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《大学英语》统考本科复习题
Ⅰ.Vocabulary and structure:
1. The heavy fog __________ several cars running into each other on the street. A. resulted from B. resulted in C. set up D. put forward 2. You are sure to succeed ____A_____ you keep on trying.
A. as long as B. as much as C. unless D. however
3. ____A________ the room when the bell rang loud enough to wake the dead. A. Hardly had I entered B. Hardly I had entered C. Hardly will I enter C. No sooner had I entered 4. It is necessary that this work ____C____ as soon as possible. A. must be finished B. is to be finished C. be finished D. has to be finished
5.Harker Brayton was lying comfortably on a sofa, reading newspaper. Suddenly something in a dark corner of the room ___D_____ his attention.
A. pulled b. reached C. ignored D. captured
6.There is much chance__A__Bill will recover from his injury in time for the race. A. that b. which C. until D. if
7.Heat does not travel by convection in solid,because the solid does move,_ C__. A. so does a liquid b.so a liquid does C.as does a liquid D. so is a liquid 8.____C_ , it was finished on time. A. However was the work difficult B. whatever difficult the work was C. However difficult the work was C. no matter difficult the work was 9.Make sure _C__ the door is locked before you leave. A. whether B. until C. that D. of that
10.It was the training that he had as a young man __A__ made him such a good engineer. A. that B. what C. has D. who 11._____________ it twice, the film didn’t interest me.
A. Having already seen B. To have seenIt was the training that he had as a young man _________ made him such a good engineer.
C. I had already seen D. Since I had already seen
12.I passed his office several times __________ I could make up my mind to ring the door bell. A. then B. until C. before D. while 13.I think Tom, rather than you, _A___ to blame. A. is B. has C. ought D. to be
14.I didn’t know anything about it. Why didn’t you tell me __C_____ ? A. at once B. in fact C. in advance D. ahead of time 15.Many people had the bad habit of buying things _B____ .
A. in advance B. on impulse C. without delay D. in surprise 16.If I had known it I ____________ him the wrong answer. A. would have not given B. had given
C. have given D. would not have given
17.You must work hard to catch up. You are __________ behind others in the class. A. going B. lagging C. leaving D. staying 18.Some animals can _ D_ in the desert on very little water. A. persist B. hang C. last D. survive
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19.The parents had to put the books ______ the reach of their son who was seriously ill and needed rest badly.
A. beyond B. behind C. below D. after
20.Trying to make some money before entering university, he__A___ a job. A. applied for B. asked for C. gave up D. put up
21._A__， Mr. Brown saw the washing machine which had been repaired go wrong again. A. To his surprise B. It was surprised C. Surprising D. Surprised 22.Think twice __________ you take action lest you should fall into error. A. until B. before C. unless D. after 23.To get the job started, ___C___ I need is your permission.
A. all what B. but what C. all that D. only that 24.--What would you like to drink? --It doesn’t matter. ___D_____ .
A. Anything will be B. Everything will be C. Something will do D. Anything will do 25.If we work with a strong will,we can overcome any difficulty,___D___great it is. A. what b. how C. however D. whatever 26.——What made her so upset？
——_A _the necklace______ yesterday.
A. Lost，bought B. Lost，buying C. Losing， having bought D. Losing，bought 27.The three children looked after their sick mother___A__. A. in return B. by turn C. in turn D. being done 28.Tom went out to play with his homework___A___.
A. done B. to do C. doing D. being done 29. Not until_________ the whole thing to him______ that he was wrong.
A. had I explained， he realized B. had I explained， that he realized C. I had explained， that he realized D. I had explained， did he realize 30.___B__ TV sets they produced was increased to 20,000 last year. A. A number of B. The number of C. A quantity of D. The amount of
31.It is required that these homeless children ___D__ by the government. A. is taken care of B. to be taken care of C. should be taken care D. be taken care of
32. Nowadays people can knowledge from many sources besides books. A. gain B. investigate C. consult D. observe
33. In present-day China the values of teenagers C those of their parents. A. agree with B. argue with C. conflict with D. result from
34. An employee who fails to A his or her work on time will be considered unreliable. A. perform B. complete C. continue D. develop 35. This country made a strategic D which led to its defeat in the war. A. trick B. progress C. joke D. mistake
36.He was seriously injured in the accident and it was three hours before he A . A. recovered B. emerged C. came about D. came to
37.We had a long B as to whether we should spend so much money on space technology. A. conclusion B. argument C. conversation D. research 38. She came over to the native boy and something to him. A. gave B. presented C. murmured D. showed
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II. Cloze:
1.Public and private schools in the United States
Religious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States, and, as a result, are usually somewhat expensive to __1__, the large group of religious schools in America __2__ by the Roman Catholic Church, while religious schools tend to be __3__ expensive than private schools, there are usually some fees.
When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people __4__ money on private schools? Americans offer __5__ great variety of reasons for doing so, including the desire of some parents to __6__ their children to schools __7__ classes tend to be smaller, or where religious instruction is included as part of the educational system, or because __8__ their opinion, the public schools in their area are not __9__ high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States __10__ widely in size, quality, and in the kind of program that are offered to meet __11__ of certain students.
The degree __12__ American parents are active in their children’s schools is often __13__ to people of other countries. Most schools have organizations __14__ of both parents and teachers, usually called P.T.A. for parents-teacher association. They meet together to __15__ various matters concerning the school. Parents often give their time to help with classroom or after school activities.
1.A. go B. attend C. take part in D. enroll 2.A. were run B. run C. is run D. is running 3.A. less B. more C. rather D. much 4.A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take 5.A. a B. the C. some D. /
6.A. bring B. bringing C. send D. sending 7.A. which B. what C. in that D. where 8.A. to B. in C. of D. on 9.A. / B. in C. of D. on 10.A. differ B. varies C. extend D. differs 11.A. the needs B. the satisfaction C. needs D. need 12.A. on which B. to which C. which D. what 13.A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. striking 14.A. consisting B. comprising C. composing D. making up 15.A. talk to B. comment C. discuss D. exchange
2. Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things.
One day I took a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near a corner, the taxi stopped suddenly. The ____1____ got out looking very puzzled. A big truck which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now ____2____ at the corner looking up at the sky and the truck driver got out and ____3____ him. A number of cars behind them were ____4____ to stop as well and a large crowd of people had ____5____ at the corner.
The cause of all this ____6____ was a very strange noise. It looked as if thousands and thousands of birds were chirping (鸟叫). The sound of so many birds together was quite surprising and many people looked ____7____ . The most extraordinary thing was that, except one or two sparrows (麻雀), there was not a bird in ____8____ . No one was able to know why ____9____ two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked around the area for a while and then stopped near the railway tracks beside a big board advertisement (广告牌) for a ____10____ . Since the noise seemed to come ____11____ around there, they climbed ____12____ and found that two loudspeakers had been
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