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Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:
For each of the
following incomplete sentences, there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose
one answer that best completes the
sentence.
1.
In a time of social reform,
people
’
s state of mind tends
to keep ______ with the rapid changes of society.
A) step
B) progress
C)
pace
D) touch
2.
Here, as in
most other parts of the hilly country, one school
served for up to four or five _______villages.
A) scattered
B) maintained
C)
outdated
D) surrounded
3.
Christmas is
a Christian holy day usually celebrated on
December 25th ______ the birth of Jesus Christ.
A) in accordance with
B) in hopes of
C) in favor of
D) in honor of
4. There was
no person _____ enough to understand it.
A) known
B) learned
C)
taught
D) studied
5.
There were some_____ flowers on the
table.
A) artificial
B) unnatural
C)
false
D) unreal
6.
Don
’
t
place too much ____ on his advice.
A)
reliance
B) emphasis
C) trust
D)
obedience
7. It was not until three
hours later did I ______ to what he said.
A) catch on
B) caught on
C) caught up
D) catch up
8. The professor
________ the whole chapter, saying it was not
difficult for us to study it by ourselves.
A) dismissed
B) covered
C) skipped
D) explored
9. The cost of
living _____ has gone up all the time.
A) indication
B) level
C) standard
D) index
10. We must come to
a decision and take action quickly, for time is
_______ faster than we think.
A)
catching on
B)
stepping up
C)
running out
D) revolving around
11.
He is not
such a fool as you______ him to be.
A)
think
B)
regard
C) assume
D) consider
12.
Dr.
Smith
is
starting
the
first
training
program
himself,
and
his
methods
of
teaching
will
be
used
in
all
________training
programs.
A) temporary
B) subsequent
C) fruitful
D) energetic
13.
Many novels
that attempt to mirror the world are really ____
of the reality that they represent.
A) reflections
B) demonstration
C)
illustrations
D)
reproductions
14. He came back late,
______ which time all the guests had already left.
A) after
B) by
C)
at
D) during
15.
Whoever
disobeys the
company’s
safety regulations shall be ______on the spot.
A) interrupted
B) switched
C) dismissed
D) revealed
16.
I
’
d rather have a room of my
own, however small it is, than ______ a room with
someone else.
A) share
B) to share
C) sharing
D)
to have shared
17.
It seemed for a while that infants were
______ to Aids.
A) contribute
B) attend
C)
attribute
D) immune
18.
______ I read novels and ______ I watch TV for a
change.
A) Sometime / sometime
B) Sometimes /
sometimes
C) Some time / some time
D) Some times / some times
19. Many young women do aerobics every
day in their _____ to achieve the perfect body.
A) quest
B) strain
C) temptation
D) campaign
20. The
government has ______ defense spending.
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A) cut away
B)
cut across
C) cut back on
D)
cut through
21. I hope all the
precautions against air pollution, ______
suggested by the local government, will be
seriously
considered here.
A)
while
B) since
C) after
D) as
22. The
old lady took the cheese and ______ to eat.
A) commended
B) commented
C) renounced
D) commenced
23.
I ______ upwards and could
see a few stars twinkling in the sky; one seemed
much brighter than the others.
A) gazed
B) turned
C) pleaded
D) twisted
24.
Because her
jeans fit too_____ she
didn
’
t feel comfortable at
all.
A)
firmly
B) tightly
C) closely
D) fastened
25.
The manager finally changed
his mind under ____.
A) tension
B) obligation
C)
press
D) pressure
26.
_______ the warning that
smoking kills , the number of smokers does not
seem to frop in our country.
A) With
B) Despite
C) For
D)
As
27.
TV
, if properly used, can
____ a child
’
s imagination.
A) cause
B) arise
C) encourage
D) stimulate
28.
The
museums
in
the
developing
world
often
have
fewer
security
measures
and
thus
remain
more
_________ thefts.
A) weak to
B) flexible to
C)
sensitive to
D) vulnerable to
29. A judge must be ______ when
weighing evidence.
A) interested
B) disconnected
C)
detached
D) separated
30.
