2017大学英语课程学业达标考试复习题

I.Vocabulary and Structure

Directions:Choose the best one to complete each sentence.

1. / I'd like to take ______of this opportunity to thank all of you for your co-operation.
A) profit / B) benefit / C) occasion / D) advantage
2. / In copying this paper, be careful not to leave ______any words.
A) out / B) alone / C) off / D) behind
3. / People who cannot ______between colors are said to be color-blind.
A) compare / B) separate / C) establish / D) contrast
4. / We finally ______an agreement after a lot of hard bargaining.
A) reached / B) did / C) arrived / D) drove
5. / How could he ______from believing that she was changing her mind?
A) avoid / B) stop / C) prevent / D) keep
6. / It is desirable that the airplane ______as light as possible.
A) is / B) were / C) be / D) had been
7. / We came finally ______the conclusion that she has been telling lies all the time.
A) of / B) into / C) to / D) at
8. / I am not used to speaking ______public.
A) in / B) at / C) on / D) to
9. / He didn't live up to ______had been expected of him.
A) what / B) which / C) that / D) all
10. / She did not feel ______going out, as she had a slight headache.
A) about / B) like / C) after / D) for
11. / The price of gold rose again, partly ______news about war.
A) result in / B) go with / C) because / D) due to
12. / Responsibilities ______becoming a father.
A) charge for / B) go with / C) save for / D) go through
13. / If you ______in your rent again, you may get thrown out.
A) fall behind / B) account for / C) charge for / D) come to
14. / The country has _____ too many wars in the past few decades; its people are longing for peace so much.
A) prevented from / B) resulted in / C) gone through / D) gone with
15. / She wouldn't even take a drink, ______stay for dinner.
A) much more / B) much few / C) much lesser / D) much less
16. / The first popularly chosen president has ______the political representatives over the slow pace of economic change.
A) prevented from / B) charged for / C) accounted for / D) clashed with
17. / Unless we get more money, we'll be ______finishing this enquiry program.
A) separated from / B) recovered from / C) prevented from / D) charged from
18. / The painter lived more than a decade in Europe, ______he could be in close contact with other cubists(立体派艺术家).
A) where / B) in which / C) that / D) in that
19. / ______Tom is supposed to make an appointment with the dentist, he says he is too busy.
A) Howeve / B) Whomever / C) Whenever / D) Whatever
20. / Every organism produces waste products no longer useful to itself and which ______to accumulate would in fact be harmful.
A) if they allowed / B) if were allowed / C) if was allows / D) if allowed
21. / I didn't make a ______mistake next time.
A) like / B) same / C) near / D) similar
22. / Life insurance, ______available only to young, healthy persons, can now be obtained for old people.
A) before / B) after / C) former / D) previously
23. / He ______lives in the house where he was born.
A) already / B) yet / C) still / D) ever
24. / Are you going to the football game? No. The tickets are ______expensive for me.
A) very much / B) so much / C) far too / D) highly
25. / For tonight's homework, do pages forty and forty-one in the workbook. Professor Hones, I think that is ______work.
A) too much / B) much the more / C) too hard / D) hardest
26. / Mary was going to a wedding so she brushed ______well.
A) her hair / B) her hairs / C) the hair / D) the hairs
27. / A series of problems ______cropped up recently.
A) have / B) has / C) is / D) are
28. / The officials in the ______at London Airport were very polite.
A) Custom / B) Customs / C) custom / D) customs
29. / There ______a lot of ______on the roads yesterday.
A) was ... traffic / B) were ... traffics / C) was ... traffics / D) were ... traffic
30. / ______is easily seen.
A) The advantage of the economic reform / B) The economic's reform advantage
C) The reform of the economic advantage / D) The economic reform's advantage
31. / England is an island country. ______consists of three principal islands, and ______climate is generally mild.
A) It ... its / B) She ... her / C) He ... his / D) She ... its
32. / England took arms against ______enemy.
A) his / B) her / C) hers / D) its
33. / That man looks familiar to me. He reminds ______Dr. Richards.
A) me to / B) me / C) me for / D) me of
