大一期中英语考试题

信息学院英语期中考试测试卷

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一、单项填空（共10小题:每小题1分，满分10分）

1. －Oh, it's you, Steve! I ______ you.

－No surprising. I've just had my hair cut.

A. don't recognize

B. haven't recognized

C. didn't recognize

D. hadn't recognized

2. The people, _________ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the

Red Cross.

A. all whose homes

B. all of whose homes

C. all their homes

D. all of their homes

3. I'm glad to see that you ________ a lot of progress since I ______ you last.

A. will make; have met

B. have been making; met

C. had made; met

D. have made; meeting

4. －Where can I get _______ information about a long journey?

－Nothing is of _________ than a map, I think.

A. an; greater help

B. a piece of; greater price

C. some; better useful

D. some; greater value

5. You”re not _______ to park here _______ you have a permit.

A. allowed; unless

B. permitted; in spite

C. let; since

D. agreed; even if

6. It's ________ a long time since I started to teach at this school.

A. quite

B. much

C. pretty

D. so

7. －Did you remember to return the book to our English teacher?

－Yes. I gave it to him _________ I saw him.

A. once

B. while

C. if

D. the moment

8. He was ________ for work, for he could not imagine life without it.

A. expected

B. worried

C. eager

D. proud

9. I ______ from the crowd an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for ten years.

A. figured out

B. picked out

C. gave out

D. went out

10. I believe the child _________.

A. to tell true

B. to have told the truth

C. having the truth

D. having told the truth

二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who played Superman always fighting against the forces of evil（邪恶）．He came to 11_____ the victory of good over bad． Now he has taken on his 12_____ fight．

In 1995，13_____ riding his horse， Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground．He broke his 14_____ and has been paralyzed ever since．He cannot movea muscle 15_____ his shoulder level and for six months after his accident he could not even 16_____ without help．17_____ ，in spite of his terrible injuries，his goal is to carry on as18_____ a life as he can．He now spends a lot of time traveling around America 19_____ for people who are in the same 20_____ as he is．

Over 250，000 Americans suffer from spinal cord（脊髓）injuries，but 90％ of them survive（幸存）and live to a great age．Almost ＄9 billion is spent every year 21_____ for these people，yet only ＄40 million is spent on the 22_____ to find a cure．Christopher Reeve is a very 23_____ man who，at the age of 44，will not accept that he will 24_____ walk again．He and many others believe that the only thing stopping 25_____ from finding acure for their injuries is 26_____ for research．In 1996，he founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation（CRF）to raise funds（资金）for medical research to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries，and also to support programs that improve the quality of life for 27_____ people．Christopher Reeve makes the best of his 28____ ．He has conquered his 29_____ ．He has even returned to the30_____ world with a ＄40，000 wheelchair that can be controlled by sucking or puffing on a straw．

11．A．show B．play C．stand for D．win

12．A．hard B．serious C．interesting D．own

13．A．when B．before C．after D．by

14．A．shoulder B．arm C．back D．hand

15．A．above B．below C．from D．of

16．A．stand B．work C．breathe D．think

17．A．And B．However C．Still D．So

18．A．normal B．pleased C．easy D．ordinary

19．A．caring B．writing C．looking D．speaking

20．A．country B．illness C．situation D．part

21．A．treating B．caring C．serving D．curing

22．A．research B．patients C．hospital D．medicine

23．A．strong B．young C．determined D．handsome

24．A．later B．possibly C．hardly D．never

25．A．hospitals B．scientists C．chemists D．patients