2023年大学英语A形成性考核

学号：８姓名：任婷婷专业：行政管理形成性考核4答题纸部分I.VocaｂulａryaｎdStrucｔure（每小题1分，共2０分）题号1234567８９１0答案ACDDDAＡACD题号１1121３１４１51６17１8１920答案BＢCACDDＡCCII.ReａdingComｐrｅｈensioｎ（每小题2分，共４0分）题号123４567８9１0答案DBＣCＤAＣABD题号1１12１３1４1５１61７1８1920答案CBDＤＤBBＢDBIII.Cloｚe（每小题1分,共20分)题号123４5６７8910答案ACCDCABDDB题号111２13１４１５1617181９20答案ACDDACBＢＣB=4\*ＲOＭANＩV.Ｔrａnslatｉon(每小题2分，共20分）1．不管是谁打来电话,你的声音都应当是和谐的并且以礼待人.2.你必须了解公司并且进一步了解这个职位的任职规定.3.另一方面,假如你的语言学习一直不成功，你最佳试试上面列出的一些技巧。4．我觉得对我来说想学医是一件很自然地事情，由于我想回到我来的地方。5.我是那些方向感很差的可怜人中的一员。6.Lazｉｎesswilllｅadtoｈisｆailｕre。7.Aｓasaｉlor,yｏuｈaｖetobeｏuｔsｉdｅallyeaｒｒoｕnd.8．Nooneknｏwswｈeｎtｈecｕｓtｏmbｅgan．9．I'ｍｐrouｄｏfｔhedｅvelopｍentofmyｈometowniｎreｃentyeａrs.10.WhａtsheｓaiｄisｓovaguetｈatＩdｏn'ｔknowwhａｔshewaｎteｄtosaｙ.试题部分Ｉ．VoｃabuｌaｒyａndStructｕｒe（每小题1分,共2０分）Diｒｅctｉｏｎs：Ｔhｅｒｅarｅ30iｎcompｌetesｅnｔenceｓinthｉｓpａｒt．Foｒeａｃhseｎｔenceｔｈeｒeare4chｏiceｓmarkedA,B,Ｃ,ａnｄD.Ｃｈoosetｈeonethａtbesｔcｏｍｐleｔestｅhsentencｅ.1.Ｗe_＿＿_A＿_hｅａrinｇｆrｏmyouassooｎaspossibｌe.A.looｋforwaｒdto ﻩﻩB.payａttｅntｉoｎｔｏC.ｇａｖewａｙto ﻩD．hｏｌdonto2.WheｎＩwenthome，tｈｅyhadalｒeａdy＿__Ｃ＿__forthｅＮｏｒth.A.cuｔｏｆfﻩﻩＢ.ｃallｅｄoｆfﻩ C.sｅtoffﻩﻩD.ｄroppedoｆｆ3.Ｆｏrｔuｎateｌy,ｔhｅexpｅriment_＿_＿D__aswehａdexｐected.A.ｆelloutﻩ B.fｅllｂehindﻩﻩC．ｆｅllbａckｏnﻩＤ.fｅｌliｎ4.Ｊackｔoldmethat__＿__D___ofthetｗowｏmenwashiｓｔeachｅrｏfChinｅse．A.ｔheｔalｌest B.tｈemostｔａllﻩﻩC.tｈetalｌﻩﻩD.tｈetaｌlｅr5.Thiｓlｅｓsoｎis＿＿＿__D_＿_tｈanｔheｌasｔoneinthisbooｋ.Ａ.morｅeasｙﻩB．veryｅａsy ﻩC.mｏreeasｉer D．mｕcheasier6．Themanｌookeｄ__Ａ_＿atthｅneｗsthatｈehadｆailedaｇain．A．ｄisaｐｐoiｎｔedﻩ ﻩB.bｅingdｉｓａppointedC.dｉsaｐｐoiｎtinｇ Ｄ.tｏｂediｓappoｉnｔiｎg7.Ihadｔheｃar__Ａ__foｒmefoｒａnhouｒyesteｒdａyafteｒｎｏon.A.ｗａｉtｉng ﻩﻩB.waited Ｃ.tｏwaiteｄ Ｄ.bewａitｉnｇ８．WhenｗeｓawJimｍyatthepartｙｌａsｔnｉght,wefoundthatｈehadｇｒｅatly＿_Ａ__.A.ｃｈanged B.tｏｃｈangeﻩﻩＣ.ｔｏhavｅchaｎｇed ﻩﻩD.cｈａnging9.Ｈemadeａnoｔeoｆtｈｅhomewoｒk_＿＿Ｃ＿＿_hefｏrgetｉｔ.A.thatﻩﻩ B.sｏﻩﻩ ﻩC.ｌest ﻩＤ．incasｅ10.Iｓhallｓtayａｔhoｍｅalｌdａｙ_Ｄ____tｈereisｎｅwsｏｆmyｈuｓbａnd.A.ｓothatﻩﻩﻩB．ｔｈerefoｒｅ ﻩＣ.howeｖer D.incaｓe１1．Ｓhｅpｒetendｅd_＿＿B＿＿mewｈｅnIpａsseｄbyiｎｔheｓtｒeｅｔｔhisｍornｉｎg. 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