1、单项选择题
(1)、 Karen: hello.could i speak to just in, please?
Justin: _______
A. Yes, you could
B. Speaking.
C. Who are you?
D. Speak, please.
答案： A
(2)、 Li: hello. I' m ringing about the flat advertised in today's star. ______?
Mrs. Green: yes, it is. Two or three people have rung up about it, but nobody's been to see it yet.
A. Is it still available
B. Is it still empty
C. Is it still free
D. Is it still blank
答案： A
(3)、 Student a: may i use your computer this afternoon?
Student b: i' m sorry, but i have to finish typing this term paper today.
Student a: ______.
A. Do as you please
B. It doesn’t matter
C. Thank you just the same
D. Never mind
答案： C
(4)、 Peter: what's there to do at night?
Clerk: there are clubs, concerts, players and so on. ______!
A. You make it.
B. You find it.
C. You manage it.
D. You name it.
答案： D
(5)、 Speaker a: did you have a good crossing?
Speaker b: ______. It was really rough and i'm not a good sailor.
A. No, i' m afraid not
B. Yes, very pleasant crossing.
C. No, i hadn't
D. Yes, it did
答案： A
(6)、 Man: that’s a beautiful dress you have on!
Woman: ______.
A .actually, i don’t like it very much
B. Oh, thank you. I just got it yesterday
C. yes, i think so
D. No, it’s not that beautiful. Yours is better
答案： B
(7)、 Speaker a: i missed prof. Wang's linguistics class again yesterday.
Speaker b: ______
A. Congratulations !
B. How nice you are !
C. What a pity!
D. Have a nice weekend
答案： C
(8)、 Elizabeth (treading on someone's foot.)：______. I hope i haven't hurt you.
Jordan: it's all right.
A. Oh, i'm sorry
B. Oh, i'm regretful
C. Oh, excuse me
D. Oh, forgive me
答案： A
(9)、 Speaker a: i’ve got a fever and a really bad headache.
Speaker b: ______
A. Why are you so careless about yourself?
B. This kind of thing happens to everyone.
C. You should take good care of yourself.
D. Oh, that’s too bad why don’t you take some aspirin?
答案： D
(10)、 Guest: have you a single room for tonight and tomorrow night with a telephone and shower?
Clerk: we haven't any rooms with a shower free just now, but there's a bathroom available on each floor.
Guest: ______.
A. Oh, sorry. Forget it
B. How regretful! I give it up
C. All right. It does
D. All right. That'll do
答案： D
(11)、 Speaker a: well, it’s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime
speaker b: ______
A. Sounds good i' ll give you a call.
B. Take it easy.
C. Nice to see you back.
D. Yes, i’ve enjoyed it.
答案： A
(12)、 Customer: ______ if you'd serve me as quickly as possible as i've got an appointment at two fifteen.
Waiter: i'll do my best, madam.
A. It would be very kind of you
B. It would be very helpful
C. I'd be most delightful
D. I'd be most grateful
答案： D
(13)、 Johnson: i got home very late last night. I hope i didn't disturb you.
Landlady: ______.
A. No, i heard a lot of noise
B. No, i didn't hear a thing
C. Yes, i didn't hear any noise
D. Yes, i didn't hear you
答案： B
(14)、 Edie: i thinking professor holt is smart and she's really good teacher.
Rosa: ok. I'll try to get into her class.
Edie: ______!
A. You can't miss it
B. Forget it
C. Mind you
D. You won't be sorry
答案： D
(15)、 Susan: i'm going to the cinema this evening.
Gordon: ______?
Susan: it's a western: "cowboy comes home".
A. What's in
B. What is acted
C. What's on
D. What is perform
答案： C
(16)、 Speaker a: have you ever been to the temple of heaven in beijing?
Speaker b: ______
A. No, but i have no time.
B. No, but i'd like to.
C. Yes. I was too busy then.
D. Yes. I couldn't do it right now.
答案： B
(17)、 Speaker a: where can we get the computer fixed?
Speaker b: ______
A. Yes. I have no idea
B. Why not ask john about it.
C. No. I believe there is one at the corner.
D. Why do you want it repaired?
答案： B
(18)、 Salesgirl: good morning, miss.can i help you?
Mary: yes, i'd like half a kilo oranges, please.
