平顶山大学英语4(专升本)
大学英语4（专升本）期末试题（A卷）
一、单选题（每小题2分，共60分）
1. Please _____the TV. It’s time for the weather report.（C）
A. turn off
B. turn in
C. turn on
D. turn over
2. If you don’t want to _____weight, you’d better go on a diet.（D）
A. put up
B. get up
C. get on
D. put on
3. Tom ______ to America with his parents. They_____ back in two weeks.（Ｂ）
A. have gone; will come
B. has gone; will come
C. have been; have come
D. have been; come
4. －We haven’t heard from Jane for a long time.（Ｃ）
－What _____ to her?
A. was happening
B. to happen
C. has happened
D. having happened
5. He arrived____ London ____ a cold winter night.（Ｂ）
A. at; at
B. in; on
C. in; in
D. \; on
6. Our new _____ has three bedrooms and a sitting room.（B）
A. home
B. house
C. family
D. household
7. She is my best friend, so I know her very _____.（D）
A. good
B. fine
C. nice
D. well
8. Here is a piece of advice on how to learn English well. _____ it, please.（D）
A. Have
B. Get
C. Carry
D. T ake
9. How long have you____? （Ｄ）
A. married
B. be married
C. got married
D. been married
10. I don’t understand ____ believe him.（Ｃ）
A. why don’t you
B. why you not
C. why you don’t
D. why not you
11.----Look, it’s going to rain.
----Really ? ______ , I don’t take a raincoat with me. （B）
A. I’m afraid not
B. I hope not.
C. Good idea
D. I hope so.
12. It was too noisy, ______ we couldn’t hear _____ he said at the m eeting. （B）
A. so, that
B. so, what
C. that, what
D. to, that
13. I think____ important to learn English well.（C）
A. this
B. that
C. it
D. you are
14. The fans were very excited______ David Beckham came to the show.（B）
A. so
B. because
C. but
D. and
15. The mother tried to sing the baby to sleep, and her soft _____ soon took effect. （D）
A. noise
B. shout
C. smell
D. voice
16. Don’t be discouraged. You’ll _____ all this before long. （C）
A. get on with
B. be fit for
C. get used to
D. pay attention to
17. You may take anything you like _____ this bag. It doesn’t belong to me. （A）
A. except
B. except for
C. except to
D. except that
18. I hope my father____ ask me about my marks.（C）
A. not
B. not to
C. won’t
D. don’t
19. Project Hope is an organization _____ raises money to build schools and buy books for
poor children. （Ａ）
A. that
B. who
C. what
D. w here
20. —Are you hungry now? （A）
—_______. I have just had two bowls of rice.
A. Not a bit
B. It doesn’t matter
C. Not a little
D. I don’t mind.
21. My coat__________ there behind the door. Can’t you see it?（B）
A. is hanged
B. is hanging
C. hangs
D. has hung
22. I don’t know ______ a show. Can you tell me?（D）
A. how organize
B. what organize
C. what to organize
D. how to organize
23. Let Henry play with your toys as well, Betty. You must learn to _____. （C）
A. support
B. care
C. share
D. check
24. _____ her illness, she cannot work long now. （C）
A. Instead of
B. In addition to
C. Because of
D. Thanks to
25. A new school will be _____ in the town next year.（D）
A. held up
B. brought up
C. looked up
D. set up
26. ---What time will you arrive?
---I don’t know. It _____ the traffic.（A）
A. depends on
B. results from
C. asks for
D. puts off
27.______ they are twin sisters, they don’t look like each other.（C）
A. Because
B. Since
C. Though
D. However
28. It’s important_____ a foreign language.（Ｂ）
A. of us to learn
B. for us to learn
C. of us learning
D. for us learning
29. There is only _______ water in the bottle. （C）
A. a bit
B. a little of
C. a bit of
D. a few
30.Mary ________ show us her new dictionary . （B）
A. has asked to
B. was asked to
C. is asked
D. asks to
二、阅读理解（每小题2分，共20分）
（一）
Anny sat in their backyard（后院）, thinking. She was trying to think of a way to earn money during the summer vacation. Suddenly, she had an idea! Her parents paid her to walk their dog every day. Maybe other people would pay her to walk their dogs.
Anny went to many houses and asked the people if she could exercise their pets. Some of the people didn't have a dog. Ohters wanted to walk their own pets themselves, but five people did hire Anny. She was delighted.
Every morning that summer she walked the dogs. By the end of the vacation, Anny had saved eighty dollars.
1. What is the best title? (D)
A.Traveling During the Summer
B.Traveling During the Summer
C.A Girl Finds a Pet
D.Getting Paid to Walk Dogs
2.During the vacation Anny saved _________. (B)
A.5 dollars.
B.80 dollars.
C.100 dollars.
D.90 dollars.
3. To earn money, Anny _______________. (D)
A.Washed windows.
B.Sold papers.
C.Went to school.
D.Walked dogs.
4.When Anny was working, she was __________. (A)
A.Outside.
B.In a car.
C.n a lake.
D.Inside a house
5.The underlined word "delighted" means "_________". (B)
A.Very tall.
B.Very happy.
C.Sick.
D.Cold.
（二）
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife，"I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there？" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram （电报），" his wife said. "All right，" Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work，so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said，"Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi （出租车）and the driver said，"Where do you want to go？" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in？" he said，"And what am I going to do tonight？" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and
went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram，and in it he wrote，"Please send me my address at this post office."
1. Dick flew to New York because ___.(B)
A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing （观光）
D. his home was there
2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him？(A)
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York， too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
3. Where did Dick stay in New York？(B)
A. In the center of the city.
B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant.
D. At his friend's house.
4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel？(D)
A. The manager （经理） of his hotel.
B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver.
D. His wife.
5. Which of the following is not true？(C)
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick went to New York by plane.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
三、作文（20分）
目前有不少历史剧在电视上热播。有人通过看历史剧来了解历史，有人选择读史书来了解历史。你选择的理由是什么？请你根据以下内容写一篇英语短文。
选择理由
看历史剧情节有趣、通俗易懂；
读历史书资料真实、引人深思；
你的选择？
要求：1、语言表达准确；短文连贯通顺；
2、短文必须包括以上内容要点，可以适当发挥；
3、文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
4、词数80词左右。
Many historical plays have been on TV recently.Some people like watching historical TV plays to know about history.They think they are interesting and easy to understand.Both the old and the young will have a lot of fun watching them.
Some other people think another way to learn about history is to read books on history.They believe books can tell them the true storied.They can learn and think a lot from them while reading.
I like watching historical TV plays because they make me relaxed and save me much time.o