电大英语1-2专科考试题库

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1.－Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now?－C_
A. Sorry, you can’t
B. No, you can’t
C. sorry, he is busy at the moment
2. –What kind of TV program do you like best?
-- A
A. It’s hard to say, actually
B. I only watch them at weekend
C. I’m too busy to say
3．－Oh, sorry to bother you.
－C.
A. Oh, I don’t know
B. No, you can’t
C. That’s okay
4．－Can you turn down the radio, please?
－A.
A. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it was that loud
B. Please forgive me
C. I’ll keep it down next ti me
5. --Would you mind if I open the window for
a better view?
-- C
A. That’s fine, thank you
B. Yes, please
C. Of course not
6. – Hello, could I speak to Don please?
--B
A. Who are you
B. Who’s speaking
C. AreyouJane
7. --May I know your address?
-- A
A. Sure. Here you are
B. I have no idea
C. It’s far from here
8. —How’s the movie Interesting
—B
A. I was seated far away in the corner
B. Far from. I should have stayed home watching TV
C. It was shown late until midnight
9. — What if my computer doesn’t work?
—B
A. I’m not good at computer
B. Ask Anne for help
C. I’ve called the repair shop
10. --Let’s take a walk. -- C
A. Yes, let’s
B. Oh,
thanks ,please11.
11、–What’s the problem, Harry-
A.
A. I can’t remember where I left my
glasses B. No problem at all
C. Thank you for asking me about it
12. — Is this the motel you mentioned? —A.
A. Yes, it’s as quiet asweexpected
B. It looks comfortable
C. No, the price’s reasonable
13. －Would you like to have dinner with us this evening? －B .
don’t know
, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parents , I can’t
14.–Well, Mary, how are you? -- C .
A. I’m good
B. I’m pleased’mfine
15. — Would you like to see the menu?
—A .
A. No, thanks. I already know what to
order
B. Your menu is very clear
C. I hear the food here is tasty
16. -- I think the Internet is very A.
A. Yes, so do I
B. That’s a very good
idea
think the Internet is very helpful.
-- ________A___________.
A. Yes, so do I .
B. That’s a very good
idea
C. Neither do I
D. I’d rather go
surfing on it
have an appointment with Dr. Johnson.
-- __________C__________.
A. The appointment is put off
B. You look
sick and weak
C. Please wait for minute. He is busy
now D. Tell me your ID number
, sir. Where to?
-- _______A____________.
A. Please get me to the airport
B.
please pick me up next time
C. I’ve been to the airport
D. The
plane will take off in an hour
20.— Can I help you to get it down?
—
C.
A. No problem
B. Yes. Let’s get it
C. Thanks. It’s so nice of you
D. It’s
no trouble at all
21.—I’m trying to call Marie, but
there’s no answer.
—D.
A. I didn’t realize that
B. Here is a
message for her C. I’m really sorry about
it D. Real ly Maybe she’s out
22.— Are you sure about that?
—D.
A. You needn’t worry about that
B. I like
the idea. C. Oh, no. I’m afraid of that D.
Oh, yes. I’m absolutely positive
23.— Would you like to see the menu?
—A.
A. No, thanks. I already know what to
order B. Your menu is very clearC. I
hear the food here is tasty D. The setting
is very comfortable
24.—What if my computer doesn’t work?
—B.
A. I’m not good at computer
B. Ask Anne
for help
C. I’ve c alled the repair shop
D. There
must be something wrong
25.—How’s the movie Interesting
—C.
A. It was shown late until midnight was
starred by a few famous people C. Far from.
I should have stayed home watching TV was
seated far away in the corner
26.— Is this the motel you mentioned?
—B.
. Yes, it’s as quiet as we expected C.
You’re so
considerate D. No, the price’s reasonable
1. The difinition leaves _ B for
disagreement.
A. a small room
B. much room
C. great deal
room
2. I prefer classic music B pop music.
B. to
C. with
3. Ancient Greece is the C of western
civilization.
B. source
C. origin
4. It is very convenient A here.
A. living
B. to live
C. live
5. All the team members tried their best. We
lost the game, C .
A. as
B. therefore
C. however
6. The sun heats the earth, C is very
important to living things.
B. what
C. which
7. When we were having a meeting, the
director the bad news by telephone.
A. was telling
B. was told
8. More and more people in China now _A_
to work regularly.
B. drives
C. have driven
9. Let me _B_ the case carefully before I
draw a conclusion.
A. look out
B. look into
C. look after
10. The patient acted on the doctor’s _C_
and finallyrecovered.
