高职高专实用英语第一学期期中考试试卷a卷

1、高职高专 实用英语 第一学期 期中考试试卷 A 卷Part I Listening Comprehension(每题两分，共十题，共二十分)Only Child versus SiblingsRead the text and fill in as many words as you can.Although I wasn t an ( 1) child, mysister was 14 years(2) thanmeand had left home when I turned ( 3) years old, so I left like an only child.I had no one

2、 to play with and my (4) were older - my mother was 40 whenI was (5).So now I have 4 children at age 3,5,14 and 16. My boys are the two older ones.My girls are the younger ones and they always (6) over the toys, but the oldertwo often manage to find a way that they can play together peacefully.There

3、 are a lot of good things to have (7)than one child. You can alwayssay, “ Go and play with your brother or sister, I must (8) dinner. ” Siblingsteach us to live with others more easily. While an only child never has to (9)with anyone in her home, a child with siblings (10)to share.Part n Vocabulary

4、& Structure(每题一分，共四十题，共四十分)Section A: Choose the best answer.1. We would like to you to our barbeque tomorrow.A invitation B. information C. invite2. I felt rather when I left home for the first time to go on an exchangevisit to America.A. happyB. informalC. nervous3. The party is very so you ca

5、n wear what you like.A. informalB. formalC. friendly4. I_ what my family is doing at this moment back home.A. suggestB. wonderC. ask5. There is no reason to continue this discussion. You are not going to the party and .A. that's thatB. so onC. ever after6. You think that all Americans can speak

6、English and you would be right.A. dailyB. probablyC. wrongly7. My best friend, , can speak English and Spanish.A. newB. schoolC. for example8. But if I lived on the border to Mexico I could speak English and Spanish,too.A. maybeB. alwaysC. never9. I can hear my neighbor through the wall. He is so lo

7、ud. It is awful!A. anotherB. next-doorC. nice10. A handshake is much better than a limp one.A. firmB. seriousC. unfriendlytook the wrong _ at the last road junction, can you tell me how I get back onthe motorwayA. turnB. turnerC. turning12. Am I going in the right for the post officeA. routeB. direc

8、tionC. sign13. Can you tell me please how I _ to the cinema from hereA. comeB. getC. take14. Could you please _ me in the direction of the motorwayA. deliver B. showC. point15. I'm making for the M25 motorway. Is this road the most routeA. directB. obviousC. straight16. Can you help me please I&

9、#39;ve lost my way and to get to the shops beforeclosing time.A. requireB. needC. request17. Could you tell me how _ I am from the town centre, pleaseA. nearB. farC. close18. to this map I should be near the church. I s that correctA. Considering B. AfterC. According19. I'm _ for the town hall -

10、 am I anywhere nearA. makingB. seekingC. seeing20. Is this the _ way for the railway stationA. correctB. clearC. fine21.1 f you your money every week, you will soon have enough for a new bicycle.A. spentB. saveC. earn22.1 t is to spend your money DVDs. You can borrow them from the shop.A. necessary

11、B. goodC. unnecessary23.Siblings often have about silly things.A. agreement B. argumentsC. friends24 .A good with your parents is very important.A. birthB. dinnerC. relationship25 .My brother got a job as a bus driver when he left school.A. trainee B. cleverC. friendly26 .Chu in China and then moved

12、 to the USA when he was 25.A. enjoyedB. visitedC. grew up27.1 think we should uniforms at our school. I hate them!A. do away with B. sellC. take28.A healthy river is fish.A. emptyB. full ofC. nice29.1 was very of my sister for having such beautiful black hair.A. frustratingB. happy C. jealous30.Ther

13、e are no appointments at the dentist this afternoon. You will have towait until tomorrow.A. attractiveB. available C. ableSection B: Complete the sentences with the right form of the words in brackets1. I had going shopping with mymother and the (bad) moment always comes whenshe announces loudly in

14、the shop how wonderful I look in the dress she has chosen for me.2. She once chose an ugly pullover for me and went on to choose the (awful)pair of trousers that I had ever seen.3. Online shopping is the (good) way of shopping for clothes, as my mothercan no longer embarrass me in shops!4. Buying on

15、line is (easy) than fighting the crowds in town.5. I don t want to be known as the person who has the (fashionable) clothesat school, I just want to be one of the ordinary people, like my friends are.6. There is one boy at our school who always wears the (expensive) brandsof shoes but they look no d

