Ⅰ.單項填空

1. Alice is fond of playing ____ piano while Henry is interested in listening to ____ music.

A. /; the B. /; / C. the; / D. the; the

2. He asked ____ that none of us understood it.

A. such a difficult question B. so difficult question

C. such difficult a question D. so a difficult question

3. He is my best friend. He ____ me ____ his own brother.

A. treats; as B. treats; like C. look; as D. regard; like

4. He is studying in America ____, but he is not ____, for he has made

many good friends there.

A. lonely; lonely B. alone; alone

C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone

5. Frank is the kind of person whom people like to ____.

A. make friend with B. make friends of

C. make friends D. make friends with

6. In the school I have to share the bathroom ____ the other students.

A. in B. with C. about D. of

7. He ____ to us about his age in order to get the job.

A. lied B. lies C. lay D. laid

8. She said that she ____ reading the book by the end of this week.

A. would try finishing B. would try to finish

C. will try to finish D. had tried to finish

9. He enjoys ____ around the campus.

A. walk B. to walk C. walking D. of walking

10. Therere many fine students in our class. ____, Tom is one of them.

A. Such as B. Namely C. Like D. For example

11. ——Which do you prefer, hiking or skiing?

——Hiking is OK, and ____.

A. so is skiing B. neither is skiing

C. so skiing is D. nor does he

12. ____ without friends ____ the most difficult challenge for Chuck while

living on the island.

A. How does he survive; are B. How to survive; are

C. How does he survive; is D. How to survive; is

13. I dont think you fully ____ the importance of the professors speech

about forests.

A. realize B. retell C. reply D. repeat

14. ____ buy a bicycle of his own, Kelvin was saving as much as

possible.

A. In order that B. So as to

C. In order to D. With the purpose of

15. The lesson ____ we can learn from Chuck is ____ friends are

teachers.

A. that; / B. which; that C. that; what D. /; which

Ⅱ.完形填空

Edgar wondered why he didnt have __1__ friends. The reason was that he was always taking, never __2__. People were soon tired of that.

__3__ day, Edgar told Bill, “Id like to give a party on Saturday. Id like you to come and bring Martha too.”

“Thank you. Wed be happy to come.”

“Perhaps youd be willing to __4__ your violin. You and Martha sing well together. Im sure __5__ will want you to sing for us.”

“Wed be glad to sing. Well try to learn a few new songs.”

“Good!Dont __6__ to practise You Are My Sunshine. Thats the song I like best. I want you to be __7__ to sing that one.”

That was __8__ Edgar began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make __9__ cakes in the world, and I prefer __10__ your cake than have one from the bakery,” he said.

Edgar invited several __11__ friends to come to his party. He didnt forget to ask something from __12__ of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party __13__！They __14__ to let him.

The party was a big __15__. However, as the guests were __16__, they said “Thank you” to Bill and Martha for the __17__, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the __18__ house and to others for their contributions(貢獻). To Edgar they said simply “Thanks for the __19__.”

Everyone knew that was __20__ Edgar managed to contribute.

1. A. few B. some C. many D. any

2. A. taking B. bringing C. sending D. giving

3. A. Some B. One C. Another D. A

4. A. bring B. carry C. make D. take

5. A. everyone B. someone C. anyone D. nobody

6. A. remember B. start C. forget D. stop

7. A. happy B. sure C. about D. able

8. A. how B. where C. when D. whether

9. A. better B. bigger C. the best D. the biggest

10. A. to see B. to use C. to cook D. to eat

11. A. other B. others C. another D. the other

12. A. some B. each C. several D. both

13. A. at school B. in the classroom

C. at home D. at their house

14. A. refused B. answered C. wanted D. agreed

15. A. thing B. success C. incident D. effort

16. A. coming B. arriving C. leaving D. waiting

17. A. play B. party C. food D. music

18. A. use of B. place of C. borrowing D. staying

19. A. work B. invitation C. help D. drinks

20. A. which B. nothing C. all D. enough

Ⅲ.閱讀理解

(A)

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly(完全地)， four things are necessary. First， we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly， we must be able to speak it ourselves， with confidence(自信) and without hesitation(猶豫). Thirdly， we must do much reading. Finally， we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.

There are no shortcuts to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help， but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is not much learning by heart long lists(一覽表) of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.

If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized， we are not really learning the language. We must “l(fā)earn through use”. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.

1. The most important things to learn a foreign language are ____.

A. understanding and speaking

B. listening， speaking， reading and writing

C. writing and understanding

D. memorizing and listening

2. Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very

badly. This is because ____.

A. he doesnt understand the language when he hears it spoken

B. he doesnt have a good memory

C. he always remembers lists of words and their meanings

D. he often hesitates(猶豫) to practise speaking it

3. One can never learn a foreign language well by ____.

A. doing much practice B. studying the dictionary

C. learning through use D. using the language

4. Which is the most important in learning a foreign language？____.

A. A good memory B. Speaking

C. Practice D. Writing

5. “Learn through use” means ____.

A. we use a language in order to learn it

B. we learn a foreign language in order to use it

C. we can learn a language well while we are keeping using it D. B and C

(B)

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old mans garden， and talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”

The old man pointed to a string(繩子) between a big strong tree and a thin young one. “Please untie(解開) that string，” he said. The young man untied it， and the young tree bent(彎) over to one side. “Now tie it again， please，” said the old man， “But first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”

The young man did so. Then the old man said， “There， it is the same with children. You must be strict with them， but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone， you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone， you can take the string away.”

