ⅠVocabulary and Structure Directions:
There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. The old man found _______ on the floor.
A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death 2. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her. A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring
3. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny. A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot
4. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes. A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves
5. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.
A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty 6. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang. A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I 7. The ______ candle is still _______.
A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned 8. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring. A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees 9. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily. A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang 10. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework. A. in B. with C. on D. for 11.—What do you think of it?
—It just happened _______ we had expected. A. that B. which C. it D. as 12. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?
As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils. A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the
13. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open. A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain 14. _______, the children went to the park. A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day
C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day
15. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________. A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry
C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry 16. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.
A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop 17. I took _______ tea than you.
A. less B. few C. fewer D. little
18. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch 19. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school. A. go B. went C. will go D. am going
20. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible. A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less 21. What we are doing _______ good to the people. A. are B. have been C. is D. be 22. John is _______ of the two students.
A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest 23. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?
A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he 24. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home. A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk
25. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city. A. or B. but C. and D. so
26. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job. A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept
27. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting. A. While B. When C. Once D. Since 28. Half of those books _______ best-sellers. A. is B. are C. am D. was
29. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.
A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the 30. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.
A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as 31. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal? A. what B. of which C. why D. for
32. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven. A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to 33. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.
A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for
34. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about. A. When B. After C. Before D. Now
35. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?
A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we 36. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?
A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you
37. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper. A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having 38.—Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere. —I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.
A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put
C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put
39. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.
A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten 40.—If that’s not yours, _______? —Probably John’s.
A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be
Ⅱ. Cloze 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.
This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother _41_. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her _42_ in the house all day long.
One day, the Prince was _43_. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. _44_ the dance the Prince would choose his wife.
When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire _45_. _46_ she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella _47_ and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady.
Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her _48_. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes _49_. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.
“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.”
When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended 50_ the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after. 41.A. both were dead B. were both death C. were both died D. were both dead 42.A. to do all the work B. did all the work C. do all the work D. doing all the work 43.A. old enough to be married with B. old enough to marry C. old enough to marry with D. old enough to be married
44.A. During the night of B. At the night of C. One the night of D. In the night of 45.A. to cry B. crying C. to be crying D. to be cried
46.A. Sudden B. All on sudden C. On sudden D. All of a sudden 47.A. looked up B. looked at C. looked for D. looked down 48.A. at that time B. at times C. all the time D. at one time
49.A. on the steps B. within the steps C. in the steps D. under the steps 50.A. to put on B. putting on C. to wear D. to have on
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension 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
What’s the best way to protect a tender, green seedling from the hungry stomach of deer? Give the seedling bad breath!
The same chemical that gives people bad breath after they have eaten garlic can save small trees from being eaten by animals.
A kind of chemical selenium(硒), which is also found in garlic, is planted in the soil near a young tree. The tree’s roots absorb the selenium which is then carried to the leaves.
From there the selenium is used to form a chemical called dimethyl selenide (乙烷硒化物)—the same chemical made in the human mouth after eating garlic. As deer wander around looking for food, they smell the seedlings’ leaves and leave the plants alone.
The selenium is important. Why? Because each year deer eat millions of dollars’ worth of trees farm seedlings.
So far, selenium has been tested only on Douglas fir (枞树) seedlings, but researchers think they could protect fruit trees and garden plants, too. 51. When people eat garlic, ________.
A. they send out a horrible smell B. they are out of breath C. they will feel sick D. it is hard for them to breathe
52. According to this passage the bad smell given off from those leaves is that of ______. A the young trees absorb garlic
B the roots of the young trees smell like garlic C the young trees aren’t fit for the deer to eat D the leaves of the young trees smell like garlic
53. Up till the time the news was announced, this kind of chemical was used _______. A. all over the world B. all over the United States
C. on fruit trees and garden trees D. on Douglas fir young trees 55. The best title of this passage is ________.
A. Hungry Deer and Young Trees B. Why Don’t Deer Eat Young Fruit Trees C. Plants Saved by “Bad Breath” D. How to Protect Young Trees
Passage Two
Hair loss is one of those things we still do not understand. Science has, of course, shown that men are more likely than women to suffer major hair loss. Some kinds of hair loss are temporary (暂时的), an effect of illness. In those cases we can expect the hair to grow back.
It all depends on whether the hair root is alive. If it is not, hair loss is permanent and nothing will help.
Some daily loss of hair is a normal, healthy sign. Most people lose between 40 to 50 scalp hairs each day.
Each of these scalp hairs grows for from two to six years and then rests. About three months later it is pushed out by a new hair growing from the same root. This is not something that should cause great concern.
Something else we know is that normal hair loss is seasonal, with the most hair loss occurring in the fall. Everyone experiences a normal cycle of loss and growth. The problem of hair loss results when loss is greater than growth.
The main cause of hair loss in men seems to be accumulation (积累) of a hormone (荷尔蒙) in the body. When that hormone reaches a certain level, the hair growing period is shortened and hair loss is the result. This is no cure for most cases of hair loss. This, however, is not the end of the world.
56. According to science, _________. A.hair loss is a normal, healthy sign
B.man should pay special attention to hair loss
C.it’s likely that men have more problems of hair loss D.men lose more hair than women do 57. The writer thinks _______. A.illness causes hair loss
B.human beings have no way to cure hair loss
C.hair loss happening in the fall is an effect of illness D.hair loss is permanent
58. We now know that the most hair loss happening in the autumn is ________. A. permanent B. healthy sign C. seasonal D. nothing serious
59. The sentence “This, however, is not the end of the world” means _______. A.man is sure to find the best way of curing his hair loss in the future B.the writer believes the earth exists for ever C.we can’t destroy the world by any means D.the last day will never come to our people
60. The best title for the passage may be ________.
A. Loss or Growth B. Hair Loss C. Healthy Sign D. Change with Seasons
Passage Three
On the morning of November 18,1755, an earthquake shook Boston, Massachusetts. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke. “I rose,” Winthrop wrote, “and lighting a candle, looked on my watch, and found it was 15 minutes after four.” John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather clock. It had stopped four minutes before, at 4:11. Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel (壁炉台) to the floor.
The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for care. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum (钟摆). Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion (运动) by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada. 61. The text proves that _______. A.the power of nature is terrible
B.earthquakes happen most often during nighttime hours C.the direction of an earthquake can be discovered D.universities study the cause of earthquakes