蒙大《综合英语》期末考试试题17

综合英语 试题 17 .Complete the sentences with the best choice. Write your right letter on the Answer Sheet:(10%) 1.He was cold and hungry but he couldnt make a fire as his only ( ) lost. A. box of matches were B. box of match was C. box of matches was D. boxes of matches were 2.The young man ( ) clever but dishonest. A. thought to be B. was thought to be C. was thought as D. was thought being 3.Dont worry. This question is of the ( ) importance of all. A. less B. little C. least D. best 4.Olivia obviously had no ( ) of doing any work that day, although it was only a week before the entrance examination. A. willingness B. intention C. ambition D. desire 5.The directors have a meeting every Friday,( ) there is nothing to discuss. A. if B. unless C. for D. because 6.In the room ( ) with three legs and a few broken chairs. A. could only be found a table B. could only a table be found C. a table could only be found D. only could be a table found 7.Overjoyed to see his long-lost friends, Jimmy ( ) a toast to the health of them all. A. suggest B. spoke C. raised D. proposed 8.( ) their terms, we would go bankrupt. A. If we accept B. If we should accept C. If we had accepted D. If we are to accept 9.No one was absent from the meeting,( )? A. was she B. werent she C. were they D. werent they 10.Jean didnt have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy ( ) for her exam. A. preparing B. to prepare C. to be prepared D. being prepared .Complete the sentences with a word derived from the one in bracket. Write answers on the Answer Sheet:(5%) 1.Probably hundreds of comparisons were made before I became _ of them.(awareness) 2.Walking made no noticeable difference to my back and the sun remained _.(hide) 3.But if I give him the brights, hell be _,stupid and blind.(courtesy). 4.I told the police about the _ of the TV set.(thief) 5.According to the newspaper, more than 50 workers were thrown into _ when the factory closed last month.(employ) .Choose the correct paraphrasing of the underlined part of the following sentences, then write your right letter on the Answer Sheet:(10%) 1.Does it pay to make sacrifices for children? A. Is it important to B. Is it up to us C. Is it indispensable to D. Is it worthwhile to 2.The answers can be a gateway to read insights. A. be the way of finding the secrets of things. B. be access to mythical matters. C. be an entrance to the inside of the building. D. make you have a deep understanding of things. 3.But overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt. A. helps little to make the parent feel less guilty B. will be useful to get away with parental guilt C. does nothing to the crimes by the parents D .is easy for parents to feel comfortable 4.When the subject of the bomb came up, he resisted blaming anyone. A. appeared B. was mentioned C. happened D. was considered 5.There is a great deal to be said for the suburb. A. There is no problem in discussing the matter of suburb. B. There is no room for depicting the suburb. C. Its worthwhile to give a detailed description about the suburb. D. It is worth describing the suburb briefly. .Put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks on the Answer Sheet:(10%) 1.I saw something dark moving _ my directions. 2.It requires great efforts _ our part to complete the project on time. 3.Dont believe in him so easily. Think about what is _ his smile. 4.He has all the makings of a great tennis player except _ his height. 5.What youve said is _ no interest to me at all. 6.He thought for a while and then came up _ a good idea. 7.This edition of the book is hard to come _ nowadays. Where did you pick it up? 8.Anyone who works _ great pressure is likely to make mistakes. 9.I feel _ swimming today. Would you like to go with me? 10.I hope these new regulations will put a stop _ drunk driving. .Cloze:(20%) Complete the passage by putting in the blanks the corrtect choice. Write your right letter on the Answer Sheet: Nobody likes insects. They are _1 and sometimes dangerous. Some of them bite us and give us _2_;others bite us and give us big red 3_.Some do not bite,_4_ they just fly round our heads or crawl round our houses and gardens. And we do not like any of them_5_ those lovely butterflies. But insects are interesting. First, they are very _6_ animals. Three hundred and twenty million years age no men or other _7_ in the world but there were insects.Today,_8_ every square mile of land there are millions of them flying and crawling _9_.Second,insects are very _10_ to their habitat, to their foo