1. —Is your uncle ______ university professor? —Oh, no. He works as ______ accountant in a big company.
A. a; an B. a; the C. an; an D. an: the
2. —I hear that you have a cousin ______ your age. —Yes. He is a member of our school football team.
A. at B. for C. of D. on
3. —I think only people with enough ______ can achieve great success. —I agree with you. If we are afraid of facing challenges, we will certainly fail.
A. energy B. power C. interest D. courage
4. Yuan Longping devoted all his life ______ research on hybrid rice and solved the problem of hunger for many people in the world.
A. do B. doing C. to do D. to doing
5. The students could ______ think of ways to solve the Maths problem, so they had to ask their teacher for help.
A. easily B. hardly C. simply D. correctly
6. If the forest fire gets out of control, lots of people living nearby will be ______ to leave their home. So something must be
done to control it right away.
A. allowed B. forced C. promised D. invited
7. —What did Mr Smith say to you just now? —He asked me ______ I could look after his pet cat when he was out.
A. that B. what C. when D. whether
8. —I feel stressed from time to time. Could you give me some suggestions? —______ share your worries with your close friends?
A. Why not B. Why don’t C. What about D. Why not to
9. —When did the Second World War ______ ? —On September 1, 194. It lasted until September 2, 1945 and took the lives of millions of people.
A. break down B. break up C. break out D. break into
10. —Remember to call me after you reach Shanghai, Dear. —I will, Dad. I will make a phone call to you as soon as I ______ there.
A. will arrive B. arrive C. arrived D. have arrived
11. If you want to be a surgeon, you should be ______ yourself all the time and make fewer mistakes.
A. strict with B. curious about C. satisfied with D. worried about
12. —______ progress you’ve made in English! How did you make it? —Just by reading English articles and watching TED videos on the phone.
A. How a great B. What great C. How great a D. What a great
13. —Helen has to live with her grandparents these days. —Yes. ______ her father ______ her mother is at home. They are abroad on business.
A. Not only; but also B. Neither; nor C. Either; or D. Both; and
14. —Do you know ______ during the winter months? —Because of the weather in Qatar.
A. when the World Cup 2022 will be held B. why the World Cup 2022 will be held
C. when will the World Cup 2022 be held D. why will the World Cup 2022 be held
15. —I think it’s a good idea to wear green when we feel tired or weak. —Green is the colour of nature and it can make us feel energetic.
A. I’m afraid not B. Don’t mention itappreciates C. You are joking D. I agree with you
二、完形填空(共15小题, 每小题1分, 计15分)
Fifteen-year-old Valentina was born with a muscle (肌肉) disease and has been in a wheelchair for as long as she can remember. But over the last year, Valentina has found the perfect ___1___ : playing the piano. Now, her performance (表演) videos are popular on the Internet, which shows her fast ___2___ in the instrument.
“When I was young, I ___3___ to ‘play’ my uncle’s piano at home. After I was born, my grandfather pushed my parents to buy me a piano ___4___ his dream was to have a musician in the family,” says Valentina. “So, for Christmas they gave me a toy piano. I loved playing it but after a while I ___5___ playing it.”
In a couple of years, Valentina ___6___ interest in the piano. But last year, she felt that ___7___ was absent from her life. So, she decided to take it back. “But I had ___8___ learned it. When I was little, I did not take ___9___ I did not even know musical notes (音符),” says Valentina.
Over the last year, Valentina has been ___10___ every day, and sharing her progress ___11___ her fans online. Her videos, ___12___ have been shared across the Internet and even liked by famous pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, are a wonderful demonstration (展示) of the power of ___13___ In many of her videos, Valentina thanked her teacher Credici for always being with her.“I would like to thank my teacher for ___14___ me and for always supporting me, even when I thought what I wanted to do was ___15___ ,” she writes. “I’ll continue exploring in the music world.”
发布评论