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9. It was already a ______________ when two weeks later the police found his stolen car and he had to buy a new one.
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10.The ______________ of the setting sun reddened the stream.
课程名称： 基础英语精读（一） 考试时间：100分钟 11.Buses run along specific routes with ______________ stops at 命题人 赵小云 2012 年 11 月 27 日 ______________ time. 审批人 2012 年 12月 28 日 12.The former lake bed is now a ______________ plain producing good crops 使用班级：61271P 考试成绩： 。
of wheat.
13.Only the hope that the rescuers were getting nearer ______________ 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 总分 阅卷人 the trapped miners.
得分 14.The police believed that the reason they failed to find anything suspicious in that guy’s bag was that members of the gang Part ⅠFill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the following
______________ bags at the airport.
box. Change the form where necessary. （10 minutes） 15.______________ world peace, we must promote mutual understanding among nations with different social systems.
practically schedule accurate grasp Part Ⅱ Complete the following, using the words or phrases in brackets.
wreck sufficient glow switch Make additions or changes where necessary. (5 minutes)
precise sustain handle convey 16.Mrs. Green is very dull as a lecturer. He’s ______________ and
fertile rigid survive previous old-fashioned, and doesn’t seem to have the faintest idea of how
in terms of put across do with in the interest of ______________. I always get ______________ his lectures. (rigid,
inspire, bore)
1. Our manager is so _______________ in his thinking, he never listens 17.My professor assigned me some ______________ books on computers to to new ideas.
read. Unfortunately they ______________ in our school library. I 2. It’s ______________ impossible to get home in less than an hour when ______________ worried about it. (available, kind of, reference) the traffic is heavy.
18.True it is hard to make accurate predictions, but ______________ 3. The job is great ______________ advancement but the starting salary growth of the information industry ______________ that this line of is rather low.
products ______________ profitable. (highly, steady, ensure) 4. It was thought that he had committed the crime, but thee wasn’t 19.You can spend hours wandering around the department stores, leisurely ______________ evidence against him.
inspecting the items ______________, or ______________ some antiques 5. The earth’s atmosphere makes ______________ observation of distant along the sidewalks, where you’ll most likely ______________ the stars difficult.
variety of things on display. (hunt, for sale, amaze)
6. Words cannot ______________ how grateful we are for his timely help. 20.Lots of ______________ that the lost ancient tunnel must have run 7. It seems the government has not yet ______________ the seriousness right ______________ the city, ______________ the seashore. (extend, of the problem.
convince, evidence, underneath) 8. There’ll certainly be some problems, but nothing that you can’t
______________.
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Part Ⅲ Choose the best answer for each of the following: (15 minutes) 21.Virginia is famous ______________ the birthplace of American presidents.
A. for B. to C. as D. in 22.John is so hungry ______________ success that he’ll spare no efforts to achieve it.
A. for B. of C. to D. at
23.Old habit dies hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit ______________.
A. takes out B. takes up C. takes hold D. takes place 24.The whole village ______________ to welcome him.
A. turned in B. turned off C. turned on D. turned out 25.She continues to lead a ______________ life.
A. respectful B. respective C. respect D. respectable
26.I was so hungry all the time that I could not ______________ the diet for longer than a month. A. keep up with B. keep up C. keep off D. keep out of
27.Some educators are hoping to ______________ major changes in the educational system.
A. bring about B. bring forward C. bring up D. bring back 28.He is very good at ______________ his ideas. A. putting across B. putting aside C. putting off D. putting through
29.He ______________ several people who didn’t have the tickets. A. turned out B. turned away C. turned in D. turned into 30.The bottle’s ______________ is about 100ml. A. ability B. capability C. proficiency D. capacity 31.They ______________ the workers of the city to support the strike. A. called off B. called on C. called in D. called away 32.An aquiline nose was her best ______________.
A. personality B. characteristic C. feature D. character 33.The railway industry must keep pace with the growing demand ______________ transportation.
A. to B. for C. at D. in 34. Professor Smith’s devotion ______________ IT, i.e. information technology.
A. at B. in C. of D. to
35.Susan was not informed ______________ the reasons why she was dismissed.
A. of B. to C. at D. with
36.If the doctor had not told me to go on a diet, I ______________ as much again.
A. eat B. can eat C. ate D. could have eaten
37.We really should meet ______________ soon to discuss the details of the plan.
A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. a time
38.I was so completely absorbed ______________ the game on TV that I didn’t hear Martin come in.
A. in B. of C. at D. to 39.Pavlov ran a bell every time he gave food to a dog. Soon the dog started to associate the sound of the bell ______________ the smell of food.
A. by B. of C. with D. at 40.I noticed she avoids ______________ any reference to her first husband in her latest book.
A. to make B. to do C. doing D. making
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension: (20 minutes)
Learning to Read – in College
The Timkens sent their child Laura off to college with a check for $7,000 in tuition（学费） and thought that was the end of it. But soon after they received a letter from the dean of studies （教务主任）.
“We are happy to announce that we have started a remedial reading class for college freshmen and strongly advise that your daughter Laura participate in it. If she doesn’t, it is our opinion that Laura will not be able to keep up with her studies. The cost will be $250.”
Timken read the letter. “I thought Laura could read,” he said to his wife.
“So did I. I think the problem is she can read, but she does not understand what she reads.”
