Mary often wears high heels __________ __________ she may look taller. 3. He stood in a high place in order to see it clearly.
He stood in a high place __________ __________ he __________ see it clearly. 4. I wore my raincoat so that I couldn’t catch the rain.
I wore my raincoat ________ __________ __________ I couldn’t catch the rain. 5. He was so angry that he could not say a word. 7. He was _______ angry _______ say a word. 8.This pen isn’t cheap enough for me to buy.
This pen is _________ ____________that I ___________buy it. This pen is _________expensive ________me __________buy.
Churchill and Bernard Shaw
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. He was a fat and short man. George Bernard Shaw was a famous writer. He was tall and lean. Both of them were humorists.
When they met at a reception, Churchill said to Shaw with a smile, “Mr. Shaw, when people see you, they must think there is a famine in our country.” “Yes,” said Bernard Shaw, “but they must think you are responsible for it.”
丘吉尔和肖伯纳
丘吉尔是二战期间英国的首相，他是个又矮又胖的男人。肖伯纳是著名作家，又高又瘦。他们俩都是幽默诙谐的人。
一次，他们在一个招待会上碰面了。丘吉尔微笑着对肖伯纳说：“肖伯纳先生，人们看到您，一定以为我们国家正在闹饥荒。” “对，”肖伯纳回答：“但他们一定认为这是您造成的。”
综合训练
第二节:语法选择
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in 1 century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West 2 very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business 3 the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, 4 , often bewilder（难住） foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, 5 , wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The
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Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. 6 thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is 7 cultural differences between Japanese and Western society（社会）, 8 make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.
In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request（请求）with “No” is felt to be impolite. It 9 to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid 10 “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However, this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow. ( ) 1．A．the twentieth
C．the twentieth
( ) 3．A．on
B．twentieth
C．become C．for C．though C．such as
D．became D．around D．yet D．such for
D．the twentyth
( ) 2．A．has become B．have become
B．at
( ) 4．A．however ( ) 5．A．as example ( ) 6．A．The other ( ) 7．A．because ( ) 8．A．which
( ) 9．A．is think ( ) 10．A．say
三、完形填空
B．but B．Other
B．for example B．because of
B．that
C．Another C．as
D．Others D．since
D．whom
C．who D．is thought
B．thought
C．is thinking
B．said C．saying D．to say
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
One of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous films was “The Gold Rush”. The film was set in California in the middle of the 1 century. At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of people 2 there to look for gold, so it became 3 as “the gold rush”. People said gold could 4 be picked up by washing sand from the river in a pan of water. This was known as “panning for gold”.
In the film, Chaplin and his friend are in California. So far, they have been 5 in their search for gold and have no money at all. They 6 in a snow storm in a small wooden house. They have 7 . They are so hungry that they 8 a pair of shoes, by boiling them in a pan of water. Chaplin sits down 9 the table and eats the shoe. He makes it seem as if this is one of the 10 meals that he has ever enjoyed. ( ) 1．A．nineteen ( ) 2．A．went ( ) 4．A．hard
( ) 3．A．beautiful
B．ninetieth B．left B．known B．easily B．meet
C．nineteenth D．ninety C．climb
D．found
C．wonderful D．great
C．difficulty D．slowly C．are caught D．live
B．some water D．nothing to eat
D．mend
D．beside
C．near
( ) 5．A．unhappy B．unsuccessfully C．unlucky D．unluckily ( ) 6．A．have got
C．nothing
( ) 8．A．wear ( ) 9．A．at
( ) 7．A．a little food
B．cook
B．by
C．make
( ) 10 A．biggest B．dearest
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C．cheapest D．most delicious
四、阅读理解
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device（装置）which uses satellites （卫星）to find the user’s position （位置）. It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates （计算）its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate（精确的）. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
( ) 1．According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people ________.
A．can’t be lost in a new city
B．can’t find their way in different countries C．can learn about the culture of an unknown place D．can spend the least time getting to another place
( ) 2．We can learn from the passage that _______.
A．there are three parts to the GPS B．a GPS can’t be put into a watch C．a GPS can help you start your car
D．the GPS are becoming more and more expensive
( ) 3．The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means “________”.
A．Receivers C．Satellites
B．GPS devices
D．Ground stations
( ) 4．The passage is mainly about _______.
A．the history of the GPS B．the introduction of the GPS C．the shape of the GPS D．the three parts of the GPS
( ) 5．What can we infer（推断）from the passage?
A．All GPS devices have electronic maps.
