I. Choice. ( 60%)

1. It was in the house ________ he used to live ________ they held the meeting.

   A. where, that B. that, that C. that ,where D. which, that

2. The film is more interesting than we _______________.

   A. had expected B. expected         C. is expecting D. expect

3. -- I think that he has made great progress in English.

   -- ___________, and ___________.

   A. So he has; so you have     B. So he has; so have you

   C. So has he; so you have             D. So has he; so you have

4. The flower needs_______________.

   A. to water B. to be water C. watering D. watered

5. Everybody went to the party _____________ Tom. 

   A. except B. except for C. besides D. as well as

6. He must have been to Beijing last week, __________?

   A. wasn’t he B. didn’t he C. mustn’t he D. needn’t he

7. The _____________ house is not far from here.

   A. little white wooden B. little wooden white

   C. white little wooden D. wooden little white

8. I would appreciate _________it a secret.

A. your keeping B. hat you keep C. you to keep D. that you will keep

9. We won’t leave here _______ he arrives.

A. until B. after C. the time D. when

10. He did nothing but____. 

A. to write a letter  B. write a letter   C. writing a letter      D. wrote

11. A _____ gave a brief ____ perspective on “ What is beautiful”

A. history; historic B. historical; historian  C. historian; historical D. historic; historical

12. ___ child as he is, his performance was outstanding yesterday. Everyone agrees that he is ____ expert on ___ piano.

    A. A… an… the    B. /… an … the   C. A…an… /   D. /… an… /

13. I’ll give him the note _________ I see him.

    A. until B. after C. the moment D. unless

14. Would you mind ______ a try? ______.

A. having ,Yes, please    B. have, No, please  

C. me have, Yes, please   D. my having, No, of course not

15. Helen is always the first ____ to the office and the last _____.

A. of coming, of leaving   B. comes, leaves   C. to come, to leave   D. coming, leaving

16. The date ________ he wrote down on the paper was wrong.

A. when B. on that C. which D. on which

17. This factory is ________ we visited with my friends last week.

A. which B. that C. on which D. the one

18. Could you give me a plastic bag _____________?

A. to put these things in B. to put these things

C. of putting things D. for putting things

19. China was one of the first countries in the world _________ the science of farming.

A. who was studied B. of study C. studied D. to study

20. He prefers _______ in the bookstore to watching TV at home.

A. to stay B. stay C. staying D. to be stayed

21.  They have done something to prevented the air ________________.

A. from polluting B. being polluting C. from being polluted D. to be polluted

22.  The young trees _______ thirty years ago have become thick woods.

A. being planted B. planted C. having planted D. planting

23.  ________________ the same answer, he solved the problem a third time.

A. Having not B. Not had C. Having not got D. Not having got

24. The boy as well as his sister ___________ the museum.

A. are visiting B. is visiting C. visit D. have visited

25. The young man put out a fire ______________ in the new building yesterday.

A. happening B. happened C. which happened D. that was happened

26. The reason _________ he was late is ________ he was ill.

A. that, what B. that ,why C. why, that D. that ,that

27 . As a soldier, he always put the things __________ he could get them the moment he heard the order.

A. when B. there C. where D. which 

28. Although it was raining hard, _______ still went out.

A. they B. and they C. but they D. since they

29. I __________work when I was only ten years old.

A. must B. have to C. mustn’t D. had to

30. _____, or you’ll miss the last train.

   A. Hurried up B. Hurry up C. To hurry up D. Hurrying up

31.  I can’t help _____ photos for you since I have something important _____.

   A. take…to be done B. take…to do 

   C. taking…done D. taking…to do

32.  --“What’s made Lucy so unhappy?” --“_____ two tickets to the Olympic Games. ”

   A. Lost B. Losing C. Because of losing D. Because she lost

33.  The book that he likes is not worth _____.

   A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. to have read

34. The lion is a ________ of courage.

A. signal B. symbolize C. gesture D. symbol

35. Parents’ behavior will influence the development of a child’s ________.

A. personality B. person C. personal D. personally

36. My grandfather is over 70 and has a strong ________ to forget things.

A. tendency B. endurance C. temper D. impression

37. You can __________an orange to get the juice out of it.

A. apply B. loosen C. squeeze D. arrange

38. Theories must be ___________to practice.

A. used B. applied C. combined D. joined

39. What he did made me feel ____________.

A. comfortable B. well C. comfortably D. perfectly

40. It is _________ that he will feel on top of the world when he gets the present.

A. sure B. of course C. surely D. certain

 

II. Cloze. ( 20%)

From the time I was a young girl, I had problems with friends. All my girl friends had “best friends”, but I didn’t. I never had a special person who always walked home from school with me or called me late at night to __41__ about things like music or clothes. My parents used to say I was a loner, a person who chose __42__ friends carefully, who felt most comfortable when __43__ was alone. It wasn’t __44__. I was never comfortable __45__ alone. I always wished that I had a close friend, like the other kids in my class. Jane and Anne were close friends __46__ through the sixth and seventh grades. How I __47__them.!

By the time I went to high school, I really began to worry. I knew that I wasn’t stupid or ugly or any of the other things that kids made fun of, __48__ I still didn’t have a special friend that I could __49__ my secret thoughts __50__.

