1、1.I will hold your note until Christmas Day, _ you certainly will have received your allowance.A. by that timeB. at that timeC. by which timeD. at which time2.The Prime Minister commanded that farmers _ loans from the government.A. would receiveB. receivedC. ought to receiveD. should receive3.They p

2、acked the instruments carefully _ they would be broken during transportation.A. so thatB. on condition thatC. for fear thatD. provided that4.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim _.A. may be hardly doubtedB. may be seriously doubtedC. may be hard doubtingD. may b

3、e doubted serious5._ hostels (客棧) may not offer the most comfortable quarters, they are convenient, inexpensive, and attractive to traveling students and young people.A. WhenB. WhileC. Now thatD. If6.When he hurried to the airport, he found, to his great disappointment, his ticket and passport _ at

4、home.A. were leftB. had leftC. have been leftD. had been left7.Were the wire of a smaller diameter (直徑), its resistance _.A. had been increasedB. was increasedC. might have been increasedD. would be increased8.He went to work on foot yesterday, though he _ by bus.A. must have goneB. might have goneC

5、. would have goneD. could have gone9.He always prefers to start early rather than _ everything to the last minute.A. leaveB. leavingC. leavesD. left10.Frank was advised to give the assignment to _ he believed had a strong sense of responsibility.A. whomB. whoeverC. whomeverD. that11.Almost all the c

6、ountries in the world hoped that the warring sides would _ a compromise.A. affectB. effectC. comeD. lead12.Our talk was completely _out by the roar of the machines. As a result, we had to communicate with gestures.A. decreasedB. reducedC. smashedD. drowned13.She was arrested for _ state secrets to a

7、 foreign reporter in return for her son going abroad.A. getting awayB. giving awayC. breaking awayD. putting away14.Can you _ furnishing your house luxuriously at a time when the company is losing so much money?A. verifyB. identifyC. justifyD. clarify15.There _ new problems in respect of the relatio

8、nship between the two countries in recent years.A. roseB. raisedC. liftedD. arose16.The professor kept speaking about his new discovery in the field, only _ occasionally to have a mouthful of tea.A. dropping offB. breaking offC. putting offD. setting off17.His health _ as he ate too little and worke

9、d too hard for months on end.A. broke upB. broke throughC. broke downD. broke off18.After the meeting the workers went back to their _ workshops.A. respectableB. respectiveC. respectfulD. respected19.The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is _ based on what Max Weber, a German sociolog

10、ist, proposed.A. fairlyB. kindlyC. greatlyD. largely20.His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _ of it at all.A. interpretationB. meaningC. reasonD. sense21.No one in the class could _ the right answer to the question.A. describeB. furnishC. installD. assess22.The dentist could _ no

11、signs of decay in my teeth.A. determineB. defineC. assignD. detect23.To his great joy he discovered that his ears became _.A. sensitiveB. awareC. efficientD. sensible24.He made no _ to his illness till after the lesson.A. remarkB. commentC. referenceD. opinion25.The pilot of the plane is _ for the p

12、assengers' safety.A. consciousB. responsibleC. necessaryD. regulated26.We need to make sure that we _ our resources as fully as possible.A. achieveB. operateC. exploitD. expel27.The economy looks set to _ its growth into next year.A. endureB. persistC. remainD. sustain28.It was the only thing th

13、at I could doI don't have to _ myself to anyone.A. accountB. justifyC. discountD. clarify29.The shop assistant says if I leave $10 as a _, they'll keep the dress for me.A. depositB. loanC. guaranteeD. fee30.It was such a(n) _ to hear that Marta was found safe and well.A. concernB. anxietyC.

