湖南城市学院英语写作期末复习题

一、单项选择题（共40小题,共100分）

第1 题：Which of the following sentences is correct with punctuation?

A. My sister bought a lot of fruits for me, such as banana、orange、apple and pear.

B. We will go there, if it is fine tomorrow.

C. Why is he so happy today? Because he has won the lottery.

D. He asked, “Where are you from?”

第2 题：According to the rules of writing a title, “__________” is correct.

A. My View on the Negative Effects of Smoking

B. The Way To Improve Our English-Speaking Ability

C. the war of Independence

D. the Myth of Chinese Literature

第3 题：An introductory paragraph should arouse the reader’s interest and __________ the main idea of the essay.

A. ignore

B. introduce

C. develop

D. emphasize

第4 题：What kind of figures of speech(修辞格)is used in the sentence “Thunder roared and a pouring rain started.”?

A. Metaphor

B. Personification

C. Simile

D. Hyperbole

第5 题：Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, __________ to find it locked.

A. Only

B. just

C. hence

D. thus

第6 题：During the TV interview, the singer announced that he was going to _____his new album soon.

A. release

B. renew

C. relieve

D. rehearse

第7 题：Which of the following sentences do not contains grammar error?

A. The number of people who own cars are increasing.

B. When a student need to remember is that when taking an exam, you should not cheat.

C. As a college student, we should use personal computers in a proper way.

D. Mary likes hiking, swimming, and riding a bicycle.

第8 题：While making a good sentence, the principles do not contain __________.

A. variety

B. coherence

C. unity

D. duality

第9 题：He was knocked down by a car and badly （ ）.

A. ruined

B. injured

C. harmed

D. damaged

第10 题：He always takes pride in his work. He is very （ ）.

A. respective

B. humble

C. formal

D. devoted

第11 题：If only I （ ） play the guitar as well as you!

A. would

B. could

C. should

D. might

第12 题：Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable （ ） to the total cost of the product.

A. proportion

B. correlation

C. connection

D. correspondence

第13 题：First published in 1927, the charts remain an（ ）source for researchers.

A. intelligent

B. inevitable

C. indispensable

D. identical

第14 题：I used a computer, （ ）it would have taken me much longer to finish the work.

A. so

B. otherwise

C. however

D. and

第15 题：I（ ）a doctor now if I had studied medical science in my youth.

A. were

B. should have been

C. should be

D. had been

第16 题：She kept the children（ ）with her stories.

A. to be amused

B. to amuse

C. amusing

D. amused

第17 题：In college I （ ） in science. What was your major?

A. majored

B. ordered

C. recorded

D. touched

第18 题：The prisoners will work for up to 90 days （ ）the gang.

A. to

B. at

C. on

D. of

第19 题：It isn't easy to be inspired in that spontaneous way for long periods（ ）.

A. on a stretch

B. in a stretch

C. for a stretch

D. at a stretch

第20 题：Michael found it difficult to get his British jokes （ ） to American audiences.

A. over

B. down

C. around

D. across

第21 题：That radio company is so big that it has a lot of （ ） in foreign countries.

A. introducers

B. instructors

C. conductors

D. agents

第22 题：Many a man （ ）sacrificed his life for the cause of revolution.

A. is

B. have

C. has

D. are

第23 题：I always associate this song（ ）my school days.

A. with

B. to

C. in

D. by

第24 题：They did find that （ ）appears in a dream has far greater influence on mood than （ ）occurs in the dream.

A. who ... what

B. who ... that

C. the person who ... which

D. the person ... the thing

第25 题：I must congratulate you（ ）the excellent design of the new bridge.

A. with

B. on

C. of

D. at

第26 题：Scientists will have to（ ）new methods of increasing the world's food supply.

A. come up with

B. come up for

C. come out

D. come into

第27 题：The car accident （ ）him （ ）his sight.

A. took ... of

B. took ... from

C. deprived ... of

D. deprived ... from

第28 题：This is not an economical way to get more water , （ ）it is very expensive.

A. or else

B. on the contrary

C. in short

D. on the other hand

第29 题：Language consists （ ）words which we put together into sentences.

A. on

B. of

C. in

D. for

第30 题：The economic recession has meant that job （ ） is a rare thing.

A. security

B. secureness

C. safety

D. protection