【练习版】大学英语1复习资料（考试用）
【阅读理解】 第一单元
About twenty of us schoolchildren had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our “art” would only (1)for three minutes, we were given the opportunity to see quite a number of interesting things.
Soon after we arrived , bright lights were turned on. Since it was very hot in the studio, it came as a (2) to us to see one of the actors put on a overcoat. He (3) a hat down over his eyes , put his hands in his pockets, and started walking along a winding path. A big fan began (4) small white feathers down on him, and soon the bare trees were covered in “snow”. Two more fans were turned on, and a “strong wind” whistled through the trees. The first actor was dragging through the snow when the second, (5) as a beggar, began walking towards him trembling with cold.
The next (6) was a complete contrast. The way it was filmed was quite (7) .Pictures taken on an island in the Indian Ocean were shown on a glass screen. An actor and an actress stood in front of the (8) so that they looked as if they were at the water’s edge on an island.
Since it was our (9) next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us .For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the (10) of being film “stars”!
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第二单元
When he got the call that his son was ill in California and not expected to live for long, Bill didn’t know (1) he was going to get the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a truck driver his entire life, but he never managed to have any (2). So with (3) Bill walked the mile to the filling station and told the owner, ”My son is really sick and I’ve got no cash. Can you trust me for the phone call to California?”
“Pick up the (4) and talk as long as you need to,” was the answer. As
he started to dial, he was (5) by a stranger, jumping down from the cab of a truck and asking,” Aren’t you Bill Beasley? Your son was one of my best friends when we were growing up together. When went off to college, I lost (6) with him. Heard you say he’s sick?”
After the call Bill was told that that truck driver had paid for it and left him an ( 7). He opened it and pulled out two pieces of paper .One read,” You were the first truck driver my dad trust enough to let me go along with.” The second one was a (8) check with an attached (9):”Fill out the amount (10) for you and your wife to make the trip. Merry Christmas!”
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第四单元
The American Dream used to go something like this: arrive in this country for an unskilled job with small pay. Save and (1) until you can open a small
business---in (2) years, a take-out restaurant or a dry cleaner. Buy a (3) house in the suburbs. Send the children to college and hope they (4) up to be doctors. In the past decade, that (5) has changed. For many (6) today, the new version of the dream goes more like this: arrive in America for a high-tech job with good pay, invest and invest until you can open your own (7) .Buy a huge house in an exclusive suburb . And if you don’t have a(n) (8) degree? Work like crazy, get a tech-related job and (9) a large part of your wages into stocks until you -----don’t wait for your kids---are (10). business modest convey dream grow urge save engineering immigrants carreer recent rich invest tough steady
第六单元
（Jenny and Raymond had been lovers before World War II set them apart. Eight years later Raymond happened to learn that Jenny was still living alone in London…）
So Raymond found himself unpacking his bag in a London hotel before he had decided on his approach to Jenny. He (1) thought of the telephone, but he knew that wouldn’t do. Jenny believed that he was dead. He couldn’t just (2) up and say he wasn’t. (3) could he just ring her doorbell and be standing there on the mat. She would think she was seeing things.
A hot bath and a change of clothes did not bring any revelations, either. He sat
down at the writing desk and began a letter to her---tore it up and began (4)--- and tore that up. He (5) down the pen and went out into the early October dusk of London, (6) avoiding the address where Jenny was living.
He was unaccustomed to dilemmas like this which could not be (7) out in a decent length of time, and he was getting angry with (8) . Moodily he turned into a cheerful-looking (9)and had a lonely meal, aware that he might have Jenny’s happy face across the table –he was wasting time –but after so many years, did a few more hours (10)?
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第八单元
Dear Mom and Dad,
Everything is OK, well, almost everything,—you see, I have a terrible headache about every half hour. I’ve been having this headache ever since I jumped from my ( 1)during the fire. A fine-looking young man was (2)by my window when he saw the flames (3)from the window. He was kind enough to call the fire (4)and ambulance. Since my furniture was (5) up and my room (6),I have been staying at this young man’s apartment. I thought (7)about marrying him but I know how you feel about mixed ( 8).
I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’ve just received my (9) card. I have three D’s and two F’s. I just thought, if I put this in a different (10),it would sound better!
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【词汇（单选）】 第一单元
1）Alan was always in trouble with the police when he was young but he’s own a married man. 2）The people who had been hurt in the car accident lay screaming in .
【练习版】大学英语1复习资料(考试用)