14、expectationD. relief31.If consumers realize that they are likely to be _ by foodstuffs, they will not buy them.A. finedB. suedC. contaminatedD. charged32.I think you should question their _ in offering to lend you the money.A. motivesB. reasonsC. idealsD. initiatives33.The government is trying to _

15、public confidence in its management of the economy.A. recoverB. relieveC. preserveD. restore34.She was using all her powers of persuasion to _ the Griffins to remain in the town.A. makeB. induceC. expelD. tempt35.Unless you have a heated greenhouse we feel you will have difficulty in keeping the pla

16、nt for very long indoors because they like a really warm and _ atmosphere.A. vividB. amusedC. moistD. contaminated36.I don't think his remarks are relevant _ our discussion.A. toB. atC. forD. with37.He won't succeed any way, _ hard he tries.A. whateverB. no matterC. asD. however38.We haven&#

17、39;t got the right answer yet, because the problem _ is quite complicated.A. solvedB. is solvedC. being solvedD. having solved39.You must speak slowly, so that you can make yourself _.A. to be understoodB. understoodC. understandingD. being understood40.It was _ that he didn't go to the party.A.

18、 because he was illB. he was illC. his illnessD. because his illnessPart 2 Cloze (with four choices provided)(每小題：1.0 分)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank.Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.I have g

19、oals for my life, but they are not fame or fortune. But that does not mean I can just sit 1. , doing nothing at all. I want 2. , something unusual, exciting and even dangerous sometimes. One dream I have is to be 3. into the harness of a jet and fly at twice the speed of sound. Or, I could go into s

20、pace and 4. gravity. On an outer space adventure, I could 5. the Earth in a spacecraft. I also would like to jump from an airplane, 6. in the sky and parachute (跳傘) to the ground. Or maybe I'll climb steep mountain 7. in China. It's also possible for me to 8. tropical jungles in Brazil. No,

21、I'm not 9. for the spotlight. I don't want to join the 10. of fame. I simply don't want my life to be 11. . I could go on a fantastic 12. . I could uncover 13. treasures in the mysterious Bermuda triangle or become a captain on a naval aircraft carrier and 14. the seven seas. Maybe I'

22、;ll investigate crimes or be an attorney for the public and 15. large corporations of terrible crimes. I could catch them as they are 16. citizens out of their hard-earned money. Or, I could be a government agent and 17. on foreign countries. I could find out if they are planning a(n) 18. of our mot

23、her country.On second thought, this all seems quite 19. . I take back everything that I have said. A(n) 20. life is for me. I think that I will simply sit back in my big comfortable chair with the air-conditioning set at a perfect 24 degrees centigrade and read about someone else doing those dangero

24、us things. This book about mining for gold will do fine.Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.Lured by fame and fortune, Howard Hughes became the richest man in the world. Born in Houston, Texas in 1905, Hughes' life was 21. but boring. He was a moviemaker, a pilot of an airliner

25、, an inventor of ladies' underwear (內(nèi)衣) and the head of a company that 22. and built aircraft.In 1924, he moved to Hollywood to 23. his dream of making movies. It was in Hollywood, 24. his film Two Arabian Nights (1928) was a big hit, that he made a name for himself in film. It won two academy 2

26、5. . His next film, Hell's Angels (1930), was the most expensive movie of 26. time and lost $1.5 million at the theaters.In 1932, Hughes formed the Hughes Aircraft Company, which made many 27. in airplane technology. After 28. and winning the 1934 Air Meet in Miami, Hughes built the world's

27、most advanced aircraft. He then 29. strapped himself into it. He was in the 30. of the plane when it was tested. In 1935, he 31. a new speed record, taking the plane to 352 mph. As World War II 32. , things changed for him. Hughes turned his full attention 33. building military aircraft. 34. he was

28、unable to do what he promised the government, he had some troubles. He failed to 35. any planes. This is why the US Senate 36. Hughes's failure to meet his wartime contracts.Hughes was just 37. famous for his fall from public grace as he was for his exploits on the big screen and in the air. Aft

29、er time, he realized the 38. of being in the spotlight. He then became a mysterious 39. . Towards the end of his life, he hid away from the public's 40. . He died in 1976.Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小題：1.6 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the bes

30、t answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in identically the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as sacred (上帝的

31、) texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child b

32、y frightening him or arousing his sadistic (施虐狂的) impulses. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fear, I think, we also need well-documented cases of children b

33、eing dangerously terrified (恐懼) by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds

34、 that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches (女巫), two-headed dragons, magic carpets (魔毯), etc., do not exist; and that, instead of indulging (沉溺) his fantasies in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I mu

35、st confess, so unsympathetic and peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a broomstick (女巫乘騎的掃帚柄) or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted

36、(中魔法的) girl-friend.No fairy story ever claimed to be a description of the external world and no sane (精神健全的) child has ever believed that it was.1.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _.A. repeated without variationB. treated with respectC. adapted by the parentD. set

37、 in the present2.Some people dislike fairy stories because they feel that they _.A. tempt people to be cruel to childrenB. show the primitive cruelty in childrenC. lend themselves to undesirable experiments with childrenD. increase a tendency to have sadistic impulses in children3.According to the p

38、assage great fear can be stimulated in a child when the story is _.A. set in realityB. heard for the first timeC. repeated too oftenD. dramatically told4.The author's mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _.A. fairy stories are still being made upB. there is confusion ab

39、out different kinds of truthC. people try to modernize old fairy storiesD. there is more concern for children's fears nowadays5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Fairy stories are anything but beneficial to the growth of children.B. Fairy stories teach childre

40、n the way to adapt to the society.C. No fairy story should be taken as the true description of the reality.D. No fairy story should be told to the children without modification.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Standing alone at the Browns' party, Anna Mackintosh thought

41、about her husband Edward, establishing him clearly in her mind's eye. He was a thin man, forty-one years of age, with fair hair that was often untidy. In the seventeen years they'd been married he had changed very little; he was still nervous with other people, and smiled in the same embarra

42、ssed way, and his face was still almost boyish.She believed she had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any. She had, over the years, become neurotic (神經(jīng)機(jī)能病的) about this fact and in the end, quite some time ago now, she had consulted a psychiatrist (精神病學(xué)

43、家), Dr. Abbat, at Edward's pleading (懇求).In the Browns' rich drawing room, its walls and ceiling gleaming (發(fā)微光) with a metallic (金屬般的) surface of imitation gold, Anna listened to dance music coming from a tape recorder and continued to think about her husband.In a moment he would be at the p

44、arty, since they had agreed to meet there, although by now it was three-quarters of an hour later than the time he had promised.The Browns were people he knew in a business way, and he had said he thought it wise that he and Anna should attend this gathering of theirs. She had never met them before,

45、 which made it more difficult for her, having to wait about, not knowing a soul in the room.When she thought about it she felt hard done by, for although Edward was kind to her and always had been, it was far from considerate to be as late as this. Because of her nervous condition she felt afraid an

46、d had developed a sickness in her stomach. She looked at her watch and sighed.6.Why did Anna feel awkward at the party?A. She came to the party too early.B. She was neglected by the host.C. She felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the party.D. She didn't know anyone there.7.What made Anna f

47、eel inadequate?A. She did not make a good mother to her children.B. She was unable to satisfy her husband's desire to have children.C. She did not get along well with her husband.D. She was unable to have a better understanding of her husband.8.As time went by, Anna started to get angry as _.A.

48、she found the Browns were much wealthier than they wereB. her husband was usually more thoughtfulC. she noticed that no one was willing to talk to herD. her husband was bad-mannered in the party9.According to the passage, Edward wanted Anna to attend the party because _.A. he wanted her to have more

49、 of a social lifeB. he tried to distract her from some unpleasant thoughtsC. he needed her supportD. he thought she would impress the Browns10.What kind of woman Anna was according to the passage?A. Sensitive and worried.B. Open and talkative.C. Imaginative and cheerful.D. Sensible and easygoing.Que

50、stions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and most of the time forms a relationship with one familiar teacher. On entering secondary school, a new world opens up and frequently it is a much more difficult world. The pu

51、pil soon learns to be less free in the way he speaks to teachers and even to his fellow pupils. He begins to lose gradually the free and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the need for a more cautious approach in the secondary school where there are older pupils. Secondary staff and pupi

52、ls suffer from the pressures of academic work and seem to have less time to stop and talk. Teachers with specialist roles may see hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil may be able to form relationships with very few of the staff. He has to decide which adults are approachable; good schools wil

53、l make clear to every young person from the first year what guidance and personal help is availablebut whether the reality of life in the institution actually encourages requests for help is another matter.Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child. He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of peopleoften rather frightening-looking peopleand realizes that an increasing number of choices and decision