國家開放大學(xué)電大專科《綜合英語1》-2021期末試題

國家開放大學(xué)電大?？凭C合英語（1）2022-2023期末試題及答案（試卷號：2158）I . Vocabulary and StructureDirections： Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, CandD. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWERSHEET. (20 points)Exajnpie- The old coupleat last in finding a flat to rent.A. managedB. didC. finishedD. succeededThe sentence should read t u The old couple succeeded at last in finding a flat to rent. nTherefore you should choose D.1.I'd say it was the nicestwe've ever taken.C. indicationB. vacationA. vocationD. occupation2.As a nursery teacher, you mustn't bewith the children.3.4.A. impossibleB- impracticalC. importantD impatientThere was more work than 1 couldA. handle withC. work overThey paid aA. courteousC. courtesyB. cope withD. take invisit to the new neighbors.B.D.courtyardcourageous6.A. As matter of factC. In a factCould you tell me howB.D.As a matter of factAs a factthe machine?A. I workB. workingC. workedD. to work7. Did you have.in mind?A. special anythingB. nothing specialC. anything specialD. special nothing8. I have a car myself, but Ito work.5.,he knew nothing about it.A. would drive rather notB. would rather not driveC. would rather driveD. not would rather drive9. I haven't seen any good movies recently.have I .A. NotB. EitherC. SoD. Neither10. 1 don't see any aspirin in the medicine cabinet.It be used up. There is nothing left in the box.A. canB. mustC. mayD. shouldI. Situational DialoguesDirections： Choose A, B or C to complete each conversation> using the sentences below. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points) Example： Oh, look. Joni Mitchell is in town. What? She's one of the greatest folk singers in the world!A. Who's that? I've never heard of her.B. Sure, I'm in town.C. Yes, I'm glad she's coming.Answer A is correct because the conversation should read,"Oh, look. Joni Mitchell is in town.Who 's that? Vve never heard of her.What? She's one of the greatest folk singers in the world!n11. . I'm sorryt there's no more pasta. We just ran out of itA. Could I have another glass of wine, please?B. Why don,t you send it back and get something else?C. OK, now. I'll have the pasta primavera.12. Wait! I won't be able to make it. 1 have a dentist appointment at 3: 30 on Friday.A. It took me weeks to get that appointment.B. Could you possibly change it to some other day?C. When are you going to meet that tutor of yours?13. What would you do if you had all the time in the world?A. If I could find another job, you know I'd take it in a minute.B. I would spend two thirds of my time with those people who are in great need of help.C. I will travel to other countries and do everything 1 like.14. I've already made plans to go visit my brother who's away at college but now I'm not sure I'll be able to.A. That's too bad. Why not?B. Which university did you originally decide to go to?-C. She's not written to me since last summer.15. Why are you thinking of leaving your present job? .A. I want to get her something that she'll like.B. The new job will give me plenty of chances to travel.C. I've lived in Beijing my whole life16. What a great movie! Wasn't it funny when he forgot her name?.A. I guess my mind was somewhere else.B. I'm afraid he might have gotten stuck in the traffic.C. Yeah, it was one of the funniest parts of the movies.17. Do you mind if I take off my coat?.A. Of course not, make yourself at home.B. No, thanks. That's really nice of you.C. That's too kind of you.18. Could you tell me which bus goes to the Fine Arts Museum?A. Sorryt I've never been there.B. You can always take a taxi.C. I think No. 16 is OK.19. She called to remind you that you have tickets for the tennis tournament, so you should try to get home before six.A. Yes! I completely forgot about the flight! When is the plain leaving?B. Could you call the hairstylist and change the appointment to tomorrow?C Oh, no! I made an appointment to get my hair cut then.20. Jim's decided to marry that girl who he met on vacation last month.A. You're kidding! Hmm- I hope he's not making a terrible mistake.B. That's good news. I hope I'll be able to take part in the journey.C. Really? They are going on holiday again?DI. Close TestDirections: For each numbered blank in the following passage Y there are four choices marked A， B, C andD. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)The manager of a small building company was very 21 to get a bill for two white mice which one of his workmen had bought. He sent for the workman and asked him why he had had the bill 22 to the company. ."Well," the workman answered, “you remember the house we were 23 in Newbridge last week, don't you? One of the things we had to do there was to put in some new electric wiring. Well, in one place we had to pass some wires through a pipe 24 and about an inch across, which was built into solid stone and had four big bends (彎角)in it.25 could think how to do this unless I had a good idea. I went to a shop and bought two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I tied a thread to the body of the male mouse and put him into the pipe at one end, 26 Bill held the female mouse at the other end and pressed her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I suppose he was a gentleman27 he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through the pipe, he 28 the thread behind him. It was then quite easy for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them 29 the pipe. ”The manager 30the bill for the whitemice.21. A. surprisedB. sorryC. strangeD. fearful22. A. to be sentB. to sentC- sendD sent23. A. mendingB. cleaningC. repairingD. setting24. A.thirty-feet-longB.thirty foots long C.thirty feet longD.thirty feets long25. A.None of usB.No one usc.No of usDNone us26. A.asB.soc.whileD.when27. A.even thoughB.as thoughc.in factD.sure enough28. A.pulledB.pushedc.liftedD.brought29. A.alongB.throughc.insideDtowards30. A.receivedB.agreedc.paidDcashedIV- Reading ComprehensionDirections： Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A. B, C andD. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)Questions 31 35 are based on the following passage.For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then, from across the street» someone came walking.It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat> a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking； at most a soft, sliding sound. No one was in sight, it was a street with two rows of about fifty small housesf and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest the child's house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoke air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly> but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman' s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat* reached the doorway of the child's house.She put a key in the lock quicklyt pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round.She began to breathe hard. She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen> and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs, quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing. She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back； but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs» and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small wash-room, that she wanted. Two rooms remained； the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child's bed and the child.31. The light of the car passing the end of the street showed thatA. a woman was driving the carB. someone was standing by a street lampC. a man and a woman were walking up the streetD. a woman was walking by herself up the street32. When the woman had closed the front door, sheA. looked round quicklyB. started breathing againC. rested before movingD. walked straight towards the front room33. The woman went upstairs.A. in complete silenceB. after hesitating for a momentC after looking inside the kitchen D. as quickly as she could34. When she was upstairs, the womanA. saw that there was a wash-basin in each roomB. noticed a mirror which she was looking forC. found a torch inside one of the roomsD. opened four different doors35. Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for.A. might be in the kitchenB. was more likely to be upstairsC. would be easily seen by the light from the hallD. would look frightening to a childQuestions 3640 are based on the following passage.Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one of life's essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure, so despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased by 33 % - from 8. 8 million to 11.7 million according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America.For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. " Going without breakfast does not affect performances/1 said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance. nScientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of recent work involves children, not adults. “The literature/1 says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor. ”36. The latest year for which figures could be obtained isA. the year the author wrote the articleB. 1977C any year between 1977 and 1983D. 198337. For those who do not take breakfast the good news is that.A. several studies have been done in the past few yearsB. the omission of breakfast does no harm to adults' healthC. adults have especially made studies in this fieldD eating little in the morning is good for health38. nor does giving people breakfast improve his performance means.A. anyone without breakfast does improve his performanceB. not giving people breakfast improves performanceC. having breakfast doesn't improve performance eitherD. people having breakfast do improve their performance too39. The word “l(fā)iterature" in the last sentence refers toA. stories, poems, plays> etc.B. written works on a particular subjectC. any printed materialD. the modern literature of America40. What is implied but NOT STATED by the author is thatA. breakfast does not affect performanceB. Dr. Pollitt is engaged in research work at an institution of higher learningC. not eating breakfast might affect the health of childrenDe Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in LondonV. TranslationDirections： Put each of the following sentences into English or Chinese, using the word(s) given in the bracket if any. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)41. Graphologists believe that you can learn a lot about people's personalities by looking at the way they write.42. If you have to touch a person with a cold or handle something that the person has used, wash your hands immediately afterwards.43. If the weather is cold, 1 put on some warm clothes and go for long walks on the shore with my dog.44. 最有希望的建議是首先解決那些造成人們無家可歸的(根本)問題。(attack)45. 如果晚餐是非正式的，可以問一下你是否可以帶點(diǎn)什么，比如喝的或者甜點(diǎn)什么的。 (bring)試題答案及評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(僅供參考)I . (20%, 2 points for each item.)1. B2.D3.B4.C5.B6. D7. C8.B9.D10.Bn.(20%, 2 pointsfor each item.)11. C12. B13.B14.A15.B16. C17. A18.C19.C20.Am.(20%, 2 pointsfor each item.)21. A22. I)23.C24.C25.A26. C27. A28.A29.B30.CIV. (20%, 2 points for each item.)31. D32. C .33. B34. D35. B36. D37. B38. C39. B -40. CV. (20% , 4 points for each item.)(每個(gè)小題答案并不一定要求與所給答案完全一樣。得體準(zhǔn)確，符合句意，無語法錯(cuò)誤，得43分；基本符合句意，無重大語法錯(cuò)誤，得32分；不太符合句意，有明顯語法錯(cuò)誤，得1 分；不符合句意，句子無法讀憧，得。分。其他情況,酌情扣分。)41. 筆跡專家認(rèn)為他們可以根據(jù)人們寫字的方式看出他們的個(gè)性。42. 如果你必須與患有感冒的人接觸或者拿他用過的東西，隨后應(yīng)立即洗手。43. 如果天氣冷.我就穿一些較暖和的衣服，和我的狗在海邊長時(shí)間地散步。44. The most promising suggestions are those that will attack the problems that made people homeless in the first place.45. If the dinner is informal, ask if you can bring something, such as something to drink or dessert.