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一、Reading Comprehension

1.Telephone, television, radio and the Internet help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country . An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from distant countries. With in hours, help is on the way. This is because modern technology information travels fast. How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course, this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the oceans. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach the Americas. This time difference influenced people’s actions. For example, a few battles in the war of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come in time. In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today. News spreads fast because of ______.

A.modern transportation
B.new technology
C.the changes of the world
D.a peace agreement

2.According to this passage, ______is very important to people in a disaster area.

A.fast communication
B.modern technology
C.the news
D.new ideas

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE based on the text?

A.The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.
B.The world is actually smaller today.
C.The world is changing in size.
D.The distant between England and America has changed since the War of 1812

4.Two hundred years ago, news between the continents was carried ______.

A.by telephone
B.by land
C.by air
D.by sea

5.The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed ______.

A.by both sides
B.in time
C.in America
D.in England

6.This story began about 10 years ago. I was coming out of a very bad marriage. For seven long years my husband spent his every waking moment telling me just what was wrong with me. When I finally asked for a divorce, he answered by telling me that I would never find anyone to love me because I was just so unattractive. This went on for about two years. One night one of my friends convinced me to go out with her. We went to a nightclub and that’s when I met him. Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn’t feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my self-esteem problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me the most dazzling smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I figured that he was simply being nice to me because I had brought him a drink, but the next day he called and told me that he could not stopping thinking about me and that he wanted to meet my kids too.  About 3 months later, my divorce was final and Clint sat my boys down and asked them if it was all right with them if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us anymore. I was so touched that he went to my boys and asked for their approval because they were the “men of the house” at the ripe old ages of 2 and  They said yes and we have all been together even since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life.  Not a day goes by that he doesn’t tell we are the best thing that ever has happened to him and that he loves us. The writer’s first marriage was unsuccessful because ______.

A.her husband often woke her up at midnight
B.her husband kept criticizing her
C.she was unattractive
D.she had a self-esteem problem

7.When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ______.

A.told her that she would never find one who loved her as he did
B.delayed two years before giving her a reply
C.accused her of having an affair
D.said that she was unattractive and not worth loving

8.When the writer first met Clint, she felt that ______.

A.she should have listened to her friend and met Clint earlier
B.Clint was a nice, dazzling young man
C.Clint could not be really interested in her
D.she would find true love in Clint

9.The writer was particularly touched by Clint because ______.

A.he believed that at 2 and 4, the two kids were the “men of the house”
B.he said that he could not imagine a life without her and the kids
C.he loved the kids and asked for their approval of the marriage
D.he kept her company and talked with her until the next morning

10.The writer’s marriage to Clint is important to her mainly because ______.

A.it made her kids happy, which is all she cared about
B.every day Clint would tell the writer that he loved her
C.it helped her to regain herself respect
D.it gave her and her sons a second chance to live a happy life

11.Thousands of years ago, ten of our very distant ancestors were hungry. They went out and picked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining six noticed that their food was safe to eat. They told their children, who, in turn, passed the message on to their descendants. In this way, habit became a vital factor in the survival of mankind: if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own experiments, you would probably die. The importance of habit on the survival of the human species is an interesting matter. Even today, most of us hesitate when we are invited to eat a new type of food or drink something we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all anxious to experiment and accept the offer. When you get up tomorrow morning, notice which shoe or sock you put on first. Then notice which one you put on first on other days. You may discover that (a) you tend to put on one shoe or sock first every day, and (b) if you are right-handed, you usually deal with your left shoe or sock first. If you try to change this habit, you may find it uncomfortable or annoying, and you will soon return to your old habit. When it comes to other matters, we often follow a fixed pattern. We sleep in one or two favorite ways. We often follow familiar routes even when they are not the shortest or best. We often wear a watch on the same wrist even when there is no real reason for doing so.  In hundreds of other ways, we show that we are creatures of habit, following fixed patterns of behavior. This characteristic can help us to survive but it can be a barrier to progress too. We must be alert and not let a beneficial factor become a harmful one. The best title for this passage might be ______.

A.Habit-a Barrier to Progress
B.The Survival of Mankind
C.Various Patterns of Human Behavior
D.We are Creatures of Habit

12.The first paragraph of this passage is mainly about ______.

A.the danger of making experiments
B.the importance of habit in the survival of mankind
C.the food our distant ancestors ate
D.the behavior of younger generation

13.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?

A.Habit can be harmful to the development of mankind
B.People usually like to taste new things at the risk of their lives
C.Most people hesitate to eat new things they have never tasted before
D.People are usually willing to try a new food if it is offered by a friend

14.The example shown in Paragraph 3 proves that ______.

A.it is difficult to change a habit
B.habit can be changed easily
C.shoes and socks are essential in our daily life
D.everyone puts on shoes and socks in the morning whether he is right-handed or left-handed

15.From the last paragraph we know that in the writer ’s opinion ______.

