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专升本英语复习资料
I.
Vocabulary and Structure
1.
Tom was disappointed that most of the
guests ______ when he ______at the party.
A. had left, arrived
C. had left, had arrived
B. left, had arrived
D.
left, arrived
2.
Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known
that much of his collection ______ to the nation.
A. has left
B.
is to leave
C. leaves
D. is to be left
3.
The work
______ by the time you get here.
A. will have been done
C.
had been done
4.
It ______ for a week and the streets
were flooded.
A. has rained
C.
had been raining
5.
6.
7.
B. was rained
D. should have rained
B. is
done
D. would have done
Sorry, but we cannot go to San Diego.
Our cousins ____ to see us next Sunday.
A. come
B. are coming
C. have come
D. came
C. has been waiting
D.
has waited
The bus is late and Julie is
cold. She ____ for the bus for 10 minutes.
A. waits
B. waited
All of us think
it difficult to ______ the difference between the
two things.
A. talk
B. speak
C. lecture
D. tell
8.
George is so
______ in debt that he is afraid to show up in the
pub in case he meets his six creditors.
A. involved
B. concentrated
C. devoted
D. concerned
9.
A new situation is likely to ______
when the school leaving age is raised to 16.
A. rise
B. arise
C. happen
D. raise
10.
Be quiet!
It's rude to ______ people when they are speaking.
A. interfere
B.
introduce
C. interrupt
D. prevent
11.
The music
adviser taught her how to ______ a song to find
its mood and meaning.
A. compose
B. preserve
C. include
D.
analyze
12.
Rapid reading means reading something
fast just to ______ the general idea.
A. master
B. seize
C. grasp
D. imagine
13.
Finding it
difficult to ______ to the climate in the city, he
decided to move to the North.
A.
adopt
B. adapt
C. fit
D. suit
14.
They built strong walls round the town
as a ______ against the enemy.
A.
depend
B.
defend
C. defeat
D. defense
15.
The students
were not____to leave the classroom without an
adequate reason.
A. permitted
B. remitted
C. admitted
D. emitted
16.
I don’t think it is easy to ______ your
weight if keep on eating that way.
A. decrease
B.
reduce
C. decline
D. shorten
17.
The guide is
____ a line of tourists through the narrow passage
with the help of his torch.
ding
ning
ting
ring
18.
It _______
the village where we spent our holidays last
summer.
A. reminds me of
B. reminds me to
C. remembers me
of
D. remembers me to
19.
It’s too
expensive for me. I can’t _______it.
A. spend
B. cost
C. pay
D.
afford
20.
I didn’t know
what to do but then an idea suddenly______ to
me.
A. happened
B. entered
C. occurred
D. hit
21.
Mr. Wilson
said that he did not want to ______ any further
responsibilities.
A
. take on
B. bring on
C.
get on
D. carry out
22.
Dear, do send the children to bed. I
can't _______their noise any longer.
A.
put off
B. put up
C. stand up
23.
Will you please ______ my parcel at the
post-office as you pass?
A. pick out
B. pick up
C. take out
D.
take up
24.
In making such models, skills as well
as thorough knowledge of plant structure are
______.
A. called on
B. called up
C. called for
D.
called in
25.
The
little boy ______ his hiding place when he
coughed.
A
. gave
away
B. gave up
C. got away
D.
got in
D. put up with
26.
None of us
expected the chairman to ______ at the party. We
thought he was still in hospital.
A.
turn in
B. turn up
27.
When he heard the bad news, he ______
completely.
A. broke away
B. broke up
C.
broke down
D.
broke out
C. turn over
D.
turn down
28.
If
I had more time, I would ____ golf as a hobby.
in
on
up
over
29.
Would you
like me ______ the radio a bit?
A.
turning down
B. turned down
C. turn down
30.
Since the road is wet this morning,
______ last night.
A. it must have
rained
B. it must rain
C. it must be raining
D.
it must have been rained
31.
As teachers we should concern ourselves
with what is said, not what we think ______.
A. ought to be said
B. must say
C. have to be said
D. need to say
32.
You ______
all those calculations. We have a computer to do
that sort of thing.
A. must not have
done
B. should not have
C. can not have
done
33.
With all
this work on hand, he ______ to the cinema last
night.
