厦门大学网络教育2017-2018第一学期《英语1》课程复习题

厦门大学网络教育2017-2018学年第一学期

《英语1》课程复习题

I. Use of English

1. —You l ook so young in red. —___C______ .

A. I don't mind

B. So d o you

C. Thank you

D. Don't say so

2. —I'll be in the relay race. It's my turn. Bye. —____B_____! Bye.

A. Great

B. Good luck

C. Be careful

D. Best wishes

3. —I'm so sorry to take up so much of your time. —______C____ .

A. Never mind

B. All right

C. That's all right

D. That's right

4. —Ah, there are so many magazines here, can I have a l ook at them pl ease?

—______A____ .

A. Help yourself

B. Why not?

C. It doesn't matter

D. That's OK

5. —Would you like something to drink? —______D____. I really feel a little thirsty.

A. Sorry, I don't think so

B. Never mind

C. No, please

D. Yes, please

6. —Thank you for your beautiful present for my birthday. —Not at all. ____C____.

A. You're welcome

B. Don't say so

C. It's a pleasure

D. Thanks a lot

7. —“Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!”—“____A____.”

A. Thank you, the same to you

B. I hope so

C. I wish so

D. I’m glad to hear that

8. —- “Sorry to troubl e you.”—“_____D___.”

A. All right

B. No troubl e

C. That’s right

D. It doesn’t matter

9. —Well, it's getting late. I must be going. Thank you again for inviting me to the party.

—_____B_______.

A. Oh, it's so late

B. Thank you for coming

C. Oh, so soon?

D. I really had a happy time

10. —I want to go to New York. What's the fare? —_____A_____.

A. Pardon me?

B. I'm sorry

C. Yes, I don't und erstand

D. I'm not understanding 11. —These are certainly beautiful fl owers. Thank you very much. —__B___.

A. No, no. it’s nothing.

B. You’re wel come

C. Yes, I agree

D. Yes, I think so

12. —Hi, Sam, I think you did a good job. —_____A_____.

A. Thank you

B. Don’t mention it

C. Not at all

D. I did it quite badly

13. —Good morning, sir. May I help you? —______C______.

A. No, I don’t buy anything.

B. No, I don’t need your help

C. Yes, I need some sugar

D. Oh, no. That’s OK

14. —Woul d you like to have dinner with us this evening? —_____C__.

A. OK, but I have to go to a meeting now

B. No, I can’t

C. Sorry, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parents

D. I don't know

15. —Hi, is Mary there, pl ease? —__A_____.

A. Hol d on. I’ll get her

B. No, she isn’t here

C. Yes, she live here

D. Yes, what do you want

16. —Pl ease help yourself to the fish. —___A_____.

A. Thanks, but I don’t like fish

B. Sorry, I can’t help

C. Well, fish don’t suit me

D. No, I can’t

17. —Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport? —_B_____.

A. Don’t ask that

B. Sorry, I’m a stranger here

C. No, I can’t say that

D. No, you’re driving too fast

18. —How about a date to the movies tonight, Jane? —____B___.

A. I don’t think so

B. I’m sorry. I have to drive my mother home tonight

C. Never mind

D. Take it easy

19. —Good night and thanks again. —__D______.

A. You can’t say that

B. No, no. It’s what I can do

C. How can you say that

D. Good night

20. —Oh, I’m sorry. But I promise I’ll be careful next time. —____B____.

A. It’s nothing at all

B. Oh, never mind. It doesn’t matter

C. Thank you

D. There are no questions

II. Reading Comprehension:

Passage 1

Millions of stars are traveling about in space.

1. Millions of stars are ___A____.

A. foll owing their own paths in space

2. Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because

____B___.

B. another star happened to come near the sun

3. The articl e suggests that ____D___.

D. our earth used to be part of a high mountain on the sun

4. The expression "the cause of the disturbance" refers to ___C____.

C. the star coming near the sun

5. In this articl e, the writer mainly wants to tell the read ers ___D____.

D. where the planets in the universe came from

Passage 2

By adopting a few simpl e techniques, parents who read to their chil dren can greatly increase their chil dren's language devel opment.

