英语试题(2)

仪电学院2012级英语期中考试

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Part I Vocabulary & Structure (30 points)

Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. We are having a party on Saturday, and would love to have you ______ us.

a. joined

b. joins

c. join

d. to join

2. She had a paper ______.

a. publishes

b. publishing

c. published

d. publish

3. Our country ______ people from all over the world.

a. is made of

b. is made up of

c. is consisted of

d. is consisted

4. Wang Hong is working in the same lab ______ her friend Carl Cooper.

a. for

b. with

c. within

d. to

5. Why don’t you come ______ and have dinner ______me?

a. over…for

b. on…with

c. over…at

d. over…with

6. Thank you for your interest ______ our host family program for the overseas students in Boulder.

a. in

b. on

c. at

d. for

7. We are having a party ______ our home ______ Saturday, ______ 6 p.m..

a. on…at…on

b. at…at…on

c. at…on…at

d. on…on…at

8. Some people prefer to plan the course of their trip ________ .

a. to the finest detail

b. within the finest detail

c. on the finest details

d. to the fine details

9. He Ming is ______ from college.

a. graduating

b. to graduate

c. graduates

d. Both a and c

10. _____ the lift there ______ the third floor or just walk upstairs.

a. Have…on

b. Take…to

c. By…on

d. Taken…by

11. Both of the company are ______ the Line Director

a. under

b. at

c. in

d. with

12. She asked them to report to the sales manager, ______ office is on the first floor.

a. which

b. whose

c. who

d. that

13. First turn left on the corner and then turn right ______ the fountain.

a. in

b. on

c. at

d. for

14. Go along the corridor ______ the hall.

a. in the middle of

b. among

c. between

d. in center of

15. There are two sales divisions, one of ______ are under the Line Director, Mr. Smith.

a. whom

b. which

c. that

d. them

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 40 points )

Directions: In this part there are four passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage I

Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.

But o ne morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown’s house at twelve o’clock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned us for help, so we send a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they left.

“But, Grandfather,” she said, “Y ou have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”

The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “I didn’t quite lose my way. I just got tired and I didn’t want to walk home!”

16. Who lived with Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather?

a. his wife

b. his daughter

c. his daughter and his daughter’s husband

d. all of the above

17. What did Mrs. Brown’s grandfather do every morning?

a. He went to the park.

b. He went to her daughter’s house.

c. He went to see the police car.

d. He telephoned the polic

e.

18. What happened one morning?

a. Mrs. Brown called the police.

b. The police went to Mrs. Brown’s house to see Mrs. Brown’s grandfather.

c. Mrs. Brown’s grandfather went to the police office.

d. The police brought Mrs. Brown’s grandfather hom

e.

19. Why was Mrs. Brown surprised?

a. Because her grandfather didn’t come back.

b. Because her grandfather was lost.

c. Because the police came to park.

d. Because her grandfather came to the police offic

e.

20. Which of the following is true?

a. The police believed that Mrs. Brown’s grandfather l ost his way.

b. Mrs. Brown believed that her grandfather lost his way .

c. Mrs. Brown’s grandfather was lost his way.

d. It turned out that Mrs. Brown’s grandfather wanted to make a joke on the polic

e.

Passage II

The United States is a very large country. It has many different kinds of landscapes and many different kinds of people.

In the East, the countryside is green and fresh. Here are some of the first states and some of the big cities. New Y ork and the capital, Washington D.C., are in the East.

In the South, there is the beautiful city of New Orleans, the capital of jazz. It is sometimes hot here,