英语考试样题

1 英语考试样题 （考试时间90分钟，满分100分） I. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%) Section A

Directions: Beneath the passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best makes the passage coherent and grammatically correct. The task of being accepted and enrolled in a university begins early for some students. Long before they graduate 1 high school, these students take special courses to prepare for advanced study. They may also take one or more examinations that test 2 well prepared they are for the university. In the final year of high school, they complete 3 and send them, with their student records, to the universities 4 they hope to enter. Some high school students may be required to have an interview with people from the university. Neatly dressed and usually very frightened, they are determined to show that they have a good attitude and the ability 5 . After the new students 6 , many colleges and universities offer 7 instruction program for them to get to know the procedures for registration and students advising, university rules, the use of the library and all the 8 major services of the university. Beginning a new life in a new place can be very 9 . The more knowledge students have about the school, the easier 10 will be for them to adapt to the new environment. However, it takes time to get used to college life. 1. A. in B. from C. at D. to 2. A. what B. that C. if D. how 3. A. apply B. applicant C. applicable D. applications 4. A. where B. in which C. from which D. that 5. A. to succeed B. succeeding C. succeeded D. will succeed 6. A. accepted B. have accepted C. are accepted D. have been accepted 7. A. a B. an C. the D./ 8. A. other B. same C. very D. only 9. A. puzzle B. puzzled C. puzzling D. puzzles 10. A. they B. it C. everything D. anything Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. 2

A. increasing B. decline C. realistic D. maintain E. possess F. definite G. sharpness H. perform I. wisdom J. survey K. prime The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very 11 patterns that almost all people share. Even if you've passed some of your 12 , you still have other years to experience in the future. When are you smartest? From 18-25, according to I.Q. scores; but you're wiser and more experienced with 13 age. You're sharpest in your 20s, but around 30, memory begins to 14 particularly your ability to 15 mathematical computations. But your I.Q. for other tasks climbs. Your vocabulary at age 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At 60, your brain may 16 almost four times as much information as it did at age 21. This trade-off between 17 and wisdom has led psychologists to suggest that "maturity quotients"(M.Q.) be adopted for adults. When are you happiest? You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49. Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come; over 30, we believe that they're behind us. A National Health 18 agrees: After age 30, we "become more 19 and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we 20 our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, then happiness, we feel, will follow".

II. Reading Comprehension Section A (15%) Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The concept of solitude in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be 21 . Solitude can be hard to discover once it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have 22 our culture. The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a (n) 23 as we've known it. People have become so 24 in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted even if they'd rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our 25 , but from our mobile phones as well. Most developed nations have become 26 on digital technology simply because they've grown accustomed to it, and at this point not using it would make them an outsider. 27 , many jobs and careers require people to be 28 . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a 29 to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.