B．People in many countries will use the GPS for free.
C．The receiver of the GPS contacts at least five of the satellites. D．The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.
(B)
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My name is Belinda Black. I’m 13 years old and I come from Mount Elm Sheep Station in South Australia. I’ve got two sisters-Jeffers is 11 and Lisa is 7. We’re all pupils at the school of the air.
The school of the air is actually a school for children who live in the outback（内地）, and who are in a place which doesn’t have a local school. Our teacher is at Port Augusta, a city which is about 160 kilometers away. Most people in South Australia live in big cities, but there are some people who live on farms in the outback. My mother lived in Mel bourse before she met my father, so she knows about city life. She says she thinks it’s safer here, because there’s no traffic, no noise, no pollution, not many people and lots of space. In the mornings, we go to our classroom at 8:45. It’s really just a small wooden building. When we get there, we turn on the radio and listen to what we should do. And from then until 12, we just do our normal lessons. In the afternoons, our mum makes us do some homework well, not homework, but extra work.
We send our exercise books to our teachers on Friday night and they mark them every Monday and Tuesday, and then they send them back again. We get them when the email arrives every Wednesday.
We also talk to our teacher once a week for 10 minutes. She tells us if we’re making progress.
We also use the Internet and the telephone to contact our teachers more quickly, but it’s still the radio which is the most important way of doing our lessons. ( ) 6．The passage mainly talks about______ .
A．The school of the air. B．The school of the countryside. C．The school of the farm. D．The school of the city.
( ) 7．Why do Belinda and her sisters study at home?
A．Because they use the internet and the telephone to contact their teachers more quickly.
B．Because she wants to stay with her sisters at home. C．Because there is no school in the place where they live.
D．Because their teacher is at Port Augusta that, which is about 160 kilometers away.
( ) 8．The good points of being a pupil at their school are the following except
that _________.
A．there are not many people and they are safer B．they can neither see traffic nor listen to noise C．they have lots of unpolluted space D．they have many classmates
( ) 9．How long does the school day last?
A．From 8:45 until 12:00.
B．All day long. D．Two hours.
C．The whole afternoon.
( ) 10．How often do they receive instructions from their teacher?
A．Twice a week. B．Four times a month. C．Once a day. D．Three times a month.
(C)
Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their homework was to perform one act of random（任意的）kindness. His students did not understand the homework and didn’t know what to do, but the professor would not answer their questions. He encouraged his students to work it out for themselves.
One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to share their stories. One student told of giving away blankets to the homeless. Another reported on helping a dog to find its owner, and another student had been trying to
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find a long, lost friend. Students were energized（给予活力）by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. With the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something kind for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind---not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.
Since then, similar kindness activities have been started in schools around the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, around November 13th, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform a different kind act, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to consider other people and thank about how small actions can make the world a better place.
( ) 11．The professor’s homework was to ask his students _______.
A．to write about kindness. B．to be kind to strangers
C．to spend time helping other D．to go out to raise money
( ) 12．We learn from the passage that _______.
A．Chuck’s students are not clever enough B．the students didn’t do Chuck’s homework C．Chuck Wall is an unusual teacher
D．no students enjoyed Chuck’s homework
( ) 13．It is certain that _______.
A．the students got good grades in Chuck’s class B．kindness activities are not widely accepted
C．Chuck Wall was not good at designing homework D．the students only helped people they knew
( ) 14．In kindness activities students learn _______.
A．to deal with difficult things B．to do great things every day C．to know about the world D．to consider other people
( ) 15．Which is the best title of the passage?
A．Learning Kind Things B．Teaching Kindness C．World Kindness Day D．Bakersfield College
第二节 阅读填空题
Joanne had planned to leave work early this afternoon, at three o’clock．But when she finally came out of her office, all the other conductors had already left. 1 and at 6:30 she was expected to be at a meeting.
At last, she arrived at her home. As she opened the door, she noticed something unusual about Sheba, a large dog. She could see easily Sheba was feeling bad and could hardly breathe. Joanne knew she would have to take her dog to the vet immediately.
“It looks like there’s something in her throat.” said Dr. Stern, “ 2 .”
3 And she once more entered the house, the phone rang. Dr. Stern’s loud and worried voice was heard, “I want you to get right out of that house immediately. The police will be there any time now. Wait outside for us.” 4 She quickly ran into the street.
At that moment, a police car stopped outside the house. 5 Then the doctor arrived. Just the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who, it seemed, could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“I think he must be a thief,” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was in
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