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大学英语复习备考题库
Vocabulary
and Structure
练习一
1. This
heroic deed _____ him his life.
A.
spent
B. cost
C.
took
2. I am _____ of money at the moment.
Could you lend me some?
A. short
B. long
C. need
D. wanting
3. Raising the temperature of blood
flowing to the brain causes _____ feelings.
A. unpleasant
B. unpleasing
C. unpleased
D. unbreathing
4. Although
the weather was very bad, the buses still ran on
_____.
A. time
B. plan
C. schedule
D. arrangement
5. It's the third time your brother
late this week.
?
A. had arrived
B. arrives
C. have arrived
D. has arrived
6. The
general ordered that the prisoners of war be put
to _____ immediately.
A. death
B. wound
C.
injury
D.
damage
7. Effective measures should be
taken to _____ factories from going bankrupt.
A. avoid
B.
order
C.
prevent
D. warn
8. I
haven't got anything to do, so I
go
with you.
A. must
B. may as well
C. have to
D. may
9. Who is going to
_____ the telephone ?
A. reply
B. respond
C. answer
D. pick
10. Anne _____
the news to everybody.
A. told
B. said
C. advised
D. spoke
11. I
don?t mind how hot it is, but I can?t
_____
the cold.
A. stand
B. fight
C. keep
D. beat
quiet
！
It?s rude
to
_____ people when they are speaking.
A. interfere
B. interrupt
C. investigate
D. involve
13.
Experts advise that more attention be given to
_____ of wild life.
A. convention
B. conversation
C. conservation
D. contradiction
14.
The car was repaired but not quite to
the owner?s
_____.
A. job
B.
pleasure
C. satisfaction
D.
attraction
15. His office is on the
third _____ of the building.
A. floor
B. flat
C. ground
D.
level
16. It was a minor illness, and
she soon _____ it.
A. got over
B. got on with
C. got around
D.
got out of
17. Jack is the _____ holder
of the world 5000-meter race world record, but
there is
no guarantee that he will win
the first place in the coming Olympic Games.
A. dominant
B. prominent
C. good
D. current
18. We must _____ a solid foundation
for the development of our heavy industry.
A. lie
B.
lay
C. put
D. raise
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19. They have asked us to _____ in the
negotiations.
A. involve
B. be mixed
C. participant
D. take place
20. You can never _____ that fellow for
help at a critical moment.
A. rely for
B. depend at
C. count on
D.
trust on
21. I heard that he _______
great progress in his research since we last
parted.
A. had made
B. made
C. has made
D. makes
22.
He?d rather die than
_______ to his enemy.
A.
surrenders
B. surrendering
C.
surrender
D. surrendered
23.”May I speak to John?”
“Sorry. He
______ to the store.”
A. has
gone
B.
was going
C. goes
D. has been
24.
He decided _______ her a call soon after he got
into town.
A. give
B. giving
C. to give
D. will give
25. Why do you want a new job ______
you've got a good one
already?
A. that
B. where
C. which
D. when
26. I was watching TV while my son
_______ computer games.
A. playing
B. was playing
C. played
D.
had plated
27. I ______ him an e-mail
as I wanted to know when he ______ to visit us.
A. send; comes
B. sent; would come
C. sent; came
D. send; is coming
28. We
started out early in order that we _______ there
in time.
A. would get
B. ought get
C. should get
D.
had to get
29. Was it until 1990s
_______ the old man finally got a house of his
own?
A. when
B. that
C. which
D.
how
30._______ English well, you have
to use the language as much as possible.
A. Learning
B. To learn
C. Learned
D. To be
learning
31. It is necessary that the
younger generation _______ more about the real
world.
A. knew
B. know
C. knows
D. knowing
32. Sally has failed again. I think she
______ harder.
A. ought have studied
B. ought to have studied
C. must have studied
D. may have studied
33._______ by the doctor that the old
man give up smoking.
A. It is requested
B. It is hoped
C. It is wished
D.
It is reported
34._______ from them
sooner, I would have been able to take time off
from work
when they were here.
A. If I would hear
B. Had I heard
C.
Did I hear
D. If I heard
35. I ______ you some money, but I
hadn't any on me then.
A. would have
lent
B. would lend
C. could have lent
D. should lend
练习二
1. They came
here informed us _____ their decision.
A. on
B. about
C. for
D. of
2. He asked us if we would _____ to
share a room.
