选择第1题 I. Phonetics (10 points, one item for 1 point)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C, and D Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. A park B party C warm D guard 2. A bowl B yellow C know D how 3. A tired B fire C hire D bird 4. A now B grow C flow D window 5. A think B thank C them D thin 6. A wait B said C fail D train 7. A field B friend C receive D believe 8. A search B heart C early D earth 9. A autumn B August C aunt D daughter 10. A hotel B none C smoke D notice II. Vocabulary and Structure (55 points, one item for 1 point)
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.
11. You can never _____ that fellow for help at a critical moment.
A reply for B count on
C depend at D trust on 12. I remember ______ to help us when we got into trouble.
A once offering B him once offering
C him to offer D to offer him 13. Did you ______ at the party last night?
A enjoy B take a good time
C enjoy yourself D spend good time 14. Not until the game had begun _____ at the sports ground.
A he arrived B he didn't arrive
C would he arrive D did he arrive 15. They are ______ to arrive in time.
A likely B maybe
C possible D probably 16. She has had to spend ______ money on medicine.
A a large number of B a few
C a great many D a great deal of 17. He is unable to answer the question about the new text. He ______ it yesterday.
A must have previewed B ought to have previewed
C ought to previewed D should preview 18. Mount Blanc, ________ we visited last summer, is the highest mountain in Europe.
A where B which
C that D what 19. The effect of TV ______ the life of average people is incalculable.
A in B for
C about D on 20. Paris is ____ that we can hardly visit all the beautiful parks in two or three days.
A such a large city
B so a large city
C such large a city
D a such large city 21. My transistor radio isn't working. It _______.
A need repairing
B needs repairing
C needs to repair
D need to be repair 22. Mary said that she couldn't ________ a new dress on her income.
A spend B save
C afford D spare 23. I haven't decided which hotel ________.
A to stay B is to stay at
C to stay at D is for staying 24. His health is ________.
A as poor, if not poorer than, his sister
B as poor as, if not poorer than, his sister's
C as poor, if not poorer, than his sister's
D poor as his sister's, if not poorer 25. Only by diligence and honesty ______.
A one can succeed in life
B can one succeed in life
C one can be succeeded in life
D can one be succeed in life 26. She hardly ever goes to ____________ the theatre.
A neither
B neither the cinema nor
C either the cinema
D the cinema or 27. The packet of chocolate was ______ the reach of the child.
A without B under
C within D behind 28. It's very kind ________ invite me.
A that you B for you to
C of you to D by you to 29.May I stay with you __________ going back to my parents' home tonight?
A because of B so as to
C in spite of D instead of 30. He asked us _______ any noise.
A don't make B not to make
C to not make D make not 31.In spite of the noise, he went on working _______ nothing were happening.
A because B as if
C although D where 32. Alice, _____ where to find the book, asked her mother where the book was.
A not to know B never to know
C with to knowledge D not knowing 33. The homework for today is to write _______ about your hometown.
A a five-hundred-word composition
B a five-hundred-words composition
C a five-hundreds-word composition
D a five-hundreds-words composition 34. I couldn't come to the meeting this afternoon for I have ________ to do.
A something important
B important something
C anything important
D important anything 35. I know nothing about _________ in the army.
A she working
B for her to work
C her having worked
D her having been worked 36. All I can say about them ____ that they are the most competent engineers I have ever seen.
A have B are
C has D is 37. If I cannot make myself _______ English, I will speak Chinese.
A understood with
B understand with
C understood in
D understand in 38. By 11 o'clock, he will ______ for four hours.
A have been studying
B will be studying
C will study
D will have studying 39.Usually there is ______ traffic in the street on weekdays than on Sundays.
A less B little
C few D fewer 40. ______ for your foolish act, we wouldn't have been suspected by the enemy.
A If it was not
B It had not been
C If it is not
D Had it not been 41. You think he is coming, ____________?
A don't you B is he
C are you D isn't he 42. "You can't join us today, can you?" "___________."
A Yes, I can join you tomorrow
B Yes, I can't join you tomorrow
C No, but I can join you tomorrow
D No, I can join you tomorrow 43. ---- "Do you want me to come next week?" ----"You needn't tell me, if you don't want __________."
