韩山师范学院本科插班生基础英语试卷

2015年韩山师范学院本科插班生考试英语专业基础英语试卷（A卷）

Ⅰ. Match each word with its definition: 10%

Words:

1) councilor

2) arrogant

3) fidgeting

4) impostor

5) intervene

6) inevitable

7) obscene

8) awe

9) murmur

10) dingy

11) league

12) lug

13) moribund

14) staunch

15) coma

16) commotion

17) restrain

18) exhilarated

19) distinctive

20) lust

Definitions:

a)which can’t be prevented from happening

b)morally disgusting; likely to corrupt

c)person who pretends to be somebody he is not

d)member of a group of people chosen to make laws, rules or decision for a

country

e)take action in order to prevent something from happening

f)moving about restlessly

g)full of pride and self-importance

h)dirty-looking; not fresh or cheerful

i)at the point of death

j)hold back from doing something

k)clearly marking a person or thing as different from others

l) a state of long unnatural deep unconsciousness caused by disease, poisoning, a severe blow and so on

m)a mixed feeling of respect, fear and wonder

n)pull or carry with great effort and difficulty

o)speak in a low but not clear voice

p)great or noisy confusion or excitement

q)very strong, obsessive desire

r) dependably loyal and firm

s) in very high spirits

t)group of people who share the same opinion

Ⅱ. Fill in each blank with the derivative of the words in parentheses. 10%

1) I owe you an ____because I was so bad-tempered yesterday.( apologize)

2) It seems that they are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city life and would

like to live ____ lives in their own little world. (isolation)

3) To earn a raise you need to take more_____ and show more enthusiasm for the

job. ( initial)

4) I keep strictly to my subject and remember not to introduce anything____ to the

subject. ( relevant)

5) Good news came in ___ from the battlefield. (succeed)

6) Shakespeare is, by common ______, the greatest English dramatist. (consent)

7) The ___ of job is the characteristic of an economic recession.(scarcely)

8) Air pollution has become a great_____for human being in modern society. (pose)

9）The ____ of the new library is scheduled on Monday. (inaugurate)

10) Quickness of____is the mark of a good student.(apprehend)

Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs. 8%

1)It was out of our expectation that he rounded ____ his teaching career by

entering the business of fur trading.

2) The boss seems to have some prejudice ___ the young inexperienced worker.

3) We all bent _____ finishing the job in time no matter how hard it is.

4) He put the books and magazines on the bookshelves _______ random .

5) He used to look down upon his poor relatives because they were all ___ the

dole.

6) Japan is a country which is subject ___ earthquake.

7) Usually the interviewer attaches great importance ___ the educational

background, abilities and past experience of the applicant.

8) The staff in this company are entitled ____ free physical examination once a

year.

9) He is the best one whom you can fall ___ on when you are in difficulty.

10) Every student in our school is supposed to act in accordance ____ the school

rules and regulation. You are no exception.

11) He was caught red handed in the super market for tucking a box of chocolate

_____ in his over coat.

12) This kind of place is______ of bounds to children under 16.

13) Although we consider these expressions nothing but clichés, they appeal very

much ___ the student.

14) In order to make the situation less tense, I struck ____ a conversation with the

angry young man.

15) In order to extricate itself ____ heavy debts, the company closed all the

factories which manufactured products with poor records.

16) In many urban families in China, the parents impose much too great

expectations ____ their children by sending them to evening or weekend classes of various kinds.

Ⅳ. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the following sentences. 21%

1) Once the manufacturing costs go down, the motoring world will be on the way

to an atomic car.

2) The organisms that make up a lichen couldn’t survive long apart.

3) Don’t let anybody tell you that a reader is supposed to be solely on the

receiving end.

4) We can’t label English “good”or “slovenly”because it is the height of

naivety to go round with a single yardstick, measuring English as “good” or “bad”.

5) Once he is in the library he becomes so engrossed in books that he is totally

unaware of his surrounding.

6) Let us do away with most of the euphemisms though those more robust

euphemism may stay, for all I care.

7) When he heard he had to split the class up into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels, he sat in dismay.

Ⅴ.Use the words given in parentheses to translate the following sentences.

21%

1) 在这家餐馆用餐很经济实惠,你只需花十元钱就能尽情享受到各式各样的

美味。( content, variety )

2) 城市最突出的特点是喧嚣不堪,与城市显然不同的是,山村里到处寂静安

宁。( distinctive, contrast)

3) 他很固执己见,所以很难跟别人有共识。( cling, common )

4) 除非你很好地掌握了各种语体,否则你无法在各种场合恰如其分地用英语

进行表达。( unless, command )

5) 他的一番讲话没有很好地解决问题，反而使问题陷入僵局。( bring, rather

than )

6) 当那位著名的运动员出现在运动场时,全场报以雷鸣般的掌声。( turn,

erupt )

7）如果你想你的阅读有所收获而不仅仅是为了打发时间,你就必须以一种精神集中的状态去阅读。( more than )

Ⅵ. Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 10%

1)The policy ___ made, the next problem was how to carry it out.

