natural beauty as _______ wonder of nature.
A. the; a B. the; the C. /; the D. /; a 26. The old couple live _______, but they don?t feel _______.
A. alone; lone B. lonely; lonely C. lonely; alone D. alone; lonely 27. Where will you when you arrive there?
A. visit B. expect C. inhabit D. stay
28. The cruel slave owner made the slaves _______ long hours without food and rest. A. work B. working C. to work D. worked
29. The police _______ looking carefully in the woods to find the missing child. A. is B. are C. was D. being 30. It is reported that the new model of the car _______ produced soon. A. is being B. will be C. has been D. was 31. Look, the moon is appearing _______ the clouds!
A. from behind B. from C. out of D. away from
32. In the dark street, there wasn?t a single person _______ she could turn for help. A. that B. who C. from whom D. to whom 33. She as well as you _______ very lucky to get the ticket to see the play. A. are B. am C. were D. is 34. She always tells the truth. The manager in her. A. considers A. pleasant 练习四
1. We took ______ of the fine weather and spent the dawn on the beach. A. advantage B. opportunity C. chance D, use 2. If you five to eight, you get thirteen. A. give
B. put
C. improve
D. add
3. The task has been completed; we to leave tomorrow morning. A. invent B. try C. intend D. invite
4. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to ______ the factory.
A. extend B. increase C. rise D. grow 5. How long does it ______ to travel from Leeds to London?
A. want B. spend C. make D. take 6. Things are going from bad to ______.
A. terrible B. bad C. better D. worse 7. The glass fell and was broken into ______.
A. bit B. items C. articles D. pieces
8. My only purpose was to get shelter ______ the snow, to get myself covered and warm.
A. to B. off C. from D. over 9. Owing to the storm, the flight was ______ for one and a half hours.
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B. thinks
C. believes C. surprised
D. trusts D. expected
35. We are to learn that he lost the game.
B. confused
A. stopped B. given C. delayed D. cancelled 10.I want to learn more about the American political system, but I don?t know where to get the ______.
A. situation B. conversation C. information D. explanation
11. The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also ______ a large number of social customs.
A. share B. join C. take D. make
12. He would win the race if he ______ his brother?s example and trained harder. A. repeated B. followed C. answered D. took 13. ______ there is no opposition, we shall hold the symposium here.
A. While B. Ever since C. Provided that D. As soon as 14. He said the government would do its best to ______ the problem of unemployment.
A. answer B. decide C. solve D. open 15. Water, when boiled, always ______ steam.
A. gives in B. gives off C. gives up D. gives away 16. How can we finish the work in the ______ of any other helpers?
A. opinion B. view C. presence D. absence 17. Two of the boys while playing football.
A. hurt B. were hurting C. got hurt D. had been hurt 18. The ______ of the sugar is of course to sweeten the medicine.
A. reason B. need C. cause D. purpose 19. We should try our best to make possible. A. mistakes as few as C. as less mistakes as A. little
B. as fewer mistakes as D. as few mistakes as C. a little C. did you
D. little bit D. didn't you
20. “Would you like some wine?”“Yes. Just .”
B. very little B. hadn't you
21. You had a good time yesterday, ? A. had you
22. it is done on purpose is beyond doubt.?
A. What B. Who C. That D. Whoever 23. I?d love to join you _______ I have to drive my son to his football game. A. though B. therefore C. but D. while 24. It is not easy _______ a language but he can speak a few of the foreign languages.
A. learning B. to learn C. learned D. learn 25. Because the man's gift was too expensive, the girl to accept it. A. rejected A. intend
B. denied
C. refused C. prepare
D. unwilling D. pretend D. wherever
26. We must not to know when we do not know. B. prevent
27. He asked me to do the work. I am afraid, , that I am not able to do it. A .whatever
B. nevertheless
C. however
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A. rude B. strike C. impolite D. strict 29. It is necessary that she _______ spoken English now and then.
A. might practice B. practices C. practice D. would practice 30.” _______ you like to join us for a chat?” “ I _____ love to but I?m very busy now.” A. Would; would B. Will; would C. Do; will D. Could; should 31. I shall speak in simple words that there may be no . A. misunderstanding B. mistake C. fault D. error 32. What is the reason for _______ on time?
A. not your coming B. you not come C. your not coming D. you not to come 33. I need one more stamp before my collection ________.
A. is completed B. completed C. has been completed D. has completed
34. After his mother bought him an ice cream, the little boy became a little . A. happiest French. A. where
B. happily C. more happily D. happier
35. In fact the man did not understand the three questions were asked in
B. who
C. in which
D. which
Reading Comprehension
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When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently in Vienna, Austria, people asked the question, “Why did she live to be 107?” Answers were provided by a survey conducted among 148 Viennese men and women who had reached the age of 100. Somewhat surprising was the fact that the majority had lived most of their lives in cities. In spite of the city?s image as an unhealthy place, city living often provides benefits that country living can lack. One factor seems to be important to the longevity of those interviewed.
This factor is exercise. In the cities it is often faster to walk short distances than to wait for a bus. Even taking public transportation often requires some walking. Smaller apartment houses have no elevators, and so people must climb stairs. City people can usually walk to local supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to find, there is often no alternative to walking.
On the other hand, those who live in the country and suburbs do not have to walk every day. In fact, the opposite is often true. To go to school, work, or almost anywhere else, they must ride in cars.
1. The Vienna survey may help to explain . A. the complaints of people in apartment houses B. the cause of Mrs. Groeger?s death
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C. the longevity of people like Mrs. Groeger D. the image of cities in general
2. The purpose of the second paragraph is to list some . A. benefits of walking
B. occasions for walking in city life D. problems of city living
C. comments made by city people
3. To reach the third floor of a building, it would probably be most healthful . A. to take the elevator C. to ride in a car
B. to walk up the stairs
D. to find an alternative to walking
4. People who live in the country probably do more driving than walking because . A. they don?t live near business areas C. they never have parking problems
B. they don?t need the exercise D. they can?t afford to take the bus
5. A conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that . A. air pollution is not serious
B. anyone can live to be 107 2
If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call ?remembered history?. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again
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C. country people should move to the city D. walking is healthful exercise
and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.
1. Which of the following ideas is Not suggested in the passage? A. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliable.
B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
2. We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because . A. there was nothing worth being written down at that time B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire D. the people there did not know how to write 3. “Remembered history” refers to . A. history based on a person?s imagination
B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth C. songs and danced about the most important events D. both B and C
4. “Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when . A. it is written down
B. no written account is available D. people are interested in it
C. it proves to be true
5. The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had . A. kept a written record of every past event B. not burnt their written records in wars
C. told exact stories of the most important happenings D. made more songs and dances
3
For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world?s greatest dramatist. Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare?s writings that have become part of the common property of the English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and
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