1、 實用英語第一學期期中考試試卷A 卷Part I Listening Comprehension (每題兩分，共十題，共二十分) Only Child versus SiblingsRead the text and fill in as many words as you can.Although I wasn t an ( 1) child, my sister was 14 years ( 2) than me and hadleft home when I turned ( 3) years old, so I left like an only child.I had no one

2、to play with and my (4) were older my mother was 40 when I was(5).So now I have 4 children at age 3,5,14 and 16. My boys are the two older ones. My girls are the younger ones and they always (6)over the toys, but the older two often manage to finda way that they can play together peacefully.There ar

3、e a lot of good things to have (7)than one child. You can always say, “Go andplay with your brother or sister, I must (8)dinner. ” Siblings teach us to live with othersmore easily. While an only child never has to (9) with anyone in her home, a child withsiblings (10)to share.Part n Vocabulary & Str

4、ucture (每題一分，共四十題，共四十分) Section A: Choose the best answer.We would like to you to our barbeque tomorrow.A invitationB. informationC. inviteI felt rather when I left home for the first time to go on an exchange visit to America.A. happyB. informalC. nervousThe party is very so you can wear what you l

5、ike.A. informalB. formalC. friendlyI_ what my family is doing at this moment back home.A. suggestB. wonderC. askThere is no reason to continue this discussion. You are not going to the party and .A. thats thatB. so onC. ever afterYou think that all Americans can speak English and you would be right.

6、A. dailyB. probablyC. wronglyMy best friend, , can speak English and Spanish.A. newB. schoolC. for exampleBut if I lived on the border to Mexico I could speak English and Spanish, too.A. maybeB. alwaysC. neverI can hear my neighbor through the wall. He is so loud. It is awful!A. anotherB. next-doorC

7、. niceA handshake is much better than a limp one.A. firmB. seriousC. unfriendlyI took the wrong _ at the last road junction, can you tell me how I get back on the motorway?A. turnB. turnerC. turningAm I going in the right for the post office?A. routeB. directionC. signCan you tell me please how I _

8、to the cinema from here?A. comeB. getC. takeCould you please _ me in the direction of the motorway?A. deliverB. showC. pointIm making for the M25 motorway. Is this road the most route?A. directB. obviousC. straightCan you help me please? Ive lost my way and to get to the shops before closing time.A.

9、 requireB. needC. requestCould you tell me how _ I am from the town centre, please?A. nearB. farC. closeto this map I should be near the church. I s that correct?A. ConsideringB. AfterC. AccordingIm _ for the town hall - am I anywhere near?A. makingB. seekingC. seeingIs this the _ way for the railwa

10、y station?A. correctB. clearC. fine21.If you your money every week, you will soon have enough for a new bicycle.A. spentB. saveC. earnA. spentB. saveC. earn22.It is to spend your money DVDs. You can borrow them from the shop.A. necessaryB. good22.It is to spend your money DVDs. You can borrow them f

11、rom the shop.A. necessaryB. good23.Siblings often have about silly things.A. agreementB. arguments.A good with your parents is very important.A. birthB. dinnerC. unnecessaryC. friendsC. relationship.My brother got a job as a bus driver when he left school.A. traineeB. cleverC. friendlyA. traineeB. c

12、leverC. friendly26.Chu in China and then moved to the USA when he was 25.A. enjoyedB. visitedC. grew up27.I think we should uniforms at our school. I hate them!A. do away withB. sellC. take28.A healthy river is fish.A. emptyB. full ofC. nice29.I was very of my sister for having such beautiful black

13、hair.A. frustratingB. happyC. jealous30.There are no appointments at the dentist this afternoon. You will have to wait untiltomorrow.A. attractiveB. available C. ableA. attractiveB. available C. ableSection B: Complete the sentences with the right form of the words in bracketsI had going shopping wi

14、th my mother and the (bad) moment always comes when sheannounces loudly in the shop how wonderful I look in the dress she has chosen for me.She once chose an ugly pullover for me and went on to choose the (awful) pair oftrousers that I had ever seen.Online shopping is the (good) way of shopping for

15、clothes, as my mother can nolonger embarrass me in shops!Buying online is (easy) than fighting the crowds in town.I don t want to be known as the person who has the (fashionable) clothes at school, Ijust want to be one of the ordinary people, like my friends are.There is one boy at our school who al

