1. Most people prefer to travel on _____ train, because you can have a comfortable journey, but make sure you get ______ fast one.
A. the; the
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. / ; a
2. In 1492 Columbus and his crew arrived _____was so-called the New World by the westerners.
A. in which
B. what
C. in what
D.where
3. Of the two, I would prefer ________camera, which is very easy for me to carry.
A. a small
B. a smaller
C. the small
D. the smaller
4. -- Does every student have a tape-recorder?
-- No, not everyone. There's one for _____ five students.
A. each
B. all
C. every
D. the
5. Now that ______ , I like Beijing better .
A. I used to live here more
B. I'm used to live here more
C. I'm more used to live the life here
D. I'm more used to the life here
6. I've been _____ this foreign language college for two years, and I'm getting on well ______ the language I major in.
A. in; with
B. to; with
C. in; studying
D. to; learning
7. My grandpa sowed the flower seeds in the garden ____ it was the best time for them to grow.
A. where
B. when
C. that
D. until
8. I'd like to settle down somewhere ______ the climate is mild and the sun shines all year long.
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. when
9. Try the new cleaner. Just a few minutes every day－that's all it takes－______ you could have shining floors and furniture.
A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
10. ______ to use in April, 2005, the road has solved the long-standing problem of traffic jams of this area.
A. Put
B. Putting
C. Having put
D. Being put
11. Alabama , located in the southern United States , ______ as the "Heart of Dixie".
A. commonly known
B. known commonly
C. commonly to know
D. is commonly known
12. Karen Jettmar is one of many glaciologists _______ are convinced that Alaska's Hubbard Glacier will continue its advance.
A. which
B. those
C. who
D. they
13. Chinese immigrants began _______ to the United States in large numbers in the middle of the nineteenth century.
A. coming
B. to come
C. to have come
D. have come
14. My pen-friend, Peter, wrote to me, expressing the hope ______ he would come to Beijing to see the 2008 Olympic Games.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. whether
15. -- We usually go hiking for vacation. I like it, but I want to try something more challenging this year.
--______.
A. Let's go.
B. Cheer up.
C. Like what?
D. Take care.
第二节 完形填空（共20小题）
A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer ____16____ of Harvard's president. But they were ____17____ by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, ____18____ that the couple would finally become ____19____ and go away. But they didn't. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though ____20____.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a ____21____ face. The lady told him, "We had a son that ____22____ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was ____23____ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to ____24____ a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't ___25___. Instead, he was shocked. "Madam," he said, "we can't put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this ___26___ would look like a cemetery（墓地）," "Oh, no," the lady ____27____ quickly. "We don't want to put up a statue. We would like to give a ____28____ to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes and ____29____ at the couple and then exclaimed, " A building! Do you have any ____30____ how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard." For a moment the lady was silent. The president was ____31____, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a ____32____? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. ____33____ their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ____34____, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer ____35____ about.
16.
A. lab
B. library
C. hall
D. office
17.
A. watched
B. stopped
C. followed
D. interviewed
18.
A. hoping
B. findiing
C. realizing
D. imagining
19.
A. surprised
B. disappointed
C. worried
D. troubled
20.
A. hopelessly
B. carefully
C. unexpectedly
D. unwillingly
21.
A. pleasant
B. funny
C. cold
D. sad
22.
A. attended
B. visited
C. studied
D. served
23.
A. clever
B. brave
C. proud
D. happy
24.
A. set about
B. set up
C. take down
D. take over
25.
A. satisfied
B. excited
C. moved
D. ashamed
26.
A. house
B. park
C. garden
D. place
27.
A. explained
B. expressed
C. refused
D. admitted
28.
A. building
B. yard
C. playground
D. square
29.
A. laughed
B. shouted
C. glanced
D. called
30.
A. suggestion
B. idea
C. thought
D. opinion
31.
A. bored
B. astonished
C. interested
D. pleased
32.
A. department
B. university
C. business
D. club
33.
A. Once
B. While
C. Since
D. Though
34.
A. name
B. character
C. picture
D. sign
35.
A. talked
B. knew
C. heard
D. cared
三、阅读理解
A
You've no doubt heard people say how much they "need" a holiday, when what they really mean is that they want one. Certainly, people working under pressure feel a very strong desire to escape from work and become less tight during their holidays, and experience a changed environment.
However, work for many people today is office work and mental, rather than physical tasks. These people may seek much more energy-taking activities while on holiday, rather than simply lying on a beach.
Once people become used to going on holiday, taking holidays becomes a habit. For many people the holiday is one of the last things to be given up. And indeed many workers have chosen to spend some of their last pay when being on holiday. It may give them a "lift" in facing some difficulties in life.
Most of us also enjoy showing off the lovely tans－dark skins we get from a holiday. So many tourists are now able to afford holidays in the sun that tans have become quite common; although we join a tan together with health, it has been fully shown that too much sunshine will result in high danger of skin problems, as drying out one's skin and leading to more lines on your face later in life.
