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汕头大学成人教育学院高等函授土木工程专业（本） 《英语5》课程期末考试试卷（A 卷）

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Part I Listening Comprehension

Direction: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each

conversation, a question will be asked what was said. Both the conversation and the

question will be spoken only once.

1. A .The women is a close friend of the man.

B. The women has been working too hard.

C. The women is seeing a doctor.

D. The women is tired of her work.

2. A. This apple pie tastes very good.

B. His mother likes the pie very much.

C. This pie can’t match his mother’s.

D. His mother can’t make apple pies.

3. A. Take a walk.

B. Give a performance.

C. Listen to the music.

D. Dance to the musice.

4. A. Read an article on political science.

B. Present a different theory to the class.

C. Read more than one article.

D. Choose a better article to read.

5. A. The woman would understand if she didk Mary ’s job.

B. The woman should do the typing for Mary.

C. The woman should work as hard as Mary.

D. The woman isn ’t a skillfull typist.

6. A. He wants to make an important with Mr.Smith. B. He wants to make sure that Mr.Smith will see him.

C. He wants to change the time of the appointment.

D. He wants the woman to meet him at three o ’c;ock.

7. A. He gets nervous easily.

B. He is an inexperienced speaker.

C. He is an awfyl speaker

D. He hasn ’t prepared his speech well.

8. A. She didn ’t like the books the man bought.

B. There wasn ’t a large selection at the bookstore.

C. The man bought a lot of books.

D. She wanted to see what the man bought.

9. A. Buy a ticket fot the ten o ’clock flight.

B. Ask the man to change the ticket fot her.

C. Go to the airport immediately.

D. Switch to a different flight.

10. A. Dr.Lemon is waiting for a patient.

B. Dr. Lemon is busy at the moment.

C. Dr. Lemon has lost his patience.

D. Dr. Lemon has gone out to visit a patient.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this par. For each sentence there are

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choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

11．——— the enormous flow of food from the entire g;obe, these countries have for many years not feltany population presure.

A. With regard to

B. Thanks to

C. In line with

D. By means of 12. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ______ which only fourteenare recognized as official.

A. with

B. within

C. in

D. of

13. Any donation you can give will help us _______ the suffering and isolation the homeless this Near Year.

A. ease

B. lift

C. patch

D. comfort

14. Modern forms of transportation and comunication have done much to ______ the isolation of life in Alaska.

A. break down

B. break into

C. break out

D. break through 15. Workers in the fine arts __________ thoughts and feelings through their creative works.

A. transmit

B.elaborate

C. contribute

D. convey 16. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________ in which people communicate across time and space.

A. manner

B. mood

C. mission

D. vision 17. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ________. A. press B. process C. for D. with 18. We can accept your order _______ payment is made in advance. A. in order that B. on condition that C. on the excutive that D. in the belief that

19. The British government often says that furnishing children with ________ the information superhighways is a top priority.

A. access

B. procedure

C. allowance

D. protection 20. It is important to _______ between the rules of grammar and the conventions of written language.

A. Dtermine

B. distinguish

C. identify

D.explore 21．T om ought not to ___ me your secret, but he meant no harm. A. have told B. tell C. be telling D. having told 22.---Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow. ---______.

A. I don't

B. I won't

C. I can't

D. I haven't 23. --- Would you like to come to dinner tonight? --- I'd like to, ___ I'm too busy. A. and B. so C. as D. but 24. ---I don't like chicken ___ fish.

---I don't like chicken, ___ I like fish very much.

A. and ； and

B. and ； but

C. or ； but

D. or ；and 25. ___she is young, she knows quite a lot. A. When B. However C. Although D. Unless

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B. C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.

Passage Ⅰ

As my train wasn ’t due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There