2005 年山东青岛科技大学基础英语考研真题 B 卷
I. Multiple Choice (30points)
Directions: In this part of the test, you will decide which of the four choices given in each
statement most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the blank. Choose only one
answer.
______, it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with a laser.
A. Hard although a diamond is
B. Hard as a diamond is
C. As a diamond is hard
D. How hard a diamond is
The windows look _______ the garden.
A. into
B. through to
C. out on
D. back
3. Children’s clothes have to be strong to stand________ hard wear.
A. out
B. away
C.
back
D. up
She is so careless with her spelling that she often leaves ________ letters from words.
A. alone
B. behind
C. off
D. out
Don’t run ________ the idea that Scotsmen are mean. They just don’t like wasting
money.
A. out of
B. away with
C. back over
D. up against
He was kept ________in his research by lack of money.
A. away
B. back
C. in
D. off
These folk songs have been handed ________ from generation to generation.
A. off
B. on
C. out
D.
over
The population ________ their flags to celebrate the return of their victorious army.
A. hung out
B. hung together
C. hung behind
D. hung over
It took him a long time to ________ after the operation.
A. come around
B. come off
C. come out
D. come upon
The ice on the lake________ in spring.
A. breaks down
B. breaks up
C. breaks off
D. breaks in
If you ________ your hand as far as you can, you should be able to touch it.
A. stretch out
B. reach out
C. hold out
D. pull out
Dear, do send the children to bed. I can’t ________ their noise any longer.
A. put off
B. put up with
C. make out
D. make up
Color-blind people often find it difficult to ________ between blue and green.
A. separate
B. compare
C. contrast
D. distinguish
Quite a lot of people watch TV only to ________time.
A. waste
B. spend
C. kill
D. pass
I’ll ________ you off this time, but next time you’ll be punished.
A. leave
B. let
C. put
D. set
The designs of the new tools should be________ carefully so that we can pick out the one
which suits our job.
A. examined
B. tried
C. tested
D. experienced
All the rooms have ________ carpets, which are included in the price of the house.
A. adapted
B. designed
C. equipped
D. fitted
I couldn’t sleep because the tap in the bathroom was________.
A. draining
B. dripping
C. dropping
D. falling
There was a lot of ________in the house after the fire.
A. death
B. burnt
C. hurt
D. damage
Photographs printed in newspapers usually have a________ underneath to explain what
they are about.
A. caption
B. headline
C. label
D. signature
The dress was a nice ________ of blue.
A. make
B. coloring
C. cloth
D. shade
I watched a wrestling ________on TV the other day.
A. fight
B. game
C. match
D. sport
His poor standard of play fully justifies his________ from the team for the month next
Saturday.
A. rejection
B. expulsion
C. exclusion
D. exception
Turntable, amplifier and speakers are _______ of a phonograph.
A. compounds
B. compositions
C. composites
D. components
We are looking for a________ experienced secretary who is capable of organizing a busy
sales office.
A. chartered
B. mature
C. graduated
D. polished
Occasionally, we experience waterly gales, but
north-east.
the ________ winds are from the
A. existing
B. general
C. special
D. prevailing
Still waters run _______.
A. deep
B. heavy
C. slow
D. quick
Oh, I’m afraid that doll may be________ expensive.
A. too much
B. greatly
C. far too
D. very much
His brother shows a(n) ________ for business.
A. altitude
B. aptitude
C. attitude
D. solitude
There is a very widely_______ demand for this traffic law to be changed.
A. based
B. joined
C. settled
D. proved
II. Cloze Test (20 points)
Directions: Decide which of the choices given besides will best complete the passage if
inserted in the corresponding blanks.
I remember a film, I forget what it was called, in (1)_____
(1)
A. it
B .that
C. which
D. what
four people were interrogated (2) _____the character and
(2) A. of
B. about
C. for
D. on
life-style of a woman who had been (3) _____. All of
(3) A. slaughtered
B. slain
C. assassinated
D. murdered
them had known her well, but to (4)_____of them she
(4) A. all
B. every
C. many
D. each
presented a different (5)_____. The man who loved her
(5) A. side
B. thing
C. story
D. person
(6)_____ her as amusing, intelligent and extravagant.
(6) A. said
B. saw
C. stated
D. expressed
The girl who had been (7 )_____ school with her said
(7) A. in
B. attended
C. at
D. gone to
she was reserved, (8)_____ to make friends and
(8) A. dislike
B. active
C. slow
D. ready
(9)_____ to be mean. Her boss, for whom she worked as
(9) A. inclined
B. declined
C. reclined
D. liked
a secretary, (10)_____her hardworking but dull, the last
(10) A. regarded
B. thought
C. saw
D. found
person to inspire passion, (11)_____ alone murder.
(11) A. be
B. let
C. make
D. ask
Her landlady said she was (12)_____ to get on with, untidy
(12) A. easily
B. effortless
C. easy
D. comfortable
and careless about money. “I always had to (13)_____her
(13) A. remind
B. inform
C. tell
D. demand
about the rent,” she said, “but I liked her. She was always
cheerful and willing to lend a (14)_____ if anyone was
(14)
A. help
B. hand
C. finger
D. support
(15) ____trouble.” The interest of the film was not
(15) A. getting
B. into
C. in
D. making
(16)_____much in who committed the murder, but in