A. mustn’t go
B. wouldn’t go
C. oughtn’t go
D. shouldn’t
have gone
“You _______her,
she is still in hospital.”
D. must not see
D.
needn’t have done
D. to turn down
34.
“I saw Mary
in the library yesterday.”
A. mustn’t have seen
B. could not see
C.
can’t have seen
35.
He regretted
______ the decision so hastily.
A. make
B. making
C. to make
D. have made
36.
The speech which he made ______ the
project has bothered me greatly.
A. being concerned
B.
concerning
37.
---
“ Joe doesn’t seem like
the same person.”
---
“______so much in the war
has made him more thoughtful.”
A. To have seen
B. Having seen
C.
His seeing
D. For him to see
C. be concerned
D.
concerned
38.
He
had no choice but ______ to see him.
A. to go
B.
went
C.
going
D.
go
39.
Although
young, Fred could resist ______ what to do and
what not to do.
A.
to be told
B. having been told
C. to have been told
D. being told
40.
No matter how
frequently ______, the works of Beethoven always
attract a large audience.
A. performing
B.
performed
C. to be performed
D. being performed
41.
The music was
so ______ that the audience were ______ to death.
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A. boring ..
bored
B. bored … boring
C. bored
…bored
D. boring
… boring
42.
When he came
back after an absence of 20 years, he found his
hometown completely ______.
A. changing
B. to be changed
C. to change
D. changed
43.
Some of the
experiments ______ in the book are easy to
perform.
A. being described
B. described
C. to be described
D. having been described
44.
I really
appreciate ______ to help me, but I am sure that I
can manage by myself.
A.
you to offer
B.
that you offer
C. your offering
D. that you are
offering
45.
He
should get used by now ______ Chinese food.
A. to eating
B. to eat
C. for eating
D. eating
46.
The manager
promised to keep me ______ of how our business was
going on.
A. to be informed
B. on informing
C. informed
47.
No one t
hought that John’s
suggestion was worth ______ .
A. to consider
B. considering
C. to be considered
D. of consideration
D.
informing
48.
The
young man got his motor bicycle tyre ______ early
this morning.
A. changed
B.
change
C. changing
D. be
changed
49.
______ enough money, they decided to
call off the construction project.
A.
Not to have raised
B. Not raising
C. Having not raised
D. Not having
raised
50.
While
reading the newspaper, ______.
A. a colorful advertisement caught my
eyes
B. my attention was
attracted by an advertisement
C. I was attracted by a colorful
advertisement
D. What attracted my eyes was a
colorful advertisement
51.
Weighing seven hundred pounds, ______.
A. she could not move the piano
B. the piano should not be moved
C. the piano was too heavy for her to
move
D. the piano was unable to move
52.
The factory
is said ______ last month.
A. to have
gone into production
B. to go into
production
C. to be gone
into production
D. to be going into production
53.
______ in an
atmosphere of simple living was what her parents
wished for.
A. The girl was educated
C. The girl to
be educated
54.
Having plenty of time, ______ .
A. we needn’t to have
h
urried
C. we didn’t need to
hurry
55.
______, little John did not reply.
A. When being asked what his name was
B. When asked
what his name was
C. When his
name was asked
D. When he is asked what is his name
56.
With its
expensive furniture and carefully ____ color
scheme, the room looked quite luxurious.
ng
B. there was no need for us to hurry
D. hurrying was not necessary
B. The girl educated
D. The
girl’s being educated
57.
Time ____, we
will arrange for the tourists to visit two or
three more remote spots of culture value.
s
ting
ted
be permitted
58.
All the
afternoon he worked in his study with the door
______.
A. to lock
B.
locking
C. lock
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D. locked
59.
The garden
requires ________.
A. watering
B.
being watered
C. to water
D. having watered
60.
We have
cooperated well with them many years for the
shared ______.
A. honour
B. reward
C.
benefit
D. prize
61.
I took the medicine, but it didn’t have
any ______ on me.
A. effect
B. relation
C.
touch
D. affect
62.
He said that
he’d like to take ______ of this opportunity to
co
-operate with you.
A.
benefit
B. advantage
C.
profit
D. occasion
63.
The new nurse
does not have much _____ in taking care of
patients.
