湖北省地震局-黄石职业学院

期中考试卷及参考答案
Part I Vocabularyand Structure (20%)
Directions: Thereare 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer
that best completes thesentence.

1. My most _____moment was when I tried to introduce her but couldn’t remember her name.
A. embarrassed
A. dwell on
A. does





B. embarrassing
B. live on



B. to do


C. amazed
C. live with




g
D. deal with
D. done
2. Once I made aconsidered decision, I would not _____ it.
3. Tom oftenlistens to music while _____ his homework.
C. doing
4. _____ the heavyrain, the football match went on as planned.
A. Although
A. more than
A. harmony
B. Because of
B. rather than





C. Despite
C. less than
D. As
D. other than
5. I’d like tostay at home watching TV _____ going out to see a movie.
6. There was oncea town in this country where all life seemed to live in _____ with itssurroundings.
B. uniform
B. Whatever
B. Because of
B. that
C. humiliation D. perfection
r

D. Whenever
D. Despite
D. for
7. _____ they haveis not as good as what I have. I’m sure of that.
A. No matter what
A. Even if
A. why



8. _____the enemyhad wings, they could not escape from our encirclement.
C. In spite of

9. I really don’tknow the reason _____ our failure in the exam.
C. of
10. We had noother choice except _____ the medical use of psychology.
A. to accept B. accept C. accepted ing
11. _____________come out of the apartment, Nancy’sfirst thought was to call the fire department.
A. As soon as the smoke was seen B. Having seen the smoke
C. On seeing the smoke D. When she saw the smoke
12. The poor oldworker didn’t know how to _____________ the computerized machine.
A. treat B. scandal C. candle D. handle
13. It was clever_________ at the answer in two minutes.
A. for him to arrive B. for his arriving
C. of his arriving D. of him to arrive
14. The audience___________ warm cheers.
A. broke out B. broke in C. broke into D. broke up
15. Though itlooked like rain this morning, it has ________ to be a fine day.
A. turned out B. turned up C. turned over D. turned off
16. He __________the army and made his dream come true if it had not been for his mother’sobjection.
A. should havejoined B. could havejoined
C. shouldjoin D. couldjoin
17. If you can’tfix the machine before 3 p.m., I’ll ______________ your job.
A. take down B. take over

C. receive D. resist
18. Jane’s parentsboth live abroad, so she was __________ by her aunt.
A. brought up B. brought about
C. broughtout D. brought in
19. The blackclouds are gathering; it will rain______________.
A. at the time B. at one time
C. at the sametime D. at any time
20. It_______________ around nine o’clock when I drove back home because it wasalready dark.
A. had to be B. must have been
C. was to be D. must be

Part II Fill inthe blanks with the words or expressions given below. Change the forms wherenecessary.

mature
well up
parallel



essential
as far as
set aside


in some cases
count for much
buildup
bear
dwellon


tragedy
promptly survive


wearout
trait
halfway
entirely
academic get across
resemble
preference despite embarrass

21. The marathonrunner had to give up _________ because he couldn’t endure the pain in hisstomach.
22. You’ll noticethat this railway runs roughly _________ to a river.
23. The newapproach is truly new—it differs _________ from the old one.
24. He wasseriously ill for two months. As a result, his _________ work suffered and hefell behind.
25. Try to_________ at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary.
26. Generosity isone of his most pleasing __________.
27. Usually it isthe best students who get the highest scores on achievement tests. But__________ this may not be true.
28. He haddifficulty ________ his meaning ________ to the audience.
29. She didn’tthrow away the stockings until they were so ___________ that they couldn’t bemended anymore.
30. Of all thesorrows she had to _________, none was so great as her son’s being born blind.
31. The twinbrothers ___________ each other not only in appearance but also in character.
32. Don’t___________ the past—try and be more positive.
33. I was really__________ when I knocked the cup of tea over my teacher.
34. He earns $$200 a week and has little money for anythingexcept the __________ of life.
35. Knowing how tomake the most of your abilities _____________ than working hard.
36. Do you haveany ____________ for a particular kind of music?
37. Thanks to theintensive care of the zoo-keepers, the animals there managed to _ __________the severe winter last year.
38. As she readthe letter tears _____________ in her eyes.
39. ___________the fact that there are almost no hope of finding the missing boy, the searchparty still went on looking.
40. When she foundher child was running a high fever, she __________ took him to hospital.

Part III Cloze
Directions: Fill in each of the blanks with anappropriate word according to the Texts of the first three units.

As I41)g___________ came to understand all of this, I could see why everyone in Japanreacted to me as they did. I also 42)r____________ that
my English- languagestudents are having a 43)s___________ problem. When they speak English inclass, they are 44)s___________ holding

Japanese-style conversations. Eventhough I understand these cultural 45)d_____________ better now, the problemscreated by these different
46)s___________ of talking are still real. When you’vebeen playing one ballgame for your entire life, it is very hard to 47)s__________to another.

As Stevie Wonder grew into 48)a___________, hebegan to get 49)t___________ of the way the Motown company controlled all
50)a___________of his career. He wanted to write and 51)p___________ his own songs, but theMotown company thought it was
52)u____________ to change a winning 53)f____________.