6. Which of the foll owing can be inferred from the passage? D

D. Verbal ability can easily be d evel oped with proper methods.

7. What does "it" in line 2 can most probably be replaced by? A

A. Parents increasing chil dren's language d evel opment

8. According to the author, which of the foll owing questions is the best type to ask chil dren about?

(C)

C. What animals do you like?

9. The difference between the control group and the experimental group was ______A____.

A. the training that parents received

10. The best conclusion we can draw from the passage is that ______C____.

C. chil dren's language skills increase when they are required to respond actively

Different as they are, advertisements are alike in one important way. They have the same purpose, to get people to buy something.

11. Advertising is almost all made ___A________.

A. by people who sell things

12 All advertisements are the same in that ______B_____.

B. they help sell things

13. It is not mentioned in the passage that____B______.

B. advertising on TV is much preferred

14. Radios used to cost much more than they do today because______C_______.

C. they were made slowly by hand

15 Advertising which is one of the biggest businesses probably began ___D_______.

D. when there were things to sell

Passage 4

Recycling—using materials for the second time—is nothing new.

16. Waste paper, rags and scrap-iron can __D_____.

A. be thrown away

B. not be used again

C. not be kept

D. be recycl ed and used again

17. Since natural materials are becoming ___D___, peopl e are finding ways of making use of waste

materials.

A. more valuabl e

B. more useful

C. more expensive

D. more difficult to find

18. Firms using ___B____ may save money.

A. ol d paper

B. recycl ed paper

C. new paper

D. imported paper

19. Empty containers made of __B____ can be used as buil ding materials.

A. iron

B. a hard plastic

C. tin

D. a soft plastic

20.Which of the foll owing can best describe the main idea of this passage? C

A. buil ding material

B. pollution

C. recycling

D. experimenting

III. Vocabulary and Structure

1. Just imagine Mary ____C____ in her favorite chair back home.

A. to sit

B. sit

C. sitting

D. has been sat

2. Mr. Thomas found the coins whil e ___A_____ in his back garden.

A. digging

B. was digging

C. dug

D. being digging

3. Snap judgments, if ____B____, have usually been considered signs of immaturity or lack of

common sense.

A. taking seriously

B. taken seriously

C. take seriously

D. to be taken seriously

4. I'd offer to give you a lift if I ____D____ my car here.

A. have

B. am having

C. do have

D. had

5. At the end of game, the whol e crowd _____C___ their feet and cheered wil dly.

A. emerged from

B. rose from

C. got to

D. stood up

6. Being with his family for a few days I gained one or two insights ____A____ the reason he behaves

the way he does.

A. into

B. of

C. on

D. off

7. His thoughts were ____C___ from the subject by the arrival of his friends.

A. attracted

B. suffered

C. distracted

D. related

8. She is a ___C__ woman who is certain of her ideas and actions.

A. significant

B. aware

C. confident

D. intense

9. The method he used turned out to be ___A____ in improving the students' English.

A. effective

B. abl e

C. capabl e

D. explicit

10. The boss refused to give any ____B___ on the fact that his workers were out of jobs.

A. response

B. comment

C. answer

D. reply

11. They are teachers and don't realize ___A___ to start and run a company.

A. what it takes

B. what takes it

C. what they take

D. what takes them

12. He refuses to l et others speak and ___D_____ every meeting.

A. confronts

B. affects

C. attaches

D. dominates

13. The creating of the steam machine, by James Watt, was a(n) ___B_____ idea.

A. spontaneous

B. original

C. previous

D. cautious

14. Young chil dren have a limited attention ____B____ and can't focus on one activity for very l ong.

A. range

B. span

C. reach

D. spread

15. The train was ___A_____ sl ow I was almost two hours late.

A. so

B. such

C. very

D. that

16. He's not got another job yet and it's not ___C___ he will for some time.

A. likes

B. unlike

C. likely

D. like

17. She shared her deepest thoughts and fears in handwritten l etters with Mary _B___ they were

chatting in her living room.

