广东工业大学 精读英语 A 卷

广东工业大学2013年度英语考试（A）卷

Ⅰ.Vocabulary and Structure ( 20 x 1 = 20 )

Directions: In this section , there are 26 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter.

1.It is really impossible for us to arrange the meeting

________ such short notice.

A.on

B. in

C. with

D. by

2. It was the kind of morning when you wake up and feel really ________.

A. live

B. living

C. alive

D. lively

3. Japan will increase its auto exports to the United States ________ 25%.

A. with

B.in

C. at

D. by

4. I’m fed up with waiting. I won’t wait ________.

A. no longer

B. some longer

C. more longer

D. any longer

5. We need to _______ how we’re going to get there.

A. work on

B. work out

C. work over

D. work at

6. _________ people watched the 1884 Summer Olympics.

A. Millions of

B. Millions

C. A million of

D. Million of

7. Her unhappy face ______ with me throughout the rest of my

journey.

A. continued

B. remained

C. maintained

D. kept

8. There aren’t many people in tea house. I suppose it’s still ________ early for people to have tea.

A. much

B. so

C. very

D. too

9. The office has been closed for the last ______ days.

A. few

B. a few

C. fewer

D. few of

10. The government has promised to _______ more money on education.

A. cost

B. spend

C. save

D. pay

11. They both laughed, feeling like two _______ schoolgirls.

A. careful

B. careless C . carefreeD. caring

12. In the past few weeks there was a sudden drop ______ the world’s oil production.

A. on

B. from

C. at

D. in

13. Some scientists _______ that the Earth’s temperature will rise by as much as 5º over the next 20 years.

A. prefer

B. present

C. predict

D. prevent

14. There was a notice outside, and Bill _______ his flashlight.

A. got around

B. moved on

C. made up

D. reached for

15. The accident ________ early on Tuesday morning.

A. has happened

B. was happened

C. happened

D. was happening

16. ________ you are unable to answer, perhaps we should ask someone else.

A. So

B. Since

C. While

D. Although

17. _______,his first year as President was regarded as a success.

A. General

B. General speaking

C. Generally

D. In generally

18. This has been used in space to produce ________ electricity ________ water.

A. not only, but also

B. both, and

C. any more, than

D. whether, or

19. The question then simply became _______ he lied to us or not.

A. whether

B. weather

C. what

D. which

20. I saw my father ______ the building; so I went downstairs to meet him.

A. enters

B. entered

C. to enter

D. entering

Ⅱ. Cloze ( 15 x 1 = 15 )

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A,B, C, and D. Choose the one that is most