A. experience
B.
regret
C. desire
D.
talent
64.
Electricity,
like other forms of ______, has greatly increased
in price.
A. strength
B. force
C.
power
D. energy
65.
Will you be
taking my previous experience into ______ when you
fix my salary?
A. possession
B. scale
C. mind
D. account
66.
I suggest that you put the dangerous
things out of the children’s ______.
A. control
B. reach
C.
order
D. sight
67.
When we had
finished dinner, George asked waiter to bring him
the ______.
A. tip
B. cost
C. menu
D.
bill
68.
My
father was born in Germany and still speaks
English with a German ______.
A.
pronunciation
B. accent
C.
relative
D.
sound
69.
They
have always been on good
with their next-door
neighbors.
A. terms
B.
friendship
C. relations
D.
connection
70.
Grandma told the story in a very sad
____ and we were all moved.
A. tune
B. tongue
C. tone
D.
ton
71.
The
telegram was based on information from a ______
source.
A. recent
72.
His health is
______.
A. as poor, if not poor than,
his sister
B.
poor as his
sister’s if not poor
D.
as poor, if not poorer than
sister’s
B. reliable
C. rare
D. private
C.
as poor as if not poorer
than, his sister’s
73.
The kite flew
______ in the sky and everyone spoke ______ of it.
A. high…highly
B.
highly…highly
C.
high…high
D. highly…high
74.
“Does your
wife regret paying six hundred dollars for the
fashionable dress?”
“Not at all. She would
gladly have paid ______ for it”
A. twice so much
B.
twice as much
C. as much twice
D.
so much twice
75.
Petrol is
manufactured from the ____oil we take out of the
ground.
A. raw
B. rough
C. tough
D. crude
76.
You are
making me ____with your stories of how hard the
examination is.
A. normal
B.
negative
C. nervous
D.
neutral
77.
I’ll
come with you ______ we don’t stay late. I need to
be up early tomorrow.
A.
even I
B. as long as
C.
so that
D. now that
78.
Even after I
washed the coat, it still had some ______ marks on
it.
A. weak
B. familiar
C. faint
D. regular
79.
Everyone in the room remained ______.
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A. happily and
friendly
B.
orderly and kindly
C.
happily and kindly
D. orderly and friendly
80.
Some people
think ______ about their rights than about their
duties.
A. much more
B. as much
C. too much
D. many more
81.
Apples are ______ in summer and cost a
lot.
A. rare
B. scarce
C. common
D. unusual
82.
In the future she hopes to go ______
for further studies.
A. away
B. abroad
C. outside
D. far
83.
The
new_____machine is a great help in the production
of this factory.
A. adequate
B. sufficient
C. efficient
D. effective
84.
Little John caught a ______ fish this
morning.
A. alive
B. alone
C. lonely
D. living
85.
The football match was televised ____
from the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
A live
B alive
C
living
D
lively
86.
The
more fruits and vegetables you eat,
____ chance of getting cancer you have.
A little
B
less
C the less
D the least
87.
He’s ______
to know the answer.
A.
likely
B. probable
C. maybe
D. probably
88.
It isn’t
quite ______ that he will he present at the
meeting.
A. right
B.
sure
C. certain
D. exact
89.
The examination I took yesterday wasn’t
very diffi
cult, but it was ______ long.
A. much rather
B. so much
C. too much
D.
much too
90.
It may rain, but I shall go out______;
I don’t mind the rain.
A.
anywhere
B. anyhow
C.
however
D. nevertheless
91.
He had not
______ made up his mind what attitude to adopt
towards her.
A. as yet
B.
as well
C. as
usual
D. as though
92.
I pulled the
handle _______I could.
A. so hardly as
B. as hardly as
C. so hard as
D. as hard as
93.
He is so shy
that he _______ speaks in the public.
A. often
B.
frequently
C. seldom
D. sometimes
94.
The story of
Mary is merely ______ of a poor farmer.
A. one
B. that
C. those
D. which
95.
The second-
hand car was not worth ______.
A. much
that
B. that much all
C. all that much
D. much all that
96.
_____of them
knew about the plan because it was a secret.
A. Some
B. Any
C. No one
D. None
97.
My car is not
so fashionable as ______.
A. he’s
B.
he
C. his
D.
hi
s’
98.
