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English
Test
2
(Book I)
I. Word
Building: (10 %)
Directions:
Complete each of the following sentences with the
correct form of the words in bracket.
Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
1.
He
has taken a great interest in collecting stamps
since __________.
(child)
2.
She was very
much ______ with her son, who had failed again in
his final exams. (disappoint)
3.
He was
disappointed so often that he became
______________.
(hope)
4.
Many people consider Francis Chichester
to be one of the greatest _________ of the
twentieth
century.
(sail)
5.
Lately Laura has shown some
____________ in both her reading and writing.
(improve)
6.
Children look forward to
Children’
s Day with great __________.
(eager)
7.
The slightest
___________ in driving can result in a terrible
accident.
(care)
8.
The skilled
carpenter worked with great _________ and finished
the job quickly. (efficient)
9.
People ask
what degree I have and what ______ I have to be a
writer. (qualify)
10.
Though
he
has
a
well-
_______
job
and
a
good
family,
he
still
feels
that
his
life
is
somewhat
empty.
(pay)
II. Choice
Directions:
For each of the
following blanks, four choices are given. Choose
the most appropriate
one.
11. The airplane arrived one hour
behind __________.
A.
schedule
B. plan
C.
date
D.
timetable
12. Be sure to ______ your work at the
end of the exam.
A. set aside
B. hang up
C. look over
D. catch
sight of
13. Rain only does not
________ bring down the temperature.
A.
certainly
B. completely
C. undoubtedly
D. necessarily
14. Usually smoking is _________ in the
office.
A. prohibited
B. suffered
C. lasted
D. intended
15. I couldn’t
understand wh
y he pretended ___________
in the bookstore.
A.
to see me not
B. not to see me
C. not see me
D. to see not me
16. The
girl in the snapshot was smiling happily, her long
hair ______.
A.
was flowing in the breeze
B. flowed in
the breeze
C. flow in the
breeze
D. flowing in
the breeze
17. Mother insisted that
________ before nine in the evening.
A. they are to be back
B. they ought be back
C. they be back
D. they had to
be back
18. __________ you keep trying, you
will certainly succeed.
A.
As long as
B.
Because
C.
No
matter
how
D. since
19. Betty was ___________
whenever she saw her English teacher.
A. mysterious
B. swift
C. brief
D. nervous
20.
How we ________ a chance to visit your great
country!
A. looked for
B. kept for
C. longed for
D. waited for
21. The school bus was _______ by a
thick fog.
A. held up
B. broken off
C. kept up
D.
put
off
22. The nearest
person he could contact by radio, _______there was
a ship nearby, would be on an
island
885 miles away.
A. unless
B.
until
C. because
D.
since
23. The
only way to ______ a fear is to face it.
A. enlarge
B. conquer
C. communicate
D. Absorb
24. _______ that many of our problems
are caused at least in part by failures to
communicate
A. It is known
well
B.
It
well
is
known
C. Well it is known
D. It is well known
25.
Early in the morning, I was ______ out of bed to
repair a minor fault on the car.
A. distracted
B. wakened
C. dragged
D. assigned
26.
The police investigation discovered that three men
were ________ in the robbery.
A. involved
B. connected
C. tightened
D.
caught
27. The
school girl ______
, “You’re a
liar!”
A.
brought out
B.
cried out
C.
sent out
D. found out
28. _______ out
of the window, Dr. Smith caught sight of a young
man running towards his clinic.
A.
Looked
B. Looking
C. To look
D.
Being looked
29. At the age of 40,
Johnson finally _______ in Beijing after he had
got a well-paid position in a big
company.
A. sat
down
B. worked
down
C. settled down
D.
moved down
30. “We’ll do
what we can to get the goods ______ on time,” said
the manger of the company.
A. reached
B. received
C. recovered
D.
delivered
31. Not until my mother told me the sad
news that night ______ that our neighbor Dr. Li
was killed in
car accident the week
before.
A. I new
B.
did I know
C.
did I knew
D. I know
32. It was not
a serious accident; the car needs only some ______
repair.
A. minor
B.
perfect
C. usual
D.
major
33. If you work hard ______, you won’t
have to sit up all night before the
exam.
A. with
some help
B. by yourself
C. in other
terms D. at other times
34.
Chichester _______ kinds of hardships
in his solo sailing round the world.
A.
lasted
B. encouraged
C. endured
D.
enlarged
35.
The boy ______ turned the TV off as the clock
struck ten, time for him to go to bed.
A. reluctantly
B. fortunately
C. undoubtedly
D. expectedly
36. I _______ it would be
fun to play such an exciting game with them.
A. can help to think
B. can’t help to
think
C. can’t help
thinking
D.
can help thinking
37. _____ is
troubling me is that I don’t have much
experience in international business.
A. What
B. That
C.
It
D. As
38. The more the scientists find out,
_________.
A. they are unable to answer more
questions
B.
the more they are unable to answer questions
C. they more questions they are unable
to answer them
D. the more questions
they are unable to answer
39. He could
see her lips ______ and hoped she would not cry in
public again.
A. disturbing
B. trembling
C. shaking
D. attracting
40. ________
his wealth, he is not happy.
A. Except
for
B. In spite
of
C. Because
of
D. Besides
III.
Read the following passages
and do the questions below: (30%)
Passage One
In the
eighteenth century young ladies in Italy were
taught reading, writing, music and arithmetic.
But their knowledge of history and
geography was very poor.
Once the
French ambassador in Rome was giving a ball to
which many important people were
invited. The Italian Minister of
foreign Affairs came very late. A young lady, who
was well acquainted
with him, saw him
enter the ball-room and asked why he was so late.
“You see,: said the Minister, “there
has been a little accident at the King’s
palace.”
The curious young
lady asked the Minister to tell her what had
happened at the
King’s
palace.
“Oh,
nothing
important,”
answered
the
Minister.
“The
ambassador
of
Brazil,
who
was
to
be
presented
to the King, forgot to take his credentials with
him and was obliged to go back to his hotel
to bring them. If he had left them in
brazil we
should have had to wait at
least six months for them.”
“Is Brazil so far from Rome?” asked the
lady, who knew very little geography.
“It is in the New World.” Said the
Minister.
“In the New
World?” repeated the lady in great
astonishment.
“Yes, in the
New world.” Answered the Minister in a sarcastic
tone, “which was discovered by
Christopher Columbus.”
When the young lady heard this, she
rushed into the middle of the ball-room and
shouted as loud
as she could:
“Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard
the lates
t news? A new world has just
been discovered by
a certain
Christopher Columbus.”
41.
The Italian
foreign minister came to the hall very late
because ___________.
A. he was
reluctant to come to the hall
B. he had
had something to do at home
C. he was
delayed by a little accident
D. someone
was hurt in the King’s palace
42.
What happened at the King’s
palace?
A. The Brazilian
ambassador forgot to take his credentials with him
B. The King was late; the Brazilian
ambassador had to wait for him.
C. The
ambassador left his credentials in Brazil.
D. For some reason the ambassador had
to go back to Brazil.
43.
Where did the ambassador leave his
credentials?
A. In the hotel.
B. In his office.
C. In
Rome.
D. In Brazil.
44.
The reason
why the young lady shouted her announcement was
that _______.
A. she was the hostess of
the hall