2014级三年高职第一学期英语期末考试试卷

2014级三年高职第一学期英语期末考试试卷

I．Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

(20* 1)=20

1. It is difficult for a foreigner ________________Chinese.

A. learning

B. being learned

C. to be learned

D. to learn

2. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, _________________the spoilt ones.

A. not counting

B. not to count

C. don’t count

D. having not counted

3. There _________nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.

A. to be

B. to have been

C. being

D. be

4. Time __________, the celebration will be held as scheduled.

A. permit

B. permitting

C. permitted

D. permits

5. What a nice day! How about the three of us _________ a walk in the park nearby?

A. to take

B. take

C. taking

D. to be taking

6. The place _________interested me most was the Children’s Palace.

A. which

B. where

C. what

D. in which

7. Do you know the man ____________?

A. whom I spoke

B. to who spoke

C. I spoke to

D. that I spoke

8. This is the hotel _________________ last month.

A. which they stayed

B. at that they stayed

C. where they stayed at

D. where they stayed

9. Can you lend me the book ________________ the other day?

A. about which you talked

B. which you talked

C. about that you talked

D. that you talked

10. The pen _________________ he is writing is mine.

A. with which

B. in which

C. on which

D. by which

11. Stop making so much noise ____________ the neighbor will start complaining.

A. or else

B. but still

C. and then

D. so that

12. We hope to go to the beach tomorrow, but we won’t go _______ it’s raining.

A. if

B. when

C. though

D. because

13.—— The weather is too cold _______ March this year.

—— It was still ______ when I came here years ago.

A. for; colder

B. in; cold

C. in; hot

D. for; hotter

14.—— How much vinegar did you put in the soup?

——I’m sorry to say, _______. I forget.

A. no

B. no one

C. nothing

D. none

15.——What should I wear to attend his wedding party?

——Dress _______ you like.

A. what

B. however

C. whatever

D. how

16.I ____ to go for a walk, but someone called and I __________couldn’t get away.

A. was planning

B. planned

C. had planned

D. would plan

17. Now that we _______ all the money, it’s no use turning on me and saying it’s all my fault.

A. had lost

B. lost

C. have lost

D. lose

18. We had a really bad time about six months ago but now things are ________.