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考试科目:《大学英语（一）》 （总分100分） 间：
一、交际英语 （10％） 1、- Can I borrow your digital camera for a couple of days? - _______ A：Yes, you maynot borrow. B：Yes, go on. C：Sure, hereyou are. Enjoy your journey. D：It doesn'tmatter. 2、- Good night and thanks again. - _______ A：You can't saythat. B：No, no. It'swhat I can do. C：How can yousay that. D：Good night. 3、- _______? - It'sFriday. A：What day isit? B：What's thedate today? C：What's thetime? D：What time isit? 4、How much is that meat, please? -_____________________ A：Ten o'clock. B：Ten yuan akilo. C：I like itvery much. D：I don't like. 5、-How soon will your father fly to New York? -_____________________ A：At 7.00 am. B：Last week. C：In threedays. D：Twice a year. 二、阅读理解 （30％） 1、 Chess must be one of the oldestgames in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that itwas played 'long, long ago.' Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europesince 1400. The name 'chess' is interesting. When one player is attacking theother's king, he says in English, 'check'. When the king has been caught andcannot move anywhere, he says 'check mate'. These words come from Persian 'Shahmat' means 'the king is dead'. That is when the game is over, and one playerhas won. Such an old game changes very slowly. Therules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one timethe queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest pieceon the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened. Chesstakes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don'thave to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by twopeople sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat theRussians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able toplay many people at the same time. The record was when one man played 400games! It is said that some people played chess by post. This must make chessthe slowest game in the world. (1)、Chess was played in India long before 900. A：T B：F (2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other player's king. A：T B：F (3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people. A：T B：F (4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table. A：T B：F (5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere. A：T B：F 2、 Herman had worked for the bank ofRuritania for ten years and was still only a clerk. He was not satisfied withthe position and wanted to find something better. Yet he did not want to losehis position in bank before he had got another one, so he prepared a letterabout himself, with the words "HELP! I AM A PRISONER OF THE BANK OFRURITANIA!" in big letters across the top. Then he sent it to several otherbanks, asking them for a job. A few days later, one of these letters cameinto the hands of Herman's boss at the bank; someone had given it to him at aparty. The next morning, Herman's boss asked him to come into his room andsaid, "Herman, I have some very good news for you. The bank of Ruritaniais setting you free!" (6)、Herman was not happy because he was in prison in the bank. A：T B：F (7)、Herman did not want to leave the Bank of Ruritania immediately because hehad not found a better job yet. A：T B：F (8)、He wished some other bank to give him a better job. A：T B：F (9)、A few days later, Herman's boss found one of these letters in his office. A：T B：F (10)、The boss asked Herman to come into his room as he decided to fire him. A：T B：F 3. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to take the oath ofoffice in the nation's permanent capital, Washington D.C. Although Washingtonwas a new city,it was already familiar to President Jefferson. In fact, Jeffersonhad helped plan the capital's streets and public buildings. Besides being acity planner and architect, the new President was a writer, a scientist, andthe inventor of several tools. Jefferson lived in the Presidential Palace. The Palacewas more than a home; it contained offices for the President and some of hisstaff and advisors. It also included dining and reception rooms, where thePresident could entertain congressmen. However, President Jefferson did notgive many formal parties. This was partly because there was no First Lady. Jefferson's wife had died in 1782. But it was alsobecause Jefferson liked to live in a simplefashion. Once, he showed up for an important meeting wearing old clothes andslippers! Neither Washington nor Adams would ever have dressed so casually. Jefferson was different from the first twoPresidents in other ways, too. He disagreed with them about how the countryshould be run, and about what part a President should play in running it. 11.According to the passage, thePresidential Palace was built to be ________. A) an office building and home B) a meeting place for congressmen C) a home D) an office building 12. According to the passage, ThomasJefferson was all of the following except ________. A) a writer B) a city planner C) the third president of the United States D) a carpenter 13. Thomas Jefferson did not entertain veryoften in Washington D.C. because ________. A) he did not have new clothes B) the food there was bad C) he did not enjoy carefully preparedparties and there was no First Lady D) his wife did not like it 14. Which of the following statements aboutWashington D.C. is TRUE? A) It was not the first capital of the United States. B) All the American presidents took theoath of office in Washington D.C. C) There were many old streets in Washington D.C.before 1801. D) Washington D.C. was planned by ThomasJefferson. 15. It can be inferred from the passagethat George Washington and John Adams both ________. A) lived in the Presidential Palace B) were rather formal gentlemen C) were different from Thomas Jeffersononly in how to run the country D) dressed casually 三、词汇与语法 （15％） 1、I don't know _______ to deal with such matter. A：what B：how C：which D：/ 2、He _______ driving me home, even though I told him I lived nearby. A：insisted on B：insisted at C：insisted that D：insisted in 3、The boy is not happy at the new school. He has ________ friends there. A：few B：a few C：little D：a little 4、I fell and hurt myself while I ________ basketball yesterday. A：was playing B：am playing C：play D：played 5、Tom ________ more than twenty pounds on the novel. A：spent B：paid C：cost D：took 四、选词填空 （15％） Inthe eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from thecountryside and small towns to the 1 becausethere was more work for them to do in the cities. On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leavethe cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every 2 hada horse or a wagon（四轮马车）. People needed a simpler means oftransportation.Inventors in many countries tried to solve this problem. The first bicycle, which was very simple, 3 in 1790. People called "thehorse on wheel". Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, thebicycle became a practical 4 oftransportation. People liked bikes because they weren't as expensive as horses anddidn't need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to 5 . (1)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride (2)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride (3)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride (4)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride (5)、 A：appeared B：cities C：family D：means E：ride 五、英译汉 （30％） 1、He didn't need to attend the meeting. 2、He prefers coffee to tea. 3、I slept soundly all night. 4、I hope we can have some snow this winter. 5、He was very happy to hear from his old friend.
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