A. accept
B. agree
C. consider
D. admit
3. Last night?s strong wind nearly took
the roof
_____.
A. away
B. out
C.
down
D. off
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4. Breakfast is _____ in the dining
room from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
A. served
B.
made
C.
cooked
D. eaten
5. If we _____ the
plan you suggest, we are more likely to be
successful.
A. decide
B. elect
C.
vote
D. adopt
6. The manager offered $$3,000 _____ to
anyone who could solve the problem of
water pollution.
A. price
B. prize
C. award
D.
reward
7. The man over there is an
easy-_____ person.
A. walking
B.
running
C. going
D.
racing
8. If you can?t fix the machine
before 3 p.m., I?ll __
___ your job.
A. take down
B. take over
C.
receive
D.
resist
9. _____, what he said at the
meeting is true except that a few figures he
quoted are
not very reliable.
A. In general
B. In
particular
C. In respects
D.
As a matter of fact
10. The prince
_____ in love with the country girl at first
sight.
A. dropped
B. fell
C. came
D. went
11. I
telephoned the station to make _____ of the time
of the train.
A. sure
B. real
C. true
D. right
12. We
had a long meeting yesterday. It _____ four hours.
A. kept
B.
spent
C. continued
D. lasted
13. I looked at the window for three
minutes, and then the light_____.
A.
went down
B. went out
C.
went up
D. went back
14. It's hot today. The temperature
to
35
℃
.
A. has risen
B. has been risen
C. has been raised
D. has
raised
15.
turn green in spring.
A. Leaf
B. Leafs
C.
Leave
D. Leaves
16.
The story was so touching that I could hardly
_____ my tears.
A. hold on
B. hold to
C. hold up
D. hold back
17.
When the teacher _____ the room, all the pupils
stood up.
A. came
B.
appeared
C. arrived
D. entered
18.
We must take _____ to help the poor.
A.
matter
B. measures
C. paces
D. acts
19. When you take all the circumstances
into _____, you may come to the conclusion
he has not done badly.
A.
view
B. account
C. question
D. point
20. Mr. Brown has a
strong _____ of duty.
A. sense
B. emotion
C. feeling
D. thought
she was
little, she _______ a few dialects
(
方言
), but now she________
most of them.
A. spoke; has
forgotten
B. spoke; forgot
C. had spoken; forgot
D. speaks; has forgotten
22.
How much _________ the meat ________?
A. is; weighing
B. does; weigh
C. has; weighed
D. was;
weighing
23. As citizens of China, we
_______ do our best for the 2008 Olympics.
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A. would
B. might
C. should
D.
could
24. Why do you worry so much
______ your health? I think you are all right.
A. for
B. about
C.
at
D. on
25. About
of the workers in that steelworks are
young people.
A. third fifths
B. three fives
C.
three fifths
D. three fifth
26. Is the Changjiang River
river in the world?
A. the third longest
B. the third longer
C. the
three longest
D.
the three longer
27. I bought _______
DVD of that popular movie from _______ big store.
A. a; the
B. the; a
C. a; a
D. the; the
28.
wants the book may have it.
A. Anyone
B. Someone
C. Those
D.
Whoever
29. Marry _______ for her
notebook everywhere. Have you seen it?
A. had looked
B. was looking
C. has looked
D. has been looking
30. I
spoke loudly _______ everyone in the hall hear my
words.
A. letting
B.
let
C. to be letting
D.
to let
31. Our English teacher demanded
that we _______ to English broadcast every day.
A. listening
B. would listen
C. listen
D. could listen
32. We were
angry to hear the news _______ some children were
kept as slaves in
small coal mines.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. where
33. Don't you think it any good _______
in public places?
A. to forbid smoking
B.
forbidding smoking
C.
to forbid to smoke
D. forbidding to smoke
34.
Charles insisted that we _______ everything we
could to make sure of Lucy's
happiness.
A. does
B.
do
C.
did
D. must do
35. _______ a
teacher, one must be a pupil first.
A.
Being
B. Having been
C. To be
D. To have been
练习三
1. I would
gladly lend you the money, but I really ______.
A. have it
B.
didn?t have
it
C.
shouldn?t have it
D.
don?t have
it
2. The ______ from the
forest fire could be seen ten miles away.
A. smell
B.
spark
C. steam
D. smoke
3. To some _______,
Mary still does not understand that workplace
completely. But
she herself does want
to admit that.
