英语二级期末考试（A卷）
I．Multiple Choices :( 30%)
1. She cho to learn the violin in __________ to the piano.
A. preference
B. favor
C. comparison
D. liking
2. Hard as he tried, he had no ________ of solving the problem.
A. method
B. u
C. way
D. n
3. Oranges are _______less sour than lemons.
A. noticeably
B. notifyingly
C. notifiably
D. notionally
4. After a long hunt for him, we saw him ________the crowd
A. emerged from
B. emerging into
C. emerged into
D. emerging from
5. It’s one thing to learn, and _______to teach
A. the other
B. another
C. the others
D. another thing
6. The country _______,most of the Americans hurry home before the night falls.
A. met
B. being met
C. having met
D. having been met
7. His _______for his loyal support of the Party was s at in the Cabinet
A. reward
B. repayment
C. recompen
D. compensation
8. In computer programming, this model is ______to any of the others we have in the department.
A. the most superior
B. superior
C. better
D. more superior
9. He was deeply __________over his son’s financial difficulties.
A. troubled
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B. anxious
C. concerned
D. careful
10. Listening, speaking, reading, then writing ______ the fundamental order in language learning.
A. constitute
B. construct
C. content
D. constituent
11. Having said how much he liked football, he then _______to explain how he had come to like it.
A. followed
B. got
属龙和属马
C. went
D. proceeded
12. The boy has _____the local accent while staying with his grandparents.
A. picked up
B. breakdown
C. break
D. breakthrough
13. There is not much in complaining; they never take any notice.
A. reason
B. point
C. meaning
D. spot
14. There is no limit ________ what you can do if you try.
A. of
B. to
C. within
D. for
15. Plea state your name, age and______.
A. field
B. trade
C. work
D. occupation
16. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.
A. reveal
B. exhibit
C. expound
D. demonstrate
17. Years of _____ labor had hardened his muscles..
A. menu
B. body
C. figure-building
D. manual
18. So far as we know, the original manuscripts of Shakespeare’s plays are no longer in _______.
A. evidence
B. practice
C. progress
D. existence
19. We all like the teacher becau of his ________ of humor.
A. manner
B. feelings
C. nature
D. n
20. For lack of sufficient curity, the bank had its thousands of dollars_____
A. rob of
B. be robbed of
C. to be robbed of
D. robbed
21. The bad weather ________ the small attendance to the meeting.
A. is responsible for
B. is responsible to
古陌荒阡C. is in charge of
D. takes charge of
22. I am sorry to _____ you while you’re working but I must ask you a question.
A. violate
B. interfere
C. bother
D. annoy
23. You must obtain _____from the landowner to fish in this river.眼袋去掉的方法
A. agreement
B. right
C. allowance
D.permission
24. His great grandfather was among the first to ttle in _____ is now the famous mountain resort.
A. what
B. which
C. where
D. that
25. A new hospital is __________ construction.
A. in
B. on
C. over
D. under
26. I hope to finish the work________.
A. until he will arrive
B. until he arrives
C. before he will arrive
D. before he arrives
让座儿歌27. Everyone I invited _______ at my wedding.
A. showed around
B. showed off
C. showed up
D. showed down
28. _______ a certain doubt among students as to the necessity of the work.
A. It existed
B. There existed
C. They have
D. There had
29. He studied hard at school when he was young, ______ contributes to his success in later life.
A. that
B. which
C. so that
D. as
30. He said he would consider our proposal and that we would _____ him within twenty-four hours.
A. hear
B. hear of
C. hear about
D. hear from
II. Point out and correct the mistakes:（15%）
1.Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when being en
a b c d alone.
2. When he found he hadn’t enough money to pay for the meal, he was very much
a b c embarrassing.
D
3. We are all for your suggestion that a special board will be t up to examine the
a b c d problem.
4. I remembered clearly to e Ann talking with Mr. Benson at the Christmas party the
a b
previous week but now she denied eing him there.
c d
5. Men suppo to be at the peak of their creative powers at the age of forty-five.
a b c d
6. Most of the freshmen in our college have made far more greater progress in their
a b c
study of English than we first expected.
d
7. Jeremy is such a careless person that he has five wallets stolen by pickpockets.
a b c d
8. Don’t take for granted that all tho who score high in the entrance examinations
a b c
will prove to be the most competent at college.
d
9. Just like opera was the typical form of the eighteenth century, so film ems likely
a b c d
to become the reprentative art form of the twentieth century.
10. Jeremy is such a careless person that he has five wallets stolen by pickpockets.
a b c d
III. Cloze :（10%）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
In its home country of Germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter. It was named 1 Frankfurt, a German city.
Frankfurters were first 2 in the United States in 3. Americans called frankfurters "dachshund sausages"(达克思香肠).A dachshund is a dog from Germany 4 a very long body and short legs. Dachshund sausages first 5 popular in New York, 6 at baball games. At games they were sold b
y men 7 kept them 8 in hot-water tanks. As the men walked 9 the rows of people , they yelled , "Get your dachshund sausages ! Get your hot dachshund sausages ! " People got the sausages on
10 , a special bread.
11 in 1906 a newspaper cartoonist 12 Tad Dorgan went to a baball game.
13 he saw the men with the dachshund sausages, he got an idea 14 a cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he 15 a bun with a dachshund inside --- 16 a dachshund sausage, 17 a dachshund. Dorgan 18 how to spell dachshund . Under the cartoon, he wrote "Get your hot dogs !" The cartoon was a nsation(轰动) , and 19 .If you go to a baball game today, you can still e llers walking 20 with hot-water tanks. As they walk up and down the rows they yell.
"Get your hot dogs here! Get your hot dogs !"
1 . A .with B. after C. by D. of
2. A. got B. sold C. bought D. make
3. A. the 1860s B. 1860's C. the 1860 D. 1865s
喷丸处理4. A. by B. of C. at D. with
5. A. gained B. stayed C. became D. were turned
6. A. special B. especially C. certainly D. surely
7. A. tho B. which C. what D. who
8. A. cool B. hot C. warm D. cold
9. A. sometimes B. up and down C. someday D. here and there
10. A. buns B. the tops C. coffee D. chocolates
11. A. A day B. Any day C. Certain D. One day
12 . A. who is B. was C. was called D. named
13. A. When B. While C. If D. Whether
14. A. to B. as C. with D. for
15. A. called B. made C. drew D. bought
16. A. no B. without C. not D. for
17. A. except B. but C. and D. except for
18. A. didn't know B. wonders C. was sure D. never knows
19. A. so the new name was B. so is the cartoonist凤凰花开的季节
C. so was the new name
D. the new name was so
20. . A. over B. around C. fast D. all day
IV. Reading Comprehension:（30%）布封的作品
( A )
In the 1900’s, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and combed their hair i
n the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐)and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of the things there. The bathtub was a wash tub(澡盆)filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest. Otherwi, you washed yourlf standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday night becau Sundays they went to church.
A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford
