单项填空

1. The teacher kept us ________ the same poem again and again.

A. practicing to read B. to practice reading

C. to practice to read D. practicing reading

2. The boy sat there sad, _______ by his friends.

A. feeling betrayed B. to be betrayed

C. been betrayed D. having betrayed

3. The angry lady left the shop, ______ never come to shop there again.

A. determining B. determined

C. to determine D. determine

4. Each year some foreign students _________ our school.

A. are admitted to B. are admitted by

C. have admitted into D. have been admitted to

5. The boy swore ________ the wonderful film before.

A. to see B. to seeing

C. to having seen D. having seen

6. The students listened carefully to the teacher with their eyes _______ on the blackboard.

A. to focus B. focusing

C. being focused D. focused

7. How can you stand ________ in the public?

A. laughing at B. to laugh at

C. being laughed at D. to be laughed at

8. The girl is _______ to give us some help if asked.

A. possible B. likely

C. probably D. possibly

9. It is I that _______ for the mistake in the work.

A. is blamed B. is to blame

C. am to blame D. am to be blamed

10. Sorry for having delayed __________ your letter in time.

A. answering B. to answer

C. to have answered D. having answered

11. I’d like my child ____________ in a school of high quality.

A. educating B. to educate

C. to be educated D. being educated

12. My son pretended __________ when I came back.

A. to sleep B. sleeping

C. being sleeping D. to be sleeping

13. _______ in the book, she didn’t hear what I said to her at all.

A. Having absorbed B. Being absorbed

C. Absorbed D. To absorbed

14. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if ______ whether he was going in the right direction.

A. seeing B. to see

C. having seen D. to have seen

15. _______ be sent to work there?

A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should

C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should

完形填空

Once, looking for stories on the back roads of Ohio, we weren’t getting on smoothly. A beekeeper we’d been told about was away from home 16 we called on him. An amusement park where we thought we might find a 17 had shut down for the season. We began to get a little 18 .

When 19 a farmhouse, we found a banner（横幅）between two trees in the front yard. The banner 20 in huge letters: WELCOME HOME，ROGER! We drove 21 for a mile or two. Somebody said, “Wonder who Roger is?” We 22 , went back there and knocked on the door.

Roger was a soldier on his way home from war. His 23 knew he was coming, but weren’t sure what day he was going to 24 . We asked if they’d mind if we brought the camera into the house. Roger’s mother said it would be all right if we could give her a few minutes to _25 We weren’t there more than an hour, talking to those people who were all 26 about Roger coming home and taking pictures.

In the bus as we 27 on that afternoon, I wrote a simple story letting Roger 28 all the soldiers coming home from war. We sent the 29 with the story to New York, and Walter Cronkite put it on the Evening news. 30 has any of our stories caused such a reaction from viewers. The CBS switchboard（总机） 31 up that night with dozens of calls from people 32 by it in some way, and hundreds of letters came in, some of them suggesting that the story be 33 .There was so much _34 throughout the place that Cronkite had to report a few nights 35 , “Oh, and by the way — Roger got home!”

16. A. since B. where C. because D. when

17. A. place B. story C. owner D. way

18. A. discouraged B. disturbed C. satisfied D. touched

19. A. entering B. visiting C. passing D. searching

20. A. said B. wrote C. explained D. told

21. A. out B. away C. on D. down

22. A. got out B. turned around C. drove on D. gave up

23. A. family B. company C. police D. army

24. A. leave B. pass C. start D. arrive

25. A. make the coffee B. repair the room C. fix her hair D. do the bed

26. A. encouraged B. worried C. excited D. surprised

27. A. stayed B. rolled C. took D. started

28. A. expect B. represent C. express D. congratulate

29. A. letter B. book C. camera D. film

30. A. Seldom B. Actually C. Usually D. Unexpectedly

31. A. put B. got C. sent D. lighted

32. A. satisfied B. moved C. known D. expected

33. A. broadcast B. told C. repeated D. spread

34. A. surprise B. disappointment C. entertainment D. interest

35. A. later B. earlier C. before D. sooner

阅读理解

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You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation（撤离）of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

During the 20th century, sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions（排放）, which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.

Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable（易受影响的）to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

36. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. rapid changes in earth’s temperature B. bad effects of global warming

C. moving of a country to a new place D. reasons for lowland flooding

37. According to scientists, the direct cause of more and fiercer storms is ______.

A. greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C. continuous global warming

D. rising sea levels

38. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not ______.

A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

39. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is ______.

A. Australia B. New Zealand

C. the Maldives D. the United States

(B)

In a traditional Chinese family, women are expected to do the housekeeping and leave the “other business” to men. However, the appearance of the full-time “househusband” is changing traditional family.

A survey in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen shows that 22 percent, 73 percent, 34 percent and 32 percent of white-collar male workers, aged between 28 and 33, would be prepared to do the housekeeping if the conditions were right.

Yang Wenhui, 32 years old, worked at the office of a company prefer to quit the job. “My job was dull and steady. I was not promoted. My wife, in contrast, really likes her job. So, after our baby was born, I chose to stay at home and take care of the family while my wife works full-time outside the home,” said Yang.

Sociologists have found the full-time househusband emerges in three main situations.

Firstly, if the wife is ambitious, well-paid and has good job prospects, while her husband is paid poorly and has no job prospects, it makes economic sense for the woman to become the main income earner for the household. Secondly, if the wife is tired of household chores and eager to work outside the home, her husband may forfeit his job. Thirdly, if the husband can do his work at home, he may take this choice as it allows him more time to take care of the family.

Influenced by traditional ideas, some families with full-time househusbands prefer others not to know about their arrangement, concerned people would laugh at a husband with “no prospects” or wife who is “too strong”.

Zhou Wei said he has become usual to being a full-time househusband although his relatives doubted this when they gathered during the holidays. “A happy life is the most important thing, not other peoples’ opinions,” added Zhou.

40. The reason for Yang Wenhui quitting his job is that ________.

A. it is too difficult for him to do it B. it is too boring for him to do it

C. he is too old to go on doing it D. his wife wanted him to quit it

41. In which situation is a man unlikely to become a full-time househusband?

A. He can earn enough money to keep family and has a good job prospects.

B. He can earn much less than his wife and will never get promoted.

C. His wife hates housework and is busy with her work outside.

D. His job can be done at home and he would like stay at home.

42. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. A full-time househusband is a man without prospects in life.

B. A full-time househusband is much weaker than his wife.

C. A full-time househusband is willing to share his experience with his relatives.

D. A full-time househusband can also enjoy happiness from housework.

43. The underlined word “forfeit” probably means ________.

A. appreciate B. quit

C. continue D. escape

对话填空

Sun Yao meets a tourist outside a hotel in Beijing.

Sun Yao: It’s a bit windy, isn’t it?

Tourist: Yes, it is. (44) H________ tomorrow will turn out fine.

Sun Yao: Are you a visitor here?

Tourist: That’s right. I’m traveling round the country. I’ve always dreamt of coming to China, and now my dream has come (45) t_______.

Sun Yao: How do you (46) m_______ in your wheelchair?

Tourist: I seldom have any difficulties. Sometimes we aren’t (47) a______ to get into every building because there are (48) t_______ many steps. But I’m determined to enjoy myself as much as possible, even (49) t_______ I can’t see everything.

Sun Yao: Where are you going tomorrow? You said that you hoped it would be fine.

Tourist: We’re going out to the Summer Palace.

Sun Yao: So (50) f_______ as I know you shouldn’t have any problems there. I know that one of the towers is on the top of a hill, but the rest of the buildings are (51) e________ to get to.

Tourist: I hope (52) s________. Thank you.

Sun Yao: It’s a pleasure. What time is it by your watch, (53) p________?

Tourist: A quarter to eight.

Sun Yao: Oh dear! I must go. Have a good day!

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