大学英语(五)期末复习题及参考答案

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2007-2008学年度第一学期大学英语(5)期末复习题
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I. 单选题
of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the ONE that best compl operty rights and the respect of international patents are not without controversy. The underlined word A. contradiction B. dispute
C. paradox
D. ambiguity . Historians arrive _______ different conclusions because they have different notions about human motiv
A. in
B. to
C. at
D. on
d its research _____ lymphokines and th
e immune system, an area o
f rapidly emergin
g interest ______ w
implications far beyond traditional immunology.
A. at…which
B. on…that
C. for…that
D. to...which together ____ colleagues after work over a glass of beer or a cup of tea _______ long been a salaryman’s
A. with…has
B. to…have
C. with…have
D. to…has neral recently said that African countries can get more investments from multinational corporations in th
democratic ____________.
A. institutions
B. institutes
C. investments
D. investigation n got down from his horse and walked in the mud with the soldiers together, which _________ the high sp A. experienced B. raised
C. aroused
D. accumulate
7. “This law is putting an end to the colonialist mentality.” The underlined part means ____________ port colonialism or having colonies abroad B. those who are highly talente ho feel mentally superior to others D. those who support the develop
8. The escaped criminal is said __________ last year.
A. to be arrested
B. to arrest
C. to have been arrested
D. arresting
y their companies to work fewer hours, they are taking more time ________ and spending it with spouses
A. To press…on
B. Pressed...o
C. Pressing…on
D. Press…off
his peers were glued _____ the TV set this summer watching the world’s top athletes perform feats of end
A. for
B. to
C. after
D. at
housands of Japanese, of course, are hurting deeply as they are ________off by companies or forced to d
A. lain
B. laid
C. lying
D. laying
ees more than a young man from another company, ______ likes to spend his after-work hours _______ o A. which…dining B. what….dine
C. who….to dine
D. who…dining
13. Nowadays, almost every household has different kinds of electrical _______ to relieve manual labo
A. apparatus
B. facilities
C. appliances
D. equipment
nly a few years ago, seniority was still virtually the only measure of pay scales, ______________ well one p A. no matter when B. however C. no matter who D. whatever
ounterfeiters is that countries such as the United States, which take "a less Latin attitude towards intelle government to take a stick to the whole industry. The underlined part means _________.
A. a less serious attitude
B. a more severe a
C. not serious attitude
D. a more light-hearted
16. No one doubts the __________ of modern ways of traveling over those of olden times.
A. superior
B. superiority
C. inferior
D. nferiorly
their companies to work fewer hours, they are taking more time ________ and spending it with spouses o
A. To press…on
B. Pressed…o
C. Pressing…on
D. Press…off
he TV series is certainly long. But I wasn't bothered _____________ much by its length ___________ by it
A. that...as
B. so...as
C. such...as
D. too...than
19. Interestingly enough, it is women __________ men who get divorces.
A. other than
B. rather than
C. except
D. apart from
20. The weather being unfavorable, they had to _______ the sports meet.
A. put out
B. put off
C. put up
D. put on
21. There are two rooms on the first floor, _________ is used as a kitchen.
A. a smaller of which
B. the smaller of w
C. the smaller of them
D. the smaller of
22. _________ his carelessness, he failed in the examination.
A. In spite of
B. In case of
C. Regardless of
D. On account s the flood victims are living in terrible conditions, I would rather you _________ these relief packages ri
A. post
B. posted
C. would post
D. should pos y persuading you that you are not hungry, pills such as Hoffmann-La Roche's Xenical will stop the gut __
