一、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. — How was ________ dinner at Sandy’s house?  

— It was great. Sandy’s mum is ______ excellent cook. 

  A. a, the          B. the, an          C. the, the          D. a, an       

2. —Ann, would you like to drink tea or coffee?

—_______. I’m not thirsty at all.

A. Either                 B. All                    C. Both            D. Neither

3. It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books, so it’s important to have real ______ with languages, cultures and societies.

  A. influence       B. knowledge      C. experiences       D. communications

4. — Where is Tom? I haven’t seen him for several months.

— He _______ America. He ______ there for half a year.

   A. has gone to; has been              B. has gone to; has gone        

C. has been to; has been              D. has been to; has gone

5. If there is _______ pollution, the air in our city will be _______ dirtier.

A. less; more        B. more; much           C. less; less           D. more; more[中

6. Yesterday’s maths problem was difficult. I could ______ work it out.

A. finally                 B. easily          C. hardly           D. nearly

7. The rubbish near the river       . Please clean it up as soon as possible. 

A. smells bad           B. is smelt bad     C. smells badly      D. is smelt badly

8. ______ he is only 12, he often goes to the old people’s home to perform plays for the old people as a volunteer.  

A. If                       B. Since          C. Though          D. Because

9. — Mum, must I stay there the whole day?

— No, you _______. You may come back after lunch, if you like.

A. can’t                B. won’t             C. needn’t               D. mustn’t 

10. — What great fun we had _ _____ in the river last Sunday!

— Well, let’s go there again next weekend

A. to swim             B. in swiming          C. swum                    D. swimming

11. The life we were used to ______ greatly in the recent ten years.

A. has changed       B. changing             C. change          D. changed

12. — What’s wrong with you, Eric? You look tired.

— I ______ to prepare for the final exam last night.

    A. picked up      B. woke up        C. stayed up        D. put up

13. The local people like that Italian restaurant because it        both delicious food and good service.

A. produces           B. prevents             C.       protects           D. provides

14. —Could you please tell me           in America? 

—On the fourth Thursday in November.      

 A. when is Thanksgiving Day               B. when Thanksgiving Day is 

 C. what they eat on Thanksgiving Day    D. how did they celebrate Thanksgiving Day 

15. — Do you mind my closing the window?                   

—       . It’s much too noisy outside. 

A. Yes, please           B. Of course not        C. All right        D. It doesn’t matter