We
can
’
t ______ the suspects to
be guilty simply because
they
’
ve decided to remain
silent.
A) interpret
B)
grant
C)assume
D)arrest
31.
As Christmas drew near, the children
were______.
A) filled with anticipation
B)
full of anticipations
C) full with
anticipation
D) filled of
anticipation
32.
Large-scale studies are needed to
_______ the encouraging results we have obtained
so far.
A) confirm
B)
conduct
C) commit
D) contract
33.
Prior _____ 1944, there was no atomic
bomb.
A)
at
B) to
C) in
D)
before
34.
When
her mother came back, she _____ in the sofa
watching TV
.
A) curled up
B)
called up
C) setting up
D) torn up
35. After he
learned the bad news, he
couldn’t
set
his mind____ his job.
A)
to do
B)
to
C)
doing
D) with
36.
If these
problems are not _______ early in their training,
they can be a real danger to themselves and to
their
instructors.
A)sipped
B)spotted
C)contacted
D)responded
37.
The clerk held my passport four inches
from his face and ________ to read it.
A) affected
B) flipped
C)
strained
D)
giggled
38. He is quite sure that
it
’
s ______ impossible for
him to fulfill the task within two days.
A) absolutely
B)
exclusively
C)
fully
D) roughly
39.
The new machine ______ seeds evenly and
quickly over the whole field.
A) switched
B) controlled
C) risked
D) distributed
40. When his wife was away on business,
he could ____the entire house _____.
A)
have
…
to himself
B)
take
…
to himself
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C)
get
…
to himself
D)
occupy
…
to
himself
41.
All
flights ______ because of the terrible weather,
they had to go there by train.
A)
having been canceled
B
)
having canceled
C) had been canceled
D) were
canceled
42.
In
order
to
reach
________
physical
fitness
for
the
coming
match,
he
cut
out
all
social
activities
and
concentrated on his
training.
A) maximum
B) temporary
C) extensive
D)
detached
43. You
don
’
t have to be in such a
hurry, I would rather you ______ on business
first.
A) would go
B) will go
C) went
D) have gone
44.
Clara was
_____ to sell her late
husband
’
s paintings to pay
her debts.
A)qualified
B)assumed
C)racked
D)compelled
45.
All the questions the
police asked ______ what she had been doing on the
night of the robbery.
A)brought up
B) built on
C) revolved
around
D) singled out
46.
Breaking
Mary
’
s doll was purely
_____; John did not mean to do it.
A) occasional
B)
accidental
C)
casual
D) incidental
47. The lawyer
outlined the case to him, being careful not to
______anything important.
A) save up
B)
cut through
C) leave out
D) take out
48.
The official ________of
events is that the police were attacked and were
just trying to defend themselves.
A)
version
B) issue
C) illusion
D) perspective
49. Suggesting something which he or
she can do__________the
child
’
s sense of
achievement.
A) makes up
B) adds to
C) brings to
D)
pass on
50. Our system has been
designed to give the user quick and easy _____ to
the required information.
A) accent
B) response
C)access
D)approach
51.
I was ___ the point of
telephoning him when his letter arrived.
A) to
B) on
C)
at
D) in
52.
The time of
day when you feel most ____ is when your cycle of
body temperature is at its peak.
A) energetic
B) vigor
C) enthusiastic
D) dynamic
53.
This is a very formal
occasion. It is not appropriate to wear ____pants
or skirts.
A) messy
B) frantic
C)jealous
D)casual
54. So
far only a dozen people who had direct contact
with live chickens have ______the bird flu.
A) distributed
B) displayed
C) constituted
D)
contracted
55.
English _____ dramatic changes in
sounds throughout the history of the English
language.
A) underwent
B) undertake
C) understate
D)
undermine
56. The mother
didn’t
know who ______ for
the broken glass.
A) blamed
B) be blamed
C)
to blame
D)
would blame
57.
Those postcards are______ their trip to
America.
A) mementos of
B) mementoes of
C) traces of
D) memento of
58. People must
their way of
thinking according to the changed circumstances.