A. against
B. to
C. from
D. for
wo chemicals _________ with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cau
A. interact
B. interaction
C. interactant
D. interactive
26. Children must be warned to be careful _______ fire.
A. on
B. of
C. against
D. to
been a sign of wealth, since only the rich could afford to overeat. The underlined word may be interpret A. Being extremely fat B. Having a lot of m . Being in a high position D. Having a large sum daughter needed blood transfusion, but it was disappointing that his blood type was ___________ with hi
A. incompatible
B. incomparabl
C. inconducive
D. inconceivab
Key(28): A
Many students are indulged in playing computer games, which greatly __________ their time for study a
A. cuts off
B. cuts out
C. cuts into
D. cuts up
30. He couldn't have achieved such success ________ your advice.
A. for
B. due to
C. with regard to
D. but for nd a new route to Asia, Columbus made the lands and people of the western hemisphere ____________ to chain of events that altered human history on a global scale.
A. to know
B. knowing
C. known
D. knew
32. We could not look _______ while they were mistreated.
A. at
B. off
C. for
D. on
n vigorous national debate, our legislature decided that it was best to avoid half-measures. The underlin that are strict to solve the problem B. methods that are standard for p
e firm enough to cope with a difficult situation D. methods which are not effective enough
34. I bought a single ticket for the flight from Beijing to S an Francisco, but Mary bought a _______ on
A. second
B. return
C. double
D. multiple
35. Sam has got so _________ that it has become an indispensable part of his life.
A. used to work
B. used in worki
C. use to work
D. used to worki
6. The political _______________ in the country constituted a direct threat to its social and economic sta
A. integration
B. disintegratio
C. integrated
D. disintegrate
37. If the mobs continue in this way, the government may be driven to _________.
A. extremities
B. extreme
C. extremely
D. extremist
38. I can't find my textbook. Xiao Li must have taken it away yesterday, ________?
A. mustn't he
B. needn't he
C. hasn't he
D. didn't he
39. Human skin is very thin on the eyelid and quite thick on the _______ of the foot.
A. sole
B. soul
C. base
D. basis nts and Big Macs are swelling the ranks, and waistlines, of China’s chubby children. The underlined par
________________.
it of allowing their kids to do anything bad without any control. B. Parents who give way to their children an
desires they have, whether reasonabl
like to buy whatever their children want. D. Parents who are very stric housands of Japanese, of course, are hurting deeply as they are ________off by companies or forced to d
A. lain
B. laid
C. lying
D. laying
42. Respect for the law is the foundation of civilized living. _______ breaks it will be -punished.
A. Who
B. Whichever
C. Whoever
D. Whomever iety in which children have watched approximately 18,000 television commercials ________ they have re
A. by the time
B. only when
C. until
D. before
__________ the individual may experience, one thing is likely: Japan’s corporate culture will never be th
A. Wherever
B. However
C. Whatever
D. Whenever
45. That scientist isn't too happy with the project, and _____ are her supervisors.
A. neigher
B. either
C. so
D. as
46. They __________ their friends to try out for the basketball team of their district.
A. suggested
B. talked
C. coaxed
D. insisted
47. Traditionally, television has been a ________ of the masses.
A. media
B. medium
C. means
D. source Men __________ who have spent decades as company men, quit or move to subsidiary companies at lowe A. in their fifty B. in their fiftie
C. in the fifty
D. in fifties
f you want to see a doctor, you make an appointment with him in advance. That is a common ________ in
A. habit
B. custom
C. practice
D. fashion
at the products are not genuine。

