大学外语I(A)复习提纲.docVIP

2011-2012学年大学外语I（A）复习大纲 一 考试题型 Part I Vocabulary and Structure 此题考查本学期所学词汇的运用。共20个小题，每题1分，共20分。 Part II Cloze 此题为短文完型填空，考查学生的综合能力。共20个小题，每题1分，共20分。 Part III Reading Comprehension (共 分) Section C Skimming and Scanning 此部分考查学生快速查找有效信息的能力。包含两种题型：7个选择题和3个填空题。每题1分，共10分。 Part IV Translation 此题为补充翻译，要求学生把括号中的汉语翻译为英语。共5个小题，每题2分，共10分。 Part V Writing 此部分考查学生的应用文写作能力，满分10分。 二、复习提纲 I. 词汇 distribute respectable off and on associate with tedious weekly assume send for for sale call on replace straighten out survive die of figure out hold back cooperate explore undertake make a geal ask around in private switch to demand absorb career some time sometime sometimes identify assignment find out pick out look sb. in the eye turn in out of date only to in sb.’s interest(s) face up to size up II Cloze III Reading Comprehension A. Reading in Depth Passage 1 About three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people. Many of these words are technical words. When there is a new invention or discovery, a new word may be coined after the inventor or scientist. It is interesting to observe how many common words have found their way into the language from the names of people. Lord Sandwich, who lived from 1718 to 1792, used to sit at the gambling table eating slices of bread with meat in-between. As the lord was the only man among his friends who ate bread in that way, his friend began to call bread “sandwich” for fun. Later on the word became part of the English language. The word “boycott” means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something. It comes from a man called captain Boycott. He was a land agent in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes foe an English landowner in Ireland. But the captain was a very harsh man. He treated his poor tenants very badly. His tenants decided not to speak to him at all. Eventually word got back t