大学英语复习题

本科《大学英语》A/B卷复习题Ⅰ.Vocabulary and structure:1. You are sure to succeed _________ you keep on trying.A. as long asB. as much asC. unlessD. however2. The heavy fog __________ several cars running into each other on the street.A. resulted fromB. resulted inC. set upD. put forward3. ____________ the room when the bell rang loud enough to wake the dead.A. Hardly had I enteredB. Hardly I had enteredC. Hardly will I enter C. No sooner had I entered4. It is necessary that this work ____________ as soon as possible.A. must be finishedB. is to be finishedC. be finishedD. has to be finished5.Harker Brayton was lying comfortably on a sofa, reading newspaper. Suddenly somethingin a dark corner of the room ____________ his attention.A. pulled b. reached C. ignored D. captured6.There is much chance_________Bill will recover from his injury in time for the race.A. that b. which C. until D. if7.Heat does not travel by convection in solid,because the solid does move,_________.A. so does a liquid b.so a liquid does C.as does a liquid D. so is a liquid8._____________ , it was finished on time.A. However was the work difficultB. whatever difficult the work wasC. However difficult the work was C. no matter difficult the work was9.Make sure _________ the door is locked before you leave.A. whetherB. untilC. thatD. of that10.It was the training that he had as a young man _________ made him such a good engineer.A. thatB. whatC. hasD. who11._____________ it twice, the film didn’t interest me.A. Having already seenB. To have seenC. I had already seenD. Since I had already seen12.I passed his office several times __________ I could make up my mind to ring the door bell.A. thenB. untilC. beforeD. while13.I think Tom, rather than you, _________ to blame.A. isB. hasC. oughtD. to be14.I didn’t know anything about it. Why didn’t you tell me ______________ ?A. at onceB. in factC. in advanceD. ahead of time15.Many people had the bad habit of buying things _____________ .A. in advanceB. on impulseC. without delayD. in surprise16.If I had known it I ____________ him the wrong answer.A. would have not givenB. had givenC. have givenD. would not have given17.You must work hard to catch up. You are __________ behind others in the class.A. goingB. laggingC. leavingD. staying18.Some animals can ______ in the desert on very little water.A. persistB. hangC. lastD. survive19.The parents had to put the books ______ the reach of their son who was seriously illand needed rest badly.A. beyondB. behindC. belowD. after20.Trying to make some money before entering university, he__________ a job.A. applied forB. asked forC. gave upD. put up21._____，Mr. Brown saw the washing machine which had been repaired go wrong again.A. To his surpriseB. It was surprisedC. SurprisingD. Surprised22.Think twice __________ you take action lest you should fall into error.A. untilB. beforeC. unlessD. after23.To get the job started, __________ I need is your permission.A. all whatB. but whatC. all thatD. only that24.--What would you like to drink?--It doesn’t matter. ____________ .A. Anything will beB. Everything will beC. Something will doD. Anything will do25.If we work with a strong will,we can overcome any difficulty,____________great it is.A. what b. how C. however D. whatever26.——What made her so upset？——____ _the necklace______ yesterday.A. Lost，boughtB. Lost，buyingC. Losing，having boughtD. Losing，bought27.The three children looked after their sick mother__________.A. in returnB. by turnC. in turnD. being done28.Tom went out to play with his homework__________.A. doneB. to doC. doingD. being done29. Not until_________ the whole thing to him______ that he was wrong.A. had I explained，he realizedB. had I explained，that he realizedC. I had explained，that he realizedD. I had explained，did he realize30.___________ TV sets they produced was increased to 20,000 last year.A. A number ofB. The number ofC. A quantity ofD. The amount of31.It is required that these homeless children ___________ by the government.A. is taken care ofB. to be taken care ofC. should be taken careD. be taken care of32. Nowadays people can obtain knowledge from many sources besides books.A. gainB. investigateC. consultD. observe33. She came over to the native boy and whispered something to him.A. gaveB. presentedC. murmuredD. showed34. An employee who fails to carry out his or her work on time will be considered unreliable.A. performB. completeC. continueD. develop35. This country made a strategic error which led to its defeat in the war.A. trickB. progressC. jokeD. mistake36.He was seriously injured in the accident and it was three hours before he regained consciousness.A. recoveredB. emergedC. came aboutD. came to37.We had a long debate as to whether we should spend so much money on space technology.A. conclusionB. argumentC. conversationD. research38. In present-day China the values of teenagers differ from those of their parents.A. agree withB. argue withC. conflict withD. result fromII. Cloze:1.Public and private schools in the United StatesReligious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States, and, as