Direction: All the Questions should be done on the Answer Sheet.

I. Choose a word that best completes each of the following sentences: (20*1point=20points)

1. She has managed to obtain a temporary work _______ in Britain.

A permit B permission C permissiveness D permissible

2. The football players need total concentration during _________.

A match B game C play D perform

3. Involved in a bribery scandal, the President had to ________ his resignation.

A do B catch C offer D find

4. When I go out in the evening I use the bike __________the car if I can.

A rather than(而不是，寧愿) B regardless of C in spite of D other than(除了)

5. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.

A sensible B flexible C objective D sensitive

6. Don’t let the child play with scissors _________he cuts himself.

A in case B so that C now that D only if(用于句首，后接從句主位倒裝)

7. Without proper lessons, you could______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.

A keep up B pick up C draw up D catch up

8. We should always bear in mind that _________ decisions often result in serious consequences.

A urgent(緊急的，急迫的) B instant(立即的，即刻的)

C prompt(敏捷的，速度的) D hasty(匆忙的)

9. The computer can be paid for in ten monthly________ of 100 dollars.

A pay B pays C payment D payments

10. American linguist Noah Webster was among the first to the growing difference between American and British usages of English.

A. realize B. recognize C. research D. reckon

11. The ________ driver thinks accidents only happen to other people.

A. average B. common C. usual D. normal

12. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, _______ at the other store.

A. the one B. others C. that D. the ones

13. Conversation becomes weaker in society that spends so much time listening and being talked to _______ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

A. as B. which C. that D. what

14. _________ for the timely investment from the general public, our company would not be so thriving as it is.

A. Had it not been B. Were it not C. Be it not D. Should it not be

15. Asia ___________ by most experts to be the cradle of human civilization.

A. has been always considered B. has always been considered

C. always has been considered D. has been considered always

16. An old woman was badly hurt in ____ the police describe as an apparently motiveless attack.

A. that B. what C. whatever D. which

17. Paul Samuelson revolutionized ______ by presenting his students with the most advanced economic thinking at an introductory level.

A. to teach economics B. teaching that economics is

C. the teaching of economics D. economics is taught

18. If you find this item too difficult to _______, it is advisable to leave as it is and move on to the next one.

A. work out B. work on C. work for D. work at

19. You and I could hardly understand, ________?

A. could we B. couldn’t you C. couldn’t we D. could I

20. There was an accident ______ the crossroads at midnight last night.

A. in B. on C. at D.by

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box below, changing its form when necessary: (17*1point=17points)

testify to rehearsal demolish elusive evoke capital

in search for disillusioned exotic legitimate strike implant

novelty embark on in bulk成批地 nebulous pseudonym

1. Before going to the job interview, the applicant__________his presentation in his room.

2. Most houses in the coastal city were__________ by the earthquake last year.

3. It was getting dark and we went around the town __________ a missing child.

4. The public had expected the newly-elected President to check the rising inflation, but they were soon __________ by his incompetence in administration.

5. The minister could not find a __________ excuse for his not telling the truth.

6. The rescue party ___________ freeing the boy trapped in the hollow tree.

7. Although there was much publicity about the movie, I personally found little __________in the story line.

8. In some supermarkets, goods can be made very cheap if they are bought __________.

9. Talking about “the Cultural Revolution”, I had only some __________memories because I was very young then.

10. Samuel Longhorn Clemens wrote many stories under the __________of Mark Twain.

11. Early colonists in North America usually__________ Puritan ideas in their children.

12. The retired editor needed a lot of __________ to start up a new newspaper.

13. During a storm at sea, the fishing boat __________ a huge rock and was smashed into pieces.

14. On this small island, you can see a lot of __________architecture built by the colonists 50 years ago.

15. The Martyrs’ Monument in the town centre always __________people’s bitter memories of the Second World War.

16. The drizzle and mist made the distant lighthouse on __________sight.

17. His generous donation___________his love for the people of the flood-stricken areas.

Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives.

Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.

One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population __12__, many people like big families. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age.

Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __16__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results have not been 18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__.

( )1.A increasing B to increase C and increase D with increasing

( )2.A second B recent C next D late

( )3.A Any B Some C More D All

( )4.A need B want C absence D shortage

( )5.A so B much C too D enough

( )6.A getting B from getting C to get D get

( )7.A remember B remembering C to remember D remembers

( )8.A an amount B a number C the amount D the number

( )9.A for B in C of D about

( )10.A not easy B no easy C not easily D no ease

( )11.A persuade B be persuading C be persuaded D persuading

( )12.A bursting B explosion C raising D extension

( )13.A takes B brings C makes D earns

( )14.A upon B for C into D after

( )15.A adjusted B created C adopted D presented

( )16. A Of B Among C Between D Out of

( )17.A exceptions B examples C events D cases

( )18.A success B succeeded C successful D succeeding

( )19.A were encouraged B encouraged C are encouraged D encourage

( )20.A presently B at present C in time D on time

I. Choose a word that best completes each of the following sentences: (20*1point=20points)

ACCAD ABDCC ADCAB BCAAC

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box below, changing its form when necessary: (17*1point=17points)

1. rehearsed 2. demolished 3. in search for 4. disillusioned 5. legitimate 6.embarked on

7. novelty 8. in bulk 9. nebulous 10. pseudonym 11. implanted 12.capital

13. struck 14. exotic 15. evokes 16. elusive 17. testifies to

III.Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives.

1―5 A C B D C 6―10 B A D A A 11―15 C B B D C 16―20 B D C A B