Salesgirl: ______ anything else?
Mary: no, thank you.
A. These oranges are for you.
B. Give you the oranges
C. There you are
D. Here are you
答案： C
(19)、 Operator: ______. May i help you?
David: i'd like to set up a telephone service, please.
A. speaking
B. Hey
C. pacific bell
D. I'm john smith
答案： C
(20)、 Speaker a: you don't have to play that record so loud, do you?
Speaker b: ________
A. Yes. I didn't mean to disturb you.
B. Sorry, i don't have to. I can turn it down a little.
C. Yes, sorry. Am i keeping you awake?
D. Sorry, i didn't realize you were trying to sleep.
答案： D
2、Close
(I)、 The word "television" derived from its Greek (Tel: distant) and Latin (vision: sight) roots. Very simply put, it works (1)______this way: Through a sophisticated, system of electronics, television provides the capability of (2)______ an image into electronic impulses, which can be sent (3)______ a wire or cable. These impulses, when fed into a (4)______, can then be electronically reconstructed (5)______that same image.
Traditionally, television has been a (6)______of the masses. We are most familiar with broadcast television because it has been with us for about thirty-seven years in a form similar (7)______what exists today. During those years, it has been (8)______ by the broadcast net-works---ABC, NBC, and CBS. These giants of broadcasting have actually (9)______ not only television but our perception of it as well. We have come to look upon the picture tube as a (10)______of information, connection and entertainment.
1. A. by B. at C. of D. in
2. A. changing B. converting C. becoming D. returning
3. A. through B. on C. among D. from
4. A. accepter B. adopter C. receiver D. recover
5. A. to B. into C. in D. at
6. A. medium B. media C. medias D. mediums
7. A. with B. fromC. to D. at
8. A. secured B. confirmed C. sured D. controlled
9. A. built B. established C. existed D. shaped
10. A. basement B. home C. source D. index
答案： DBACDACDDC
3、Reading Comprehension
(1)、 Trees should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and, fortunately, the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way.
First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size.The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches, which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus causing wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the center and so preventing the free movement of air.
One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease, but it is a wound that will heal. Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as possible. It is essential to make the area, which has been pruned, smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually done in winter, for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference from the leaves and it is, too, very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed. If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly.
1. Pruning may be done to ______.
A. make the tree grow taller
B. improve the shape of the tree
C. get rid of the small branches
D. make the small branches thicker
2. Trees become unhealthy if a gardener _____.
A. allows too many branches to grow in the middle
B. does not protect them from the wind
C. forces them to grow too quickly
D. damages some of the small side branches
3. A special substance is painted on the tree ______.
A. to make a wound smooth
B. to prevent disease entering a wound
C. to cover a rough surface
D. to help a wound to dry
4. A good gardener prunes a tree ______.
A. at intervals throughout the year
B. as quickly as possible
C. occasionally when necessary
D. regularly every winter
5. What was the writer's purpose when writing this passage?
A. To give practical instructions for pruning a tree.
B. To give a general description of pruning.
C. To explain how trees develop diseases.
D. To discuss different methods of pruning.
答案： BABCB
(2)、 One of the most authoritative voices speaking to us today is, of course, the voice of the advertisers. It shouts at us from the television screen and the radio loudspeakers; waves to us from every page of the newspaper; signals to us from the roadside bill-boards all day and flashes messages to us in colored lights all night.
Advertising has been among England’s biggest growth industries since the war. Perhaps the reason is that advertising saves the manufacturers from having to think about the customer. At the stage of designing and developing a product, there is quite enough to think about without worrying over whether anybody will want to buy it. The designer is busy enough without adding customer-appeal to all his other problems of man hours and machine tolerances and stress factors. So they just go ahead and make the thing and leave it to the advertiser to find eleven ways of making it appeal to purchasers after they have finished it, by pretending that it confers status, or attracts love, or signifies manliness.
Other manufacturers find advertising saves them from changing their product. And manufacturers hate change. The ideal product is one which goes on unchanged for ever. If, therefore, for one reason or another, some alteration seems called for -- how much better to change the image, the packet or the pitch made by the product, rather than go to all the inconvenience of changing the product itself.