A. having been

B. being

C. had been

D. was

2) My cousin Marry is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because she is

____child.

A. one

B. a unique

C. a single

D. an only

3) The two scholars worked at the task of writing a preface to the new dictionary

for three hours ___ last night.

A. at length

B. in full

C. on end

D. in time

4) When the crowd saw the prize-fighter stretched out on the canvas, shouts and

cheers ___ from it.

A. broke up

B. broke forth

C. broke through

D. broke upon

5) I don’t think those curtains ___ very well with the wallpaper.

A. suit

B. go

C. fit

D. match

6) Paul was lying on the lawn, his hands ___ under his head.

A. were crossed

B. were crossing

C. crossing

D. crossed

7) There is no ___ in applying for that job, as you are not properly qualified.

A. reason

B. point

C. result

D. chance

8) It was strange that she would _____ such an absurd idea.

A. allow

B. stick

C. take

D. entertain

9) ___ the opportunity, he might well have become an outstanding cartoonist.

A. Given

B. To give

C. Giving

D. Being given

10) Present at the Christmas party were the two princesses and their ___ husbands

and the Duke of Edinburgh.

A. respectable

B. respectful

C. respective

D. respected

11) She is always fashionably dressed and looks ____ among the girls in plain

clothes.

A. outstanding

B. conspicuous

C. unusual

D. distinguishing

12) ____ he needed money for a new car, he decided not to borrow it from the

bank.

A. Much as

B. Much though

C. As much

D. Though much

13) His strong sense of humor was ___ make everyone in the room burst out

laughing.

A. so as to

B. such as to

C. so that

D. such that

14) “_____, I will seek it”, said the leader of the the organization.

A. May the truth what it be

B. Be the truth what it may

C. Be the truth what may it

D. May the truth as it be

15) Although he has has become rich, he is still very_____ of his money.

A. economic

B. thrifty

C. careful

D. frugal

16) I wonder who drank all the milk yesterday. It ___ have been Peter because he

was out all day.

A. mustn't

B. can't

C. won't

D. needn't

17) Much as ___, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that

much spare cash.

A. I would have liked to

B. I would like to have

C. I should have to like

D. I should have liked to

18) My cousin likes eating very much, but he isn’t very ___ about the food he

eats.

A. special

B. peculiar

C. particular

D. specific

19) ____, I must do another experiment.

A. Be it ever so late

B. It is ever so late

C. It be ever so late

D. So late it be ever

20) We all know that Mary has had a strict______.

A. growth

B. upbringing

C. development

D. cultivation

Ⅶ. Fill in each blank with an appropriate word according to the initial letter given.8%

Ecology is the 1) s____ of organisms in relation to their environment, 2) i_____ the interrelationships of many organisms 3) t_____ as well as the relationships of these 4) o______ with the non-organic environment.

The fundamental components of the 5) e_____ are plants, animals, minerals and water. When their relationships do not 6) c_____ much from year to year, we observe a blance of 7) n_____. That is, the addition of plants, animals, minerals, and water is 8) e_____ to that which has been removed. For example, the minerals taken from the 9) s_____ are restored, and the plants that die are 10) r_____ by similar plants.

But not everything remains 11) s____ all the time. What will occur when the balance of nature is 12) d_____ either by a geological change such as a change in 13) c_____, or by a local agitation such as 14) e______? In case of a disturbance

of this 15) k_____, a period of rehabilitation must 16) o____ and, eventually, a new balance is established.

Ⅷ. Read the following passage . 5%

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ conversation, of a story which works well because the audience all share the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stamps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?”the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he is a doctor.”

If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it will be appropriate for you to making a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.

If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more and more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to mile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.

Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.

1.To make your humor work, you should ____________

A.take advantage of different kinds of audience.

B.make fun of the disorganized people.

C.address different problems to different people.

D.show sympathy for your listener.

2.The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are _______

A.impolite to new arrivals.

B.very conscious of their godlike role.

C.entitled to some privileges.

D.very busy even during lunch hours.

3.It can be inferred from the text that public services ____

A.have benefited many people.

B.are the focus of public attention.

C.are an inappropriate subject for humor.

D.have often been the laughing stock.

4.To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered _____

A.in well-worded language

B.as awkwardly as possible.

C.in exaggerated statements.

D.as casually as possible.

5.The best title for the text may be _____

https://www.360docs.net/doc/282044450.html,e Humor Effectively.

B.Various Kinds of Humor.

C.Add Humor to Speech.

D.Different Humor Strategies.

Ⅸ. Write a letter to one of your friends complaining about the air pollution and noise pollution in the city you live.7% ( at least 150 words)