2016电大本科英语1期末考试复习资料.doc

交际用语
1 I think the Internet is very helpful.
A. Yes, so do I .
2 I have an appointment with Dr. Johnson.
C. Please wait for minute. He is busy now
3 ----Afternoon, sir. Where to?
A. Please get me to the airport
4 — Can I help you to get it down?
C. Thanks. It’s so nice of you
5 — I’m trying to call Marie, but there’s no answer.
D. Really? Maybe she’s out
6 — Are you sure about that?
D. Oh, yes. I’m absolutely positive
7 — Would you like to see the menu?
A. No, thanks. I already know what to order
8 — What if my computer doesn’t work?
B. Ask Anne for help
9 — How’s the movie? Interesting?
C. Far from. I should have stayed home watching TV
10 — Is this the motel you mentioned?
B. Yes, it’s as quiet as we expected
词汇及结构
At present, the most important thing is that Britain needs _________ more to improve the relationship with the USA. A
A. to do B. doing C. to be done D. did
After ______ the shopping list, I found that I forgot to buy salt. C
A. examining B. testing C. checking D. seeing
Ann is studying ______ at university. B
A. politic B. politics C. politician D. political
After __________the bid, major construction began in Beijing. C
A. win B. wining C. winning D. won
A lecture hall is ________ where students attend lectures. C
A. there B. which C. one D. that
Be sure to ______ your wife when you come here this evening. A
A. bring B. take C. get D. carry
Before she left on the trip, she __________ hard. D
A. trained B. has trained C. would trained D. had trained
---Can I get you a couple of tea? A
----_________________________.
A. That’s very nice of you B. With pleasure
C. You can, please D. Thank you for the tea
Don’t worry. There is ______ room for all your books here. C
A. more B. much C. enough D. some
________fine weather it is! A
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
__________ for the Olympic Games begin about ten years in advance. C
A. Bid B. To bid C. Bidding D. To be bidden
Everything ____________ if Albert hadn’t called the fire brigade. D
A. will be destroyed B. will have been destroyed
C. would be destroyed D. would have been destroyed
Her parents died when she was very young, so she was ______by her aunt. A
A. brought up B. brought out C. grown up D. grown
________ he said is quite right. B
A. That B. What C. How D. Why
He kept the light in his room _______ the whole night. B
A. burnt B. burning C. burn D. to burn
He keeps _________ at himself in the mirror. B
A. to look B. looking C. look D. looked
He was _________ about his new job. A
A. over the moon B. on the moon C. off the moon D. above the moon
He has been _______ in hospital for a month. B
A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. a danger
He spends a quarter of the day ___________. B
A. to sleep B. sleeping C. sleeps D. to sleeping
He is the man ______________ dog bit me. D
A. that B. which C. who’s D. whose
It happened ________ a winter night. D
A. at B. in C. by D. on
If you _____ stop smoking, you can only expect to have a bad cough. A
A. won’t B. wouldn’t C. don’t D. can’t
It’s not safe ______ in the street. C
A. to play B. play C, playing D. plays
__ it with me and I’ll see what I can do. D
A. When left B. Leaving C. If you leave D. Leave
I don’t suppose he will attend the meeting, ______? B
A. won’t he B. will he C. do I D. don’t I
I think all these are main points _______ much attention. B
A. being worthy of B. worthy of C. which worth D. which worthy of
I have given ______________ eating meat. C
A. over B. down C. up D. down
I know it isn’t important but I can’t help ______ about it. B
A. but to think B. thinking C. to D. think
I’m tired. I __________ working very hard. B
A. have B. have been C. had D. has
Linda offered him her congratulations _____ his passing the college entrance exams. D
A. at B. for C. of D. on
Mr. White has a wife and three children to _________. A
A. raise B. keep C. grow D. take
Mary forgot ______ a letter to her mother, so she wrote to her just now. B
A. writing B. to write C. having wrote D. to have written
Not only I but also Jane and Mary _______ tired of having one examination after another. B
A. is B. are C. am D. be
Our plane _____ from London at 7:00 yesterday evening. A
A. took off B. put off C. flew off D. left off
On his first sea _________, he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm. D
A. trip B. travel C. tour D. voyage
She’s unlucky and she’s always suffering ______ luck one after another. D
A. a sick B. an ill C. sick D. ill
She has lived here ______________ three years. B
A. since B. for C. during D. in
Time is money! We should ______ our time. B
A. be fit for B. make good use of
C. play a part of D. take the place of
They ______ the train until it disappeared in the distance. B
A. saw B. watched C. noticed D. observed
That’s all settled. It _____ talked about. D
A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t be C. can’t D. needn’t be
The bedroom needs __________. A
A. decorating B. to decorate C. decorate D. decorated
--- What’s happened to Tom? D
---__________to hospital.
