英语提高班测试题(3)

英语提高班测试题（3）

Part I V ocabulary

1.They liked my newly remolded office so much they asked if I minded they _____

the decor in their office.

A. duplicated

B. rewrote

C. rebuild

D. retell

2. The professor’s lectures are well received partly because they are always coupled with a lot of interesting ____ aids.

A. actual

B. visual

C. audial

D. virtual

3. It was clear to the judge that the witness’ testimony had no ____ to the case.

A. meaning

B. bridge

C. relevance

D.bond

4. Miss Johnson tried to ____ teaching English, but it did not bring a good enough income.

A. live for

B. live with

C. live out

D. live by

5. Mike is ill-tempered. He doesn’t ____ with anybody in the office.

A. get along

B. get down

C.get at

D. get over

6. Mrs Wright received her guests in a _____ manner that made them feel at ease.

A. clumsy

B. gracious

C. awkward

D. harsh

7. If he can’t find a (an) ____ for all his frustraction, I’m afraid his health is going to suffer.

A. output

B. outlet

C. outsauce

D. outdoing

8.He was not very hungry, and just ___ the food on his plate.

A. picked at

B. picked out

C. picked on

D. picked up

9. Advertisements are intended to _____ the best qualities of the product to the public.

A. put up

B. put apart

C. put across

D. put away

10. Too many sweets and not enough exercise will make you ___ weight.

A. put down

B. put across

C. put on

D. put out

11.I have to admit that I had been a little too ___ in forming my opinion of the new professor.

A. old-handed

B. premature

C.considerate

D. prudent

12. He is so fine a man that it would be hard to find someone that can be his ____.

A. peer

B. friend

C.enemy

D. mate

13. If you make a promise, it should _____________.

A. carried away

B. carried off

C. be carried out

D. be carried forward

14.Can you ____ how much it costs today to feed an average family of four?

A. work out

B. work on

C. work in

D. work up

15. He got the money dishonestly, by _____ his brother’s signature on a check.

A. doodling

B. forging

C. marking

D. brushing

16. The ten-year old girl was often sent out ____ by her mother.

A. on business

B. on holiday C on picnic D. on errands

17.The government ___ the peopple to be economical of oil consumption.

A. called on

B. called up

C. called down

D. call forth

18. What ___ the recent Cabinet changes is the need to get rid of certain unpopular

ministers.

A. lies up

B. lies behind

C. lies down

D. lies over

19.I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t even start to ___me __ buying.

A. talk---to

B. talk---of

C. talk---over

D. talk---into

20.He is not the easiest man to win over; he’ll need some ___________.

A. talking round

B. talking to

C. talking over

D. talking of

Passage 1

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

1._______ is the most important reason the car became so popular in the United States.

A.The American spirit of independence

B.America’s vast territory

C.Not having an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation

D.Henry Ford’s making cars in large numbers

2.The big problem for Americans has been caused by ____.

A.the large population

B.the poor management

C.the gas shortage

D.the pollution

3.Buses, rains and airplanes are efficient forms of ____ transportation.

A. republic

B. public

C. publish

D. private

4.Americans like ____ around in their country.

A. move

B. moves

C. moved

D. moving

5. Which of the following doesn’t mean “exact” ?

A. Frequent

B. Accurate

C. Precise

D. Right

Passage 2

A headache is one of man’s most common enemies. Most people get headaches from time to time. What causes headaches and what can we do about them?

Tension headaches.

Probably more than 90% of all headaches are caused by worry or tension. Modern living produces tensions for everybody, at work, at school and at home. What can we do about tension and worry in our life.? First, find what is causing the tension. It may be caused by feelings or emotions. Do you worry too much over what people think of you, over your clothes, or about what you did or didn’t say? Are you on good terms with your employer, neighbour, best friend, school friend or family? If not, why not? Next, find a way of reducing tensions. Gardening, walking, running, swimming or any activity suitable for your age will help reduce tension. Then look at your way of life. Ask yourself, where am I going? And why? Learn the secret of relaxation. Lie down in a dark quiet room and relax as much as possible by taking several slow breaths. Let all your muscles relax.

Headaches caused by habit.

Habits of daily living also produce headaches. These include lack of exercise, especially sitting for hours watching TV or studying, lack of fresh air, lack of sleep and eating too much. Get in the habit of balanced living; plenty of sleep, regular exercise, regular meals, good food, fresh air and avoid harmful things such as heavy smoking, alcohol and very strong coffee. A headache can be the body’s reaction against things such as these.

There are other causes of headaches. Headaches may be caused by infections and low blood sugar. Remember that if your headache gets worse see your doctor.

6. According to the passage, which of these is true?

A. Most people don’t usually get headaches.

B. All people get headaches most of the time.

C. Most people get headaches some of the time.

D. No one gets headaches all his life.

7. Most headaches are caused by _______ .

A. habits

B. infections

C. heavy smoking

D. tension

8. Which of the following doesn’t have the meaning of “tension” ?

A. Tightness

B. Stiffness

C. Stress

D. Lightness

9. Let all your muscles _______ .

A. to relax

B. relaxed

C.relaxing

D.relax

10. Get in the habit of _____________ .

A. balance living

B. balanced live

C. balanced living

D. balance life

Passage 3

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. But the story behind his invention of the telephone begins before 1876.

