公共英语二期末复习.docx

1、公共英语二期末复习专升本 公共英语 （二） 备考须知（2018年9月新版） 教材：阶梯英语（一）复习要点1. 能读懂8个单元中的40篇短文，并能完成每篇短文的阅读理解。2. 完成模拟试卷及后面相关内容试题题型及分数比例1、选择题（词汇与语法）15%（考试范围在模拟试卷后面）2、交际用语20%（考试范围在模拟试卷后面）3、阅读理解40%（共4篇，其中3篇选自18单元中的短文）4、英译中25%（考试范围在模拟试卷后面）模拟试卷Part I Vocabulary and Structure (15%)1. I shall speak in simple words that there may be

2、 no A . A. misunderstanding B. mistake C. fault D. error2. He never tells a lie. He is a/an A boy. A. honest B. kind C. shy D. good3. Its the third time your brother D late this week. A. had arrived B. arrives C. have arrived D. has arrived4. I havent got anything to do, so I B go with you. A. must

3、B. may as well C. have to D. may5. When the reading was over, she C the class on the content of the text. A. asked B. told C. questioned D. inquired6. They often lends a hand D and repairing our farm tools. A. watching B. inspecting C. researching D. checking7. In some parts of the world, tea B with

4、 milk and sugar. A. is serving B. is served C. serves D. served8. Ill leave him a message. Would you please give me D ? A. papers B. some papers C. a sheet paper D. some paper9. I paid only 500 for this used car but its A much more. A. worth B. worthy C. wound D. windy10. Mr. Black, there is a B Smi

5、th waiting for you at the back door. A. named B. certain C. some D. another11. In D , my grandfather joined the Red Army. A. the 1930s B. 1930s C. 1930s D. the 1930s12. We should try our best to make D possible. A. mistakes as few as B. as fewer mistakes as C. as less mistakes as D. as few mistakes

6、as13. Please C your speech to ten minutes. A. result B. control C. limit D. put14. She had to make a D between the two dresses. A. choose B. selection C. election D. choice15. Bobs wife found C in the house, did she? A. something strange B. any thing strange C. nothing strange D. strange anythingPar

7、t II Use of English (20%)1. Would you be able to make a phone call for me? B ,sir.A. Im glad to B. No problem C. Thatll be fine D. Yes, I would be2. A Ive just asked where you are from.A. Pardon? B. Repeat. C. Excuse me! D. Whats wrong?3. Hope to see you soon. A A. Me, too. B. Have a nice trip. C. G

8、oodbye. D. Take care.4. What do you think of my work? C A. All right. B. Im sorry about that. C.I think it is wonderful. D. Thank you for asking me.5. Marilyn, Im afraid I have to be leaving now._B_A. That sounds wonderful. B. Oh, so early? C. Not at all. D. Good luck!6. - Thanks a lot. Youve gone t

9、hrough so much trouble.- _A_A. Its no trouble at all. B. Thats good. C. I dont think its a trouble. D. Thats very kind of you.7. - Shall we go out for dinner tonight?- _D_A. No, you cant. B. Yes, please. C. Thank you, I dont want to. D. Sorry, I have a report to finish.8. - Let me help you carry the

10、 suitcase.- _A_A. Its OK. I can manage. B. Its not very light. C. I can help you with it. D. Put it down on the ground.9. - So how do you find our city?- _B_A. I came here by plane. B. Oh, I love it. Its so exciting. C. Its quite difficult to find your home. D. What do you think of it?10. - Paul, th

11、is is my friend, Ann.- _D_A. Very well, thank you. B. How do you like the party? C. Glad to meet you, Jack. D：Glad to meet you, Ann.Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)(1)The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. It is always changing. People

12、need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way. English can change by borrowing words from other languages. “Tomato” was borrowed from Mexico. The word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” came from China. Now new space and scienc

13、e words are being borrowed from other countries, too.New words are also made by adding two words together. “Strawberry,” “postman” and “grandfather” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of t

14、he longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “aeroplane”. “Smog” was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words “smoke” and “fog”.The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named Sandwich. Scotch tape and j

15、elly were names made up by the companies that first made the products.1. The English language needs words B .A. to make up some big dictionaries B. for the changing and developing worldC. to form a new way to explain things D. for more and more products2. The passage seems to make you think that B .

16、A. most new English words are borrowed from other languagesB. languages do not stay the same all the timeC. nearly all new words in English come from the company names D. adding two words together to make a new one is the best way to develop languages3. On the whole, the passage is about C .A. the d

17、evelopment of the English language B. how people name new products and inventionsC. the change of the English words D. new ideas and new inventions4. The English language is always changing because C .A. a lot of people are coming to England from all corners of the worldB. English itself is not so p

18、erfect as some other languagesC. we constantly need new words for new ideas and new inventionsD. people get tired of always using the same words over a long time5. According to the passage, new words are Not made by D .A. borrowing from other countries B. adding two words togetherC. cutting off a pa

19、rt of the longer word D. using older words with new words(2)When George Jones finished college, he became a clerk in a big company, hoping to advance to higher positions as time went on. He did his work reasonably well, but he wasnt very smart, so when the older employees retired from higher positio

20、ns, it was never Jones who was promoted.After he had been with the company for fifteen years without ever being promoted, a smart young man, straight from college, came to work in the same department, and after a year, he was promoted above Jones.Jones was very angry that he hadnt been promoted inst

21、ead of this young man, so he went to his manager and said, “Ive had sixteen years experience on this job, yet a new man has been promoted over my head after having been here only one year.”“Im sorry, Jones,” answered the manager patiently, “but you havent had sixteen years experience. Youve had one

22、years experience sixteen years.”6. Jones did his work reasonably well, but he wasnt very smart. The word “smart” means: A . A. quick and clever B. tall C. strong D. good-looking7. A smart young man was promoted above Jones. This means: D . A. The young mans position was lower B. Jones position was a

23、 little higher C. the young mans position wasnt higher D. Jones position was lower8. Jones was very angry because C . A. the young man was smarter than he was B. the young man was promoted after him C. the young man was promoted instead of him D. the manager said that he was not smart9. The manager

24、explained to Jones that he didnt get a promotion because D . A. he had worked there for only a year B. he had had worked there for sixteen years C. he had had less than sixteen years experience D. he had had one years experience sixteen years10. The manager did not think that A . A. Jones was very e

25、xperienced B. Jones had worked there for sixteen years C. Jones had worked very hard D. Jones was hard enough(3)A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week”, said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth

26、 in advertising, but didnt get it back.”“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.“Here it is”, said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrel

27、la. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street.”“Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails

28、, Ill buy you a new one.”The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesnt wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known.”This appeared in th

29、e paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mist

30、ake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.11. The man once thought advertising was A .A. of little use B. of some use C. practical D. valuable12. The result of the first advertisement was that B .A. the man got his umbrella back B. the man wasted some money advertisingC. nobody

31、 found the missing umbrella D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church13. The merchant suggested that the man should C .A. buy a new umbrella B. go on looking for his umbrellaC. write another and better advertisement D. report to the police14. “If it fails, Ill buy you a new one” suggested that A .A. he was quite sure of success B. he was not sure he would get the umbrella backC. he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella D. he did not know what to do15. This is a story about B .A. a useless advertisement