高职高专实用英语第一学期期中考试试卷A卷
高职高专实用英语第一学期期中考试试卷A卷
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension （每题两分，共十题，共二十分）
Only Child versus Siblings
Read the text and fill in as many words as you can.
Although I wasn’t an （1）______ child, my sister was 14 years （2）______ than me and had left home when I turned （3）_____ years old, so I left like an only child.
I had no one to play with and my (4) ______ were older --- my mother was 40 when I was
(5)_____ .
So now I have 4 children at age 3,5,14 and 16. My boys are the two older ones. My girls are the younger ones and they always (6)______ over the toys, but the older two often manage to find a way that they can play together peacefully.
There are a lot of good things to have (7)_____ than one child. You can always say, “Go and play with your brother or sister, I must (8)______ dinner.” Siblings teach us to live with others more easily. While an only child never has to (9)_____ with anyone in her home, a child with siblings (10)______ to share.
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary & Structure（每题一分，共四十题，共四十分）
Section A: Choo the best answer.
1. We would like to ____ you to our barbeque tomorrow.
A．invitation B. information C. invite
2. I felt rather ______ when I left home for the first time to go on an exchange visit to America.
A. happy
B. informal
C. nervous
3. The party is very _____ so you can wear what you like.
A. informal
B. formal
C. friendly
4. I___ what my family is doing at this moment back home.
A. suggest
B. wonder
C. ask
5. There is no reason to continue this discussion. You are not going to the party and ____.
A. that's that
B. so on
C. ever after
6. You ____ think that all Americans can speak English and you would be right.
A. daily
B. probably
C. wrongly
7. My best friend, ____, can speak English and Spanish.
A. new
B. school
C. for example
8. But ____ if I lived on the border to Mexico I could speak English and Spanish, too.
A. maybe
B. always
C. never
9. I can hear my ______ neighbor through the wall. He is so loud. It is awful!
A. another
B. next-door
C. nice
10. A ____ handshake is much better than a limp one.
A. firm
B. rious
C. unfriendly
11.I took the wrong ___ at the last road junction, can you tell me how I get back on the motorway?
A. turn
B. turner
C. turning
12. Am I going in the right _____ for the post office?
A. route
B. direction
C. sign
13. Can you tell me plea how I ___ to the cinema from here?
A. come
B. get
C. take
14. Could you plea ___ me in the direction of the motorway?
A. deliver
B. show
C. point
15. I'm making for the M25 motorway. Is this road the most ____ route?
A. direct
B. obvious
C. straight
16. Can you help me plea? I've lost my way and _____ to get to the shops before closing time.
A. require
B. need
C. request
17. Could you tell me how ___ I am from the town centre, plea?
A. near
B. far
C. clo
18. ____ to this map I should be near the church. I s that correct?
A. Considering
B. After
C. According
19. I'm ___ for the town hall - am I anywhere near?
A. making
B. eking
C. eing
20. Is this the ___ way for the railway station?
A. correct
B. clear
C. fine
21.If you ______ your money every week, you will soon have enough for a new bicycle.
A.spent
B. save
C. earn
22.It is ______ to spend your money DVDs. You can borrow them from the shop.
A.necessary
B. good
C. unnecessary
23.Siblings often have _____ about silly things.
A.agreement
B. arguments
C. friends
24.A good ______ with your parents is very important.
A.birth
B. dinner
C. relationship
25.My brother got a job as a _____ bus driver when he left school.
A.trainee
B. clever
C. friendly
26.Chu ______ in China and then moved to the USA when he was 25.
A. enjoyed
B. visited
C. grew up
27.I think we should _____ uniforms at our school. I hate them!
A.do away with
B. ll
C. take
28.A healthy river is ______ fish.
A.empty
B. full of
C. nice
29.I was very ____ of my sister for having such beautiful black hair.
A.frustrating
B. happy
C. jealous
30.There are no appointments _____ at the dentist this afternoon. You will have to wait until tomorrow.
A.attractive
B. available
C. able
Section B: Complete the ntences with the right form of the words in brackets
1. I had going shopping with my mother and the ______ (bad) moment always comes when she announces loudly in the shop how wonderful I look in the dress she has chon for me.
2. She once cho an ugly pullover for me and went on to choo the ________ (awful) pair of trours that I had ever en.
