College English-Midterm Evaluation(430)

系别 Department 专业 Major 班级 Class 学号 Student’s Number 姓名 Name College English Mid-term Evaluation 题 号 一 二 三 四 总分 Question Number One Two Three Four Total Marks 得分 Marks 阅卷人 Examiner 本题得分 I. Give the Chinese meanings of each word. 装 阅卷人 (1’x15=15’)

1. _____________ joyfully adv. 2. _____________ overlook v. 3. _____________ glance n. 4. _____________ retreat v.

5. _____________ triumph n. 6. _____________ vanish v. 7. _____________ old-fashioned adj. 8. _____________ insult v.

9. _____________ scarcity n. 10. _____________ greed n. 订 11. _____________ creative adj. 12. _____________ blacken v.

13. _____________ forgetfulness n. 14. _____________ disorganize v. 15. _____________ origin n.

II. Match the English

本题得分 words with the 阅卷人 explanations. (1’x15=15’) 线 1. hesitate a. to become tight or make tighter 2. tighten b. tired out 3. exhausted c. only one 4. stun d. the act of coming nearer 5. select e. joy, great happiness 6. awful f. terrible or shocking 7. replace g. a short sleep during the day 8. speechless h. capable of producing good crops 9. fertile i. to take the place of 10. single j. not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws 11. supernatural k. to be greatly surprised or shocked 12. exaltation l. to choose carefully what you think is the best or most suitable 13. scent m. a pleasant smell 14. nap

n. unable to speak because of strong feeling, shock, ect. 15. approach o. to be slow to act because one feels uncertain or unwilling

本题得分 阅卷人 III. Word formation. (40’ in total)

A. Change the verbs to their B. Change the adjectivesto their

corresponding nouns. (1’x5=5’) corresponding adverbs. (1’x5=5’) 1. act _______ 1. clear _______

2. development _______ 2. easily _______ 3. pollution _______ 3. angry _______ 4. preparation _______ 4. particularly _______ 5. argue _______ 5. simple _______ C. Change the nouns to their corresponding adjective (1’x5=5’) 1. snow _______ 2. beauty _______ 3. wonderful _______ 4. worth _______ 5. power _______ D. Give the opposite of these adjectives by using prefixes or suffixes. (1’x5=5’) 1. certain ______ 2. comfortable ______ 3. possible _______ 4. regular _______ 5.E. legal _______ Give the opposite of the following. (1 ’x5=5’) 1. first _______ 2. to lose _______ 3. to push _______ 4. sunset _______ 5. patient _______ F. Give a word or an expression that has a meaning similar to each of the following. (1’x5=5’) 1. to disappear _______ 2. disease ______ 3. fortunate _______

4. jail _______

5. field _______ G. Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words according to the context. (1’x10=10’)

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哈尔滨师范大学恒星学院2008-2009学年第1学期2008级基础英语期中单词测验 (College English Mid-term Evaluation) Term 1 2008-2009 Academic Year Harbin Normal University Star College

系别 Department 专业 Major 班级 Class 学号 Student’s Number 姓名 Name 1. It took courage and ____________ (determine) to break the habit of smoking. 2. ____________ (admit) to this university is by examination only. 3. Children are usually taught not to play ____________ (violence). 4. ____________ (nature), our pronunciation is far from perfect. 5. I am perfectly satisfied with your ____________ (arrange), which will enable me to continue my project. 装 6. Without wearing my reading glasses, I cannot ____________ (clear) see things at a

distance.

7. It is ____________ (doubt) whether he can read my fortune or not.

8. The doctor said that the patient’s improved appetite was a ____________ (hope)

sign of recovery. 9. The boys were running in ____________ (excite).

10. My eye alighted on a ____________ (dust) old book at the back of the shelf. 订 本题得分 IV. Cloze Test (1’x30=30’) 阅卷人 Choose the right word or put the words in the brackets in their

proper forms.

