新编英语测试试卷 第四册

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Grade_______ Class_______ Name_______ No._______

Part I

CLOSE (1*15=15)

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the

corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer.

Although

most

people

believe

it

is

wrong

to

lie,

it

is

doubtful

that

anyone

can

go

through his

entire life without

tell

a lie. But

are

all lies equally

wrong? Or are some lies

actually (1) ____? To answer this we must examine the four basic types of lies. Each type is

told for different reason.

The first, and probably the most common type of lie, is the lie of (2) ____. This is the

type

of

lie

we

tell

to

make

(3)

____

sound

more

interesting.

Or

we

may

lie

about

our

achievements to make ourselves seem more intelligent or clever. We justify this type of lie

by (4) ____ ourselves that we can not harm anyone. But there is one disadvantage of this

type of lie. If we are found out, we are (5) ____ feeling like a fool and wondering why we

(6) ____ to lie about something so unimportant.

The

second

type

of

lie

is

told

to

avoid

(7)

____

someone.

This

type

of

lie

is

often

considered necessary. When someone asked,

“

Do you like my new dress?

”

we (8) ____ to

answer yes because we know that is what she wants to hear. But even this type of lie is not

always wise. For example, if a patient asks his doctor if he has terminal cancer, he wants

and expects an (9) ____ answer is most cases.

The third type of lie is the exact opposite of the second. It is the (10) ____ malicious lie

told for the express purpose of hurting someone. Few (11) ____ adults tell this kind of lie,

but it is fairly common among children. They may shout

“

I hate you

”

at another child one

day but be back playing with him the next day.

The last type of lie is the one we tell to cover up something we should or should not

have done in the first place. Rather than (12) ____ we made a mistake, we lie about it. This

is the type of lie that gets us most into trouble. No one has a good enough memory to tell his

type of lie. One lie (13) ____ to another. Then before we know it, we have forgotten what

we said to whom, and we are afraid to open our month (14) ____ fear that we will put our

foot in it. Then we realize what is mean by the phrase,

“

Oh, what a tangled web we (15)

____ when first we practice to deceive.

”

1.

A. defended

B. explained

C. justified

D. supported

2.

A. boast

B. enlargement

C. entertainment

D

. exaggeration

3.

A. an incident

B. an accident

C. a chance

D. a problem

4.

A. convincing

B. satisfying

C. assuring

D. supporting

5.

A. kept

B. left

C. let

D. made

6.

A. bored

B. troubled

C. bothered

D. disturbing

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7.

A. harming

B. injuring

8.

A. decide

B. love

9.

A. honest

B. important

10.

A. directly

B. deliberately

11.

A. developed

B. growing

12.

A. permit

B. admit

13.

A. goes

B. comes

14.

A. with

B. in

15.

A. knit

B. weave

C. hurting

D. attacking

C. want

D. prefer

C. impossible

D. instant

C. meaningfully

D. significantly

C. ripe

D. mature

C. claim

D. declare

C. leads

D. develops

C. by

D. for

C. produce

D. form

PART II

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

（

1*20=20

）

There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words

or phrases marked A

，

B

，

C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the

sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

1. He swatted a fly on the window and _____ the glass.

A. smashed

B. cu

C. crashed

D. crushed

2. A leafy tree can_____ us from the sun on hot days.

A. fence

B. hide

C. prevent

D. shelter

3. Nobody _____ that airplane crash.

A. survived

B. conquered

C. recovered

D. relived

4. It is strange that Titus was as _____as his brother was ambitious.

A. plain

B. humble

C. aboveboard

D. week

5. His request _____us completely by surprise.

A. shook

B. made

C. took

D. left

6. I wanted to go home but my sister _____ on going to see a film.

A. persisted

B. insisted

C. resisted

D. week

7. My little brother likes to sit on the balcony and _____ what goes on below.

A. look

B. stare

C. gaze

D. watch

8. I came home and found my family _____ in a game of chess.

A. entertained

B. interested

C. busy

D. absorbed

9. “No one is so _____ as the poor man who is suddenly lucky,” said the beggar.

A. generous

B. modest

C. thoughtful

D. stern

10.

Although

only

of

_____

intelligence,

he

has

beaten

all

his

rivals

in

the

pearl

buying

business.

A. medium

B. average

C. middle

D. little

11. The doctor is the only person who will really help you; he will even treat you free of

charge.

A. Though

B. So

C. As a matter of fact D. However

12. Watch out! Here’s a beehive! Don’t disturb it

, or the queen bee might _____ you.

A. sting

B. bite

C. harm

D. kill

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13. Some people consider it unwise to _____ themselves in a quarrel between husband and

wife.

A. combine

B. mix

C. involve

D. join

14. Have you _____ down yet in your new job?

A. fixed

B. smoothed

C. suited

D. settled

15. Do you really believe in the _____ of evil spirits?

A. existence

B. occurrence

C. visiting

D. arrival

16. He has recently got an interesting _____ in the hospital.

A. employment

B. job

C. work

D. occupation

17. With its expensive furniture carefully chosen and placed, his room looks quite _____.

A. convenient

B. elegant

C. comforting

D. luxurious

18. Can you please move this chair? They are _____?

A. on the way

B. in the way

C. by the way

D. under way

19. If I had more time, I would _____ photography as my hobby.

A. take to

B. take on

C. take up

D. take over

20. Leaving your door unlocked in a city like this is _____ fire.

A. playing off

B. playing with

C. putting off

D. coping with

PART III

READING COMPREHENSION (2*15=30)

In this section there are three passages followed by questions or unfinished statements,

each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is

the best answer.

Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

TEXT A

Some 2,400 miners were on the day shift last Tuesday morning at the Kinross gold mine,

65 miles from Johannesburg. A welding team was repairing a broken track for one of the

trains that help carry gold ore to the surface. Suddenly, an acetylene tank sparked and flared

flames swept through the tunnel, igniting plastic-covered wiring, which in turn set

fire to

polyurethane foam that keeps the walls fry and solid. Within minutes the mine shaft filled

with

thick black smoke

containing toxic fumes

from the burning plastic. Choking miners

immediately fell and died of asphyxiation. When the initial several hours rescue operation

ended, 177 were dead, one was missing, and 235 were injured, making Kinross the worst

gold-mine disaster in South African history. All but five of the victims were black, and the

black-

dominated National Union of Mineworkers denounced the “unacc

eptably low safety

standards” in the mines. In fact, Kinross last year lost its top safety rating. But the mine’s

general

manager

said

the

plastics

that

burned

had

been

considered

safe.

A

government

investigation is now under way.

1. We know that the accident happened_____.

A. at night

B. in the daytime

C. at noon

D. in the afternoon

2. It was_____ that caused the fire.

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