北师大心理学期末考试英语英语填空题

0492《大学英语三》完型填空复习题1.John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a good student when he was young. He was often late for ___1___ and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn't understand much, but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___2___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, ___3___ brother Bob was twenty, Jack is fifteen now and how old is his brother Bob?” John said, “That's easy. Bob is t wice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.”Another time, the ___4___ in a science class asked, “When it thunders (打雷), why do we always see the light before we ___5___ the sound?”“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don't you know our eyes are in front of our ears?”1. A. teacher B. his C. asked D. class E. hear答案：D2. A. teacher B. his C. asked D. class E. hear答案：C3. A. teacher B. his C. asked D. class E. hear答案：B4. A. teacher B. his C. asked D. class E. hear答案：A5. A. teacher B. his C. asked D. class E. hear答案：E2.What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep __1__ and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science. A museum can be a place __2__ art of Indians or animals. What is inside a museum? Some museums have old cars and airplanes. __3__ museums have pictures and statues (雕像). Others have rocks and old bones. One museum even has a coal mine inside! Many cities have museums. Some very small towns have museums, __4__. Indianapolis(印第安纳波利斯) has a children's museum. Children do not have to pay to get in. Children go to the museum often. They like to look at the dinosaur bones. They see a white bear ten feet tall. They go inside an old log cabin (小木屋). On Saturday, Indianapolis children can __5__ talks about animals and trees. They see movies.1. A. about B. hear C. old D. too E. Many答案：C2. A. about B. hear C. old D. too E. Many答案：A3. A. about B. hear C. old D. too E. Many答案：E4. A. about B. hear C. old D. too E. Many答案：D5. A. about B. hear C. old D. too E. Many答案：B3.We know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They give us many things, such as wood, oxygen, rubber, medicines and many other things. They can __1__ tell us a lot about our climate. The following are the reasons. If you cut across a tree, you can see that it has many rings. Most trees grow one new ring __2__ year. Because of the reason, we know how old a tree is. A tree over a hundred years old means that it has more than a hundred __3__. When the climate is dry or very cold, the trees do not grow very much and their rings are usually thin. When it is wet and warm, the rings are much thicker. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick, this means that the __4__ changed suddenly. If we look at the rings on this tree, we can learn about the climate for a hundred years. We can see __5__ our climate is changing today.1. A. climate B. rings C. every D. also E. how答案：D2. A. climate B. rings C. every D. also E. how答案：C3. A. climate B. rings C. every D. also E. how答案：B4. A. climate B. rings C. every D. also E. how答案：A5. A. climate B. rings C. every D. also E. how答案：E4.A young man goes into a shop. He wants to buy a watch. He sees a watch that he likes, but the man in the shop ___1___ ninety pounds for it. At that time a boy comes into the shop, takes the watch out of the man's ___2___ and runs out. When the man in the shop runs out into the street, the boy is already among the people.The young man goes ___3___. At the next corner he sees the boy with the stolen watch ___4___ his hand. “Would you like to buy a fine watch, sir?” he says in a low voice. “It is only fifty pounds.” The young man pays at once, and goes back to his room. His friend takes a look ___5___ the watch and says, “This watch isn't worth even ten pounds. I think that they planned this together.” When he hears this, the young man is very disappointed.1. A. at B. asks C. hand D. away E. in答案：B2. A. at B. asks C. hand D. away E. in答案：C3. A. at B. asks C. hand D. away E. in答案：D4. A. at B. asks C. hand D. away E. in答案：E5. A. at B. asks C. hand D. away E. in答案：A5.As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father. She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __1__ satisfied with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost knocked you over in their hurry in order to __2__ something cheap ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show. "They are __3__ silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __4__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was certainly to please him.When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __5__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so surprised that she could not saya single word.1. A. find B. only C. excitement D. always E. real答案：D2. A. find B. only C. excitement D. always E. real答案：A3. A. find B. only C. excitement D. always E. real答案：E4. A. find B. only C. excitement D. always E. real答案：B5. A. find B. only C. excitement D. always E. real答案：C6.For thousands of years, people thought of glass as something beautiful to look at. Only recentlydo they come to __1__ it as something looked through. Stores __2__ their goods in large glass windows. Glass bottles and jars that hold food and drink allow us __3__ the contents. Glass is used to make spectacles, microscopes, telescopes, and __4__ very useful and necessary objects, and glasses, are used by people who can not see perfectly or by people who want to protect their eyes __5__ bright light.1. A. think of B. to see C. display D. from E. many other答案：A2. A. think of B. to see C. display D. from E. many other答案：C3. A. think of B. to see C. display D. from E. many other答案：B4. A. think of B. to see C. display D. from E. many other答案：E5. A. think of B. to see C. display D. from E. many other答案：D7.The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not invented earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced ___1___ long after he died.A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ___2___, most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel tired if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___3___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars. And in this way, the situation is made more serious. ___4___ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths only for bicycles, and to make ___5___ so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bicycles.1. A. Perhaps B. it C. countries D. more dangerous E. until答案：E2. A. Perhaps B. it C. countries D. more dangerous E. until答案：C3. A. Perhaps B. it C. countries D. more dangerous E. until答案：D4. A. Perhaps B. it C. countries D. more dangerous E. until答案：A5. A. Perhaps B. it C. countries D. more dangerous E. until8.A very new, young officer was at a railway station. He was on his way to visit his mother in __1__ town. He wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train, __2__ she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked at all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went on and looked __3__ for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Can you change the money for me?""Wait a moment," the soldier answered, and he began to put his hand in his __4__ "I'll see whether I can help you.""Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young officer said angrily "Now let's __5__ again, Can you change the money for me?""No, sir," the old soldier answered quickly.1. A. another B. start C. around D. pocket E. so that答案：A2. A. another B. start C. around D. pocket E. so that答案：E3. A. another B. start C. around D. pocket E. so that答案：C4. A. another B. start C. around D. pocket E. so that答案：D5. A. another B. start C. around D. pocket E. so that答案：B9.Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be fun to raise worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in __1__, he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not put them in a warm place.The next spring Jody __2__ again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside, so they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was from the state of New York. The letter said, " Everyone who __3__ things has to pay taxes!" Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still had to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had __4__. Soon some people from a television station talked with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was __5__. Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.1. A. sells B. tried C. unfair D. spring E. happened答案：D2. A. sells B. tried C. unfair D. spring E. happened3. A. sells B. tried C. unfair D. spring E. happened答案：A4. A. sells B. tried C. unfair D. spring E. happened答案：E5. A. sells B. tried C. unfair D. spring E. happened答案：C10.Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he __1__ a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr Baker. He gave his thanks to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his home. Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were __2__ with him.Mr. Baker loved planting __3__. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the __4__ himself and watered them every day. Several days later, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, "Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.""Don't worry about them." answered Billy. Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked," Has anyone ever come to steal the trees?" "No, sir," said Billy, "To stop someone from stealing the trees, I __5__ them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!"1. A. pleased B. garden C. pulled D. trees E. found答案：E2. A. pleased B. garden C. pulled D. trees E. found答案：A3. A. pleased B. garden C. pulled D. trees E. found答案：D4. A. pleased B. garden C. pulled D. trees E. found答案：B5. A. pleased B. garden C. pulled D. trees E. found答案：C11.Do you know the story about the fox and the grapes? A fox is ___1___ food. He is very hungry. Now, he stands near a wall. The wall is very ___2___.The fox is looking up. He sees a lot of fine grapes ___3___ the wall. He smiles and says, "How nice they are! I want to eat them."The fox jumps and jumps, but the wall is too high. He ___4___ get the grapes.The fox says, "I must go now. I don't like those grapes. They are green. They are not ___5___ to eat."1. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：A2. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：D3. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：C4. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：E5. A. looking for B. good C. on D. high E. can't答案：B12.William J. Sidis, was born in 1898. __1__ father was an American psychiatrist. At the age of six months, William knew the English alphabet; he could read and write when he was two. When he was eight years __2__, young Sidis had completed both elementary and high school. At the age of nine, William entered Harvard University.As a __3__ at Harvard, Sidis displayed phenomenal knowledge in the field of mathematics, often amazing his professors. He graduated with honors __4__ the age of 16 and became a full professor of mathematics at the university at 19.The story of William J. Sidis unfortunately, does not end happily. This brilliant ex-genius died a lonely death in 1943 in a hotel room __5__ New York.1. A. student B. at C. in D. old E. His答案：E2. A. student B. at C. in D. old E. His答案：D3. A. student B. at C. in D. old E. His答案：A4. A. student B. at C. in D. old E. His答案：B5. A. student B. at C. in D. old E. His答案：C13.Water is the most important of all the things we eat and ___1___. Not many people understand this, but it's quite ___2___. The human body can go without food for a long time, yet two or three days without water can usually make people die.Many people don't know how ___3___ water the human body needs to work well, and many people do not drink enough,___4___in hot weather. Our body is mostly water about 67%--75%. If we don't have enough, we'll feel ___5___ and many will get ill. So, you know, how important the water isto us all.1. A. much B. tired C. even D. true E. drink答案：E2. A. much B. tired C. even D. true E. drink答案：D3. A. much B. tired C. even D. true E. drink答案：A4. A. much B. tired C. even D. true E. drink答案：C5. A. much B. tired C. even D. true E. drink答案：B14.Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be ___1___ life on earth. All animals and plants need water. Man need water, too. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ___2___.Water ___3___ almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the would there is some water in the air. You can not see it or feel it when it is part of the air. The water ___4___ seas and rivers is a liquid. The water in the air is not a liquid but a gas.Clouds are made of water. They may ___5__ made of very small drops of water. Water, you have found, is very useful, so we must save water.1. A. ourselves B. is found C. be D. in E. no答案：E2. A. ourselves B. is found C. be D. in E. no答案：A3. A. ourselves B. is found C. be D. in E. no答案：B4. A. ourselves B. is found C. be D. in E. no答案：D5. A. ourselves B. is found C. be D. in E. no答案：C15.Scientists hope that if we can discover __1__ the brain works, the better use we will be able to put it to. For example, how do we learn language? Man differs most from all the animals in his ability to learn and use language __2__ we still do not know exactly how this is done. Some children learn to speak and read and write when they are very young compared to __3__ children. But scientists are not sure why this happens. They are trying to find out __4__ there is something about the way we teach language to children which in fact prevents children __5__ learning sooner.1. A. but B. how C. from D. whether E. average答案：B2. A. but B. how C. from D. whether E. average答案：A3. A. but B. how C. from D. whether E. average答案：E4. A. but B. how C. from D. whether E. average答案：D5. A. but B. how C. from D. whether E. average答案：C16.English is widely used. It __1__ by people in England, Australia and the United States. In Sweden, France and many other countries, a lot of people understand English, too. It is one of the __2__ languages at international meetings. Most international business letters are __3__ in English. Many books and magazines are printed in English, too. English __4__ be difficult, but it is very useful. It is a bridge to so much knowledge. If you know English, you'll find you can __5__ the world better, so we should study it hard.1. A. written B. may C. is spoken D. learn E. working答案：C2. A. written B. may C. is spoken D. learn E. working答案：E3. A. written B. may C. is spoken D. learn E. working答案：A4. A. written B. may C. is spoken D. learn E. working答案：B5. A. written B. may C. is spoken D. learn E. working答案：D17.Mike was a small boy, and he hated soap and water. Three or four times every day his mother said to him, "Mike, your hands are very __1__ again. Go and wash them." But Mike never really washed them well. He only put his hands in the water for a few seconds and then took them __2__ again.Mike's uncle and aunt lived in another city. One day they came to stay with Mike's parents, and they brought their small son, Ted, with them. Ted was a year __3__ than Mike, and he didn't like soap and water either.The boys sat with their parents __4__ a few minutes, but then they went outside. When they were alone, Mike looked at Ted's hands and then said proudly, "My hands are dirtier than __5__.""Of course they are," Ted answered angrily. "You're a year older than I am."1. A. yours B. for C. out D. younger E. dirty答案：E2. A. yours B. for C. out D. younger E. dirty答案：C3. A. yours B. for C. out D. younger E. dirty答案：D4. A. yours B. for C. out D. younger E. dirty答案：B5. A. yours B. for C. out D. younger E. dirty答案：A18.A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much to get a nice-looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it so much that he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop asked five hundred dollars for it.___1___ the American was hesitating, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took ___2___out of the owner's hand and ran out with it. It all happened in a few seconds. When the owner ran out ___3___the street, the young man had already disappeared among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw the young man with the stolen watch in his hand, “Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he said in a low voice, “It's only a hundred dollars.”“The young man doesn't know I saw him stealing the watch just now,” he thought. The American paid at once and went happily back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about the fine watch. His friend ___4___ a look at the watch and started to shout immediately. He said, “You are a fool. This watch is worth only ten dollars. I'm ___5___the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”1. A. into B. sure C. took D. While E. the watch答案：D2. A. into B. sure C. took D. While E. the watch答案：E3. A. into B. sure C. took D. While E. the watch答案：A4. A. into B. sure C. took D. While E. the watch答案：C5. A. into B. sure C. took D. While E. the watch答案：B19.Man has always wanted to fly. Even as long as eight hundred years ago, an Englishman had tried. He made a pair of __1__ from chicken feathers and fixed them to his shoulders. Then he jumped froma tall building. As you can imagine, he did not fly very far. __2__, he fell to the ground and broke several bones. The first real attempt at flying took place in France in 1783. The two Mongolian brothers knew that hot air rose. If they could fill a large balloon with hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and __3__. They were right. They made a very large hot air balloon of cloth and paper. It measured ten meters in diameter. They filled it with hot air and the balloon got two hundred meters into the air. It fell to earth about three kilometers __4__.At the next attempt, they arranged for a balloon to carry passengers. We do not know what the passengers felt about the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep. But we __5__ know that the trip lasted eight minutes and the animals landed safely.1. A. Instead B. wings C. do D. away E. fly答案：B2. A. Instead B. wings C. do D. away E. fly答案：A3. A. Instead B. wings C. do D. away E. fly答案：E4. A. Instead B. wings C. do D. away E. fly答案：D5. A. Instead B. wings C. do D. away E. fly答案：C20.An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___3___ to me now?""Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?""No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."1. A. happen B. didn't C. nothing D. all the E. worry答案：D2. A. happen B. didn't C. nothing D. all the E. worry答案：C3. A. happen B. didn't C. nothing D. all the E. worry答案：A4. A. happen B. didn't C. nothing D. all the E. worry答案：E5. A. happen B. didn't C. nothing D. all the E. worry答案：B21.Being not far from the sea, London is famous __1__ its fogs. The worst of them happened on December 4,1952. All movement in the town came to a stop. It was almost impossible to drive or ride in anything. The streets which led into the center were filled with __2__ that moved two miles an hour. Soon, however, the traffic was stopped. Being left by their drivers, the buses and cars stood empty in the streets. Many who usually travel by bus took underground (地铁). But there were __3__ many people there that the gates had to be closed. Being caught in the fog, people felt their way along the walls of houses with one hand, while they put out __4__ in front of them so as not to knock against something or somebody.At the Opera House (大歌剧院) they got through the first act of La Traviata before so much fog had spread into the building that the __5__ could not see the conductor (乐队指挥).It was a terrible fog, indeed, and as many as 4,000 people in London lost their lives.1. A. buses B. the other C. for D. singers E. so答案：C2. A. buses B. the other C. for D. singers E. so答案：A3. A. buses B. the other C. for D. singers E. so答案：E4. A. buses B. the other C. for D. singers E. so答案：B5. A. buses B. the other C. for D. singers E. so答案：D22.Mumu is a Chinese boy. But now he___1__in the UK. He lives and ___2__ with Mr and Mrs Green in London. They are very nice to him. But they like different food.For breakfast, Mr and Mrs Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruits. Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn't like vegetables at the breakfast time.Lunch is at one ___3___. Mr and Mrs Green usually have large hamburgers. Mumu doesn't like them. He thinks they're ___4___. He would like some rice. After that, he'd like some fruits. ___5___ Mr and Mrs Green usually have afternoon tea.For dinner, Mr and Mrs Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit. Mumu wouldn't like any beef, he'd like some noodles.1. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad答案：B2. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad答案：A3. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad答案：D4. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad答案：E5. A. eats B. is C. But D. o'clock E. bad答案：C23.From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and __1__ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own interests.There are many different ways to spend our free time. Almost everyone has some kind of __2__. It may be something from colleting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money, others are valuable only to their owners.I know a man who has a coin collection worth several __3__ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which cost him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 kinds of them, but I wonder __4__ they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. __5__ makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.1. A. thousand B. of C. Nothing D. enjoy E. hobby答案：D2. A. thousand B. of C. Nothing D. enjoy E. hobby答案：E3. A. thousand B. of C. Nothing D. enjoy E. hobby答案：A4. A. thousand B. of C. Nothing D. enjoy E. hobby答案：B5. A. thousand B. of C. Nothing D. enjoy E. hobby答案：C24.The hippopotamus（河马）, or hippo, lives in the hot part of Africa. __1__ humans, dogs, andwhales, it is a mammal（哺乳动物. That is, its babies are born alive, and they drink milk from the mother's body.The hippopotamus is a large grey animal with a big head and mouth. It __2__ four tons, or about 4,000 kilograms. Its stomach is seven meters long, and it eats only plants. It is a mammal, but it spends a lot of time in the water.During the day, it sleeps beside a river or a lake. Sometimes it wakes up. Then it goes under the water to get some __3__ for food and never catches fish or hunts other animals. It can close its nose and stay under water for ten minutes. Its ears, eyes, and nose are high up on its head. It can stay with its body under the water and only its ears, eyes, and nose above the water. Then it can breathe the air.At night, the hippo walks on the nearby land and looks for food. It never goes very __4__ the water.A baby hippo often stands on its mother's __5__-- the part of the body between the neck and legs. The mother looks for food underwater. The baby rides with a sure footing on her mother above the water.1. A. far from B. weighs C. plants D. Like E. back答案：D2. A. far from B. weighs C. plants D. Like E. back答案：B3. A. far from B. weighs C. plants D. Like E. back答案：C4. A. far from B. weighs C. plants D. Like E. back答案：A5. A. far from B. weighs C. plants D. Like E. back答案：E25.While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no __21__ of teaching my chances of getting the job were slight.However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It was clearly the headmaster himself __22__ open the door. He was short and round."The school," he said, "is made up of one class of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different __23__. And I was disappointed at the thought of teaching maths, a subject at which I wasn't very good at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of __24__ to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be enjoying themselves at that time.。