a result, are usually somewhat expensive to __1__, the large group of religious schools in America __2__ by the Roman Catholic Church, while religious schools tend to be __3__ expensive than private schools, there are usually some fees.When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people __4__ money on private schools? Americans offer __5__ great variety of reasons for doing so, including the desire of some parents to __6__ their children to schools __7__ classes tend to be smaller, or where religious instruction is included as part of the educational system, or because __8__ their opinion, the public schools in their area are not __9__ high enough quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States __10__ widely in size, quality, and in the kind of program that are offered to meet __11__ of certain students.The degree __12__ American parents are active in their children’s schools is often __13__ to people of other countries. Most schools have organizations __14__ of both parents and teachers, usually called P.T.A. for parents-teacher association. They meet together to __15__ various matters concerning the school. Parents often give their time to help with classroom or after school activities.1.A. go B. attend C. take part in D. enroll2.A. were run B. run C. is run D. is running3.A. less B. more C. rather D. much4.A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take5.A. a B. the C. some D. /6.A. bring B. bringing C. send D. sending7.A. which B. what C. in that D. where8.A. to B. in C. of D. on9.A. / B. in C. of D. on10.A. differ B. varies C. extend D. differs11.A. the needs B. the satisfaction C. needs D. need12.A. on which B. to which C. which D. what13.A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. striking14.A. consisting B. comprising C. composing D. making up15.A. talk to B. comment C. discuss D. exchange2. Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things.One day I took a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near a corner, the taxi stopped suddenly. The ____1____ got out looking very puzzled. A big truck which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now ____2____ at the corner looking up at the sky and the truck driver got out and ____3____ him. A number of cars behind them were ____4____ to stop as well and a large crowd of people had ____5____ at the corner.The cause of all this ____6____ was a very strange noise. It looked as if thousands and thousands of birds were chirping (鸟叫). The sound of so many birds together was quite surprising and many people looked ____7____ . The most extraordinary thing was that, except one or two sparrows (麻雀), there was not a bird in ____8____ . No one was able to know why ____9____ two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked around the area for a while and then stopped near the railway tracks beside a big board advertisement (广告牌) for a ____10____ . Since the noise seemed to come ____11____ around there, they climbed ____12____ and found that two loudspeakers had been ____13____ behind the advertisement. The bird noises were being broadcast to ____14____ attention to the film advertisement.The cinema that made this advertisement was ____15____ to take the loudspeakers away, because they causedtrouble and people were tired with them.1. A. traveler B. passenger C. driver D. conductor2. A. riding B. moving C. sitting D. standing3. A. beat B. joined C. shouted D. kicked4. A. told B. ordered C. forced D. required5. A. cried B. gathered C. run D. laughed6. A. accident B. news C. story D. trouble7.A. disappointed B. frightened C. happy D. sad8.A. air B. snow C. sigh t D. silence9.A. after B. until C. because D. if10.A. shop B. film C. factory D. game11.A. into B. to C. in D. from12.A. down B. up C. in D. out13.A. fixed B. broken C. repaired D. hidden14.A. get B. ask C. pay D. call15.A. suggested B. advised C. ordered D. consideredIII. Reading comprehensionPassage 1Rock and roll came from jazz and blues during the 1950s. One of the first rock and roll songs was Bill Haley’s “Rock around the clock.” One of the first very famous rock and roll singers was Elvis Presley. Others were Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Now, almost every country has many rock and roll bands and singers. Sometimes performers call their music by different names, like “rap” or “punk”. They sing and play mixtures of rock and roll and talking or other sounds. “Rap” and “punk” both come from rock and roll, or “rock music”.Some fans who like rock music think classical music is boring. Many fans play rock music very loudly. They forget about the people who enjoy soft music. Loud music can make these people nervous. Many fans also like to dance to rock and roll.When rock and roll was new, people had only records to play the music at home. After that, we used cassette tape and records. Now we listen to music on compact discs ( CD碟片). Most modern bands and singers use companies to make videos (视盘) of their songs. With videos, fans can see the performers at the same time they listen to the music. Making a recording and the video that goes with it is very expensive.1.Bill Haley’s “rock around the clock” was one of the first _____________ songs.A. bluesB. rapC. rock and rollD. punk2.