开放英语2期中题目

1 芜湖电大11-12学年第二学期开放英语2期中测试卷 专业 姓名 学号 得分 一．单项选择 ( ) 1. China is a _____ country while America is a ______ one. A. developing; developed B. developed; developed C. developing; developing D. developed; developing ( )2._____ students of our school is 4,000; ______ them are from countryside. A. The number of; the number of B. The number of; a number of C. A number of; the number of D. A number of; a number of ( )3. Neither of them knows the difference ____ wheat ____ rice . A. between; from B. between ; to C. between; and D. from; to ( )4.____ of people were at the airport to _____. A. Thousand; see off them B. Thousands; see off them C. Thousand ; see them off D. Thousands; see them off ( )5. The road was almost _____ in the earthquake. A. destroyed B. hurt C. wounded D. injured ( )6.You can buy as many copies of this book _____ you want. A. that B. as C. which D. for which ( )7. Do you know the professor in ____ hometown we stayed? A. which B. his C. whose D. whom ( )8. – Have you moved to your new house? --Not yet. My house ______. A. has been painted B. is painted C. is painting D. is being painted ( )9.They knew her very well .They had seen her ____ up from childhood. A. grow B. grew C. was growing D. to grow ( )10. The weather turned out to be very good, ____ was more than we could expect. A. what B. which C. that D. it ( )11.When ____, the museum will be open to the public next year. A. completing B. being completed C. completed D. to be completed. ( )12. The young man _____ his success to many people, his parents in particular. 2

A. gives B. treats C. devotes D. owes ( )13.The reason _____ he gave for not coming was _____ his mother wouldn’t allow him to. A. why ; that B. for which ; that C. why ; because D. which; that ( )14. We walked as fast as we could, _____ to catch the early train. A. hoped B. hoping C. for hoping D. having hoped ( )15.Tom, ______ Jane and Rose, ________ going to the farm on foot. A. as well as ; are B. as long as ; is C. as well as; is D. as long as ; are

二、 完型填空 I was not happy, for I wanted to travel. I wanted to see the world known to me only from books. My dream came __1__ . I left my native land and started ___2___ a journey __3____ the Atlantic to the New World. I was young and my mind was full of noble ideas. In the month of January 1853 I arrived in New Orleans( ) . an hour __4___ my arrival, I was already walking about the streets of the city, staring with interest at the new __5____ around me. But soon my __6___ turned to other things. As I walked about the streets I began to understand my own ____7______ . I had been, one of the best students in college. But could I use the dry __8___ I had received? I had been taught the classic language. Now, in read life, they seemed useless to me. I ___9_____ that I was ___10___ man, but mow understood that I really knew nothing. The first six months I spent in New Orleans were a good school for me. I learned more of life ___11______ I had learned during many years of study at college. ___12______ the end of those six months I had very little money. After paying ___13____ my room I had only twenty-five dollars __14___ in my pocket. I ___15_____ to write home for more money and wait for ___16__ . this would ___17____ many weeks, because there were no Atlantic steamers at the time. I wanted to find a ___18___, but my classic education had not __19___ me for any kind of useful work. St. Louis () seemed to be the best place and I thought I would go there. I had enough money for the passage, though I did not know ___20__ I would live afterwards. ( ) 1. A. true B. to itself C. to a reality D. down 3

( ) 2. A. for B. on C. about D. to ( ) 3. A. over B. across C. from D. above ( ) 4. A. ago B. before C. after D. later ( ) 5. A. buildings B. situation C. scenes D. conditions ( ) 6. A. thoughts B. head C. ideas D. memory ( ) 7. A. carelessness B. mistakes C. shortcomings D. uselessness ( ) 8. A. experience B. skill C. practice D. knowledge ( ) 9. A. had thought B. wished C. thought D. had wished ( ) 10. A. a learning B. an educated C. an honest D. a perfect ( ) 11. A. as B. though C. than D. after ( ) 12. A. In B. To C. On D. By ( ) 13.. A. for B. back C. off D. out ( ) 14. A. remained B. left C. staying D. existed ( )15. A. used B. hoped C. ought D. had ( ) 16. A. a telegram B. the bill C. an answer D. the note ( ) 17. A. mean B. wait C. spend D. take ( ) 18. A. place B. job C. way D. friend ( ) 19. A. prepared B., fitted C. served D. practiced ( ) 20. A. how B. for what C. however D. where