蒙大《综合英语》期末考试试题12

综合英语 试题 12 PART ONE .语法、词汇。用适当的词填空。从A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。(本大题共25小题，每小题1分，共25分) Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(25 points) 1.Books require hard work and practice and ,like sports ,they can be both a _ and a delight. A. nuisance B. annoyance C. challenge D. prodding 2.A lot of trouble in this world is caused by _ a narrow mind with a wide mouth. A. combining B. concerning C. adding D. involving 3.Most economists believe that the five-day work week has had a positive _ on our economy. A. influence B. affect C. after-effect D. effect 4.If a man does not make new acquaintances ,he will soon find himself _. A. out in the cold B. lonely C. behind D. in peace 5.The boy ran _ from home to school and was just in time for class. A. all the more B. all the way C. all the same D. all the time 6.Parents unable to spend much time with their children are likely to _ them with a lot of playthings. A. cover B. fill C. rain D. shower 7.Some people have trouble _ to a life of retirement. A. changing B. adopting C. adjusting D. fitting 8.A good way to forget your trouble is to help others out of _. A. them B. their C. theirs' D. theirs 9.Garbage collecting is as _ a job as clerking ,or teaching. A. respectable B. respective C. respectful D. respecter 10.There's nothing shameful _ being wrong .Nobody can be right all the time. A. on B. for C. about D. concerning 11.It is not hard to find the truth ;what is hard is not to run away from it _ you have found it. A. while B. once C. as long as D. as soon as 12._ men fail through ignorance of their strength than through knowledge of their weakness. A. Many B. Some C. More D. Less 13.According to a medical report,_ 75 percent of the current violent crime is drug related. A. so many as B. as many as C. so much as D. as much as 14._ so many people been interested in computers as today. A. There never have B. Never before have C. There have never D. Before never have 15.She was the only one in her family _ the disastrous earthquake. A. surviving B. having survived C. to survive D. survived 16.It is the first time that I _ really relaxed for months. A. feel B. have felt C. felt D. will have felt 17.“Will you join us tonight?” “Oh ,I _,but I have an essay to write.” A. would love to B. would love C. would love to join D. would love joining 18.I don't regret _ her what I thought of her husband ,even though it might have upset her. A. telling B. to tell C. that I will tell D. to have to tell 19.The higher the standard of living ,the _. A. greater is the amount of goods to consume B. greater amount of goods consumed C. greater the amount of goods consumed D. amount of goods consumed is greater 20.“Why didn't you buy the dictionary?” “I _,but I didn't have enough money with me.” A. would buy B. would have C. had bought D. had done 21.To be frank ,I'd rather you _ anything about it for the time being. A. do B. don't do C. did D. didn't do 22._ dark clouds gathering on the horizon ,he stopped the work in hand and went home. A. To see B. Having been seeing C. Seeing D. Having to see 23.“Couldn't he understand that the few drops of water _ out of us so fast if we waited until night?”I thought to myself.; A. wont be sweated B. wouldn't be sweated C. wont be sweating D. wouldn't be sweating 24.His eyes wouldn't close .They kept _ me ,narrow and dangerous. A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watched 25.I think you ought _ me about the matter and not have let me make such a fool of myself. A. have told B. tell C. had told D. to have told .完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分) Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer.(15 points) Just after World War II ,people were very willing to give money to help those who had suffered from it. 26 not everyone who collected the money was honest .Newspapers were full of stories of people who had been 27 by men who went from house to house saying that they were collecting for 28 wounded soldiers ,or for those who had 29 their homes ,or for some other noble 30 .Yet all the time they 31 the money into their own pockets 32 using it for what they 33 to be doing it for. one day Mr.Smith told his wife that a group of people had 34 thousands of dollars for the widow of the Unknown Soldier.Someone had 35 to the papers about it,and they had warned people that it might be a fraud(骗局).Mr. Smith said that he and his friends at the office had had a good 36 when they read about it in the newspaper. “