A)
restore
B) reform
C)
acquire
D)
adjust
59.
Being a pop star can be
quite a hard life, with a lot of traveling ______
heavy schedules.
A) with regard to
B)
as to
C) in relation to
D) owing to
60. They got a ____ result, and they
were wild joy.
A) magic
B) magician
C) magnetic
D)
magical
(一)
A strict vegetarian is a person who
never in his life eats anything derived from
animals. The main objection to
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vegetarianism
(素
食主义)
on a long-term basis is the
difficulty of getting enough protein
—
the body-
building
element
in
food.
If
you
have
ever
been
without
meat
or
other
animal
foods
for
some
days
of
weeks
(say,
for
religious reasons) you will have notice
that you tend to get physically rather weak. You
are glad when the
fast
(禁
食)
is over
and you get your reward of a delicious meat meal.
Proteins
are
built
up
from
about
twenty
food
elements
called
(
氨基酸
)
,
which
are
found
more
abundantly in animal protein than in
vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a
great deal more vegetable
than animal
food in order to get enough of these amino-acids.
A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste
in
this process and from the physiologi
cal
(
生理学的)
point of
view there is not much to be said in favor of
life-long
vegetarianism.
The economic side of the question,
though, must be considered. Vegetable food is much
cheaper than animal food.
However,
since only a small proportion of the vegetable
protein is useful for body-building purposes, a
consistent
vegetarian, if he is to gain
the necessary 70 grams (
克
)
of protein a day, has to consume a great bulk of
food than
his digestive organs can
comfortably deal with. In fairness, though, it
must be pointed out that vegetarians claim
they need far less than 70 grams of
protein a day. (276 words)
1.
A strict
vegetarian ________.
A.
rarely eats animal products
B.
sometimes eats eggs
C. never eats any
animal products
D. never eats protein
2
We feel weak
when we go without meat and other animal products
_____.
A. because we are
reducing our food amount
B. because we do not get
enough protein
C. because vegetables do
not contain protein
D. unless we take plenty of
exercise
3.
Proteins are built up from ________.
A. about twenty different
foods
B. about twenty different vegetables
C. various fats and sugars
D.
about twenty different amino-acids
4.
Physiologically, life-long
vegetarianism may not be good because ______.
A. it makes people very
thin
B. the body must process too much waste
C. the farmer lose money
D. vitamin-
deficiency diseases may result
5.
One thing in favour of
vegetarianism is that ________.
A. vegetable food is easier to digest
B. animal food is less expensive
C. vegetable food is cheaper
D. it is good for the digestion
(二)
One day, when I was on my way to my
high school, another young man who was walking
past me decided to
show off in front of
his friends and show them how
to me and
began punching me. Once I began fighting back, he
pulled out a gun and pointed it straight at me.
After
seeing this, I ran as fast as I
could towards my school, hearing the group of boys
laughing badly behind me. While
most
people hold the belief that inner-city schools can
only hinder the learning process, I would argue
that these
schools provide experiences
which enrich one's education simply because of
their location (
位置
) in the
city.
To
clarify
this
point,
I
must
first
describe
the
ways
in
which
Saint
Ignatius
High
School
is
different
from
the
typical
inner-city
school.
This
private,
Catholic
(
天主教的
)
institution
consists
mostly
of
white
students
who
come
from
wealthy
families.
Although
Saint
Ignatius
is
in
the
city,
it
also
gives
its
students
one
of
the
best
education in the state.
Society usually tends to focus on the
negative side of inner-city schools. Many people
like to stereotype (
模式化
)
these schools which, while these
general statements may be true in some cases, tend
to be worse most of the time.
Take
Mrs.
Borroni,
my
Spanish
teacher,
for
example.
She
would
often
take
time
out
of
her
class
to
tell
her
students
about the numerous activities after class with
which we should get involved. She loved her job so
much
that she stayed after school every
day to moderate activities such as Amnesty
International and the Spanish Club.
Her
students, including me, joined all of the clubs
which she moderated just because she made them so
interesting.
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