一、词性转换题（每小题 1 分，共 10 分）
Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given word in the bracket.
1. Although I was positive that the girl had stolen my ring, I could not find any _______. ( prove )
2. I need a new secretary. I want someone who is charming, efficient and absolutely ________. ( trust )
3. He wasn't actually _______, but I still didn't feel comfortable. (friend )
4. The floor of the attic needs _____ if we’re going to make it into a bedroom. ( strong )
5. The floods brought death and _______ to the area. ( destroy )
6. This jewel is not simply valuable; it is ______. ( value )
7. The bloodstain on her dress was very ________. ( notice )
8. It is dangerous for an ______ driver to drive a car in the centre of Paris during the midday rush. ( experience )
9. Careless spelling mistakes in a letter can create an ______ impression. ( favour )
10. The discussion was brought to a ______ conclusion. (satisfy )
二、多项选择题（每小题 1分，共 20 分）
Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. I think they really want to buy _____ that will help them make their life easier.
A. stuff B. staff C. matters D. means
2. The company said that the _____ for next year was encouraging although marketing was still a weak area for them.
A. future B. view C. condition D. outlook
3. She suffered great mental _____after her husband died, and as a result she became mad．
A. anger B. discomfort C. unhappiness D. anguish
4. The audience whistled and shouted, waiting for her to sing one _____ song.
A. last B. final C. ending D. concluding
5. What really _____ is that a teacher should be responsible for his students.
A. happens B. cares C. minds D. matters
6. Mr. Day Lewis’ _____ body language spoke much louder than his actual words
A. graceful B. gracious C. grateful D. grand
7. His aim was to promote human race relations where all people have _____ opportunities
A. same B. similar C. equivalent D. equal
8. The petals felt so smooth _____ his cheek that he suddenly had the idea of leaving the plants as they were.
A. against B. by C. on D. with
9. The football team lost their first game by a _____ of 1-2.
A. point B. mark C. score D. number
10. It was the local people who helped us out of the difficult _____.
A. occasion B. phenomenon C. status D. circumstances
11. It’s no use that you don’t understand their dialect.
A. pretending B. pretended C. pretend D. to pretend
12. This problem is an economic than a political one.
A. no more B. not more C. much more D. no better
13. I don’t mind her at the party.
A. wear jewels B. wearing jewels C. to wear jewels D. wear jewels
14. snobbish people you described are to be found everywhere.
A. Such … like B. So … like C. Such … as D. So … as
15. But for the traffic jam, we earlier.
A. should arrive B. should have arrived C. shall arrive D. shall have arrived
16. The directors have a meeting every Friday, there is nothing to discuss.
A. if B. unless C. for D. because
17. a machine, she met with a lot of difficulties at first.
A. Having never handled B. Never handling
C. Having handled never D. Never handled
18. She changed much that I could scarcely recognize her. could we.
A. too, So B. so, So C. too, Nor D. so, Nor
19. Linda asked to be to you.
A. reminded B. remembered C. regarded D. recalled
20. We all went to the movie, he behind.
A. was remaining B. remaining C. was remained D. remained
三、阅读题（每小题 2分，共30分）
Passage 1
In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal of language use is communication then mistakes are secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may observe how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions differ from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Spanish speaker who has been saying “ I do it” to express willingness to do something in the immediate future, could, by interacting with native speakers of English, observe that native speakers actually say “I’ll do it”. The resulting discrepancy can serve as a basis for the student to modify his way of using the present tense in English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.
1. According to the passage, the present tense in English is _____.
A. not used to express a desire to do something in the immediate future.
B. used with some verbs but not with others to express future intention
C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish.
D. not the most difficult problem for foreign students.
2. According to the passage, language learners can reduce the number of their
mistakes by _______.
A. asking native speakers for explanations.
B. reading good books in the foreign language.
C. comparing their speech with that of nati ve speakers.
D. speaking without regard to native speakers.
3. According to the passage, foreign language students who do not interact with native speakers will NOT ____.
A. learn very much about the foreign culture.
B. learn about the history of the foreign language.
C. have to worry about making mistakes.
D. take advantage of available language models.
4. According to the passage, foreign language students should not worry too much about making mistakes because _____ .
A. native speakers like foreign students who try to learn their language.
B. communication is the primary goal of language learning.
C. native speakers will ignore their mistakes.
D. everyone makes mistakes when trying to communicate in a strange language.
5. The author’s major conclusion about the function of mistakes in foreign language learning is that _____.
A. mistakes are not important in the process of learning a language.
B. learners are often very afraid of making mistakes.
making mistakes can help the learner discover the rules of the language.
C. native speakers often do not tell foreign language learners about their mistakes.
Passage 2
In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times to span the gap. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English… Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often. He replied, “ Failure? I have no failures. Now I know 50,000 ways it won’t work.”
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question, “ If I do succeed in this, where will is get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win’em all”.