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“What did they teach her in public school and high school?” “I have no idea, but if the college says she needs remedial reading we’d better see that she gets it or $7,000 will be thrown away.”
A few days later they got another letter from the dean.
“The English Department has informed us that your daughter Laura cannot write. They have suggested that she enroll in(报名参加) the remedial writing class. We started it two years ago when we discovered this was a common problem for most college students. If you agree that Laura should get this special help, please send a check for $250.”
Timken was angry now.
“How did she get in college if she can’t write?”
Mrs. Timken was much more optimistic about it. “Laura can write. She just can’t write complete sentences.”
“She went to school for 12 years and she can’t write a sentence?” Timken said, “They made an illiterate out of my daughter!”
“Oh, I believe that’s a bit strong, I’m sure, anyway, the college can help her learn to write. After all, it is an institution of higher learning.”
“So now we have to pay $250 for something they should have taught her in grammar school?”
“Don’t you remember what the principal said years ago? It was the school’s responsibility to make good citizens out of the students, and the parents’ responsibility to teach the children to read and write. It seems that we’re the ones who failed.”
Timken sent in the check, and was not surprised to find another letter waiting for him a week later.
It read: “We have found that no one in the freshman class can add, multiply, subtract or divide simple sums. We feel it is urgent that this deficiency (缺陷) be corrected early in a student’s college career. Therefore, we are setting up a special arithmetic course. The fee will be $250. If you do not want your daughter to take this course we cannot guarantee she will graduate.”
Once again Timken flew into a rage (勃然大怒). “I thought Laura got A’s in math in high school.”
Mrs. Timken said, “That was conceptional math. She never could add or subtract. Don’t you remember when you complained once about it and
Laura’s teacher told you, ‘She can always learn to add and subtract when she gets to college.’?”
Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
41.When the Timkens sent their daughter Laura off to college and paid the tuition, they thought
A. they had done what the parents had to do and they could do nothing more about it.
B. They had paid what they ought to pay and the college would take care of her studies.
C. She had entered the college and would enjoy a successful college career.
D. All of the above. 42.A remedial class is
A. a class for college freshmen.
B. a class for those students who are interested in reading or writing.
C. a class for elementary arithmetic study.
D. a class for those students who need special help to keep up their studies.
43.From what the dean says in his second letter we know for sure that
A. Laura is a student in the English Department, majoring in (主修) English writing.
B. Laura is very poor in writing and has failed an important examination.
C. Laura is very poor in writing but she is only one of the very many who fail to write well.
D. No college student can write, so that is really a common problem. 44.What is an “illiterate”?
A. A person who cannot add, multiply, subtract or divide simple sums. B. A person who is unable to read and write.
C. A person who has been to school for 12 years but cannot write a sentence.
D. A person who has not formed good study habits.
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45.When Mrs. Timken said, “Oh, I believe that’s a bit strong”,
A. she was blaming her husband for using strong language.
B. She thought her husband was exaggerating (夸大)the fact in a way. C. She thought it unnecessary for her husband to get so angry. D. She was not very happy to hear her husband describing her daughter as an illiterate.
46.“An institution of higher learning” refers to
A. a college or university in general.
B. a college or university of high reputation. C. a college which can produce good writers.
D. a college which is able to correct the students’ deficiencies in time.
47.The statement “We’re the ones who failed” could be most suitably replaced by
A. we failed to cooperate with the school and teachers.
B. we did not keep in good contact with the school and teachers. C. we neglected (忽略) our duty as parents to teach our child to read and write.
D. we failed to keep in mind what the principal said.
48.What is Mr. Timken’s attitude toward his daughter’s need for remedial courses?
A. Anger and confusion. B. Happiness and joy. C. Love and hate. D. Disgust (厌恶).
49.What is Mrs. Timken’s attitude toward her daughter’s need for remedial courses?
A. Acceptance of the fact that she needs them. B. A feeling that she’s failed Laura somehow. C. A willingness to pay the fees. D. All of the above.
50.The title “Learning to Read — in college” means
A. students who are not good at reading are offered a good chance of learning to read in college.
B. it is more effective to learn to read in college.
C. it is ironical (令人啼笑皆非的) that a college students still needs to learn to read in college. D. all of the above.
Part Ⅴ Translate the following sentences into English, using the words
and phrases given below: (10 minutes) relieve do without bring about extend face up to 51. 苏珊 (Susan) 因车祸失去了双腿。有一段时间，她真不知如何面对自己再也不能行走
的事实。
52. 很难想象我们的先辈们 (forefathers) 没有科学技术带来的这么多方便 (conveniences)
那日子是怎么过的。
53. 二十年后我再度访问了这个动物园，欣慰地发现虎山仍在，但已扩大了许多。
止答题 封Part Ⅵ Translate the following sentences into Chinese:(10 minutes) 54. The scientific method, as many of us learned in school, is a gradual
process that begins with a purpose or a problem or question to be answered. 55. Pulling a camping knife, Ben thrust at the boy. The steel blade struck
the youngster’s metal belt buckle, and the blade snapped.
Part Ⅶ Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on
the topic An Unforgettable lesson. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below.
记叙一件发生在你与老师或同学之间的事 1. 事情在何时何地发生 2. 事情的经过 3. 这一事件给你的教训
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