1. The story is about ____.

A. how to take care of young trees

B. how strict parents should be with their children

C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

D. how to tie and untie the string

2. The young man untied the string ____.

A. in order to throw it away

B. so that both of the trees would grow straight

C. only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side

D. in order to let the old man teach him

3. When can the string be taken away？____.

A. When the old man has left

B. After you have untied it

C. When the young man has untied it next time

D. When the young tree grows strong enough

4. At last the old man told the young man ____.

A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet

stand alone

B. that he should always be strict with his children

C. that he should be hard on them

D. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone

5. In the story the relation of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ____.

A. the young father to the old neighbor

B. parents to their children

C. the old neighbor to the children of the young father

D. grown-ups to their parents

(C)

Technology is the application(應(yīng)用) of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work force. New machines and new methods have helped cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most of us in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food available(有用的) to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animalbreeding techniques, and has extended our life span via(通過) medical technology.

Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large measure the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it widely. If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon research and development, and the latest statistics (統(tǒng)計) show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually(每年) into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources (少的資源) we may well find technological substitutes (代用品) for many of them through our research programs.

Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new skills on techniques in medicine, people will start developing new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be invented. Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our standard of living.

1. What is the best title for the passage? ____.

A. The Definition of Technology B. Modern Technology

C. The Application of Technology D. The Development of Technology

2. From the passage, we can infer that this article is probably ____.

A. a part of the introduction to American business

B. followed by the passage talking about factors of production

C. taken from a learned journal

D. Both A and B

3. Which is the main idea of the passage? ____.

A. Modern technology is the key to the improvement of standard of

living

B. The three major factors of production—land, labor and capital are

all influenced by technology

C. Technology is the response to our needs

D. The United States is making great efforts to advance its technology

4. According to the passage, people can live a long life with the help of ____.

A. higer quality of life B. medical technology

C. modern farming machinery D. technological substitute

(D)

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞擊) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isnt really dead. With any luck he isnt even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床墊). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntmans success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (懸崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落傘) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!

1. Stuntmen are those who ____.

A. often dress up as actors

B. prefer to lead dangerous lives

C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions

D. often fight each other for their lives

2. Stuntmen earn their living by ____.

A. playing their dirty tricks

B. selling their special skills

C. jumping out of high windows

D. jumping from fast moving trains

3. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ____.

A. he needs little protection

B. he will be covered with a mattress

C. his life is endangered

D. his safety is generally all right

4. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful

performance? ____.

A. Strength B. Exactness C. Speed D. Carefulness

5. What can be inferred from the authors example of the Norwegian

stuntman? ____

A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman

B. The percentage of serious accidents is high

C. Parachutes must be of good quality

D. The cliff is too high

(E)

In some ways, the United States has made some progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, or kill half a town of 2,400 people, as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire.

But even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world. Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology, but the indifference(無所謂) of a country that just will not take fires seriously enough.

American fire departments are some of the worlds fastest and best-equipped. They have to be. The United States has twice Japans population, and 40 times as many fires. It spends far less preventing fires than fighting them. And American fire-safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in large numbers in fires but who, against popular beliefs, start very few of them.

Experts say the error is an opinion that fires are not really anyones fault. That is not so in other countries, where both public education and the law treat fires as either a personal failing or a crime(罪行). Japan has many wood houses; of the 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings, Japan has had 27. Punishment for causing a big fire can be as severe as life imprisonment.

In the United States, most education dollars are spent in elementary schools. But, the lessons are aimed at too limited a number of people; just 9 percent of all fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches.

The United States continues to depend more on technology than laws or social pressure. There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building laws now require home sprinklers (噴水裝置). New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped.

1. The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that ____.

A. they took no interest in new technology

B. they did not pay great attention to preventing fires

C. they showed indifference to fighting fires

D. they did not spend enough money on fire equipment

2. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A. fire-safety lessons should not be aimed only at American children

B. American children have not received enough education of fire-safety lessons

C. Japan is better equipped with fire equipment than the United States

D. Americas large population leads to more fires

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ____.

A. There has been no great fire in the USA in recent 40 years that

led to high death rate

B. There have been several great fires in the USA in recent 40 years

that led to high death rate

C. There has been only one great fire in the USA in recent 40 years

that led to high death rate

D. The fire in Kentucky in 1977 made only a few people killed

Ⅳ.單句改錯

1. I am fond singing, but I am not into painting. 1.____

2. He was very busy that he had no time to go home to see his sick mother. 2.____

3. Tom cant run as faster as his brother. 3.____

4. I think impossible to finish the work in an hour. 4.____

5. She is fond of music, cooking and going to parties.5.____

6. We had a lot of funs. 6.____

7. It is not practical to make students to study in the classroom all the time. They must have plenty of time of their own.7.____

8. Her mother is great success as a middle school teacher. 8.____

9. One day he was on his way to school while he met one of his old classmates.9.____

10. He started early as to catch the early bus.10.____

Ⅴ.單詞拼寫

1. The boy was b____ enough to go into the dark street alone at midnight.

2. If you lose your way in the forest, you can use a c____ to tell the directions.

3. They tried to a____ him into joining them but he refused because he wanted to go hiking by himself.

4. They are using h____ to knock the nails into the chairs so that they can repair them.

5. The boy l____ to his mother that he had flown from the roof.

Ⅵ.書面表達

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Key(3)