A.habit can never become a harmful factor
B.people develop all their habits with good reasons
C.habit will always help people to make progress
D.people often behave in fixed patterns

16.Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress helps to bring it on. It is worthwhile to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them. Are we under-employed, or overburdened with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all they should be? All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them honestly, and to bring our frustrations into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings. If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a difficult living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in the Bible “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath ” is good advice from the health point of view as well as the religious. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Freedom from responsibilities helps relieve stress
B.Stress is the direct cause of cancer
C.The causes of stress are worthy of serious study
D.Cancer is the number one killer in our society today

17.According to the passage, which of the following types of people is more likely to suffer from stress?

A.People who have cancer
B.People who like to quarrel with others
C.People whose living standard is low
D.People who have more responsibilities than they can handle

18.Judging from the context, the word “row” in the third paragraph most probably means ______.

A.a noisy quarrel
B.a very loud noise
C.a neat line of things side by side
D.a journey in a boat

19.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to reduce our stress?

A.Changing our jobs
B.Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy
C.Speaking out about our frustrations
D.Reading the Bible

20.“Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” probably means “______”.

A.Don’t let your anger last long
B.Don’t get angry while the sun is going down
C.Don’t get angry easily about little things
D.Don’t watch the sun set while you are angry

二、Vocabulary and Structure

1.John will go to school the moment he ______ his work.

A.will finish
B.finish
C.finishes
D.would finish

2.The surgeon’s advice was that the patient ______at once

A.to be operated on
B.being operated on
C.be operated on
D.was operated on

3.It is ______one thousand students can live in it.

A.too large a building that
B.so a large building that
C.such large a building that
D.so large a building that

4.Not only ______a promise, but he kept it.

A.does the manager make
B.did the manager make
C.the manager made
D.the manager makes

5.Even if he ______here, he would not be able to help us.

A.is
B.were
C.has been
D.will be

6.The chairman as well as many other people ______present at the conference

A.was
B.were
C.would
D.should

7.Do you have any idea what she meant? I really can’t ______what she said at the meeting

B.figure on
C.figure out
D.find out
E.find

8.We’ve ______paper and ink. Ask Mrs. Edward to lend us some

A.run away with
B.run out of
C.run off
D.run down

9.You’d better ______a doctor as soon as possible

A.seeing
B.saw
C.see
D.seen

10.After saying that, he ______the door quickly.

A.made up
B.made for
C.made out
D.made up for

11.I gave John a present but he gave me nothing ______.

A.in return
B.in turn
C.in hand
D.in vain

12.She ______to say that she was not interested in what I was talking about.

A.broke out
B.broke in
C.broke down
D.broke up

13.She ______be ill because I saw her playing basketball just now.

A.can’t
B.couldn’t
C.mustn’t
D.wouldn’t

14.It is already five o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time______.

A.we are going home
B.we go home
C.we went home
D.we can go home

15.All things ______, the planned trip will have to be cancelled

A.considering
B.having considered
C.be considered
D.considered

16.It ______have rained last night, for the ground is wet.

A.should
B.can
C.will
D.must

17.IfJohn had told me in advance, I ______him at the airport.

A.would meet
B.will meet
C.am going to meet
D.would have met

18.This year we’ll produce ______steel as we did last year.

A.three times as much
B.as three times much
C.as much three times
D.three times much as

19.I’d rather you ______make any comment on the issue for the time being

A.don’t
B.wouldn’t
C.didn’t
D.shouldn’t

20.The government has promised to do ______lies in its power to ease the hardships of the homeless.

A.what
B.that
C.all
D.which

21.______how to operate a switchboard, I have to ask the office supervisor to show me the correct procedures.

A.Not known
B.Not to know
C.Not knowing
D.Having not known

22.______is mentioned in some of his stories, the author was brought up in a small village

A.It
B.What
C.That
D.As

23.Since I was a stranger there, I had no one to ______.

A.turn up
B.turn on
C.turn to
D.turn down

24.Words ______meaning, as we all know.

A.convince
B.convey
C.contribute
D.conquer

25.Mr. Wang does not ______as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible

A.qualify
B.match
C.fit
D.equal

26.The clothes a person wears may express his ______or social position.

A.significance
B.determination
C.curiosity
D.status

27.In some countries, traffic police can ______instant fines on speeding motorists.

A.compel
B.impose
C.charge
D.force

28.It is very ______of you to let us know you are going to be late

A.considering
B.considerate
C.considerable
D.considered

29.I have to ______my visit as I’ll be very busy next week.

A.call for
B.call on
C.call off
D.call in

30.Most of the students are said to ______the proposed new training system.

A.object
B.oppose
C.disagree
D.opposite