英语 自考复习题带答案

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《大学英语》复习资料
一、Directions: Read the following words, try your best to find the word
that has different pronunciation from others.
1 . ( B. cheerful C. childishness D. chunk
2. ( B. teaching C. exchange D. researcher
3. ( ) A. threat B. thrust D. think
4. ( )A. crust B. flood D. jumble
5. ( B. accompany C. account D. according
6. ( ) A. exchange B. extend C. extinct
7. ( ) A. Reward B. warmth D. warden
8. ( )A. spare B. glare D. dare
9. ( )A. leaf B. disagree D. field
10. ( B. tiger C. title D. tire
11. ( ) A. purchase B. surgery C. purple
12. ( B. spelling C. sex D. upset
13. ( ) A. wriggle C. wrestle D. writer
14. ( ) A. quantity B. reality C. recovery
15. ( ) A. range C. ratio D. ray
16. ( B. activity C. addition D. ability
17.( ) A. migrate C. make D. male
18. ( ) A. gaze B. gas C. garage
19. ( B. former C. formal D. forefront
20. ( )A. sphere B. beer C. here
21. ( ) A. hut B. hunter C. fund
22. ( )A. magnify C. guy D. justify
23. ( B. pleasure C. hell D. tell
24. ( )A. locker C. lover` D. listener
25. ( ) A. but B. us D. rush
26.( ) A. mistake C. chicks D. ship
27. ( )A. goal B. go C. dose
28. ( B. world C. word D. worker
29. ( ) A. widely B. widen C. wildlife
30. ( )A. latter C. lantern D. Parachute
二、Directions: There are 90 incomplete sentences in this part. For each
sentence there are four choices marked A, B,C or D. Choose
the ONE answer that best completes the sentence
31. I cleaned the room __________ you were getting the dinner ready.
A. because
B. if
C. while
D. and
32. The salesman tried to ___________ us to buy his product.
A. permit
B. persuade
C. allow
D. promise
33. She is not only a teacher, ______ also a friend.
A. as
B. but
C. however
D. and
34. A cinema is a place of ___________.
A. display
B. entertainment
C. audience
D. activity
35. Language consists _____ words which we put together into sentences.
A. of
B. in
C. for
D. For
36. She tried hard, ____________ she was unsuccessful.
A. therefore
B. but
C. or
D. unless
37. He _______ his seat to a woman with a baby in her arms.
A. offered
B. ordered
C. sat
D. left
38. I _________ born in a small city not far from here.
A. am
B. was
C. have been
D. had been
39. The best way _____________ this principle is to see how it actually works in practice.
A. understood
B. understanding
C. understand
D. to understand
40. Before he came to New York, he had never heard a single English word ________.
A. speak
B. to speak
C. spoke
D. spoken
41. There are ______ flights from Yibin to Shanghai.
A. regular
B. rule
C. regulation
D. regulate
42. They sat together, ____________ carefully the blueprint of the building.
A. and study
B. to study
C. studying
D. and studying
43. He did not have time to read the whole story, so he read the
_________of it instead.
A. inside
B. outline
C. lines
D. outside
44. For passengers, ships have the advantage of _____ cheaper than trains or aero planes.
A. having been
B. to have been
C. being
D. to be
45. Tea or coffee? Which is your _________.
A. preference
B. confusion
C. puzzle
D. mixture
46. I have a very wide __________ of interests.
A. display
B. range
C. maximum
D. random
47. Ships can carry _____ goods than any other means of transport.
A. many
B. much
C. better
D. more
48. A child is not so free to do as he wishes _________ he thinks older people are.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. so
49. Music is different from languages. It can be ___________ by people from different countries.
A. spoken
B. understood D. known D. taken
50. It seems reasonable that the younger and therefore less experienced worker gets __________
than the older and more experienced one.
A. less
B. more
C. as much
D. so much
51. Culture and art are added ___________ our teaching to develop the
children’s imagination.
