英语期末复习卷

15秋专升本期末复习卷

Part I. Vocabulary & Structure (30%)

Directions: Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1.As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students

to __A__ the temptation to cheat on exams.

A. refuse

B. reject

C. resist

D. resolve

2.You don’t agree with me on this matter, I know, but __B__ you’ll see I am in the right.

A. at times

B. in time

C. at one time

D. all the time

3.As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the

WTO, the government decided to _A___ them as soon as possible.

A. abolish

B. accomplish

C. distinguish

D. establish

4.It is impossible for me to sing a song these days, for my voice is __C__.

A. going of

B. going to

C. going off

D. going away

5.The old man regained consciousness and found himself lying in a room which had

nothing but __D__ walls.

A. blank

B. empty

C. vacant

D. bare

6.The typical symptom of the epidemic SARS is __A__ high fever and acute cough.

A. persistent

B. resistant

C. subsequent

D. perseverant

7.The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main course, salad, bread, and

vegetables, and __B__ a variety of desserts, for example, pies, puddings and ice-cream.

A. involves

B. features

C. characterizes

D. protrudes

8.__B__ the events of last week, I think, we could have handled things more efficiently.

A. Falling back on

B. Looking back on

C. Getting back on

D. Going back on

9. A suicide bomb exploded in a Jewish _D___, killing dozens of people.

A. site

B. plantation

C. terminal

D. settlement

10.In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become __D__

words; almost everyone has heard of them.

A. family

B. home

C. house

D. household

11.It can said without exaggeration that no part of the United States is not easily

accessible by car, by train, or by air, and __B__ by all the three of them.

A. more often than

B. more often than not

C. no more often than

D. less often than

12.While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite(精英), some of them

appear to lack common sense __C__ following traffic regulations.

A. coming to

B. when coming to

C. when it comes to

D. when they come to

13.Dangerous animals such as bears and wolves can be __B__ by lighting a fire when

you go camping in a virgin forest.

A. kept in hand

B. kept at bay

C. kept in touch

D. kept in mind

14.As she matured as an artist, she __A__ realize that “all artists are a product of their

culture”.

A. came to

B. kept to

C. took to

D. went to

15.He always uses the same __B__ of lies to cheat strangers.

A. number

B. flock

C. group

D. web

16.Many European countries __B__ all alliance(同盟) against Hitler’s military invasion.

A. passed for

B. forged

C. compelled

D. authorized

17.Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union _D___ a worldwide ban on

British beef and beef product exports.

A. challenged

B. charged

C. forged

D. imposed

18.The ancient tribes there are supposed __C__ from the mainland to the island.

A. to move

B. to be moving

C. to have moved

D. to have been moving

19.Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes(行车道) for

bicycles on some of the main streets, but though they have got some supporters, _B___ likes the idea.

A. everyone

B. not everyone

C. no one

D. someone

20.On Children’s Day, our nieces and nephews were taken to the department store

and then __D__ to pick their favorite toys.

A. set out

B. let alone

C. brushed aside

D. turned loose

21. Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses ___A___.

A. in between

B. among them

C. far apart

D. from each other

22. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could ____D_____.

A. stand up to

B. put up with

C. come up with

D. make up for

23. Some fish have a greater ___A_____ for acid water than others.

A. tolerance

B. resistance

C. dependence

D. persistence

24. Many scientists have been ____A_____ the goal of a practical and economical way to use sunlight to split water molecules.

A. pursui n g

B. chasing

C. reaching

D. winning

25. I have no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can get ____B_____ in a dark suit?

A. through

B. by

C. at

D. off