1、1. Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now? _. 答案：A A.Sorry, he is busy at the moment B. No, you cant C. Sorry, you cant D. I dont know 2. Do you think I could borrow your dictionary? _. 答案：C A. Yes, you may borrow B. Yes, do on C. Yes, help yourself D. It doesnt matter 3. Are you Mr. Robert Lee? _.
2、 答案：A A. radically B. academically C. untouched D. traditionally 4. Excuse me, sir. Where is Dr. Browns office? _. 答案：D A. You cant ask me B. Pardon? I have no idea C. Please dont say so D. Sorry I dont know, but you can ask the man over there 5. Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John? _.
3、 答案：C A. Thank you very much B. No, no, John is not bad C. Thank you. He is fine D. Dont say that. Its ugly. John is good 6.What can I do for you, madam? _. 答案：A A. I want a kilo of apples B. You can go your own way C. Thanks D. Excuse me, Im busy 7. Id like to take you to the coffee house on the co
4、rner. _. 答案：B A. Thank you. You shouldnt do that B. Thanks, Id like to go with you C. No, you cant say so D. No, no. You cant do that 8. Do you mind telling me where youre from? _. 答案：D A. Certainly. Im from London B. Sure. I was born in London C. Not really, you can do it D. Certainly not. Im from
5、London 9. May I see the menu, please? Ive been waiting an hour already. _. 答案：C A. That is the menu, sir B. Yes, please go on C. Here you are, sir D. Of course, sir 10. I was worried about chemistry, but Mr. Brown gave me an A! _. 答案：B A. Dont worry about it B. Congratulations! Thats a difficult cou
6、rse C. Mr. Brown is very good D. Good luck to you! 11. Would you like to have dinner with us this evening? _. 答案：C A. OK, but I have to go to a meeting now B. No, I cant C. Sorry, but this evening I have to go to the airport to meet my parents D. I dont know 12. Hi, is Mary there, please? _. 答案：A A.
7、 Hold on. Ill get her B. No, she isnt here C. Yes, she lives here D. Yes, what do you want 13. Please help yourself to the fish _. 答案：A A. Thanks, but I dont like fish B. Sorry, I cant help C. Well, fish dont suit me D. No, I cant 14. Hurry up please, or Ill late. _. 答案：A A. Sorry sir, but the traff
8、ic is thick now B. Well, its alright, sir C. How can you say that, sir? D. Oh, we are going the right way 15. Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport? _. 答案：B A. Dont ask that B. Sorry, Im a stranger here C. No, I cant say that D. No, youre driving too fast 16. How about a date to the
9、movies tonight, Jane? _. 答案：D A. I dont think so B. Im sorry. I have to drive my mother home tonight C. Never mind D. Take it easy 17. Are you ready to order desert, please? _. 答案：A A. Yes, please B. Please dont order it C. No, dont mention it D. Yes, Id like to have some chocolate cake 18. Did Tom
10、tell you to water the flowers? _. 答案：C A. No. And so did I B. No. And neither did I C. He did. And so I did D. He did. And so do I 19. Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? _. 答案：A A. Id rather stay here if you dont mind B. Sorry, I dont like neither C. Certainly, why not?
11、D. Yes, we like these two places 20. Would you mind changing seats with me? _. 答案：C A. Yes, you can B. Of course, I like to C. No, I dont mind D. Certainly, please do Reading Comprehension One There are stories about two U.S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, which attempt to explain
12、the American English term OK. We dont know if either story is true, but they are both interesting. The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact, he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson, he tried to read them
13、 and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write “all correct” on it. The problem was that he didnt know how to spell, so what he really wrote was “all correct”. After a while, he shortened that term to “OK”. The second explanation is based on the place
14、where President Van Buren was born, Kinderhook, New York. Van Burens friends organized a club to help him become President. They called the club the Old Kinderhook Club, and anyone who supported Van Buren wan called “OK”. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage: 1. The author _. 答案：C A. b
15、elieves both of the stories B. doesnt believe a word of the stories C. is not sure whether the stories are true D. is telling the stories just for fun 2. Oxford got to be an attraction for students and teachers from all over the world _. 答案：D A. at the end of the ninth century B. by the 12th century
16、 C. in the 13th century D. in 1979 3. Oxford has managed to modernize itself quickly but _. 答案：C A. radically B. academically C. untouched D. traditionally 4. Sir Roger Bannister is _. 答案：D A. the former American President B. the former Master of Oxford C. a head of an Oxford college D. one of the t
17、utors in Oxford 5. Which one of the following statements is Not correct? 答案：B A. Every year its possible for most of the applicants to be accepted by Oxford. B. The undergraduates benefit from a lot of traditional and notable privileges. C. The one-to-one tutorial system began several centuries ago.