A. to
B. by
C. for
D. against
52. Ten experts have worked on it for five years. So I suppose there is no need to check the __________ of the research.
A. accuracy
B. atmosphere
C. awareness
D. association
53. Quality____________ more than quantity.
A. matters
B. furthers
C. overcomes
D. enjoys
54. I think I’ll write Jim right now and tell him _________ with him.
A. I’ll go
B. I’ve gone
C. I was going
D. I’d go
55. Last week we __________ to the restaurant in the new hotel.
A. have gone
B. went
C. are going
D. had gone
56. The bird searches ________ what it can use in building its nest.
A. after
B. through
C. in
D. for
57. One of _____________ mountain ranges of the world rises from the Atlantic.
A. the largest
B. the most large
C. the larger
D. the much largest
58. They sat together, ______ carefully the blueprint of the building.
A. studying
B. and study
C. to study
D. and studying
59. The shop has a great _________ of goods.
A. mixture
B. variety
C. quality
D. arrangement
60. A mirror __________ light.
A. gives
B. shows
C. keeps
D. reflects
61. It is important for you _________ for me.
A. as the same as
B. as similar as
C. as well as
D. as good as
62. Practice _____ the language every day.
A. will speak
B. speaking
C. speaks
D. have spoken
63. His words are very clear and __________ so that everybody knows what to do next.
A. exciting
B. inexact
C. exact
D. exactly
64. Language consists ____________words which we put together into sentences.
A. in
B. for
C. of
D. on
65. The dish doesn’t __________ so good as it looks.
A. eat
B. taste
C. feed
D. drink
66. I _________ know him, so I can’t tell you anything about him.
A. occasionally
B. regularly
C. accurately
D. scarcely
67. My mastery of English is not half as good ______ yours.
A. to
B. from
C. as
D. too
68. He didn’t tell his friend that he was _________ worse and worse.
A. leaving
B. serving
C. feeling
D. receiving
69. Most shops ___________ open still eight o’clock in the evening.
A. hold
B. become
C. remain
D. start
70. By the time we got there, the play ___________.
A. is going to begin
B. is just beginning
C. has already begun
D. had already begun
71. He came only _________, not very often.
A. absolutely
B. continually
C. regularly
D. occasionally
72. Some of the questions have four choices that sound ____________.
A. like
B. likely
C. unlike
D. alike
73. He is engaged _________ his work.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. to
74. This is the reason __________ he is always late.
A. that
B. how
C. why
D. which
75. She was just going to give up ________ another chance came.
A. when
B. while
C. although
D. however
76. Now that I am working for my living, I do not have _____ time as before to spend on my stamps.
A. much
B. more
C. as much
D. more than
77. The girl ________ serves in the shop is the owner’s daughter.
A. which
B. who
C. what
D. how
78. You may _________ do it yourself _________ leave it to me.
A. either … or
B. both … and
C. not only … but also
D. whether … or
79. He didn’t stop to rest _______ he finished the work.
A. until
B. as
C. after
D. if
80. Newton was one of the greatest scientists ________ ever lived.
A. whom
B. which
C. what
D. that
81. John was __________ in the trouble, and he didn’t know what to do.
A. attracted
B. interested
C. moved
D. involved
82. I’ve ________ hard this morning and I’m really hungry.
A. work
B. working
C. be working
D. been working
83. If he accepts the job, he _________ more money right away.
A. gets
B. will get
C. has got
D. will have got
84. The doctor took my temperature and _______ my heart.
A. listens
B. will listen
C. has listened
D. listened
85.___________ you write your return address on the envelope?
A. Had
B. Have
C. Are
D. Did
86. Her black dress was in ________ with his white hat.
A. addition
B. contrast
C. conclusion
D. fashion
87. The book was so boring that he gave up ______ it half-way through.
A. seeing
B. watching
C. buying
D. reading
88. We can come to the _________that the more we practice, the more skillful we will be.
A. generation
B. tradition
C. definition
D. conclusion
89. How can you keep the machine ________ when you’re away?
A. run
B. to run
C. running
D. being run
90. ________ all his homework, he went to bed.
A. Doing
B. Being done
C. To do
D. Having done
91. Instead of ________ for the teacher to explain, they tried to find the patterns and the rules for themselves.
A. wait
B. to wait
C. waiting
D. being waited
92. She did not stop to rest _____ she finished the work.
A. as
B. after
C. until
D. if
93. People who can neither hear nor speak talk to each other ___________the help of their fingers.
A. of
B. for
C. at
D. with
94. The shop offers products that range ______________ inexpensive to very expensive.
A. between
B. from
C. among
D. along
95. We must _____________all possible ways of increasing food production.
A. extend
B. insert
C. involve
D. explore
96. _______all his homework, he went to bed.
