2011级期中考试试题B

湛江师范学院2012－ 2013学年度第一学期2011级期中考试试题B(考试时间:100分钟)考试科目：大学英语题号I 总分分值100 100Part I Choose the Correct Answer to Each Question and Mark Your Answers on the Answer Sheet. (100%)1. She was so ____ in her job that she didn’t hear anybody kn ocking at the door.A) attracted B) absorbed C) drawn D) concentrated2. If you let your pencil drop to the floor, you see gravity in ____.A) reaction B) density C) action D) response3. My brother’s plans are very ____; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before hi issixteen.A) arbitrary B) aggressive C) abundant D) ambitious4. The author of the report is well ____ with the problems in the hospital because he has beenworking there for many years.A) informed B) acquainted C) enlightened D) acknowledged5. Those gifts of real books that were given to us were deeply ____.A) appealed B) appreciated C) applied D) approved6. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ____, drawing millions of visitors every year.A) arrangement B) attention C) attraction D) appointment7. There is no ____ to the house from the main road.A) access B) avenue C) exposure D) edge8. He _____ to London after an argument with his family.A) fled B) flocked C) flowed D) flash9. In Australia the Asians make their influence ________ in businesses large and small.A) feeling B) felt C) feel D) to be felt10. Though he was born and brought up in America, he can speak _________ Chinese.A) fluid B) smooth C) fluent D) flowing11.All her energies are ______ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.A) guided B) aimed C) directed D) focused12. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the ______ charged on public transportwere more reasonable.A) fees B) fares C) payments D) costs13. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power_______.A) failure B) lack C) absence D) drop14. Y ou need to be more __________ and imaginative in your approach.A) sensible B) flexible C) objective D) sensitive15. Hard work is __________ to success.A) fun B) functional C) fundamental D) fluent16. When young, she led an extravagant life, living out a ________ that she was a movie star.A) fantastic B) fantasy C) fascination D) fashion17. She ____ the cake with chocolate.A) flavors B) favors C) flows D) flourishes18. We _____ the cook because her cooking was so poor.A) dismissed B) deserted C) resigned D) withdrew19. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a _____ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.A) delicate B) considerate C) precise D) sensitive20. The one pleasure that Einstein ____ his great fame was the ability it gave him to help others.A) resulted from B) stirred up C) turned out D) derived from21. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.A) decorate B) disguise C) fabricate D) fake22. At one time this view ____ over the academic circles.A) controlled B) domineered C) dominated D) charged23. She ____ great self-control when they told her the news.A) disliked B) disposed C) displayed D) disordered24. Some patients were _______ because the beds were needed by new patients.A) discharged B) fired C) laid off D) gave out25. He ________ knowing anything about the corruption.A) refused B) rejected C) desired D) denied26. He ordered curry as a ________ from his usual bland diet.A) departure B) aparture C) department D) apartment27. It is most ________ that he attends the conference.A) desirous B) desiring C) desired D) desirable28. Bob tried to work out the puzzle many times, but at last he became _____ and gave up.A) convinced B) discouraged C) disturbed D) disappointed29. I am not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investment, so I can not make a(n) _____promise to help you.A) exact B) defined C) definite D) sure30. However, at times this balance in nature is ______, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.A) troubled B) disturbed C) confused D) puzzled31. During the process, great care has to be taken to protect the _____ silk from damage.A) sensitive B) tender C) delicate D) sensible32. Britain has the highest _____ of road traffic in the world ---- over 60 cars for every mile of road.A) popularity B) density C) intensity D) prosperity33. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the _____ they keep from someone they talk with.A) distance B) scope C) range D) boundary34. Mr. Smith was the only witness who said that the fire was _____.A) mature B) deliberate C) meaningful D) innocent35. Many people lost their jobs during the business ______.A) desperation B) decrease C) despair D) depression36. The rest of the day was entirely at his _____ for reading or recreation.A) dismissal B) survival C) disposal D) arrival37. Y oung children soon ____ words they hear their elders use.A) pick up B) look forward to C) turn up D) put forward38. Do you know the _____ for obtaining a new passport? Next year, I will go to Australia.A) process B) procedure C) program D) proceedings39. In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep _____ with the rapid changes ofsociety.A) step B) speed C) pace D) progress40. He was _____ to secrecy.A) promised B) guaranteed C) sworn D) pledged41. The _____ problem is to unite all the members and go on with our cause.A) principle B) principal C) primarily D) chiefly42. The teacher said that the children are vigorous and have good_____.A) perspective B) respect C) prospect D) prosperity43. This custom still ______ among members of the older generation.A) popular B) has C) dominates D) prevails44. The ringing bells _____ the news of the birth of the prince.A) claimed B) proclaimed C) released D) published45. It is one of the duties of police to ______ the public order.A) preserve B) conserve C) reserve D) deserve46. Only hotel guests have the ____ of using the private beach.A) occasion B) possibility C) privilege D) habit47. Mr. Bloom is not ______ now, but he will be famous someday.A) prominent B) dominant C) magnificent D) significant48. He was taken on for a three-month trial period before being accepted as a(an) _______ memberof staff.A) lasting B) eternal C) persistent D) permanent49. Most parents encourage their children to take an active part in social events, _____ those events do not interfere with their studies.A) lest B) though