1、1Directions: For each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Choose the best one to complete each sentence. 1. I suggest we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite _. A) eligible B) probable C) practicable D) sustainable2. That part of the city has long been _
2、 for its street violence. A) responsible B) illegal C) historical D) notorious3. Under the guidance of their teacher, the pupils are building a model boat _ by steam. A) hauled B) towed C) tossed D) propelled4. Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations
3、into _ ones. A) vulnerable B) turbulent C) suspicious D) tragic5. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the _. A) vain B) proximity C) jail D) court6. There is supposed to be a safety _ which makes it impossible for trains to collide. A) mechanism B) machine C) mechanics D) m
4、achinery7. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly _ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather-sensitive people. A) subjective B) liable C) subordinate D) vulnerable8. In spite of the _ economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. A) bleak B
5、) miserable C) obscure D) shadowy9. The winners of the football championship ran off the field carrying the silver cup _. A) tentatively B) tremendously C) turbulently D) triumphantly10. He said that they had _ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of support. A) regrettably B) forcibly C) gra
6、ciously D) gravely11. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons _ slowly into the sky. A) elevating B) lingering C) ascending D) escalating 12. Professor Hawking is _ as one of the worlds greatest living physicists. A) clarified B) acknowledged C) dignified
7、 D) illustrated13. Military orders are _ and cannot be disobeyed A) alternative B) defective C) imperative D) conservative14. The ball _ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A) bounce B) hopped C) swayed D) darted15. _that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it w
8、ill not be long before traditional sources become inadequate. A) Concerning B) Assuming C) Regarding D) Ascertaining16. Inquiries _ the condition of patients may be made personally or by telephone. A) relating B) regarding C) following D) considering17. You cant let your eyes _ the lines of a book a
9、nd come up with an understanding of what you have read. A) run into B) come acrossC) glide across D) encounter18. Presently I sensed an _ air of menace in his appeal. A) unanimous B) explicit B) definite D) underlying19. Please analyze it _ the principles discussed A) in the event of B) in spite of
10、C) in preparation for D) in the light of20. _ several hypothesis have been made for the changing of the climate in the area, no conclusive evidence supports any of them. A) Although B) Much as C) In spite of the fact that D) Despite 21. The author was _ by the audiences lack of interest. A) distract
11、ed B) encouraged C) dismayed D) impressed22. Proper lightening is necessary for good eyesight, _ human night vision can be temporarily damaged by extreme flashes of light. A) whereas B) moreoverB) however C) somehow23. The English language contains a(n) _ of words which are comparatively seldom used
12、 in ordinary conversation. A) latitude B) multitudeC) altitude D) attitude 24. The excuse was too _ for the teacher to believe. A) subtle B) detailed C) feeble D) slender25. _ her death in 1866, the poet Emily Dickinson had become a legend in her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts. A) It was before
13、long B) Long before C) When long before D) Before long 26. I could see that my wife was _ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not. A) adequate for B) short of C) deficient in D) intent on2. Cloze (with choices provided) 完形填空Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For
14、each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. (注意：只能整题选择。)Cloze 1A blast of Siberian air looks set to keep its icy grip on the continent for another week. At least 139 people 1 across Eastern Europe and Germany since the 2 cold
15、 snap began, 3 what had been an unusually mild European winter. Hungarian villagers were 4 coal with their bare hands on Thursday. Temperatures in the mountains near Farkaslyuk, 5 “wolfs den“, have fallen to minus 22 Celsius (minus 8 Fahrenheit). In the Hungarian village of Farkaslyuk, people 6 a 30
16、-metre spoil heap from a disused mine 7 enough coal to heat their homes and cook for a few days. The cold snap for central Europe wont 8 through the week and 9 as an area of high pressure 10 Russia, pushing cold dry air southwards. In Ukraine, the country 11 to have been worst hit by the cold snap,
17、schools shut and supermarkets in the capital, Kiev, began to report food shortages as delivery trucks struggled in temperatures 12 minus 25Celsius (minus 13F). Twenty died there 13 24 hours, taking the 14 toll to 63, many of them homeless. 15 the whole situation in the area, the Red Cross decided 16
18、 and said it was releasing funds to build 17 for street-dwellers in Belarus and Ukraine, 18 a similar move by governments across the region. “Homeless people have been caught 19 and unprepared. They dont follow long-range forecasts and are extremely 20 ,“ said Zlatko Kovac of the Red Cross. (252 wor
19、ds)1. A. have perished B. perished C. perish D. are perished 2. A. harm B. danger C. vicious D. mild 3. A. to interrupt B. interruptingC. interrupt D. interrupted 4. A. looked for B. scrambling for C. finding D. looking at 5. A. meaning B. means C. mean D. to mean 6. A. climb B. rose C. descended D.
