!!大学英语统考复习（本科）课程习题集 

大学英语（本科）课程习题集

I．Directions: In each of the following sentences, there are 4 choices marked A), B),

C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence. 1. A huge __ ___ was planned to celebrate the city’s millennium.

A. banquet B. bill C. of D. budget 2. John did quite well in his exams, __ ____ how little he studied.

A. because B. considering C. if D. unless 3. It is very __ ____ of you to spend all your weekends helping the old folk. A. noble B. interesting C. upset D. happy 4. I’m trying to ______ the amount of coffee I drink.

A. take B. add to C. cut down on D. make up 5. Passengers complain that the trains are ______ cancelled.

A. once B. frequently C. very D. too 6. After the quake(地震), many people intend to ______ orphans.

A. adapt B. take C. get D. adopt 7. I’ve been trying to ______ him to see a doctor.

A. concept B. convince C. believe D. conceive 8. She _____ a reward for her efforts.

A. divide B. pay C. deserved D. deserve 9. Many managers are ______ to changes.

A. predict B. spark C. resistant D. capacity 10. Sales were five percent lower than ______.

A. look B. predict C. dedication D. make 11. Students must have ______ to a good library.

A. access B. stuff C. device D. goals 12. Her death was a great ______ to all the family.

A. mistake B. joy C. painful D. distress 13. Can fish hear fishermen ______ along the stream?

A. moved B. to move C. moving D. be moved 14. He felt him ______ her hand.

A. touch B. touched C. have touched D. had touched 15. The emperor combined these walls ______ one continues wall.

A. for B. into C. at D. by 16. Have you made up your mind? No, I ______ the matter. A. have considered B. considered

C. have been considering D. was considering 17. His mother’s life have been so hard ______ she finally gone mad.

A. what B. who C. whom D. that 18. His success is ______ his hard work.

A. due to B. own for C. for D. because 19. I can’t help ______when I heard this good news.

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A. jumped B. jumping C. to jump D. be jumping 20. The girl ______ the bicycle is Jane.

A. riding on B. driving in C. driving on D. riding in 21. Under no circumstance ______ agree to such a proposal.

A. I would B. would I C. to which D. for which 22. Bob wishes that he ______ that house last spring.

A. bought B. had bought C. buys D. were buy 23. Solid is different from liquid ______ the solid has definite shape.

A. which B. that C. in which D. in that 24. They always give the vacant seats to ______ comes first.

A. who B. whom C. whomever D. whoever 25. I do not doubt ______ he is qualified for the position.

A. that B. why C. whether D. how 26. Although research is important, the university exists ______ for the students. A. totally B. usually C. really D. primarily 27. Small children learn by ______ their parents.

A. obeying B. observing C. behaving D. imitating 28. They were glad to find her smiling and totally ______.

A. with ease B. at ease C. in ease D. to ease 29. Two students did not ______ for class today.

A. show up B. show off C. show in D. show out 30. Sweat was beginning to ______ on his forehead.

A. break in B. break up C. break down D. break out 31. She ______ up the stairs, so as not to wake up her sleeping parents.

A. crawled B. staggered C. tiptoed D. slipped 32. At the end of his speech the audience stood up and ______.

A. clapped B. clashed C. crashed D. cracked 33. He ______ for me when I was in trouble.

A. spoke in B. spoke up C. spoke by D. spoke out 34. All of us ______ to fight for the prize but we failed

A. spare no efforts B. look C. pursue D. spare efforts 35. In the course of ______ some birds have lost the power of flight.

A. evolution B. involution C. develop D. evaluation 36. My opinion, ______ is the same with yours.

A. in the right B. on the whole C. other than D. whereas 37. I’d like to work abroad to _____ my horizons.

A. expand B. broaden C. burden D. extend 38. Such tasks are ______ the scope of school children.

A. beyond B. besides C. behind D. before 39. He ______ their country the Middle Kingdom.

A. asked B. said C. spoke D. called 40. The firm is being ______ by a large company.

A. taken off B. taken into C. taken over D. taken out 41. Passengers complain that the trains are ______ cancelled.

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A. once B. frequently C. very D. too 42. After the quake(地震), many people intend to ______ orphans.

A. adapt B. take C. get D. adopt 43. I’ve been trying to ______ him to see a doctor.

A. concept B. convince C. believe D. conceive 44. She _____ a reward for her efforts.

A. divide B. pay C. deserved D. deserve 45. Many managers are ______ to changes.

A. predict B. spark C. resistant D. capacity 46. Sales were five percent lower than ______.

A. look B. predict C. dedication D. make 47. Under no circumstance ______ agree to such a proposal.

A. I would B. would I C. to which D. for which 48. Bob wishes that he ______ that house last spring.

A. bought B. had bought C. buys D. were buy 49. Solid is different from liquid ______ the solid has definite shape.

A. which B. that C. in which D. in that 50. In the course of ______ some birds have lost the power of flight.

A. evolution B. involution C. develop D. evaluation

II. Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5

questions. For each question there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes each sentence.