34. / It seems very difficult ______.
A) to stop the child to cry / B) restraining the child to cry
C) to keep the child from crying / D) holding the child's crying
35. / He thought he could talk Mr. Robinson ______buying some expensive equipment.
A) to / B) about / C) into / D) on
36. / When Laura finally arrived she apologized ______so late.
A) for to come / B) that she was coming
C) for coming / D) to come
37. / This boy is able to repeat from memory ______200 short poems.
A) up to / B) up till / C) as to / D) as far
38. / In Shanghai, city planners have made many places for green belts and garden _____.
A) places / B) lots / C) spaces / D) strips
39. / Though we have spent two nights in ______the problem, we still can't find a solution.
A) working on / B) working out / C) working up / D) working in
40. / It was such a wonderful day that they decided to take a day _____ to the mountain.
A) away / B) voyage / C) boat trip / D) excursion
41. / With the increasing of environmental awareness, many green belts ______all over the country.
A) spring off / B) spring up / C) spring in / D) spring out
42. / Because of its large number of bamboo trees and comfortable climate, Sichuan is home _____ the panda.
A) to / B) of / C) for / D) by
43. / Sunglasses are used to _____ people's eyes from the light of the sun.
A) prevent / B) protect / C) stop / D) save
44. / The boss ______his employees' idea of an early holiday in the spring.
A) frowned at / B) frowned off / C) frowned down / D) frowned on
45. / The company offered him high pay as an ______to accept the job.
A) inducement / B) aim / C) invitation / D) apple
46. / He himself is very uncertain ______whether it is the right job for him, although everybody else thinks he is highly competent.
A) as of / B) as to / C) as from / D) such as
47. / No one imagined that the apparently ______business man was really a criminal.
A) respective / B) respectable / C) respectful / D) reverent
48. / Do you think that the labor bill will be passed? Oh, yes. It's ______that it will.
A) almost surely / B) very likely / C) near positive / D) quite certainly
49. / David may ______, but we must go at once.
A) stay lately / B) have stayed very late
C) stay a little / D) stay late
50. / When can we come to visit you? Any time you feel ______.
A) so / B) for it / C) to / D) like it
51. / Small arms ______often carried by the soldiers.
A) are / B) has / C) was / D) have
52. / Every means ______been tried to solve the difficult problem.
A) have / B) has / C) is / D) are
53. / Mrs. Barry is beginning to lose her ______.
A) look / B) looking / C) lookings / D) looks
54. / Modern machinery ______been installed in this newly-built factory.
A) has / B) have / C) is / D) are
55. / They have never heard any ______.
A) a customer complaint / B) the customer's complaints
C) customer's complaint / D) the customers' complaints
56. / In many colleges, students don't have sufficient access ______the library.
A) to / B) at / C) in / D) from
57. / My car broke ______so I had to come by bus.
A) down / B) over / C) with / D) beyond
58. / By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.
A) broke out / B) became widespread
C) spoiled the country / D) intervened
59. / To maintain one's belief is to stick ______it.
A) for / B) on / C) to / D) after
60. / We were ______for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.
A) put back / B) broke down / C) held up / D) kept off
61. / The weather forecast was good so it should turn ______fine after all.
A) into / B) out / C) over / D) up
62. / The dog was run ______by a bus and killed.
A) over / B) up / C) into / D) against
63. / He's working too hard and he's run ______. He needs a rest.
A) apart / B) up / C) down / D) over
64. / They were so far away that I couldn't ______their faces clearly.
A) see through / B) make up / C) make at / D) make out
65. / He'11 soon get ______his disappointment and be quite cheerful again by the morning.
A) out of / B) over / C) away / D) through
66. / We can never relax in this office. New problems are continually ______.
A) coming out / B) coming up / C) raising / D) presenting
67. / As soon as his party came ______power they changed the law.
A) into / B) out / C) away / D) at
68. / Tom was absorbed ______his work.
A) at / B) in / C) with / D) on
69. / Mr. Wang is an engineer ______profession.
A) with / B) at / C) on / D) by

