大学英语专科A级试卷

英语系分层教学2011级专科2011 - 2012学年度秋学期

期末考试《大学英语A级》试卷（A）

答卷说明：本试卷共4页，6个大题，满分100分，120分钟完卷。

班号： _____________ 姓名 ______________

题号 ——一 二 三 四 五 六 总分

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I. Choose the best an swer for each bla nk. (20 poin ts, 1 point for each)

1. ----- Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.

A. I don't B. I won't C. I ca n't D. I have n't

2. The nu mber of people invited ______ fifty, but a nu mber of them __________ abse nt for differe nt reas ons.

A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were

3. The boy wan ted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ______ .

A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to

4. She told me two stories, but _____ of them was in teresti ng.

A. either B. both C. n either D. none

5. Which n ewspaper do you thi nk ___ young people in Australia?

A. most popular of B. is the most popular with

C. be most popular of D. are the most popular with

6. They were all tired, but ___ of them would stop to take a rest.

A. any B. some C. none D.n either

7. ---- What did you think of her speech?

---- She _____ for an hour but did't ____ much.

A. spoke; speak B. spoke; say C. said; speak D.said; say

8. If i had ____ . I'd visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places.

A. a long eno ugh holiday B. an eno ugh long holiday

C. a holiday eno ugh long D. a long holiday eno ugh

9. We'd better complete the job with ___ money and ____ people.

A. few; little B. less; fewer C. fewer; less D. more; more

10. Would you mi nd ____ me here at nine o'clock?

A. meet B. to meet C. meeti ng D. met

11. _____ the help of the guide dog , the old man ____ his son a visit.

A. Under; spe nt B. With; took

C. With; paid D. Un der; showed

12. I ofte n dream ___ my old frien ds.

A. to see B. see ing C. of see ing D. at see ing

13. We could n't help ____ whe n we heard the hero's story.

A. moving B. to move C. to be moved D.be ing moved得分 14. Whe n he became a famous poet he was ___ his early thirties.

A. in B. at C. after D. from

15. The new stude nt ____ well with other classmates.

A. got away B. got up C. got along D. got dow n

16. My friend Mary is becoming ____ in Chinese food.

A. more and less in terested B. more and more in terested

C. more and less in teresti ng D. more and more in terest ing

17. Mr. Brow n caught several fish and the n ____ , which he thought is a good way to spe nd time.

A. set it away B. set it free C. put them away D. set them free

18. The wi nd is ___ . Let's _____ the fence before a storm comes.

A. strong; stre ngthe n B. stre ngthe n; stre ngth

C. stre ngth; stre ngthe n D. stre ngthe ning; strong

19. After he ___ some coffee, he sat dow n to ____ some readi ng.

A. did; do B. did; make C. made; make D. made; do

20. ----- Nancy is not coming toni ght.

----- But she ___ ?

A. promises B. promised C. will promise D. had promised

II. Fill in each bla nk with a word or expressi on

give n below. Change the form where n ecessary.

(10 poin ts, 1 point for each)

appear in short have difficulty in lift th ink of form

bing …to an end hunt for as far as look forward to

21. This is great and most en couragi ng progress; ______ , a triumph.

22. We all __________________ your next visit to Naijing.

spe nding their holiday in France.

his frien dship with Mike..

_in many books.

26. I will help you _________________ i can.

27. The childre n _________________ a circle around her.

28. My old grandmother __________________ remembering things.

29. We've bee n _________________ the lost boy all over the tow n.

30. The guests __________________ their glasses to the health of the host.

III. Reading Comprehension (30 points,3 points for each)

Passage 1

There was once an ant that was very thirsty.

It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.

The n sudde nly, whe n the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.

The ant drank the water, which saved its life.

The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical

qualities and sudde nly the ant could speak the Ian guage of huma n bein gs.得分 得分

23. My pare nts are

24. His lies

25. This idea The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.

"Why are you sad?" asked the ant.

"I'm the prisoner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of

grain, barley （大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together."

"That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.

"I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!"