______ Tom
______ Mary can help me, for they are very busy.
A. Both; and
B. Neither; nor
C. whether; or
D. Either; or
99.
Do you know any other foreign language
______ English?
A. except
B.
but
C. besides
D. beside
100.
With five hungry children seated around
the table, the food disappeared ______.
A. in no time
B. at no time
C. ahead of
time
D. from time to
time
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101.
There is a
very big bridge ______ the river.
A.
above
B. on
C. over
D. below
102.
The chairman signed the document ______
the company.
A. instead of
B.
on behalf of
C. in place of
D. in case of
103.
It’s about
400 mm rain in this area a year ______.
A. above all
B. of all
C.
for average
D. on average
104.
In many
schools, students don’t have sufficient access
______ the library
.
A. to
B. of
C. into
D.
about
105.
The
traditional approach ______with complex problems
is to break them down into smaller ones.
A. in dealing
B.
to dealing
C. dealing
D. to deal
106.
The flyover at the crossing on the 6th
ring road is now ____ construction.
A.
under
B. in
C. at
D. with
107.
It’s the first turning ______ the left
after the traffic lights.
A.
by
B. in
C. on
D. for
108.
I know nothing about him ______he is a
teacher.
A. besides
B. in addition
C. except for
D. except that
109.
The heavy
snow could not keep us ______ going out to work.
A. from
B. on
C.
upon
D. up
110.
Jack works
so hard as he dreams _____owning his own house
soon.
A. to
B. of
C. with
D. on
111.
I suppose I can count _____you for help
in this matter.
A. of
B. on
C. at
D. to
112.
It was
difficult for him to buy good shoes because he had
such a big _____of feet.
A. pair
B.
size
C. couple
D. number
113.
It was raining again, ______ is very
bad for our crops.
A. it
B.
that
C. what
D. which
114.
I have two brothers, both ______ are
doctors.
A. of which
B. of
them
C. of whom
D. who
115.
______
doesn’t matter ______ they will come to the
meeting next month.
A.
It, whether
B. That, whether
C. If it, who
D. Whether, it
116.
The City
Football Team, ______ , meets every other day.
A. which I am a member
B. of
which I am a member
C.
that I am a member
D. of
that I am a member
117.
Our factory is much more productive
now. This year’s production
is five
times ______ it was ten years ago.
A.
what
B. that
C. than
118.
This is the
most difficult book ______ .
A.
what I have ever read
C.I have ever
read it
B. which I have ever read
D. that I have ever read
D.
as
119.
In order
to search for the escaped prisoner, the police
decide to question _____ comes along this road.
A.
who
B. whom
C. whoever
D. whomever
120.
The truth is
that it is only by studying history ______ we can
learn what to expect in the future.
A.
that
B. and then
C. by which
D. through which
121.
The people,
______ had been damaged by the flood, were given
help by the Red Cross.
A. all their
homes
B. of all whose
homes
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C. all of whose
homes
D. all of their
homes
122.
He has
made another wonderful discovery, ______ of great
importance to science and man.
A. which
I think is
B. which I
think it is
C. of which I think it is
D. I think
which is
123.
A
new television program teaches children ______ can
and should think about career development.
A. what
B. that they
C. both
D. whom they
124.
The chairman requested that ______.
A. the members should have studied the
problem more carefully
B. the problem
were more carefully studied
C. the problem could be studied with
more care
D. the members study the
problem more carefully
125.
Another advantage of the mass media is
______ it gives people the information they need
in their daily lives.
A.
what
B. whether
C. whenever
D. that
126.
They showed
us around the factory ______ is equipped with
modern machines.
A. in that
B. which
C. in which
D. what
127.
______ as
much as one-fourth of all timber harvested is not
used proved to be false.
A. The estimate
C.
They are estimated
128.
Do you know
______ ?
A. what time the movie starts
C. when does the movie start
B.
what time starts the movie
D. the movie
what time starts
B. It is estimated
that
D. The estimate that
129.
Perhaps the
days will come ____ people will be able to breathe
clean air in cities.
A. as
B.
when
C. while
D. sine
130.
To my
surprise, ____ turned out that Susan failed in the
examination.
A. this
B. what
C. it
D. as
131.
