A. she’s waiting B. to have waited C. to wait D. to be waiting 31. Poetry of women authors _____ added to the Senior One English textbook. A. has recently been B. have recently been C. are recently D. is recently 32. I can’t do this at such short notice; you _____ me about it two or three weeks ago. A. should tell B. should have told C. needn’t tell D. needn’t have told 33. It is said that people living in this area spend up to 70 minutes in their cars _____ from their homes to their working places. A. travel B. traveled C. to travel D. traveling 34. _____ in thought while looking at the picture, she didn’t hear the knock at the door. A. Lost B. Losing C. To lose D. To be lost 35. Mr. and Mrs. Turner didn’t seem to expect their son to be anything but _____ he was. A. who B. whom C. what D. that 36. Lucy told the official _____ she had handed the written complaint to phone her if he needed further information. A. whom B. for whom C. to whom D. with whom 37. _____ you ask, you won’t get a different answer because everybody thinks so. A. What B. Whatever C. Who D. Whoever 38. So difficult _____ it to communicate with her colleagues from English-speaking countries that she decided to pick up her English. A. did she feel B. she did feel C. has she felt D. she has felt 39. More and more often Micah did exactly what Luke had in mind without _____. A. having to be told B. having to tell C. having told D. telling 40. It may be all right in _____ but it won’t work in practice, so we have to find another way out. A. fact B. reality C. theory D. words 41. Don’t leave any valuable things on view in your car to _____ thieves. A. tempt B. prevent C. avoid D. stop 42. I didn’t _____ our head master at the party as he was made up as an old man. A. notice B. know C. recognize D. identify 43. When they saw that resistance was _____, the enemy soldiers stopped fighting. A. inadequate B. useless C. unnecessary D. impossible 44. The noise became so bad that the residents in the neighbourhood decided to _____. A. take care B. pay attention C. take measure D. take action
III. Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
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We tend to think that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated(受挫) that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have 45 to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We always tell ourselves that our 46 will be complete when we have a large house, get an expensive car, and are able to go on a nice vacation. The 47 is that there’s no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with 48 . It’s best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favourite 49 comes from Alfred Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin. But there was always some(B)
Doctors always suggest we kick the coffee habit. But as an office worker who is trapped doing 55 five days a week, it’s nearly impossible to give up this vice. Forgetting cappuccinos, lattes, macchiatos and any other milky coffee is one way to 56 fat. Let’s get back to the classic American style or simply the 57 “coffee of the day” at Starbucks. Withdrawing milk and sugar doesn’t take long to become accustomed to, but for those who can’t 58 the bitterness, add some milk but never sugar. In fact, black coffee is a 59 diuretic(利尿剂) and helps accelerate the fat burning process. When it comes to tea, the popular Chinese herbal(草本植物的) 60 reducing tea can be found in almost every supermarket in the city. The 61 range from 10 yuan to 50 yuan for one box of 20 to 30 packages. The 62 ingredients(成分) are similar, comprising Chinese herbs such as lotus leaf, hawthorn and honeysuckle flower, making the tea taste similar to traditional green tea, although it’s wise not to 63 too much in terms of taste. Since there are so many brands of such tea, it’s hard to tell which ones are effective and 64 , and which ones are not – just remember to buy from major, big supermarkets. 55. A. business B. exercises C. overtime D. nothing 56. A. eliminate B. increase C. put on D. give off 57. A. foreign B. hot C. white D. cheapest 58. A. eat B. bear C. drink D. smell 59. A. natural B. medical C. artificial D. chemical 60. A. flesh B. body C. weight D. energy 61. A. money B. cost C. prices D. degree 62. A. whole B. complete C. complicated D. main 63. A. buy B. take C. think D. expect 64. A. good B. safe C. cheap D. famousIV. Reading Comprehension Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
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(B) The soldier was watching an eagle-like bird flying overhead when he heard the distant, muffled(低沉的) roar of planes, then silence. For the past week he had been told to take note of everything that happened on the hill within his range of vision, and to report anything suspicious(可疑的). The hill led to an experimental factory, where new and secret weapons were tested. There was a threat of war and the factory would be invaluable to the enemy. So the approaches to it were watched day in, day out. He shifted his position; he felt that he had been crouching(蹲伏) in the bushes since the beginning of time, but only a couple of hours of this day’s duty had passed. Suddenly he saw something falling from the sky like snow, only it was not snow. He put out his hand and caught bits that were drifting near him. They were thin strips of metal to confuse radar monitoring equipment, so that it would not be possible to detect the landing of enemy craft. Next he heard a long, low, continuous roar from the east and saw something in the sky which looked like umbrellas opening, but which he knew to be parachutes(降落伞) with men hanging from them. He wanted to go at once to give the alarm, but he had to be sure that the parachutists were not his own men out on an exercise. The men were on the ground now. One of them pointed in the direction of the secret factory and they all began marching towards it. He had no more doubts and set off at once down the hill. He crawled slowly, sometimes on his stomach, sometimes on his side, weaving himself a path through the bushes down to the stream. Once there, he decided that he had ample(足够) cover and started to run. He was wrong, for bullets were soon whistling past him. He dropped flat on the ground. Nobody came to search for him, so he counted up to a hundred and then began crawling again. He moved tortuously(曲折) and as silently as he could to his camp at the foot of the hill. 68. The soldier crouching in the bushes _____. A. was interested in flying birds B. was supposed to watch enemy planes C. was told to write down something D. was put there to guard the factory 69. Who do you think released the snow-like strips of metal? A. Someone at the factory. B. Someone from an enemy plane. C. Someone in the radar station. D. One of the parachutists. 70. The parachutists from the plane came down _____. A. to have a military exercise B. to test their weapons C. to attack the factory D. to shoot the soldier 71. The soldier dropped flat on the ground _____. A. to prevent being shot B. to count up to a hundred C. because he was hit D. because he was scared
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