一、交際英語

1、-- Good morning, sir. May I help you

-- _______.

  A：Yes, I don't buy anything.                  

  B：No, I don't need your help.

  C：Yes, I need some sugar.            

  D：Oh, no. That's OK.

答案： C

2、--How is Mr Brown?

-- ______________.

  A：He is tall and beautiful

  B：He is very strict with us

  C：He is fine

  D：He is in an expensive car

答案： C

3、-- Please help yourself to the seafood.

-- ________

  A：No, I can't.

  B：Sorry, I can't help.

  C：Well, seafood don't suit.

  D：Thanks, but I don't like seafood.

答案： D

4、-- Would you mind changing seats with me?

-- ________

  A：Yes, you can.

  B：Of course, I like to.

  C：No, I don't mind.

  D：Certainly, please do.

答案： C

5、-- That's a beautiful dress you have on!

-- __________

  A：Oh, thanks. I got it yesterday.

  B：Sorry, it's too cheap.

  C：Hey you can have it.

  D：See you later.

答案： A

       

二、閱讀理解

1、    Nancy and Peter McCall like sports. In the summer they swim and in the winter they ski. They are planning ski trip for this weekend, but they don't know about the weather. It's 7:30 now, and they are listening to the weather report on the radio. The weatherman is giving the weather forecast for the weekend.

    "Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but it's not going to rain. The temperature is going to be in the thirties. It's going to snow Friday night and maybe Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon and Sunday are going to be clear, cold and sunny. "

    Now Nancy and Peter are excited. The weather is going to be perfect for a ski trip. They are going to have a wonderful weekend in the mountains.

(1)、Nancy and Peter listened to the weather forecast for the weekend.

  A：T

  B：F

答案： A

(2)、Nancy and Peter are planning a trip to the village for the weekend.  

  A：T

  B：F

答案： B

(3)、It is going to snow Friday night according to the weather forecast.  

  A：T

  B：F

答案： A

(4)、The weather will be warm and rainy on Sunday.  

  A：T

  B：F

答案： B

(5)、Nancy and Peter often do sports.

  A：T

  B：F

答案： A

2、Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.

How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.

Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.

 

(1)、What's the meaning of the underlined word 'parchment'? _________

  A：The skin of young animals.

  B：A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals.

  C：The paper used by European countries.

  D：The paper of Egypt.

答案： B

(2)、Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the invention of paper? ________

  A：More jobs could be provided than before.

  B：More people could be educated than before.

  C：More books could be printed and distributed.

  D：More ways could be used to exchange knowledge.

答案： A

(3)、When did the Egyptians begin to use paper widely? ___________

  A：Around 1400.

  B：Around 1900.

  C：Around 400.

  D：Around 900.

答案： A

(4)、Which of the following countries uses more paper for each person a year? _______

  A：China.

  B：Sweden.

  C：Egypt.

  D：Japan.

答案： B

(5)、What is the main idea of this short talk? _________

  A：More and more paper is being consumed nowadays.

  B：Paper enables people to receive education more easily.

  C：The invention of paper is of great significance to man.

  D：Paper contributes a lot to the keeping of historical records.

答案： C

       

三、詞匯與語法

1、The taxi driver always reminds passengers to _______their belongings when they leave the car.                                                                                            

  A：keep

  B：catch

  C：hold

  D：take

答案： D

2、"Town Hall is the tallest building in the city.""_______ from here?"

  A：Can it see    

  B：Can it be seen        

  C：Can be seeing        

  D：Can see  

答案： B

3、If she wants to stay thin, she must make a _____ in her diet.

  A：change         

  B：turn

  C：run              

  D：go

答案： A

4、The students were all entertained in a Mexican restaurant, at Professor Brian's ______.

  A：money          

  B：pay

  C：expense          

  D：loss

答案： C

5、On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several _______ a day.

  A：customers       

  B：supporters

  C：guests            

  D：clients

答案： D

       

四、完型填空

    Human language is a system of symbols. No other animal has a complex symbolic language that must be learned. Animal language is largely instinctive,while  basic human language is learned speech, composed   1   sounds that symbolize things, ideas, actions, and the like.

    We learn to read, often with considerable effort, by noticing or being taught that groups of letters stand for the sounds that we already know  2  to speak. We learn to write, with even greater effort, by learning to form the letters,  3   are symbols of sounds, and to put them together on paper so that others can read what we "say".

    Since human language is a form of human behavior,there is nothing absolute about it. It has   4  lowly throughout human history and will continue to develop. In the English language there are perhaps 600,000  5  , Possibly more, but most of them are know only to specialists and are rarely used.

(1)、

  A：how

  B：which

  C：developed

  D：of

  E：sounds

答案： D

(2)、

  A：how

  B：which

  C：developed

  D：of

  E：sounds

答案： A

(3)、

  A：how

  B：which

  C：developed

  D：of

  E：sounds

答案： B

(4)、

  A：how

  B：which

  C：developed

  D：of

  E：sounds

答案： C

(5)、

  A：how

  B：which

  C：developed

  D：of

  E：sounds

答案： E

       

五、英譯漢

(1)、My problem is that I don't have much time to do the work.

(2)、I came here at least once a month.

(3)、You'll find in English some words can be remembered more easily than the others.

(4)、In Foreign Languages Department，a checking machine is used to correct the students' test papers.

       

六、寫作

Instructions:建議你在30分鐘內(nèi)，根據(jù)下面所給的題目和提綱用英語寫出一篇不少于80詞的短文。

1.你學習英語的主要理由；

2.說明學習英語給你帶來的益處。

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