I.V ocabulary and Structure
1.There was nothing they should do ___________.
A. but wait
B. except waiting
C. only to wait
D. unless they waited
2. Such electronic device _________are used in radio set are also found in a computer.
A. in which
B. that
C. which
D. as
3. Even if I had known her address, I _________time to write to her.
A. can not have had
B. must not have had
C. will not have had
D. might not have had
4. The size of people, _________we had expected, was a thousand.
A. whom
B. who
C. as
D. that
5. Her washing machine needs _________.
A. to repair
B. repaired
C. being repaired
D. repairing
6. He took down a square green bottle, _________he poured into a dish.
A. its content
B. the content of which
C. which content
D. the content of that
7. He suggested _________ to tomorrow’s exhibition together.
A. us to go
B. we went
C. we shall go
D. we go
8. But for the traffic jam, I _________late for the conference.
A. wouldn’t have been
B. shouldn’t be
C. would be
D. hadn’t been
9. It’s a waste of time _________ with such a silly person.
A. for trying to talk
B. to try to talk
C. tired to talk
D. trying to talk
10. All that can be done _________.
A. has been done
B. have been done
C. have done
D. has done
11. Without air, the night time _________ very cold and the days burning hot.
A. be
B. would be
C. is
D. will be
12. The city’s underground _________ more people than the buses.
A. brings
B. carries
C. sends
D. fetches
13. _______scientist and ______pianist_______ been invited to the New Year’s Eve reception given by the
government.
A. The-----the----have
B. The---X----have
C. The---X---has
D. X---the---has
14. Although the town have been attacked by the storm several times, _____was done.
A. a few
B. few damage
C. a little damage
D. little damage
15. A business letter should be written in a formal style _________ in a personal one.
A. better than
B. rather than
C. other than
D. less than
16. Water pollution, together with old tins and other forms of garbage, _________ many problems in our
large, industrial city today.
A. is causing
B. have caused
C. have been causing
D. are caused
17. As fuel prices rose, bus companies raised their fares, and _________ .
A. so did the airlines
B. neither did the airlines
C. so did the airlines have done
D. neither the airlines did
18. When we reach the pier, the ferry had not arrived yet; so we _________.
A. needed not to hurry
B. needn’t have hurried
C. didn’t need to hurry
D. had not needed to hurry
19. _________ in the earthquake thoroughly, the city has now been rebuilt.
A. Destroying
B. Having destroyed
C. Destroyed
D. To be destroyed
20. A couple of minutes earlier, _______ we could have been able o hear his speech.
A. and
B. on
C. but
D. so
21. Ten scientists were reported _______for their outstanding contributions at the conference.
A. to reward
B. to be rewarded
C. to have rewarded
D. to have been rewarded
22. This technique is now believed _________ as early as the Song Dynasty.
A. being used
B. to be used
C. to use
D. to have been used
23. One of my _________ proverbs is “No pains, no gains”.
A. favorite
B. favorable
C. fond
D. likely
24. Playing the role of the Spanish singer would affect her in _________.
A. more than one ways
B. one more than ways
C. more ways than one
D. than one more ways
25. “Many people don’t believe in God.”“_________.”
A. So do I
B. Nor do I
C. So I don’t
time in a bottleD. Neither do I
26. Just as water is important to fish, _____ books are important to human beings.
A. so
B. as
C. like
D. thus
27. It was in 1927 _________he joined the Red Army.
A. when
B. that
C. then
D. which
28. Hardly _________ out of the school gate when it started to rain.
A. did we get
B. we got
C. have we got
D. had we got
29. Ms. Johnson asked me to come in and take _________across from her.
A. a seat
B. seat
C. seating
D. seated
30. A brief note was put inside, and he immediately recognize the handwriting as _______ of Betty’s mother.
A. that
B. one
C. this
D. those
II. Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
“ Family” is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of “family” in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one’s own life. The man’s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife’s to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and t heirs alone. Neither the wife’s parents nor the husband’s, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters.
Readers of novels like Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl’s parents, that is, it was the parents´ duty to find a suitable
husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents´ home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.
1. What does the author mean by “Family is of course an elastic word”?
A. Different families have different ways of life.
B. Different definitions could be given to the word.
C. Different nations have different families.
D. Different times produce different families.
2. For an English family, the husband’s duty is ____.
A. supporting the family while the wife is financial
B. defending the family while the wife is running the home
C. financial while the wife is running the home
D. independent while the wife is dependent
3. Everything is decided in a family ____.
A. by the couple
B. with the help of their parents
C. by brothers and sisters
D. with the help of aunts and uncles
4. What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice?
A. It is the best book on marriage.
B. It is a handbook of marriage.
C. It gives quite some idea of English social life in the past.
D. It provides a lot of information of former time wealthy families.
5.With regard to marriage in Britain, present-day girls differ from former time girls in ____.
