一、单项选择(共15题,每题1分,计15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入句中空白处的最佳答案。
1. Animal Farm is such ________ amazing book that I want to read it ________ second time.
A.an; a B.a; the C./; the D./; a
2. Martin Evans, a Nobel Prize winner for medicine thinks that we should never give up our dream — even when ________ think we are dreaming the wrong ones!
A. other B. others C. another D. the other
3. --- is your home from your school ? --- Hard to say, about 40 minutes’ drive .
A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How soon
4. --- I don’t know how to use the machine I bought last week .
---Don’t worry, just follow the _________.
A. information B. direction C. instructions D. expression
5. ----Mum, don’t you have to tell me? ----Nothing more . That’s I want to say to you.
A. else anything; what B. else anything; that C. anything else; that D. anything else; what
6. —How long have you ________ reading this novel ? — About two hours.
A. cost B. spent C. taken D. paid
7. The guests reached ________ the town _______ a snowy night .
A. in ; in B. / ; in C. at ; on D. / ; on
8. It’s not a good habit to ________ at night, anyway , enough sleep will help us keep energetic in the daytime.
A. stay up B. show up C. wake up D. look up
9. ----- Would you like to go hiking with me, Susan?
----- I’d like to, _______ you don’t want to go alone.
A. until B. before C. if D. after
10. The women’s football match will be covered __________ on JSTV Station tomorrow.
A. living B. lively C. alive D. live
11. --- _________ it is today .
--- Yes , it seems we have to cancel our plan for picnic .
A. What bad weather B. How bad weather C. What nice weather D. How nice weather
12. ---Look. Jim. What a mess your room is !
---Sorry, mom. I’ll _______ all my books and clothes _____ right now.
A. put away B. put up C. put on D. put out
13. ---Sorry. I am late.
---It doesn't matter. The meeting ______ for just several minutes
A. has begun B. has started C. has been on D. had been on
14.----Would you like me to show you around Yunlong Lake ? ----- . I’ve been there many times.
A. You can, please B. No, thanks C. No problem D. That’s very kind of you
15. Do you know ________ the math problem ?
A. what should we do with B. how should we do with
C. what we should deal with D. how we should deal with
二、完形填空(共15题,每题1分,计15分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays 16 at a museum. 17 was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick 18 . I was 19 if I would be able to go on with my study the next term.
One day while I was working, I saw an old man come in with a little girl 20 a wheelchair. As I looked 21 at this girl, I found that she had no arms 22 legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she 23 had a hat on.
As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I 24 my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, 25 was giving me the prettiest, largest smile I have 26 seen. Suddenly her handicap(生理缺陷) 27 and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She 28 me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her 29 of smiles, love and warmth.
I’m now a successful businessman and 30 I get down and think about the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me.
( )16. A. to work B. worked C. work D. working
( )17. A. Work B. Life C. Business D. School
( )18. A. in the bed B. in a hospital C. in bed D. in the hospital
( )19. A. wondering B. guessing C. hoping D. checking
( )20. A. at B. for C. in D. with
( )21. A. longer B. taller C. further D. closer
( )22. A. or B. and C. then D. so
( )23. A. too B. either C. as well D. also
( )24. A. held B. turned C. lifted D. gave
( )25. A. whose B. whom C. who D. that
( )26. A. ever B. never C. almost D. even
( )27. A. was driven B. was lost C. was gone D. was disappeared
( )28. A. saved B. took C. helped D. improved
( )29. A. moon B. mind C. earth D. world
( )30. A. whatever B. whenever C. whoever D. however