An English Test for Senior I (B2 Units4-5)

I. Multiple choice20%:

( )1. Children are tired of learning often because they are _____ to do better than

they can, both at school and at home.

A. expected B. suggested C. hoped D. wished

( )2. His pale face suggested he _____ angry and I suggested that he_____ at once.

A. should be, should leave B. was, left

C. was, leave D. be, left

( )3. Some of the wolves there _____ the fur.

A. are hunting B. are hunting for C. hunt for D. are hunted for

( )4. Henry knows little of physics _____ of chemistry.

A. as well as B. and still less C. and still more D. no less than

( )5. He is always serious and doesn’t like _____.

A. play jokes B. being played jokes on

C. being played jokes D. to play joke on others

( )6.We had to apply _____ the government _____financial help.

A. to, to B. for, for C. for, to D. to, for

( )7. The boss was angry about _____ the meeting.

A. his being absent from B. he being absent from

C. him be late for D. his being not present at

( )8. _____ is when countries help each other and build a good friendship.

A. That is even better B. What is even better

C. It is even better D. Whether is even better

( )9. I don’t know the result _____, but _____, I don’t think our team won an

advantage over theirs in yesterday competition.

A. for sure, honestly speaking B. of sure, to be honest with you

C. for certain, honestly spoken D. certainly, to be honest to you

( )10. You can take a boat _____ the lake and visit the temple on the hill.

A. in B. from onto C. through D. from across

( )11. Does the amount of rain _____ the growth of the crops?

A. effect B. have few effects on

C. affect D. produce

( )12. He carried out the project _____ him.

A. without anyone helped B. without no one helping

D. without someone to help D. without anyone helping

( )13. There was a tea pot fashioned like a china duck, _____ the water was supposed

to come.

A. from its open mouth B. out of whose open mouth

C. by that open mouth D. with which open mouth

( )14.The Olympic games, _____ in 776B.C., didn’t include women players until

1912.

A. first playing B. to be first played

C. first played D. to be first playing

( )15. English words are not always spelled _____.

A. the way they sound B. the way which they sound

C. the way it is sounded D. as they are sound

( )16.With a lot of problems _____, the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.

A. solved B. solving C. to solve D. being solved

( )17._____ on a true story, the film is well worth_____.

A. Based, seeing B. Basing, seeing

C. Being based, to see D. Based, being seen

( )18. Though small, these oranges sell_____, because they taste_____.

A. well, well B. well, nice C. nicely, well D. nice, good

( )19. -----How did you get to know all about the accident?

-----_____.

A. By myself B. By the chance C. By mistake D. By accident

( )20. ----- Who are the people _____ there?

----- A group _____ themselves the “Green guards”.

A. stand, calling B. standing, calling C. stood, called D. standing,called

II. Close test30%:

While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of __21__ and wanting to do something __22__, I applied, __23__, as I did so, that without a __24__ and with no experience of teaching my chances of getting the job were slight.

__25__, three days later, a letter arrived, __26__ me to Croydon for a __27__ with the headmaster. It proved to be a difficult journey; a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus __28__ and then a walk of a quarter of a mile. As a result, when I arrived there, I was feeling too hot to be __29__. It was clearly the __30__ himself that opened the door. He was short and round.

The school, he said, was made up of one __31__ of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen. I should have to teach all the subjects except art, which he taught himself. I should have to ___32__ the class into three groups and teach them __33__ at three different __34__, and I was __35__ at the thought of teaching maths, __36__ I wasn’t very good at school. Worse perhaps was the __37__ of having to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be __38__ themselves at that time.

__39__ I had time to ask about my salary. He got up to his __40__. “Now,” he said. “You’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school”.

( )21. A. money B. time C. experience D. advice

( )22. A. honest B. secret C. funny D. useful

( )23. A. hoping B. wondering C. fearing D. considering

( )24. A. knowledge B. degree C. subject D. skill

( )25. A. However B. And C. Also D. Therefore

( )26. A. sending B. suggesting C. calling D. inviting

( )27. A. lecture B. meeting C. discussion D. sightseeing

( )28. A. ride B. riding C. cycle D. running

( )29. A. excited B. interested C. nervous D. thirsty

( )30. A. teacher B. headmaster C. student D. door- keeper

( )31. A. group B. row C. score D. class

( )32. A. connect B. divide C. teach D. join

( )33. A. in class B. in order C. in turn D. in time

( )34. A. classes B. subjects C. places D. levels

( )35. A. excited B. angry C. surprised D. disappointed

( )36. A. which B. at which C. that D. in which

( )37. A. idea B. job C. ways D. time

( )38. A. watching B. studying C. helping D. enjoying

( )39. A. Before B. Hardly C. Until D. Since

( )40. A. legs B. leg C. feet D. foot

III. Reading comprehension30%:

( A )

When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music,” it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.

The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old.

