天津大学硕士研究生英语期末考试试题（五篇材料）

天津大学硕士研究生英语期末考试试题（五篇材料）

第一篇：天津大学硕士研究生英语期末考试试题

ENGLISH FINAL EXAM FOR MASTERS OF ENGINEERNING NAME__________

MAJOR__________ STUDENT NO: ______________

Part one: Vocabulary and Structure(20%)

Directions: In this part of the test, there are 20 incomplete sentences each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D.Choose the one you think is the best answer.Mark your choice ticking the corresponding letter before the choice.1.This issue ______ interesting reading because it tells how these people made their money and, indirectly, how the country has changed over the years.A.accounts for

B.serves as

C.makes for

D.makes use of 2.Jane used to be slow in class, but now she is ______.A.getting along

B.getting ahead

C.getting by

D.getting above 3.Paul ______ me very much of a schoolmate I used to know at university.A.remembers

B.reminds

C.recalls

D.recollects 4.Don’t count your chickens before they are ______.A.hatched

B.harvested

C.hurried

D.hastened 5.Several car manufactures will ______ half of their workers because of economic difficulty.A.discount

B.dispose

C.boot

D.disclose 6.They had ______ funds to cover the cost of the trip.A.ample

B.luxury

C.sample

D.superb 7.All living things have certain _______ that are passed on from one generation to the next.A.cells

B.viruses

C.flaws

D.attributes 8.She ______ her mother’s good looks and her father’s bad temper.A.inherited

B.inhabited

C.hindered

D.objected 9.It is for this reason ______ he refused to take the job.A.why

B.when

C.that

D.so 10.Who ______ that spoke first at yesterday’s meeting?

A.was it

B.was

C.it was

D.did 11.It wasn’t ______ personal interests that they did all this.A.because

B.only

C.just

D.for 12.Hardly ______ the people ran toward it.A.had the plane landed when

B.had the plane landed than

C.the plane landed before

D.the plane was landing that 13.No sooner ______ than he

realized that he should have remained silent.A.had the words been spoken

B.the words had spoken

C.the words had been spoken

D.had the words spoken 14.You’d rather not do it, ______?

A.shouldn’t you

B.wouldn’t you

C.would you

D.ought you 15.We never dared to ask him a question, ______?

A.did we

B.doesn’t it

C.dared we

D.daren’t we 16.Unlike hackers, who gain unauthorized ______ to computer or telecommunication systems for the challenge or even the principle of it, crackers do so for malicious purposes.A.password B.entry

C.access

D.approach 17.There are four factories in our institute, _________ over 200 workers.A.with each B.each having C.each has

D.with each has 18.By conservative ______ 80% of humanity still can’t use written language effectively.A.estimates

B.estimated

C.estimations

D.estimating 19.With ______ her do this, she will have no difficulty persuading them to accept her plan.A.my helping

B.mine helping

C.me helping

D.I help 20.Only rarely do people’s jobs, spouses and children ______ these imagined ideals.A.live up to

B.agree with

C.meet with