上海大学英语考试

Vocabulary and structure
1.It’s none of your business, you have no right to ______.
a. disturb
b. interfere
c. interrupt
d. obtain
2.I wish I could give you the ______ to your problems.
a. conclusion
b. answer
c. end
d. reply
3.To ______ greater accuracy, all invoices will be
double-checked before leaving the office.
a. confirm
b. insure
c. assure
d. ensure
4.Peter showed her his draft of the report, and ______ her
suggestion.
a. appealed
b. required
c. asked
d.
demanded
5.Can you ______ the truth of his statement
a. deny
b. refuse
c. decline
d. reject
6.We finally ______ an agreement after a lot of hard
bargaining.
a. arrived
b. did
c. reached
d.
drove
7.It takes years to ______ as a doctor.
a. qualify
b. practice
c. complete
d.
pass
8.I don’t really know how to ______ the problem.
a. set in
b. tackle
c. cope
d. draw
9.He said he couldn’t ______ to retire from work and live
only on his pension.
a. risk
b. afford
c. accept
d. depend
10.It is ______ of you to turn down the TV while your sister
is still ill in bed.
a. concerned
b. careful
c. considerate
d. considerable
11.It is important that you ______ to the dean before
leaving for your vacation.
a. speak
b. spoke
c. have spoken
d. are speaking
12.It’s about time people ______ notice of what women did
during the war.
a. took
b. take
c. have taken
d.
will take
13.I’d have come with you ______ I am so busy.
a. except for
b. provided that
c. but that
d. so long as
14.I wish you ______ me yesterday.
a. tell
b. could tell
c. would tell
d. had told
15.I failed in my new job. If only I ______ my parents.
a. listened to
b. had listened to
c. have
listened to d. would listen to
16.I’d rather you ______ those important documents with
you.
a. not take
b. don’t take
c. won’t take
d. didn’t take
17.But for your help we ______ late.
a. would be
b. would have been
c. had been
d. were
18.I left as though we ______ each other for years.
a. have known
b. knew
c. had known
d. would have known
19.I’d rather you ______ me a new one instead of having
it repaired as you did.
a. had given
b. have given
c. gave
d. giving
20.It is time the kids ______.
a. go to bad
b. went to bed
c. have gone
to bed d. had gone to bed
1.Although trees and land have been ______, the animals
are disappearing.
a. insured
b. ensured
c. secured
d.
assured
2.Hunting is thought to be ______ for the extinction of
some wildlife.
a. responsible
b. blamed
c. charged
d.
denounced
3.It so ______ that two men were caught in the act of
hunting wildlife in Daxinganling.
a. occurred
b. happened
c. took place
d.
arose
4.People have done a lot in stopping the loss of wildlife
habitat, which is expected to ______ the slaughter.
a. end
b. finish
c. complete
d.
achieve
5.The problems such as deforestation and population
explosion were ______ at an earlier time than animal
hunting.
a. forecast
b. foreseen
c. estimated
d. expected
6.The rising slaughter ______ a formidable challenge for
the next century.
a. sums
b. amounts
c. adds
d.
increases
7.The ______ cause of the rapid growth of population is
attributed to the uncontrolled birthrate.
a. underlying
b. essential
c. elemental
d. basic
8.______ logging roads is thought to be helpful for
protecting wildlife.
a. Clearing
b. Closing
c. Closing off
d. Clearing up
9.Seeds are ______ in the forest to grow into trees.
a. sprayed
b. spread
c. spilled
d. splashed
10.Tigers are suffering from lack of ______, which are being
killed by humans.
a. insects
b. pests
c. preys
d.
beasts
11.Selling furs of wildlife can ______ a lot of money.
a. bring in
b. bring out
c. bring about
d. bring up
12.By 2021, the silent dawn ______ in those forests, where
animals are largely gone.
a. is occurring
b. occurs
c. occurred
d. could be occurring
13.By hunting, we are losing the animals that make the
forests ______.
a. function
b. functioning
c. functioned
d. have functioned
14.Conservationists are struggling to protect a natural
world reeling from ______ threats as population growth, deforestation and pollution.
a. so
b. such
c. those
d.
these
15.______ to the recent research, some cigarette smokers
are becoming health-conscious.
a. Respond
b. Responded
c. Responding
d. Having been
responded
16.People sell the hunted wildlife ______ food or medicine.
a. for
b. to
c. at
d.
with
17.Daylight ______ the small village.
a. breaks out
b. breaks into
c. breaks on
d. breaks down
18.I don’t know why he complains about his low salary all
the time. He doesn’t earn as ______ as I do.
a. less
b. few
c. little
d.
more
19.It was in 1985 ______ a hole in the ozone layer over the
Antarctic was noticed.
a. which
b. where
c. when
d.
that
20.Every week, a staggering 10 000 square kilometers of
tropical rainforest are ______.
a. cut off
b. cut up
c. cut out
d. cut down
1.Peter was ______ diligent than Jack because both of them
failed the final examination.
a. no less
b. not much
c. no more
d.
not more
2.Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come
to a sound conclusion.
a. can you
b. would you
c. you would
d. you can
3.“Hurry up, or the tickets ______ out by the time we get
there.〞
a. will have been sold
b. will sell
c. have sold
d. have been sold
4.Human beings are superior to animals ______ they can use
language to communicate.
a. for that
b. with which
c. in that
d. to which
5.The atmosphere of the earth is ______ the moon.
a. much denser than
b. much denser than
that of
c. more dense than
d. more dense than
those of
6.The children went there to watch the iron tower ______.
