第二节 完型填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Alfred Nobel, 1 of dynamite, was born in Sweden on October 21,1833. In 1842, he moved to Russia, where he was educated. But he spent most of his time in Paris, where he studied chemistry. 2 his return from Paris, he began his study on explosives in his father's laboratory. Being inventive and imaginative, in 1867, he 3 inventing a new explosive, dynamite, which made him world-famous. During his life time, he took more than 100 patents. But he was not interested in 4 , he was most generous 5 the poor. His 6 wish was to bring happiness and peace to the whole world. That was why he had devoted 7 his time and money 8 this cause and at his death in 1886, Alfred Nobel, in his famous 9 , 10 all his money to set up a fund to provide prizes for the most outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics.
1.
A.an inventor
B.inventer
C.inventor
A B C
C
这个短语作为插入语进一步补充说明前句诺贝尔的成就,通常专有名词的同位语前不加冠词。
2.
A.Before
B.After
C.When
A B C
B
根据上下文的逻辑关系,应用介词after而不是before;when都是连词,其后不能接名词。
3.
A.failed to
B.succeeded in
C.was interested in
A B C
B
根据上文“made him world-famous"。应选择succeeded in意为“在……获得成功。”fail to意为“做……失败”。
4.
A.making a living
B.making money
C.becoming poor
A B C
B
make money意为“赚钱、发财”,make a living是“求生、谋生”的意思。become poor意为“变得贫穷”。上文提到诺贝尔在其一生中取得100多项专利,因此,选项 [B]。
第一节 词语配伍 从所给出的选项中选出与各项意义相符的选项。 A. plane B. advertisement C. paper D. telephone E. language F. desk G. examination
1. You can communicate with it.
D
2. You can express yourself with it.
E
3. 53.You can fly in it.
A
4. You can show your goods by it.
B
5. You can examine yourself through it
G
第二节 短文理解 1 阅读下面短文,从[A] (Right)、[B] (Wrong)、[C] (Doesn’t say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项。 Viki washed her face and brushed her teeth. She also learned to clean her nails with a file. Viki learned to follow about fifty different orders. She would "go to the bedroom" when someone told her. Someone would ask, "Do you want to go to the show? "Then Viki would go to the car. She learned how to turn on every lamp in the house. Once a visitor was having trouble trying to start an electric fan, Viki came to help. Viki was clever, but she could not really learn to talk to others. Her brain was the brain of a very smart animal, but it was not a human brain. Only people have the kind of brain that makes it possible to use language.
1. Viki is a nice girl.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
2. Viki is clever because she is a hard-working student.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
3. Viki can do many things because her parents help her.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
4. People have the kind of brain that makes it possible to use language. Viki also does.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
5. The visitor is Viki's friend.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
A B C
B
第三节 短文理解 2 阅读下列短文,从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。 Not all buildings share the same. There are different things in different kind of buildings. Theaters(剧院) have many seats, but no tables. Hospitals have many beds, but banks(银行)have no beds. Some churches have seats and others don't have any. Universities have both seats and windows. All buildings have rooms. Every room has a door. There may be one or more windows in a room. Every building has a roof(屋顶), walls and a floor. Every building on my street has its own number. The number of my apartment(公寓) building is 421. The number of the building across the street is 422. The name of my street is Park Street. It is one of the big streets in my city .The post office is on Park Street. Park Street goes to the city park. On one side(边) of the park is a milk store. When I go for milk, I go straight(一直地)along Park Street until I come to Flower Street. At the corner of Park and Flower Street, there is a stop light. When it is red all the cars come to a stop. When the stop light is green for me, I go across the street.
1. Every building has ______.
A.two door
B.two windows
C.it's own number
A B C
C
2. There are seats and windows in ______.
A.banks
B.churches
C.universities
A B C
C
3. The writer lives ______.
A.on Park Street
B.on Flower Street
C.at 422
A B C
A
4. If I want to buy milk I can ______.
A.take a bus
B.go along Park Street
C.go along Flower Street
A B C
B
5. There is a ______ on Park Street.
A.theater
B.church
C.post office
A B C
C
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲)did not know anything about tea. Some people had heard about it, but very few of them knew what to do with it. Here is a story about an English sailor(水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He had been to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a pre- sent for his mother. The sailor's mother told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman brought out some tea- leaves and asked them to eat. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves. At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother, what have you done with the tea?" "I boiled(煮) it as you said." "And what did you do with the water?" "I threw it away, of course, "answered the old woman. "Now you may throw away the leaves, too," said her son.
6. ______ people knew what to do with tea at that time.
A.Lots of
B.Many
C.Only a few
A B C
C
7. The sailor gave his mother some ______ as a present.
A.money
B.food
C.tea
A B C
C
8. The guests ate ______ at the tea party.
A.fish
B.apple
C.tea-leaves
A B C
C
9. Everyone ______ the tea-leaves, of course.
A.enjoyed
B.hated
C.wanted
A B C
B
10. The old woman kept the leaves but threw the ______ away.
Department of English Foreign Studies University, Tianjin June 16,1999 Mr. David Crook Beijing University Beijing, China
Dear Mr. Crook, The teachers of English in our department are deeply impressed by your "A Study of English Grammar" and very interested in hearing in person your ideas on the subject. Would you please come to our department at your convenience? Of course, you would receive our honorarium to cover your travelling and other expenses. Please let us know if you can come and tell us when you would be able to do so. Sincerely yours, Wang Li