the forgers do little harm to the genuine manufacturers, because they a
different markets.
A. at
B. to
C. for
D. on
51. If it __________, we should not go to the Summer Palace tomorrow.
A. had not rained
B. rained
C. should rain
D. were to rain
nly a few years ago, seniority was still virtually the only measure of pay scales, ______________ well one p A. no matter when B. however C. no matter who D. whatever
Mine sweeping is a difficult and dangerous job and the engineers who perform the job should be paid __
A. accordingly
B. substantial
C. consequently
D. subsequen __________ the individual may experience, one thing is likely: Japan's corporate culture will never be th
A. Wherever
B. However
C. Whatever
D. Whenever
55. A veteran revolutionary like him ought to have known better _______ to accept bribes.
A. as
B. so
C. in order
D. than
56. The bus pulled up in the village, _______ time for sightseeing.
A. allowing
B. admitting
C. agreeing
D. attaining
or many of the industry's products is tempered by the fact _____ a great deal are either worthless or req
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. who
58. One thing he felt regretted for was that he never had the ________ of hearing him play the piano
A. occasion
B. possibility
C. opportunity
D. chance
59. ___________ you've found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to.
A. Whatever
B. Because
C. However
D. No matter ho
hathir finds troubling connections between the West’s promotion of such causes ____________ labour r ig
newer, more insidious forms of protectionism.
A. that
B. as
C. like
D. resemble
61. Maybe it’s the fact _______ he’s wearing sneakers and a tank top.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. why least this will help them to develop vigorous views of their own and give them something _________to re
A. positive
B. positively
C. positiveness
D. position
63. So beautiful ________ that it is difficult fo rus to remove our eyes.
A. the scenery is
B. is the scene
C. the scenery attracts
D. does the scenery
64. Without my glasses I can hardly _____ what has been written in the letter.
A. make for
B. make out
C. make up
D. make over andled the controversy very ___________ and the strained relationship between the two parties was there
A. diplomatically
B. diplomatic
C. democratically
D. democratic xpression to mean the negative state of the subject, or emphasize a certain situation in _______ the action
contrasting with the degree allowable or required.
A. which
B. who
C. that
D. those
67. Students typically spend their free time __________ rather than playing sports.
A. study
B. studying
C. to study
D. studies
a signatory to the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which was part o
Agreement. The underlined word means ____________.
ountry that has signed a treaty B. a person who has signed ation that is authorized to sign a treaty D. a country's official s ealized that without patent protection, the prospects of investments in original research in our country w
word means _____________.
A. first
B. inventive
C. duplicative
D. productive
70. Maybe it's the fact _______ he's wearing sneakers and a tank top.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. why
2-year-old engineer doesn't quite square with the picture of a hapless salary-man under the lash of recess
___________
not quite in agreement with B. doesn’t want to make squa . fails to bring himself into D. not quite at right an
his has brought the proportion of pirated new software down to around 50%--a figure _____ still means
are losing $230m a year in Italy.
A. tha t
B. how
C. what
D. where
_ the American negotiator at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) surprised everyone ___ andards would head his Gatt agenda, Dr. Mahathir noted that comparative advantage in world markets
A. that...at
B. when...by
C. which...on
D. where...to
, the new bill provides patent protection for pharmaceutical products for 20 years, and assures “pipeline products still being tested, but not yet on the market. The underlined part means _________. used for the conveyance of petroleum products B. protection of a channel by which in ystem through which the heat is conducted D. protection of a line through which
nment survey __________ in January showed that 60 percent of Japanese adults would not rule out switc
A. to release
B. released
C. releasing
D. release
______ John Adams who in 1775 recommended George Washington to be commander in chief of the Con
A. It was
B. That was
C. Although
D. When
77. John participated well in class discussion and read widely ________.
A. on his own
B. by his own
C. with his own
D. of his own
78. In Dr Baum's opinion, the view that a nature reserve should serve as a tourist attraction is ________
A. idealistic
B. revolutionar
C. short-sighted
D. traditional
nts and Big Macs are swelling the ranks, and waistlines, of China's chubby children. The underlined par
________________.
it of allowing their kids to do anything bad without any control. B. Parents who give way to their children an
desires they have, whether reasonabl
like to buy whatever their children want. D. Parents who are very stric
80. How much do you __________ for repairing your bicycle?
A. charge
B. demand
C. pay
D. cost
to spend my weekend ______ my bosses and colleagues at a hot spring?” says a __________ office lady w A. along…28-years-old B. to…28-years-
C. for…28-year-old
D. with…28-year
82. ________ the Maths test, Jane decided to work harder than ever at her daily assignments.
A. Failing
B. Had failed
C. Having failed
D. Because she has
83. Little ____________ how happy she had been.
A. did she realize
B. had she realiz
C. she realized
D. does she reali e changing, and overweight children are increasingly feeling out of place. The underlined part may be pa A. unsatisfied B. improper
C. impolite
D. uncontrolled
85. There is less crime now than there used to be. It seems that there is a ________ in the crime rate
A. slope
B. descent
C. incline
D. decline
86. Little __________ about their miserable living conditions before I came to this remote village.
A. do I know
B. knew I
C. did I know
D. I knew cal government i sfree to get bids from companies, thus _________ efficiency by maintaining a competitiv
A. ensuring
B. insuring
C. assuring
D. reassuring
88. After three years in the army, he way happy indeed to return to _______ life.
A. civilization
B. civilian
C. civilize
D. civility
89. Among the tools used to _______ potential sites, the most productive is the satellite photograph.
A. locate
B. find
C. discover
D. detect
90. We should simply have obese children __________ their life-style.
A. correct
B. corrected
C. correcting
D. correctly
35. (drama) She made a _______ speech at the meeting.
36. (estimate) He comes first in my _______.
t) The law created the most far-reaching and forward-looking _______ property protection of any nation
38. (notice) The hole in your trousers is not_______.
39. (depend) India gained _____________ from Britain in 1947.
40. (endure) Through hard work and _______, we will complete this project.
III. 多选题
e at least two right sentences in each group. Choose the right ones. (本次期末考试没有此rimary setting in which attitudes and behaviors regarding diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, maintained." Which versions o
f the followin
g are right in standard Chinese?
A. 家庭是人们形成并保持饮食、锻炼、吸烟、喝酒以及用药等态度和行为的首要环境。

