样卷：2015级第一学期基英期末试卷A

海南大学2015-2016学年度第1学期

科目：《基础英语I》(A卷)

Final Examination on Basic English Course (Book 1)姓名：学号：

学院：外国语学院专业班级：

考试说明：本课程为闭卷考试，不可携带词典、字典工具书。

所有试卷均配有答题纸，考生应将答案写在答题纸上，写在试卷上一律无效。

I. Dictation (10%)

II. Language knowledge (30%)

A. Match the English words in Column A with their corresponding meaning in Column B and write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Note: There are more choices than necessary. You may not use all of them. (5%)

Column A Column B

1．compliment A.sb. who is new to and has no experience of an

activity

2．invincible B.of the countryside

3．rookie C.having the same value, purpose, job, etc. as a person

or thing of a different kind

4．shudder D.giving out small flashes of light

5．glinting E.sb. who has power over other people, and uses it

cruelly or unfairly

6．tyrant F.in a way to behave calmly and seem not to worry or

care about anything

7．rural G.make sth. continue , usu. for a very long time

8．nonchalantly H.praise or express admiration for sb.

9．perpetuate I.able to tell the differece between two or more things

10．equivalent ed a a polite way of saying that sb. is old or

becoming old

K.shake uncontrollably for a moment

L.the possibility that sth. will develop in a particular

way

M.improve the quality of

N.incapable of being defeated or beaten as a result of

great strength or skill

B. There are TWENTY sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence and write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%)

C. Fill in the TEN blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%)

1. In _________, he showed great promise, but finally he turned out mediocre. (young)

2. With the world ’s population increasing at the present rate, by the year 2050 it is feared there will be a terrible food __________. (short)

E. There are FIVE incomplete sentences below. Decide which of the phrases given in the box below would best complete the sentences in meaning. Each phrase can be used ONCE ONLY . Fill in each blank with the phrase in the proper form and write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(5%)

1. When you know you are right, you can ’t ___________.

2. The poor farmers waited _________ for the local government to help them with some loans for spring.

III. Cloze (10%)

Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The word can be used ONCE ONLY . Mark the letter for each word on your ANSWER SHEET. push aside keep up make up for admit to back down confront with succumb to account for in vain in reference to