C. is capable of D. used to 47. The lake ______ a bright blue mirror.
A. likes B. is like C. is likely D. is to like 48. Through the fog, we saw a ______ outline of the ship. A. soft B. difficult C. clean D. vague
49. He would not ______ himself to answer such silly questions. A. let B. lower C. need D. adjust 50. Dogs can ______ to amuse their owners.
A. play dead B. play death C. play died D. play deadly 51. Only in this way ______ .
A. you can learn English well B. can you learn English well C. learn you English well D. can English learn well 52. Old people are usually more ______ than young people. A. instant B. active C. conservative D. potential 53. There are many kinds of ______ noodles in the supermarket. A. distant B. instant C. hurry D. rapid
54. Egyptian art ______ as a topic when you visit that place.
A. comes down B. comes over C. comes to D. comes up 55. He is a very good speaker and I have always ______ him. A. thought very highly of B. thought very high of C. very high thought of D. very highly thought of 56. You may ______ your hands in greeting.
A. extent B. extend C. intend D. expand 57. Cold weather may ______ the flower ______ budding.
A. keep; from B. keep; up C. result; in D. result; from 58. Seven candidates have ______ the position.
A. applied for B. faced with C. interviewed for D. supplied for 59. Although the area is very poor just now, its ______ weather is great. A. present B. past C. potential D. update 60. They tried to present the mixed economy ______ an ideal. A. for B. with C. to D. as
61. He was very much ______ because she had not answered his letter. A. annoying B. annoyed C. annoysome D. annoy 62. In no ______ should you do that again.
A. circumstances B. atmosphere C. environment D. surrounding 63. His main support will come from the people who identify ______ him. A. on B. of C. in D. with
64. Don’t be ______ with your nosy old grandma; she’s just being sympathetic. A. inpatient B. dispatient C. unpatient D. impatient
65. She’s not the boss in the family; she dares not to interfere ______ her husband’s plans A. to B. in C. on D. towards
66. As a distinguished researcher, she is very much familiar ______ those great men and women in American history.
A. to B. towards C. with D. about
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67. He never goes to bed before midnight. That is ______ he’s always late for work in the morning.
A. what B. how C. why D. when
68. There is nothing wrong with ______ jokes if the time is right. A. tell B. telling C. told D. to tell 69. Success depends ______ your efforts and ability. A. on B. to C. in D. for
70. She wanted to get to school on time, no matter ______ she went without breakfast. A. what B. how C. whether D. where
71. I showed the secretary the invitation which the mayor had sent me ______ my request for an interview.
A. in response to B. in favor of C. in contrast to D. in place of
72. It has been revealed that some government leaders have ______ their authority and position to get illegal for themselves.
A. employed C. taken C. abused D. overlooked
73. This medicine is supposed to make you _______ from further infection. A. immune B. open C. free D. distant
74. The mayor was asked to give a rough _________ of the cost of the construction of the new bridge.
A. evidence B. contact C. course D. estimate
75. Every society has its own peculiar customs and ________ of acting. A. ways B. behavior C. attitudes D. plans 76. Her life was devoted to ________ for the sick and needy. A. cared B. taking care C. cares D. caring
77. The men who ______ the machines of the British Industrial Revolution came from many backgrounds and many occupations.
A. employed B. created C. operated D. attended
78. I left for the railway station very early in the morning ______ traffic jam. A. in line with B. for the sake of C. in case of D. at the risk of 79. They ______ us since five o’clock this morning until now.
A. are helping B. have been helping C. were helping D. helped 80. This is a special kind of magazine ______ the science of astronomy. A. which devotes B. to devote C. to devote to D. devoted to 81. On his first sea——，he was still quite young but showed great courage to face the storms. A. trip B．travel C. tour D. voyage
82. I know this is the secret between you and me，and I promise never to _____ it to anyone else.
A. mention B. talk C. speech D. announce 83. He, as well as I, _____ a student.
A. be B. am C. are D. is
84. Last month, he paid a visit to the village _____ he had once worked for five years. A. where B. which C. that D. in that 85. The farmer caught the boys _____ his apples.
A. stealing B. stole C. to steal D. would steal
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86. That’s the _____ gentleman I’ve been telling you about A. rather B. quite C. very D. fairly
87. After stopping for a few minutes，the bus moved _____ to its next stop. A. forward B. off C. with D. on
88. How the fire in the dance hall started _____ a mystery.
A. to remain B. remains C. remain D. is remaining
89. If there were life on Mars, such life forms _____ unable to survive on earth. A. is B. are C. would be D. will be
90．Don’t worry, your watch _____ and you can have it in no time.