B. 对饮食、锻炼、吸烟、喝酒以及用药等的态度和行为不只是在家庭这个主要环境中学习和维持的
C. 人们主要是在家庭环境中形成并保持对饮食、锻炼、吸烟、喝酒和用药的态度和行为。

D. 家庭只是人们形成并保持饮食、锻炼、吸烟、喝酒以及用药等态度和行为的初级环境。

Key(1). : A,C
要精通当代金融和信息技术，关心全球的政治、经济动态。

" Which versions of the following are corre ajors should be steeped in modern finance and information technology and concern themselves with
trends.
nternational trade should master modern finance and information technology and concern themselve
economical trends.
in international trade should be well up in modern finance and information technology and concern th
and economic trends.
majors should master modern finance and information technology and pay attention to international po entify the sentences that are NOT grammatically right in standard English in the following statements. (
A. Anna arrived far more early.
B. Usually she left things to the last minute.
C. It was almost as if by getting there an hour beforehand she hoped to cause the plane to arrive soo
D. Will he notice that I'm dress a new trouser suit?
estions raised by the audience were not difficult to answer.” Which versions of the following are correct i
A. 观众提的所有问题都不难回答。

B. 并非所有观众所提问题都难以回答。

C. 观众提的所有问题都难回答。

D. 观众提的有些问题很容易回答。

entify the sentences that are NOT grammatically right in standard English in the following statements. ( nt Chinese reformers advocated selecting all talented people to be officials regardless of their family
B. This practice is still significant, for it opposed to appoint people by favouritism.
C. But it is improper for us to thinking that the talent can only become officials.
D. In the course of the current reform, China needs talented persons in all trades.
entify the sentences that are NOT grammatically right in standard English in the following statements. ( Looked out of the window, Joe caught a first glimpse, through a break in the clouds, on the town far
B. This was his third visit and looked like becoming an annual event.
ainly it was very much flattering that they had invited him to be the guest lecturer at the Autumn Cong D. The Chairman had offered to meet him at the airport, which he had done on previous occasion entify the sentences that are NOT grammatically right in standard English in the following statements. (
A. After all, it was a year almost to the day since she had last seen Joe.
B. She fished a mirror out of her handbag and inspectged her face.
C. Joe have never made any comment but she did not approve the heavy makeup.
D. It was funny how much importance she attached to make a good impression on him.
及高科技产业的迅速发展使这个国家充满活力、富于创造力。