A. idea
B. part
C. extent
D.
content
4. This mountain has many high
______ and deep valleys.
A. peaks
B. hills
C. places
D. rocks
5. A modern radio telescope was set
______ on the top of that mountain.
A.
in
B. up
C. off
D. down
6. As it ______, the elderly lady she
quarreled with was none other than her future
mother-in-law.
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A. turned out
B. turned down
C.
turned up
D. turned on
7.
do
you write to your brother?
A. How soon
B. How often
C. How long
D. How fast
8. The bus had to ______ because the
traffic light had turned red.
A. shut
up
B.
set up
C. pull up
D.
catch up
9. A meeting of the society
will be ______ at six o'clock on Tuesday evening.
A. placed
B. taken
C. made
D.
held
10. The professor
last week will give us a report this
Saturday afternoon.
A. returning
B. returned
C.
who returned
D. having returned
11. He felt ______ of what he had done
in school.
A. shy
B. suitable
C. advisable
D. ashamed
12. Let's talk all this over again
we make a final decision.
A.
after
B. before
C. while
D. when
13.
______ does Mr. Robinson go to New York on
business?
A. How short
B. How often
C. How long
D. How usual
14. I wish I
you yesterday.
A. seen
B.
did you
C.
had seen
D. were to see
15.
is
not very easy.
A. Work out the problem
C. Send it to America
A. doesn't
B.
To ask him to come
D. To be become a teacher
C. didn't
D. haven't
16.
Whether he comes or not
matter too
much.
B. don't
17. My name is Robert,
most of my friends call me Bob for
short.
A. then
B. instead
C. moreover
D. but
18._______ what has been said, it is
unlikely that population growth rate will slow
down, either in developed or in
developing countries.
A. For the sake
of
B. On behalf o
C.
With the exception of
D. In view of
19. We must take ______ to help the
poor.
A. matter
B. measures
C. paces
D. acts
20. She leaned
______ the wall while she was speaking to her
friend.
A. to
B. towards
C. against
D. for
21._______ Mount Tai is nice. But
______ Yellow Mountain is more beautiful.
A. /; the
B.
/; /
C. a; th
D. the; the
22. The bridge _______ after that
severe flood.
A. is built
B.
had been built
C.
was built
D.
will be built
23.
himself an ideal job.
A.
Nowhere he could find
B. Nowhere could he find
C.
He could nowhere find
D. He could find nowhere
24.
Over two _______ died during the heat wave that
summer.
A. thousand old people
B. thousands old people
C. thousand old peoples
D.
thousands old peoples
25. In ______
recent years, Niagara Falls have come to be
appreciated more for their
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natural beauty as _______ wonder of
nature.
A. the; a
B. the; the
C. /; the
D. /; a
26. The
old couple live _______, but
they don?t
feel _______.
A. alone; lone
B. lonely; lonely
C. lonely; alone
D.
alone; lonely
27. Where will you
when you arrive there?
A.
visit
B. expect
C.
inhabit
D. stay
28. The cruel slave owner made the
slaves _______ long hours without food and rest.
A. work
B. working
C. to work
D. worked
29. The police _______ looking
carefully in the woods to find the missing child.
A. is
B.
are
C.
was
D. being
30. It is reported
that the new model of the car _______ produced
soon.
A. is being
B. will be
C. has been
D. was
31. Look, the moon is
appearing _______ the clouds!
A. from
behind
B. from
C. out of
D.
away from
32.
In the dark
street, there wasn?t a single person _______ she
could turn for help.
A. that
B. who
C. from whom
D. to whom
33.
She as well as you _______ very lucky to get the
ticket to see the play.
A. are
B.
am
C. were
D.
is
34. She always tells the truth. The
manager
in
her.
A. considers
A. pleasant
练习四
1. We took
______ of the fine weather and spent the dawn on
the beach.
A. advantage
B.
opportunity
C. chance
D,
use
2. If you
five to eight, you get
thirteen.
A. give
B. put
C. improve
D. add
3. The task has been
completed; we
to
leave tomorrow morning.
A. invent
B.
try
C. intend
D. invite
4. Because the company was doing more
business, it was necessary to ______ the
factory.
A. extend
B.
increase
C.
rise
D. grow
5. How
long does it ______ to travel from Leeds to
London?