Passage 1

Hong Kong is among the world’s largest film exporters. Hong Kong’s film industry as a whole relies on overseas revenues, given the limited size of the domestic market. Asia accounts for the majority of the foreign sales income. Many filmmakers are also turning their attention to entering the North American film market.

Hong Kong’s films have gained increasing recognition from the international film industry. Apart from buying rights for theatrical distribution, Hollywood is also interested in acquiring rights to remake Hong Kong movies. For example, renowned US director Martin Scorsese has remade Hong Kong’s Infernal affairs as Hollywood’s The Departed.

Hong Kong has a unique advantage in bridging the Chicness mainland with the Western audiences and opening a window on the world for Chinese audience. Hong Kong film talents have managed to make their names known in both the Eastern and Western movie markets. Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, one of Hong Kong’s top actresses, won the Best Actress award at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival.

While major film companies have their own distribution departments, smaller independent film makers usually rely on distribution companies to sell their films in overseas markets. Key channels for international distribution are the three main film markets in Los Angeles, Cannes and Milan, where producers, distributors and buyers

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meet to initiate deals for the distribution of films. Hong Kong has hosted an annual film market since 1997 to promote Hong Kong as a film distribution center in the region.

Hong Kong’s television broadcasters sell their products using the following methods: programming licensing, pre-packaged programme content and subscription fees, with satellite distribution and landing rights now becoming an increasingly important source of revenue. Hong Kong possesses the best design and multimedia capabilities in the region. For instance, Hong Kong-based Imagi International , a digital animation(动画) house, has successfully secured a contact from Hollywood giant Dream Works SKG for the computer-generated (GG) animation hit Shrek 2. 51. Who remade Hong Kong’s film Infernal Affairs? ______ A. John Woo B. Cory Yuen C. Martin Scorsese D. DreamWorks

52. What area accounts for the biggest overseas revenues of Hong Kong’s film industry? ______

A. Japan B. Asia C. North America D. France

53. Which of the following are the three main film markets in the world? _____ A. Tokyo, New York and Shanghai. B. Beijing, Berlin and Milan. C. New York, Milan and Madrid. D. Cannes, Milan and Los Angeles. 54. In what ways do Hong Kong’s TV broadcasters sell their products?_____ A. Satellite distribution and remarking.

B. Programme licensing, and pre-packaged programme content. C. Satellite distribution, subscription fees and landing. D. Both B and C. 55. Which company has successfully secured a contact from DreamWorks? _____ A. FILMART B. Imagi International. C. Centro Digital D. CEPA

Passage 2

There are many links between the growing population and worsening environment, partly because an ever-increasing number of people depend on a fixed natural resource base in order to live.

“The United Nations predicts that the global population, presently at 6 billion, will peak at about 10 billion in the next century and then become stable and even decrease.” It is understandable that even if food crops increase sufficiently, other renewable resources, including many fisheries and forests, are already under pressure.

“Our food production doubled from 1961 to 1964, but there are still people who go hungry”. This is because human population has increased more rapidly than the food production. Resources are an important environmental concern, which range from water and soil to different kinds of minerals. These materials are very basis of modern civilization.

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As the world population grows, demand for mineral and energy resources climbs. Resources are commonly divided into two groups. Some are classified as renewable, which means they can be replenished over relatively short time spans such as water, sun. By contrast, many other resources are classified as non-renewable. Important metals such as iron, copper fall into this group. Although these and other resources continue to form, the processes that create tem are so slow that significant deposits take millions of years to come into being.

How long will the remaining supplies of basic resources last? Can alternatives be found? If we are to cope with an increasing demand and a growing world population, it is important that we have some understanding of our present and potential resources.

56. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ______ A. worsening environment is related to growing population. B. A lot of renewable resources are already under pressure. C. Water and soil is not an environment concern. D. demand for mineral and energy resources is rising with the growing population. 57. What do we learn from “Our food production doubled from 1961 to 1964, but there are still people who go hungry”? ______ A. There is not enough food in the world.

B. The human population has increased rapidly. C. Food production is too small. D. People can’t get food to eat.

58. Which of the following resources is NOT mentioned in this passage? ______ A. Water and soil B. Mineral C. Electricity D. Metals

59. Some resources are classified as non-renewable because ______ A. if they are used up they will disappear forever. B. the processes that create them are very slow. C. they are not available any more.

D. they can be replenished over relatively short time spans.

60. What’s the author’s attitude toward the issue of the resources? ______ A. Worried B. Indifferent C. Positive D. Negative

Passage 3

America is in no immediate danger of “running out of water”. People in the West have been aware that water is a precious commodity and must be conserved. In the damp East, an excess of water led to complacency until two factors created concern over our water supply. First, the periods of drought from the 1961 to 1966 in the Northeast affected crop production and used up the surface and ground water supplies. Second, attention was called to rapid increases in the rates of pollution of these waters resulting from increased urban and industrial growth. As a result, there is an increasing awareness of the need for conserving the quantity and quality of our nation’s water supplies.

Water is a renewable resource, but it is not exhaustible. When used for municipal,

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