郑州大学远程教育入学考试《大学英语》考试卷
1503批次_____ 县______ 层次 专业_____ 姓名______ 得分 Part I. Listening Comprehension (10%)
Directions: You will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Notice that each conversation will be read just once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
1. A. The man’s. 2. 3.
A. Mary .
B. The man’s brother’s. D. The woman’s brother’s. B. Ann. D. Ann and Helen.
B. He hurt his back. D. He hurt his foot.
C. The woman’s. C. Ann and Mary . A. He hurt his leg C. He hurt his hand.
4. A. In a restaurant.
B. At a railway station. C. In the post office. D. At the airport. 5. A. A doctor.
B. A nurse.
D. A receptionist.
B. The language lab.
D. The chemistry and physics lab. B. At a grocery. D. At a bookstore.
C. A secretary.
6. A. The chemistry lab. C. The physics lab. 7. A. At a restaurant . 8. A. English. C. American. 9. A. Study.
C. See a ply.
C. At a booking office.
B. Chinese.
D. French. B. See a film. D. Attend a lecture.
10. A. Yes, you must take a bus to get there.
B. Yes, you must take a taxi to get there.
C. No, it’s within walking distance.
D. No, but you’d better not walk.
Part II. Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are 3 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. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
11. Good secretaries find it ____ to handle office calls well.
A. extremely difficult B. quite necessary
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C. very important D. very boring
12. It is frequently through ____ that a customer receives his first impression about a business.
A. telephone contacts B. newspaper advertisements C. telegrams
D. person-to-person contacts 13. “Runaround” here means ____.
A. “an unpleasant excuse” B. “a flat refusal”
C. “a not-so-warm welcome” D. but a helpful response 14. Laura Needham is ____.
A. a capable executive of a manufacturing factory B. a secretary as well as an executive C. an efficient office secretary D. but a helpful telephone operator
15. In her opinion a secretary can never be a good one until ____.
A. she knows how to please her clients
B. she often asks her boss how to answer a telephone call C. she has the information her clients need D. she can keep calm and never loses her temper 16. What was the problem Philadelphia had in 1968? A. Its school system needed a new school building. B. More teachers were needed for its school system. C. It lacked money for its educational project. D. Both a and b.
17. The word “unique” here means _____. A. “very unusual” B. “proper” C. “ordinary” D. “pretty usual”
18. Who was the program planner? A. A famous English innovator. B. The director of a cultural institution C. An Englishman called John Bremer.
D. Someone in charge of the city’s school system. 19. Every “tutorial group” consists of ______. A. a large group of children and their tutor B. 15 boys and girls, a teacher and his assistant C. 15 boys and 15 girls
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D. 15 boys but no girls
20. About 100 institutions in Philadelphia ______. A. provide space for classrooms
B. open such courses as are required in the Program C. allow their laboratories and other facilities to be used D. offer their help
21.A good title for this passage is ____.
A. sleep B. Good Health C. Dreams D. Work and Rest 22.The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means ____.
A. sick B. asleep C. a little sleepy D. nosy
23.This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.
A dream more often B. have poor health C. nervous D. breathe quickly 24.During REM, _____.
A. your eyes move quickly B. you dream B. C. you are restless D. Both A and B
25.The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is _____.
A. approximately six hours B. around the hours C. about eight hours D. not stated here Part III. Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: There are 30 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 26. I got 90 ________ on the intelligence test. A. scores C. points
B. mark D. grades B. separated, with
D. divided, by B. certain D. exact
27. When I was young. I ________ a room _______my brother. A. shared, with C. lived, with A. sure C. right
28. It' s not quite ________that he will come.
29. Skimming helps _______your reading speed. A. increase C. reduce A. lead to
B. decrease
D. develop B. get to D. take over
B. ran D. covered
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30. The new inventions will ________ great changes in our school. C. prove to be A. journeyed C. flew
31. The Red Army ______ 25,000 Li on the Long March.
32. He kept looking back because he was afraid of ________. A. following
B. being followed
C. having followed A. achieved C. managed A. effectively C. efficient ly A. to
D. having been followed
B. enabled D. succeeded B. enough
33. He finally ________ in reaching the top of the mountain.
34. The management is worse because the regulations have not been_________carried out .
D. definitely B. that D. as
B. held a ball in their hands D. played the ball B. got to know
D. had known
35. The bottle is too small _____hold so much water. C. not to
36. All of them had a ball at the party. \ A. enjoyed themselves C. enjoyed themselves A know C. knew A. unless C. until
37. It is quite some years since I ________ him.
38. You can borrow my dictionary ________ you return it to me before 10.
B. as soon as
D. if
39. I heard our teacher was ill_______. A. or nothing C. or something A. should set
B. or everything
D. or anything
B. must set D. must have set
40. You overslept this morning. You______ your alarm clock. C, should have set A. would get up C. will get up
41. I wish he ________ earlier. He’ s late for work every day.
B. getup
D. should get up
42. If there is enough time, I want to___________ the city before dark. A. look around C. look for
B. look on D. look up B. except D. besides
B. taken D. done
43. We have lessons every day _______ on Sunday. A. except for C. apart A. achieved C. finished A. afford
44. This is the only success I have ________ since I graduated from college.
45. I can't ______the time for it.
B. take
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C. spend
D, cost B. Thinking D. Judging B. take hack D. admit
B. comparing to
D. compared from B. had I seen D. I had seen
46. ______ his age, he is unable to take the job. A. Considering C. Comparing A. not say
47. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words \ C. keep from saying A. comparing with C. compared with A. did I see C. I saw A. so that
48. I'm very lucky ____the women in the old days.
49. Never __________such a marvellous place as the Great Wall before I got there.
50. He paused _______ he had found a difficulty.
B. even though
D. as if
C. now that
51. _____ is a good meal and a good rest.
A. That you real need B. What you really need C. How you are really needing D. What you are really needed 52. By next June, she ______ here for five years.
A. will study B. has been studying C. will have been studying D. had studied
53. Many of the world’s great novels are reported _____ into films last year. A. being made B. having been made C. to be made D. to have been made 54. If you _____ to see Mary, what would you tell her? A. are B. will be going C. were D. must 55. He was _____ to tell the truth.
A. too much of a coward B. too much coward C. a coward enough D. enough of coward 56. A. therefore
C. but
57. A. smiles 58. A. Instead 59. A. both
C. nor C. to 60. A. in
B. or D. so
B. laughs D. delights B. Rather than D. Though
C. enjoys C. Instead of
B. neither D. either 5 B. for D. before