A. want
B.
spend
C. make
D. take
6. Things are going from bad to ______.
A. terrible
B. bad
C. better
D. worse
7. The glass fell and was broken into
______.
A. bit
B. items
C. articles
D.
pieces
8. My only purpose was to get
shelter ______ the snow, to get myself covered and
warm.
A. to
B.
off
C. from
D. over
9. Owing
to the storm, the flight was ______ for one and a
half hours.
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B. thinks
C. believes
C. surprised
D. trusts
D.
expected
35. We are
to learn that
he lost the game.
B.
confused
A. stopped
B. given
C. delayed
D. cancelled
10.I want to learn more about the
American political system, but I don?t know where
to
get the ______.
A.
situation
B.
conversation
C.
information
D. explanation
11. The Americans and the British not
only speak the same language but also ______
a large number of social customs.
A. share
B.
join
C.
take
D. make
12. He would win the
race if he ______
his brother?s example
and trained harder.
A.
repeated
B. followed
C.
answered
D.
took
13. ______ there is no opposition,
we shall hold the symposium here.
A.
While
B. Ever since
C.
Provided that
D. As soon as
14. He said the government would do its
best to ______ the problem of
unemployment.
A. answer
B.
decide
C. solve
D. open
15.
Water, when boiled, always ______ steam.
A. gives in
B. gives off
C. gives up
D. gives away
16. How can we finish the work in the
______ of any other helpers?
A. opinion
B. view
C. presence
D.
absence
17. Two of the boys
while playing football.
A.
hurt
B. were
hurting
C. got
hurt
D. had
been hurt
18. The ______ of the sugar
is of course to sweeten the medicine.
A. reason
B. need
C. cause
D.
purpose
19. We should try our best to
make
possible.
A.
mistakes as few as
C. as less mistakes
as
A. little
B.
as fewer mistakes as
D. as few mistakes as
C. a little
C. did you
D.
little bit
D. didn't you
20
. “Would you like some
wine?”“Yes. Just
.”
B. very little
B. hadn't you
21. You had a good time yesterday,
?
A. had you
22.
it is done on purpose is
beyond doubt.
?
A.
What
B. Who
C. That
D. Whoever
23.
I?d love to join you _______ I have to drive my
son to his football game.
A.
though
B.
therefore
C. but
D. while
24. It is not easy _______ a language
but he can speak a few of the foreign
languages.
A. learning
B. to learn
C. learned
D.
learn
25. Because the man's gift was
too expensive, the girl
to accept it.
A. rejected
A.
intend
B. denied
C. refused
C. prepare
D. unwilling
D. pretend
D. wherever
26. We must not
to know when we do not
know.
B. prevent
27.
He asked me to do the work. I am afraid,
, that I am not able to do it.
A .whatever
B.
nevertheless
C. however
28. I knew his wife was
very
with him about his drinking.
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A. rude
B. strike
C. impolite
D. strict
29. It is necessary that she _______
spoken English now and then.
A. might
practice
B. practices
C. practice
D. would practice
30.
”
_______ you
like to join us for a chat?
”
“
I
___
__ love to but I?m very busy
now
.
”
A. Would; would
B.
Will; would
C. Do; will
D. Could;
should
31. I shall speak in simple
words that there may be no
.
A. misunderstanding
B. mistake
C. fault
D.
error
32. What is the reason for
_______ on time?
A. not your coming
B.
you not come
C. your not coming
D. you not to come
33. I need one more stamp
before my collection ________.
A. is
completed
B. completed
C.
has been completed
D. has completed
34. After
his mother bought him an ice cream, the little boy
became a little
.
A. happiest
French.
A. where
B. happily
C. more happily
D. happier
35. In fact the man did not understand
the three questions
were asked in
B. who
C. in which
D.
which
Reading Comprehension
1
When Mrs. Joseph Groeger died recently
in Vienna, Austria, people asked the
q
uestion,
“Why
did
she
live
to
be
107?”
Answers
were
provided
by
a
survey
conducted among 148
Viennese men and women who had reached the age of
100.
Somewhat
surprising
was
the
fact
that
the
majority
had
lived
most
of
their
lives
in
cities.
In
spite
of
the
city?s
image
as
an
unhealthy
place,
city
living
often
provides
benefits that
country living can lack. One factor seems to be
important to the longevity
of those
interviewed.
This factor is exercise.
In the cities it is often faster to walk short
distances than
to
wait
for
a
bus.
Even
taking
public
transportation
often
requires
some
walking.
