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I. Choose the best answer (30分)
1. Two of the attackers were killed, and _______ escaped.
A. rest B. the rest C. the resting D. the rests
2. The next morning, my mum came to _____ me up.
A. pick B. take C. catch D. bring
3. Don’t they know how_________ my schedule is ?
A. tight B. close C. strict D. nervous
4. Write the telephone number down ________ you forget.
A. in the case B. in case C. in the case of D. in your case
5. She is an ________ housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.
A. economic B. economy C. economical D. economies
6. Let’s ______ this question for a moment.
A. put away B. put off C. put aside D. put out
7. The nurse is _________ to a sick man.
A. caring B. nursing C. concerning D. attending
8. A large number of students will benefit _________ the new teaching method.
A. from B. about C. of D. over
9. I got involved ________ a quarrel about the price.
A. in B. with C. by D. at
10. Linda likes being in red to __________ herself apart from the other girls.
A. differ B. set C. make D. put
11. During the trip, I was deeply ________ by the local people’s hospitality.
A. stressed B. expressed C. pressed D. impressed
12. __________ , let me share with you a piece of good news, and then we start the class.
A. Most of all B. Above all C. First of all D. All in all
13.The tourist _________ about the accommodation and the guide’s poor service.
A. complained B. claimed C. explained D. displayed
14. _________ keep looking until you find her.
A. By all methods B. By all means C. By all efforts D. By all ways
15. No one has _________ a convincing explanation of why dinosaur died out.
A. caught up with B. kept up with C. come up with D. made up with
16.Their _________ to the nation should never be questioned.
A. royalty B. royal C. loyal D. loyalty
17.I found myself in an entirely new world the ________ I arrived in Beijing.
A. time B. while C. when D. moment
18.I’m becoming more and more _________ by his selfish behavior.
A. irritated B. irritating C. irritation D. irritate
19.He tried very hard to __________ the excited old lady down.
A. keep B. calm C. silent D. peace
20. Her father has always been ___________ on her.
A. strict B. serious C. hard D. rigid
21. A student _________ study hard at school.
A. supposed to B. is supposed to C. supposes to D. supposes
22. To my questions, my mother always _________ in a calm and quiet voice.
A. says B. speaks C. responds D. talks
23. There is small town __________ the mountain.
A. at the foot of B. on the foot of C. in the foot of D. by the foot of
24. __________ , he puts the bag on the table as soon as he comes in.
A. out of habit B. In habit C. For habit D. On habit
25. _________ the examination, we felt very nervous and couldn’t fall asleep.
A. In case of B. On the eve of C. In addition to D. in the event of
26. This morning after I got up, I found my bike ________.
A. miss B. missed C. misses D. missing
27. Don’t worry. Our life will be __________ next month.
A. better on B. better off C. better in D. better for
28. He sat on the ground _________ a book carefully.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. was reading
29. If you put your mind_______ , you will succeed in the future.
A. to learn English B. learning English C. learn English D. to learning English
30. We should know that a man is not _________ knowledge.
A. born to B. born in C. born with D. born on
II. Cloze (15分)
When my wife, who is Spanish, spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used to ask me time and again: “Where’s the fog?” Almost all foreigners 31 to find the city in mist for most of the year. Dickens, who was above all 32 for painting this picture in people’s minds, certainly wasn’t exaggerating in those days. People 33 to say in the nineteenth century that when someone committed suicide by 34 into the Thames he was choked 35 the fog and poisoned by the terrible 36 of the river 37 he had time to drown himself. 38 , the situation has only changed in recent years. When I was a boy in London thirty years ago I was often unable to see the 39 side of the road when I left home 40 winter mornings.
The steps that have turned London into a clean city were 41 at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still find 42 strange that fog seldom returns. The change 43 as a result of two main improvement. Factories had to install clean air equipment, and private householders were not allowed to burn coal 44 it was smoke-free. But the real miracle in London occurred when vast quantities of dissolved oxygen was pumped into the river. 45 , all the species of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames since 1800 have returned.