Jenny is the only one of the grade who
____ selected to school fashion-show team.
A. is
B. are
C.
has
D. have
132.
He told her
nothing, ______upset her.
A. that
B. for which
C. about which
D. which
133.
The reason ______I’m writing is to tell
you about a party on Saturday.
A. because
B. why
C. for
D. as
134.
Such a device ______ he was given
proved almost worthless.
A. as
B. like
C. that
D.
which
135.
Hardly
had we arrived home ______ we all sat down to
rest.
A. than
B. then
C. when
D. until
136.
____ when he saw his
wife
’
s face did Tom realize
the true meaning of her remark.
A. Just
B. Never
C.
Usually
D. Only
137.
______, he
failed in the examination.
A. Although
he didn’t work so hard as usual
C. Hard as he worked
B. As he worked harder than usual
D. Having worked harder
than usual
138.
Usually scientists test a theory for a
while ______ they accept it as true.
A.
before
B. after
C.
when
D. because
139.
The students didn’t manage to work out
the problem ______ their teacher had explained
how.
A. when
B.
until
C.
unless
D. as
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140.
--- Could I
borrow your dictionary?
---
I’d get it for you ______ I could
remember who last borrowed it.
A. except that
B.
unless
C. only if
D.
if only
141.
I knew him better, _______ I discovered
that my impression had been right.
A.
which
B. as
C. until
D.
unless
142.
Watch
your step
,
_____
you might fall into the water.
A. or
B. and
C. unless
D. but
143.
He is ______
strong a man ______ he can lift ten stones like
this one.
A
.
such…so
B.
such…that
C.
so…that
D. so
a…for
144.
It’s a pity that we should stay at home
when we have ______ weather.
A. so fine
B. so fine a
C. such a fine
D. such fine
145.
In the
nuclear power station we use ______ generator
______ is used in the common steam power station.
A. the same … as
B.
such … as
C. so
… as
D. as … as
146.
If the city
had built more homes for the poor in 1990, the
housing problems in that area now ______ so
serious.
A. wouldn’t have been
B. wouldn’t be
C. will not
have
been
D. shouldn’t have been
147.
The manager
recommended that that the product exhibition
______ early next month.
A. are to be
held
B. will be held
C. be held
D. must be held
148.
______ do it
myself than try to persuade such a silly fellow
like him.
A. I’d like
B. I’d like to
C. I’d better
D. I’d rather
149.
It is
essential that the application form ______ before
Friday morning.
A. shall be handed in
C. will be handed in
B. be handed in
D. must be handed in
150.
If I had a
bike, I ______ it to you yesterday.
A.
would have lent
B. would lend
C. would have lend
D.
could lend
151.
Jean thinks that if she ______ her job
she probably wouldn’t be able to earn so
much.
A. would have
to change
B. were to change
C. has changed
D. could have
changed
152.
Everybody has arrived. It’s time we
______ .
A. would start
B. shall start
C. started
D. had start
153.
Frankly
speaking, I’d rather you ______ anything about it
for the time being.
A.
didn’t do
B.
have done
C. do
n’t do
D. haven’t done
154.
Most people
come to realize that it is about time the
government ______ further measures to control the
population.
A. must take
B. is taking
C. takes
D. took
155.
Only by
shouting at the top of his voice ______.
A. he was able to make himself hear
C. was he able to make himself heard
B. he was able to make
himself heard
D. was he able to make
himself hear
156.
Hardly ______ his speech when he saw
the audience rise as one.
A. had he
finished
B. did he finish
C. he finished
157.
Linda
_______ at the dance tonight, nor will Peter.
A. can’t be
B. will be
C.
may not be
D. won’t be
D. he had finished
158.
They have
sent all the invitations to their relatives and
friends, ______?
A. have they
B. did they
C. haven’t they
D. didn’t they
159.
You never
told us why you were late for the party, _______?
A. weren’t you
B. did you
C. had you
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D.
didn’t you
160.
“_______ lately
?
I have not seen you for quite some
time.”
A. Where were you
gone
B.
Where did you go
D. Where have you been
C. Where were you going
II. Reading
Comprehension
Directions:
There are 12
reading passages in this part. Each passage is
followed by five questions. For each question
there are four suggested
answers marked
A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
This
is not the world we know. This world is controlled
by computers. Men and women can be seen, but they
are following orders given
to
them
by
machines.
