Ⅰ 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 1. --This is their first time to Beijing -- _____ the children are so excited. A. of course B. above all C. no wonder D. no doubt 2. The design of this car was far _____ of the age in which he lived. A. in time B. in advance C. in danger D. at advance 3. Sherlock Holmes is famous ____ a detective as he is known _____ everyone _____ his quick thinking and careful observation. A. as, to, for B. to, for, by C. for, to, as, D. to, as, for 4. The beauty of the Summer Palace is _____ I can describe. A. no more B. more than C. no more than D. not more than 5. I need several meters of _____ to make a long dress. A. cloth B. clothes C. clothing D. clothe 6. His dream to join the Party has _____ at last. A. realized B. come true C. been come true D. been realized true 7. tomorrow，we will leave for the island to search for the victims. A. However the weather is like B. However is the weather like C. Whatever is the weather like D. Whatever the weather is like 8. If you want to play in Disneyland, you have to pay _____ first.
A. permission B. fare C. price D. admission 9. While watching television, ________. (全国2005) A. the doorbell rang B. the doorbell rings C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings 10. ____ by his teachers, he felt nervous. A. Having watched B. Having been watching C. Watching D. Being watched 11. The old man, abroad for 20 years , is on his way back to his motherland. A. to work B. working C. to have worked D. having worked 12. Most members of the committee were in favour of the suggestion; only a ________ were against it. A. majority B. minority C. quantity D. amount 13. the project , they have to stay there for another two weeks. A. Not completing B. Not completed C. Not having completed D. Having not completed 14. — Can you tell me why more and more people choose to shop in a supermarket? — Because it offers a great ________ of goods. A. variety B. mixture C. connection D. combination 15. In spite of failing to protect many endangered animals from being killed, we may the majority from extinction（灭绝）. A. observe B. preserve C. deserve D. serve
II. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ___16__ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to __17__ in good health, or__18_ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to__19_ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ___20__ the title. Therefore, the scissors（剪刀）would ___21__ before they start, ___22__ halfway done when I find out the ___23__ result. Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your ___24__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __25__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable（不可预测）—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left__26__. Thus you are___27__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __28__ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __29__ greatly on your preference of one choice to the other. In fact that is what __30__ is like: we are often __31__ with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that __32__ we get into one thing， our attention is drawn to the other. The __33__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __34__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual（随意）__35 _ may not be a bad one. 16. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite 17. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring 18. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report 19. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause 20. A. on B. for C. without D. off 21. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay 22. A. or B. but C. so D. for 23. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible 24. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience 25. A. given B. held C. made D. picked 26. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind 27. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck 28. A. dares B. comes C. does D. dare 29. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes 30. A. study B. society C. nature D. life 31. A. faced B. supplied C