A. the right marry
B. more parental support
C. choosing husbands
D. social position
Passage 2
Except for the Indians, the earliest backpackers in America were frontiersmen, who roamed the wilderness looking either for necessities such as food and water or for sources of wealth such as fur and gold. For them backpacking was a way of survival or a means of achieving what one day would be called the “American Dream”. Today, however, many people enjoy backpacking as a recreational activit
y. Shouldering a pack and leaving behind the world of telephone, television and traffic promise an exciting experience. Testing one’s stamina (耐力) and skills are challenging a sense of one’s place in the natural world can be rewarding .Moreover, backpacking is an activity that can last any length for time and can be enjoyed alone or with friends. Then too, a backpacking trip may be organized within a day or two. The backpacker and his friends have only to decide on their destination and then organize the all-important kit, whose contents they must depend on throughout their trip. A map, a compass, a flashlight, along with first equipment, food, and extra clothing can be rounded up without much difficulty. Once the backpackers have left word about where
they go in a note on the refrigerator door or in a message on an answering machine, they can look forward to an adventure that will lift the spirit and nourish the soul. Their outing will enable them to return in a short time to the age of technology with the courage and independence of Natty Bumppo, who did indeed belong to the age of the frontier.
6. The passage mainly discusses_________ .
A. the early backpackers
B. backpacking as a perfect form of recreation
C. how backpacking started
D. why people of today are interested in backpacking
7.The earliest backpackers were _____________.
A. frontiersmen
B. Indians
C. fur traders
D. gold miners
8. Early backpackers who roamed about in wilderness were interested in finding________ .
A. means to realize the American dream
B. recreation in life
C. relief from the stress of everyday life
D. daily necessities
9. One of the advantages of backpacking is that ___________.
A. it can help people to establish a link with nature
B. it is a group activity and can cure a person’s loneliness
C. it is not so challenging as other activities
D. it does not require people to decide on a destination
10.According to the passage, Natty Bumppo was____________.
A. an American national hero
B. a character in a Hemingway novel
C. a man of valor
D. an Indian warrior
Passage 3
American Indians played a central role in the war known as the American Revolution. To them, however, the dispute between the colonists and England was peripheral (边缘的). For American Indians the conflict was a war for American Indian independence, and whichever side they chose they lost it. Mary Brant was a powerful influence among the Iroquois. She was a Mohawk, the leader of the society of all Iroquois matrons, and the widow of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Her brother, Joseph Brant, is the best-known American Indian warrior of the Revolution, yet she may have exerted even more influence in the Confederacy than he did .She used her influence to keep the western tribes of Iroquois loyal to the English king, George Ⅲ.When the colonists won the war, she and her tribe had to abandon their lands-and retreat to Canada. On the other side, Nancy Ward held positions of authority in the Cherokee nation. She had fought as a warrior in the war against the Greeks and as a rewar d for her heroism was made “Beloved Woman” of the tribe. This office made her chief of the women’s council and a member of the council of chiefs. She was friendly with the White settlers and supported the Patriots during the Revolution. Yet the Cherokees too lost their land.
11. What is the main point the author makes in the passage?
A. Siding with the English in the Revolution helped American Indians regain their land.
B. At the time of the Revolution, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs had little power.
C. Regardless of whom they supported in the Revolution, American Indians lost their land.
D. The outcome of the Revolution was largely determined by American Indian women.
12. According to the passage, Mary Brant’s husband had been a _________ .
A. government official
B. Mohawk chief
C. revolutionary hero
D. Cherokee council member
13.To which tribe did Nancy Ward belong?
A. Mohawk.
B. Iroquois.
C. Cherokee.
D. Greek.
14. How did Nancy Ward gain her position of authority?
A. By bravery in battle.
B. By marriage to a chief.
C. By joining the Confederacy.
D. By being born into a powerful family.
15. According to the passage, what did Mary Brant and Nancy Ward have in common?
A. Each was called “Beloved Woman” by her tribe.
B. Each influenced her tribe’s s role in the American Revolution.
C. Each lost a brother in the American Revolution.
D. Each went to England after the American Revolution.
Passage 4
James Joyce was an Irish novelist who revolutionized the methods of depicting characters and developing a plot in modern fiction. His astonishing way of constructing a novel, his frank portrayal of human nature in his books, and his complete command of English have made him one of the outstanding influences on literature in the 20th Century. Many critics judge that he is second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of the English language. Joyce was deeply influenced by Ireland and wrote all his books about Dublin.
When he was in Dublin College, he studied languages and spent his spare time reading books. He refused to take part in the nationalist movement like his fellow students, but he became passionately interested in literature. He wrote outspoken articles of literary criticism that shocked his teachers and even taught himself Norwegian so that he could read Ibsen’s works in the original.
When he graduated in 1902, he knew he would become a writer and an exile, because he felt he could not be one without the other. In order to preserve his ideal of writing truthfully, fully, and as objectively as he knew how, about the people and places he knew best, he had to escape from all temptations to
become involved in popular opinion or public life. He went to France, Italy and Switzerland, where he lived in poverty and obscurity for the first 20 years, only returning to Ireland when his mother was dying. Except for
a couple of brief trips, he stayed abroad all his life.
16. James Joyce was first of all a ___________.
A. revolutionary
B. critic
C. novelist
D. exile
17. James Joyce was famous for many reasons EXCEPT ___________.
A. his way of constructing a novel
B. his frank portrayal of human nature
C. his complete command of English
D. his passion in literature
18. “He is second only to Shakespeare” is a comment on his _________.
A. achievement in literature
B. achievement in the nationalist movement