16、ways wears the (expensive) brands of shoes butthey look no different to other shoes.His parents are not (rich) than mine but they give him so much money for clothes.He thinks he is the (cool) boy in our school.Unfortunately, we think he is the (nasty)!And he gets (aggressive) than he usually is if w

17、e just ignore him and his coolclothes.PartmReading Comprehension (每題兩分，共十題，共二十分)Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions . For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter o

18、n the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Task 1Our NeighborJimmy has been a postman for the last ten year. He loves to talk to his wife in the evenings about the people he delivers to. He tells her about Mrs. Mannes, the little old lady at number 24, who is always very unfriendly whe

19、n he delivers her post. She has a son in Australia and a daughter in France so she often gets post.But one day when jimmy rings the bell with a parcel for Mrs. Mannes from her daughter, there is no answer. Jimmy know that the old lady never goes out (she even gets her food delivered from the local s

20、upermarket) so he starts to fell worried. He looks through the letterbox but sees nothing, and then he looks through the living room window and sees Mrs. Mannes lying on the floor. He goes around the house to check if the back door is open. It is, so he runs in and immediately rings for an ambulance

21、. Mrs. Mannes gets to hospital in time. The doctor says that she had had a heart attack and if she had come to hospital any later she would not have survived. From that day on, Mrs. Mannes is very friendly and always gives jimmy a bar of chocolate when he delivers a parcel.Complete the sentences wit

22、h the best choice.Jimmy has been a postmanB. four ten yearsD. over ten yearsB. four ten yearsD. over ten yearsB. daughter in AustraliaD. daughter in AustriaC. through ten years.Mrs. Mannes has a .A. son in FranceC. son in Australia.Mrs. Mannes .gets her food deliveredgoes to the local supermarket by

23、 busgets her food from the little shop at the cornerdoesn t get her shopping from the local supermarket.When Mrs. Mannes didn t answer the door, Jimmy .saw her through the front doorwent through the windowwent through the living room windowsaw her though the living room window5.Mrs. Mannes got to th

24、e hospital .A. before the ambulanceB. nearly too lateC. too lateD. for JimmyTask 2Shopping onlineMy father and I were on holiday in America. My mother had stayed at home and on the 2nd day she fell and broke her leg. She could have asked the neighbors to do the shopping but she is a very independent

25、 lady.Anyway, on our return after three weeks to the USA, she was surrounded by boxes and wrapping paper. She told us about her fall and how it was nearly mended.“What about the shopping? Did you ask the neighbors for help? ” I asked as the doorbell rang. “There s your answer,” said my mother.I open

26、ed the door and there was a man with a big box of groceries.“Delivery for Mrs. Patterson, ” he said.“That is amazing, ” I said. “Did you just Phone in your order? How did you know what was on offer? ”“I ordered online. Look here, this is the supermarket s homepage with all their offers. I just click

27、 on the articles I want, pay by credit card and my groceries are delivered the same day. Great, eh?”“That is amazing. I didn t know any of our supermarkets offered that service. But Mun, what do all these empty boxes come from? ”“While I was surfing the net I found out how easy it is to order things

28、 at Amazon and I spent hours buying stuff on eBay. That is so much fun! ”Complete the sentences with the best choice.The mother broke her leg .A. in AmericaB. on the 2nd day of her holidayC. at the neighbor s houseD. on the 2nd day of the writer s holiday.The mother .asked the neighbor to do the sho

29、pping but they were too independentdidn t ask the neighbor to do the shopping because she was too independentdidn t ask the neighbor to do the shopping because they were too independentasked the neighbor to do the shopping but they were on holiday.The bell rang and it was .A. a man with a box of gro

30、ceriesB. the neighbor with a box of groceriesC. Mrs. Patterson with a box of groceriesD. the father with a box of groceries.The mother had ordered the groceries .A. by telephonewas cheapA. by telephonewas boringD. was the delivery man5.The mother thought shopping at Amazon and eBay.A. was expensiveB

31、. was cheapC. was boringD. was enjoyablePart IV Translation （每題五分，共兩題，共十分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.Go straight down Station Road past the cinema. Then you will come to a crossing with traffic lights. Turn left at the traffic lights and straight on at the roundabout. The youth hostel is in front of you. You really can t miss it.You go into the store and first you pass beautiful flowers and plan