
1. These fairy tales are familiar _C__ people in every country.
[A]
| with | [B] for | [C] to | [D] about |
[A]
| an answer | [B] a way | [C] a solution | [D] a method |
[A]
| on | [B] in | [C] at | [D] of |
[A]
| unless | [B] until | [C] before | [D] although |
[A]
| means | [B] represents | [C] stands | [D] presents |
[A]
| to steal | [B] to stealing | [C] into steal | [D] into stealing |
[A]
| surprised, excited | [B] surprising, exciting |
| [C] surprised, exciting | [D] surprising, excited |
[A]
| work hard enough | [B] work enough hard |
| [C] hard work enough | [D] hard enough work |
[A]
| little | [B] few | [C] much | [D] many |
[A]
| so did the airlines | [B] nor did the airlines |
| [C] so the airlines did | [D] nor the airlines did |
| A. leaving me in no doubt left | B. I was left in no doubt |
| A. I have not in doubt left | B. I am having in no doubt left |
| A. appeared to | B. was appeared | C. appear to | D. have appeared |
| A. Had there been any chance | B. If they had not stood a chance |
| A. If they stood any chance there | B. Would they stand a chance |
| A. this is needed | B. that is needed | C. for our needs | D. the thing needing |
| A. with | B. for | C. to | D. about |
| A. under | B. on | C. for | D. from |
| A. presence | B. preface | C. front | D. eyes |
| A. Look | B. Watch | C. See | D. View |
| A. mind | B. matter | C. meet | D. risk |
| A. avoid | B. adventure | C. attain | D. risk |
Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
There are many words in the English language. You will never 21 A the meaning of every word in English. When you read, you will often find many 22 D you do not know. You will not have enough time to 23 A reading and try to find every new word in a dictionary.
Sometimes you can 24 D a new word because you know some of the parts of the new word. For example, if a word ends 25 D the letters “er”, that word 26B be the name of a 27 C or a thing that does a certain action. A writer is a person who writes. 28D it is not 29 C to know the parts of a new word to understand it, 30 A it will help you many times.
21.
[A]
| know | [B] learn | [C] find | [D] look up |
[A]
| books | [B] letters | [C] stories | [D]words |
[A]
| stop | [B] enjoy | [C] keep | [D]start |
[A]
| find | [B] get | [C] study | [D]guess |
[A]
| in | [B] off | [C] up | [D]with |
[A]
| can | [B] might | [C] should | [D]must |
[A]
| friend | [B] boy | [C] person | [D]girl |
[A]
| Then | [B] Now | [C] Yet | [D]Sometimes |
[A]
| helpful | [B] useful | [C] enough | [D]good |
[A]
| but | [B] and | [C] so | [D]for |
Directions: There are three passages followed by questions. Beneath each question there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the right answer for each question. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Passage 1
I am the owner of a small clothing store. Three months ago I decided to move my store to Glendale, another area of town, because business was not very good. Now I rent a store in an old building. The new location in Glendale is excellent, and my sales have improved a lot. (The utilities are also cheaper!) There is a high school nearby, and many of the students come to my store to buy their clothes. This location has other advantages, too. It is closer to my home, and there is a food store on the next block, so it is convenient for me to go shopping after work.
The size of my new store is better too. It is much bigger, and there is a lot of storage space. But the building was not in very good condition, and I had to make many improvements. The paint was old and dirty, and I had to pick a new color and paint all of the walls. I hired a man to build new wooden dressing rooms. I also made new curtains for the rooms and the window. I am completely satisfied with the store now. Unfortunately, I learned last week that the owner wants to sell the building – after all my hard work! How did I learn this? I came to work Friday and saw a “For Sale” sign in front of my store.
31. The store owner wanted to move to the new location because _C_____.
[A]
| there was a food store nearby |
| [B] there was a high school on the next block |
| [C] the old store did not sell a lot of goods |
| [D] it was in a new area |
[A]
| has improved her sales until moving to the new location |
| [B] sells clothes to some high school students in the area |
| [C] can go to the shopping center in her business hours |
| [D] has been told that the furniture is cheaper there |
[A]
| It is convenient for the store owner to go shopping because the clothing store is close to her house. |
| [B] The old store was smaller than the new store, where she got much storage space. |
| [C] It was she who made some arrangements for the dressing rooms. |
| [D] After hard work, she is very satisfied with what she has done. |
[A]
| the landlord of the building had the walls painted |
| [B] the store owner made a lot of improvements to it |
| [C] the store owner asked the workmen to repair the dressing rooms |
| [D] the landlord did a lot of work to rebuild it |
[A]
| to be hired | [B] to be closed down |
| [C] to be rented | [D] to be sold |
Basketball is still a young game. In the winter of 11, a certain college was having trouble with its boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them often got into fights from time to time.
Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court was not very large.
Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket instead. That is how the game got its name.
36. Basketball is__B_____ some of the other ball games.
[A]
| as old as | [B] not as old as |
| [C] older than | [D] the oldest in |
[A]
| less than two hundred years |
| [B] more than a hundred years |
| [C] less than a century |
| [D] nearly a century |
[A]
| Though it is often played outside |
| [B] Because it is often played outside |
| [C] Since it is always played outside |
| [D] Although it is never played inside |
[A]
| the ball | [B] the basket |
| [C] the box | [D] the fruits |
[A]
| had nothing to do with |
| [B] had something not much to do with |
| [C] had a few things to do |
| [D] had something to do with |
“I enjoy being a twin,” said Helen. “The teachers at school are never sure who they’re talking to! Even our friends don’t know sometimes. Once, just for fun, I let Nicky go out with my boyfriend. He did not notice anything was different, until they got to the disco. I’m a much better dancer than Nicky!”
“But there is something I really hate. People think we’re two halves of the same person. But we’re not! We are two persons. That’s why I always wait to see what Nicky’s wearing. Then I put on something else, something quite different.”
“Oh, and I also hate it when people stare at us, when we’re together—as if we were something out of a circus (马戏团).
“We look alike, but we’re more like opposite than twins,” said Helen. “ I can’t think of anybody who is more different from me!” We’ve got different friends, we like different music and different school subjects. In fact, I can’t think of anything which we both like, except for noodles! Somebody may ask me “ If I hit you, will your sister feel it?” I can’t think of anything more stupid!
“But perhaps, deep down, we are alike. I’ll always remember that we’ve decided to give our dad a birthday card each, instead of sharing one. We didn’t say anything to each other. We went to different shops, and when we got back, we had exactly the same cards!”
41.Helen and Nicky are __D_______.
[A]
| friends | [B]brother and sister | [C] twin brother | [D] twin sister |
[A]
| Helen and Nicky are alike almost in every way. |
| [B] They are always dressed alike. |
| [C] They have the same interest and taste. |
| [D] People are always confused by their appearance. |
[A]
| Nicky’s boyfriend did not know when he was going out with Helen. |
| [B] Helen’s boyfriend did not know when he was going out with Nicky. |
| [C] Nicky was a better dancer than Helen. |
| [D] Helen could not dance as well as Nicky. |
[A]
| They are alike in many ways as if they were twins. |
| [B] They are alike in many ways though they are not twins. |
| [C] They are different in many ways though they are twins. |
| [D] They didn’t have a lot in common because they are twins. |
[A]
| Music. | [B] Cards. | [C] Mathematics. | [D] Noodles. |
Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the correct form of the italicized word on the left of each sentence. Write your answers on the blanks below.
| 46. lock | I lost my keys and couldn’t ___ the box. |
| 47. experience | Mary was already an ___ primary school teacher at the age of 24. |
| 48. threat | Their lives were frequently ___ by gas explosion. |
| 49. perform | The first American ___ of this opera was in 1926. |
| 50. courage | It was ___ of Mr. Stone to try and save the drowning man. |
| 51. hope | He was disappointed so often that he became ___. |
| 52. cruel | ___ to children or animals is a crime in many countries. |
| 53. understanding | John and Mary had a ___, but they have made it up now. |
| 54. large | The factory is being ___ to make room for more machinery. |
| 55. eager | She could not conceal her ___ for praise. |
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases in the brackets. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
56. 根据卫星发回的信号和照片,他们得出结论:金星上没有生命。(come to the conclusion)
57. 从校长的反应来看,他和那位年轻人对游戏在儿童教育中的作用显然共同语言极少。(have sth. in common)
58. 不言而喻,科学技术的发展对中国现代化是至关重要的。(be vital to)
59. 我们的产品质地优良,我们对此感到自豪。(take pride in)
60. 这个山庄是以矗立在它前面的那个村庄命名的。(name after)
61. 这封信必须交给威尔博士本人。(be to)
62. 亨利创作的艺术品在很多方面要比他兄弟的好。(be superior to )
63. 就业余爱好而言,珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有共同之处。(have little in common)
. 我被他们互相矛盾的意见搞糊涂了,不知如何去做才是。(be bewildered by)
65. 冷静耐心地处理这个微妙(delicate)问题是明智的。(It would be wise (advisable) to do )