20、 ascended 7. A. to scrape along B. to scrape by C. to scrape together D. scrape up 8. A. recede B. increase C. move D. weak 9. A. off B. across C. away D. beyond 10. A. camps by B. camps C. camps out D. camps over 11. A. deemed B. deeming C. to deem D. deem12. A. as high as B. as small as C. as low
21、as D. as little as 13. A. for B. in the space of C. in D. at 14. A. partial B. overall C. including D. partly 15. A. Appraised B. To appraise C. Having appraised D. Appraising16. A. to help with B. to interrupt C. to assist in D. to intervene 17. A. shelters B. house C. camp D. rooms 18. A. echoed B
22、. echoing C. responded D. reacting 19. A. insensible B. aware C. unaware D. conscious 20. A. vulnerable B. crisp C. crucial D. strong 3. Directions: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices mark
23、ed A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1A certain amount of controversy has been caused by the publication of a new report by a team of educationalists headed by Pro. B. J. Smith. The report claims to have statistical evidence that children who attend a number of differe
24、nt schools through their parents having to move around the country are more than normally vulnerable to a vicious cycle of low academic achievement. There are also indications, says Professor Smith, of an unusually high rate of psychological dismay among such children.The professor, who has long sus
25、pected that the effect on children whose parents travel to different parts of the country in search of work has not been sufficiently researched, stresses that this is not merely an expression of prejudice. “We are not dealing here with opinions,” he says, “Its true, my personal feeling is that for
26、childrens well-being, they should stay in one school. However, our findings are based on research and not on any personal attitudes that I or my colleagues may have on the subject.”Capt. Thomas Muller, an Army lecturer for the past 20 years and himself a father of two, said, “Ive never heard such ru
27、bbish. As far as Im concerned, absolutely no harm is done to the education of children who change schools regularlyas long as they keep to the same system as in our Army school. In my experienceand Ive known quite a few of themArmy children are as well-adjusted as any others, if not more so. What th
28、e Professor doesnt appear to appreciate is the fact that in such situations children will adapt much better than adults.”When this was put to Professor Muller, he said that at no time had his team suggested that all such children were backward or dismayed in some way, but simply that in their experi
29、ence there was a clear tendency.“Our findings indicate that while the extremely bright child can cope with regular emotional turbulence without harming his or her general academic progress, the majority of children suffer from constantly having to enter a new learning environment.”(words 345)1) Acco
30、rding to the first paragraph, which of the following is true?A It may not be good for children to change schools too often.B The report by Professor Muller ignites burning debate all over the country.C Children who enter different schools are always prone to low academic achievement.D Children who e
31、nter different schools are disturbed psychologically all the time.2) According to the passage, the opinion by the team of educationalists_.A has proved the research.B is prejudiced.C is in a way confirmed by the research.D is based on the professors own attitude.3) What do you know about Captain Mul
32、lers children?A They are very bright.B They are slow in adapting to a new learning environment.C They are not good at study.D They have benefited from an Army school education.4) According to Captain Muller, children_.A are more adaptableB are well-behavedC are better educated in a new learning envi
33、ronmentD are often dismayed in a new school5) What is the main idea of the passage?A Children benefit a lot from a new learning environment.B Constantly having to enter a new learning environment does harm to childrens academic achievements.C There is no definite answer to whether changing learning
34、environment does good to childrens academic achievements.D Parents should take into consideration their childrens individual character when deciding whether to change their learning environment.Passage 2Starvation is the most dreadful and the most dreaded of all the anxieties that haunt (萦绕，缠绕) the
35、minds and the imaginations of mankind. Mankinds every effort has been directed to combat it and will continue so until the end of time. Its prevention has been the greatest motivation that ever kept men braced up in the struggle. It is the real enemy. Yet like every other enemy its presence brings f
36、orth the best that is in us and impels us to do greater things in the struggle. In the continuous fight against hunger and cold man has progressed wonderfully and did more than was absolutely necessary to merely ward off starvation. His future progress can only be made through keeping up the fight.T
37、he fight is the same now as it was when our early ancestor struggled with some living things and with its flesh satisfying his inward cravings and with its skin keeping out the cold so that he might live, and for the time being keep the anxiety at bay. The forces we have to fight now are different,
38、but the struggle is the same. As he succeeded in conquering his prey to make his existence secure, so must we conquer the forces that are opposed to us or we will perish. Unlike our early ancestor, whose task is simple in the struggle for existence, we have to fight not only the natural conditions,
39、but artificial ones which society has created. In the struggle we have conquered as far as getting enough to eat and enough to wear is concerned, for we have produced both in abundance and far in excess of what our necessities require. Foodstuffs are gathered and harvested every year in quantities s
40、o great that their consumption would be impossible. Various clothing material is manufactured in such quantities that nakedness should have become impossible. We have achieved so much in providing food and clothing that it is strange that some are still hovering on the brink of starvation. Productiv
41、ity is continuously increasing and the quality of production is continually improving. Yet with all this we are haunted by starvation. Its dread presence is ever felt.(words 366)6) In the sentence “that ever kept men braced up in the struggle”, (Line 3 to 4, Paragraph 1) the underlined phrase means
42、_.A made more secureB cheered upC depressedD supported7) From the first paragraph, we learn that _.A mankind has been on the brink of starvation all the timeB mankind has progressed a lot in the struggle against starvationC mankind wont win the battle against starvationD mankind keeps up the fight a
43、gainst starvation only to produce more food to meet their needs8) We are more difficult in the struggle against starvation, because _.A the forces we have to fight include both the natural conditions and the artificial ones created by societyB we fight the same enemyC the natural conditions are wors
44、ening all the timeD we are fighting alone9) According to the passage, which of the following is true?A We still havent produce enough food and clothing materials to meet our needsB Even though we have produced sufficient food and clothing materials, the presence of starvation is still felt.C Only by
45、 improving our productivity can we solve the problem of starvation10) According to the passage, we are still haunted by starvation probably because _.A quality of what we produce is inferiorB population growth is too fastC the quantities of food do not satisfy peoples needsD there may be some other problems with mankind.
