
More and more people (31) ____ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (32) ____ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is (33) ____ to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people (34) ____ are struggling to make (35) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (36) ____ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is (37) _____ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan (38) _____ but have not installed them (39) _____. The insurance companies told people (40) _____ the alarms on all doors and windows.
31. A. must B. have C. had D. has
32. A. have been asked B. asked C. will ask D. have been asking
33. A. due B. caused C. because D. because of
34. A. which B. what C. who D. –
35. A. the B. all C. - D. those
36. A. that B. which C. who D. it
37. A. estimate B. estimating C. estimates D. estimated
38. A. to have them installed B. to have them installing
C. to have been installing them D. to install them
39. A. still B. already C. yet D. too
40. A. install B. installed C. installing D. to install
31. B 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. C 36. B 37. D
38. A 39. C 40. D
Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars
(31) in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded.
The country's 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel market. But because there are still big differences (32)_____________ people's incomes, the roads are full of a whole variety of (33) , lots of them not motorised.
A ride (34) a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in long lines (35)___________ narrow country lanes. Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart (36) by one animal or another. "India has everything on the roads," the taxi driver says. "You have to (37) for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things (38) to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck." Just then we were stopped (39) a young boy and his cow.
Given the hazards, it's not surprising (40) special ceremonies are held for new car owners in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed.
31. A. have been sold B. have sold
C. have been selling D. had been sold
32. A. of B. over C. between D. in
33. A. cars B. vehicles C. bikes D. motorcycles
34. A. within B. after C. with D. in
35. A. in B. on C. at D. above
36. A. pulled B. pulling C. to pull D. pull
37. A. wait B. search C. watch out D. listen out
38. A. were recommended B. to be recommended
C. to recommend D. are recommended
39. A. with B. by C. to D. after
40. A. what B. why C. when D. that
31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. B
36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. D
Most workers spend eight hours on the job a day on 31 . They work because they need money for necessities. They spend about one third of their lives at work, but hate it. By contrast, some people actually 32 work. They spend 33 hours on the job each week and often take work home with them. They are called “workaholics(工作狂)” as they are addicted to their job as other people are 34 alcohol.
Workaholics would 35 work than do anything else and this can be most important to their life. Workaholics are often 36 stress. They can’t relax and feel tense. 37 they may easily lose temper. Their work therefore has serious impact on their relationships and family life. Typical workaholics pay little attention to families. They spend 38 time with their children and their marriages may 39 in divorce. Their inability to relax may cause 40 problems, such as high blood pressure.
31. A. weekends B. workdays C. each week D. everyday
32. A. hate B. enjoy C. do D. dislike
33. A. extra B. rather C. less D. fewer
34. A. for B. like C. to D. into
35. A. better B. like to C. do D. rather
36. A. on B. under C. in D. for
37. A. As a matter of fact B. As a result
C. As it is D. As you can find
38. A. more B. much C. little D. a little
39. A. begin B. end C. beginning D. ending
40. A. health B. blood C. mental D. family
31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D
36. B 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. A
There are advantages and disadvantages to 31 Asian and Western educational methods. For example, one advantage 32 the education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science 33 American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans 34 . The study is difficult, but it 35 students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, 36 many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
The advantage to the education in North America, 37 the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 38 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized 39 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 40 .
31. A. not only B. all C. both D. only
32. A. for B. to C. in D. as
33. A. to B. for C. than D. in
34. A. have B. studying C. does D. do
35. A. provides B. gets C. prepares D. does
36. A. and B. yet C. not D. just
37. A. at B. to C. on D. under
38. A. good B. poor C. new D. old
39. A. more B. less C. good D. as
40. A. have B. do C. haven’t D. does
31. C 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. C
36. B 37. C 38. C 39. D 40. A
Jules Verne’s most famous book is “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. (A “league” is an old word 16 about three miles.) In those days submarines (潜水艇) had not been 17 , but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things 18 the bottom of the ocean. He was a very good 19 . His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed 20 real people.
In another book, “Around the World in Eighty Days”, Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, 21 made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem 22 to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different 23 , even on an elephant at one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book.
In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge 24 his imagination in describing future inventions. 25 he was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever.
16. A. meaning B. including C. means D. speaks
17. A. made B. discovered C. producing D. invented
18. A. in B. beneath C. at D. under
19. A. story-teller B. sailor C. captain D. pilot
20. A. are B. to be C. that D. as if
21. A. that B. which C. what D. who
22. A. easy B. difficult C. comfortable D. hard
23. A. roads B. paths C. ways D. countries
24 .A. except B. as well C. as well as D. or
25. A. Always B. Seldom C. Some times D. Sometimes
16. A 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. C 25 D
Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he (16)____________ to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and (17) ____________ working in a pub when he (18) ____________ to start his own business. Peter had always (19) ____________ interested in plants and flowers, (20) ____________he decided to set up a company (21) ____________ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his (22) ____________, but soon he took (23) ____________ two people to help him. The company has been growing (24) ____________ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, (25) ____________ he complains that now he doesn’t work with plants but with a computer every day!
16. A. would B. -- C. used D. use
17. A. did B. was C. been D. has been
18. A. had decided B. decided C. was deciding D. has decided
19. A. was B. had C. being D. been
20. A. so B. but C. -- D. although
21. A. who B. which C. whose D. --
22. A. own B. self C. -- D. himself
23. A. up B. over C. on D. in
24. A.-- B. up C. over D. into
25. A. therefore B. so C. but D. moreover
16. C 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25.C
