2012年河南省普通高等学校　

选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试试题

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Part I Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four

choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence,and then you

should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The police are _____ for the thief in the region now.

A. running       B.reaching       C. searching             D. chargin

2. What is the reason for _____ on time ?

A. not your coming                          B. you not come

C. your not coming                          D. you not to come

3. The college is planning to offer more English courses to _____ the needs of beginners of

English.

A. meet with          B. meet           C. supply             D. satisfy with

4. He kept silent, so I couldn`t know _____ he agreed _____ not.

A. if; or          B. whether; or     C. either; or          D. neither; nor

5. He had never given a speech to so many people, so he felt _____.

A. exciting       B. stupid         C. disappointed   D. nervous

6. Once you arrive in a new place, you`d better _____ the local custom.

A. keep          B. make         C. follow        D. return

7. The manner _____ which he talked reminded us _____ his grandfather.

A. on; towards    B. at; in          C. for; by        D. in; of

8. All of us still remember the terrible earthquake that _____ Wenchuan four years ago.

A. interrupted     B. struck         C. knocked       D. exploded

9. -- our holiday cost a lot of money.

-- Did it? Well, that doesn`t matter _____ you enjoyed yourselves.

A. unless         B. as far as       C. as long as      D. until

10. I didn`t hear _____ because therewas too much noise where I was sitting.

A. what did he say                  B. what he said

C. what was he saying                              D. what for him to say

11. I found her sitting in the corner, reading _____ newspaper, with _____ in her eye.

A.a; tear         B. a piece; tears   C. a; tears        D. a piece of; tear

A. he shouted     B. shout he     C. did he shout     D. he did shout

14. Let`s put the matter to the vote and not waste our time arguing about it, _____ ?

A. shall we       B. can we        C. may I         D. will you

15. Your children must stop me by asking for candy all day long. I am _____ every day by the

slow bus service in this town .

A. annoyed; annoying                  B. to annoy; annoying

C. annoying; annoying                 D. annoying; annoyed

16. He _____ by his sister at that moment.

A. happened to see                     B. was happened to see

C. was happened to be seen    D. happened to be seen

17. We consider _____ the machine should be adjusted each time it is used .

A. that it necessary B. necessary it that C. it that necessary D. it necessary that

18. -- “I don`t drink coffee at all.”

-- “_____.”

A. So don`t I    B. I do either      C. Nor I do       D. Neither do I

19. He made another wonderful discovery, _____ of great importance to science.

A. which I think is                  B. which I think it is

C. which I think it                                     D. I think is

20. His fellow workers saw him fall down and blood came out from the open _____.

A. wound        B. injury         C. hurt          D. damage

21. She heard a continual strange noise coming from the next room, her heart _____ fast.

A. beat          B. beats          C. beating        D. beaten

22. -- You should have thanked her before you left.

-- I meant _____, but when I was leaving I couldn`t find her anywhere.

A. to do          B. to            C. doing         D. doing so

23. He is the sort of businessman who would do anything in his _____ of profit.

A. pursuit        B. catch         C. grasp         D. master

24. Either of _____ is quite capable of the work.

A. girl           B. the girls       C. girls          D. the girl

25. This treatment works for people of all ages, for the baby _____ for the old man.

A. as far as    B. as much as    C. as long as     D. as well as

26. I like watching TV _____ to the cinema.

A. more than to go                B. than going

                                    C. more than going                D. rather than to go

27. Until then, his family __from him for six months.

A. didn`t hear                     B. hasn`t been hearing

C. hasn`t heard                                        D. hadn`t heard

28. -- “Have you finished reading the novel?”

-- “Not yet. I`m afraid I need _____ couple of days to finish it.”

A. several        B. another        C. some other     D. other

29. I`d like to see him in my office _____ he arrives.

A. for the moment       B. the moment    C. in a moment     D. at any moment

30. A new technique _____, the output as a whole increased by 20 percent.

A. working out                    B. having worked out

C. to have been worked out                    D. having been worked out

A. litter     B. disorder     C. rubbish     D. mess 

32. A car _____ Jane`s cat and sped away.

A. ran over       B. ran into       C. ran through           D. ran down

33. _____ idea of _____ sounds much better than Clare`s.

A. The; hers      B. That; her      C. That; her`s      D. One; her

34. I made this myself but it was _____ who taught me.

A. he            B. him           C. himself             D. by him

35. It was in the factory _____ you worked five years ago _____ you learned the technique.

A. that; where     B. where; when   C. where;where   D. where;that

36. We must get there before 7 o`clock. That`s _____ we have to start so early.

A. the reason that                  B. the reason for why

C. why that                                             D. why

37. You can only fly to London this evening _____ you don`t mind changing planes in Paris.

A. except        B. provided       C. although       D. where 

38. _____ looked up in alarm.

A. All the present women

C. The all women present

                                    B. All the women present

                                    D. The all present women

39. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, _____ the quality of is