Themain reason for 54)d___________ a better vocabulary is to receive and send out 55)t__________better. Not just words – but ideas that words
56)r____________. The person witha good vocabulary is impressive, it’s true. But he or she is also better ableto get 57)a___________ and
understand complex thoughts.

Howdo A students like these do it? 58)B___________ aren’t the only answer. Themost gifted students do not 59)n____________ perform best in
exams. Knowing howto make the most of one’s abilities 60)c___________ for much more.

Part IV Wordformation
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words given inthe brackets of their proper form.
61. Top student allowno _______________ of their study time. (interrupt)
62. Children havea natural _____________ about the world around them. (curious)
63. What you are saying is very___________ to the point under discussion. It’s out of point. (relevant)
64. The steady _______ of ournational economy guarantees the steady improvement of our living standards.(grow)

65. Being an A student in highschool seemed to offer little ________ I would be able to survive college.(assure)
66. Health insurance, bydefinition, is a product you buy in ____________ of future needs.(anticipate)
67. This writer’s ________style has made his books readable even to teenagers. (conversation)
68. Throwing down his paperwith a snort of____________, the teacher stumped across to the door. (patient)
69. She needs some comfort, butI really can’t think of anything _________ to say. (suit)
70. That was an __________performance from such a young table tennis player. (impress)
71.
72.
___________difficulty.
73.
when they hear it. (communicate)
74.
75. I choose the likely man in _________tothe rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. (prefer)
76. A truly great book should beread in youth, again in __________ and once more in old age, as a fine buildingshould be seen by morning light, at
noon and by moonlight. (mature)
77.
78.
79. It is not worth anintelligent man's time to be in the majority. By _____________, there arealready enough people to do that. (define)
80. I am not in this world tolive up to other people's ____________, nor do I feel that the world must liveup to mine. (expect)
Part V Translation
Section A: Translate the following sentences intoEnglish.
81. 成绩优秀的学生未必比他们得分较低的同学在学习上花费更多的时间。
82. 用功是重要的，但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。

83. 在谈及美国英语和英国英语的差别时，他说：“美国和英国毕竟是两个不同的国家。”
84. 学好一门外语决非易事。尽管我已学了几年英语，我仍然不能有效地用这种语言表达思想。
85. 车祸之后，史蒂威重新评价了自己的人生目标，决定更多地注意外部世界。

Section B: Translatethe following sentences into Chinese.
86. In a lecture on economics,for example, curious students would ask how the Chinese economy could be bothsocialist and market-driven, thus,
interesting themselves not only in whats,but also in whys and hows.
87. Everyone waits until yourball has reached the end of the lane, and watches to see if it knocks down allthe pins, or only some of them, or none of
them.
88. To try to become somethingwe really aren’t is just as wrong as living the unrealistic, interior image wemay have.
89. As Mark Twain put it, thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween the lightning bug and the
lightning.
90. Soon I would be on my own,making my own decisions, doing what I wanted without someone looking over myshoulder and it meant going to
school with boys—a welcome change coming from anall-girl school.





















Key: Part I
1-10 BACCB ABADA
11-20 DDDCABBADB
Part II
halfway
parallel
entirely
academic
set aside

traits
in some cases
getting across
worn out
bear
resemble
dwell on
embarrassed
essentials
counts for much more
preference
survive
welled up
Despite
promptly

Part III
41-47 gradually realized similar still differences styles switch
48-53 adulthood tired aspects produce unwise formula
54-57 developing thoughts represent across
58-60 Brains necessarily counts
Part IV
61-70 interruptions curiosity irrelevant growth assurance anticipation conversational
impatience suitable impressive
71-80 responsibility original communication resemble preference maturity conqueror harmony definition expectations
Part V
81. High-achieving students donot necessarily put in more time on their studies than their lower-scoringclassmates.
g hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of one’s abilitiescounts for much more.
83. Referring to thedifferences between American English and British English, he said, “the UnitedStates and Britain are, after all, two different
countries.”
84. It is no simple easymatter to learn a foreign language well. Even though I have learned English fora few years, I still can’t express myself
effectively in the language.
85. After the car accident, Stevie reevaluated hisgoals in life and decided to pay more attention to the world outside.
86.在经济学课上 ，好奇的学生会问，中国经济怎么可能即是社会主义的又是市场驱动的，从而使他们不仅对于“什么”而且对于“ 为什么”
和“怎么样”产生兴趣。
87. 人人都等着球滚到球道的终端，看它是击倒了所有的球柱，还是只击倒了其中几个，还是一个都没击倒。
88.试图成为与真实自我不相符合之人的做法，和身体力行那种可能是我们自设的、与现实不符的自卑意象一 样糟糕。
89.正如马克吐温所说，正确的词和几乎正确的词之间的差别就如同萤火虫和闪电之间的差别。 90.很快我将自立，凡事自己决定，想干什么就干什么，不会再有人来管头管脚；而且这还意味着可以和男 孩子一起上学——相对多年的女
子中学生活来说，这不失为一种可喜的变化。



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