2018下半年成人學位英語練習題及答案(13)

Unit 5

I. There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

1. __________, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.

A. However late is he C. However is he late

B. However he is late D. However late he is

2. The People’s Republic of China was founded on ________ 1949.

A. October the first C. first of the October

B. the first of the October D. first October

3. He was out with the truck collecting supplies from a town ________ miles away.

A. several hundred C. five hundreds

B. several hundreds of D. five hundred of

4. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ________.

A. will be taken C. were taken

B. are taken D. had been taken

5. The room is ________ as large as that.

A. a time and a half C. one and a half times

B. one time and a half D. one and a half time

6. By the time he was twelve, Edison ________ to make a living by himself.

A. would begin B. has begun C. had begun D. was begun

7. Doctors and teachers ________ in every part of the world.

A. need C. are needed

B. have needed D. are going to be need

8. “ I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” “Oh, not at all. I ________ here only a few minutes.”

A. have been B. had been C. was D. will be

9. ________ you don’t like him is none of my business.

A. What B. Who C. That D. owhether

10. He has spent ________ money on his new house.

A. a large deal of C. lots of

B. a large number of D. a plenty of

II. Translate the following into Chinese.

1. In Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of building.

2. So far they have dug out space underground from fifteen major shopping centers, and the underground construction has only begun.

3. You can draw money out of a bank and invest it at a stockbroker’s office.

4. At times, the Yaesu crews could work only three hours a day because their activities interfered with the running of the subway.

5. They offered them a chance to buy stock in the project, and as a result, quieted the complainers.

III. Translate the following into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets.

1. 她在英語方面比班里的其他同學有優勢。( advantage )

2. 街道的兩旁掛滿了彩旗。( line)

3. 東京經常發生地震，因此，街上到處都有防震警報。( common, alarm )

4. 前面堵車了，我們只能繞道而行。( detour )

5. 他們的錢用完了，只好中斷了工程。( run out of )

IV. Writing

Write a summary of the reading passage in no less than 100 words.

Keys:

I. DAABC CCACC

II. 1. 在日本首都東京,地震的危險性限制了建筑物的高度。

2. 至今他們已經挖出了十五家商場的地下空間，而地下的建設工作才剛開始。

3. 你可以從銀行取錢,然后在股票經紀人辦公室內進行投資。

4. 有時，八重洲工作人員每天只能工作三個小時，因為他們的活動干擾了地鐵的運行。

5. 他們給了他們一個參股項目的機會，并因此平息了抱怨。

III. 1. She has an advantage over other students in English.

2. The street is lined with colorful flags.

3. The streets are full of alarm for earthquakes, which are common in Tokyo.

4. There is a traffic jam in front of us, so we have to take a detour.

5. They run out of money and had to suspend the project.