电大英语3期末复习资料 精篇.doc
英语II(1)期末复习资料第一部分 交际用语1.Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now? _C_.A. Sorry, you cant B. No, you cant C. sorry, he is busy at the moment2. What kind of TV program do you like best? -_A_.A. Its hard to say, actually B. I only watch them at weekend C. Im too busy to say3Oh, sorry to bother you.A. Oh, I dont know B. No, you cant C. Thats okay 4Can you turn down the radio, please? A. Im sorry, I didnt realize it was that loud B. Please forgive me C. Ill keep it down next time5. -Would you mind if I open the window for a better view? .A. Thats fine, thank you B. Yes, please C. Of course not6. Hello, could I speak to Don please? A. Who are you B. Whos speaking C. Are you Jane 7. -May I know your address? A. Sure. Here you are B. I have no idea C. Its far from here8. Hows the movie? Interesting? A. I was seated far away in the corner B. Far from. I should have stayed home watching TV C. It was shown late until midnight9. What if my computer doesnt work? A. Im not good at computer B. Ask Anne for help C. Ive called the repair shop 10. -Lets take a walk. A. Yes, lets B. Oh, thanks C. Yes, please 11. Whats the problem, Harry? A. I cant remember where I left my glasses B. No problem at all C. Thank you for asking me about it12. Is this the motel you mentioned? A. Yes, its as quiet as we expected B. It looks comfortable C. No, the prices reasonable 13. Would you like to have dinner with us this evening? A. I dont know B. Sorry, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parents 14. Well, Mary, how are you? A. Im good B. Im pleased C. Im fine 15. Would you like to see the menu? A.No, thanks. I already know what to order B. Your menu is very clear C. I hear the food here is tasty 16. - I think the Internet is very helpful. A. Yes, so do I B. Thats a very good idea C. Neither do I 17. May I help you, madam? D. Yes, Id like 2 kilos of oranges.18. I dont like the sports programs on Sundays. B. Neither do I. 19. Will you go on a picnic with us tomorrow? B. Sorry, I have an appointment with Dr. Brown.20. What about going for a walk? A. Why not? A good idea. 21. Excuse me, how can I get to the nearest supermarket?. D. Sorry, sir. Im a stranger here myself.22. Nice weather, isnt it? C. Yes, it is.第二部分 词汇与结构1. The difinition leaves _B_ for disagreement. A. a small room B. much room C. great deal room2. I prefer classic music _B _ pop music. A. than B. to C. with 3. Ancient Greece is the _C_ of western civilization. A.sorces B. source C. origin 4. It is very convenient _A_ here. A. living B. to live C. live5. All the team members tried their best. We lost the game, _C_. A. as B. therefore C. however6. The sun heats the earth, _C_ is very important to living things. A. that B. what C. which 7. When we were having a meeting, the director _B_ the bad news by telephone. A. was telling B. was told C. could tell 8. More and more people in China now _A_ to work regularly. A. drive B. drives C. have driven9. Let me _B_ the case carefully before I draw a conclusion. A. look out B. look into C. look after10. The patient acted on the doctors _C_ and finally recovered. A. advices B. advise C. advice 11. Silk _A_ by Chinese for thousands of years now. A. has been used B. was used C. is used12. You _B_ to lock the door at night. . A. shall B. ought C. must 13. You must explain _C_ how they succeeded _ the experiment. A. of us, for B. at us, at C. to us, in14. Before I got to the cinema, the film _ _A_ _. A. had begun B. has begun C. is begun 15. I have lived here _ B_ _ 1997. A. for B. since C. from16. A lecture hall is _B_ where students attend lectures. A. that B. one C. which 17. Im tired. I _B_ working very hard. A. have B. have been C. had 18. He keeps _B_ at himself in the mirror. A. to look B. looking C. look19. The bedroom needs _C_. A. decorate B. to decorate C. decorating 20. Before she left on the trip, she _A_ hard. A. had trained B. has trained C. would trained21. He is the man _C_ dog bit me. A. that B. which C. whose22. Mary forgot _B_ a letter to her mother, so she wrote to her just now. A. writing B. to write C. to have written23. Whats happened to Tom? - - _A_ to hospital. A. Hes been taken B. Hell be taken C. Hes taken 24. He was _C_ about his new job. A. above the moon B. on the moon C. over the moon 25. Everything _B_ if Albert hadnt called the fire brigade. A. will be destroyed B. would have been destroyed C. would be destroyed 26. On his first sea _B_, he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storm. A. rip B.voyage C. tour27. I broke my leg when I _A_ skiing in America. A. was B. is C. would be28. She was convicted _C_ murder. A. to B. in C. of 29. He, as well as I, _A_ a student. A. is B. am C. are 30Mother was busy. Although she was not watching the basketball on TV, she A it on the radio. A. was listening to B. was hearing C. was listening 31. Hardly _A_ home when it began to rain. A. had I got B. I had got C. had I arrived in 32. It happen _C_ a winter night. A. at B. in C. on33. I know it isnt important but I cant help thinking about it 34. Thats all settled. It neednt be talked about.35. Her parents died when she was very young, so she was brought up by her aunt. 36. What he said is quite right.37. Dont worry. There is much room for all your books here.38. I dont suppose he will attend the meeting, will he?39. What fine weather it is!40. Not only I but also Jane and Mary are tired of having one examination after another.41. What a fool I have been! Why didnt I think of that before?42. Time is money! We should make good use of our time.43. Of all the stories here, I like this one worst. Its not important at all. 44. We must make a difference between spoken language and written language.45. I think all these are main points worthy of much attention.46. They watched the train until it disappeared in the distance.47. Can I get you a couple of tea? Thats very nice of you . 