《大学英语》第一学期期末练习题(上)

《大学英语》第一学期期末练习题

Part I Word building (10%)

1.He tried several times, but the experiment ended in _failure_. (fail)

2.It is his _responsibility__ to make arrangements for the meeting. (responsible)

3.What I said just now is not _relevant_ to the present question. (relevance)

4.There was _practically_ no room in the hall. It was already full. (practical)

5.John is going to America on a special_assignment_ for his newspaper.(assign)

6.Mary found that comprise was always the best policy when she had an _arguement_ with her husband.(argue)

7.You can use this method to _calculate_ the speed of sound. (calculation)

8.That man can’t express his thoughts with _precision_. (precise)

9.This kind of exercise is most _challenged_, and therefore is a good test of your students’ competence. (challenge)

10.Aunt Pat’s rough, red hands _reflect_ a life of hard physical labor. (reflection)

11-20 BDBBA CBABD

21-30 DCBCB ACBBA

31-40 ABABA DBDAA

41-50 ADDCC CAADC

51-60 BCCDD ACCDB

61-80 ADABB CBCBA

71-80 BACCA AACAA

81 As experts say

82. growing up with TV set

83. added to

84. but not to deposite money into bank

85. may go on Internet in the dormitory.

Part II Vocabulary and structure (15%)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

11.The city government promises to _B_the problem of unemployment in real earnest.

A) postpone B) tackle C) compose D) anticipate

12.Spots is not just for fun or exercise. It is also good for _D_ building.

A)capacity B) reputation C) confidence D) character

13.After the corner, we speeded up and _B_ the car before us.

A) kept up B) overtook C) grasped D) came up

14.Not until the game had begun ___ at the sports ground.

A) had he arrived B) did he arrive C) would he have arrived D) should he have arrived

15.John had been working hard and ___.

A) so had his brother B) so his brother had

C) so was his brother D) so his brother did

16. The increase in our salary is obviously not in ___ to the rise in prices.

A) relevance B) proposition C) proportion D) rate

17. A(n) ___ record of any event is impossible. Different people will look at a happening from a different angle.

A) evident B) precise C) precious D) brief

18.The damages to the building are ___that it will cost a lot of money to restore it.

A) so B) thus C) such D)in

19.The store had to ___ a number of clerks because sales were down.

A) lay out B) lay off C) lay aside D) lay down

20.While ___ the sun, the satellite has sent more than four billion bits of information back to earth.

A) having orbited B) being orbited C) having been orbited D) orbiting

21. It was a good car, and it was, __ a fair price they were asking for it.

A) or something B) in the meantime C) on purpose D) moreover

22. The group __ an interesting report on young people’s responses to advertising.

A) turned up B) turned down C) turned in D) turned out

23. He __ and couldn’t finish his speech at the surprise farewell party.

A) took hold B) choked up C) held back D) thought up

24.Twenty miles away from the town, the robbers ___the car and disappeared into the woods.

A) approached B) ground C) abandoned D) removed

25. “You ___ call me uncle because I am about the same age as your father,” said the visitor to the boy.

A) more or less B) may just as well C) sort of D) off and on

26. He wanted to become a writer, but his father didn’t think it was a profession.

A) respectable B) respectful C) respect D) respecting

27. Maintaining a healthy is very important to our health.

A) proportion B) diet C) attitude D) spaghetti

28. Having no money but to know, Joe simply said he would go without dinner.

A) not to want anyone B) not wanting anyone

C) wanted no one D) to want no one