Smaller apartment houses have no
elevators, and so people must climb stairs. City
people can usually walk to local
supermarkets. Since parking spaces are hard to
find,
there is often no alternative to
walking.
On the other hand, those who
live in the country and suburbs do not have to
walk every day. In fact, the opposite
is often true. To go to school, work, or almost
anywhere else, they must ride in cars.
1. The Vienna survey may help to
explain
.
A. the complaints of people in
apartment houses
B. the cause of Mrs.
Groeger?s death
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C. the longevity of people like Mrs.
Groeger
D. the image of
cities in general
2. The purpose of the
second paragraph is to list some
.
A. benefits of walking
B. occasions for walking in
city life
D. problems of city living
C. comments made by city people
3. To reach the third floor
of a building, it would probably be most healthful
.
A. to take the elevator
C.
to ride in a car
B.
to walk up the stairs
D. to find an
alternative to walking
4.
People
who
live
in
the
country
probably
do
more
driving
than
walking
because
.
A. they don?
t live near
business areas
C. they never have
parking problems
B. they don?t need the
exercise
D. they can?t
afford to take the bus
5. A
conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is
that
.
A. air
pollution is not serious
B. anyone can live to be 107
2
If
we were asked exactly what we were doing a year
ago, we should probably
have to say
that we could not remember. But if we had kept a
book and had written in
it an account
of what we did each day, we should be able to give
an answer to the
question.
It is the same in history. Many things
have been forgotten because we do not
have
any
written
account
of
them.
Sometimes
men
did
keep
a
record
of
the
most
important happenings in their country,
but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war.
Sometimes there was never any written
record at all because the people of that time
and place did not know how to write.
For example, we know a good deal about the
people
who
lived
in
China
4,000
years
ago,
because
they
could
write
and
leave
written records for
those who lived after them. But we know almost
nothing about the
people who lived even
200 years ago in central Africa, because they had
not learned
to write.
Sometimes,
of
course,
even
if
the
people
cannot
write,
they
may
know
something of the past.
They have heard about it from older people, and
often songs
and dances and stories have
been made about the most important happenings, and
these have been sung and acted and told
for many generations. For most people are
proud to tell what
their
fathers did in the past. This we may call
?remembered history?.
Some
of
it
has
now
been
written
down.
It
is
not
so
exact
or
so
valuable
to
us
as
written history is, because words are
much more easily changed when used again
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C. country people should move to the
city
D. walking
is healthful exercise
and
again
in
speech
than
when
copied
in
writing.
But
where
there
are
no
written
records, such spoken stories are often
very helpful.
1. Which of the following
ideas is Not suggested in the passage?
A. “Remembered history”, compared with
written history, is less reliable.
B.
Written
records
of
the
past
play
the
most
important
role
in
our
learning
of
the
human history.
C.
A
written
account
of
our
daily
activities
helps
us
to
be
able
to
answer
many
questions.
D. Where there are no written records,
there is no history.
2. We know very
little about the central Africa 200 years ago
because
.
A. there was
nothing worth being written down at that time
B. the people there ignored the
importance of keeping a record
C. the
written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D. the people there did not know how to
write
3. “Remembered history” refers to
.
A. history
based on a person?s imagination
B. stories of important happenings
passed down from mouth to mouth
C.
songs and danced about the most important events
D. both B and C
4.
“Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only
when
.
A. it is written down
B. no written
account is available
D. people are
interested in it
C. it proves to be
true
5. The passage
suggests that we could have learned much more
about our past than
we do now if the
ancient people had
.
A. kept a written record of every past
event
B. not burnt their
written records in wars
C. told exact
stories of the most important happenings
D. made more songs and dances
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For
any English
man, there can never be any
discussion as to who is the world?s
greatest dramatist. Only one name can
possibly suggest itself to him: that of William
Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some
knowledge, however slight, of the work of
our greatest writer. All
of
us use words, phrases and quotations from
Shakespeare?s
writings
that
have
become
part
of
the
common
property
of
the
English-speaking
people.
Most of the time we are probably unaware of the
source of the words we used,
rather
like
the
old
lady
who
was
taken
to
see
a
performance
of
Hamlet
and
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complained that it was full of well-
known proverbs and quotations.
Shakespeare, more perhaps than any
other writer, makes full use of the great
resources of the English language. Most
of us use about five thousand words in our
normal use of English; Shakespeare in
his works used about twenty-five thousand.
There is probably no better way for a
foreigner to appreciate the richness and
variety
of
the
English
language
than
by
studying
the
various
ways
in
which
Shakespeare
used
it.
Such
a
study
is
well
worth
the
effort
(it
is
not,
of
course,
recommended to beginners) even
though some aspects of English usage,
and the
meaning of many words, have
changed since Shakespeare?s day.
1. English people
.
A. have never di
scussed who
is the world?s greatest dramatist
B. never discuss any issue concerning
the world?s greatest dramatist
C. are sure who is the world?s greatest
dramatist
D. do not care who
is the world?s greatest dramatist
2. Every Englishman knows
.
A. more or less about
Shakespeare
B.
Shakespeare, but only slightly
C. all
Shakespeare?s writings
D.
only the name of the greatest English writer
3. Which of the following is true?
A. We use all the words, phrases and
quotations from Shakespeare?
s writings.
B.
Shakespeare?s
writings
have
become
the
property
of
those
who
are learning
to
speak English.
C. It is likely to be true that people
often do not know the origins of the words they
use.
D. All the words people
use are taken from the writings of Shakespeare.
4
. What does the word
“proverb ” mean?
A. Familiar
sayings.
C. Complaints.
B. Shakespeare?s plays.
D. Actors and actresses.
5.
Why
is
it
worthwhile
to
study
the
various
ways
in
which
Shakespeare
used
English?
A. English words
have c
hanged a lot since Shakespeare?s
time
B. By doing so one can
be fully aware of the richness of the English
language.
C. English words are now
being used in the same way as in Shakespeare?s
time
D. Beginners may have
difficulty learning some aspects of English usage.
4
To the Editor:
I have been reading your newspaper, the
Hometown Gazette, for the past two
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years, ever since I moved to
Smithville. We moved here from New York City, so I
am
accustomed to reading excellent
newspapers such as The New York Times. In fact,
we still have the Times delivered on
Sundays. The entire family enjoys reading the
recipes in the magazine, as well as the
Styles section.
The
Times is great, but the Gazette is another story.
I've never read an article
that doesn't
contain at least three or four spelling or
grammatical errors. For instance,
in
last week's issue, you misspelled the word
plural noun, and used
case
you never went to elementary school,
adjective!
It's a pity that this tiny little hick
town has only one newspaper, because I'd like to
have an alternative to the rag you
publish. I find it hard to believe your news
stories. If
you can't spell correctly,
how can you get your facts right?
I've
been
meaning
to
get
this
off
my
chest
for
some
time.
Please
cancel
my
subscription. And buy yourself a
dictionary.
Sincerely,
Jane Z. Jones
1.
Which phrase from the passage shows the writer's
bias
（偏见）
?
A. Get this off my chest.
B. Three or four spelling or
grammatical errors.
C. Tiny little hick
town.
D.
Reading the recipes in the magazine.
2.
The author's tone in this passage can best be
described as________.
A. angry
B.
sympathetic
C. happy
D.
objective
3. Which statement from the
passage is a fact?
A. We still have the
Times delivered on Sundays.
B. The
Times is great, but the Gazette is another story.
C. It's a pity this town has only one
newspaper.
D. I am accustomed to
reading excellent newspapers.
4. Which
statement is an example of an invalid argument?
A.
I
have
been
reading
your
newspaper,
the
Hometown
Gazette,
for
the
past
two
years, ever since I moved
to Smithville.
B. In fact, we still
have the Times delivered on Sundays.
C.
I've
never
read
an
article
that
doesn't
contain
at
least
three
or
four
spelling
or
grammatical errors.
D. If
you can't spell correctly, how can you get your
facts right?
5.
Which
of
the
following
statements
in
the
passage
is
unrelated
to
the
writer's
argument?
A. We moved
here
from
New
York
City,
so
I
am
accustomed
to
reading
excellent
newspapers.
B. The entire
family enjoys reading the recipes in the magazine,
as well as the Styles
section.
C.
In
case
you
never
went
to
elementary
school,
means
is.
It's
not
a
possessive
adjective!
D. Please cancel my
subscription. And buy yourself a dictionary.
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Thomas
Alva
Edison
lit
up
the
world
with
his
invention
of
the
electric
light.
Without him, the
world might still be a dark place. However, the
electric light was not
his only
invention. He also invented the phonograph, the
motion picture camera, and
over 1,200
other things. About every two weeks he created
something new.