第三部分 完型填空(Passage 1) There are advantages and disadvantages to 1 B. both Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 2 C. to the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 3 C. than American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 4 A. do . The study is difficult, but it 5 C. prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 6 B. yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the education in North America, 7 B. on the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 8 C. new ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they havent memorized 9 C. as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 10 A. have . (Passage 2) A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) C. to _ long life, irrespective of body shape (2) _ A. or _ even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3)_ C. those who do not , even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that (4) _ C. the least _ fit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true (5)_ B. whether or not _the men had heart problems, smoked or were overweight. Scientists concluded that it was better (6)_ A. to be fat _and active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than (7)_ A. being _ a non smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But dont misunderstand me. I am not endorsing (8)_ C. smoking _, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pressure (9)_ B. on _ manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nations health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people (10)_ C. to exercise _.(Passage 3) More and more people (1) _ C. have _ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2) _ B. have been asking _ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (3) _ A. due _ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (4) _ B. who are struggling to make (5) _ C. ( 不填) ends meet. The alarms, (6) _ A. which _ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (7) _ C. estimated _ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (8) _ B. to have them installed _ but have not installed them (9) _ C. yet _. The insurance companies told people (10) _ A. to install _ the alarms on all doors and windows.(Passage 4) Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (1)_ B. used _ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (2) _ B. was _ working in a pub when he (3) _ C. decided _ to start his own business. Peter had always (4) _ C. been _ interested in plants and flowers, (5) _ A. so _he decided to set up a company (6) _ B. which _ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (7) _ C. own _, but soon he took (8) _ B.on two people to help him. The company has been growing (9) _ A.- _ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (10) _ C. but he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!(Passage 5) Although international travel is usually an _exciting and pleasant experience, travellers should take steps to ensure that their health does not suffer either from their time on the air or from their time abroad. Before you go, check with your doctor or local travel clinic which injections are necessary for the areas you are travelling to. Allow sufficient time to have these injections before you leave because they may take time to become effective. Be sure that the information on health is up-to-date. Check on the Internet if you are not sure.Dont go to bed late the day before you fly. Your body has a natural daily sleep pattern. It takes time to adjust to a new time one. There are many different _effects of jet lag: you may not be able to sleep, you may not want to eat or you may feel sick and tired. You may not be able to concentrate for some days after you arrive. There are several things you can do to lessen the effects of jet lag: -Do your best to relax during the flight -Sleep as much as you can on the flight. Use a mild sleeping pill if necessary. -Drink as much water as you can. -Dont drink alcohol and caffeine. -Take mild sleeping pills for_ the first few days in the new thime zone if you need them. 第四部分 阅读理解短文理解1 There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces. The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly. But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married. At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down quite a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years. Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren't married or are born to lone parents. There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man. The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which means that there's been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.1. What does the passage mainly discuss? ( C ) A. The declining divorce rate in the UK. B. Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK. C. The increasing divorce rate in the UK.2. During the last ten years, _A_.A. the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK B. the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK C. 40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK 3. According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to _A_. A. soar (急剧上升) B. not mentioned in the passage C. stay stable 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? ( B ) A. The marriage rate has gone down in recent years. B. The highest divorce rate was around 1969. C. The marriage rate is currently 70 percent. 5. The last paragraph tells us _B_.A. the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment B. the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now C. the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing 短文理解2 People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by mans release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.1. The main cause of pollution is A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environment . 2. Much of the pollution could be controlled if only C. all sides concerned would make more efforts.3. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause B. both a litter prob
