山东师范大学成人高等教育 《大学英语》(专科)书面作业 I. Grammar and Vocabulary(10 分) 1. You should be out playing _________ working indoors. A. instead B. instead of C. but D. nothing but 2. Taiwan Province lies _________ the southeast of China. A. to B. on C. in D. from 3. Six months _________ and still we had no news from them. A. passed B. past C. pass D. passing 4. Hardly _________ the classroom when the class began. A. he had entered B. he entered C. had he entered D. he was entered 5. I don’t agree to _________ he said. A. that B. which C. what D. how 6. When she opened the door, she found a boy _________ in the snow, weeping . A. lying B. laying C. lie D. lay 7. The students listened attentively to the speaker. A. audibly B. silently C. carefully D. nervously 8. He is very careless with his money. A. inattentive B. worried C. free D. thoughtless 9. Smoking is prohibited in the office. A. no good B. discouraged C. encouraged D. not allowed 10. She’s very miserable because her husband has been out of work for months and they don’t have enough money to last the week. A. indignant B. ashamed C. unhappy D. helpless II. Reading Comprehension (20 分) Each of the following questions is provided with four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Decide on the one that best answers that question. Passage 1 It is estimated that some seven hundred million people are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment is so slight that is barely qualifies literacy(读写能力). Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the...