C) unless D) provided50. Y ou must take the _____ steps by yourself; after you have begun, I will help you.A) primitive B) preliminary C) primary D) practicable51. The court considers a financial ____ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.A) option B) duty C) obligation D) penalty52. One day, you will have to ____ this foolish behavior.A) pay B) pay for C) pay back D) pay off53. Fuel scarcities(缺乏) and price increases ____ automobile designers to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.A) prompted B) persuaded C) imposed D) enlightened54. We’re looking for a new house, _____ one near the school.A) professionally B) previously C) presently D) preferably55. My _____concern is to protect my property.A) prevailing B) prime C) precious D) plausible56. In the _____ paragraph some comments had been made of it.A) proceeding B) progressing C) preceding D) processing57. Please make sure to_______ the students to gather on the playground.A) observe B) mobilize C) maintain D) inform58. There stands a newly-built ______in the park.A) maturity B) monument C) maintenance D) mixture59. It is quite wrong to _____ your duties.A) neglect B) abandon C) multiply D) mount60. True friendship must be based on ______ the joys as well as troubles.A) participating B) owing C) sharing D) possessing61. To change something slightly, especially to improve it means ______.A) restore B) recover C) modernize D) modify62. _____means a small group in a nation differing from others in race, religion, and language.A) Majority B) Minority C) Minimum D) Popularity63. To cause somebody to have a wrong idea or impression about somebody or something means______.A) mislead B) mistake C) misunderstand D) mistrust64. To ______ means keeping a person, an animal or a plant alive and well with food.A) await B) support C) nourish D) grant65. A son of your sister or brother is called _________.A) niece B) son-in-law C) daughter-in-law D) nephew66. She’s always making good _______ as to who is the best one for a certain jo b.A) solution B) illusion C) resolution D) revolution67. We came to his ______ and pulled him out of the river.A) safety B) rescue C) save D) security68. German and Italian courses are held in Munich and Rome ____.A) relatively B) reluctantly C) respectively D) relevantly69. Most people found it hard to believe that such a seemingly _____ man should havedone that wicked thing.A) respectable B) respectful C) respecting D) respective70. During the famine, many people were _____ to eating grass and leaves.A) obliged B) inclined C) reduced D) forced71. The librarian is _____ for all the books in the library.A) dutiful B) responsible C) confident D) secure72. The purpose of this election is to set up a government truly _____ of the people.A) typical B) representative C) characteristic D) responsible73. I’d like to _____ a seat for the New Y ear’s Concert.A) preserve B) serve C) conserve D) reserve74. Her achievement was more _____ in that she had come from such a remote area.A) popular B) famous C) remarkable D) understandable75. I hate peo ple who _____ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.A) reveal B) rewrite C) revise D) reverse76. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _____ harm them.A) more than B) other than C) rather than D) better than77. There are some areas which are still densely populated ____ their severe weather conditions.A) due to B) with regard to C) regardless of D) but for78. He built the team through both hard training and _____ discipline.A) loose B) physical C) rigid D) slack79. In most cases, the _____ of a person who sits on a pin is to leap into the air.A) reaction B) behavior C) function D) instance80. When she was criticized, she claimed that it was outside her _____of responsibility.A) field B) limit C) extent D) range81. Do you believe these two ____ friends used to be bitter enemies?A) intimate B) emotional C) intense D) supreme82. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____.A) gaps B) lengths C) distances D) intervals83. Four people were seriously ____ in an accident on the motorway.A) damaged B) harmed C) injured D) wounded84. This story is not real; it is only ______.A) imaginary B) imaginative C) imaginable D) imagined85. His latest piece of work was ______ by a song he heard on the radio.A) released B) inspired C) assessed D) composed86. Their products are frequently overpriced and ____ in quality.A) influential B) inferior C) superior D) subordinate87. Stamping on any country’s national flag is an _____ to its people.A) inflation B) ingredient C) insult D) invasion88. What he ____ was that you didn’t tell the whole truth.A) referred B) implied C) inclined D) accorded89. This machine works very well so long as no one ____ with it.A) interferes B) disturbs C) upsets D) interrupts90.He asked us to ________ them in carrying through their plan.A) assist B) arouse C) provide D) persist91. This office has a very modern _______ though it has an old-fashioned appearance.A) exterior B) interior C) superior D) inferior92. The job _______ traveling abroad for three months each year.A) involved B) included C) consisted D) concluded93. Some _____ diseases are caused by the genes.A) gifted B) inherent C) artificial D) coherent94. ____ with the boy’s true love for her, the girl decided to entrust her life to him.A) Acquired B) Imposed C) Infected D) Diagnosed95. It is not polite to ____ a speaker with frequent questions.A) interpret B) intervene C) interrupt D) interfere96. At the early stage of a child’s development, the family tends to have a greater _____ on him than his school.A) instrument B) identity C) communication D) influence97. Although there is no easy cure for SARS at present, some o f its causes have been ______ by experts.A) rebelled B) distracted C) bolted D) identified98. Tax cuts are the most important ______ the government has for stimulating the economy.A) instruction B) toast C) instrument D) stuff99. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the ________ which occurred in his dormitory.A) occasions B) incidents C) matters D) issues100. No estimate has been done on the ______ of SARS on the economy of China and some other Asian countries as well.A) affect B) defect C) impact D) compact。