a. erect
b. erecting
c. erected
d.
being erected
7.Bats begin their flight as soon as the sun begins to sink
______ the horizon.
a. beyond
b. beneath
c. below
d.
down
8.______ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the
mountain gives him a sense of peace.
a. When one is walking
b. If walking
c. Walking
d. While walking
9.He ______ to the movies, had he known that Jane would
be free.
a. would go
b. had gone
c. will have gone
d. would have gone
10.______, she couldn’t work out the problem at that
moment.
a. Clever although she was
b. As she was
clever
c. She was clever, though
d. Clever as she
was
11.The government is trying to do something to ______ better
understanding between the two countries.
a. raise
b. promote
c. heighten
d.
increase
12.There is not the ______ doubt about what he said.
a. smallest
b. slightest
c. weakest
d. thinnest
13.At the sight of the bear, the ______ girl burst into
tears.
a. frighten
b. frightened
c. frightful
d. frightening
14.The whole village ______ to welcome the foreign
visitors.
a. turned out
b. turned up
c. turned over
d. turned off
15.They suspected that the secret had been ______ by one
of their friends.
a. given off
b. given away
c. given up
d. given out
16.American women had been ______ the right to vote until
1920 after many years of hard struggle.
a. ignored
b. denied
c. neglected
d. refused
17.He stopped the car to ______ a young girl who was
hitch-hiking across Europe.
a. take in
b. get on
c. put down
d. pick up
18.Though the job was hard and new to them, they ______
accomplish it in two weeks.
a. managed to
b. went to
c. came to
d.
succeeded to
19.She felt ______ when she saw that her children were safe
from the NATO’s bombing.
a. assured
b. relieved
c. relaxed
d. comforted
20.We are advised that the equipment will be shipped here
on due time with its ______ manual.
a. direction
b. directive
c. instructive
d. instruction
Reading comprehension
1.Everywhere we’ve traveled we’ve been asked, ......
complex and valuable mixture of individual national traditions, fashions, and beliefs.
1. What’s the main idea of this passage
a. Information technologies bring us into a “global
village〞.
b. People from different cultures can share many
things on the Internet.
c. In spite of information technologies, different
cultures remain different.
d. People enjoy watching foreign shows and eating
foreign foods.
2. What can be inferred from the passage
a. The world is going to be a “global village〞 which all people will enjoy.
b. The assembly line is one feature of low-tech mass production society.
c. People would like to share the same culture all over the worl
d.
d. Web-televiewers will enable us to set up a “global village〞.
3. The passage implies that ______.
a. technological and social change always brings about change in culture.
b. culture always bring about technological and social change
c. technological and social change never brings about change in culture
d. culture never bring about technological and social change
4. The passage suggests that high-tech developments bring about ______.
a. more influence on culture in a developed society
than in a developing one
b. less influence on culture in a developed society
than in a developing one
c. as great an influence on culture in a developed
society as in a developing one
d. no influence on culture at all in either a developed
or a developing society
5. Which of the following statements is not true
according to the passage
a. IT enables people to get easy access to foreign
cultures.
b. People in different cultures have different ideas
of accepting different cultures.
c. Disney is an example of a combination of different
cultures.
d. There won’t be a “global village〞.
2.In some place cars are forbidden in city centers
altogether. ……how often they have driven into the city center.
1. Where do people have to share a car if they want to
go to the city center
a. In Hong Kong.
b. In Florence
c. In Singapore.
d. In Britain.
2. The Park and Ride scheme in Britain aims at ______.
a. limiting cars entering the city center
b. improving the public transport system
c. providing more buses in the city center
d. setting up a computer-based traffic system
3. The government of the Netherlands is especially interested in building cycle paths, for ___.
a. many people have bikes
b. cycle paths are convenient to build
c. the country is very flat
d. it wants to save money
4. In the city center of Florence ______.
a. cars are allowed only at night
b. cars are forbidden altogether
c. people walk in the morning and evening
d. people are fined if they use cars
5. The best title for the passage would be ______.
a. Ways to Save money
b. Using Cars but Not Bikes
c. Walking in the City Center
d. Problems of Using Cars
3.One of the most unusual graduation speakers of the 1983
commencement season was not a person at all. ...… but you won’t forget a robot.〞
1. Robot Redford’s speech was discussed in this article
mainly because ______.
a. it was political
b. it was
controversial
c. it was interesting
d. it was
insensitive
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true
a. Robot Redford was a talking machine.
b. Robot Redford walked to the stage by itself.
c. Robot Redford graduated from a college in Marylan
d.
d. Robot Redford made a graduation speech in 1983.
3. Which of the following statements can be supported
by the passage
a. A robot was designed to let humans decrease their
