综合英语2013-2014秋季期末考试题.docVIP

科目 综合英语 班级 12级1班 姓名 学号 时间 燕山大学试卷 密 封 线 共 6 页 第 1 页 题号 总分 分数 I. Multiple choice (10 scores) 1. The hall has a ___________ of five hundred people. ? A. faculty ?? B. capability C. ability? D.?capacity? Man is the only animal that has the ________ of speech. A. ability??? B. capability? C. capacity?? D. faculty 3. The metal will __________ if heated. A. extend??? B. increase? C. expand?? D. shrink 4. They felt the ground __________ as the bomb exploded. A. quake B. shake ? C. tremble ? D. shiver 5. Like many couples, they have enjoyed a drop in prices for a variety of items they have bought in recent weeks—thanks to a slow economy and __________ competition. A. intensified B. intense ? C. intensive ? D. extensive 6. He was very shy. We used to _______ him. A. ridicule B. mock ? C. tease? D. laugh at 7. Come to dinner with us. We have prepared something _______for you. A. especial B. special ? C. particular? D. extraordinary 8. He had never lost his north-county ______ which shows he came from a particular region. A. dialogue B. accent C. dialect D. tone 9. After ten years his ___________ speech was still noticeable. A. amiable B. absurd C. alien D. abnormal 10. The Space Age _______ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union. A. commenced B. initiated C. originated D. embarked II. Explain the underlined word in the context given. (10 scores) 1. He observed that we should probably have rain. 2. In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. 3、Passengers were waiting on the wharf to board the ship. 4. The ethos of the Communist party dominated every aspect of public life in Soviet Russia. 5. My parents always frown on late nights out. 6. Some men usually loathe going shopping with their wives. 7. It exasperated me that they never kept their promises. 8. The