A. Doing
B. Having done
C. Being done
D. To do
97. All _______, including the human being, make the world lively.
A. plants
B. insects
C. crops
D. creatures
98. A well-trained parrot can talk ______ a man.
A. into
B. like
C. with
D. as
99. He talks __________ he knew all about it.
A. as such
B. as well
C. as if
D. as to
100. A man’s success depends chiefly ______ himself.
A. on
B. as
C. for
D. from
101. Please don’t forget to turn _____the lights before you leave the laboratory.
A. out
B. off
C. over
D. up
102. His speech was _________ many times by cheers.
A. inserted
B. substituted
C. elevated
D. interrupted 103. Jack talks ______he knew all about it.
A. as if
B. as such
C. as well
D. as to
104. A mirror_____ light.
A. gives
B. shows
C. keeps
D. reflects 105. He did not have time to read the whole story, so he read the _____of it instead.
A. inside
B. outline
C. lines
D. outside 106. I objected ______the meeting without him.
A. to having
B. to have
C. having
D. have 107. He came only _____, not very often.
A. absolutely
B. continually
C. regularly
D. occasionally 108. He forgot his friend’s telephone number, so he looked it _____in the telephone book.
A. for
B. at
C. up
D. to
109. Some of the questions have four choices that sound______.
A. like
B. likely
C. alike
D. unlike 110. The _____ in his experiment were 75 college students.
A. objects
B. subjects
C. systems
D. methods
111. __________ exercises such as swimming or playing football can make us strong.
A. Physical
B. Emotional
C. Practical
D. Theoretical 112. The man who she ______ is a criminal is my friend.
A. says
B. is doing
C. will do
D. shall do
113. The words are repeated over and over again _____the students hear them clearly.
A. whether
B. or
C. but
D. so that
114. Birds learn to fly by ____________.
A. repetition
B. instinct
C. observation
D. imitation 115. My brother ______ on his best clothes and left for the party.
A. put
B. puts
C. will put
D. is putting
116. The little boy ______music often went to the concert with his parents.
A. fond of
B. was fond of
C. who is fond of
D. be fond of 117. She has a very wide ______ of interests.
A. display
B. range
C. maximum
D. random 118. Her black dress was in _______ with his white hat.
A. addition
B. conclusion
C. contrast
D. fashion 119. The more we get together, _______ we shall be.
A. the happy
B. happier
C. the happier
D. the more happy 120. Go to see the doctor, ______your cold may get worse.
A. or
B. while
C. either
D. but
三、Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C or D. You
should decide on the best choice and choose the
corresponding letter .
Passage One
Questions 121 to 125 are based on the following passage.
Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? It hangs over the horizon like a huge, pale hot-air balloon. Many people think of the bright full moon of autumn or the harvest moon that way —like a huge, pale hot-air balloon. But can you always trust your eyes?
The harvest moon is the full moon on a day nearest the first day of autumn. Full or nearly full, it rises early in the evening for several nights in a row. It brings farmers well-lit evenings to harvest their crops.
The harvest moon can look huge. But does it really fill more of the sky than an ordinary full moon?
Why does the moon look bigger when it is near the horizon? Our brains compare the size of the moon with the size of the objects we see on the horizon. We know that the distant mountains, homes, or skyscrapers are really very large. And, since the moon is much farther away than is the distant landscape, we “see”the moon as being larger than it would otherwise look.
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121 To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon?
A. Mountains
B. Buildings
C. Homes
D. All of these 122. The main purpose of the article is to __________.
A. inform
B. persuade
C. praise
D. convince 123. The author knew most people find the moon __________.
A. mysterious
B. interesting
C. boring
D. so ordinary 124. The moon looks bigger if ___________.
A. it is autumn
B. it is near the horizon
C. homes are near
D. it is a clear night
125. The autumn moon ___________.
A. is more beautiful than it really looks.
B. is the brightest object in the sky.
C. rises slowly at dawn.
D. helps farmers see as they harvest their crops.
Passage Two
Questions 126 to 130 are based on the following passage.