6. This passage deals with ____ .
A. failure and success B. two sides of failure
C. the “spider story”. D. the invention of light bulb.
7. In the first paragraph the author talks mainly about ____ .
A. the value of failure B. how people fail
C. famous failures D. how not to fail.
8. Robert Bruce was put in the passage to show that ____.
A. failure must come before success B. failure isn’t all bad
C. nature will help us if we let it. D. people who fail have plenty of company
9. One thing the writer does not tell you to do to cope with failure is ____ .
A. check out your goals to see if they are right for you
B. think about failure as part of life.
C. Think about failure to find out what went wrong
D. Avoid things that are beyond you.
10. Even if we have failed, we should ____ .
A. not think about it any more. B. take it easy
C. learn to live with others in the same house D. learn to accept it
Passage 3
Since 1840, every American president elected in the twentieth year一一 Harrison 1840, Lincoln 1860, Garfield 1880, McKinley 1900, Harding 1920, Roosevelt 1940, and Kennedy 1960一一 has died in office. Is this, as people often say, “ just a coincidence”?
There are very strong parallels between the careers of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. Lincoln was first elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy in 1946. Both men had been in the armed forces. Each worked for the cause of civil rights. Both presidents were assassinated (暗杀). Lincoln was killed by a man born in 1839 and Kennedy by one born in 1939. Both assassins were Southerners who were killed before they could be tried.
The assassinations both occurred on Fridays, with the wives of the presidents present. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre. President Kennedy’s secretary, a Mrs. Lincoln, warned him against visiting Dallas, where he was shot.
Southerners named Johnson (Andrew, born in 1808 and Lyndon, born in 1908) succeeded both Lincoln and Kennedy.
With more digging, no doubt, more of these similarities could be found. Do people find coincidences where they look for them? Perhaps, at any rate, if John Kennedy had been aware of the similar details of Abraham Lincoln’s life, he might have listened to his secretary and cancelled his fateful Dallas trip.
11. The best alternate title for this passage would be _____.
A. American Presidents. B. The Lincoln and Kennedy Assassinations
C. The Careers of Lincoln and Kennedy. D. Lincoln and Kennedy: Striking Similarities.
12. The secretaries of both Lincoln and Kennedy ____ .
A. saw the assassinations B. were named Johnson
C. advised them not to go to the places where they were killed..
D. were born in years ending in “39”
13. The writer seems to think that coincidences _____ .
A.definitely have hidden meanings
B. may or may not occur simply by chance.
C. are always found wherever people look for them.
D. do not occur very often
14.The first paragraph catches the reader’s attention with a ____.
A. surprising fact. B. vivid adjective.
C. First-hand story D. Broad generalization
15. As used in this passage, succeeded （ para 4） is closest in meaning to ____.
A. achieved B. came before C. broke away from D. came after
四、完形填空题（每小题1 分，共15分
One of the most important _1 _ of a schoolboy’s life is to get as much knowledge and sound mind-training as he can. His main business in school is to learn. He has to read the books he is _ 2__ in the classes. He has to do the homework _ 3 __ to him.
Another part that _ 4 __ a schoolboy’s life is the school discipline. At school there are strict rules to be _ 5___. He has to learn to _ 6__ these rules or he should get punished. It teaches him some very necessary virtues _ 7 __ the road to a successful life. Diligence, regularity, punctuality and good manners are all the essential virtues of the school discipline and of a man _ 8 __ success.
School is a place for a schoolboy to learn what the social life is _ 9__. For in the classroom and on the playground, he has to _10__ with his fellows and not members of his family. He is no _11__ a spoilt child, and his schoo l fellow will not obey his wished. He soon gets his corners rubbed _ 12__ and learns the lessons of give-and-take. Tat is also the _13__ when he has to carry himself in society.
A schoolboy’s life has its interesting and healthy meanings. Games and physical exercise not only _14__ him strong, but also teach him how to work with others in the _ 15__ of team work..
1. A. things B. forms C. parts D. ways
2 A. teaching B. taught C. studying D. studied
3 A. given B. offered C. imparted D. set
4 A. concerns B. links C. forms D. decides
5 A. carried B. kept C. performed D. offered
6 A. obey B. learn C. carry D. do
7 A. in B. upon C. for D. by
8 A. with B. in C. making D. of
9 A. exactly B. like C. liking D. alike
10 A. go B. unite C. study D. mix
11 A. more B. less C. long D. longer
12 A. of B. off C. away D. out
13 A. skill B. sue C. way D. method
14 A. let B. enable C. make D. do
15 A. path B. direction C. approach D. spirit
五、翻译题（每小题2分，共 10 分）
Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or phrase given in the bracket.
1. 发表了几篇有影响的论文以后，他在学术界颇有名气。 （ distinguished ）
2. 他变得更加愤世嫉俗，很可能是由于常跟报社记者混在一起的缘故。（ hang out）
3. 待人礼貌，举止文雅，这是有教养的人一个必不可少的特点。
（ refined and gentle manners）
4. 这些签署的协议将冲破对自由贸易设置的所有障碍。 （ break down ）
5. 她是个非常隐秘的人，从不向任何人透露自己的秘密。 （ confide in ）
六、写作题（每小题15 分，共 15 分）
Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 120 words on the following topic:
Every college student would agree that life in college is not the same as it was in the middle school. Now, you have been asked by the Student’s Union to write a passage entitled: The Main Difference Between My College Life And My Middle School Life |
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