II.Cloze

Directions:Read the following passage carefully and choose the correct one from thechoices given to fill in each blank.

Text 1

Eastern Europe is considered the most polluted(70)(at, for, of) all the world's industrialized areas because heavy metals (71)(leading to, like, from) coal mining have contaminated the area's waters. Many rivers, land, and forests are biologically (72)(dead, died, relieved) from pollution. Ghana's forest protection program has succeeded (73)(for, on, in) strengthening the country's agricultural base and (74)(recovered, bringing, destroyed) a new source (75)(by, in, of) wealth to villagers. It remains to be seen (76)(weather, what, whether) these measures will have enough impact to (77)(promote, rise, slow) the rate of removing the forests. Indonesia is facing the serious problems of providing enough food, shelter and employment (78)(with, that, for) its large population, and (79)(to exercise, encouraging, stopping) birth control.

Text 2

A young couple lived together for two years during which they came to understand, and(80)(respected, respect, respecting) each other. They honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each (81)(others, others', other's) characters. Their racial and cultural differences (82)(enlarged, enhanced, ensured) their relationship and taught them much about tolerance, compromise, and honesty.

The woman sometimes wondered why her black boyfriend was(83)(so, as, to) involved with racial issues. She seemed to forget the more secret forms of (84)(racism, race, racial) hatred in American society. The couple held no false hopes (85)(about, into, for) what the future held for them as a married, mixed couple in America. The (86)(continuous, continual, continue) source of their strength was their mutual trust and respect. They wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples who married for the wrong reasons -- only to find out 10, 20, or 30 years (87)(after, sooner, later) they overlooked serious personality conflicts (88)(expectation, expecting, expected) that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work (89)(through, about, out) right.

Text 3

Every year an average of 78,000 foreign high school students(90)(are, goes, go) to study in the United States. Their reasons for studying overseas include: (91)(to improve, to improve on, improving) their English, finishing high school, and learning (92)(as much as, as well as, as good as) possible about a different culture. Among the definite difficulties they face are finding a host family to live (93)(on, by, with) and covering all personal items like clothing and long distance calls and some medical bills. These teenagers suddenly have to learn to adapt (94)(themselves, to themselves, by themselves), but parents always help as their children are not whatsoever accustomed (95)(for, with, to) traveling by themselves. Leaving behind their families when getting aboard the plane departing for America is their most challenging experience; next is awaiting their domestic flights to their temporary destinations throughout America. After they have settled, students complain (96)(for, on, about) unusual foods, painful longings for home or regulations (97)(such as, established, drawn up) how early to be home on weekend nights or risk (98)(to be punished, punished, being punished).

Students with little command of English must take private language lessons and,(99)(however, although, in turn), increase their total study expenses.

Text 4

A woman weeps while her daughter smokes the same brand of cigarettes that killed her grandfather. Tobacco advertisements and movies had hopelessly hooked the grandfather on smoking(100)(but, and, as) he never looked (101)(good, as, well) like the actors in them. When his daughter was only sixteen, his breathing was a wheeze (102)(embarrassed, embarrassment, embarrassing) to hear; he rested often (103)(and, for, while) climbing stairs; he usually coughed for an hour; he leaned (104)(at, for, on) something for support; he was so slim (105)(then, than, that) his weight gain near the end of his life was unnoticeable. Now his daughter is deeply hurt; she was so careful (106)(rising, bringing, raising) her own daughter but for what purpose? To see all her care thrown away as her (107)(sixteen-years-old, sixteen-years-olds, sixteen-year-old) daughter slowly kills herself? The mother feels smoking is self-battering; it also batters others who helplessly (108)(stand by, stand up, stand for) and watch a loved one die. The mother (109)(looked at, found, watched) her father's slow death; to lose one member of her family to the rich tobacco companies is enough.

Text 5

Your name is not only your calling card; it also may(110)(determine, find, recover) how your life will develop. People have studied the energies associated (111)(to, by, in) names (112)(by, in, for) centuries, but The Hidden Truth of Your Name is his first book to combine their fascinating results (113)(into, within, on) one interesting resource and (114)(offer, reveal, deal) detailed deＳＣＲＩＰＴions (115)(for, with, of) 750 American names. Written by a team of language experts and specialists, this entertaining book guides you (116)(by, for, through) three difficult (117)(but, and, for) explainable old methods (118)(to, of, for) prediction and shows you (119)(what, when, how) to apply them to create a careful and thorough picture of any name you choose.

