英语实践基础试题.docx

1、英语实践基础试题2005年东北师范大学英语实践基础试题考研加油站 学科专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学、课程与教学论考试科目：英语实践基础考试时间：2005年1月23日上午Part I Vocabulary and Grammar (20 points)I. Complete the sentences by choosing one of the four alternatives indicated as A, B, C and D. (20 points)1. Several short trips to smaller Hawaiien islands were all pa

2、rt of Bennys _. A. itinerary B. reservation C. transportation D. agency2. Following dinner, everyone was to attend a _. A. museum B. cinema C. orchestra D. concert3. Before making his decision, Brad took his time reviewing the entire _. A. patron B. menu C. luncheon D. intermission4. Due to the seve

3、rity of his injury, George was taken directly to the _. A. nursing home B. insurance agencyC. waiting room D. emergency room5. Ruth used a “50% off” _ to purchase her new shirt. A. commodity B. coupon C. receipt D. waitresses6. In order to buy a new car, Betty was required to make a $2,000 _ on the

4、vehicle A. down payment B. lease C. auction D. installment7. After nearly a week in the hospital, Sarah needed a few more weeks for _. A. recuperation B. pills C. prescription D. medicine8. Before calling technical support, make sure each and every _ is securely plugged in. A. socket B. activation C

5、. cable D. current9. Bacon is the most important _ in this particular recipe. A. mutton B. ingredient C. poultry D. instrument10. Ashley really wanted to purchase a _ since her desktop was much too heavy to carry around with her. A. cyberspace B. website C. laptop D. digital11. Pressing the F12 func

6、tion key to _ a second program which backs up all the data. A. activate B. conduct C. charge D. convert12. An electrical _ in the kitchen caused the fire which destroyed the entire office building. A. terminal B. malfunction C. laboratory D. sensor13. John does not like his _ since it meant he had t

7、o travel two or three times per week. A. consumer B. appointment C. assignment D. consensus14. Since the family had recently experienced financial hardships, the loan officer decided to _ the usual fees. A. trade B. waive C. compete D. assemble15. Individuals who excel at their jobs usually consider

8、 their work a top _. A. outlook B. liability C. purchase D. priority16. After the election was over, the loser _ to the winner. A. inspected B. abided C. conceded D. traded17. One of the Toms new responsibilities was to go to local colleges and universities to _ students into the construction manage

9、ment business. A. retire B. recruit C. promote D. transfer18. Since the winter season was approaching, Clare went shopping for warmer _ for the master bedroom. A. furniture B. bedding C. construction D. kitchenware19. The _ room was plenty large and allowed Andy extra room to fold the clean clothes.

10、 A. laundry B. cellar C. kitchen D. attic20. Pam spent $30,000 to _ the old home and modernize it. A. utilize B. renovate C. restore D. receiveII. Find a suitable place to insert the words in the box in the sentences below. (10 points)all of a sudden at first glance at the time for the time being in

11、 the end on the spur of the moment from the distance on second thoughts presumably potentially without doubtExample: Shell pass the exam. Shell pass the exam without doubt.1. It was a terrible shock but I soon got over it.2. It was a terrible journey but we got there.3. I was tempted to dive off the

12、 cliff, but I decided it might be a bit dangerous.4. Electricity is dangerous, so treat it very respect.5. He has bought that dress specially for the wedding.6. I hadnt made any plan; I just decided to go.7. I was driving along the motorway and then the engine just burst into flames.8. It looked lik

13、e quite a nice restaurant but when I got closer I realized it was just a caf and not very nice either.9. I thought it was going to be quite an easy exam, but in actual fact I found some of the questions very tricky.10. Ive got a small dictionary which I can use, but I plan to buy a much better one w

14、hen I start my new course.III. The text below contains a number of grammatical errors. Read the text carefully and underline the mistakes and then correct them. (10 points)A distraught mother has discovered she is bringing up the wrong baby _for the past six years. And the couple who adopted her rea

15、l baby are _refusing to let her see the boy, said that he must be never told the truth. _Now heartbreaking Jodie is taking the case to court in what is set to be _one of Americas strangest legal battle at the custody of a child. The lawful _truth was revealed when Jodies marriage began to disintegra

