1. In order to buy a flat I once borrowed 50,000 RMB from my brother and was given ten months to __________________ the debt.

2. To improve our reading skill, we should _______________________reading English newspapers every day, such as Shanghai Students’ Post, 21st Century and China Daily.

3. Every year, our headmaster Shi, together with his family ______________ his former teachers. We should learn from. Never forget the people who once gave us help.

4. Do remember! Every opportunity must be ____________________ to practise our spoken English.

5. While having the science class, __________________that your hands are dry when working with electricity, or you’ll get electric shock. When working with fire, be careful about the flame.

6. Anyone who ___________________ the law will be punished sooner or later.

7. Under the disguise of helping the Chinese People, the Japanese Army 713 ________________ us Chinese people to see how powerful their germ was.

8. 10 years ago , Li’s parents wished he could ________________________the field of science, however, he turned a musician instead.

9. Jimmy had entered for the motorcycle race. Hopefully he could have got the first place, for he is a very good motorcyclist. But ___________________ he fell off the motorcar halfway and had his left hand broken.

10. In recent years we have given the rural areas in the west China ________________support in economy, education as well as medical services.

III: Complete the sentences according to the given letters: (15%)

1. Not having seen my cousin for 7 years, I could hardly r_____________ him. He has grown into a handsome young man.

2. I think a good friend should have such good q___________ as kindness, honesty, wisdom and loyalty.

3. We will have a mid-term exam next month. Time is very p___________ to us. We must keep it in mind that wasting time means wasting life.

4. Bajin is one of my favorite a____________, who wrote a great number of novels such as “Family”, “Spring” and “Autumn”.

5. Last week we s_____________ held the Culture Festival, from which I learnt more about Confucius---the greatest thinker, educator and philosopher in Chinese history.

6. ---Why do you ask me to buy the train tickets so early?

----The a_____________ of buying tickets in advance is that you can get better seats.

7. Animals are our friends . Killing animals just for their skins or furs really seems too c___________.

8. So far 35 bird flu cases in China have been c_____________, as was reported in yesterday’s newspaper, but the whole world is still facing a worrying situation.

9. US President Bush said last Tuesday that American forces will continue to stay in Iraq for years. I am afraid the longer they stay, the more v__________ there will be in Iraq.

10. Several days ago we had a heated discussion on high-technology. In some students’ opinion, building a maglev train is u_____________. It’s a waste of money. It’s much too expensive.

IV: There is one mistake in each line. Find and correct it (10%)

1. Bob married with a pretty girl, how was his classmates 6 years ago. 1. _________
2. In the past few months, we made greater progress in English 2. _________
3. I’m not sure if I’m going to the ball. I must attend the lecture instead. 3. _________
4. As time went on, the boy was proved to be a very good student 4. _________
5. The weather that day was terribly indeed, wasn’t it? 5._________

6. Mark did experiment to show water and oil doesn’t mix. 6. _________

7. After supper I’m going to have my pair of gloves washing. 7. _________

8. My mother want to train me to become a doctor. 8. _________

9. Linda was very angry that she tore the letter into pieces.` 9. _________

10. Last week she bought a gold watch. She must had a lot of money. 10. _________

V: Rewrite the sentences according to what we learnt: (15%)

1. We are all sure that Yao Ming is one of the best center in NBA

_______ ______ ______ _______ _______ Yao Ming is one of the best centers in NBA

2. Ms. Zheng prefers staying at home reading books to going out shopping.

_____________________________________________________________________

3. After I had lived in that small town for over 20 years, I knew a lot about it. (Using participle).

______________________________________________________________________

4. Hong Kong returned to her motherland on July 1st 1997. (Emphasize the underlined part)

_______________________________________________________________________

5. It’s said that an underground will be built in the city of Hangzhou next year.

______________________________________________________________________

VI: Write compounds with the following words: (5%)

1. sea _______________ 2. ball _____________

3. work _______________ 4. school _____________

5. down _______________ 6. store _____________

7. sun _______________ 8. out _____________

9. land _______________ 10. thunder _____________

Answers to the Unit Test

(10% is from NC)

I: Multiple choice: (20%)

1—5: A B C D C 6---10: C A C A C

11---15: C A B C D 16---20: C C C C C

II: Choose the proper phrases: ( 15%)

1. pay off 2. develop the habit of 3. calls on

4. made use of 5. take care 6. goes against

7. tested on 8. become an expert at 9. without luck

11. a great deal of

III: Complete the sentences: (15%)

1. recognize 2. qualities 3. precious 4. authors 5. successfully

6. advantage 7. cruel 8. controlled 9. victims 10. unnecessary

IV: Correct mistakes: (10%)

1. cross out “with”

2. add “have” after “we”

3. change “must” into “may”

4. cross out “ was”

5. change “terribly” into “terrible”

6. add “an” after “did” or “experiment” into ‘experiments”

7.change “washing” into “wash”

8. change “want” into “wants”

9. change “ very” into “so”

10. change “ had” into “have”

V: Rewrite the sentences (15%)

1.There is no doubt that Yao Ming is one of the best centers in NBA.

2. Ms.Zheng would rather stay at home reading books than go out shopping.

3. Having lived in that small town for over 20 years, I knew a lot about it.

4. It was on July 1st 1997 that Hong Kong returned to her motherland.

5. An underground is said to be built in the city of Hang zhou next year.

VI: Write compounds: (5%)

1. seafood/ seaside/ seashell/ undersea 2. basketball/ football/volleyball…….

3. workmate/ workplace/homework/housework/workbook/ workroom……

4. schoolbook/ schoolyard/ schoolmate/schoolmaster/schoolboy/…..

5. downstairs/ downwards….

6. bookstore/ drugstore/ storeroom/storekeeper

7. sunglasses/ sunscreen/ sunset/ sunshine

8. outside/ outdoor/ outlook…

9. mainland/farmland/motherland/landlady

10. thunderstorm/thundercloud/thunderflash