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I. Multiple choices (20x1.5) 1. ----I’m afraid that she won’t come to help me as she promised. ----Don’t worry. Nothing will _______ her mind if she has _______ up her mind. A. change; made B. turn; done C. grow; given D. make; changed 2. Bob insisted that he ______ nothing wrong and _______ from work. A. did; won’t be fired B. had done; not be fired C. should do; mustn’t be fired D. do; shouldn’t be fired 3. ______ little boys spent so ______ little time planting ______ many trees. A. So; so; so B. Such; such; so C. so; such; so D. Such; so; so 4. ______ at the seaside! A. How fun the children had B. What a fun the children had C. How fun had the children D. What fun the children had 5. ----Are you still busy? ----Yes, I _______ my work , and it will not take long. A. just finish B. am just finishing C. am just going to finish D. have just finished 6. Don’t ______ difficulties. A. give out B. give in C. give in to D. give off 7. E-mail, as well as telephones, _______ an important part in daily communication. A. are playing B. have played C. is playing D. play 8. ----I’ll go home this weekend. ----Give my best wishes to your parents. ----________. A. No, thanks. B. I will, thank you. C. The same to you. D. You are welcome. 9. He is not popular with everyone because he doesn’t _______ anybody. A. care about B. care for C. care with D. care on 10. _______ she has made a decision, nothing can change it. A. When B. Before C. Once D. As 11. I ______ him to take the job, but I didn’t succeed. A. persuade B. tried to persuade C. advised to D. persuaded 12. ______ to train his daughter in English, he put an ad like this in the paper, “_____, an English teacher for a ten-year-old girl.”
A. Determined; wanting B. Determined; wanted C. Determining; wanted D. Determining; wanting 13. How much is the one-way _______ by air from Shanghai to Hong Kong? A. fare B. money C. worth D. value 14. Have you ever dreamed of_______ such a good chance for further education abroad? A. there is B. there to be C. there will be D. there being
15. The Great Wall winds its way from west to east, ______ deserts, _____ mountains and____ valleys, till at last it reaches the sea. A. across; through; over B. across; along; up C. through; on; across D. across; over; through 16. ______ the problems are difficult to solve, I still believe they can be solved. A. Since B. While C. What D. Which 17. The other day my brother drove his car down the street at ______ I thought was a dangerous speed. A. as B. which C. what D. which 18. Such wonderful news will surely get the students _______. A. excite B. exciting C. to excite D. excited 19. The Canadian friends from our school have given us a lot of books, few of ______ a bit difficult for us Chinese students. A. them are B. that is C. which are D. which is 20. We put ______ our tent and began to sleep in it, but I really couldn’t put _____ the heat in the tent. A. up; off B. up; up with C. on; out D. over; into
II. Cloze Test (20x2) Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked ___21__ beside a window when he was ___22___, so when he got onto the plane, he ___23___ a window seat. He ___24___ that all of them had already been taken ___25__ one, and there was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one. Mr Robinson was ___26____ that he had not taken the one by the window, but, anyhow, he at once went towards __27_____. When he __28____ it , however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written ___29___ ink and said , “This is reserved for proper load balance. Thank you. ” Mr Bobinson had never seen such a notice in a plane __30____, but he thought that the plane _31____ be carrying something particular heavy in ___32___ baggage room which made __33____ necessary to have passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and ___34___ another empty seat, not beside the _35____ , to sit in. Two or three other people tried __36____ in the window seat beside the soldier, but they, too, __37____ the notice and went on. Then, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The soldier, who was __38___ the passengers coming on, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him and __39____ that way succeeded in __40____ the company of the girl during the whole of the trip. 21. A. beside B. on C. nearly D. far from 22. A. traveling B. sitting C. flying D. sleeping 23. A. found B. looked for C. noticed D. searched 24. A. found B. looked for C. saw D. observed 25. A. besides B. except C. expect D. except for 26. A. glad B. pleased C. surprised D. surprising 27. A. it B. one C. them D. her 28. A. get to B. arrived C. got D. reached 29. A. by B. with C. in D. of 30. A. past B. then C. ago D. before 31. A. may B. must C. would D. should 32. A, her B. plane C. its D. it’s 33. A. that B. this C. it D. everything 34. A. see B. seeing C. finding D. found 35. A. one B. window C. soldier D. girl 36. to sit B. sitting C. to seat D. seating 37. A. watched B. saw C. read D. found 38. A. seeing B. watching C. seen D. watched 39. A. in B. by C. on D. for 40. A. failing B. having C. missing D. helping
III. Reading comprehension (4x2=8): Two teenagers had to be saved from a steep mountain-side in Scotland earlier today. They were members of a party of youngsters who were in the second week of a fortnight’s camping in the mountains. The two boys, both from Birmingham, had been with a party of ten others who, with an experienced guide and mountaineer, had been on a two-day climb away from the main party. They had become separated from the others and it wasn’t until late yesterday afternoon that the alarm was raised and a search party was organized. The search which was called off late yesterday evening when thick fog set in, was begun again early this morning and the boys were seen halfway up on a steep cliff(.悬崖) face. Climbers quickly discovered that on