41. A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk

42. A. her B. his C. one’s D. its

43. A. he B. she C. it D. one

44. A. actual B. real C. true D. right

45. A. be B. to being C. being D. been

46. A. entirely B. all C. wholly D. totally

47. A. envied B. worshiped C. admired D. appreciated

48. A. so B. and C. but D. though

49. A. divide B. share C. separate D. show

50. A. to B. with C. in D. for

 

III. Reading. (20%)

(A)

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave £ 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

    As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor.  He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

    The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

51. Johnson became a rich man through _________. 

   A. doing business.    B. making whisky.    C. cheating.    D. buying and selling land.

52. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________. 

   A. had no children.                    B. was a strange man.

   C. was very fond of children.            D. wanted people to know how rich he was.

53. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out  __________. 

   A. what kind of whisky he had.  B. how to live longer.

   C. how to become wealthy.     D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.

54. The newspaperman ____________. 

   A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.

   B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

   C. was eager to live a long life.

   D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.

55. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ______.

   A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.

   B. he needed an injection in the neck.

   C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.

   D. there was something wrong with his neck.

 

(B)

    “I’m very tired from working here,”said Jean to her friend Kate, “ I’m on my feet from morning to night. For the first quarter of the day, I clean up the counter and set the tables. For the next quarter, I help in the kitchen. For the second half of my workday, I take orders at the counters.”

    “Kate, I wish I had your job,”Jean went on. “For four hours you just sit at the cash register (收款台) taking in money.”

    “But I spend two more hours in the kitchen than you do,”said Kate. “It’s tiring to cook over a hot stove. I don’t think you’d really want my job. In fact, I’d like your job.”

56. Both Jean and Kate probably work in a ____________. 

   A. hotel         B. library          C. lab          D. shop

57. How long did they work every day? _________. 

   A. eight hours      B. twelve hours.      C. Ten hours     D. Nine hours

58. How long did Kate spend in the kitchen? __________. 

   A. a quarter day. B. A half day.     C. One-third day.     D. Three-fourths day.

59. From this passage we can see that ____________. 

   A. they are both interested in their work.  B. their work is neither tiring nor busy.

   C. both of them are tired of their work.   D. they’ve decided to give up their work.

60. Give a proper proverb (谚语) to Jean and Kate.

   A. It’s never too late to learn.

   B. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

   C. The grass is always greener on the other side.

   D. One swallow(燕子) does not make a summer.

 

(C )

Douglas Grace talks about his ideal city of the future.

    I see the city of the future in three zones---inner, middle and outer. In the inner zone there will be no private cars. Public transport will be free and there will only be ambulances, fire engines, taxis and police cars. This inner zone will be the residential(住宅的) and recreational(娱乐的) area of the city. People will live there and go out to enjoy themselves----to cinemas and restaurants. There will be parks and open spaces, trees and lakes, schools and universities. This way, when people are at home, they can go out easily and safely.

    Just outside the inner zone there will be big car parks for all private cars.

    The banks and most of the shops and hospitals will be in the middle zone. These are things that people don’t need every day.

    All the factories and offices will be in the outer zone. People will travel out of the center to work, and back to the center in the evenings. The inner zone will be cleaner and better to live in and there will be more space for industry on the outside.

    This is my ideal city of the future--- a very beautiful place! But I don’t really think things will ever be like that!

61. Where will people live and go out to enjoy themselves?

   A. In the middle zone.             B. In the inner zone.

   C. In the outer zone.               D. In the inner and middle zone.

62. Where will big car parks be?

   A. Just outside the middle zone.      B. Just inside the middle zone.

   C. Just outside the inner zone.       D. Just inside the inner zone.

63. What will be in the middle zone?

   A. The banks, hospitals and schools.

   B. The banks, hospitals and police stations.

   C. The banks, schools and car parks.

   D. The banks, hospital and most of the shops.

64. Where will the factories and offices be?

   A. In the outer zone.          B. In the middle zone.

   C. In the inner zone.          D. In the middle and inner zone.

65. Douglas Grace is probably     .

   A. a painter        B. a builder         C. a town planner     D. a dentist

 

( D )

    The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(东西) they call “books”.

    I was going to have my examination the next day.  “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, In fact I dared not.

    The clock struck twelve.” Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

    The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

66. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were  ________ .

   A. asleep             B. outside         

C. working in bed      D. quietly laughing at him

67. He underlined word wretched in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

   A. very happy      B. disappointed     C. very unhappy       D. hopeful

68. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because     .

   A. it was too late at night

   B. he was very tired

   C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

   D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

69. What do you suppose happened to the author?

   A. He went to a church to pray again       B. He passed the exam by sheer luck

   C. He failed in the exam                 D. He was punished by his teacher

70. The best title for the passage would be __________ .

   A. The Night Before the Examination           B. Working Far into the Night

   C. A Slow Student                          D. Going Over My Lessons

 

Key:

1-5  ABBCA 6-10  BAAAB

11-15 CBCDC 16-20 CDADC

21-25 CBDBC 26-30 CCADB

31-35 BBCDA 36-40 ACBAD

41-45 DABCC      46-50 BACBB

51-55 ACDDA      56-60 AABCC

61-65 BCDAC      66-70 ACDCA