A. is repaired B. has been repaired C. was repaired D. is being repaired
91. The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to _____ what he was saying. A. take in B. take out C. take up D. take over
92. In this factory each worker must receive a _____ training course.
A. two-month B. two months C. two-months D. two-months’ 93. Dr. Hoffman proposed that we _____ the meeting until next week. A. put off B. to put off C. putting off D. need put off 94. We consider _____ the instrument be adjusted each time it is used. A. that it necessary B. it necessary that C. necessary that D. necessary of it that 95. Three people, _____, were injured in the accident. A. included a child B. include a child C. including a child D. includes a child
96. One day while Mr. King was working，he had a／an _____ and his left leg was badly injured.
A. business B. accident C. matter D. event 97．They handed in their paper _____ .
A. in line B. by turn C. at turn D. in turn
98. The population of the city _____ increasing fast. One third of the population here--workers．
A. is; are B. is; has been C. are; is D. is; was 99. The work _____ by the time you get there. A. will have been done B. was done C. had been done D. has done
100. The goals ______ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him. A. in which B. during which C. for which D. after which
第三部分：阅读理解
此部分共有8篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题。请从A、B、C、D、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Passage 1
When I think of the post office, I’m reminded of that awful little man who is in charge of the parking lot. He won’t let me leave my car there even for a moment, unless I park exactly
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as he wishes. And he’s very difficult to please! I hear that soon my local post office will arrange a program to have stamps sent to homes, so that I won’t have to visit the post office to buy stamps when I need them. What’s more, the post office will soon install a drive-through letterbox. That way, I will hardly have to stop my car to deal with that rude little parking lot officer. I just hope I never see his face on a postage stamp! 1. What is that awful little man?
A. He is the person who minds the cars in the car parking lot. B. He is the person who always parks his car there. C. He is the author’s friend.
D. He is a clerk in the post office.
2. What kind of new program of service will the local post office offer?
A. To offer free car parking
B. To sell visit those who buy stamps in front of the post office. C. To send stamps to the buyer’s homes.
D. To send letters to homes through letter box.
3. The little man does not let the author park his car unless ______.
A. the author gives him some money.
B. the author parks his car exactly as he the man wishes. C. the author goes in to the office to buy some stamps. D. the author parks his car there only for a moment.
4. Why does the author no long need to deal with the little parking lot officer?
A. He needn’t buy stamps at all.
B. The parking lot officer will not be there because he has been sent somewhere else
longer work there.
C. He has sold his car and no car to park at all.
D. He can depend on the new and modern postal conveniences.
5. For the passage, we can conclude that the parking lot officer is ______.
A. rather friendly B. very attractive
C. a little polite D. too strict with car drivers
Passage 2
Mike was a farmer who lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would die. They sent for a doctor, who arrived two days later and examined the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen or paper in the village, because no one could read or write.
The doctor picked up a piece of burned wood from the fire. Using the wood, he wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house. ―Get this medicine for him,‖ he said, ―and he will soon get better.‖
Mike’s family and friends did not know what to do. They could not read the strange writing. Then the village baker had an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his cart and drove to the nearest town. He bought the medicine and Mike was soon well again. He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door. 1. People in the village thought Mike would die since ______.
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A. he was seriously ill B. he was badly wounded C. doctors could do nothing for him D. he refused to see a doctor. 2. It took the doctor two days to reach the village because ______.
A. he had to prepare some medicine B. there was an accident on his way to the village C. the village was far away from the town D. he couldn’t find the village. 3. When the doctor arrived, he ______.
A. gave the medicine to Mike B. gave Mike a careful check-up C. became very tired and took a rest D. he gave Mike an injection 4. The doctor wrote the name of the medicine ______. A. on the ground B. on the door of the house C. on a piece of paper D. on the wood
5. In order to get the medicine, the villagers had to ______. A. get somebody to read the name of the medicine B. turn to the magic words on the door for help C. drive Mike to the nearest town D. drive the door to the nearest town
Passage 3
Bill Cooper is portfolio(证券投资)manager ofthe$13 billion Value Trust Funds, one of the best mutual funds of the last decade. He is the only fund manager to perform the best for nine years in a row.
Cooper’s interests in stocks (证券) began at the age of nine，when he noticed his father reading something in the newspaper．It looked different from sports or TV programs．So Bill asked his father what it was. His father explained that he was reading the financial pages．His father pointed to a column with some company’s logo in it．―If you owned a share of this company，‖he told his young boy，―you’d have 25 cents more today than you had yesterday．‖ Young Cooper asked，―You can make money without doing any work?‖ His father replied yes．So Bill responded，―Well．That’s what 1 want to do‖
With this idea，he made his way out of his secondary school and into the university．He worked very hard at his studies of finance．When he got his first job in a bank，he found that a university degree is not a sign that one is a finished product，but an indication a person is prepared for life．He is now making big money，yet he knows clearly that is based on hard work． 1．In the sentence of the first paragraph，―He is the only fund manager to perform the best for nine years in a row‖，the phrase ―for nine years in a row‖ means _____. A．for nine years in an line B．for nine years as if rowing a boat C. for nine years running D．for nine years fighting and quarreling
2．It was _____ that Bill learned his finance ABC when he was only nine years old． A．through his father’s explanation
B．from the financial pages in the newspaper C. from his father’s reading D. with his father’s help
3. It was the idea that _____ that attracted the young boy
A. if one owns a share of some company，he will have 25 cents more every day
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