A doing B so
C such D to 44. Jack began to consider _________ your offer.
A accept B accepting
C to accept D accepted 45. Northwest Airline Flight 541 for Paris is now arriving at ___________.
A the gate six
B gate six
C the six gate
D sixth gate 46. Upon returning from work, ___________.
A John found a letter in the mailbox
B a letter was found in the mailbox
C a letter was in the mailbox
D the mailbox had a letter in it 47. He prefers living alone in a quiet village ______ living in a city.
A than B rather than
C more than D to 48. _________ all his riches, the King was never contented.
A However B In spite of
C Though D Although 49. Oil is in great _____ during the Gulf crisis.
A asking B requirement
C request D demand 50. "Will you join us?" "_______, but I'm too busy."
A Yes, I do
B I should love to
C Yes, I should
D I should to 51. The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also _______ a large number of social customs.
A share B take
C join D make 52. Tom's father wants _________ him.
A making a doctor
B a doctor made from
C to make a doctor of
D to make a doctor by 53. I spoke to him kindly _________ him.
A no to fright
B so as not to frighten
C in order to not frighten
D for not frightening 54. The teacher spent almost two days ___________ his lecture.
A to prepare B prepare
C preparing D prepared 55. I'll leave him a note _________ he may know where we are.
A in order to B so that
C in order D for Section B:
Mistake Spotting Directions: Each of the following sentences had four parts underlined A, B, C and D Identify the one that needs correction and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
56. The pupils A were made B repeating the teacher's words many times C until they could D say them fluently. 57. Anybody A who knows B anything can C see that this elephant D like a snake. 58. If I had known A all this B before, I C would not speak to him D that way. 59. This is the Avery factory B where we C visited D for the first time in 1982. 60. Last night I saw a A wonderful film, B that is C about a British D woman in the Second World 61. I A don't remember the student B whom I have C lent my dictionary to D him.
62. My brother A doesn't care how much B does the car cost C because he is going to buy it D anyway.
63. I don't mind A work too hard B all the week, but I refuse C to work D on Sundays.
64. A Remember to B go to the post office and don't forget C taking the parcel D with you.
65. I can't remember A whether this B was happened last year C or the year D before.
IIICloze (20 points, one item for 2 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.
Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not 66_______. It 67______ from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. Someone once said that other 68_______ have a climate, but England just has weather! Tom was amused by all this talk at first, but he gets used to it now. Last week Tom really 69______ why everyone is so concerned about the weather. You can never be certain what's going to happen. 70_________ it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. As usual, no one 71_____ it. The pipes in many houses froze; trains 72______ to run; cars got stuck; there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. The weather forecast was very bad. Everyone complained "What terrible weather we 73____! I haven't seen anything like it!" and so on. And then, suddenly, the sun 74______ out, the snow melted and it was spring 75_______.
66. A amusing B surprising C exciting D interesting 67. A goes B becomes C gets D changes 68. A countries B places C cities D continents 69. A understood B saw C felt D got 70. A Since B Though C Because D For 71. A expected B thought C knew D touched 72. A failed B fell C stopped D began 73. A see B get C have D like 74. A rose B came C disappeared D appeared 75. A too B as well C also D again IV.Reading Comprehension (45 points, one item for 3 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
The wheel was one of man's first inventions and yet it has also proved one of the most useful. So wide and varied are the uses of wheels, in machines and vehicles of all kinds, that it is difficult to imagine what the world would be like without them. It is surprising to hear it said, therefore, that the wheel's importance will perhaps be greatly reduced by the end of he century by an invention so new as to be still unnamed. The invention is a machine that floats above any surface on a cushion of air. The cushion is formed when air is blown into the bottom of the machine. This part is shaped like a saucer turned upside down. If air is blown into this saucer, the machine rises to a height that may vary from a few inches to a few feet. Industry is already using one form of the invention to deal with heavy loads. It can lift them with ease and since there are no wheels, and therefore no friction, they can be put into motion with the touch of a finger. The new invention, however, is having a great effect on transport. Not only does it make expensive road systems unnecessary, but it enables vehicles to travel equally well over land or water. This unique ability to reach most destinations has given rise to the prediction that wheeled vehicles may be as uncommon at the end of the century as aeroplanes were at the beginning.