The
machines
were
designed
by
mad
scientists,
but
at
some
point
even
the
mad
scientists
were
taken
over
by
their
super-inventions.
Does this sound familiar? You have
probably read something like it in magazines or
books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular?
One
of the reasons is that it reflects
the fears of many people; fear of the unknown,
fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear
of something that
is not completely
understood.
The fact is that every day
it seems that computers take control of another
area of our lives. Some factory jobs are now done
by robots and
the
robots
are
controlled
by
computers.
Our
bank
accounts
are
managed
by
computers.
At
the
airport,
our
tickets
are
sold
by
a
computer.
Certainly, many of these operations are
made more efficient by computers, but our
admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe
feelings. And
this lack of safety is
caused by the fact that we do not know how
computers do these things, and we really don’t
know what th
ey might do
next.
But we can find out
how computers work, and once we understand them,
we can use computers instead of worrying about
being used by
them. Today, there is a
new generation of computer wizards
(
奇才
) who know exactly how
computers get things done. These young men and
women,
usually
university
students,
are
happy
to
sit
for
hours,
sometimes
for
days,
designing
programs,
not
eating,
not
sleeping,
but
discovering what can be done by these
wonderful slaves which they have learned to
control. These computer wizards have learned to
use the
computer and search for new
tasks for their machines.
161. We can know that the scientists
who designed the machines _____________.
A. are careless in their daily life
C. are out of their mind
B. are unkind
and cruel
D. have great
abilities
162. The reason why many
people are afraid of computers is that
____________.
A. they don't know anything
about computers
B. they haven't really
understood computers
C. there are so
many computer games
A.
computers can be controlled by man
B.
there should be more people devoted to computers
C. only young people are interested in
computers
D. more time and energy is
required to control computers
164. This
passage is probably written to suggest that
____________.
A. some day
computers can deal with all human problems
B. computers can be used in place of
traveling to our jobs
C. people should
not fear computers
D. computer
technolog
y will not meet people’s needs
in various situations
165.
The author's attitude (
态度
)
towards widely used computers is_________.
A. positive
Passage Two
Knowledge is
power. But there is another thing we must
remember. An intelligent mind needs a strong body
to make it most useful.
B. anxious
C. worried
D.
curious
D.
computers are often down
163. The
author mentions computer wizards in order to point
out that ____________.
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There are a great many good exercises
for building up our bodies. Many of them may be
done indoors in rainy weather. Indoor exercises,
however, are never as helpful as those
taken out of doors because in the open air there
is more oxygen. The air in the house is not fresh.
But
out of doors it is very fresh,
especially in the morning.
But what
shall we play? There are a number of games such as
football, basketball, races and so on. Any game
with plenty of exercises is
good.
Do
not
neglect
your
health.
It
is
of
as
much
importance
as
your
mind.
Our
country
now
needs
people
with
creative
minds,
good
judgment, and healthy
bodies.
166. One who has an intelligent
mind is ______ .
A. very strong
B. very healthy
C. very clever
D.
very stupid
167. “An intelligent mind
needs a strong body to make it useful.” means
______ .
A. if you want
to make your strong body useful, you must have an
intelligent mind
B. in order to
make your intelligent mind useful, you must have a
strong body
C. to make your strong mind
and strong body most useful you need a strong body
D. if you have a strong body you will
have a strong mind
168. Which of the
following statements is true?
A.
Indoor exercises are as helpful as outdoor ones.
B. Indoor exercises are no more helpful
than outdoor exercises.
C. Neither
indoor exercises nor outdoor exercises are
helpful.
D. Outdoor exercises are
more helpful than indoor ones.
169. The
air in the house does not remain fresh very long.
It’s be
cause ______.
A.
the fresh air can’t come into the house
B. there is only a little fresh air
coming in and a little waste going out
C.
the air in the house can’t move at all
D. the house gives off wastes
170. Our country now ______ with
creative minds, good judgment and healthy bodies.
A. needs men and women
B. only needs men
C. only needs scientists
D.
does not need women but men
Passage Three
Survival is an
art. Survivors are artists. The best acting is
done in daily life, not on the stage. My late
uncle Sir Alexander Korda, the
motion-
picture producer who
could “charm money out of an empty safe”, was a
gifted survivor.
