《学位英语》复习题

学位英语复习题

Part I Dialogue Completion

Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. —— What day is it today?

—— ____A___________.

A. Monday

B. It‘s fine

C. June 14

D. Nine o‘clock

2. —— How could you say that?

—— _______C______. I didn‘t mean to hurt you.

A. It doesn‘t matter

B. That‘s all right

C. I am really sorry

D. None of your business

3. ——Today‘s Sunday. What about going to the Science Museum?

—— ___C_______.

A. Take it easy

B. Let‘s call it a day

C. That‘s a good idea

D. It‘s kind of you to say so

4. —— How did you find your visit to the museum, Eddie?

—— _______B_____.

A. I went there all by myself

B. Oh, wonderful, indeed

C. My friend showed me there

D. By taking a No. 2 bus.

5. —— Are you going to take part in the English contest to be held at the end of this term?

—— ______C_____.

A. I‘m afraid

B. I do

C. It depends

D. It‘s a pleasure

6. ——I didn‘t know this was a one-way street, sir.

—— _____D______

A. It‘s different.

B. How do you do?

C. How dare you say that?

D. Sorry, but that‘s no excuse.

7. ——What‘s the matter? You really look upset.

—— ______B_______.

—— Well, better luck next time.

A. I have won a prize

B. I failed an important test

C. Why, I always look up to you

D. Me? I never look down upon anybody

Part II Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up as recently as the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn‘t w ork well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sen through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks began to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. At the beginning of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. And scientists developed software that made Internet ―surfing‖ more convenient.

Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day.

16. The Internet was set up in _____B________.

A. 1960

B. the 1960s

C. 1970

D. the 1970s

17. Computer networks didn‘t work well at first because ____D_______.

A. computers were large and expensive

B. computers couldn‘t send information fast

C. computers didn‘t fit into the same network

D. if one computer failed, the whole network stopped

18. Which of the following was the first to use the Internet? ( A )

A. Governments.

B. Universities.

C. Banks.

D. Hospitals.

19. Which of the following statements is true? （C ）

A. People use the internet mainly to send emails.

B. Computers are now more costly then ever before.

C. Computers were costly and hard to use until the early 1990s.

D. In the 1970s the Internet was easy to use but computers were costly.

20. The best title for the passage is _____C_______.

A. The Future of the Internet

B. The History of Computers

C. The history of the Internet

D. Convenient Internet Surfing

Passage Two

Alan Chang was a handsome young man with good manners.

One morning he was walking along a street on his way to an appointment. He did not want to be early or late. He had forgotten to put on his watch so he went up to a man who was waiting for a taxi.

―Excuse me, sir,‖ he said, very politely, ―but could you tell me the time?‖

The man, who was very well-dressed and looked quite rich, said nothing. He did not even look at Alan. Alan spoke to him again. ―Excuse me, sir,‖ he said, ―but could you please tell me what time it is?‖This time the man looked at him, but he did not speak and looked quickly away. Alan thought to himself: well, he can hear me; he must be just rude. So Alan asked again, ―Why wouldn‘t you tell me the time, sir?‖