47. Many a boy and many a girl _______ it since then. A. have seen B. has seen C. has been seeing D. had seen 48. I regretted _______ the days when I _______ hard at school. A. wasting?must have worked B. having wasted?should have worked C. to waste?could work D. to have wasted?would work 49. He’s sure you’ll pass the examination, _______? A. isn’t he B. do you C. won’t you D. hasn’t he
50. With ______, the man had to go out of his hiding place. A. his food ran out B. his food running out C. him running out D. his food run out Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points) Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
When Pat Jones finished college, she decided she wanted to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could _51_ she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job _52_ an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, _53_ she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English. A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream _54_ a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that someday she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.
One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had _55_ early, and had slept badly.
“What does this have to do with _56_?” Pat demanded.
“I dreamed all night, Miss, Jones, and my dream was in English!”
“In English” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad students. She was _57_ secretly jealous. Her dreams were still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”
“All the people in my dream _58_ English,” the student said, “And all the signs were in English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.” “But that’s wonderful,” said Pat, “What did all the people say to you?”
“I’m _59_, Miss Jones. that’s _60_ I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare!”
51.A. as B. while C. if D. since 52.A. for B. of C. as D. like 53.A. and B. but C. so D. yet 54.A. in B. about C. of D. for
55.A. got up B. gone to bed C. fallen asleep D. woken up 56.A. you B. me C. your dream D. your homework 57.A. usually B. seldom C. also D. still 58.A. read B. liked C. spoke D. learned 59.A. shy B. silly C. sorry D. sad 60.A. how B. why C. when D. where Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points) Directions:
There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One
According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
The thief was afraid of being found out, and so the cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison. 61. A bag of corn was found ________.
A. to be stolen B. stolen C. being stolen D. having stolen 62. The judge gave each man a stick _______.
A. to change back the farmer’s corn B. to beat the thief
C. as a tool to find out the thief D. so as to play a game together
63. According to the judge, the next day the thief’s stick would be one inch longer than the others’ because _______.
the thief’s stick would grow one inch longer the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter something wrong would happen to the thief’s stick the judge had given the longer stick to the thief
64. Since the thief cut the stick short, ________. he was found out
the judge couldn’t catch him
his stick had an equal length with the others’ his stick wouldn’t be any longer
65. The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______. the thief to cut an inch off the stick the thief cut an inch off the stick the stick grow an inch longer the thief tell him what he had done Passage Two
The home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten years. Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use. But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses.
Computers have been designed to store information and compute problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voices that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories (库存货物) and to send bills to their customers. Offices use computers to copy letters, record business and keep in touch with other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend.
One important new use for computers is for entertainment. Many new games have been designed to be played on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games. People also have been buying home computers to play computer games, watch movies and listen to concerts at home. They have become very popular indeed.
66. Computers used to _______.
A. work rapidly B. be large and expensive C. be easy to use D. be used for fun
67. In recent years, computers are being made _______. larger and more expensive B. smaller and cheaper C. more difficult to use D. to work more slowly 68. Home computers can be used for _______.
A. writing letters B. playing games C. doing business D. all of the above 69. Salesmen use computers mainly to _______.
check the list of goods and materials that are kept in the store house play games for pleasure talk with their friends write letters
70. The best title for the passage would be _______.
A. New Uses For Computers B. The Popularity of Home Computers C. The Home Computer Industry D. Computers At Home
Passage Three
Mr. Chen living next door to us has a habit of drinking. The best present to him, of course, is wine, Now his eldest son brought him a bottle of Mao Tai. He was glad and stared at it for some time, then wrote “105” on the corner of the trademark with a pencil, meaning he had already drunk 105 bottles of the famous wine. Two days later a stranger came. He offered to pay 5 yuan for the empty Mao Tai bottle. Mr. Chen was pleased and sold it. Several weeks later, his second son brought him another bottle of Mao Tai. While examining and enjoying it,
he was suddenly terrified—he found “105”—the very mark on it.
71. The story is mainly about _______.