基础英语II期末练习卷(四)

淮安信息职业技术学院2012~2013学年度第二学期

《基础英语Ⅱ》期末练习卷（四）

Part I Listening Comprehension (10%) Section A. Listen to the four dialogs, and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear. (4%) 1. A. In the shop. B. On TV. C. In the newspaper. 2. A. Jim will be a good nurse. B. Jim is going to be a nurse. C. Jim shouldn’t choose to work as a nurse. 3. A. The man doesn’t follow her advice. B. The man accepts her advice. C. Apples are no good to his health. 4. A. Tina has to interrupt her career and start again. B. Tina is the marketing manager. C. Tina doesn’t like to be the marketing manager. Section B. Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear. (6%) Television Television has played a major role during the last 50 years in providing

entertainment and news within the homes of people worldwide. There has been much ____5___ in the United States lately that television, ____6_____ , is not providing the proper kind of entertainment, especially for children. Many shows are filled with ___7___, bad language and a display of moral behavior not appropriate for children to view. Politicians have been discussing various ____8____to this problem. Bill Clinton has been in favor of a microchip that could be built into all new television sets that would enable parents to block the shows they did not want their children to watch. Also, it has been ____9____ that television shows should display a “rating” that would inform the viewer, before the show starts, about the moral quality of the show. Everyone ____10____ that programs not suitable for children should not be shown during the hours they are normally awake.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%)

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There are 20 incomplete statements here, each with a blank. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

1. If the building project ________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

A. to be completed

B. is completed

C. being completed

D. completed

2. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won ________ and a scholarship.

A. status

B. fame

C. faith

D. courage

3. Jack wishes that he ________ business instead of history when he was in university.

A. had studied

B. study

C. studied

D. had been studying

4. The Car Club couldn’t ________ to meet the demands of all its members.

A. ensure

B. guarantee

C. assume

D. confirm

5. Extensive reporting on television has helped to ________ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

A. gather

B. generate

C. assemble

D. yield

6. Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. contribute to

B. attribute to

C. attend to

D. devote to

7. All the tasks ________ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.

A. had been fulfilled

B. were fulfilled

C. having been fulfilled

D. been fulfilled

8. This article ________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.

A. calls for

B. applies for

C. cares for

D. allows for

9. He was punished ________ he should make the same mistake again.

A. unless

B. lest

C. if

D. provided

10. Petrol is refined from the ________ oil we take out of the ground.

A. fresh

B. original

C. rude

D. crude

11. Niagara Falls is a great tourist drawing millions of visitors every year.

A. attention

B. attraction

C. assignment

D. Arrangement

12. A professor, along with some students, now working in the new laboratory.

A. is

B. were

C. are

D. was

13. The ship took the machines and other goods back to the port, it had set off.

A. from which

B. which

C. to which

D. in which

14. She is in no this evening to go to the concert with you.

A. feeling

B. attitude

C. spirit

D. mood

15. It was the education he had received made him a successful manager in business.

A. when

B. what

C. that

D. which

16. The more difficult the problems are, to be able to solve them.