蒙大《综合英语》期末考试试题7

1、 综合英语 试题 7 I.语法、词汇。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在 答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分) Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer(15 points) 1She was invited to go to the ball but she did not even have _ to go with her dress Aa piece of jewelry Bpiece of jewelry

2、Ca jewelry Done jewelry 2Id like to have _ with you sometime this week about your approaching exams Aa word Bsome word Csome words Done word 3What _ honest man he is! Aa B/ Cthe D. an 4Tomorrow it will be cloudy, with a few sunny _ A intervals Bperiods Csteps Dinstance 5The coach felt that he was re

3、sponsible _his teams total failure in the championships Aat Bfor Cin Don 6_to the dinner party, he went to a movie to kill time ANot to be invited BNot having been invited CHaving not been invited DNot having invited 7In many parts of the world the only _ water supply lies below the ground Acontinuo

4、us Bpermanent Cinstant Dconstant 8He is determined to get _ of the profit than he had been offered Aten percent more Bten more percent Cmore ten percent Das many as ten percent 9.The temple was built on a hillside, _was a pleasant，winding valley Aby which Bunder which Cbelow which Ddown which 10I wo

5、uld have gone with you，but I _too tired Awas Bhad been Cmust be Dmust have been 11Mark often attempts to escape _ whenever he breaks traffic regulations Ahaving been fined Bto have been fined Cto be fined Dbeing fined 12We didnt know his telephone number；otherwise we _ him. Awould have telephoned Bm

6、ust have telephoned Cwould telephone Dhad telephoned 13That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _ the police. Acalled in Bcalling in Ccall in Dto call in 14They took _ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping. Afruitful Bbeneficial Cvalid Deffective 15Until then，his family _ fr

7、om him for six months. Adidnt hear Bhasnt been hearing Chasnt heard Dhadnt heard 完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分) Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer(15 points) Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in th

8、e last quarter of the 20th centuryEarly in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main StreetMain Street was always in the heart of a townThis street was 16 on both sides with many various businesses Here，shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise：clothing, furniture， ha

9、rdware，groceries 17 ，some shops offered 18 These shops included drugstores，restaurants， shoe repair stores，and barber or hairdressing shops 19 in the 1950s，a change began to 20 Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 21 too few parking places were 22 shoppersBecause the streets were crowde

10、d，merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 23 the city limitsOpen space is what their car driving customers neededAnd open space is what they got when the first shopping center was builtShopping centers，or rather malls， 24 as a collection of small new stores 25 crowded city centersAt

11、tracted by hundreds of free parking space，customers were drawn away from 26 areas to outlying mallsAnd the growing 27 of shopping centers led 28 to the building of bigger and better stocked stores 29 the late 1970s，many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselvesIn addition to p

12、roviding the convenience of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks， 30 benches，fountains，and outdoor entertainment. 16Abuilt Bdesigned Cintended Dlined 17AApart from BHowever CIn addition DAs well 18Amedical care Bfood Ccosmetics Dservices 19ASuddenly BAbruptly CContrarily D

13、But 20Abe taking place Btake place Cbe taken place Dhave taken place 21Awhile Byet Cthough Dand then 22Aavailable for Bavailable to Cused by Dready for 23Aover Bfrom Cout of Doutside 24Astarted Bfounded Cset up Dorganized 25Aout of Baway from Cnext to Dnear 26Ainner Bcentral Cshopping Ddowntown 27Ad

14、istinction Bfame C. popularity D1iking 28Aon Bin turn Cby turns Dfurther 29ABy BDuring CIn DTowards 30Abecause of Band Cwith Dprovided 难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分) Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized par

15、ts(10 points) 31I attended the funeral with them and sat through it with a lump of cold lead in my chest and a big resolution growing through me AThroughout the funeral，I was filled with sadness BThe sad atmosphere of the funeral almost choked me CAt the funeral I felt as cold as lead from beginning

16、 to end DAll the time I sat at the funeral with a heart as heavy as lead 32I dont think Id have dared to approach you if youd looked the least bit as I always imagined AIf you had been more handsome I wouldnt have had the courage to come over and speak to you BIf I had found you as handsome as I had

17、 always imagined，I wouldnt have spoken to you. CIt was only when I found you didnt look smart at all that I decided to speak to you DIt was only when I found you less handsome that I was that I have the courage to speak to you 33When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a

18、wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man. ATrevor was adding some decorations BTrevor was making some correction CTrevor had just checked a few details DTrevor had almost finished the picture 34The beauty of our country or at least all of its south of North Scotlandis as hard to define as it is e

19、asy to enjoy AThe beauty of our country is easy to enjoy but difficult to describe BIt is difficult both to state the beauty of our country and to really appreciate it CIt is more difficult to really appreciate the beauty of our country than to give it a definition DTo discover the beauty of our cou

20、ntry requires much intelligence, but to define it is a different matter. 35That did not answer；the sherry was a little too dry AHis efforts of selling sherry proved a failure；the sherry was not moist enough BNobody answered his hawking；people did not buy his sherry because it was too dry CHis trail