" Which versions of the following are cor mphasis on education and the rapidly growth of the high-tech industries make the country dynamic an dynamic and creative situation derives from its emphasis on education and its rapid development of th hes a high importance to its education and its high-tech industries are developing rapidly, which make makes this country dynamic and creative that emphasizing its education and developing the high-tech
IV. 辨错题
fication: Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence t
A. off
B. over
C. beyond
A. however
B. thus
C. hence
A. is
B. has been
C. would be
A. Surrounding
B. Surrounded
C. Surrounds
A. as
B. for
C. of
A. from
B. with
C. under
A. codes
B. extents
C. means
A. over
B. through
C. across
A. to
B. with
C. about
A. reserve
B. origin
C. resource
VI. 阅读理解
ions: Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Please decide on the best
ONE
says as many as 10 million persons worldwide may have the virus(病毒) that causes AIDS. Experts bel illion more may get it in the next five years. In the United States, about 50,000 persons have died cal official says more than 90 percent of all Americans who had the AIDS virus five years ago are de
no vaccine medicine to prevent it. However, researchers know much more about AIDS than they did jus . The virus invades healthy cells including white blood cells that are part of our defense system ag material and forces the cell to make a copy of the virus. The cell then dies And the viral particles
healthy cells.
person's body fluids. The virus can be passed sexually or by sharing instruments used to take intra
can be passed in blood products or from a pregnant woman with AIDS to her developing baby.
ad of AIDS are false. You cannot get AIDS by working or attending school with someone who has the di r other objects used by such persons. Experts say no one has gotten AIDS by living with, caring for
s of an AIDS infection. They include always feeling tired, unexplained weight loss and uncontrolled arance of white areas on the mouth ,dark red areas of skin that do not disappear and a higher than n
1. Concerning the ways the AIDS virus can be passed, which of the following statements is wrong?
A. An AIDS mother can pass on the virus to her unborn child.
B. The AIDS virus can be passed on through infected blood.
C. The AIDS virus can be passed on by shaking hands and sharing belongings.
D. The AIDS virus is passed sexually.
Key(1): C
2. The expression "a pregnant woman" (Para. 3) means____ .
A. a woman who has an unborn child in the body
B. a woman who is taking drug
C. a woman who has the AIDS virus
D. an unmarried mother
Key(2): A
3. The fifth paragraph is mainly about____ .
A. the results of an AIDS infection
B. the possible symptoms of an AIDS infection
C. how the AIDS virus is spread
D. the diseases AIDS patients easily have
Key(3): B
4. When the AIDS virus attacks our defense system____ .
A. it starts to destroy our white blood cells
B. we begin to feel tired
C. it means we will die very soon
D. our white blood cells can control it
Key(4): A
5. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. As many as 350 thousand persons have AIDS.
B. The AIDS virus is carried in a person's body fluids.
C. There's no vaccine medicine to prevent AIDS.
D. The AIDS virus is not spread by mosquitoes.
Key(5): D
PASSAGE TWO
eaches by oil from a damaged tanker last year recalls a similar incident which took place in Britain in 1967 wh saster in coastal areas. Shoals of fishes were killed, sea birds hopelessly fouled with oil and coastal holiday reso ar incident scientists are becoming restless at the thought of Britain's inability to cope with national disasters on concern is that technology is rapidly outstripping(超越)man's ability to control it.
en allowed to get bigger and bigger without sufficient thought being given to emergency braking and manoeuv continue, but little effect has been made to develop safety devices as effective as those used for aircraft.
pressing their concern during a recent meeting of the British Association. Unanimous approval was voiced whe nent national rescue services should be established, equipped for any emergency and ready to move off immedi
oned, the one promoting most discussion was a major release of radioactivity from a nuclear power station. On ther possibilities discussed. What would be the effect of a jumbo-jet crashing on a large chemical plant handlin o any form of collapse? Suppose a lorry full of a highly poisonous chemical crashed unseen into a large reservo
conditions can lead to massive electrical blackouts.
bilities could at least reduce the effects of future disasters. For example, it would mean that a number of technic dispersing oil) could be examined and tested in advance so that specially trained expert would know exactly w
emergency.
1. In the fourth paragraph the writer states that ____ .
A. on one occasion radioactivity escaped from a nuclear power station
B. an areoplane carrying destroying liquids might crash into chemical plant
C. a lorry once crashed into a reservoir
D. a terrible accident could happen in a nuclear power station
Key(1): D
2. Of the following suggested titles the one most accurately summing up the passage is ____ .
A. The Dangers of Modern Technology
B. The Problem of Oil Pollution
C. Some Interesting Accidents
D. A Meeting of the British Association
Key(2): A
of a permanent national rescue service was welcomed by ____ of those present at the meeting of the Brit
A. all
B. the most outspoken
C. some
D. most
Key(3): A
4. The main idea of the final paragraph is that ____.
A. in an emergency all the technical alternations should be studied
B. experts should be specially trained to determine the exact difference between detergent and cha
C. we ought to decide what measures to take before a disaster occurs
should be examined and tested to see whether they are capable of selecting the right course of actio
Key(4): C
5. The main idea of the second paragraph is that ____.
A. safety precautions in aircraft are not as effective as those used on ships
B. modern oil tankers can stop or turn easily in spite of their size
C. there are now fewer collisions at sea because of modern safety devices
D. oil tankers are so big that special devices are needed
Key(5): D
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