76. The first paragraph tells us that ________
A the wheel was man's earliest invention
B wide wheels have a variety of important uses
C the wheel's usefulness ahs yet to be proved
D a new invention may make wheels less important 77. The phrase "with the touch of a finger" in the third paragraph means ________
A without difficulty
B without friction
C by electricity
D by hand 78. The passage tells us that the new invention ___________
A is more important for industry than for transport
B makes it possible to travel without using roads
C will one day be used instead of aeroplane
D will replace wheeled vehicles in a hundred years 79. At the end of the century, vehicles using the new invention will probably be __________
A rare
B unimportant
C plentiful
D expensive
80. According to the passage, the new invention ________
A will soon get a name
B is lighter than air
C can go almost anywhere
D was uncommon a century ago
Passage two
We have no idea about when man first begin to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history. For example, it is recorded in many history books that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead. In some periods of history, a person who stole was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for example. If a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into prison. History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years before, in the year 1553, if a man took more than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished, and his ear would be cut off. Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the king's table were seated near the salt. Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.
81. Thousands of years ago in Egypt salt was used ___________.
A to punish people who has broken the law
B to keep dead bodies from going bad
C to keep fish alive
D to make chemicals 82. During the 18th century about ten thousand people were put into prison in England because _________.
A they had been caught stealing salt
B they had sold salted fish
C they had taken salt from the king's table
D they had used salt to preserve dead bodies 83. In the __ century, a man who took more than his share of salt would ________
A fifteenth; lose all his salt
B fifteenth; be thrown into prison
C fifteenth; lose an ear
D sixteenth; lose an ear 84. When a king had his dinner, salt was placed _________
A in front of the important guests
B far away from him
C in his front
D nearer to the less important guests 85. The best title of the passage is __________
A Nobody Knows When Salt Began to Be Used
B The Uses and the Importance of Salt in History
C Thousand of People Were Punished because of Salt
D Salt Was Important in History
Passage three
There was a businessman who always tried to pay as little as possible for what he needed. One day he fell ill. He decided to go to a doctor and asked a friend to recommend one. "Dr Smith is a good one," the friend told him. "Is he expensive?" the businessman asked. "Yes and no. He charges five hundred dollars for the first visit, but only twenty-five dollars for each visit after that." "That seems reasonable," the businessman said, and went to visit Dr Smith. As he walked into the consulting-room, he said, " Well, here I am AGAIN," and put twenty-five dollars on the table. The doctor looked at him carefully for a moment, then smiled and put the money into the drawer of his desk. "Thank you," he said. "And what can I do for you today?" "Examine me, of course," the businessman said, "and tell me what's wrong for me." "Oh, there's no need for me to examine you AGAIN," the doctor said. "Just continue taking the medicine I prescribed for you when you came to me last time."
86. What happened to the businessman one day?
A He failed in his business.
B He fell ill and couldn't find a doctor.
C He was asked to pay $500 for his illness.
D He got sick and had to go and see a doctor. 87. Was Dr Smith expensive?
A Yes. He charged a lot for a patient's visits.
B No. He charged little for a patient's visits.
C Yes and no. It depended on who the patients were.
D Yes and no. He charged a lot only for a patient's first visit. 88. What did the businessman decide to do?
A He decided to go to another doctor.
B He decided to play a trick on Dr Smith
C He decided to ask Dr Smith to reduce the fee.
D He decided to visit Dr Smith twice. 89. What do you think of Dr Smith?
A He was clever at dealing with dishonest people.
B He was an experienced doctor.
C He was a good doctor but charged far too much.
D He cared nothing for his patients. 90. Which of the following lessons does the story try to teach us?
A Money is not everything.
B Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness.
C No man is wise all the time.
D Spend less but gain more.
Directions: There are five sentences in this part. Put them into English.
91.他年纪太小，不懂这个词的含义。 92.这部小说是如此精彩（有趣），以至于我忘了吃饭和睡觉。 93.乘公共汽车去超市需花费半个小时。 94.你考试能否及格全看你学习有多努力。 95.你认为我有必要再做一遍实验吗？