18、 D. The relationship between teacher and student can last for a long time. Reading Comprehension Two Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the
19、people are engaged in the agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country,
20、but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas (large cities with their suburbs) of more than a million people eacha large proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France. The statistics(统计) of urban and rural populatio
21、n should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a pie
22、ce of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage: 1. If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry? 答案：C A. About 2
23、5 million. B. More than 25 million C. Less than 25 million D. Less than 225 million 2. Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas? 答案：C A. United States B. Germany C. France D. England 3. Whats the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in th
24、e middle of the passage? 答案：A A. Of a large city with its suburbs B. Of small and large towns C. Of urban areas D. Of rural areas 4. According to the passage, what can we learn about small towns in the United States? 答案：B A.Most small towns become gradually crowded B.Small towns are still similar to
25、 each other C.As the traditional picture is changing, towns are different D.Small towns are turning into large cities 5. Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb? 答案：C A. Because they are the same B. Because the rush takes place too quickly. C. Because the process is gradual. D
26、. Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas Reading Comprehension Three 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
27、 able to give an answer to the question. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we dont 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
28、 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 ab
29、out 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 th
30、e 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 i
31、s, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage: 1. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in t
32、he passage? 答案：D 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 n
33、o written records, there is no history. 2. We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because 答案：D 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
34、people there did not know how to write 3. “Remembered history” refers to _. 答案：D A. history based on a persons imagination B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth C. songs and dances about the most important events D. both B and C 4. “Remembered history” is regarded as val
35、uable only when_. 答案：B A. it is written down B. no written account is available C. it proves to be true D. people are interested in it 5. The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had 答案：A A. kept a written record of every past even
36、t B. not burnt their written records in wars C. told exact stories of the most important happenings D. made more songs and dances Reading Comprehension Four We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke
37、 up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” when we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, its too late. Why do we go wrong about our friendsor our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides
38、their real meaning. And if we dont really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “Youre a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side? If he says, “Youre a lucky guy” or “Youre a lucky gal”, thats being friendly. But “lucky dog?” Theres a bit of envy in those words. Maybe
39、 he doesnt see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesnt think you deserve your luck. How can you tell the real meaning behind someones words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does
40、 what he says square with the tome of voice? His posture(体态)? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake. I. Choose the best answer according to the passage: 1. From the questions in the first paragrap
41、h we can learn that the speaker_. 答案：B A. feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him B. feels he may not have “read” his friends true feelings correctly C. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen D. is sorry that his friends let him down 2. In the second
42、paragraph, the author uses the example of “Youre a lucky dog” to show that _. 答案：C A. the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly B. this saying means the same as “Youre a lucky dog” or “Youre a lucky gal” C. sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the words D
43、. the word “dog” shouldnt be used to apply to people 3. This passage tries to tell you how to _. 答案：C A. avoid mistakes about money and friends B. bring the “dog” bit into our conversation C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you D. keep people friendly without trusting them 4. In lis
44、tening to a person, the important thing is _. 答案：C A. to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his wyes B. to listen to how he pronounces his words C. to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posture D. not to believe what he says 5. If you follow the advice of the w
45、riter, you would_. 答案：A A. be able to get the real meaning of what people say to you B. avoid any mistakes while talking with people who envy you C. not lose real friends who say things that so not please you D. be able to observe people as they are talking to you Reading Comprehension Five Why was
46、Bastille important to the citizens of Paris? The building of the Bastille had been started in 1370 under Charles V. By the seventeenth century it had stopped tp be important for defense. Cardinal Richelieu turned it into a prison. It was not an ordinary prison to punish common crimes. Its huge doors
47、 closed only on enemies of the King. The Bastilles workings were secret. Prisoners were taken to it in closed vehicles. Soldiers on guard duty had to stand with their faces to the wall. No talking was allowed. Worst of all, A prisoner never knew if he would be there a day, a week, a year, or forever
48、. Only the Kings letter could set him free. Over the years the number of arrests by Kings letter had become fewer. By the time of its fall, most of the prisoners were writers who had written against the corruptions(贪污腐败) of the government. Voltaire, the famous French writer, spent a year there in 17171718, and another 12 days in 1726. For those who believed in free speech and free thinking, the Bastille stood for everything evil. The day it was captured, only se
