2012年英语基础作业一1

2012年英语基础作业一

一、Structure

1. Not only the teacher but also the students ______ against the plan in the meeting yesterday.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

2. Professor Wu, with three lecturers, ______ attending a symposium(专题讨论会) in Shanghai on energy now.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

3. One and a half hours ______ passed.

A. is

B. are

C. has

D. have

4. Many a student ______ going to take part in CET-6 next month.

A. is

B. is to

C. are

D. was

5. More than one question ______ discussed.

A. have been

B. has been

C. are

D. has

6. What matters ______ not winning but participating.

A. are

B. to be

C. is

D. was

7. John is the only one of the students who ______ to France.

A. has been

B. have been

C. had been

D. has being

8. This is the best one of automobiles that ______ in working order.

A. is

B. have

C. had been

D. are

9. Linguistic ______ very difficult to learn.

A. are not

B. is not

C. were not

D. wasn’t

10. Three hours ______ the limit of this examination.

A. are

B. were

C. is

D. was

二、Vocabulary

1. I am sure I can ______ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night.

A. speak

B. say

C. talk

D. tell

2. Because of its intimacy, radio is ususlly more than just a medium; it is ______.

A. firm

B. company

C. corporation

D. enterprise

3. That sound doesn’t ______ in his language, so it’s difficult for him to pronounce it.

A. happen

B. take place

C. have

D. occur

4. It was no ______ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

A. coincidence

B. convention

C. certainty

D. complication

5. One of the wrong notions about science is that many scientific discoveries have come

about______.

A. accordingly

B. accidentally

C. artificially

D. additionally

6. To impress a future employer, one should dress neatly, be ______ , and display interest in the job.

A. swift

B. instant

C. timely

D. punctual

7. He is ______ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Games next week.

A. optional

B. optimistic

C. outstanding

D. obvious

8. Recently the car factory had to carry out personnel ______ because of financial trouble.

A. cuts

B. demands

C. reductions

D. orders

9. The director was critical ______ the way we were doing the work.

A. at

B. in

C. of

D. with

10. Despite his occasional fondness for gambling, he is still considered as a good boy______.

A. as a whole

B. for the whole

C. by the whole

D. on the whole

三、Reading

While it is true that Americans believe climbing the educational ladder leads to success, they are less certain that intellectual achievement is the only important factor leading to success. A competitive personality is seen as important to success, especially in men. The development of social and political skills is also considered to be very important.

To help Americans develop these other important skills , schools have added a large number of extracurricular (课程外) activities to daily life at school. This is especially true of high schools and colleges and extends down into elementary schools as well.

Athletics, frequently called “competitive sports”, are perhaps the most import ant in teaching students, particularly boys, the “winning spirit”. At times, athletic teams seem to become more important to some students and their parents than the academic programs offered by the schools.

1. Americans believe that education is

A.the only way to success

B.the main purpose of the schools

C.just like climbing ladders

D.important to success

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as important to success?

A.intellectual achievement