. 11. Silk
_A by Chinese for thousands of years now.
A. has been used
B. was used
C. is used
12. You _B to lock the door at night.
A. shall
B. ought
C. must
13. You must explain __C_ how they succeeded
___ the experiment.
A. of us, for
B. at us, at
C. to us, in
14. Before I got to the cinema, the film_A
A. had begun
B. has begun
C. is
begun
15. I have lived here __B__ 1997.
A. for
B. since
C. from
16. A lecture hall is __B_ where students attend lectures.
A. that
B. one
C. which
17. I’m tired. I _ B __ working very hard.
A. have
B. have been
C. had
18. He keeps _B_ at himself in the mirror.
A. to look
B. looking
C. look
19. The bedroom needs _C_.
decorate
C. decorating
20. Before she left on the trip, she __ A __ hard.
trained B. has
trained C. would trained
21. He is the man _C_ dog bit me.
C. whose
22. Mary forgot _B_ a letter to her mother, so she wrote to her just now.
A. writing
B. to write
C. to have
written
23. –What’s happened to Tom?
-- __A __ to hospital.
A. He’s been taken
B. He’ll be
taken C. He’s taken
24. He was _ C _ about his new job.
A. above the moon
B. on the moon
C. over the moon
25. Everything _B _ if Albert hadn’t
called the fire brigade.
A. will be destroyed
B. would have been destroyed
C. would be destroyed
26. On his first sea _B__, he was still
quite young but showed great courage to face the storm.
27. I broke my leg when I _A__skiing in America.
be
28. She was convicted _C_ murder.
29. He, as well as I, _ A _ a student.
30．Mother was busy. Although she was not watching the basketball on TV, she __A __ it on the radio.
A. was listening to
B. was hearing
C. was listening
31. Hardly _A_ home when it began to rain.
I got had got Iarrived in
32. It happen _C_ a winter night.
A. at
B. in
C. on
_C__ the shopping list, I found that I
forgot to buy salt.
C. checking
D. seeing
is studying __ B __ at university.
A．politic C. politician D. political
C__the bid, major construction began in Beijing. A. win B. wining C. winning D.
won
lecture hall is ____ C ____ where students
attend lectures.
A. there
B. which
C. one
D. that
sure to __ A ____ your wife when you come
here this evening.
C. get
D. carry
she left on the trip, she _ D _ hard.
B. has trained
C. would trained
D. had
trained
I get you a couple of tea?
--_______A___________
A. That’s very nice of you
B. With
pleasure C. You can, please D. Thank
you for the tea
’t worry. There is _ C _ room for all your
books here.
A. more
B. much
C. enough
D.
some
A __fine weather it is!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
C__for the Olympic Games begin about ten
years in advance.
A. Bid
B. To bid
C. Bidding
D.
To be bidden
__ D __ if Albert hadn’t called the fire
brigade.
A. will be destroyed
B. will have been
destroyed
bedestroyed
have been destroyed
parents died when she was very young, so
she was __ A ___by her aunt.
A. brought up
B. brought out
C. grown
up D. grown
B ____ he said is quite right.
B. What
C. How
D. Why
kept the light in his room __ B ____ the
whole night.
A. burnt
B. burning
C. burn
D. to burn
keeps _ B ____ at himself in the mirror.
look B. looking
C. look
D. looked
was __ A ____ about his new job.
the moon B. on the moon C. off the moon
D. above the moon
has been ___B____ in hospital for a
month.
danger D. a danger
spends a quarter of the day _ B__.
B. sleeping
C.
sleeps D. to sleeping
is the man ___D____ dog bit me.
A. that
B. which
C. who’s
D. whose
happened ___D___ a winter night.
A. at
B. in
C. by
D. on
you _ A__ stop smoking, you can only
expect to have a bad cough.
A. won’t
B. wouldn’t
C. don’t
D.
can’t
’s not safe __C___ in the street.
A. to play
B. play
C, playing D. plays
it with m e and I’ll see what I can do.
A. When left
B. Leaving
C. If you leave
D.
Leave
don’t suppose he will attend the meeting,
_ B __
’t he B. will he I ’t I
think all these are main points __B___ much
attention.
worthy of B. worthy of worth worthy of
have given ___C___ eating meat.
C. up
know it isn’t important but I can’t help
_ B _ about it.
A. but to think
B. thinking
C. to
D.
think
’m tired. I _ B___ working very hard.
been C. had D. has
offered him her congratulations ___D____
his passing the college entrance exams.
