2015年本科插班生考试《基础英语》课程试卷

韩山师范学院2015年本科插班生考试试卷英语专业基础英语试卷（ A卷）

I.Match each word with its definition.

（每空0.5分，共10分）

Words:

1) ___psyche 2) ___shriek 3) ___suspense 4)___judicious

5) ___sprawl 6) ___debut 7) ___beckon 8) ___ecstatic

9)___tentative 10) ___bespeak 11) ___benign 12)__conviction 13) __cackle 14) ___arrogant 15) ___sacred 16) ___thaw

17) __static 18) ___ quest 19) ___palpable 20) ___dilapidated

Definitions:

a) a long search for sth. esp. for some quality such as happiness

b)to move head or hand in a way that tells sb. to come nearer

c)human mind; mentality

d)full of pride and self-importance

e)the state of being anxious and uncertain about sth. unknown

f)cry out with a high sound

g) stretch out oneself or one’s limbs in a lying or sitting position

h) with good judgment

i) laugh or talk loudly and unpleasantly

j) make first public appearance

k) causing great joy and happiness

l) inactive, unchanging

m) show, be a sign of, indicate

n) not certain or fixed

o) kind and gentle

p) treated with great respect

q) broken and old; falling to pieces r) very firm belief

s) (of the weather) become warm enough for snow and ice to melt t) capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind II.

Fill in each blank with the derivative of the word in parentheses. （每题1分，共10分）

1) What ’s your ___ (assess) of the current situation? 2) He declares he represents a ___(respect) corporation.

3) There has been a ___(revive) of interest in this author ’s unique writing style. 4) The young generation seem to be now in a more ___ (advantage) situation as

they are much better informed..

5) ___ (deny), online shopping has quite a few advantages. 6) On such a hot day the sea seems very ___(resist).

7) Many people are interested in the ___(inaugurate) run of the high-speed train. 8) His ___(competent) in the job loses him the favor of his boss. 9) Deep ___( engross) in his research brings him final success. 10) No parent should be overly ___(indulge) of their child. III. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbs. (每题0.5分，共8分）

1) You should not have taken ___ too many responsibilities. 2) Girls are said to have better aptitude ___ languages.

3) She asked the tailor to take __ the dress a few inches at the waist. 4) Don ’t ever expect you can always get __ with your lies. 5) Repeated failures in his experiments really got him ___.

6) He did not proceed __ the speech until the applauses died down. 7) You have come __ well in the photo.

8) Did he approach you __ lending him some money? 9) He chose a book __ random and handed it to me.

10) Remember the saying, “Do as you would be done ____.” 11) The economic crisis has brought ____ a full-scale war. 12) The farmer took ___ the lost travelers for the night.

13) John has his eye ___ a scholarship so he can go to college. 14) He ’s always noodling around __ his computer.