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good at his job that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures (签名) of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered (兴隆) by selling his small but real collection of early US signatures. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating (模仿) signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of being found out, he sent his forgeries (伪造品) to England and Canada for sale.
Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.
In Spring’s time, right after the Ci vil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s money problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts （手稿）belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty （贫穷）, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the
originals.
126 According to the context, what does “forger” mean?
A. A forger is a person who opens a bookshop.
B. A forger is a person who is good at his job.
C. A forger is a person who loves to cheat people.
D. A forger is a person who makes false things such as signatures. 127.How did Spring make his first fortune?
A. He prospered by selling fake signatures of VIP.
B. He became rich by selling books.
C. He became rich by selling his collection of real signatures.
D. He received a large amount of money from one of his relatives. 128.What was the trouble for forgers in their business mentioned in this passage?
A. They could not find anyone who was willing to buy their forgeries.
B. They found it very hard to forge the signatures of those famous people.
C. They found it difficult to sell their forgeries to people with knowledge.
D. They had no way to make their products attractive and true.
129. According to the passage, what can be said about Spring?
A. He was very good at forgery and earned money doing it.
B. He tried many times to make good forgeries but failed.
C. He could not meet the demand of Miss Fanny and was poor for a short time.
D. He prospered on his forgery and extended his business to many parts of the world.
130. What is the tone of this passage?
A. Boastful.
B. Approving.
C. Objective
D. Critical.
Passage Three
Questions 131 to 135 are based on the following passage.
Computer programmer David Jones makes $35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a check card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm puts two new games on the home market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. In spite of his salary, made by inventing new programs within quite a short period of time, with bonus payments and profit sharing, he cannot drive a car, get some money from a bank to buy a house, or get credit cards He lives with his parents in their house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His firm has to pay $150 a month in taxi fares to get him
the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the firm a year after leaving school with six levels and working for a time in a computer shop. " I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs, he said.
"I suppose $35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's not good enough I hope it will come to more than that this year. " He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, any-way.
David added, "I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
131. Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns a very high salary.
B. He has no job.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
132. David's greatest problem is _____.
A. making the banks treat him as a grown-up
B. inventing computer games
C. spending his salary
D. learning to drive
133. He was hired by the firm because _______.
A. he had worked in a computer shop
B. he had written some computer programs
C. he works very hard
D. he had learnt to use computers at school
134. He left school after taking 0-levels because _______.
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
C. he wanted to earn a lot of money
D. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
135. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. One has to be young to write computer programs
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well
D. He thinks his firm might go bad
Passage Four
Questions 136 to 140 are based on the following passage.
In the course of thirty years, television has become the single most
important form of entertainment in most American homes. While entertainment has been the focus up to the present, the real importance of television is only now being discovered.
In the future, television communication will serve many significant functions in the home. Already we have cassette tapes of programs, and we are able to use the home screen to play games such as electronic tennis. Eventually, students might prefer to talk to an instructor on television through special attachments to their home sets, and this could mean the end of public schools as we know them.
Most of all, television will become a place for creative ideas. Instead of passively watching programs the way we do now, new developments will allow us to participate in shows and to feel and sense directly the emotions of the actors we watch. Also, there will be methods that will let us shape and create our own shows. We may even be able to press a button and have our own light show displayed on the screen. We will be able to think of an image and see that image flash on the screen in front of us. Different people in different places will be able to exchange ideas through television and even to interrupt and comment on shows for the benefit of performers in the television studio.
Television is a necessary part of our technological future. Now is the time for us to consider it as a responsibility, so that, when the new inventions make it more interesting to watch television, our own ideas
and creative talents will be ready and waiting to make the technology of television more beneficial for all.
136. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in this passage?
A. Now we are able to use the home screen to play games.
B. Students might prefer to talk to an instructor on television.
C. Japanese scientists have invented one kind of TV set.
D. New developments will allow us to participate in shows.
137. In the future, television will provide more __________.
A. cassette tapes of programs
B. viewer participation in shows.
C. technique around the world.
D. various shows to watch.
138. The main idea for the second paragraph in this passage is found ___________.
A. in the middle of the paragraph
B. in the last sentence
C. in the first sentence
D. nowhere in the paragraph
139. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Some methods will let us shape and create our own shows.
