大学英语1复习资料

《大学英语》复习资料

Part I

V

ocabulary and Structure

Directions:

There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C).

and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1.

Be sure to _________________ enough time to complete your normal reading and work assignments.

A. put away

B. set aside

C. set out

D. put up

D. concentrate

2.

When you begin to work, you should be able to ___________________ the subject.

A. concentrate on

B. concentrate to

C. concentrate

that

3.

I like singing and I will never ___________________ singing.

A. give in

B. give out

C. give up

D. give down

4.

Let

’

s go to the park.. It

’

s just _________________.

A. near the corner

B. on the corner

C. by the corner

D. round the corner

5.

John was ________________ to go out in the storm, but he went anyway.

A. reluctance

B. reluctant

C. reluctantly

D. reluctancy

6.

Rain does not _________________ bring down the temperature.

A. certainly

B. undoubtedly

C. necessarily

D. completelyb

7.

We often _________________ the warmness or coolness of colour.

A. hear

B. hear out

C. hear from

D. hear of

8.

The captain was very angry but he managed to _______________ .

A. hold himself in

B. hold himself up

C. hold himself down

D. hold himself out

9.

I

want

to

know

more

about

the

______________

of

the

American

writer,

but

I

don

’

t

know

where

to

get

the

information.

A. background

B. information

C. surrounding

D. situation

10.

The doctors decided to __________________ her immediately.

A. operate

B. operate on

C. operate to

D. operate up

11.

The police investigation revealed that five young men were ____________ in the rubbery

.

A. involved

B. found

C. caught

D. connected

12.

Tom _______________ from his brother in many ways.

A. difference

B. differs

C. different

D. differently

13.

________________ sentence has one or more clauses besides the main one.

A. Complicated

B. Complex

C. Complementary

D. Complete

14.

The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds _______________ his argument in favor of the new theory.

A. which to base on

B. on which to base

C. to base on which

D. which to be based on

15.

Actors in a play have to know their parts ______________ .

A. at heart

B. heart and soul

C. by heart

D. from the heart

16.

If I had remembered ___________________ the window, the thief would not have got in.

A. to close

B. closing

C. to have close

D. having closed

17.

I have classes _____________ day: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

A. other

B. every

C. each other

D. every other

18.

TV keeps us informed about ______________ events and the latest developments in science and politics..

A. current

B. fashionable

C. brand-new

D. previous

19.

Now the woods was silent _______________ the leaves.

A. except

B. in addition

C. besides

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D. except for

20.

She _____________ up to discover that he had gone.

A. wakened

B. woke

C. awakened

D. roused

Part II. Cloze

Directions:

There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.

You

should

choose

the

ONE

that

best

fits

into

the

passage.

Then

mark

the

corresponding

letter

on

the

Answer Sheet with a single line through the center

.

Scientists

1

that if we can discover

2

the brain

3

, the better use we will be able to put it

4

. For

example, how do we learn language? Man

5

most from all the other animals

6

his ability to

learn and use

language

7

we still do not know exactly how this

8

done. Some children learn to speak and read and write

when they are very young

9

to

1 0

children. But scientists are not sure

11

this happens. They are trying to

find out

12

there is something

13

the way we teach language

14

children which in fact prevent children

15

learning sooner.

1. A. ensure

2. A. how

3. A. does

4. A. with

5. A. differs

6. A. in

7. A. and

B. hope

B. when

B. goes

B. at

B. opposes

B. on

C. delay

C. where

C. works

C. on

C. resists

C. about

D. permit

D. whether

D. runs

D. to

D. denies

D. at

D. in addition

D. are

D. to compare

D. average

D. how

D. leather

D. for

D. to

D. from

B. but

C. however

8. A. was

9. A. comparing

10. A. special

11. A. when

12. A. whether

13. A. above

14. A. at

15. A. to

B. were

B. compared

B. clever

B. why

B. weather

B. under

B. in

B. in

C. is

C. being compared

C. disabled

C. where

C. feather

C. about

C. through

C. until

Part III

Reading Comprehension

Directions:

There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.