36. According to the passage above, more and more people choose to have holidays because they ______.
A. hate working indoors all the time
B. want to get away from work
C. love enjoying the beauties of nature
D. become rich and want a better life
37. When office people have holidays, they often _____.
A. lie on the beach and enjoy sunshine
B. spend more than they can afford
C. think about their work on the beach
D. choose to do more physical exercise
38. A holiday may _______ when one has to face some difficulties in life.
A. cheer someone up
B. help someone find a job
C. be the last thing to be given up
D. bring good luck to someone
39. At the end of the passage the writer tries to tell the reader _____.
A. the importance of getting sunshine
B. the bad effect of being on holiday
C. the result of getting sun tanned
D. the healthy look of being tanned
B
Alligators in the sewers of New York City? How could that be? Where had they come from? In the 1930s many New Yorkers kept turtles as pets. Then people became interested in keeping other reptiles -- like lizards and even alligators. Newly hatched alligators were sent from Florida. They were shipped in small boxes with holes to let in the air. The baby alligators soon grew. They became fierce. They became too hard for most families to handle. Some fathers must have thought that the safest and easiest way to get rid of them was to put them down into the sewers. Inspectors saw the alligators in the sewers. They told their superintendent. But he didn't believe them. Then one day he came face to face with an alligator himself.
40. This story took place in _____.
A. the 1960s
B. New York City
C. a swamp
D. Both A and B
41. Turtles, lizards, and alligators are all_____.
A. reptiles
B. very big
C. fierce
D. fish
42. It was foolish of people to_____.
A. become interested in lizards
B. try to keep alligators as pets
C. make holes in alligators' boxes
D. report the sewer alligators
43. In the end the superintendent probably decided that _____.
A. his inspectors had been right
B. he must get rid of the alligators in the sewers
C. the alligators were still too small to worry about
D. Both A and B
C
Between A.D. 700 and 1100, northern rovers called Vikings explored most of the known world. They even crossed the Atlantic and reached the shores of North America. Yet they had no compasses or other modern instruments. How did they find their way?
The Vikings stayed near coasts whenever they could. In open seas they navigated by the sun. On cloudy days they used sun stones. Sun stones were probably pieces of a crystal now called cordierite. This substance has the power to filter sunlight. Peering through a sun stone, a sailor could find out where the sun was and thus plot his ship's latitude.
Today sky compasses are used to guide some Scandinavian jets across polar regions, where a magnetic compass would be of no use. Though more complex, the sky compass works in the same way as the sun stones used by the Vikings more than a thousand years ago.
44. The Vikings did their exploring about _______.
A. 100 years ago
B. 400 years ago
C. 1000 years ago
D. 2000 years ago
45. Coastlines often helped the Vikings ______.
A. discover good hunting areas
B. hide from their enemies
C. keep away from rocks
D.
find their way
46. Sun stones were used when ______.
A. the night was dark
B. the day was clear
C. clouds hid the sun
D. no winds blew
47. Sky compasses are used in polar regions because ________.
A. radar is useless at the poles
B. the days are so short
C. magnetic compasses won't work there
D. sun stones are no longer available
D
Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even tougher.
If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With and relationship, you need to let the other person know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, your relationship drifts apart. When you are mad at your parents or anyone else, not talking to them doesn't solve anything.
Communication begins with the concerns of another. It means that you can't just come home form school, go up to your room and talk to nobody. Even if you just say "Hi" and see how their day is for five minutes, it is better than nothing.
If you look up the word "communication" in the dictionary, it will say "the exchange of ideas, conveyance（传递）of information, correspondence（通信）, means of communication: a letter or message". To keep a good relationship, you must keep the communication strong. Let people know how you feel, even if it's just by writing a note.
When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as parents. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you listen to what they have to say, but ask them politely to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation worse.
Here is an example. One night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She know she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but they didn't feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, but when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren't as mad and let the incident go. Communication was the key factor here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
Communication isn't a one-way deal. It goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie's, telling the other person how you feel and listening are key factors to communication. Like Sophie's telling the other person how you feel and listening are key factors to communication.
48. The second paragraph mainly talks about ________.
A. the importance of friendship
B. making your feelings known to others
C. the importance of communication
D. the disagreement between generations
49. The key to happy relationship between parents and children is that ________.
A. children should always obey their parents
B. parents play the leading part
C. parents should mind their own business
D. both should make the other know their feelings
50. The example in the passage proves that ______.
A. Sophie's parents were willing to listen to her
B. Sophie was very polite to her parents
C. Sophie did the right thing when she explained the reason of her being late
D. communication is the key to solving misunderstanding
51. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT _______.
A. if you don't agree with others, you'd better let them know
B. it is better to say "Hi" to others than to say nothing
C. if you are too busy to communicate, just walk away
D. communication is a two-way deal
E
A tiki is an ornament that looks like a strange human figure. It is bowlegged; it carries its head on one side and its hands on its stomach. The little figure is New Zealand's national good luck charm.
The first tikis were made long ago by the Maori people of New Zealand. They were worn as fertility emblems by women who wished to have children. Tikis ranged in height from a few centimeters to several inches. Some tikis were made from whalebone that through the centuries took on the gloss of old ivory. But the most treasured tikis were made of greenstone, a dark, clear stone found mainly on New Zealand's South Island. Greenstone is as hard as steel. And the tools the early carvers used were quite crude. As a result, generations of craftsmen sometimes worked on one tiki before it was fashioned to their satisfaction.
52. A tiki looks something like a little ____________.
A. beetle
B. rabbit
C. bird
D. person
53. The writer's purpose in the second paragraph was to give some ___________.