Bell first worked for his father. He taught the deaf to speak by using his father’s system of “visible speech”. From this early experience with the study of sound, Bell became interested in the telegraph, a device which sends sounds by an electric current. During one experiment with his

assistant, Thomas A. Watson, Bell was adjusting the tone of the telegraph’s steel spring. He heard other sounds coming through the spring. This discovery showed him how the current could transmit the vibrations of a person’s voice.

On March 19,1876, Bell and Watson were working in separate rooms. Bell spilled some acid on his clothes by accident and said,”Mr.Watson, come here. I need you!”Watson heard the message through the telephone spring and came immediately. This was the first complete sentence trnasmitted over the telephone.

Within a year the new device was greatly improved. On April 3, 1877, Bell completed the first telephone conversation between Boston and New York, a distance of more than two hundred miles.

Now people almost everywhere in the world can speak to each other by telephone. A special telephone can aslo transmit a picture of the speaker as well as the voice. This device lets deaf persons use the telephone. By lip reading, or watching the movements of the epeaker’s lips, a deaf person can actually see what the person at the other telephone is saying.

11. How can a deaf person use the special telephone?

A. By lip reading

B. By fingure reading

C. By movements reading

D. By hand reading

12. Bell heard other sounds _______ through the wire.

A. to come

B. coming

C. came

D. were coming

13. Bell was adjusting the _____ of the telegraph’s steel spring.

A. ton

B. tongue

C. tonic

D. tone

14. A telephone can also ______ a picture of the speaker.

A. transfer

B. transplant

C. transmit

D. translate

15. Which phrase can roughly replace “as well as” in this passage?

A. as well to

B. not--- but

C. either-----or

D. not only---- but also

Passage 4

Cathy and Wayne are in their late 20’s, have been married frve years, and are childless. The last time a member of Cathy’s family asked, “ When are you going to start a family?” her answer was, “We are a family!”

Cathy and Wayne belong to a grwing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled. What lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society?

Perhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not.

“It’s a life-style choice,”Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity, privacy and leisure. It’s also a question of where you want to give your efforts--- whithin your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods or line up to get their oxygen ration. There are men who complain about being caught in a traffic jam

for hours on their way home to their five kids but can’t make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we are concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.”

16.What does the member of Cathy’s family mean by saying “When are you going to start a

family?”

A. When are you going to have children?

B. When are you going to get married?

C. When are you going to buy a house?

D.When are you going to move to a new house?

17. The number of childless young couples______.

A. is decreasing

B. is increasing

C. has more than doubled

D. remains unchanged

18. “ To fly in the face of” in the second paragraph means _____

A. to run into

B. to come across

C. to follow

D. to go against

19. Which of the following statements is true of the Pecks?

A. They propose that young couples have no children

B. They urge that family planning be made obligatory

C. They think that no pressure should be put on young couples who do not want children.

D. They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse if young couples are not pressured

into parenthood.

20. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overpopulation mentioned in this passage?

A. Traffic jam

B. They using up of precious natural resources

C. The lowering of the quality of life.

D. War

Part III E-C Translation:

Through all of our history we have pondered the stars and mused whether humanity is unique or if, somewhee else in the dark of the night sky, there are other beings who contemplate and wonder as we do, fellow thinkers in the cosmos. Such beings might view themselves and the universe differently. Somewhere else there might be very exotic biologies and technologies and societies. In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding, we are a little lonely; and we ponder the ultimate significance, if any, of our tiny but exquisite blue planet.

Part IV C-E Translation:

1.如果你不反对的话，我想把与我们的试验有关的资料复制一份。

2.听到这一消息，她万分震惊，无法相信这事会发生到约翰身上。

3.公司在设备更新上需要大笔费用，目前再无力扩展了。

4.只要我努力学习，只要抱有条条大路通罗马的信念，我的理想一定能实现。

5.去年夏天洪水期间，不得不动用全国的力量来救灾。

PartyV Cloze

The problem is that people have never before (1)____ marriage with the high (2)_____ they now hold. Throughout history, the (3)______ has been a vital unit for survival, starting as a defense system for (4)______ survival, and gradually becoming a unit for economic survival. Now, of course, the family has become a physical and economic (5)_____ rather than an asset. Having met, as a society, the basic survival and (6)______ needs, people simply don’t need each other anymore to fight Indians or spin yarn--- or wash dishes or repair electrical (7)____ for that matter. The bonds of marriage and family life are no longer (8)____, but affectional. People used to come to love each other because they(9)____ each other. Now it is just the other way round. They need each other because they (10)_____ each other.

1.arrived/entered/reached/came

2.expextations/expert/expertise/exercise

3.unit/family/home/house

4.mental/spiritual/physical/economic

5.liability/index/clue/hint

6.food/water/security/clothes

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8.emotional/functional/mental/visual

9.loved/hated/liked/needed

10.hate/like/love/dislike

Part VI. Writing

Some people prefer to buy clothes of famous brand;

Others prefer to buy ordinary clothes

What’s your opinion?

Outline: 1. Everybody needs clothing

2 .some people prefer buy clothes of famous brand

3. my view on clothes.

英语提高班测试题（3）答案

V ocabulary:

1a 2b 3c 4d 5a 6b 7b 8a 9c 10c 11b 12a 13c 14a 15b 16d 17a 18b 19d 20a

Reading:

1-5ACBDA

6-10 CDDDC

11-15 ABDCD

16-20 ABDCD

Cloze:

1entered 2expectations 3family 4physical 5liability 6security 7 plugs

8 functional 9 needed 10 love.