练习题

(总分100 时间60分钟)

I. Choose the best answer:(20％)

1．At that time no one knew the ______of his picture.

A．price B．value C．name D．work

2．An enemy soldier was found ______ in the forest.

A．die B．death C．dead D．to die

3．I know nothing about the man ______ the fact that he lives next door A．except B．except for C．besides D．beside

4．He was knocked down by a car and badly ______.

A．destroyed B．harmed C．injured D．ruined

5．“How about John?”“My uncle ______a good student．”

A．believes John B．considers John C．suggests John D．knows John

6．The song he sang at the party ______the most popular of all .

A．thinks to be B．is thought to he C．thought to be D．is thought

7．I don't think the bottle's broken, ______?

A．is it B．hasn't it C．has it D．isn't it

8．Which is ______ country, Canada or Australia?

A．a large B．a larger C．the larger D．larger

9．Why ______ a bad idea to ask Amy for advice?

A．do you think B．do you think is C．is it D．does it

10．Lincoln, ______ President of ______ United States, was assasinated（暗杀）on April 14th , 1865 .

A．the; / B．/; the C．the; the D．/; /

11．They are considering______ they should do the experiment .

A．weather B．that C．whether D．what

12．The doctor suggested he ______.

A．not smoke B．don' t smoke C．doesn't smoke D．no smoke

13．Which ______ more fat, cream or rice?

A．contains B．gives C．produces D．have

14．I prefer ______ washing to ______.

A．doing; cooking B．do; cook C．doing; cook D．do; cooking

15．I have read ______ book and I've learned ______ .

A．a great deal of; a lot of B．a great many; a lot

C．a large number of; lots of D．plenty of; a lot of

16．Lincoln ______ slavery. He wanted ______ a new country of freedom .

A．was against; set out B．against ; set off C．was against; set up D．against; set about

17．---- ______ would you like to have?---- Nothing else. Thanks.

A．What other B．Which else C．What D．What else

18．---- Have you finished your report yet?

---- No, I'll finish in ______ ten minutes.

A．other B．another C．more D．less

19．---- Don't forget to come to my birthday party tomorrow.

A．I don't B．I can't C．I won't D．I haven't

20．---- Did you go to the reading-room or the library a moment ago?

------______

A．Neither B．No, I didn't C．Yes, I did D．You are right

II. Cloze test : (25%)

(A)

Mrs Brown dialed her daughter's number and sang out, “Hello, ( 1 ) . How are you?”

“Terrible, Mom. My back is (2) me, the children are acting up , (3) I'm expecting six guests for dinner .”

“Don't worry. I'm coming (4). I'll feed the children, and ( 5 ) a dinner your guests will ( 6 ) forget .”

“You're an angel . How' s Dad? ”

“Dad? ---- you know Daddy (7) nine years ago . ”

A moment of silence . “What (8) are you calling?”

“8284494.”

“This is 8284491．”

“Oh , ( 9 ) . I dialed the wrong number . ”

“Hold on ! Please ! ---- Does this mean you're not (10) over?”

[ ]1．A．pardon B．dear C．you D．aha

[ ]2．A．beating B．hurting C．killing D．wounding

[ ]3．A．on B．and C．except. D．therefore

[ ]4．A．immediately B．later C．tomorrow D．finally

[ ]5．A．do B．cook C．boil D．eat

[ ]6．A．sometimes B．seldom C．never D．already

[ ]7．A．left B．starved C．fled D．died

[ ]8．A．number B．address C．people D．unit

[ ]9．A．thanks B．sorry C．great D．terrible

[ ]10．A．dialing B．coming C．calling D．talking

(B)

You might wonder how killer whales are trained and how they learned to perform and (11) their trainer's instructions . The system developed (12) David Butcher, the trainer at Sea World, depends on the (13) that the whales like to have lots of attention . So the trainers (14) the animals lots of attention when they do ( 15 ) they are supposed to and just ( 16 ) pay any attention at all when they (17) . This method has been a great (18) .

Mr Butcher's dream is to help (19) down communication barriers so much that ( 20 ) and animals understand each other (21) . The birth of whales was a (22) in this direction. They are first killer whales to grow up ( 23 ) people. The killer whales have learned (24) people and the other killer whales, and the trainers have learned ( 25 ) about these clever funny - looking animals of the sea .