Thomas A. Edison was
born in
Milan, Ohio, on
February 11, 1847. His family
moved
to
Port
Huron,
Michigan,
when
he
was
seven
years
old.
Surprisingly,
he
attended school for only two months.
His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few
things, but Thomas
was
mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led
him to
start
experimenting at a young age with
electrical and mechanical things at home.
When he was 12 years old, he got his
first job. He became a newsboy on a train
that ran between Port Huron and
Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car
of
the train so that he could continue
his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately,
his first work experience did not end
well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally set
fire to the floor of the baggage car.
Thomas then worked for five years as a
telegraph operator, but he continued to
spend much of his time on the job
conducting experiments. He got his first patent in
1868
for
a
vote
recorder
run
by
electricity.
However,
the
vote
recorder
was
not
a
success. In 1870, he sold
another invention, a stock-ticker, for $$40,000. A
stock-ticker
is a machine that
automatically prints stock prices on
a
tape. He
was then able
to
build his first shop in
Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison was
totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the
other, but
thought of his deafness as a
blessing in many ways. It kept conversations
short, so
that he could have more time
for work. He called himself a
he worked
16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so
intensely that his wife
had to remind
him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison
died at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931, at his
estate in West
Orange, New Jersey. He
left numerous inventions that improved the quality
of life all
over the world.
1. Thomas Edison did things in this
order:
A. he became a telegraph
operator, a newsboy, and then got his first patent
B. he became a newsboy, got his first
patent, and then became a telegraph operator
C. he got a patent, became a telegraph
operator, and then became a newsboy
D.
he became a newsboy, a telegraph operator, and
then got a patent
2. Edison considered
his deafness________.
A. a disadvantage
B.
a blessing
C.
something from a priest
D. a necessity
3. Of all the
inventions, __________ was probably the most
important for civilization.
A. the vote
recorder
B. the stock ticker
C. the light bulb
D.
the motion picture camera
4. The main
idea of this passage is that _______.
A. Thomas Edison was always interested
in science and inventions, and he invented
many important things
B.
Thomas Edison could not keep a job
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C. Thomas Edison worked day and night
on his experiments
D. deaf people make
good inventors because they can focus without the
distraction of
spoken conversation
5. Thomas Edison died in ______.
A. Ohio
B. Michigan
C. Detroit
D.
New Jersey
6
Christine Evert
Lloyd is an American tennis champion and one of
the top women
players
in
the
world.
She
is
noted
for
her
strong
backhand
and
her
intense
concentration during
a match.
Christine Marie Evert was born
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She learned to play
tennis from her father. Because she
learned to play on the slow clay tennis courts
which are common in southern Florida,
Evert is at her best on slow courts.
In
1971, at the age of sixteen, Evert became the
youngest player to reach the
semifinals
of the United States Open Tennis Championship.
This was her first time to
participate
in the U. S. Open. In 1972, she turned
professional and was able to accept
money and other prizes for winning
matches.
In 1974, she won the women's
singles title in two major tournaments. These
titles
were at Wimbledon, the British
Championship, and the French Open, which is played
on clay. Later she won the U. S. and
Australian Opens, the two other major tennis
Championships.
Evert set an
impressive record of wins on clay courts. From
August 1973 to May
1979,
a
period
of
almost
six
years,
Evert
beat
125
opponents.
Her
unbelievable
record will be
remembered for a very long time in the sports
world.
In 1979, Evert married English
tennis player John Lloyd.
1. Wimbledon
is the site of____.
A. the U. S. Open
B. the British
Championship
C. the French Open
D. both B and C
2. A tennis
competition between two people is called a tennis
____.
A. game
B.
champion
C. open
D. match
3. At her first U.
S. Open, Evert was a ____.
A. finalist
B. semifinalist
C. winner
D.
champion
4. How many major tennis
championships are there mentioned in the passage?
A. Four.
B.
Three.
C. Two.
D. One.
5. The underlined
word slow probably means ______.
A. the
tennis balls travel slowly
B. the
player may hit the ball slowly
C. the
tennis balls do not travel as fast after they hit
the ground
D. the competition is slow
7
Language
is
a
way
to
communicate
with
each
other.
We
started
to
learn
language
when
we
were
born.
However,
people
are
used
to
speaking
their
native
language, so
immigrants are having many problems between the
first generation and
the second
generation because they don't have the same native
language. Also, the
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