A. although

B. as if

C. because

D. for

18. He pretended to be very sick and she was _A___ into sympathy for him.

A. fool ed

B. taken

C. prescribed

D. affected

19. ___C___ I admit that the probl ems are difficult, I don't agree that they can't be solved.

A. For fear that

B. Because

C. Whil e

D. Until

20. I'm going to spend the winter vacation in Shanghai, ___D___ I have relatives.

A. because

B. which

C. that

D. where

21. If you try to l earn too many things at a time, you may get ___D____.

A. alarmed

B. scared

C. surprised

D. confused

22. ____C____ else goes, I won't.

A. Who

B. Whom

C. Whoever

D. He who

23. Thanks go to the trashmen who l eave the streets ______B__ each night.

A. cl eanest

B. cl eaner

C. cl eaning

D. more cl eaner

24. I ____C____ he'd do something silly; he's been acting strangely all week.

A. may have known

B. woul d know

C. have known

D. had known

25. With the job __A______, he went to see a film with his coll eagues.

A. done

B. doing

C. to do

D. do

26. Neither his coll eagues nor his mother ____B____ his marriage to that girl.

A. accept

B. accepts

C. agree

D. agrees

27. He makes up his mind to ____C____ the post till the end of the year.

A. keep in

B. remain under

C. stay at

D. go on

28. Good managing of a company ______A__ great efforts.

A. calls on

B. calls out

C. calls in

D. calls at

29. Most peopl e have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no ____C___.

A. foundation

B. possibility

C. exception

D. ignorance

30. He always knew what time it was, as if by _____A___.

A. instinct

B. imagination

C. reaction

D. reality

31. My uncl e is great. In our family, he's __C____ his cooking.

A. famous about

B. famous with

C. famous for

D. famous in

32. The heating system here has an ___D___ temperature control.

A. aggressive

B. intentional

C. accidental

D. automatic

33. It is nice to travel with ____B__ paid by your empl oyers, at no cost to yourself.

A. facilities

B. costs

C. l oans

D. activities

34. The gasoline ___D___ destroyed the company and injured many peopl e.

A. expl ored

B. extended

C. exported

D. expl osion

35. Only two peopl e survived the fire that ___A___ at midnight.

A. broke out

B. broke off

C. broke up

D. broke d own

36. To compl ete the task successfully, we have to get well prepared ____A__.

A. in advance

B. in detail

C. in turn

D. in force

37. The policeman went from house to house, ___A___ whether anyone had seen the l ost boy.

A. inquiring

B. interrupting

C. informing

D. introduction

38. ____D___ is a spell of warm sunshine.

A. What do all of us need

B. What all of us need d o

C. What need all of us

D. What all of us need

39. To be frank, I' d rather you ____D____ in the case.

A. will not be involved

B. not involved

C. not to be involved

D. were not involved

40. If you think that the illness might be serious you shoul d not ___A___ going to the doctor.

A. put off

B. hol d back

C. put away

D. hol d up

41. ____C____ 25 years ago next month, the club is hol ding a party for past and present members.

A. Forming

B. Being formed

C. Formed

D. To form

42. Why are chil dren so easily _____D___ by what their friends do, think, or say?

A. effected

B. respected

C. convinced

D. affected

43. ___D____ coming of the Space Age, a new area has been add ed to the study of the planets.

A. Whil e

B. It is the

C. When the

D. With the

44. It was the training that he had as a young man ___A____ mad e him such a good engineer.

A. that

B. has

C. what

D. later

45. __D____ they reached the centre of the city, they stopped the car at a restaurant.