A. He’s taken B. He’ll be taken
C. He’ll take D. He’s been taken
---Which do you like better, real movies _______ cartoons? D
---- I prefer cartoons ____ real movies.
A. and , than B. or, than C. and, and D. or, to
What a fool I have been! Why _____I think of that before? B
A. don’t B. didn’t C. not D. do
We must make a difference between _____ language and _____language. A
A. spoken, written B. speaking, written
C. speaking, writing D. speak, write
We __________ every day when we were children. A
A. used to swim B. used to swimming C. use to swim D. use to swimming
You must explain ______how they succeeded ________ the experiment. C
A. of us, for B. at us, at C. to us, in D. for us, to
You look _______. What ______ you ________? D
A. tire, did…do B. tiring, have…done
C. tired, do…do D. tired, have…been doing

More and more people (31) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (32) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (33) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (34) ____ are struggling to make (35) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (36) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (37) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (38) _____ but have not installed them (39) _____. The insurance companies told people (40) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.
31. B. have 32. D. have been asking 33. A. due 34. C. who 35. C. - --
36. B. which 37 D. estimated 38. A. to have them installed 39. C. yet 40. D. to install
Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars
(31) in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded.
The country's 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel market. But because there are still big differences (32)_____________ people's incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of (33) , lots of them not motorised.
A ride (34) a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in long lines (35)___________ narrow country lanes. Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart (36) by one animal or another. "India has everything on the roads," the taxi driver says. "You have to (37) for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things (38) to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck." Just then we were stopped (39) a young boy and his cow.
Given the hazards, it's not surprising (40) special ceremonies are held for new car owners in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed.
31. A. have been sold 32. D. in 33. B. vehicles 34. C. with 35. B. on 36. A. pulled
37. C. watch out 38. D. are recommended 39. B. by 40. D. that
Most workers spend eight hours on the job a day on 31 . They work because they need money for necessities. They spend about one third of their lives at work, but hate it. By contrast, some people actually 32 work. They spend 33 hours on the job each week and often take work home with them. They are called “workaholics(工作狂)” as they are addicted to their job as other people are 34 alcohol.
Workaholics would 35 work than do anything else and this can be most important to their life. Workaholics are often 36 stress. They can’t relax and feel tense. 37 they may easily lose temper. Their work therefore has serious impact on their relationships and family life. Typical workaholics pay little attention to families. They spend 38 time with their children and their marriages may 39 in divorce. Their inability to relax may cause 40 problems, such as high blood pressure.
31. A. weekends B. workdays C. each week D. everyday
32. A. hate B. enjoy C. do D. dislike
33. A. extra B. rather C. less D. fewer
34. A. for B. like C. to D. into
35. A. better B. like to C. do D. rather
36. A. on B. under C. in D. for
37. A. As a matter of fact B. As a result
C. As it is D. As you can find
38. A. more B. much C. little D. a little
39. A. begin B. end C. beginning D. ending
40. A. health B. blood C. mental D. family
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D
36. B 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. A
There are advantages and disadvantages to 31 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 32 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 33 American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 34 . The study is difficult, but it 35 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 36 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
The advantage to the education in North America, 37 the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 38 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized 39 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 40 .
31. A. not only B. all C. both D. only
32. A. for B. to C. in D. as
33. A. to B. for C. than D. in
34. A. have B. studying C. does D. do
35. A. provides B. gets C. prepares D. does
36. A. and B. yet C. not D. just
37. A. at B. to C. on D. under
38. A. good B. poor C. new D. old
39. A. more B. less C. good D. as
40. A. have B. do C. haven’t D. does
31. C 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. C
36. B 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. A
Jules Verne’s most famous book is “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. (A “league” is an old word 16 about three miles.) In those days submarines (潜水艇) had not been 17 , but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things 18 the bottom of the ocean. He was a very good 19 . His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed 20 real people.
In another book, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, 21 made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem 22 to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different 23 , even on an elephant at one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book.
In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge 24 his imagination in describing future inventions. 25 he was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever.
16. A. meaning B. including C. means D. speaks
17. A. made B. discovered C. producing D. invented
18. A. in B. beneath C. at D. u