中南大学基础英语上在线考试部分答案

基础英语上

一. 词义匹配（共10题,共10分）

1. He was wearing casual clothes. （1分）A.serious

rmal

C.formal

D.tidy

答案：B

2. His main rival is going further. （1分）A.leader

B.partner

C.opponent

D.cooperator

答案：C

3. This article shows how to prepare a CV, and gives tips on applying for jobs. （1分）A.thoughts

B.ideas

C.opinions

D.suggestions

答案：D

4. Can you suggest how we might handle the problem? （1分）A.deal

B.tackle

C.cope

D.treat

答案：B

5. He felt a sudden sense of calm and contentment. （1分）A.happiness

B.peace

C.excitement

D.sadness

答案：B

6. I’m taking these apples out of the bag to lessen the load I have to carry. （1分）A.raise

B.increase

C.keep

D.reduce

答案：D

7. He was born with a slight deformity of the feet which made him limp. （1分）A.disability

B.inability

C.distortion

D.illness

答案：A

8. The experience of staying far away from home created a very special bond between us. （1分）

A.relationship

B.proof

C.blog

D.money

答案：A

9. I should teach my students that science is akin to common sense. （1分）A.similar to

B.referred to

C.related to

D.connected to

答案：A

10. He reasoned that if we started at dawn, we would be there by noon. （1分）A.decided

B.persuaded

C.concluded

D.convinced

答案：C

二. 词汇语法（共20题,共20分）

1. Language teachers often _______ advice to language learners. （1分）A.offers

B.offered

C.offer

D.are offering

答案：C

3. In spite of his ________ quietness, George is very aggressive. （1分）A.outward

B.coward

C.reward

D.inward

答案：A

9. The meeting ______ till next week. （1分）A.put off

B.will put off

C.will be put off

D.was put off

答案：C

15. Environmental groups say action is needed to find clean,?______ energy sources.? （1分）

A.renew

B.renewal

C.renewing

D.renewable

答案：D

16. The doctor took my temperature and _______ to my heart. （1分）A.listen

B.will listen

C.has listened

D.listened

答案：D

18. He stood there motionless and ________ at the natural beauty of the sea. （1分）A.in wonder

B.in doubt

C.in question

D.in trouble

答案：A

三. 完型填空（共10题,共10分）

1. By tradition, the 1(?) of Thanksgiving Day is to commemorate the early successful harvests celebrated by the white settlers 2(?) arrived in the New World.

The first celebrations in what is now Canada were held in Newfoundland in 1578 by the English navigator, Martin Frobisher. These were the usual harvest festivals after the year’s work. The first recorded celebration in 3(?) is now the USA 4(?) sometime in autumn in 1610, celebrated by the colonists at Jamestown, Virginia. 5(?), for these colonists it was not so much a celebration of the harvest — but the fact that supply ships had arrived 6(?) England. Due to the terrible winter 1609-1610, the colonists’ numbers had been 7(?) from 490 down to 60, and they were desperate. The first harvest-related Thanksgiving in the later USA was in 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, a year 8(?) the arrival of the Pilgrims on the Mayflowe, and after their first successful year.

So the source of the Thanksgiving Day celebration in the USA is a combination of 9(?) farming harvest celebrations, the survival of the Jamestown colonists by the arrival of the supply ships, and the celebration of the Pilgrims. 10(?) the reason for the tradition, the Thanksgiving Day in our industrial society today is the time for family. （10分）(1) 第1空（1分）A.result

B.purpose

C.target

D.goal

答案：B

(2) 第2空（1分）A.who

B.what

C.which

D.whom

答案：A

(3) 第3空（1分）A.which

B.that

C.as

D.what

答案：D

(4) 第4空（1分）A.held

B.hold

C.took place

D.showed up

答案：C

(5) 第5空（1分）A.Moreover

B.In contrast

C.Despite

D.However

答案：D