综合英语期末考卷

2009级商务英语/应用英语专业

《综合英语》2009-2010学年第一学期期末考卷

Class_______ No.________ Name___________ Mark_______

I. Vocabulary and structure (25 points)

A. Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the words given in parentheses (10 points, one point each)

1. The (major)______________ of doctors believe smoking does harm to health.

2. Every year the Great Wall (attractive) __________ a large number of tourists.

3. The big fire (destruction) ___________ most of the buildings in the factory last year.

4. We should try to improve the moral (conscious) ____________ of young students.

5. The party has become deeply (nerve) ______________ about the possibility of losing the next election.

6. When facing unexpected challenges, she (behaviour) __________ with great coura ge.

7. I (preference) ________ to stay at home rather than go to the cinema with you.

8. Mr. Robinson is a very (experience)____________ physics teacher.

9. A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a (guarantee) _________ of quality.

10. This IT company is badly in need of a large number of computer (talented)__________.

B. Fill in the blanks with words or phrases from the Vocabulary Snapshot. Change the forms if necessary (5 points, 0.5 point each)

1. ________________ public libraries, many art centers having reading rooms.

2. Not only school education but also social experience is good preparation for a college student’s future ________________.

3. George _______________ a very good idea to solve this problem.

4. The factory has installed those new machines, which _______________ its production by 50%.

5. Francis has ______________ a lot since he had a heart attack last year.

6. After working ten hours continuously, she was _____________ and wanted to sleep.

7. Frank is good at sports, but __________________ study, he is far below the average.

8. Y ou’ll solve this problem if you _______________ upon it.

9. Y our support and help were very important for us at that ______________ moment.

10. Our garden can be _______________ from the next-door neighbour’s window.

C. Choose the best answers (10 points, one point each)

1. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country, _______ by the police each time.

A) had been captured B) being always captured

C) only to be captured D) unfortunately captured

2. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used _______ late for his lecture.

A) to have students B) for students’ being

C) for students to be D) to students’ being

3._______ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.

A) Besides B) Regardless of C) But for D) In spite of

4. The advertising campaign didn’t have much_______ on sales.

A) affect B) effective C) stress D. effect

5. Pollution poses a threat to the continued existence of this _______.

A) specie B) species C) piece D) kind

6. Plants can _______ carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

A) trap B) introduce C) absorb D) attract

7.Our club_______ seven new members at the last meeting.

A) entitled B) ensured C) enrolled D) joined

8. These apples _______ in size from small to medium.

A) vary B) change C) remain D) realize

9. Y ou would be ______ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.

A) omitting B) attaching C) affording D) running

10.Our latest model should______ your requirements exactly.

A) meet B) request C) alter D) stay

II. Cloze test (10 points, one point each)

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In __1__ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend ___2___ can mean the difference between success and failure. Y et the unfortunate fact is that most of us are ___3___ readers. Most of us develop poor reading ____4___ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency ____5___ in the actual stuff of language itself——words. Taken individually, words have

___6____ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.

___7____, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to ___8___ words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over ___9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ____10___ down the speed of reading is vocalization——sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

1.A) applying B) doing C) offering D) getting

2.A) quickly B) easily C) roughly D) decidedly

3.A) good B) curious C) poor D) urgent

4.A) training B) habits C) situations D) custom

5.A) lies B) combines C) touches D) involves

6.A) some B) a lot C) little D) dull

7.A) Fortunately B) In fact C) Logically D) Unfortunately

8.A) reuse B) reread C) rewrite D) recite