1. The author appears ______ modern advertising.
A. to like
B. to be indifferent to
C. to dislike
D. to know how to deal with
2. According to the passage, advertising saves the manufacturers from ______.
A. thinking about the customer
B. changing their products
C. improving their products
D. both A and B
3. It is stated in the passage that _____ are responsible for giving a product customer-appeal.
A. customersB. designers
C. advertisersD. manufacturers
4. According to the passage, some manufacturers would prefer to change ______ of their product instead of the product itself.
A. the production cost.B. the quality
C. the market valueD. the image
5. The best title for the passage might be ______.
A. Advertising since the War
B. Advertising and Manufacturers
C. Advertising- England's Biggest Industry
D. Advertising and Purchasers
答案： CDCDC
(3)、 At the University Kansas art museum, scientists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted whites for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by electrical equipment under the carpet. The experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown room walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another experiment presented people with photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented. Three groups of people were used；each was shown the same photos, but each group was in an ordinary room--a nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting. Results showed that the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did.Other studies suggest that students do better on tests taken in comfortable room than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.
1. Which of the following is the best expression of the main idea of this passage?
A．People in beautiful rooms tend to give higher marks to photos of faces than people in ugly rooms.
B．The color and general appearance of a room have a deeper effect on the behavior of the people in it.
C．The University of Kansas has studied the effects of the color of a room on people's behavior
D．Beautifully furnished, light-colored rooms make people more comfortable than ugly, dark rooms.
2. According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is ______.
A．the longer people like to stay in it
B．the sooner people in it will leave
C．the more active people in it will become
D．the more excited people
3. What is referred to as the "general appearance" in this passage is ______.
A.how many broad windows a room has, through which sunlight might come in
B.the size of a room
C.whether there are beautiful walls in a room
D.what the room looks like
4. This passage provides us with ______.
A.a piece of scientific information
B.a normal lesson
C．an interesting test
D. a piece of news
5. At least how many tests were carried out by the scientists referred to in this passage?
A.ThreeB. TwoC. Only oneD. No one knows
答案： BADAA
(4)、 In the United States there are two major political parties, the Democratic and the Republican. The Democratic Party is the older of the two, tracing its history back to the time of Andrew Jackson in 1820s. The Republican Party, which followed the Federalist Party and the Whigs, was organized in the 1850s primarily as an antislavery party. Since antislavery sentiment was strongest in the manufacturing area of the North and East, the Republican Party logically adopted the protective tariff and other ideas furthering the growth of manufacturing in the United States. In 1860 the Democratic Party was split into two factions, the northern and the southern Democrats, each putting up its own candidate for president. While the two factions together polled more votes than did the Republican ticket, the Republicans received a total higher than that of either faction of the Democrats, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
From 1860 to the present day, there have been many attempts to find new parties. But whenever a third party has had considerable appeal at the polls, one of both of the major parties in the next election has embraced the platform accounting for its appeal, and the third party has faded away.
Over the years, therefore, the positions of the two major parties have been changing and adapting themselves to the currently important problems of public policy. At one time the Democratic Party was considered to be a party standing up for state fights, and the Republican Party a party representing the interests of business and industry. A clear-cut difference between the two parties, however, has not existed for more than half a century. If one reads the platforms of the two parties, one finds that there is very little difference between them. Each party seems to be appealing to practically every group of voters. Unlike the political parties of Europe, and unlike the Conservatives and Laborites in England, the political parties in the United States are the collections of many disparate (不同的) elements.
1. At first, the platform of the Republican Party was centered around ______.
A. antislavery policies
B. developing manufacturing
C. settling the disputes between factions
D. solving social problems
2. According to the passage, Lincoln was elected because ______.
A. his antislavery policies
B. the Democratic Party was split up
C. Iris penetrating speeches
D. the Democratic Party was for him
3. The third parties cannot survive in America because ______.
A. they don't have appealing policies
B. the two major parties always adapt their policies to the public's interest
C. they are lack of funds
D. they are not allowed to take part in the election
4. Nowadays, the two major parties ______.
A. have quite similar platforms
B. don't' have any conflicts
C. appeal to different groups of people
D. have strayed away from the values they cherished in the past
5. The two major parties in Britain are ______.
A. similar with those in America
B. similar with those in Europe
C. the collection of many different elements
D. different from those in America
答案： ABBAD