Text 6

The writer says we often project name prejudices on people. For example, one of his friends confessed that(120)(while, as, whereas) working with a nursery-school's group of (121)(four-years-olds, four-years-old, four-year-olds), she confused two boys' personalities (122)(because, since, because of) their names. Name prejudices can also (123)(effect, determine, affect) classroom achievement. One study showed teachers (124)(gave, insisted, preferred) consistently lower grades (125)(on, by, for) essays written by boys with less appealing names (126)(then, than, when) they gave to the very same papers (127)(for, with, by) only the writers' names changed. (128)(Similarly, However, Nevertheless), girls' popularity can be related (129)(to, by, into) their names so the writer suggests that if your name doesn't seem to suit you, you can with some determination change your name.

Text 7

Move ahead or(130)(falling, fall, fell) behind is the American attitude that leads to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is a (131)(really, real, much), precious resource to them so every minute must count. City people are always hurrying to get where they are going, seeking attention and racing (132)(through, though, past) meals. Smiles, brief conversations, little exchanges with strangers, relaxed business chats over coffee or a welcoming cup of tea don't (133)(occurs, occur, happened) because people hate wasting too much time. Americans assess others professionally rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately (134)(since, although, so) they are always conscious of time. Because they work hard at (135)(saving, save, except) time, they have meetings (136)(through, in, for) communication equipment like television screens and telephones rather than personal contacts. In America, telephones save time and energy because telephone service is excellent (137)(whereas, moreover, furthermore) mail is less efficient. Usually, the more important a job is, the (138)(most, more, much) effort will be poured (139)(onto, into, for) it to get it moving.

III.Reading Comprehension

Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

Text 1

Charlie Chaplin has broken all records in making people laugh. No one has so set a whole world laughing as the little man with the walking stick and the overlarge shoes.

Much has been written about Chaplin's art and his career, and opinions have ranged widely. But perhaps those who called him the most general human being of our time came closest to the truth. Those who have called him a genius stress the timeless and common qualities in his work. It is an art filled with sad elements and deep human feeling, with which an audience cannot help but become involved. It is for these reasons, I believe, that the figure of Charlie has attracted generation after generation.

All the writers who give accounts of Chaplin's life agree that Charlie's unhappy early years in the area in London where houses were dirty and worn had a great influence on his development and on the type of films he made. Chaplin himself emphasizes it in his memoirs (回忆录). The more one reads about his earliest period, the more one tends to agree. Indeed, his suffering youth had a lasting influence on him.

Chaplin was never afraid to deal with subjects causing much disagreement in his films. He gave a humorous performance on war only a few weeks before the American soldiers came home from World War I in 1918. This was regarded as madness, but the performance was well received. So perfectly did it hit the nail on the head that even the returning soldiers found it impossible to hate it and deeply appreciated this short and humorous performance on what for them had been unpleasant reality. Chaplin gave numerous performances attacking capital governments, satirizing (讽刺) the cruelty of the machine age and even making fun of Hitler.

Years after his death, the funny films of motion picture actor and director Charlie Chaplin continue to be popular. He is particularly well known for his success as a creator of humorous presentations that make fun of people, the establishment, or networks.

140. / All of the following about Charlie Chaplin are true except ______.
A) he was born in the USA / B) he was a great film actor
C) he had an unhappy early life / D) he made fun of Hitler in his films
141. / According to the author, Charlie Chaplin has been popular with generation after generation because ____.
A) he set the whole world laughing
B) his performances get people involved
C) his works appeal to people in different periods
D) both B and C
142. / According to Charlie Chaplin's life history writers, ____ had a strong influence on the type of films he made.
A) the society in which he lived
B) the audience who praised and admired him
C) those who called him a genius
D) his unhappy early years in the poor area in London
143. / According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A) There are timeless qualities in Chaplin's work because he didn't involve himself in political affairs.
B) Chaplin became popular years after his death.
C) Chaplin's performance is funny without any sad elements.
D) Chaplin's films are the combinations of funny and sad elements.
144. / This passage was ______.
A) written by Charlie Chaplin
B) written about Charlie Chaplin
C) advertising one of Charlie Chaplin's films
D) written for students to learn film-making

Text 2

Although Beethoven could sit down and compose easily, his really great compositions did not come easily at all. They cost him a great deal of hard work and he always found it hard to satisfy himself.