For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Y

ou should decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or

three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?

Five

hundred

years

ago,

news

of

important

happenings

< br>—

battles

lost

and

won,

kings

or

rulers

overthrown

or

killed

—

took months and even years to travel from one country to anther. The news was passed by word of mouth and

was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far-away countries on the

same day they happen.

Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are

weather

reports,

radio,

television

and

film

guides,

book

reviews,

stories,

and,

of course,

advertisements. There

are

all

sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the

newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products goes into

almost every home in the country

. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money

earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.

2

1. The phrase “subscribe to” (Line 1, Para. 1) probably means _____.

A. set about doing

B. catch sight of

C. take care of

D. pay for receiving

2. A

few hundred years ago news did not _____.

A. travel fast

B. draw public attention

C. spread to other countries

D. take long to die out

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Advertisements are the chief concern of readers in selecting a newspaper.

B. Big companies often give financial support to newspapers but small firms seldom

do so.

C. Newspapers can be sold at a cheap price mainly because they are widely read.

D. Newspapers are a good means for companies to make their products known to nearly every household.

4. According to the passage, a newspaper can carry _____.

A. advertisement

B. news

C. news and useful information

D. all kinds of information

5. From this passage we can learn that _____.

A. the writer believes that newspaper advertisements are worthwhile

B. the writer is experienced in designing advertisements for newspaper

C. the writer thinks that newspaper should carry more news and other information than advertisements

D. the writer believes that the more advertisements a newspaper has, the more popular it will be

passage 2

The Financial News Network on cable television plans a half-hour weekly program early next year that will focus

on

employment

opportunities,

mostly

for

middle

or

upper-middle

executives

in

areas

like

sales,

engineering

and

computers.

But much of the program, “Careerline”, will provide general information that the creators hope will at

tract a wider

audience

—

like how to act in a job interview or negotiate a salary.

“It’s a unique program basically helpful to your job hunting at home,” said a spokesman for FNN, ED Berenhaus.

Experimentally scheduled for broadcast on Thursdays at 6 p.m., beginning Feb. 2, with repeats on Mondays at 8

a.m.,

the

program

is

a

joint

venture

(

合资企业

)

of

FNN;

the

Lendman

Group,

a company specializing

in

personnel

recruitment

(

招募

), and CA

V Communications, which creates shows for cable.

Companies

will

pay

a

fee

of

$$14,000

to

offer

positions

on

the

program.

In

addition,

regular

commercials

are

expected from advertisers like providers of office equipment and hotels for business travelers.

Five-

minute

versions

of

“Careerline”

were

broadcast

in

September

and

October,

for

companies

including

the

Prudential Insurance Company of America, the Ford Motor Company and G

. E. Information Services.

FNN is available in 32 million homes with cable and reaches 10,000 to 20,000 households, depending

on the time

of the day. The network which also broadcasts an overnight shopping service and a sports service,

is expanding the hours

of its financial programs. They are expected to run from 6 a. m. to midnight starting next Monday.

“Careerline” will inc

lude news on trends in careers and office technology.

Will

all

these

be

interesting

to

enough

viewers?

“The

opportunity

for

boredom

(

厌倦

)

is

intense,”

admit

ted

Jay

Campbell,

co-

owner

of

CA

V

.

But

they

said

CA

V

was

experienced

in

“providing

as

much

general

appeal

as

possible”.

One method will be unusual advice, he said, like “how to work for an insignificant person”.

6. The name of the half-hour weekly program is _____.

A. Financial News

C. Careerline

V

7. The program will be _____.

A. prepared on Mondays and broadcast on Thursdays

B. broadcast on Thursdays and once again on Mondays

C. provided with general information to attract a wider audience

D. included in a job interview and broadcast once a week

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