大学英语(1)期末考试复习资料模拟题11

大学英语（1）期末考试复习资料模拟题

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( 1 )

The angry woman stood by the station. “ The railway owes me £12,”she said to Harry Jenks, the booking clerk (订票员). “My ticket was for May 22nd, and there was no ship from Jersey that night. My daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me £12.”

Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “ Come into the office, madam,” he said, “ I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd .”

The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How ever had he made such a big mistake? Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look healthy,” he said to her. “ Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

“ Yes,” she answered. “ The beach was beautiful. And I can swim too!”

“ That’s fine,” said Harry. “ My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three-----”

“ I’m four,” the child said proudly. “ I’ll soon be four and a half.”

Harry turned to the mot her. “ I remember your ticket, madam,” he said. “ But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

“ Er, well-----” The woman looked at the child. “ I mean-----she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

“ A four year old child must have a ticket, madam. A child’s return to Jersey costs----let me see----£13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel bill, you will owe £1.50.The law is the law, but since we have made a mistake-----”

The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.

1. The angry woman went to the station ____B______.

A. to buy a ticket for her daughter

B. to ask the railway to pay her hotel bill

C. to have a friendly talk with the booking clerk

D. to buy the Jersey timetable

2. Harry had a talk with the girl in order to ___B______.

A. please the girl and her mother

B. find out how old the girl was and whether the girl had been to Jersey

C. get some information about Jersey

D. find out how many days they spent in Jersey

3. The hotel bill is _____C_____.

A. more than the cost of a child’s ticket

B. exactly the same as the cost of a child’s ticket

C. less than the cost a child’s ticket

D. more than the cost of a woman’s ticket

4. The child is _____B______ years old.

A. two

B. four

C. three

D. five

5. A girl of ____B_____ should buy a ticket according to the law of the railway.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

( 2 )

I arrived in the United States on February 6,1966, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their man-made beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and them left me because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

Shortly after my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a word of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some gestures, but the waiter didn’t understa nd me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway until I came to Times Square with its movie theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I continued to walk around the city. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, but I wanted to try.

When I returned to the hotel, I was exhausted, but I couldn’t sleep because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens during the night. I lay awake and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of noise and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.

6. On the way to his hotel, the writer ____D_________.

A. was silent all the time

B. kept talking to his friend

C. showed his friend something he brought with him

D. looked out of the window with great interest

7. He did not have what he really wanted, because ___D______.

A. he only made some gestures

B. he did not order at all

C. the waiter was unwilling to serve