“Rap” is a ______________ of rock and roll and talking.A. mixtureB. recordC. performerD. company3.Many fans like their rock music ______________ .A. softB. funnyC. loudD. boring4.The first rock and roll fans listened to “Rock around the clock” on a _____________ .A. videoB. cassetteC. compact discD. record5.Rock and roll began about ______________ years ago.A. tenB. one hundredC. fiftyD. twenty-fivePassage 2Recently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman.I once heard a saying: “If somebody wants something of yours, you will be treated as wa rmly as spring, but if they don’t, you may be treated as cold as winter. You may consider this an exaggeration, but if you are a salesman, it is definitely correct.”You would never have found it to be so true if you haven’t been a salesman. You needn’t endure doubtful looksand unfriendly comments, you needn’t listen to something absolutely wrong and nod to say that it is quite right; you needn’t worry about being refused time after time; you needn’t always maintain patience and a smile; you needn’t re peat the same sentences over and over again; you needn’t talk to somebody you dislike…I did this work for a month, then I decided to quit. Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse.Even worse, I hadn’t enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes I felt lonely and under strong pressure and burden from both my study and my part-time job. No w I think it isn’t worth doing such a thing, for even though I was earning money it came at great cost.Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also maintaining high scores in class. But according to my experience, part-time work can have very strong negative influences on study.Most students don’t view the relationship between study and work correctly. In my opinion, if it isn’t a must for financial reasons, students should be cautious about undertaking part-time jobs.1.The main idea of the article is _______________ .A.part-time job is an exciting experienceB.it’s not an easy job to be a salesmanC.you can earn some money by doing part-time jobD.part-time job can have negative influences2.The writer decided to give up his part-time job mainly because ____________ .A.he hadn’t enough time to join his classmates in playB.the money he earned was too littleC.it was hard for him to make a balance between study and workD.he lost the patience to persuade people to buy his goods3.If you want to be a successful salesman, you have to ____________ .A.talk to people you don’t like at allB.repeat what other people sayC.listen to some true commentsD.learn how to cheat people4.The italicize d word “cautious” in the last line means _____________ .A. honestB. carefulC. patientD. sure5.Which of the following is not true?A.The author’s grades were getting worse due to his part-time job.B.From the article we can see that the author is not a good student.C.The author did his part-time job for a month.D.The author thinks that he can get social experience by doing part-time work.Passage3Valencia is in the east part of Spain. It has a port on the sea，two miles away from the coast. It is the capital of a province that is also named Valencia.The city is a market centre for what is produced by the land around the city. Most of the city's money is made from farming. It is also a busy business city，with ships，railways clothes and machine factories.V alencia has an old part with white buildings，coloured roofs，and narrow streets. The modern part has long，wide streets and new buildings. V alencia is well known for its parks and gardens. It has many old churches and museums. The University in the centre of the city was built in the 13th century.The city of valencia has been known since the 2nd century. In the 8th century it was the capital of Spain. There is also an important city in Venzuela（委内瑞拉）named Valencia.1.From the text，how many places have the name Valencia？A. OneB. TwoC. ThreeD. Four2.What is the main difference between the two parts of the city？A. The colour of the buildingsB. The age of the buildingsC. The colour of the roofD. The length of the streets.3.When was Valencia the most important city in Spain？A.2nd centuryB.8th centuryC.13th centuryD.20th century4.What is Valencia famous for？A. Its marketsB. Its universityC. Its churches and museumsD. its parks and gardens5.The main income of the city of Valencia is from its _______.A. marketsB. businessC. factoriesD. farmingPassage 4I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric farmer. I had never met him before although I had heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there，waiting for me. “She meant more to me than anyone ……even my own wife！”he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place，a possible scandal. I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn（厩）。