《大学英语2》 复习题

《大学英语》复习题

Part I Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. During the Ice Ages, man developed the use of tools, and this is a way of protecting himself

against ______.

A. shortcoming

B. hazards

C. faults

D. conflicts

2. The passengers were ______ of all their money.

A. robbed

B. stolen

C. lost

D. taken

3. Some guards were injured in the prisoners’ ______ from the jail.

A. breakthrough

B. breakup

C. breakdown

D. breakaway

4. Boys in our school are not allowed to ______ long hair.

A. put on

B. have on

C. dress

D. wear

5. When he failed to pay his bill, the company ______ his electricity.

A. switch off

B. put off

C. take off

D. cut off

6. How did it come ______ that you made a lot of mistake in your homework?

A. about

B. after

C. with

D. to

7. ______ an umbrella with you in case it rains.

A. Bring

B. Hold

C. Take

D. Fetch

8. Some guards were injured in the prisoners’ ______ from the jail.

A. breakthrough

B. breakup

C. breakdown

D. breakaway

9. He did n’t take the flat because he could not afford the ______.

A. hire

B. fare

C. rent

D. salary

10. When he failed to pay his bill, the company ______ his electricity.

A. switch off

B. put off

C. take off

D. cut off

11. John isn’t here. He’s on assignment in New York. So the person you spoke to this morning ______

have been John.

A. must

B. might

C. might not

D. can’t

12. Little ______ that their plan has been discovered.

A. they suspect

B. do they suspect

C. they suspected

D. did they suspect

13. Young babies can use ______ hand equally well.

A. either

B. each

C. both

D. every

14. I cannot sleep. The dog next door is making too much noise. I wish it ______ quiet.

A. kept

B. would keep

C. had kept

D. will keep

15. ______ enough time and funds, scientists would have been able to discover more in this field.

A. Giving

B. Given

C. To give

D. Having given

16. Many a man ______ life is meaningless without a purpose.

A. think

B. thinks

C. have thought

D. thinking

17. Water will continue to be ______ it is today, next in importance to oxygen.

A. how

B. which

C. as

D. what

18. It is reported that ______ people have entered for the competition.

A. hundreds

B. hundred

C. hundreds of

D. several hundreds

19. ______ theoretical information or practical use.

A. Either the directions are too vague for

B. The directions are either too vague for

C. The directions are too vague for either

D. The directions are too vague either for

20. Today’s weather isn’t as cold as it was yesterday, ______?

A. wasn’t it

B. was it

C. isn’t it

D. is it

Part II Cloze

Directions:In this part there are 10 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage.Then write the corresponding letter on the answer Sheet.

From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies; others __21__ sports. It depends on individual __22__. There are many different ways to spend our __23__ time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very __24__; others don’t __25__at all. Some collections worth a lot of money; others are valuable only for their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty cent piece worth 250! He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was reasonable.