英语系分层教学2011级专科2011－2012学年度秋学期 期末考试《大学英语A 级》试卷（A ） 答卷说明：本试卷共4页，6个大题，满分100分，120分钟完卷。

班号： 姓名I. Choose the best answer for each blank. (20 points, 1 point for each ） 1. ——Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow. ——__________. A. I don't B. I won't C. I can't D. I haven't 2. The number of people invited________fifty, but a number of them___________ absent for different reasons. A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were 3. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him________. A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to 4. She told me two stories, but ______ of them was interesting. A. either B. both C. neither D. none 5. Which newspaper do you think _____ young people in Australia? A. most popular of B. is the most popular with C. be most popular of D. are the most popular with 6. They were all tired, but ____ of them would stop to take a rest. A. any B. some C. none D.neither 7. ——What did you think of her speech? ——She _____ for an hour but did't ____ much. A. spoke; speak B. spoke; say C. said; speak D.said; say 8. If i had _____ . I'd visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places. A. a long enough holiday B. an enough long holidayC. a holiday enough longD. a long holiday enough9. We'd better complete the job with ____ money and ____ people.A. few; littleB. less; fewerC. fewer; lessD. more; more10. Would you mind ____ me here at nine o'clock?A. meetB. to meetC. meetingD. met11. ______ the help of the guide dog , the old man ____ his son a visit.A. Under; spentB. With; tookC. With; paidD. Under; showed12. I often dream ____ my old friends.A. to seeB. seeingC. of seeingD. at seeing13. We couldn't help _____ when we heard the hero's story.A. movingB. to moveC. to be movedD.being moved14. When he became a famous poet he was ____ his early thirties.A. inB. atC. afterD. from15. The new student _____ well with other classmates.A. got awayB. got upC. got alongD. got down16. My friend Mary is becoming ____ in Chinese food.A. more and less interestedB. more and more interestedC. more and less interestingD. more and more interesting17. Mr. Brown caught several fish and then _____, which he thought is a good way to spend time.A. set it awayB. set it freeC. put them awayD. set them free18. The wind is _____. Let's _____ the fence before a storm comes.A. strong; strengthenB. strengthen; strengthC. strength; strengthenD. strengthening; strong19. After he ____ some coffee, he sat down to ____ some reading.A. did; doB. did; makeC. made; makeD. made; do20. ——Nancy is not coming tonight.——But she ____?A. promisesB. promisedC. will promiseD. had promisedII. Fill in each blank with a word or expressiongiven below. Change the form where necessary.(10 points, 1 point for each ）appear in short have difficulty in lift think of formbing … to an end hunt for as far as look forward to21. This is great and most encouraging progress; _ ___, a triumph.22. We all __________________ your next visit to Naijing.23. My parents are _________________spending their holiday in France.24. His lies __________________his friendship with Mike..25. This idea __________________in many books.26. I will help you __________________ i can.27. The children __________________ a circle around her.28. My old grandmother __________________remembering things.29. We've been __________________the lost boy all over the town.30. The guests __________________their glasses to the health of the host.III. R eading Comprehension (30 points,3 points for each)Passage 1There was once an ant that was very thirsty.It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.The ant drank the water, which saved its life.The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings.The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds."Why are you sad?" asked the ant."I'm the prisoner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley(大麦)and rye(黑麦)out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together.""That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds."I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!""Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you."Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.31. What is an ant?A. A small animal.B. An insect.C. A bird.D. A giant.32. When did the drop of water fall on the ant?A. When it was looking for food.B. When it saved the ant's life.C. When it was nearly dying.D. When it looked up.33. Why was the young girl crying?A. Because of her sadness.B. Because she saw the ant.C. Because the giant would let her go.D. Because the giant had given her an impossible job to do.34. What would the giant do if the girl failed to do the work?A. He would eat her.B. He would let her go.C. He would take her away.D. He would send her to prison.35. Who or what saved the girl's life?A. The giantB. The antC. The ant's friendsD. Her tearsPassage 2Oil is so important that it is sometimes called "black gold". Almost half of our energy comes from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil. Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil.Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped deep under the earth. Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace if it leaked out of the ground. Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil. One tool measures the pull of gravity. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. Another tool is sound waves. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them.We need a lot of oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. Soon we must find new ways of looking for this "black gold".36. From this passage, we can know oil is _______________.A. a kind of rocksB. a source of energyC. black goldD. black rocks37. According to the passage, we can tell that ___________.A. oil is found in rocksB. oil runs in riversC. oil is found only under waterD. oil runs very fast38. Which of the following isn't the way to help find oil?A. Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds.B. People measure the pull of gravity to know if there is oil.C. Sound waves tell us where the oil has leaked out of the ground.D. People know there is oil if it leaks out of the ground.39. Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe?A. Oil was firstly found by measuring gravity.B. Many things are made from oil.C. We will never run out of oil.D. Our lives would be very different if we didn't have oil.40. The main idea of the whole story is that ___________.A. many things are made from oilB. we must find new ways of looking for oilC. people spend a lot of time looking for oilD. oil is important for us but hard to findIV.C-E Translation (15 points, 3 points for each)41.我们应该集中精力学习。