21、of selling sherry did not provide a solution；he soon became tired of it again DHe did not get money in this business；the sherry dried out and he had nothing to sell 36Nothing was too good for that child(Laura) ALaura deserved whatever her parents did for her BLaura was a spoilt child and she was har

22、d to please CLaura never took her parents love and care for granted DLaura was untouched no matter what her parents did for her 37No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend ANot everyone believes that people they meet during a holiday trip could become close friends BNot everyon

23、e thinks close friendship can be developed among fellow travelers during a vacation trip CPeople everywhere are so eager for friendship that they want to make close friends during a vacation trip DThough they may hope soPeople dont think it is possible to form close friendship during a holiday trip

24、38Child is a believing creatureCliff undoubtedly believed them AA child always wants adults to believe him BA child readily accepts what adults say CA child never rejects what adults tell him to do DA child never thinks that adults can be right 39The hero created himself；the celebrity is created by

25、the media AThe hero was admired for what they had done for society；the celebrity burst onto the scene by the work of the media BThe hero made it through their own efforts；the celebrity achieves fame because of his good relations with the media CThe hero of the past was active；todays celebrity is pas

26、sive DThe hero publicized himself；the celebrity is publicized by the media 40In strict truth an invention is almost never the sole product of any one mind AIt is true that no invention is so intelligent and competent that he can hit upon a good idea alone BPrecisely, no product can be perfected by t

27、he sole inventor；it takes more than one man to do the job CStrictly speaking，nearly all inventions are the result of the combined effort of many people DTruly, if inventors want to create something wonderful they must put their minds together 阅读理解。阅读短文，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的

28、位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分) Read the two passages and answer the questions(20 points) Passage 1 Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards，that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high bl

29、ocks of flatsIt is said that the Englishman objects to this type of existence，but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world todayIn the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obviou

30、s provisions，such as central heating，constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom，as well as such details，important notwithstanding(然而)，as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children

31、 on the top of the buildings，and drying grounds for washingIt is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus(对抗)individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time as far as Britain is concernedAnd it is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is r

32、aisedThose who oppose the building of flats base their case primarily on the assumption(设想)that everyone prefers an individual home and garden and on the high cost per unit of accommodationThe latter ignores the higher cost of providing full services to a scattered community and the cost in both mon

33、ey and time of the journeys to work for the suburban resident 41We can infer from the passage that_ AEnglish people，like most people in other countries，dislike living in flats Bpeople in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats Cpeople in Britain are forced to move into h

34、igh blocks of flats Dmodern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living 42What is said about the blocks of flats built in the past in Britain? AThey were mostly inhabited by people who did not earn much BThey were usually not large enough to accommodate big families CThey were so

35、ld to people before necessary facilities were installed DThey provided playground for children on the top of the buildings 43.The word “rage” means“_” Abe ignored Bdevelop with great force Cencourage people greatly Dbe in fashion 44Some people oppose the building of flats because_ Athe living expens

36、es for each individual family are higher Bit involves higher cost compared with the building of houses Cthey believe people like to live in houses with gardens D. the disposal of rubbish remains a problem for those living in flats 45The author mentions that people who live in suburban houses_ Ado no

37、t have access to easy facilities because they live away from the city Bhave to pay a lot of money to employ people to do service work Ctake longer time to know each other because they are a scattered community Dhave to spend more money and time traveling to work every day Passage 2 Many a young pers

38、on tells me he wants to be a writerI always encourage such people， but also explain that theres a big difference between“being a writer”and writingIn most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame，not the long hours alone at a typewriter“Youve got to want to write，”I say to them，“not w

39、ant to be a writer” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affairFor every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewardedWhen I left a 20-year career in the USCoast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿人)，I had no prospects at all. What

40、I did have was a friend who found me in my room in a New York apartment buildingIt didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroomI immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer After a year or so，however, I still hadnt gotten a break and began to doubt myselfIt w

41、as so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eatBut I knew I wanted to writeI had dreamed about it for yearsI wasnt going to be one of those people who die wonderingWhat if? I would keep putting my dream to the test even enough it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failureThis is the

42、 Shadow land of hope，and anyone with a dream must learn to live there 46The passage is meant to_ Awarn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience Badvise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer Cshow young people its unrealistic for a writer

43、 to pursue wealth and fame Dencourage young people to pursue a writing career 47What can be concluded from the passage? AGenuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding BA writers success depends on luck rather than on effort CFamous writers usually live in poverty and isolation DThe

44、 chances for a writer to become successful are small 48Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career? AHe wasnt able to produce a single book BHe hadnt seen a change for better life CHe wasnt able to have a rest for a whole year DHe found his dream would never come true 49“people who die wonderingWhat if?”refers to“those_” Awho think too much of the dark side of life Bwho regret giving up their career halfway Cwho think a lot without making a decision Dwho are full of imagination even upon death 50“Shadow land”in th