高职高专大学英语试题(大学英语1-10)

命题教师 :魏巍教研组长: 系主任: 教务处主任: 卜少利

河北省科技工程学校

2007－2008学年第一学期期末试卷(A) 《大学英语》试卷班级：电子信息1班Ⅰ、Match the explanations with the words (10 points )

1.executive A good-bye

2.salesman B get in touch with

3.advertise C able to be used or got

4.abroad D what sth. or sb. looks like

5.available E having pleasant smell or taste

6.appearance F outside one’s own country

7.contact G a trip from one place to another

8.delicious H a person who sells goods in a shop

9.journey I a person in a position of management

10.farewell J make know to people by printing notices in newspapers, etc.

Ⅱ、Choose the best answer from the four choices (20 points )

1.Professors is skilled _______.

A in swimming

B to swim

C with swimming

D at swim

2.Mary bought two _______ books yesterday.

A dozens

B dozen

C dozens of

D dozen of

3.Don’t phone me next week. I’ll go ______.

A aboard

B board

C abroad

D broad

4.We are all looking forward to _______ your country.

A visiting

B visit

C be visiting

D being visiting

5. A computer ______ think for itself, it must be told what to do.

A can’t

B can

C did not

D will not

6.---Hello, may I speak to Li Hua? ---Yes, ______.

A My name is Li Hua

B I’m Li Hua

C Li Hua speaking

D Li Hua is me

7.---Would you mind my opening the window? ---__________.

A No, go ahead.

B No, it’s cold.

C Yes, please.

D Yes, do it.

8.Take your camera with you. We’d like to take some ______ of the beautiful park.

A paintings

B pictures

C files

D films

9.By now we _______ learned 3000 new words.

A are

B do

C have

D will

10.The sun is the center of the universe, ______ we know.

A for

B as

C that

D what Ⅲ、Reading Comprehension (40 points )

A

“Now, sir, you saw the accident, I believe. Would you mind telling me what happened?”

“Not at all. The driver of the red car was parked there. He was just moving out when a black Mini came up very quickly. If he had looked in his mirror, he would have seen the Mini coming. But he must have been in a hurry. The Mini hit him but didn’t stop.”

“Did you take down the Mini’s number?”

“No. Now I wish I had. I’ve never seen a driver before who didn’t stop after an accident.”

“The Mini may have been stolen, sir. That would explain it. I’ll take down your name and address. You are likely to be needed as a witness.”

1.The talk may be happening between _______.

A two policemen

B two drivers

C a driver and a passenger

D a policeman and a witness

2.They were talking about _______.

A a red car and a black Mini

B a road accident

C a case of stealing a car

D the number of the Mini

3.It seems that _______ should be more responsible for what had happened.

A the driver of the red car

B the driver of the Mini

C both drivers

D neither of them

4.When the two men were talking _______.

A the red car had run away in a hurry

B the witness was hurt

C the Mini had escaped

D the policeman was questioning the drivers

5.The policeman took down the name and address of the man because ______.

A he hadn’t take down the number of the Mini

B he was more or less responsible for the accident

C he had seen how the accident happened

D he didn’t stop the Mini

B

Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it the same way. The countries of the America and Europe welcome the new year on January first. This practice began with the Romans. Julius Caesar changed the date of the new year from the first day of March to the first day of January. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on Tet. Tet usually comes between January 21st and February 19th. The Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.

In all of these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. Many people do it with fireworks. Young people in Denmark throw broken pieces of pottery against the sides of friends’ houses.

In the United States, friends often gather together at a party on New Year’s Eve, and when the new year comes, all ring bells, blow whistles, sing and kiss each other. Black-eye peas, which are eaten immediately