2006年北京交通大学远程教育学院招生考前英语辅导
（专升本）Exercise 4
Ⅰ.Phonetics (10 points) Directions:
In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B ,C and D .Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation .Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.
1. A spread B team C bread D head 2. A eyes B price C lies D buys 3. A lower B shower C tower D power 4. A female B enable C name D fast 5. A longer B change C page D huge 6. A. noise B. horse C. nose D. close 7. A. spend B. blank C. bang D. angry 8. A. chalk B. chicken C. choose D. sandwich 9. A. sport B. worse C. report D. forty 10. A. even B. except C. eleven D. excuse Ⅱ.Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Directions:
There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentences there are four choices marked A, B ,C and D . Choose one answer that best completes the sentences and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
11. Our school is only 15 _____ from here. A. minute walk B. minutes walk C. minute’ walk D. minutes’ walk 12. March 8 is ______ day.
A. Women’s B. Women C. Woman’s D. a woman 13. The flood has done _____ to this area. A. many damages B. much damage C. injury D. damages 14. Joan is _____ of the three.
A. young B. younger C. youngest D. the youngest 15. Jack doesn’t jump so______ as his brother. A. high B. higher C. highest D. more high 16. The text is _____ than that one.
A. easy B. easier C. easiest D. the easiest 17. My uncle is _______ than that worker.
A. old B. elder C. older D. the oldest 18. July and August are _______ months in a year. A. hotter B. hottest C. hot D. the hottest 19. Which language do you like _____ , English or Russian? A. best B. better C. well D. very well 20. She said she was much ______ than before. A. good B. well C. better D. the best 21. I will tell him as soon as he ______ back. A. come B. comes C. will come D. came 22. Be careful. The train ______ . A. will come B. is going to come C. comes D. is coming 23. He ______ by the teachers. A. is always praised B. praises C. have been praised D. always is praised 24. The First World War _____ in 1914. A. was broke out B. broke out C. was broken D. was happened
25. It is _____ to travel on the moon.
A. wonderful B. careful C. brave D. important 26. All the students learned _____ up words in a dictionary. A. look how B. how to look C. how look D. to how look
27. Are you used to ______ with the light on? A. sleep B. slept C. sleeping D. being slept 28. He stopped _____ and went on with his work. A. smoking B. to smoke C. smoked D. smokes 29. She is proud _____ Chinese.
A. to be B. of being C. in being D. on being 30. What he said ____ untrue.
A. be B. is C. are D. were Ⅲ.Cloze ( 20 points) Directions:
For each blank in the following passage ,there are four choices given and marked A, B ,C and D .Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their __31 __ . This was the beginning of another __32__ day in New York City. __33__ this day was to be different. Waiting __34__ the crowded streets, on top of a __35__ 110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring French man was about to __36__ a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center. Philippe took his first __37__ with great care. The wire held. Now he was __38__ he could do it, __39__ only a balancing pole, Philippe walked his way across, a __40__ of 131 feet. Soon the rush-hour __41__ began to notice. What a __42__ ! There, 1350 feet
above the street, a __43__ figure was walking on air Philippe made seven __44__ back and forth. He wasn’t satisfied with just __45__. At times, he would turn , sit down, and __46__ go on his knees. Once, he had astonishing __47__ to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of __48__ watchers stared with their hearts beating fast. After the forty-five-minute __49__, Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked __50__ he did it. Philippe shrugged and said, “When I see two tall buildings, I walk.”
31. A. jobs B. homes C. buses D. offices 32. A. working B. hot C. same D. ordinary 33. A. And B. So C. But D. Thus 34. A. for B. in C. by D. above 35. A. roof B. position C. wall D. building 36. A. throw B. walk C. climb D. fix 37. A. act B. landing C. step D. trip 38. A. sure B. uncertain C. glad D. nervous 39. A. through B. against C. with D. on 40. A. distance B. height C. space D. rope 41. A. street B. crowds C. passengers D. city 42. A. height B. pleasure C. wonder D. danger 43. A. great B. strange C. public D. tiny 44. A. experiments B. circles C. trips D. movements 45. A. walking B. staying C. acting D. showing 46. A. almost B. even C. often D. rather 47. A. spirit B. result C. strength D. courage 48. A. patient B. terrified C. pleased D. enjoyable 49. A. show B. trick C. try D. program 50. A. how B. why C. whether D. when Ⅳ.Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions:
There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B ,C and D .Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage 1
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The lead story in tonight’s news concerns the fire which destroyed the major part of Columbia College at 4 a.m. this morning. In only five minutes, more than six hundred girls came out of their dorms to watch their college burn to the ground in the freezing December weather. Fortunately, there were no injures resulting from the fire. According to the college president, plans were already made to raise more than three million dollars to rebuild the college.
Here is the news from Washington. President Clinton says he is troubled by a scientist’s desire to clone a human and is urging the Congress to pass a ban(禁令) to such experiments for at least five years. In his weekly radio address, Clinton noted Chicago-area physicist Richard. Seed’s announcement that he is ready to set up a clinic to clone human babies. President Clinton said that the need for passing laws that would ban human cloning for at least five years is more urgent than ever.
A brief look at the weather for the weekend tells us to expect light showers on Saturday and Sunday. The high Saturday will be in the lower 40’s. On Sunday, we can expect the high to be about 65. That’s this evening’s news. Good night from Channel 9 news. Your better news station, and from Alan King, your reporter. 51. The fire at Columbia College took place? A. In December.
B. In March.