B. We may have our own light show displayed on the screen.
C. We may have our image flashed on the screen in front of us.
D. We will be able to make a kind of TV set in our own house.
140. The best title for this passage if ____________.
A. Audience Participation in Future Shows.
B. How To Make A TV Set.
C. Television And Its Technological Future.
D. Watch Television.
Passage Five
Questions 141 to 145 are based on the following passage.
Strange thing happens to time when you travel. Because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones one hour apart, you can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes the hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific you cross the international date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar the full day, backward or
forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow!
141. The best title for this selection is __________.
A. A Trip Across the Atlantic
B. How Time Changes Around the World
C. Crossing the International Date Line
D. How Time Zones Were Set Up.
142. The difference in time between zones is __________.
A. seven days
B. twenty-four hours
C. one hour
D. more than seven days
143. From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean _________.
A. is in one time zone
B. is divided into twenty-four time zones
C. is divided into five times zones.
D. cannot be crossed in five days.
144. The international date line is the name for _________.
A. the beginning of any new time zone
B. the point where time changes by one hour.
C. the point where a new day begins.
D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean
145. If you cross the ocean going east, you set your clock _________. A. ahead one hour in each new time zone
B. ahead one time for the whole trip
C. back one full day for each one full day
D. ahead by twenty-three hours
Passage Six
Questions 146 to 150 are based on the following passage.
When a man is taller and stronger than other men, he is sometimes called a giant (巨人). Many people think of Wilt chamberlain as a giant. He is so tall that he has a special, extra-long bed to sleep in and a special car with enough space for his long legs. During his playing days, Wilt was paid about $200000 a year. That was what the president of the United States earned for being president. At that time, it was more than any other athlete (运动员) in the entire history of sports had ever been paid.
Wilt played for the Los Angeles Lakers team. He helped to make it the best team in the Western Division of the National Basketball Association, which is a group of the very finest professional teams in the world. Wilt owns a beautiful apartment building in Los Angeles, which his mother lives, and another one in New York. He owns racehorses. He wears fine clothes. He owns an English Bentley (宾利) car.
When Wilt was just seven years old, he took a job. He did not tell his mother or father, but one day his mother found out. She looked out into the street and saw Wilt lifting crates for a milkman. Mrs. Chamberlain
told the milkman that Wilt was only seven. She said he shouldn’t be lifting those heavy milk crates. “I thought he was twelve”, said the milkman.
146. According to the passage, people called Wilt chamberlain _______.
A. a good sportsman
B. a funny person
C. a giant
D. an excellent jumper
147. What team did Wilt Chamberlain play for?
A. The Philadelphia Phillies
B. The Seattle Seahawks
C. The Los Angeles Lakers
D. The California Star Team 148. Who else earned as much money doing his job each year as Wilt earned playing basketball?
A. The head of CTA
B. The pitcher for the Dodgers.
C. The film stars
D. The president of the United States
149. Since there were other players as tall as Wilt Chamberlain, why do you think he could be such a famous basketball player?
B. Because he was so good at the sport.
C. Because he made so much money.
D. Because he played for the finest professional team.
150. According to the passage, which of the following words best describes Wilt’s desire to work when he was seven?
A. Honesty
B. Ambition
C. Independence
D. Happiness
四、Directions: Translate the following sentences.
Section A: Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English. 151. 是现代技术使我们走向成功。

It is modern technology that leads us to success.
152. 大多数学习第二语言的成年人不会同意这一说法。

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Most adult who are learning a second language would disagree with this statement.
153. 他正要离开这家饭店时，另一位旅客进来了。

When he was leaving the restaurant, another traveler came in.
154. 美国人并不垄断“死亡”市场，但许多人感到美国却以最重的赋税在世界上名列前茅。

Americans do not have a corner on the "death" market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes.
155. 美国人常说，一个人一生中只有两件事可以肯定会发生：死亡和纳税。

Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes.
156. 每天练习说英语。

Practice speaking English everyday.
157. 广告词一般很短，常常只不过是一句简短的话，公众将这句话与该产品联系起来。

The advertisement itself is usually short，often no more than a slogan。