The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said—in 1851—that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did—face the orchestra which was just below the stage.

An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. So, “to face the music” came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.

The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean—shiny enough to pass inspection? Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

( )41. According to the passage, the word “music” means_____ .

A. your boss’s criticism（批评）

B. your leader’s inspection

C. something unpleasant to be experienced

D. sour pop music

( )42. The phrase “to face the music” was first used by______.

A. some American actors

B. the American writer James Fenimore Cooper

C. all the Americans

D. the American orchestra

( )43. An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage. One of the

reasons is that______.

A. his performance might not satisfy most of the audience

B. he might not remember what he should say on stage

C. he had to face the unfriendly audience

D. most of the audience might be his friends

( )44. “To face the music” is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing ______.

A. to be examined about their equipment

B. to be found weak

C. to show themselves up in public

D. to be inspected by their leader

( )45. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. the meaning of the phrase “ to face the music”

B. how to deal with something unpleasant

C. the origin (起源)of the phrase

D. how to go through difficulty

（ B ）

Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress(紧张) helps to bring it on. we need 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(负担过重) with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure(闲散) in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all that they should be?

All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them directly, and to bring our frustrations(失意) 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 different 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(愤怒)” is good advice from the health point of view as well as religion.

( )46. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Freedom from responsibilities helps reduce stress.

B. Stress is the direct cause of caner.

C. The causes of stress are worth serious study

D. Cancer is the number one killer is our society today.

( )47. 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 deal with.

( )48. Judging from the context, the underlined 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

( )49. 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.

( )50. “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.

( C )

In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content(满足) with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized(文明), however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hand. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters who were springing up everywhere. It was then that the question of payment arose.

At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough. But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came to the market, exchange became too complicated(复杂) to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.

Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money. In some countries, easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the variety of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know had arrived.

( )51. Why were early men content with their simple life?

A. They could provide food and clothing and simple shelter for themselves

B. They were able to make their own tools

C. They did not have to use money

D. They had enough natural materials around them.

( )52. As men became more civilized they_____.

A. all learnt to make by themselves the things they needed

B. had to travel a lot to look for what they wanted

C. wanted better things than those they themselves could provide

D. no longer provided food and clothing for themselves

( )53. Exchange of goods became difficult because_____.

A. there was not a marketplace for farmers and smiths to exchange their goods

B. More and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came to the market

C. Farmers were unwilling to provide smiths with grain and meat

D. Skilled workers did not work hard enough to produce good tools and weapons

( )54. Before people used metal coins they used_____.

A. shells or seeds because they could be easily handled

B. camels even though they were large

C. flat stones even though they were large

D. all of the above

( )55. Money was not used until _____.

A. paper was invented

B. people practiced a simple process of exchange

C. nothing could be offered in exchange

D. the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated

IV. Fill in the blanks with proper words10%:

56. Let’s go to the theatre first and eat at a restaurant a__________.

57. “UFO” stands for u__________ flying objects.

58. Hard work leads to success, while l__________ results in failure.
59. Though b__________ by a fierce dog, he didn’t let out a cry of pain.

60. Drive the enemies out of the country, and the people can live a p__________ life.

61. The atlas c___________ forty maps, including three of Great Britain.

62. Lu Xun’s achievements e__________ him respect and admiration.

63. Do you think it everyone’s duty to protect endangered w________?

64. When will the group of pop singers put on __________(演出) at the Workers’ Club?

65. She got a job __________ (分类) letters in the post office.

Answer Sheet

Class______ No.______ Name______________

I. 20% 1 ______ 2 ______ 3 ______ 4 ______ 5 _______

6 ______ 7 ______ 8 ______ 9 ______ 10______

11______ 12______ 13______ 14______ 15______

16______ 17______ 18______ 19______ 20______

II.30% 21______ 22______ 23______ 24______ 25______

26______ 27______ 28______ 29______ 30______

31______ 32______ 33______ 34______ 35______

36______ 37______ 38______ 39______ 40______

III.30% 41______ 42______ 43______ 44______ 45______

46______ 47______ 48______ 49______ 50______

51______ 52______ 53______ 54______ 55______

IV.10% 56____________57____________58____________59____________

60____________61____________62____________63____________

64____________65____________

V. Proof reading10%:

It was very fine while I got up early last Sunday morning. 66.__________

So I decided to go for a walk and took some photos in the 67.__________

beautiful country. After breakfast, I carried my camera with me 68.__________

and set off. Everything went smooth. I enjoyed my trip 69.__________

so much that I didn’t realize the weather had been turned 70.__________

bad. I began to run and it was too late. I was caught 71.__________

by the rain and was wet through. I kept on running until 72.__________

I get to a bus stop. I stood there waiting a long time for the bus, 73.__________

shivering with cold. Shortly before I got home, 74.__________

I had high fever, which made me stay in bed for a whole week! 75.__________

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