productivity.
b. Everybody at the commencement was pleased with the
arrangement.
c. Robot Redford was the brainchild of William
Bakaleinikoff.
d. Robot Redford’s speech was too difficult to
understand.
4. According to the passage, an amplified voice is a
voice which ______.
a. comes from the designer
b. sounds more
attractive
c. is unnatural to human ears
d. is made louder
5. We can infer from the passage that Robot Redford was
at the commencement is order to ______.
a. make the commencement more successful
b. lessen the chair’s workload to deliver the
commencement address
c. display the advantages of the new invention
d. remind people of the need for cooperation with
technology
4.The game of golf has become more popular each year. ……
Together, they already cover an area about the size of Belgium.
1. The sandy soil ______.
a. can pollute natural water supplies
b. is
rather poor in absorbing chemicals
c. is the best place to build golf courses
d. can
take a large amount of fertilizer
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage
a. Golf courses consume a lot of water.
b. Each year many new golf courses are built.
c. There is grass growing on the golf course.
d. There are many golf courses in Belgium
3. We can infer from the passage that ______.
a. golf courses already cover a large area
b. underdeveloped areas should be protected
c. the forest near Saigon is a well protected area
d. golf courses development is speeding up
4. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ______.
a. to warn against the fast expansion of golf courses
b. to explain how to limit golf games
c. to show how to protect the environment
d. to criticize golf course developers
5. Golf courses may bring many problems EXCEPT ______.
a. consuming much water
b. destroying natural areas
c. poisoning sandy soils
d. polluting water supplies
5.Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a
man as it is for a woman. …… Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
1. When a man is buying clothes, ______.
a. he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
b. he chooses things that others recommend
c. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the tight
things
d. he buys good quality things, so long as they are
not too dear
2. What do men care about before they buy the new clothes
a. They care about the size.
b. They care about the price.
c. They make sure a thing fits before they buy it.
d. They make sure that the style is right.
3. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers
for clothes
a. They welcome suggestions for anyone.
b. Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes.
c. Women often buy thing without giving the matter
proper thought.
d. They try to buy clothes for more than its real valu
e.
4. When women go on trying new clothes, their husbands
______.
a. stay with them and sit on the chairs waiting
b. stay and wait outside the shop
c. go window shopping around
d. go to buy something for themselves
5. What is the most obvious difference between men and
women shoppers
a. The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.
b. Women bargain for their clothes, but men care less
about money.
c. Women buy more than men.
d. The time they take over buying clothes.
Cloze
1.Jim, from New York, was ……and didn’t know what he’d
done wrong.
1. a. taking b. sitting c. attending
d. holding
2. a. trip b. journey c. travel
d. voyage
3. a. forgot b. reminded c. remembered d.
recalled
4. a. joking b. talking c. laughing
d. approving
5. a. pleased b. surprised c. depressed
d. excited
6. a. far b. even c. enough d.
rather
7. a. expected b. expects c. expecting
d. expecting of
8. a. But b. And c. Still d. As
9. a. food b. idea c. discussion
d. subject
10. a. interrupted b. defeated c. concerned
d. excluded
2.London was originally established …… Tokyo and other
major capitals.
1. a. for b. by c. with d. of
2. a. whose b. that c. which d.
who
3. a. position b. location c. place d.
state
4. a. where b. when c. that d.
which
5. a. usual b. ordinary c. common d.
popular
6. a. spoiled b. destroyed c. damaged
d. injured
7. a. by b. of c. from d.
in
8. a. looked b. saw c. regarded d.
thought
9. a. dropped b. failed c. decreased
d. declined
10. a. for b. with c. to d. as 3.The dumpling of material in the world’s oceans has a
long history. …… become increasingly important.
1. a. Goods b. Objects c. Stocks
d. Matters
2. a. amount b. range c. variety
d. collection
3. a. discarding b. removing c. spreading
d. dismissing
4. a. stages b. bases c. fields
d. platforms
5. a. relieved b. sent c. freed d.
released
6. a. surroundings b. surrounded c.
surrounding d. surround
7. a. until b. for c. since
d. during
8. a. practiced b. arranged c. regulated
d. close
9. a. With b. For c. Though
d. As
10. a. sustainable b. preventable c.
noticeable d. changeable
4.Advertising is an important …… 5 billion is spent on
advertising each year.
1. a. substance b. element c. subject
d. affair
2. a. service b. assistance c. advantage
d. duty
3. a. senior b. humble c. inferior
d. superior
4. a. range b. amount c. sort d.
variety
5. a. target b. victim c. goal
d. mark
6. a. equipment b. instrument c. device
d. media
7. a. mail b. shopping c. distribution
d. sales
8. a. eager b. generous c. difficult
d. potential
9. a. develop b. developed c. developing
d. development
10. a. similarly b. properly c. approximately
d. relatively
Translate (Chinese to English)
1.我想与你分住这个房间。

