English Proficiency Test (2)

 

I. Phonetics （语音辨析5%）

Model:   A.Both          B.note          C.come               D.only

1.   A.sort                  B.north                C.worst                D.port

2.   A.matter              B.hang                C.narrow             D.nature

3.   A.rubber              B.curious             C.gun                  D.public

4.   A.construction      B.revolution         C.truth                 D.flute

5.   A.planet              B.review              C.forget               D.select

 

II. Dialogue Completion (完成对话10%)

1.   A: ________

    B: What do you want to know?

    A: Your name and where you're from.

    B: My name is Bob and I'm from Britain.

  A. How nice to meet you!

  B. Tell me a little about yourself.

  C. I've heard a lot about you.

  D. I don't think I know you.

2.   A: Tom, please ________the lights when you leave.

    B: Yes, I will.

    A: Be sure to ring and let me know you've got back safely.

    B: Yes, mom.

  A. Keep on

  B. keep off

  C. turn on

  D. turn off

3.   A: Sheila, could you please print the document for me?

    B: Yes, certainly. ___________.

    A: My computer keeps crashing. Do you mind if I use yours?

    B: I'm afraid you can't. I have to finish this report by five o'clock.

  A. I'll do it right away.

  B. Let me help you.

  C. Let me give you a hand.

  D. I'll print it now.

4.   A: Jim, My wife and I ____________party on Friday evening.

    B: Oh, that would be fun. What time?

    A: 8 o'clock. I'll come and pick you up at around 7:20.

    B: That's very kind of you. See you then.

  A. are going to organize a

  B. would like to invite our friend to ourr

  C. are throwing a

  D. would like to invite you to

5.   A: Dianne. You look terrible. What's wrong?

    B: My grandfather just passed away.

    A: ________ When did this happen?

    B: Last week. I just got back from his funeral.

  A. That's too bad.

  B. I'm sorry to hear that.

  C. What can I do for you?

  D. I didn't know anything.

 

III. Vocabulary and Structure（词汇与结构30%）

1.   Have you ever seen ________ as big as this one?

  A. apple B. a apple   C. the apple D. an apple

2.   I met Tom _______ my way home.

  A. on B. in   C. at D. to

3.   Your sister _________ at Peking University, didn't she?

  A. studied B. studies   C. has studied D. will study

4.   We'll clean their classroom first and then________ .

  A. our B. us   C. we D. ours

5.   Bob is ________ rude that everyone dislikes him.

  A. too B. so   C. very D. such

6.   I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you _______teach English?

  A. yet B. still   C. already D. anymore

7.   It is said ________ our class has won.

  A. that B. which   C. when D. whether

8.   He told me __________ it again.

  A. don't do B. may not do   C. not to do D. will not do

9.   I _______ to live in Shanghai when I was a boy.

  A. was used B. used   C. got used D. used not

10.   He is always losing keys. He is a __________ person.

  A. carefree B. careful   C. careless D. caring

11.   Have you seen my glasses ________ ?

  A. anywhere B. every where   C. nowhere D. everywhere

12.   The driver was seriously _________ in the traffic accident.

  A. injured B. broken   C. damaged D. failed

13.   We have two sessions ____________ Saturday morning.

  A. for B. in   C. on D. during

14.   ________ it is very late now, the students are still working in the lab.

  A. As B. When   C. If D. Although

15.   _________ beautiful the park is!

  A. What B. What a   C. How a D. How

16.   We should help ____________.

  A. another B. each other   C. the others D. one others

17.   I like __________, but I don't want to ski today.

  A. ski B. to ski   C. skiing D. to be skiing

18.   We will start as soon as she ___________ back.

  A. will come  B. come   C. comes D. coming

19.   From then on I _____________ English studies.

  A. never stopped B. had never stopped   C. have never been stopped D. have never stopped

20.   Judy, my pencil is broken. Pass ________the knife, please.

  A. I B. me   C. my D. myself

21.   — What time did you get home yesterday?

    — _______nine o'clock ____________the morning.

  A. On, in B. At, on   C. At, in D. On, at

22.   Lily is not here yet. She ___________ back in an hour.

  A. comes B. came   C. will be D. would come

23.   The question is difficult __________.

  A. to be answer B. to be answered   C. to answer D. to be an answer

24.   I like football, because it is very ________ .

  A. excitement B. exciting   C. excited D. excite

25.    The Chinese people first_________ paper about 2000 years ago.

  A. discovered B. found   C. experienced D. invented

26.    I have taken many photos. I am going to get the film __________.

  A. developed B. develop   C. developing D. to develop

27.    Professor Smith made me ________the assignment again.

  A. to do B. will do   C. going to do D. do

28.   —Do you mind if I open the window?

    —__________ .