Once, a
group of investors called him in to complain that
he had lost 5 000 000 of their money. Most men
would have tried to defend
themselves.
Alex did not. “You are right,” he said quietly, “I
have been wasteful, and careless. I have chosen
the wrong scri
pts, paid too little
attention to the budgets. I am too old
for this business. I will retire. I
on
ly hope you will forgive
me.”
Within an hour, the
investors were busy encouraging Alex, cheering him
up. It was out of the question for him to resign;
they
wouldn’t
hear it. And
by lunchtime, Alex had 2 000 000 more of their
money and was back in the action again. When I
asked him if he was happy about
it, he
said, “No. They would have put up three or four
million, I think. Still, it’s a good lesson for
you to learn. Always s
ettle for less
than you
could get. It doesn’t hurt to
have a reputation as a gentleman.”
171. According to the author, Sir
Alexander Korda is an excellent artist because
______.
A. he is a motion-picture
producer
B. he knows well about how to survive
C. he had a gift to act in the movie
D.
he can get large amounts of money from investors
172. The phrase to “charm money out of
an empty safe” in the context means
.
A. to put all your money to
your savings account
B. to draw your
money back if it is not in a safe place
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C. to avoid
wasting money if you have an empty pocket
D. to be able to get money even if it
looks impossible
173. What would most
probably have happened if Sir Alexander Korda had
defended himself
?
A. He would resign and live miserably.
B. He would be considered a gentleman.
C. The investors would not forgive him.
D.
The investors would give him more money.
174. Alex did not defend himself
because
.
A. he hoped to have a happier life
B. his nature prevented him from doing
so
C. he wanted to test if he could give
the best acting
D. he knew the
way to cope with the investors
175.
Alex was not happy with the settlement because
.
A.
he thought he could have got more from the
investor
B. he didn’t teach
the author a good lesson
C.
he didn’t like the
way he behaved
D.
he lost his reputation as a gentleman
Passage Four
Time is the
biggest problem of most students. It becomes
particularly difficult when you have to do library
research for a term paper or
report.
Finding information in the library can take so
much time that many students avoid it until the
last possible minute.
Library research does not have to be
time consuming. If you learn to use a library
efficiently, you can save yourself a great deal of
time.
The exercises in this section are
designed to familiarize you with the library so
that you can find the information you need
quickly.
The
first
and
the
most
important
thing
to
know
about
a
library
is that
when
you
cannot
find
something,
ask
a
librarian
for
help.
The
librarians are paid not just to shelve
books, but to provide information and assistance.
The most helpful librarians are usually those who
work
in the reference room. They will
help you get started on a term paper and even help
you find material. There are two basic places to
begin
looking
for
information,
the
card
catalog
and
the
various
periodical
indexes.
The
card
catalog
is
a
list
of
all
the
books
in
the
library.
A
periodical index is a list of all the
magazine and journal articles written on any
subject.
176. According to the author,
finding information in the library needs a lot of
time, so students should ______.
A. avoid it until the last possible
minute
B. do library research
C. learn how to use it
efficiently
D.
save a great deal of time
177. It is the librarians’ duty to do
all the following things except______.
A. arranging and lending books
B.
helping students locate the needed books
C. helping students find needed
materials
D. helping students write their term
paper
178. In what way could a student
get familiarized with the library while reading
this section?
A. By doing the
exercises provided.
B. By asking the
librarians.
C. By looking into the
catalog part.
D. By reading in the reference room.
179. If you need to find a magazine
article in the library, the best way for you to do
is to ______.
A. look in the
card catalog
B.
look in the periodical indexes
C.
search through the bookshelves
D.
go to the reference room
180. The passage is taken from an
introduction of a chapter, and the title of the
chapter is probably ______.
A. Save Your Study Time
B. Using the
Library for Your Term Paper
C. Using the Library Efficiently
D. Library---
An Information Source
Passage Five
Every year just after Christmas the
January Sales start. All the shops reduce their
prices and for two weeks, they are full of people
looking for bargains. My
husban
d and I do not normally go to the
sales as we don’t like crowds and in any case are
short of money as we
have to buy lots
of Christmas presents.
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