Part 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. After walking for an hour in the park, we sat on a(n) ________ (长凳) for a rest.
2. They were examining the insects under a m________.?
3. She introduced me to some of her ________ (同伴的) students.?
4. My PC isn’t powerful enough to run that s________.?
5. Some p________ are kept as pets because they are able to copy what people say.
6. Reading in poor light can damage your e________.?
7. He finally gained ________ (进入) to the hotel by giving some money to the doorman.
8. The leading car crashed midway through the tenth ________ (圈).
9. You are ________ (笨拙的)! You’ve knocked over my cup of coffee!?
10. We’re looking for someone with a(n) ________ (外向的) personality.
II.?用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
1. Using computers has a(n) ________ (benefit) effect on children’s learning.?
2. She has had repeated ________ (absent) from work this year.
3. He was ________ (annoy) at the way she tried to take over the whole meeting.
4. Children need lots of ________ (encourage) from their parents.
5. ________ (psychology), the defeat was disturbing.
6. She is deaf, but refuses to let her ________ (ability) prevent her from doing what she wants to do.?
7. He’s getting old and his ________ (hear) isn’t very good.
8. Jack has some ________ (ambition) plans for his business.
9. His daughter was very active and ________ (noise) in the mornings.
10. My mother doesn’t like me wearing short skirts to school — she doesn’t think they’re ________ (suit).?
III. 选用方框内合适的短语并用其正确形式填空(每个短语限用一次。
at least, glance at, in many ways, sit around, in other words, as well as
1. The boss asked Roy to leave?—?________________ he was fired.
2. She ________________ all day and watched me clean the house.
3. George, ________________ many of his classmates, has gone abroad.
4. Working at home makes sense, ________________.
5. I’ve met the President — ________________, he shook my hand once.
6. ________________ the clock she saw that she was late.
IV. 根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子(每空一词)。
1. The report is too long. Let’s ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (删去不重要的细节).
2. It’s not easy, but we are slowly ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (适应新的管理风格).
3. He burst into the room, red-faced and ________ ________ ________ (上气不接下气).
4. ________ ________ ________ (总而言之), I think you’ve done very well.
5. Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were ________ ________ ________ ________ (在取笑他).
6. He succeeded in ________ ________ ________ ________ (克服所有的困难).?
Part 2 Learning about Language
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词,写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
1. Mr. Li was forced to r________ from the company due to ill health.?
2. National Service was ________ (废除) in Britain in 1962.
3. Ancient civilizations were based on ________ (奴隶制).
4. He has read many of the major works of ________ (文学).
5. Brooke’s been involved in city ________ (政治学) since college.
II. 根据括号内的汉语提示用动词不定式(短语)补全下面句子。
1. ___________________________ (改进我们的教学方法) is very important.
2. It is kind of you ___________________________ (把你的座位让给这位老妇人).
3. Her ambition is ___________________________ (成为一名成功的科学家).
4. His wish is ___________________________ (再建一所中学) for the children.
5. I find it difficult ___________________________ (回答这个问题).
6. My English teacher advised me ___________________________ (买本好一点的词典).
7. She was the only one ___________________________ (得到奖学金).
8. ___________________________ (要掌握一门外语) one must work hard at it.
III. 用括号内所给动词的正确形式完成下面短文。
When Anne Thompson walked in the front door, she could tell her mom was upset.
“What’s wrong?” Anne asked.
“The electric bill is sky-high. We should find ways 1. ________ (reduce) the amount of electricity we use,” said Mrs. Thompson.
“But Mom,” said Anne, “we already turn off the lights when we leave a room. What else can we do?”
Mrs. Thompson decided 2. ________ (hold) a family meeting. “After looking at the electric bill this month, I think we need 3. ________ (think) about ways 4. ________ (use) less electricity,” said Mrs. Thompson. “We use electricity for more than our lights. We use electricity 5. ________ (heat) water and run all of our appliances. We’d better try our best 6. ________ (cut) costs.”
“We need a new clothes washer,” said Mr. Thompson. “There are new energy-efficient models on the market. I plan 7. ________ (buy) one tomorrow.”
“My friend said that her dad was putting in some energy-saving light bulbs that last longer than regular ones. I could ask her about that,” said Anne.
“I vote that we don’t take any more showers,” joked Anne’s brother Mark.
Part 3 Using Language
I. 选用方框内合适的单词填空(每个单词限用一次)(每小题1分,共9分)。
dignity, profit, companion, basement, exit, certificate, adequate, row, community
1. Will future oil supplies be ________ to meet world needs?
2. We had seats in the back ________ of the theater.
3. The Christmas decorations are stored in boxes in the ________.
4. They made a quick ________ when they saw the police approaching.
5. He longs for a society in which the ________ of all people is recognized.
6. You don’t expect to make much ________ within the first couple of years of setting up a company.
7. There’s a real sense of ________ in this neighborhood.
8. The old man lived alone so his cat became his closest ________.
9. The police are waiting for the doctor to issue a death ________.
II.?用括号内单词的正确形式填空(每小题1分,共6分)。
1. The city is easily ________ (access) by road, rail and air.
2. Sam always tried hard to win his father’s ________ (approve).
3. Tom studied classical ________ (architect) and design in Rome.
4. She can still come downstairs with ________ (assist) but she’s very weak.
5. We offered our ________ (congratulate), along with the other guests.
6. At my brother’s high school ________ (graduate) the students recited a poem.
答案
Part 1
I. 1. bench ??? 2. microscope 3. fellow ? ? ? 4. software
5. parrots ????? 6. eyesight ? ? 7. entry? ?????? 8. lap
9. clumsy ???? 10. outgoing
II. 1. beneficial?????????? 2. absences?? ?????? 3. annoyed
4. encouragement ? ? 5. Psychologically? 6. disability
7. hearing????????????? ??? 8. ambitious ? ? ? ? ?9. noisy
10. suitable
III. 1. in other words? 2. sat around? ????? 3. as well as
4. in many ways?? ????? 5. at least ???????????? 6. Glancing at
IV. 1. cut out the unimportant details????
2. adapting to the new style of management???????
3. out of breath?
4. All in all / In a word????
5. making fun of him???
6. overcoming all the difficulties
Part 2
I. 1. resign?? ? ????? 2. abolished???????? 3. slavery
4. literature ? ? ? ? 5. politics
II.
1. To improve our teaching method
2. to offer / give up your seat to the old lady
3. to become a successful scientist
4. to set up / found another middle school
5. to answer the question
6. to buy a better dictionary
7. to get a scholarship
8. To master a foreign language
III. 1. to reduce? 2. to hold? 3. to think? 4. to use
5. to heat ? ? ? ? 6. to cut ? ? 7. to buy
Part 3
I. 1. adequate? ?????? 2. row???? ???????????????????? 3. basement
4. exit ? ? ? ? ? ?5. dignity ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?6. profit
7. community ? ?8. companion ? ? ? ? ? ?9. certificate
II. 1. accessible ? ? ? 2. approval ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?3. architecture
4. assistance?? ?????? 5. congratulations?? ???? 6. graduation