16、ting. _In one of their many rows, husband Walter claimed that he was not the _real father of their son. Blood test not only proved him right, but _also showed that Jodie could not be the real mother. _Further investigations revealed a tragic mix-up at Griffith Hospital _where Jodie had given birth t

17、o. The hospitals supposed foolproof _system of identity bracelets had gone wrong, and somewhere between _the maternity ward and the nursery two babies switched. Jodies real child _was given to a young mother who had already arranged her baby to be _adopted. And the couple who adopted the boy, and na

18、med him Melvin, are _now saying that the young boys life would be too badly disrupted if he _ever sees Jodie and the truth. _Meanwhile Jodie has now officially adopted the child she has been looking after _for six years. But yesterday she vowed: “Ill fight to the end to get Melvin _back. Im entitled

19、 to have him hes my son.” _IV. Fill the gaps in the text below with words given. Note there are more words than needed. (10 points)burning flame fire glistering grace groaned glorious heaving imposing purple quietly silent“But we did not make a start at once. We must see the last of the ship. And so

20、 the boats drifted about that night, 1. _ and setting on the swell. The men dozed, waked, sighed, 2. _ I looked at the burning ship.” “Between the darkness of earth and heaven she was 3. _ fiercely upon a disc of 4. _ sea shot by the blood-red play of gleams; upon a disc of water 5. _ and sinister.

21、A high, clear 6. _, an immense and lonely flame, ascended from the ocean, and from its summit the black smoke poured continuously at the sky. She burned furiously; mournful and 7. _ like a funeral pile kindled in the night, surrounded by the sea, watched over by the stars. A magnificent death had co

22、me like a 8. _, like a gift, like a reward to that old ship at the end of her laborious days. The surrender of her weary ghost to the keeping of stars and sea was stirring like the sight of a 9. _ triumph. The masts fell just before daybreak, and for a moment there was a burst and turmoil of sparks

23、that seemed to fill with flying fire the night, patient and watchful, the vast night lying 10. _ upon the sea”Part II Reading Comprehension (50 points)I. There are five reading passages followed by a total of twenty-five multiple choice questions. Read the passage and then make your choices. (25 poi

24、nts)Passage OneSir Isaac Newton noted in 1672 that a beam of sunlight passed through prism and allowed to fall on a white surface becomes a “rainbow” of varying colors: red at one end, ranging through orange, yellow, green and blue, to violet at the other. This colored strip of pure lights is called

25、 a spectrum, the Latin word meaning “apparition.”Sunlight consists of a mixture of light of varying wavelengths that affect our eyes differently, so that we see the components of sunlight as colors. When a beam of light passes into glass at an acute angle, it is bent, or refracted, and if the glass

26、is a triangular prism, the wavelengths are refracted farther in the same direction, and the spectrum appears. Light that appears red is refracted the most.Scientists have found that particular substances, when heated to a white heat, give off only certain colors; when the light from this heated subs

27、tance is passed through a slit, each color in the light will form an image of the slit at a certain predictable position in the spectrum, leaving the rest of the band black. Sunlight passing through a cool gas will have certain of its colors absorbed dark images of the slit will then appear against

28、the colored background.By using a spectroscope, an instrument through which one can view a spectrum against a marked scale so that the position of each color line can be located exactly, scientists have learned about the composition of the sun and the star.1. A beam of sunlight becomes a “rainbow” w

29、hen it _. A. passes through a pane of glass B. fails on any white surface C. asses through a prism D. is composed of pure light2. Sunlight consists of _. A. a mixture of light of varying wavelengths B. pure color C. light waves of equal lengths D. light waves traveling at varying angles3. The spectr

30、um results from light waves being _. A. projected in an unvarying pattern B. heated by their passage through glass C. refracted at any angle D. refracted by a prism4. Scientists have found that certain substances, when heated, will _. A. absorb all colors B. refract all colors C. give off only certain colors D. reflect certain colors5. The selection says that scientists have used the spectroscope to study the _. A. composition of the sun and stars B. nature of light waves C. behavior of gases D. posits of the sun and starsPassage TwoFing