学位英语试题

1. As preparations were not completed in time, the conference had to be __________ till the next Tuesday.

A. put away

B. cancelled

C. put aside

D. postponed

2. ___________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared

B. Compare

C. While comparing

D. Comparing

3. It’s only a short way to the station, so we might as __________ walk.

A. good

B. now

C. quick

D. well

4. Liquids are like solids __________ they have a definite volume.

A. in that

B. for that

C. with that

D. at that

5. Since she can speak Japanese fluently, she has an advantage __________ other job

applicants.

A. to

B. in

C. over

D. against

6. Yesterday’s English examination looked simple, but it turned out to be __________

easy.

A. nothing but

B. everything but

C. something but

D. anything but

7. It was raining hard, but by the time class was over, the rain __________.

A. stopped

B. would stop

C. had stopped

D. might have stopped

8. “Perhaps you should go home now.” “No, I __________ on staying here for a while longer.”

A. persist

B. stick

C. sit

D. insist

9. Hardly __________ to the bus stop when the bus suddenly pulled away.

A. did they get

B. they had got

C. they got

D. had they got

10. It is necessary that the plan __________ before Thursday.

A. were fulfilled

B. was fulfilled

C. be fulfilled

D. would be fulfilled

11. Not only __________ our money, but we were also in danger of losing our lives.

A. we lost

B. lost we

C. did we lose

D. we did lose

12. I __________ a doctor now, if I had studied medical science in my youth.

A. were

B. should be

C. had been

D. should have been

13. I knocked at the door several times __________ an elderly lady came to answer it.

A. before

B. after

C. unless

D. then

14. He seemed very young, but __________ he was older than all of us.

A. in nature

B. in reality

C. by nature

D. in origin

15. You may not have played very well today, but at least you’ve got through to the next round and __________.

A. tomorrow never comes

B. tomorrow is another day

C. never put off till tomorrow

D. there is no tomorrow

16. It has been said that in no country __________ Britain can one experience four

seasons in the course of a single day.

A. other than

B. more than

C. better than

D. rather than

17. __________ you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try to read all the sections as

quickly as you possibly can.

A. Now that

B. Ever since

C. So that

D. As long as

18. —Tom is so worried about the test that he said he was going to study all night.

—Tell him he should quit __________ and get some help.

A. to have worried

B. to worry

C. worrying

D. from worrying

19. The trees __________ in the storm have been moved off the road.

A. being blown down

B. blown down

C. blowing down

D. to blow down

20. The boy the teachers considered __________ failed in the final exam,

__________ surprised them very much.

A. to be the best; which

B. as the best student; that

C. to have been studying well; it

D. such as a good student; which

Part II. Cloze Test (10 points；20 minutes)

Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Blacken

the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen on the

Answer Sheet.

As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly. The driver got out looking very 21 . A big lorry which had been 22 the taxi stopped too. The taxi driver was now standing at the corner looking up at the sky 23 the lorry driver went to 24 him. A number of cars behind were 25 to stop as well and soon a large crowd of people 26 gathered at the corner.

The 27 of all this trouble was a very strange 28 . It sounded as if thousands and thousands of 29 were singing together. The noise was quite 30