not their clothes, ideas, or languages has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the coca tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.

The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish peop le starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine(饥荒)” of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.

There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others wen t in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arab durin g the 1400’s.

According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person name Kaldi

noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the “wide-awake” feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

31. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in

the last 500 years?

A. Food

B. Clothing

C. Ideology

D. Language

32.“Some” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to___

A. some cocoa trees.

B. some chocolate drinks.

C. some shops.

D. some south American Indians.

33.Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because ___

A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else.

B. they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.

C.the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes.

D. the potato harvest was bad.

34. Which country is the largest coffee producer?

A. Brazil.

B. Colombia.

C. Ethiopia.

D. Egypt.

35. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

A. One third of the world’s population drinks coffee.

B. Coffee is native to Colombia.

C. Coffee can keep one awake.

D. Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

Ⅲ Translation（20%）

Section A ：Translation from Chinese into English.（10%）

Directions：Translate the following Chinese sentences into English.

1．安全行车的规则对每个人都适用。

2．英国人习惯于靠左边开车。

3．请帮我搬一下这只重箱子。

4．很抱歉，我不能帮你的忙。

5．我们正在为解决城市污染问题而努力。

Section B ：Translation from English into Chinese.（10%）

Directions：Translate the following English sentences into Chinese.

1.Finally—to add to my likes of college—I love having Fridays off—I wouldn’t

be able to cope with five days of classes in a row.

2.Victory always goes to the strong.

3.We can become accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality.

4.The man I saw at the party looked and talked like an American.

5.International trade is the exchange of goods and services produced in one

country for goods and services produced in another.

Ⅳ Writing(20%)

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay in honor of teachers on the occasion of Teacher’s Day. You should write at least 120 words following

The outline given below:

1,向老师表达节日祝贺

2,从一件小事来回忆老师的教诲和无私的奉献

3,我如何回报老师的关爱

Tea cher’s Day

《实用英语》考试试卷答案

Ⅰ：Test of vocabulary and structure

Section A （10%）

1．B2．F 3．E 4.C5．J 6．D7. H 8．I9．A 10. G

Section B （20%）

11．D 12．A 13．A 14．C 15． D 16．A 17．B 18．B 19．C 20．C

Ⅱ（30%）

21．B 22. A 23． A 24． D 25．A

26．C 27． D 28． C 29． B 30. C

31．A 32． C 33． D 34． A 35． B

Ⅲ Translation（20%）

Section A ：Translation from Chinese into English.（10%）

1．The rules of safe driving apply to everyone.

2．English people are accustomed to driving on the left.

3．Please lend me a hand with this heavy box .

4．Sorry, I am not in a position to help you .

5．We are trying to solve the problem of air pollution.

Section B ：Translation from English into Chinese.（10%）

1．最后，再补充一点我喜欢上大学的原因吧。我喜欢周五休息。连着上五天课，我可吃不消。

2．成功总是属于强者。

3．我们能够适应在个性上做的任何改变。

4．我在聚会上见到的那个人，外表和谈吐都很像美国人。

5．国际贸易是将一个国家的商品和提供的服务与另一个国家的商品和服务进行交换。Ⅳ Writing(20%)

Part II: Translate the following into Chinese. (20%)

1．take up 1__________________

2．open an account 2__________________

3．in advance 3__________________

4．all exchange of goods 4__________________

5．take the place of 5__________________

6．be in charge of 6__________________

7．pay off 7__________________

8．for instance 8__________________

9．side by side 9__________________

10．to a great extent 10__________________