新时代大学英语期中考试

牟平电大2009—2010学年度第一学期期中考试

06大专报关及计算机专业《英语》试题

I.Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.（20 points, one for each）

1)The eye need several minutes to ____ the darkness.

A,turn to B.adjust to C.drop out D.base on

2)It is said that he ___sent to Australia to improve his English.

A.would be

B.was to be

C.has been

D.had been

3)By this time next year, we ___ all the land into rice fields.

A,had turned B.will have turned C.have turned D.have been turning

4)He is the best man to finish the ___

pliment

B.coomment

C.assignment

D.moment

5)Students often have ___dealing with realities.

A.trouble

B.object

C.business

D.puzzle

6)The price is too high; ___, the house isn’t in a suitable position.

A.except

B.generally

C.as a result

D.moreover

7)Another three weeks ___ necessary for us to finish the work.

A.are

B.was

C.is

D.will have been

8)Half of the audience ___foreigners.

A.was

B.were

C.had been

D.has been

9)I wish I ___how to operate the electronic computer now.

A.now

B.have been

C.will know

D.knew

10)If you had studied the problem carefully yesterdays, you ___any difficulty now.

A,won’t find B.would not have found C.would not find D.have not found

11)English is the ___language of the island and the people there have no difficulty

in understanding each other.

A.mutual

B.local

C.foreign

mon

12)He made a five-month ___of India and the Far East.

A.trip

B.voyage

C.journey

D.tour

13)Great Britain ___three parts: England, Scotland and Wales.

A.owns

B.consists

prises

D.represents

14)Reports from hospitals ___that over 30 people died in the earthquake.

A.set

B.settle down

C.position

D.indicate

15)I don’t think Unit 3 is more difficult.I think it’s ___.

A,more easily B.more easier C.much easily D.much easier

16)His sister is ___ than he .

A.younger five years

B.five years younger

C.five year younger

D.five younger years

17)Gauguin (高庚) selected painting as a ___ when he was in his thirties.

A.job

B.work

C.profession

D.career

18)The workers’ ___ for a higher pay were refused by the employers.

A.demands

B.inquiry

C.desire

D.needs

19)Why do you stand and watch the thief ___ away?

A.running

B.to run

C.ran

D.run

20)It takes an hour to get there, ___ possible traffic delays.

A.it allowing

B.its allowing for

C.to allow to

D.allowing for

II. Fill in each blank with a proper word or phrase from the table. Each word or phrase can be used only once. Change the form where necessary. （10 points, one for each）

instant, locate, appropriate, vary, get around to, afford, survey , purpose, favorite, conclusion,

1.If a building is ___, it is examined carefully by a specially trained person, in

order to discover whether there is anything wrong with its structure.

2.The ___ of the research is to find out more about the causes of the disease.

3.Oranges are my ___ fruit and my father’s is banana.

4.It is not strange that they drew different ___from the facts.

5.He drank a cup of ___coffee as soon as he arrived home.

6.The offices are conveniently ___in the centre of town.

7.He is ___to hold the post.

8.People’s clothing ___with the season.

9.I’m very busy at the moment but I hope to ____answering your letter next week.

10.Only the bigger clubs can ___ the enormous fees that these players demand. III.Fill the blank(s) with a proper form of the given word in the brackets after each sentence. （10 points, one for each）