专升本英语一试题(1)

COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST

FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJORS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION

（英语一）

I. Vocabulary and Structure

There are 35 questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the One that best answers the question.

1.________ we beat them ______ they beat us, the match will be enjoyable.

A.Whether, or

B.Whether,and

C.neither,or

D.neither,of

2.Dew is formed _________ the grass is thick.

A.Why

B.What

C.How

D.where

3.She listened attentively ________ she should fail to follow the speaker.

A.in case

B.in

C.worried

D.in case that

4.This car, ________ I paid a lot of money, is now out of date.

A.that

B.the one

C.for which

D.for that

5.There weren’t any movie theaters in the town ______ I spent my last summer.

A.That

B.Where

C.which

D.of

6.I wish I ______ your opportunities when I was young.

A.have

B.has

C.had

D.got

7.This difficulty _____ in several ways.

A.could avoided

B.could be avoided

C.can be avoided

D.must be avoided

8.Without TV, families _________ more active pastimes.

A.will rediscover

B.can rediscover

C.must rediscover

D.could rediscover

9.They have gone to Xian, __________ (have) they?

A.have

B.has

C.had

D.haven’t

10.The meeting _______ put off till next week.

A.has been

B.will being

C.have been

D.must being

11.Some people do not believe _____ teaching formal grammar.

A.about

B.for

C.that

D.in

st night I came back late _____ the meeting.

A.in case

B.for

C.into

D.because of

12.She lives _____ 4401 Part Street.

A.in

B.on

C.at

D.to

14.It’s eight o’clock now. You ________ be doing your lessons.

A.could

B.would

C.should

D.can

15. “What is that building?”“_________ the garden equipment is stored.”

A. There’s in which

B. That’s where

C. The building that

D. That’s the building which

16. It wasn’t such a good dinner ________ she had promised us.

A. that

B. which

C. as

D. what

17. ________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.

A. In case of

B. In spite of

C. Because of

D. But for

18. _______, I will learn it well.

A. However difficult English is

B. No matter how difficult is English

C. However English is difficult

D. No matter how English is difficult

19. While reading the newspaper, ________.

A. a colorful advertisement caught my eyes

B. my attention was attracted by an advertisement

C. I was attracted by a colorful advertisement

D. what attracted me was a colorful advertisement

20. The meat is not ready ______ and it _____ has to be cooled for another five minutes.

A. still…yet

B. yet…already

C. yet…still

D. already…still

21. Frank things quickly and with ease. He didn’t have to sit up late the

intricacies of the business.

A. learned…studying

B. studied…learning

C. studies…learning

D. learned…studied

22. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it _____ on the way.

A. goes wrong

B. should go wrong

C. went wrong

D. would go wrong

23. Doesn’t he have any sympathy ________ the crippled boy?

A. at

B. for

C. in

D. of

24. John met an old classmate of his ______ his way home.

A. at

B. on

C. in

D. by

25. Mr. Li _________ the composition once a week last term.

A. had us do

B. had us done

C. had us to do

D. had us do

II. Cloze

There are 10 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank there are five choices marked A, B, C, D and E. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage(s).

1、Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to __36__ some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in England.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform was made.

With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting __37__ the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

Thornhill was __38__ when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn't know it __39__ he was thinking of his pictures.

The worker saw everything. “What should I do?” he thought. “Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take __40__ step, fall off it and surely be killed. “So the worker quickly took some paint and threw it at the pictures.