第一单元同步强化测试
I．Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
________ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.
A. Unlike B. Liking C. Alike D. Dislike
2. A completely new situation will ____ when the examination systems come into existence.
A. arise B. rise C. raise D. arouse
3. They took ___ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.
A. fruitful B. beneficial C. valid D. effective
4. One day I ____ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
A. came after B. came about C. came across D. came at
5. Many new ___ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.
A. opportunities B. necessities C. realities D. probabilities
II. Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word given in brackets.
Researchers have discovered that a moderate amount of alcohol is ________(benefit) to our mental ability.
He is a man of considerable ______ ( able).
The campaign was aimed to raise people’s _______ (aware) of the importance of environmental protection.
Speech and writing are man’s most important means of ________( communicate).
John was severely ________ ( critical )by his boss for overlooking a tiny point in calculating the profits.
III. Fill in the blanks with words given below. Change the forms where necessary.
favorite minimum positive benefit barrier embarrass continual former
He couldn’t join the police because he was below the _______ allowed by the rule.
The color of one’s skin shouldn’t be a _______ to success.
The _______ body bombing in the Middle East makes it the most dangerous place in the world.
She was ______that the business would take a turn for the better.
It was a( an ) ______ situation for the gentleman for he couldn’t afford the dinner.
IV. Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronouncing, and consequently never set about tackling it in the right way. Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill that one needs careful training of a special kind. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to fee that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention.
Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: knowledge and technique. It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students’ pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson time spent on pronunciation may well be time wasted.
_____ 1. There aren’t many people who are even fairly good about pronouncing foreign languages.
______ 2. The writer argues that going about the problem of pronunciation in the wrong way is a consequence of not grasping the problem correctly.
_____3. The best way of learning to speak a foreign language is by learning from a native speaker.
_____ 4. The teachers tend to forget to teach the principle of phonetic theory in the classroom.
______5. The value that student puts on correct speech habits depends upon his teacher’s approach to pronunciation.
Passage 2
This book has been written for two types of students. One is the student who is learning English in order to study some other subjects, in the arts or sciences, and who wants to learn how to write academic English. The other is the student whose main interest is English and who needs to learn how to write essays as a part of his school or university course.
As its title suggests, the book’s main aim is to teach writing. But each unit contains a passage of English, followed by exercises to make sure you have understood how that passage is organized. There is, in other words, quite a lot of reading practice. Why is so much reading practice given in a book on writing? Simply because you wish to organize your own essays correctly, it is important to understand how other writers have organized their passages. Answering questions like “ How is this passage organized?” and “ In what other ways could the writer have organized it?” is a useful step towards improving your own writing.
Each unit of this book is about a different subject. Unit two, for example, is about stars and planets, and Unit is about volcanoes. These subjects have been chosen because of their general interest, and you do not have to be an expert on each subject to follow the units. Even so, the student who is learning English in order to study some other subjects may ask whether he would spend his time better reading and writing about his own subject. This is not necessarily true. Essays, reports and articles have a lot in common, whether they are about chemistry or sociology. So the chemist and the sociologist can learn a lot about writing good English by reading and writing passages on subjects of general interest.
Whom is the book mainly designed for?
The main reason for much reading practice in the book is that readers need to know _______________.
Every unit in this book is mainly composed of _______ sections.
This book is useful for the students because it contains __________.
It can be concluded that this book is a _____________.
02年1 月四级考试题词汇部分
Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) 1. By the time you get to New York, I _____for London. A) would be leaving C) have already left B) am leaving D) shall have left 2. The article suggests that when a person _____ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet. A) is B) were C) be D) was 3. The lawyer advised him to drop the _____, since he stands little chance to win. A) event B) incident C) case D) affair 4. Sometimes children have trouble _____fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist. A) to separate C) for separating B) separating D) of separating 5. He is quite sure that it's ______impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days. A) absolutely B) exclusively C) fully D) roughly 6. There was a big hole in the road which _____ the traffic. A) set back C) held up B) stood back D) kept down 7. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ____ to investigate the incident. A) were set up C) be set up B) was set up D) set up 8. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play _____ roles in raising children. A) incapable B) indispensable C) insensible D) infinite 9. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______. A) tragedy B) vacuum C) question D) barrier 10. There was such a long line at the exhibition ______ we had to wait for about half an hour. A) as B) that C) so D) hence 11. There is no _______ to the house from the main road. A) access B) avenue C) exposure D) edge 12. ______ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake. A) Accumulated B) Gathered C) Assembled D) Collected 13. He wasn't appointed chairman of the committee, ________ not very popular with all its members. A) to be considered C) being considered B) considering D) having considered 14. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural A) tradition C) transmission B) transportation D) transformation 15. The ______ stuck on the envelope says "By Air". A) diagram B) label C) signal D) mark 16. Mobile telecommunications ______ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies. A) capacity B) potential C) possession D) impact 17. Reading ______ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit. A) behind B) between C) along D) among 18. My brother's plans are very ______; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A) arbitrary B) aggressive C) ambitious D) abundant 19. Things might have been much worse if the mother _______ on her right to keep the baby. A) has been insisting C) would insist B) had insisted D) insisted 20. The statistical figures in that report are not ____. You should not refer to them. A) accurate B) fixed C) delicate D) rigid 21. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ______alone.
A) seen B) is seen C) to be seen D) having been seen 22. The football game comes to you _____ from New York. A) lively B) alive C) live D) living 23. None of us expected the chairman to _____at the party. We thought he was still in hospital. A) turn in B) turn over ? C) turn up D) turn down 24. The mother didn't know who ______ for the broken glass. A) blamed B) be blamed ? C) to blame D) would blame 25. He ______to his customers and halved the price. A) leaked B) drew C) quoted? D) yielded 26. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ______storming into the boss's office. A) prevent B) prohibit C) turn D) avoid 27. All flights ____because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train. A) having been canceled C) having canceled B) had been canceled D) were canceled 28. The author of the report is well ______ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years. A) informed B) acquainted ?C) enlightened D) acknowledged 29. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he__ studying. A) does B) had C) was D) did 30. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically. A) manually C) automatically B) artificially D) synthetically