16、ifferent to other shoes.7. His parents are not (rich) than mine but they give him so much money forclothes.8. He thinks he is the (cool) boy in our school.9. Unfortunately, we think he is the (nasty)!10. And he gets (aggressive) than he usually is if we just ignore him andhis cool clothes.PartmReadi

17、ng Comprehension (每题两分，共十题，共二十分)Directions:After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions . Foreach question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the

18、center.Task 1Our NeighborJimmy has been a postman for the last ten year. He loves to talk to his wife in the evenings about the people he delivers to. He tells her about Mrs. Mannes, the little old lady at number 24, who is always very unfriendly when he delivers her post. She has a son in Australia

19、 and a daughter in France so she often gets post.But one day when jimmy rings the bell with a parcel for Mrs. Mannes from her daughter, there is no answer. Jimmy know that the old lady never goes out (she even gets her food delivered from the local supermarket) so he starts to fell worried.He looks

20、through the letterbox but sees nothing, and then he looks through the living room window and sees Mrs. Mannes lying on the floor. He goes around the house to check if the back door is open. It is, so he runs in and immediately rings for an ambulance. Mrs. Mannes gets to hospital in time. The doctor

21、says that she had had a heart attack and if she had come to hospital any later she would not have survived. From that day on, Mrs. Mannes is very friendly and always gives jimmy a bar of chocolate when he delivers a parcel.Complete the sentences with the best choice1 .Jimmy has been a postman.A. for

22、 ten yearsB. four ten yearsC. through ten yearsD. over ten years2 .Mrs. Mannes has a .A. son in FranceB. daughter in AustraliaC. son in AustraliaD. daughter in Austria3 .Mrs. Mannes .A. gets her food deliveredB. goes to the local supermarket by busC. gets her food from the little shop at the cornerD

23、. doesn t get her shopping from the local supermarket4 .When Mrs. Mannes didn t answer the door, Jimmy .A. saw her through the front doorB. went through the windowC. went through the living room windowD. saw her though the living room window5 .Mrs. Mannes got to the hospital .A. before the ambulance

24、B. nearly too lateC. too lateD. for JimmyTask 2Shopping onlineMy father and I were on holiday in America. My mother had stayed at home and on the 2nd day she fell and broke her leg. She could have asked the neighbors to do the shopping but she is a very independent lady.Anyway, on our return after t

25、hree weeks to the USA, she was surrounded by boxes and wrapping paper. She told us about her fall and how it was nearly mended.“ What about the shopping Did you ask the neighbors for help” I asked as thedoorbell rang. “ There s your answer, ” said my mother.I opened the door and there was a man with

26、 a big box of groceries.“ Delivery for Mrs. Patterson, ” he said.“ That is amazing, ” I said. “ Did you just Phone in your order Howdid you know what was on offer ”“ I ordered online. Look here, this is the supermarket s homepagewith all their offers. I just click on the articles I want, pay by cred

27、it card and my groceries are delivered the same day. Great, eh ”“ That is amazing. I didn t know any of our supermarkets offered that service. But Mun, what do all these empty boxes come from”“ While I was surfing the net I found out how easy it is to order things at Amazon and I spent hours buying

28、stuff on eBay. That is so much fun!”Complete the sentences with the best choice.1 .The mother broke her leg .A. in AmericaB. on the 2nd day of her holidayC. at the neighbor s house D. on the 2nd day of the writer sholiday2 .The motherA. asked the neighbor to do the shopping but they were too indepen

29、dentB. didn t ask the neighbor to do the shopping because she was too independentC. didn t ask the neighbor to do the shopping because they were tooindependentD. asked the neighbor to do the shopping but they were on holiday3 .The bell rang and it was .A. a manwith a box of groceries B.the neighbor

30、with a box of groceriesC. Mrs. Patterson with a box of groceries D. the father with a box of groceries4 .The mother had ordered the groceries .A. by telephoneB. was cheapC. was boringD. was the delivery man5 .The mother thought shopping at Amazon and eBay A. was expensiveC. was boringB. was cheapD.

31、was enjoyablePart IV Translation（每题五分，共两题，共十分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. Go straight down Station Road past the cinema. Then you will come to a crossing with traffic lights. Turn left at the traffic lights and straight on at the roundabout. The youth hostel is in front of you. You really can t miss it.2. You go into the store and first you pass beautiful flowers and plants. Ahead, you see the fresh, natural co