学位英语考前练习

本试卷有2种题型共50小题,作答时间为90分钟,总分80.0分。

一、单选题(本部分共30题,每题2.0分,共60.0分)
1、
I agree with him________, but not entirely.
  • A . until a certain point
  • B . to some point
  • C . to some extent
  • D . until a certain extent
参考答案:C
2、
Well-mannered children have usually been properly_______ by their parents.
  • A . raised up
  • B . borne up
  • C . brought up
  • D . got up
参考答案:C
3、
I’d rather you________ anything about it for the time being.
  • A . do
  • B . don’t
  • C . didn’t do
  • D . didn’t
参考答案:C
4、
We must manage to do our work better with______ people.
  • A . less money and few
  • B . less money and fewer
  • C . little money and less
  • D . few money and less
参考答案:B
5、
That’s a good suggestion! Let’s finish our work________ we can be free this evening.
  • A . now that
  • B . that
  • C . because
  • D . so that
参考答案:D
6、
Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights happened to________.
  • A . light up
  • B . give in
  • C . be turned on
  • D . go out
参考答案:D
7、
That tree looked as if it______ for a long time.
  • A . hasn’t watered
  • B . didn’t water
  • C . hadn’t been watered
  • D . wasn’t watered
参考答案:C
8、
She won’t be afraid as_______ as you are here.
  • A . long
  • B . well
  • C . soon
  • D . far
参考答案:A
9、
The students will put off the match until next week, ________ they won’t be so busy.
  • A . since
  • B . as
  • C . when
  • D . while
参考答案:C
10、
__________the children to bed, she began to correct the students’ exercises.
  • A . Sending
  • B . Being sent
  • C . Sent
  • D . Having sent
参考答案:D
11、
So badly________ in the accident that he had to be sent to hospital for treatment.
  • A . did he injure
  • B . injured he was
  • C . he was injured
  • D . was he injured
参考答案:D
12、
This test is for students_______ native language is not English.
  • A . that
  • B . of whom
  • C . whose
  • D . which
参考答案:C
13、
In ancient China, people used to send smoke______ to warn that the enemies were coming.
  • A . signs
  • B . signals
  • C . symbols
  • D . marks
参考答案:B
14、
The clubs were created to help girls not________ to pressure and teach them how to better defend themselves.
  • A . yield
  • B . give
  • C . support
  • D . access
参考答案:A
15、
Sometimes my job is boring, but________ I enjoy it.
  • A . by contrast
  • B . by nature
  • C . on the whole
  • D . on the average
参考答案:C
16、
I’ll buy the clock________ it costs.
  • A . what
  • B . whatever
  • C . where
  • D . however
参考答案:B
17、
Dr. Bethune began to work the________ he arrived at the front.
  • A . moment
  • B . place
  • C . way
  • D . reason
参考答案:A
18、
She heard a terrible noise, _______brought her heart into her mouth.
  • A . it
  • B . this
  • C . which
  • D . that
参考答案:C
19、
----Can you come on Monday or Tuesday?----I’m afraid _______day is possible.
  • A . either
  • B . neither
  • C . some
  • D . any
参考答案:B
20、
----Don’t forget to come to my birthday party, Mr. Wang.----_________.
  • A . No,I don’t
  • B . Yes,I can’t
  • C . No,I won’t
  • D . Yes,I’m sure
参考答案:C
21、
----Could you help me with my physics, please?----_______.
  • A . No,no way
  • B . No,I couldn’t
  • C . No,I can’t
  • D . Sorry, I can’t.I have to go to a meeting right now
参考答案:D
22、
----May I see your tickets, please?----_______.
  • A . Sure
  • B . No,you can’t
  • C . No,they are mine
  • D . Yes,you can
参考答案:A
23、
All things_________because of the snowstorm,many passengers could do nothing but take the train.
  • A . had been canceled
  • B . have been canceled
  • C . were canceled
  • D . having been canceled
参考答案:D
24、
If I correct someone, I will do it with so much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one__________.
  • A . to correct
  • B . correcting
  • C . having been corrected
  • D . being corrected
参考答案:D
25、
The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds_______ his arguments in favor of the new theory.
  • A . to be based on
  • B . to base on
  • C . which to base on
  • D . on which to base
参考答案:D
26、
The pressure________ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constant emotional strain.
  • A . to compete
  • B . competing
  • C . to be competed
  • D . having competed
参考答案:A
27、
It is quite neessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and________ knowledge.
  • A . intensive
  • B . ineffective
  • C . extensive
  • D . expensive
参考答案:C
28、
It is ________impossible to find a good educational computer program in this part of the country.
  • A . merely
  • B . barely
  • C . hardly
  • D . nearly
参考答案:D
29、
Over ten people died and twenty people were________ wounded in the train crash.
  • A . eventually
  • B . urgently
  • C . bitterly
  • D . seriously
参考答案:D
30、
At such a time of crisis, we must try to ________ differences of party or class and stick together.
  • A . set forth
  • B . set back
  • C . set aside
  • D . set down
参考答案:C
二、完型填空(本部分共1题20小题,每题20.0分,共20.0分)

Organized volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to __1__ to deduce the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate's resume, __2__ now the University of Bristol has launched an award to formalize the achievements of students who __3__ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol Plus aims to boost students in an increasingly __4__ job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside __5__ qualifications.

"Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that theydidn't __6__appreciate the value of what they did __7__ the lecture hall," says Jeff Goodman,director of careers and employability at the university. "Employers are much more __8__ than they used to be. They used to look for __9__ and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are __10__ to the job."

Students who sign __11__ for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or __12__ work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills,take part in an intensive skills-related activity __13__, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. __14__ efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who __15__ best on the sports field can take the Sporting plus Award

which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments.

The experience does not have to be __16__ organized. "We're not just interested in easily identifiable skills," says Goodman. “__17__, one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so __18__ negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives."

Goodman hopes the __19__ will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active __20__ to take up activities outside their academic area of work.

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参考答案:2、D    2、B    2、B    2、B    2、C    2、C    2、A    2、D    2、D    2、A    2、D    2、D    2、D    2、B    2、A    2、C    2、A    2、A    2、C    2、D