They were going to Florida—three boys and three girls—and when they (1)

_______ (got on / get off ) the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine (2) ____

(in/ on/ by/ with) paper bags, (3) ____________ (dream) of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray cold of New York vanished behind him. As the bus rumbled south, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, (4) 线 ____________ (dress) in a plain, ill-fitting suit, never (5) ____________ (move), his dusty face (6) ____________ (mask) his age. He chewed the inside of his lip a lot, (7) ____________ (freeze) into some personal cocoon of silence. Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled (8) ____ (by/ into / near/ over) a roadside restaurant, and everybody got off except Vingo. And the young people began to wonder about him, (9) ____________ (try) to imagine his life: perhaps he was a sea captain, a runaway from his wife, an old soldier (10) ____________ (go) home. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat (11) ____ (besides/ beside) him and introduced herself. “We’re going to Florida,” she said brightly. “I hear it’s beautiful.”

“It is,” he said quietly, as if remembering something he had tried to forget.

“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took a swig. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.

In the morning, they awoke outside another restaurant, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he (12) ____________ (join) them. He seemed very shy, and ordered black coffee and smoked nervously as the young people chattered about (13) ____________ (sleep) on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and (14) ____________ (pain), he told his story. He had been (15) ____________ jail in New York for the (16) ____ (pass/ past/ passed/ passing) four years, and now he was going home.

“Are you (17) ____________ (marry)?” “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?” she said.

“Well, when I was in the can I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away a long time. I told her that she could just forget me if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept (18) ____________ (ask) questions, if it hurt too much. Well, I’d understand. I told her to get a new guy and forget about me. She’s a wonderful woman, really something. I told her she didn’t have to write to me. And she didn’t write me for three and a half years.”

“And you’re going home now, not (19) ____________ (know)?”

“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Well, last week, when I was sure the parole was coming (20) ____ (in/ on/ down/ through), I wrote her again. There’s a big oak tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow ribbon on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it—no handkerchief and I’d go through.”

“Wow,” the girl said. “Wow.”

She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, (21) ____________ (catch) up in the approach of Vingo’s hometown, (22) ____________ (look) at the pictures he showed them of his wife and three children.

Now they were 20 miles from the town, and the young people took (23) ____ (on/ off/ out / over) window seats on the right side, (24) ____________ (wait) for the approach of the great oak tree. Vingo stopped (25) ____________ (look), (26) ____________ (tighten) his face into the ex-con’s mask, as if (27) ____________ (fortify) himself against still another (28) ____________ (disappoint).

Then it was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, (29) ____________ (do) small dances of exultation. All did so except Vingo.

Vingo sat there stunned, (30) ____________ (look) at the oak tree. It was covered with yellow ribbons—20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a banner of welcome billowing in the wind. As the young people shouted, the old con rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus and go home.

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哈尔滨师范大学恒星学院2008-2009学年第1学期2008级基础英语期中单词测验 (College English Mid-term Evaluation) Term 1 2008-2009 Academic Year Harbin Normal University Star College

系别 Department 专业 Major 班级 Class 学号 Student’s Number 姓名 Name College English Mid-term Evaluation Answer Sheet 题 号 一 二 三 四 装 总分 Question Number One Two Three Four Total Marks 得分 Marks 阅卷人 Examiner

本题得分 I. Give the Chinese meanings of each word.

阅卷人 (1’x15=15’)

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 订

6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________ 10. _________ 11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________

本题得分 II. Match the English words with the

阅卷人

explanations. (1’x15=15’)

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 线 6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________ 10. _________ 11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________ 本题得分 III. Word formation. (40’ in total) 阅卷人 A. Change the verbs to their corresponding nouns. (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5 . _________ B. Change the adjectivesto their corresponding adverbs. (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ C. Change the nouns to their corresponding adjective (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________

D. Give the opposite of these adjectives by using prefixes or suffixes. (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ E. Give the opposite of the following. (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________

5. _________

F. Give a word or an expression that has a meaning similar to each of the

following. (1’x5=5’) 1. _________ 2 . _________ 3 . _________ 4 . _________ 5 . _________ G. Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words according to the

context. (1’x10=10’)

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 6. _________ 7. _________

8. _________

9. _________

10. _________ 本题得分 V. Cloze Test (1’x30=30’)

阅卷人 Choose the right word or put the words in the brackets in their proper forms.

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________ 6. _________

7. _________

8. _________

9. _________

10. _________ 11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________ 16. _________ 17. _________ 18. _________ 19. _________ 20. _________ 21. _________ 22. _________ 23. _________ 24. _________ 25. _________ 26. _________ 27. _________ 28. _________ 29. _________ 30. _________

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