C. of
D. on
. White has a wife and three children to _ A
__.
A. raise
B. keep
C.
grow D. take
forgot _ _B___ a letter to her mother, so
she wrote to her just now.
A. writing
B. to write
C. having
wrote D. to have written
only I but also Jane and Mary ___B____
tired of having one examination after
another.
A. is
B. are
C. am
D.
be
plane __A___ from London at 7:00 yesterday
evening.
A. took off
B. put off
C.
flew off D. left off
his first sea __D___, he was still quite
young but showed great courage to face the
storm.
A. trip
B. travel
C. tour
D. voyage
’s unlucky, and she’s always suffering __D
__ luck one after another.
A. a sick
B. an ill
C.
sick D. ill
has lived here ____B____ three years.
A. since
B. for
C.
during D. in
is money! We should _ _B___ our time.
A. be fit for
B. make good use of
C. play a
part of D. take the place of
_ _B___ the train until it disappeared in
the distance.
A. saw
B. watched
C.
noticed D. observed
’s all settled. It __D___ talked about.
A. shouldn’t
B. mustn’t
be C. can’t D. needn’t
be
bedroom needs ____A_____.
A. decorating
B. to
decorate C. decorate D. decorated
What’s happened to Tom?
---____D_____to hospital.
’s taken B. He’ll be taken C. He’ll take D. He’s been taken
do you like better, real movies _ D _ cartoons?
-- I prefer cartoons ____ real movies.
A. and , than
B. or,
than C. and, and D. or, to
a fool I have been! Why __ B__ I think of that before?
A. don’t
B. didn’t
C.
not D. do
must make a difference between __A___ language and _____language.
A. spoken, written
B. speaking,
written C. speaking, writing D. speak, write
___A____ every day when we were children.
A. used to swim
B. used to swimming
C. use to swim
D. use to swimming
must explain _ _C_ _ how they succeeded
_____ the experiment.
A. of us, for
B. at us, at
C. to us,
in D. for us, to
look ___D____. What ______ you ________
A. tir e, did…do
B. tiring, have…done
C. tired, do…do
D. tired, have…been doing
There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In
recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
____C_____.
C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK.
2. During the last ten years, ____ A____.
A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK
3. According to the passage, the
cohabitation rate in the UK tends to
____A____.
A. soar (急剧上升)
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true
__ B__
B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969.
5. The last paragraph tells us ____B____
B. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now
People all over the world today are
beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is
caused either by man’s
1. The main cause of pollution is
____A______.
A. the release of artificial or natural
substances into the environment
2. Much of the pollution could be controlled
if only _____C_____.
C. all sides concerned would make more
efforts
3. Food packages, bottles and tins for
drinks can cause _____B_____.
B. both a litter problem and a waster of
resources
4. Which of the following can not help
solving the problem of pollution? _ _C_ _
C. Eating.
5. What does the underlined word “litter”
mean in paragraph 2? _ _C_ _
C.industrial pollution
A funny thing happened on the way to the
communication revolution: we stopped talking
to each other.
1. The author’s experience of walking in a
park with a friend recently made him feel
______A_______.
A. unhappy
2. According to the author, human contact in
a park means _____C_______.
C. both A and B
3. According to the author, the more
connected we get in communications
technology, the _____B______ we are.
B. more
disconnected
4. What are the examples the author gives to
explain his idea that every advance in
communications technology is a setback to
the closeness of human interaction? _ _C_
C. All of the above.
5. What is the unintended result of
communication technology, according to the
author? ___B___
B. It actually creates a distance between
people instead of bringing them together.
Some people think they have an answer to the
troubles of automobile crowding and dirty
air in large cities. Their answer is the
bicycle, or “bike”.
ntown.
1. According to the passage, bicycles
______C______.
the solution to some city problems
idea of special bicycle lanes is most
favored by ____B_____.
bike riders
3.“Bicycle lanes” in the third paragraph
probably means _____C_______.
C. special parts of the road for bicycle
riders only
4. Which of the following is not true
according to the passage? ___A___
A. In New York City, many people use bikes
as they have special lanes
5. The best title for this passage is
______C______.
C.Solution to Traffic Problem in New York
Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth
century prime minister, said, “London is
not a city, - it is a nation.” Today this
is an understatement;
1．Why does the writer think that Benjamin
Disraeli’s statement is an understatement
Because he thinks London is ____A_____.
A. a miniature world thanks to its
great cultural diversity
2. London is regarded as the most culturally
diverse city in the world due to the
following facts EXCEPT that ____B_____.