I’d like to share the room with you.
2.如果我们认为这样不公平，我们就会大胆地说出来。

If we though that was unfair, we should speak up.
3.为了把公司建成一流公司，我们要化消极被动为积极主动。

We should transform the passive into the initiative to create a first-class company.
4.许多野生动物灭绝归因于人类对它们大肆捕杀。

The extinction of much wildlife can be attributed to the fact that humans take a staggering toll on it.
5.封闭采伐区道路被认为有助于保护野生动物。

Closing off the logging roads is thought to be helpful for protecting wildlife.
6.平等互利是我们合作与根本原那么。

Equality and mutual benefit is the underlying principle for our cooperation.
7.保护野生动物人类一项艰巨任务。

Wildlife protection is a formidable task for humans.
8.社会与政治关系将美国与不列颠联系起来。

Social and political ties bind the USA to Britain. 9.主要党派在投票前进展了紧张谈判。

Intensive negotiations between the main parties precede to vote.
10.圣诞树上装饰着耀眼霓虹灯。

The Christmas tree is decorated with dazzling neon lights.
11.我们走了两个小时，但是仍未见到那所房子。

We walked for 2 hours, but the house was still not in sight.
12.打来人说旅馆里有炸弹，后来证明是一场骗局。

The telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel, but it later turned out to be a hoax.
13.多年来好莱坞正逐渐衰亡，英国电影业会步他后尘吗？
Hollywood has been dying for years, will the British film industry follow suit
14.州政府声称已经减收了个人税。

The state government claims they have reduced personal taxation.
15.让我们来分析一下这题，看看有什么地方出了过失。

Let’s analyze the problem and see what went wrong. 16.我们在市场上优势受到了这种新产品严重威胁。

Our dominance of the market is seriously threatened by this new product.
17.全球性气候变化也许是造成恐龙灭绝原因。

Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
18.警方法医检测到女死者血液中有毒药。

The police scientists detected the presence of poison in the dead woman’s blood.
19.通过这种新一代电脑软件开发，公司正在进入一个全新领域。

The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new range of computer software.
20.要是让我来处理，这些毒品贩子就得枪毙。

If I had my way, these drug dealers would be shot.
Translate (Chinese to English)
1.The equipment, together with the instructional manual,
已收到)
2.努力学习)
3.
就连许多成年人也喜欢玩游戏)
4.
或者两个哥哥经常帮助她学习数学)
5.以
及装载玻璃器具全都被摧毁)
6.是不
文明)
7.是帮助而
不是同情)
8.对她来说并不简单)
9.感到气馁)
10.We 花
了好几个小时才把书读完)
11.是男同学)
12.是
我们今天要走全部路程)
13.都试过了)
14.对她来说不够)
15.送给了穷人)
16.The beauty of the place 非
我笔墨所能形容)
17.
比我上次干要难得多，所以我决定放弃)
18.
你能见他们时间就越少)
19.The higher a mountain
人们就越想去征服它)
20.
该城市第三大产业)
21.There are almost as many ways to become interested in
就像业余爱好本身丰富多彩一样)
22.Among all of 他
做实验是最仔细)
23.连一丝风都没有)
24.这里最好一部影片), that I’ve
ever seen.
25.
是我最想访问)
26.I do not know any profession in the
比从事牙科工作更好职业了)
27.
这种鲸是地球上生存最大生物), 4 times the weight of the largest dinosaur, 30 times that of an elephant.
Word builder
1.It is of you not to answer my letter.
2.
prefers staying alone.
3.
4.It is an error among students and the
teachers.
5.
6.More and more people have come to realize the importance
7.An operation is beginning to try to save a species of
8.think that we need to remove the people
from the forests so as to repopulate the forests with wildlife.
9.It turned out to be a planned of the
potential oil and natural gas reserves.
10.The explosive growth in bars is one of the most
11.
storm.
12.
gave himself up.
13.’ house.
14.
15.perceived idea came from a little boy.
16.
17.
a year, was put into mass production.
18.effect should be paid more attention to.
19.are blooming along woodland paths.
20.Catherine got married without telling anyone。