[ ]11．A．act B．follow C．play D．listen

[ ]12．A．with B．to C．from D．by

[ ]13．A．idea B．plan C．demand D．feeling

[ ]14．A．draw B．give C．attract D．call

[ ]15．A．that B．which C．all which D．what

[ ]16．A．don' t B．can't C．have to D．couldn't

[ ]17．A．do B．don' t C．play D．act

[ ]18．A．correctness B．success C．truth D．interest

[ ]19．A．put B．let C．turn D．break

[ ]20．A．he B．people C．whales D．Mr Butcher

[ ]21．A．good B．clear C．better D．right

[ ]22．A．station B．stop C．step D．foot

[ ]23．A．by B．from C．like D．with

[ ]24．A．about B．on C．from D．same

[ ]25．A．from B．so C．more D．same

III. Reading comprehension: (40%)

A

For every five men in the Civil War who died in battle , two or three died of disease. Doctors of that time knew very little about causes of sickness or ways of preventing it. Thousands of men in poor health became soldiers. Many of them could not resist epidemic （瘟疫）diseases that went through the places where they lived .

Army life was hard. Soldiers got little fruit or vegetables. There was no milk unless they happened to find a cow. Neither their clothes nor their living places protected the troops from rain, snow, and cold . Sickness and disease were spread by insects , rats , and unclean drinking water . Often the men drank straight from muddy streams .

Gunshot wounds were serious, as in any war, but they did not cause as many deaths as disease did.

1. Disease caused ___.

A．only a few deaths B．fewer deaths than wounds did

C．more deaths than wounds did D．both A and B

2．Men who were accepted as Civil War soldiers were ______.

A．known to have already had some epidemic diseases

B．required to be in perfect health

C．able to resist epidemic disease easily D．sometimes in poor health

3．Army life was hard for troops because ______

A．the place where they lived didn't keep them safe from bad weather

B．they had no warm clothing

C．they seldom had good, healthful food D．all of the above

4．Insects and rats were dangerous because they ______

A．destroyed food B．carried diseases

C．made the water unclean D．tore the soldiers' clothes into pieces

5．The best title for this selection is ______.

A．The Cause of Disease B．The Greatest Danger in the Civil War

C．Insects, Rats, and Gunshot Wounds D．The History of Epidemic Disease

B

Babies love chocolate, and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example . She doesn't like newspapers very much .

Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees , and trees are plants: Vegetables and fruit are plants too, and we eat a lot of them . So can we also eat wood and paper?

Scientists say: “ All food comes in some way from plants. ” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat sea-plants; then bigger fish swim along and eat them . Chickens eat bits of grass and give us eggs . What food does not come from plants in some way?

Scientists can do wonderful things with plants . They can make food just like meat. And they can make it without the help of animals . It is very good food, too . Now they have begun to say : “ We make our paper from wood . We can also make food from wood . The next thing is not very difficult . ”

What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper. Scientists say;“We can turn paper into food . It will be good , cheap food too : cheaper than meat or fish or eggs . ”

So please keep your old books and letters . One day , soon , they will be on your plate. There is nothing like a good story for breakfast .

6．People live mainly on ______.

A．paper B．plants C．fish D．meat

7．Scientists have ______.

A．made a lot of paper B．fed eggs to chickens

C．made food just like meat D．made meat cheaper than food from paper

8．Chickens eat bits of grass . In the sentence “bits of” means _________________________.

A．a little of B .lots of C．big pieces of D .small pieces of

9．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants . ”

B．Scientists can make wood into food some day.

C．Scientists can make food from paper some day.

D．Scientists advise us to eat old books and letters at meals .

10．Choose one of the following as the topic for the passage .

A．Paper----Our Future Food B．No More Meat in Future

C．Save Old Books for Breakfast D．Paper----The Best Cat Food

C

People have sailed （航行）the world in quite small boats . It is not an easy thing to do. Sometimes the weather gets bad. That can be the end of everyone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly .

One family once had an accident with some big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit（咬）holes in it. Sea water came in, of course , and the boat soon sank （下沉）. However, these people had another smaller boat----a life-boat, and they all got into that. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept, and they always hoped…At last a ship found them .

How do people live in a very small life-boat? Perhaps for weeks or months? They must be strong in every way . They must have hope----they must want to live: But you cannot eat and drink hope.

You cannot drink sea water: Drink a lot of sea water and you will quickly die . Sailors （水手）can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food . Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, so the sailors cannot cook their food. Raw （生的）fish and bird-meat is not very nice . But in a life-boat the sailors must eat raw food, or they will die.

What do people think about in a life-boat? They think about land , a warm bed, dry clothes , fresh water and food , food , food .

11．When sailors' boat sinks, their life-boat gives them ______.