B. many young people are immigrants from
different backgrounds
3. Ethnic minority groups will make up
____B_____ of the London population in the
future.
B. 40%
4. The last paragraph mainly tells us in
London ___A_____.
A. young people feel at ease with a large
number of diversified cultures
5. The passage mainly deals with ____C_____.
C. the cultural diversity in London
Who will stage the games?
Preparing for the Olympics Games is a huge
undertaking.
1. Bidding for the Olympic Games usually
starts _____C______ before the games are
really held.
C. ten years
2. Beijing was one of the ___A____
bidders for the 2008games.
A. five
3. The World Cup 2002 was held in
______C_______.
C. A and B
4. What construction projects did Beijing
start after winning the bid? __D_ _
D. All of the above
5. Why do countries want to host the Olympic
Games? __D_ _
D. All of the above.。

The ancient Olympic Games were part of a
religious festival in honour of the Greek
god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and
goddesses. The festival and games were held
in Olympia,
1. The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic
Games in 617 BC. F
2. The ancient Greeks held the Olympic Games
for 393 years. F
3. They did not allow women to compete in the ancient Olympic Games. T
4. They first used the Olympic flag in 1908.
T
5. Both the Olympic Games and the Marathon Race are very popular for old and young people in many countries of the world.
NG
Lily is 70 years old and she takes care of her 91-year-old mother. She told us about caring for her mother.
1. Lily wakes before her mother. T
2. Joan sometimes spends the day with Lily’s mother. T
3. Tilly is satisfied with her hairdresser.
NG
4. Lily’s brother comes to visit every three weeks. F
5. Lily and her mother play cards more than they watch TV. F
1. They’ll load the van . after Dave has picked it up
2. They’ll sta y in a hotel for one night
3. Mary will get to the hotel . before 6 pm
4. They’ll stay at the hotel on __B______ . Friday
5. Dave and Paul can meet Mary at the hotel if they . arrive before 7
1. When will Xiaoyan leave England B B. 10 days later.
2. Where will Xiaoyan live after moving out? A
A. She will stay in her friends’ place. 3. What will happen to Franco’s flat when Xiaoyan and Mary move out? B
B. It will be rented to other people.
4. Why does Xiaoyan need another suitcase?
A
A. She has got more things than she came with.
5. What would Xiaoyan most possibly do when she sees her friend Sharon? B
B. To talk about what happened to them recently.
1. My grandfather used to ____B______ B. work very hard
2. He was ____C ______ when he came home. C. easy to get angry
3. When I was a child, I _____C _____. C. was afraid of him
4. Doctors asked him to ___A___after he had a stroke. A. stop working
5. When he died, he . was a happy man
1. The owner of the guesthouse is/are ____B ____. B. Ron and Ann
guesthouse is _ A _ the city . near t
can . make tea in their room
4. The guesthouse is . peaceful and quiet
5. People ____C ______ smoke in the . are not allowed to
1. Mrs Black’s doctor didn’t know what was
wrong with her skin. A A. Right 2. The hospital sent Mrs Black the test results. . Wrong.
3. Mrs Black took the piece of paper with her to the party. B B. Wrong.
4. Mr Black usually does the shopping for the family. C C. Doesn’t say.
5. Mr Black thought his wife needed the things written on the paper. A A. Right.
passed the shop by bus. B B. Wrong. 2. Tom stopped in front of the shop to look at the shoes he liked. A A. Right. 3. The pair of shoes were too expensive for Tom and his mother. A A. Right.
4. The boy sitting in the wheel chair had no legs. B B. Wrong.
5. Tom went home to tell his mother about what had happened. C B. Wrong.
1. The writer has his hair cut every month.
A
A. Right. . C. Doesn’t say.
2. They got to know each other only a few months ago. B
A. . Wrong. C. Doesn’t say.
3. Every year the barber goes to some cities
or villages in France. A
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.
4. The barber is not very old but he has
tried many strange food and drinks. B A. Right. B. Wrong. C. Doesn’t say. 5. The barber lived in France when he was young. C
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.
1. Sarah Peters received her secondary education (中学教育) in Brighton. B A. . . Doesn’t say.
2. She studied Marketing in London Business College. A
A. . . Does n’t . She got her first job in 1993. B
A. . . Doesn’t say.
4. She got on well with people working in the business company in London. C A. . Wrong. C. Doesn’t say.
5. She wrote books about how to be a good mother and a marketing expert. B
A. . . Doesn’t say.。