英语竞赛初赛试题英语竞赛初赛试题.doc

National English Contest for College Students (Level D---Preliminary) Part I Vocabulary and Structures (10 minutes, 15 marks) There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. Would you please pass me the book ________ cover is black? A. which B. whose C. that D. its 2. I have an urgent problem and I need to call my parents, but I’m afraid I haven’t got _____ change –only a $10 note. Will you do me a _____? A. any; favor B. a lot; help C. some; hand D. a few; support 3. We still couldn’t hear Professor Wang clearly at the business lecture, so we asked him to speak_____. A, sloe B. more slow C. slower D. more slowly 4. The pilot succeeded in _____the helicopter_____ the cliff(悬崖). A. stopping; at B. mending; in C. flying; on D. landing; on 5._____my husband and I _____ down the road yesterday evening, we heard a woman scream. A. Since; had walked B. While; have walked C. As; were walking D. When; are walking 6. She didn’t go to the party last night，___________she had to finish her term paper. Aif 　B. though C. till 　D. because 7. Would you be _________ by the idea of going to Paris? A. exciting?　　Bexcitably?　　Cexcited?　　Dexcitedly 8. _______ her surprise, Miss Wang found nobody in the classroom. A. At?　　BTo　　CFor?　　DWith 9. I saw a comic film _____ was very amusing last Saturday. In fact, it was the best film ____ I’ve ever seen. A. which; what B. that; which C. which; that D. that; what 10. It seems that you’ve caught a bad cold. You’d better see a doctor, ____you? A. hadn’t B. didn’t C. wouldn’t D. don’t 11. Mr. Smith managed to eat lunch ____having had an enormous breakfast. A. d