  A. Sure, certainly not B. All right   C. I don't know D. Not at all

29.   Her eyes aren't very good. She needs __________ to read.

  A. glass B. glasses   C. a glass D. the glass

30.    What is this noise? Tell me what ___________ here.

  A. went on B. goes on   C. will go on D. is going on

 

IV. Mistake Identification （挑错练习10%）

1. They are both good teams, but none has a chance of winning.

 

2. It will be a long time before we will meet again.

 

3. What should I do if I cannot hear anything from them?

 

4. I want some milk because I am thirsty. Is there much in the bottle?

 

5. In old times, the man did not know the earth was round.

 

6. My house is close a park, which is very convenient.

 

7. The shops always open at 8 o'clock and does not close until 10.

 

8. The teacher often made us to work hard like this.

 

9. The police in this town is very friendly to people who come for a visit.

 

10. I want to take the room which window faces the south.

 

V. Translation （翻译15%）

1.  那部电影值得看。

2.  我的女儿几乎和我一般高。

3.  我们应该好好保护电脑。

4.  你上学路上要花多长时间?

5.  你能告诉我怎么开这台机器吗?

 

VI. Reading （阅读理解30%）

(1)

　　Some people do not like anything to be out of place. They are never late for work.They return their books to the library on time. They remember people's birthdays, and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Rock is such a person.

　　Mr. Rock works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town. His sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr. Rock does not see his sister or her family every year, but he sends them Christmas cards and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays.

　　Last week Mr. Rock had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr. Rock opened the door only to find a policeman on the doorstep.

　　"Have I done anything wrong?" Mr. Rock asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?"

　　"Hello, uncle," said the policeman. "My name is Mark. I'm your nephew."

 

 1. Mr. Rock is a person who does the following except ________.

  A. put things in order

  B. go to work early

  C. visit friends regularly

  D. pay the bills in time

 2. Which of the following is NOT true?

  A. Mr. Rock lives by himself.

  B. Mr. Rock's sister has a family.

  C. Mr. Rock's sister lives not very far away.

  D. Mr. Rock visits his sister quite often.

 3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

  A. he drove very fast.

  B. he made his meal after he got into the house.

  C. he drove very slowly.

  D. he parked his car at a wrong place.

 4. Mr. Rock was surprised to see a policeman because ________ .

  A. something was wrong in the bank

  B. he did not know what to say

  C. the policeman wanted to ask him a question

  D. he did not do anything wrong

 5. From the story we can infer (推断) that _______ .

  A. Mr. Rock had not seen his nephew for a long time

  B. Mr. Rock did not like to see the young man

  C. Mr. Rock was a shy person

  D. Mark came to visit his uncle regularly

 

(2)

　　The Red Cross (红十字会) is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross.

　　The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen David, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.

　　The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty (条约) called the Geneva Convention (日内瓦公约). It protects prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war.

　　The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, demonstrating water safety and artificial respiration (人工呼吸), and providing blood. 

 

 6. A good title for this selection is _________ .

  A. Safety at Home and Abroad

  B. The International Red Cross

  C. Clara Barton and Red Cross

  D. Dunant and Geneva Convention

 7. The word "aided" means _______ .

  A. caught

  B. shared

  C. helped

  D. donated

 8. The author really tries to make the reader see that this organization _____ .

  A. works in many nations

  B. costs very little money

  C. teaches first aid if necessary

  D. has different names

 9. The person who started the idea of this organization was ________ .

  A. Cross

  B. Dunant

  C. Barton

  D. Crescent

 10. The American Red Cross probably provides the following services except_________ .

  A. helping the needy

  B. helping the sick and wounded

  C. providing blood

  D. providing citizens

 

(3)

　　The world of a little baby is very small. A baby does not know much. His world is very limited (受限制的). But as the baby grows, he learns more. First he discovers his room. Then he learns to know his house. Soon he goes to school. His world becomes larger all the time. He learns about his neighborhood, his country, and the whole world.

　　When man was young, he did not know much, either. His world was small. In later years his world became larger. It became a country and then a continent. Soon even the continent became too small. Man started to explore the sea. Beyond the sea he found other continents. Above the continents, was the sky. He explored that, too. Finally man learned so much about the sky that he began to use it. He learned to fly from one continent to another. At last the whole earth was man's world.

　　In the days of the sailing ships, the earth seemed huge. It would take people three months to sail from Europe to America. Today man can fly around the world in an airplane in less than two days. The huge earth is becoming too small to be man's whole world.

 

 11. The author compares a baby with man because ________.

  A. man knows more than a baby

  B. man and a baby have something in common

  C. man and a baby both like playing

  D. man learns faster than a baby

 12. As a baby grows, he can learn more by doing the following except _________.

  A. staying at home

  B. going out

  C. exploring the world

  D. discovering things around him

  13. Which of the following is NOT true? The world became larger for man because ______ .

  A. he grew older

  B. he travelled a lot

  C. he had interest in different things

  D. he learned a lot about the world

 14. The earth seemed huge in the days of the sailing ships because _________.

  A. the ships were too small

  B. man could travel quickly

  C. airplane was not invented yet

  D. it took him a long time to go to another continent by sea

 15. What will most likely be discussed in the next paragraph?

  A. Man studies the maps.

  B. Man goes to the sea.

  C. Man looks beyond earth into space.

  D. Man travels to other countries.