31. A. prove B. expect C. manage D. describe
32. A. responsible B. clear C. favorite D. revealing
33. A. dropped B. asked C. helped D. used
34. A. setting B. jumping C. admitting D. breaking
35. A. by B. on C. for D. against
36. A. smell B. layer C. courage D. code
37. A. although B. but C. after D. before
38. A. For a moment B. In case C. In fact D. As a result
39. A. other B. wrong C. another D. either
40. A. in B. on C. under D. over
41. A. moved B. changed C. taken D. influenced
42. A. this B. that C. what D. it
43. A. set apart B. set up C. picked up D. took place
44. A. if B. unless C. when D. as
45. A. By the way B. By all means C. As a result D. On the other hand
III. Reading Comprehension(40分)
(1)
One silly question I simply cannot tolerate is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action ----- a man walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right.” But you have put a bug in his face, or in his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It makes him worrying a little. He looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, “How do you feel?”
Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you are visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous British writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?” Shaw put him is his place. “When you reach my age,” he said, “either you feel all right or you are dead.”
1.According to the writer, greetings, such as “How do you feel?”____________.
A.show one’s consideration for others
B.are a good way to make friends
C.are proper to ask a man in action
D.generally make one feel uneasy
2. The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of _________
A. a friend who is ill B. a person who has lost a close friend
C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried D. a man who is working at his desk
3. George Bernard Shaw’s reply in this passage shows his ________.
A. silliness B. cleverness C. carelessness D. politeness
4. “You have put a bug in his ear ”means that you have _________.
A. made him laugh B. shown concern for him C. made fun of him
D. given him some kind of warming
5. This passage can be entitled _________
A. Silly Question B. Don’t Trouble a Busy Man
C. What Are Good Greetings D. George Bernard Shaw’s Reply
(2)
More than 30000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to £50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collecting using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.
6.This text is taken from_________.
A. a medical magazine B. a legal document
C. a police report D. a government information booklet
7. Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle _________.
A. reduces road accidents by more than half
B. saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour.
C. reduces the death rate in traffic accidents
D. saves more than 15000 lives each year
8. It is the driver’s responsibility to ________.
A. make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt.
B. make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt
C. stop children riding in the front seat
D. wear a seat belt each time he drives
9. According to the text, which of the following people riding in the front doe not have to wear a seat belt?
A. Someone who is backing into a parking space.
B. Someone who is picking up the children from the local school.
C. Someone who is delivering invitation letters.
D. Someone who is under 14.
10. For some people, it may be better __________.
A. to wear a seat belt for health reasons
B. not to wear a seat belt for health reasons
C. to get valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt
D. to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt.
(3)
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876--1974) concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of a large number of people tend to e lowest in the summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking.
11. According to this passage, your intelligence probably ________.
A. stays the same throughout the year. B. varies from day to day
C. changes with the seasons D. changes from year to year
12. Huntington based his conclusions on __________
A. records of changes in his own intelligence B. work with peoples in different climates
C. records of temperature changes D. all of the above
13. It seems that the cold of winter _________.
A. increases the ability to think B. is the best time for thinking
C. is better for thinking than very warm weather D. decreases the ability to think
14. One possible reason why spring is the best season for thinking is that _______.
A. all nature, including man, is growing then
B. it lasts longer than the other seasons C. it is not too warm and not too cold
D. both B and C.
15. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be ________
A. spring and fall B. winter and summer C. summer and spring D. fall and winter
(4)
On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your science; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods… they were totally good for nothing.
We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.
16.The passage is about _______.
A.the talk between the Indians and the officials
B.the colleges of the northern provinces
C.the educational values of the Indians
D.the problems of the American in the mid-eighteenth century
17.The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to ________.
a)politely refuse a friendly offer
b)express their opinions on equal treatment
c)show their pride D. describe Indian customs
18.According to the letter, the Indians believed that ______.
a)it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling
b)they were being insulted by the offer
c)they knew more about science than the officials
d)they had a better way of educating young men
19.Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought ________
a)young women should also be educated
b)they had different goals of education
c)they taught different branches of science
d)they should teach the sons of the officials first
20.The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as _________.
A. angry B. pleasant C. polite D. inquiring
IV. Writing (15分)
For this part, you are supposed to write an essay in English in about 100~120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.
你的英国朋友今年冬天要去你的家乡旅行,请写一封信说明你家乡的天气状况,内容包括:
(1)你家乡的地理位置
(2)冬天的天气状况
(3)旅行时需要携带的衣物