A．food B．beds C．rain water D．hope

12．One family once had an accident at sea, because ______

A．their boat was caught in bad weather

B．the boat knocked against a rock and sea water came in

C．some fish bit through the bottom（底部）of their boat

D．none of them knew how to sail the sea

13．Sailors can catch ______ for food and drink at sea in a life-boat .

A．rain water B．fish and birds

C．both sea water and rain water D．both A and B

14．Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, which is ______.

A．something used for cooking B．food for cooking

C．a large basin D．a person who cooks food

15．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Sailing around the world in quite small boats is not easy.

B．All the food sailors have in a life-boat is cooked fish and bird-meat.

C．Anyone who drinks a lot of sea water will die .

D．No one can live for weeks in a life-boat unless he is strong and wants to live .

D

Every August on the island of Heimaey, young people often take a walk along the street throughout the night. Why their parents allow them to stay out ? The children of Heimaey are going to save young puffins ---- small black-and-white seabirds.

The cliffs（悬崖）above the town are home to a large group of puffins . The birds dig holes all around the cliffs . These holes are their homes. The young stay in the holes for about seven weeks. Then they begin to leave . Some move slowly on their undeveloped wings and feet down to the sea around Heimaey. There they swim, which they can do naturally , and learn to dive for fish . Others, however, may lose their way at night and find themselves in the town instead. On the ground, the young birds are in trouble. Because their wings are fully developed, they cannot take off quickly to sea and safety. The birds then become a good meal for cats and other animals .

For many years, islanders have help the young puffins. At night in late August, children carrying thick paper boxes and lights hurry out to catch puffins . They spend most of the night running after the birds. They put the birds they've caught into boxes and take good care of them .

The next morning the children take the puffins to the sea and set them free. The bird will live at sea until they are at least two years old. Then they will return to the cliffs to build homes of their own.

The children of Heimaey look forward to August !

16．Every August the children of Heimaey are allowed to stay out all night.

A．to catch puffins and take them home B．to save puffins from danger

C．to drive puffins away D．to run after puffins for pleasure

17．The young puffins that lose their way are in the danger of ______.

A．being killed by hunters B．knowing nothing about the sea

C．being eaten by animals D．having no fish to eat

18．The children put the seabirds into boxes and ______.

A．look after them carefully for several days, then set them free

B．set them free when they grow bigger and can take off to sea and safety

C．carry them to the sea right away to set them free

D．they don' t set them free until the next morning

19．The children look forward to August because ______.

A．they enjoy playing the game of running after seabirds

B．it' s time for them to go out at night to save puffins

C．it' s time for them to catch seabirds

D．they like to stay out at night to catch puffins

20．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Once a year the children are allowed to stay out at night to have a good time .

B．The earlier home for the young puffins is in the cliffs, not in the sand of shores .

C．Young puffins make their way down to the sea when they are about seven weeks old.

D．The young birds that get to the sea will stay there for at least two years before they return to the cliffs .

Ⅳ. Fill in the blanks (5%)

Olivia: Hi, it’s you, Pansy! I didn’t r1_______ you!

Pansy: Hi, Olivia! Long time no see. I’ve changed a lot, haven’t I?

Olivia: Yes, indeed. You’re slimmer than before.

Pansy: Really? I’m losing w 2_____ .

Olivia: But how? Going on a d 3_______ or ……?

Pansy: I tried to eat less, but failed. You know I’ve got a sweet tooth. Chocolates, ice creams …all my f 4_______ .

Olivia: So?

Pansy: My doctor s 5____ that I do more exercise. You see, as a secretary to the manager, I always sit at the desk doing paperwork.. L 6____ of exercise led to my

g 7_____ weight day by day. So at last, I f 8______ his advice. I’m attending a Yoga(瑜伽) course r 9_____ , twice a week. And I often do jogging(慢跑) in the morning.

Olivia: Can you i 10_______ your Yoga coach to me? I’m quite interested in it.

Pansy: Sure.

Key:

Ⅰ.1--5．BCCCB 6--10．BACCB 11--15．CAAAB 16--20．CDBCA

Ⅱ.1--5．BBBAB 6--10．CDABB 11--15．BDABD 16--20．ABBDB 21--25．CCDCC

Ⅲ.1--5．CDDBB 6--10．BCADA 11--15．DCDAB 16--20．BCDBA

Ⅳ. 1. recognize 2. weight 3. diet 4. favorites 5. suggested

6. lack 7. growing 8. followed 9. regularly 10. introduce