A. Before a mil e or so when

B. For a mil e or so after

C. Further than a mil e or so

D. A mil e or so before IV. Cloze:

(1)

Mice in general are not well-liked, but a mouse named Mickey has won the hearts of millions. A1. A. popular B. pl eased C. satisfied D. strict

B2. A. picture B. character C. animal D. creature

C3. A. for B. with C. as D. after

C4. A. broke d own B. broke up C. broke out D. broke in

D5. A. removed B. arrived C. visited D. returned

B6. A. did B. made C. put D. took

A7. A. so that B. as C. since D. when

B8. A. TV B. movies C. radio D. magazines

A9. A. added B. carried C. invented D. produced

D10. A. favorite B. favored C. delightful D. delighted

(2)

Coffee and tea are the most popular 1in the worl d.

A1. A. drinks B. drink C. water D. drinking water

D2. A. from B. at C. in D. with

B3. A. for B. to C. with D. at

A4. A. Why B. What C. Which D. When

B5. A. move away B. wake up C. come in D. l ook down

D6. A. personal B. general C. possibl e D. national

B7. A. study B. custom C. way D. belief

D8. A. roots B. stems C. branches D. l eaves

C9. A. cooling B. running C. boiling D. fresh

A10. A. hate B. like C. enjoy D. l ove

(3)

Nobody wants to be 1 . Unfortunately our bodies can devel op probl ems.

D1. A. sl eep B. bad C. col d D. sick

A2. A. healthy B. well C. health D. fat

C3. A. hurt B. hurting C. hurts D. have hurt

B4. A. healthy B. health C. well D. fat

D5. A. talked B. spoken C. seen D. call ed

A6. A. d escribe B. tell C. talk D. speak

C7. A. at B. on C. in D. over

B8. A. light B. serious C. series D. heavy

C9. A. having B. had C. have D. has

B10. A. believe B. know C. talk D. say

V. Translate the foll owing sentences from Chinese into English:

1.网上教育需要更多的投入来跟上课程进度。

Online l earning requires extra commitment to keep up with the fl ow of the course.

2.学会一门外语是最困难但却也是最大收获的经历之一。

Learning a foreign language is one of the most difficult yet most rewarding experiences.

3.要给人留下好印象，你必须要保持你最佳状态的自我。

If you want to make a good impression on other peopl e, you have to be yourself at your best.

4.在面对个人压力时要坚信自己。

Stand firmly for your convictions when confronted with personal pressure.

5.使我不安的是，音乐有很大的负面寓意。

What worries me is that music has a very negative message.

6.我敢肯定，那音乐既伤你的耳朵又伤你的大脑。

I'm sure that music is hurting your ears as well as your brain.

7.他的声明引起了一连串的不同反应。

His statement has caused a chain of different reactions.

8.我不假思索的转过身，在愤怒和恐惧中开了枪.

I turn and without really thinking, angry and frightened, I shoot.

9.自尊和问心无愧是加深你与他人关系的基础。

Self-respect and a cl ear conscience are the basis for enriching your relationships with others. 10.媒体有时会传递含混不清的信息，但大多数人相信亲眼所见胜于耳闻。

The media sometimes sends mixed messages, but most peopl e believe what they see over what they hear.

11.不管人们对你说些什么，记住“观其行胜于闻其言”

No matter what peopl e are saying to you, remember that sometimes “actions speak l ouder than words”.

12.为了准备接受新挑战，他必须根据事实和经验做出决定。

In order to get prepared for a new chall enge, he has to make decisions based on facts as well as experience.

13.掌握一门外语有助于跨越不同语言和文化之间的鸿沟。

Mastering a foreign language can help bridge the gap between different languages and cultures.

14.我们珍惜自己行动的自由, 劳动的果实和我们的生命。

We hol d d ear/value our freedom to move about, the fruits of labor and, our own lives.

15.“一见钟情”或”瞬间成恨”常视为不成熟的标记。

“Love at first sight”and “instant hate”are often consid ered signs of immaturity.

16.行动比言语更为响亮。

Actions speak l ouder than words.