山大专升本-本科英语3-3

I. Vocabulary and Structure

1. ---Do you mind if I sit here?

--- ______C_________.

A. Not at all. There is plenty of room.

B. Of course. Do sit down, please.

C. Never mind. I’d like to have some companion.

D. Sure. I’d like to have someone to talk to

2. –Why do you always tell me what to do? To be frank, I don’t like it.

--- I know, but __ C__.

A. I don’t like it either.

B. How do I do for you?

C. I just want the best for you.

D. Obviously. You are right.

3. ----That was a delicious dinner.

----__ B _.

A. Thank you. Don’t mention it.

B. You’re welcome.

C. Not so delicious, I’m afraid.

D. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

4. --- You are most beautiful in that red sweater.

--- ___C__.

A. Oh, no. It’s just an old one, and I have had it for years.

B. Yes. I think it goes nicely with my pants.

C. Thank you. My mom knitted it for me some years ago.

D. Oh, but I’m not sure if it suits me.

5. ---I missed Prof. Wang’s linguistics class again yesterday.

----_____C_____.

A.Congratulations!

B.How nice you are!

C.What a pity!

D.Have a nice weekend.

6. She couldn’t understand his _________ of country life to city life.

A. liking

B. reference

C. preference

D. loving

7. It is ___A___ to walk on the top of the wall.

A. dangerous

B. serious

C. notorious

D. vigorous

8. His parents didn’t consent to his ___A___ with Mary.

A. marriage

B. dependence

C. reliance

D. charge

9. Basic chemical knowledge is a necessary ____B_____ for research in any natural science.

A. flat

B. foundation

C. base

D. platform

10. A new ___B___ in one branch of knowledge will probably have great influence on another.

A. average

B. discovery

C. recovery

D. coverage

11. One of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play A Merchant in Venice is the ___C____

Shylock.

A. greasy

B. great

C. greedy

D. greeting

12. The mankind has done many _____A_____ things to nature in its course of civilization.

A. destructive

B. instructive

C. progressive

D. sensitive

13. The natural environment _____D___ greatly from place to place.

A. diffracts

B. differentiates

C. distinguishes

D. differs

14. The use of wild animals in circuses was an innovation first introduced in the United States. D

A. a number

B. a program

C. a musical spectacle

D. a new idea

15. Benjamin Franklin was not the first to suggest the relationship between lightning and the electricity, but his experiment with a kite was original. D

A. define

B. confirm

C. examine

D. propose

16. The type and degree of molecular motion of a substance depend on the amount of thermal energy present. D

A. are determined by

B. limit

C. radiate

D. are supported by

17. The young, especially, have no ____A_____ about hot weather.

A. complaint

B. irritation

C. trouble

D. doubt

18. We hear a lot today about the ____C_____ of education.

A. inability

B. helplessness

C. failure

D. loss

19. By then radio broadcasts were reaching the ____D____ of homes in countries all over the

world.

A. priority

B. superiority

C. minority

D. majority

20. His illness may result C malnutrition.

A. in

B. to

C. from

D. for

21. The manager will have to hire two people to make up B the lost time.

A. in

B. for

C. on

D. of

22. A key B the back door is always kept on a high ledge above the door.

A. for

B. to

C. of

D. on

23. ___D_____ he was worried, he tried to appear calm.

A. Despite

B. Unless

C. Yet

D. Although

24. Some hotel staff speak _____A____ English.

A. little

B. small

C. few

D. scarcely

25. It’s no use ____B____ to get a bargain these days.

A. to expect

B. expecting

C. looking forward to

D. you expect

II. Cloze

There are 10 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank there are five choices marked A, B, C, D and E. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage(s).

People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from "Stage Fright". Stage fright makes a person nervous. In that case, it can make one's mind go lank and forget 36 one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or 37 .

Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to 38 themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a(n) tearful experience.

She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile 39 going onto the stage.