期末考试试题及答案 2008年1月Vocabulary and Structure (20%)1. Have they achieved the American dream _ are they on _ street?A good B easy C rich D simple2.The room is in a terrible mess; it _ cleaned.A would have been B mustnt have been C shouldnt have been D cant have been3. _, the chances of winning the lottery are very small.A On purpose B In turn C In reality D With pleasure4. Charlie _ his trip to London because he couldnt get a passport in time.A have canceled B has to cancel C must cancel D had to cancel5. We were _ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.A kept off B broken down C put back D held up6. She _ waited until they had finished , and then she began to speak calmly but firmly.A peculiarly B pathetically C perfectly D patiently7.It is better to _ schoolchildren by feeding them good food.A notice B neglect C witness D nourish8. _ the traffic jam, I wouldnt have been late for the dinner party.A Were it not for B But C Only if D If not9. the first place _ in the factory was the tool room.A where we visited B we visited in C we visited D which we visited10. _, I will learn it well.A No matter how English is difficult B However English is difficult C However difficult English is D No matter how difficult is English Cloze (20%) When a German couple noticed a mans head and shoulder sticking out of a glacier in the Austrian Alps recently, they made history. The frozen corpse was about five feet 11 and scientists who helicoptered to the site determined that it was 4,000 years old the first 12 body ever found from the Bronze Age. Mummified by the wind and snow, he came 13 with sikn, bones, internal organs, and fingernails. He was 14 in leather shoes and finely stitched leather suit, insulted with hay. An array of weapons and equipment was found alongside him_ 15 a leather quiver with fourteen arrows, a stone necklace, a fire flint, a knife, and an ax with a crude bronze head. “The find is of 16 scientific meaning,” said Lonrad Spindler, professor of early and Primeval History at the University of Innsbruck, who is investigating the 17 . Skeletal remains of buried corpses have been excavated before in Bronze Age graves. But “ the iceman,” as Austrian newspapers dubbed him, was going about the normal course of life when he died 18 the ages of 20 and 40, which means he should yield a reassure-trove of information about conditions 4,000 years ago. Scientists plans to 19 the contents of his stomach and intestine for clues to the Bronze Age diet, illnesses, and parasites. They also hoped to 20 the glacier site further for companions.11. A tall B height C long D length12. A steady B great C alive D intact13. A ready B complete C full D enough14. A showed B fashioned C dressed D determined15. A with B including C of D over16. A minor B feeble C gorgeous D extraordinary17. A discovery B story C legend D invention18. A from B of C between D with19. A look B study C hear D watch20. A develop B manage C travel D search Reading Comprehension (20%) Some students at the Open University left school 20years age. Others are younger but al must be at least 21 years old. This is one example of how the Open University is different from all other universities. Its students must either work full-time or beat home all day. For instance, mothers of families do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called “open”. The university was started in order to help a known group people who missed having a university education when they were young. The first name for the Open University was the University of the Air. The idea was to teach on the air, in other words on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into peoples homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University students also receives advice at one of 283 study centers in the country, 36 weeks of the years he or she has to send written work to a tutor, the person who guides his or her studies. The student must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities.21 The purpose of the Open University is to _.A help the young to go to school B help those who want to study the universityC help those who are younger than 21 years old D help those who had missed the chance to study when they were young22. on the air means _.A on the showB on radio and TVC on the flightD flying everywhere23. The students at the Open University have their education _.A. both at home and at some study cent