中央电大成人本科英语专业(商务)学士学位英语考试样题

I.词汇与结构(Vocabulary and Structure) 20%

1)I don’t think the first ______ of the play will be televised live.

A. view

B. sight

C. performance

D. action

2)He left early ______ he should miss the last subway train.

A. in case

B. in case of 【外语教育网编辑整理】

C. in order that

D. for fear of

3)3. There is no doubt ______ the earth goes round the sun.

A. whether

B. that

C. if

D. why

4)Is Fanny the cleverest of ______ in this class?

A. any students

B. any other student

C. any of the students

D. all the students

5)We started ______ get there before noon.

A. as early as to

B. early enough so

C. so early as to

D. enough early to

6)______ not for your help, I would be in trouble.

A. It was

B. Was it

C. It were

D. Were it

7)Generally speaking, a well-behaved child has been properly ______ by his parents.

A. born up

B. brought up

C. got up

D. raised up

8)Peter will fail the exam ______ he works hard.

A. if

B. provided

C. until

D. unless

9)He will be in a wheelchair for ______ of his life.

A. the remaining

B. the rest

C. the remain

D. rest

10)It was not until she took off her dark glasses ______ I realized she was a famous film star.

A. that

B. so that

C. before

D. when

11)I have seen the picture dozens of times, and it’s always as new to me ______ I had never seen it before.

A. as

B. as if

C. though

D. like

12)The man standing by the window is my friend, Phil. He is expert ______operating a computer.

A. for

B. to

C. at

D. with

13)I didn’t ______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was afraid that I would be late for class.

A. assume

B. suppose

C. mean

D. consider

14)Few animals were found in the forest, as most of them seemed ______ killed.

A. to have been

B. to be

C. they were

D. that they had been

15)The personnel manager asked Mary whether she would _____ to start work the next day.

A. admit

B. agree

C. approve

D. accept

16)Unfortunately, my aunt died of a heart attack ______ her last novel still unpublished.

A. while

B. with

C. but

D. before

17)The country has, as expected, got itself into social unrest ______ the government has lost control.

A. over that

B. that

C. over which

D. which

18)I would rather you ______ go swimming as it’s raining hard.

A. did not

B. do not

C. not

D. will not

19)The ______ girl is Ruth’s niece.

A. Canadian little pretty

B. pretty little Canadian

C. Canadian pretty little

D. little pretty Canadian

20)His father often said to him, “You are old enough to make your own living instead of living ______ your parents.

A. off

B. for

C. by

D. with

21)The weather here is fairly ______ in spring, which makes it difficult to know what to wear.

A. variable

B. varied

C. variety

D. various

22)I should like ______ earlier of the goings-on there.

A. having informed

B. to have informed

C. to inform

D. to have been informed

23)Does the newspaper report suggest that an economic crisis ______ soon?

A. occur

B. there is

C. there will be

D. will occur

24)The perspective in which you view the problem is ______ mine.

A. contrary to

B. contrast from

C. opposite from

D. disagreeable to

25)The tools ______ the furniture is assembled are packed in the package.

A. with that

B. in which

C. with which

D. by which

26)I have some difficulty in improving my composition. Could you lend me ______?

A. a help

B. an aid

C. a hand

D. an arm

27)“Would you care for a cup of coffee?” “No, thank you. I’d have ______ coffee”

A. something besides

B. nothing but