星期三（U3-M1）
第一节 单项填空
1. I have never dreamed of ______such a beautiful place in the world.
A. there is B. there to be C. there being D. having
2. Sometimes customers can’t help _____ the things they don’t really need. A. persuading to buy B. to be persuaded into buying C. being persuaded to buy D. to persuade into buying 3. She wishes to become a beautiful girl, _____ everybody loves. A. the one B. one C. that D. which
4. I’d prefer ______ in the office rather than _____ at home watching TV. A. working; staying B. working; stay C. to work; stay D. work; to stay 5. You can’t be ______ when you camp _____ an high altitude, where the air is thin. A. enough careful; at B. too careful; at C. careful enough; on D. too careful; on
6. The athlete fell off his bike when he _____ down the hill. A. cycled B. was cycling C. had cycled D. is cycling
7. Ever since my brother graduated from the university, he _______ in the present
company for 15 years and he is now chief engineer of the company. A. worked B. has been working C. is working D. works 8. We have to ______ a time to discuss the matter again. A. make B. schedule C. have D. create
9. Even though she has many ______, I _______ any less.
A. faults; don’t fond of her B. shortcomings; don’t love her C. errors; don’t like her D. mistakes, am not fond of her 10. It might be very difficult to find the ____ of the information. A. cause B. resource C. source D. course
11. Go about your business your own way. Don’t _____what others think or say. A. care for B. care about C. care with D. care of
12. You have to keep on learning if you want to keep ______ with the development
of modern science and technology.
A. peace B. touch C. pace D. connect
13. Is it true that light travels in a straight line and never __ ___ it hits
something that reflects it.
A. turns; until B. bends; unless C. breaks; when D. changes; until 14. We would rather die than ______ difficulty.
A. give up to B. give in to C. give way to D. give back to
15. According to your father’s will, you have to ____ a record of every penny you
spend, including bus fares. A. make B. keep C. have D. set
16. If you are not familiar ____ the topic, you may write something that is familiar ____ you.
A. with; with B. to; to C. to; with D. with; to
17. I read every detail of her travel journal, and_____ the bravery she displayed
in face of danger.
A. surprised at B. was surprised at C. was surprising at D. surprising by 18. ---Where did you pick up this wallet?
---It was in the supermarket _____ I did some shopping yesterday. A. that B. which C. where D. as
19. The determined look in their eyes told us that nothing could make them ______. A. change their mind B. to change their minds C. change their minds D. to change their mind
20. Are you clear _____ what has been taught in this class? That is: Is everything
that has been taught in this class clear _____ you?
A. with; with B. about; about C. about; with D. about; to
21. The hunter insisted that he _____ a tiger and that a searching team ______ to hunt for it.
A. has seen; be set up B. had seen; be set up C. saw; would be set up D. should see; should be set up 22. — Did Jack come back early last night?
— Yes. It was not yet eight o’clock ______ he got home. A. before B. when C. that D. until
23. ---What have they made up their minds to do during the summer vocation? --They ______ to cycle around the country on their own.
A. are determined B. are decided C. have determined D. have been decided 24. To their surprise, they found the lecture given by the famous professor easy ______.
A. to be understood B. to understand C. understanding D. understood 25. They say your report doesn’t ______ the fact. But I don’t ______ them ______
this point.
A. agree to; agree with; at B. agree on; agree to; on C. agree on; agree on; on D. agree with; agree with; on
第二节 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neil gave an arithmetic __ 26 ___ to our class. When the papers were ___27___ she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes
There is really nothing new about __28___ in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to __29___ after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked __30__ questions, and she didn’t ___31___ us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the ___32__ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ___33__ these words into our exercise-books one hundred
I don’t __34___ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single ___35___ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they still seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a ___36__ to measure ourselves rather
_37__ of us are asked to make __38__ decisions about
nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the __39__ change received at the store be forgotten or ___40___? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you
26. A. test B. problem C. paper
27. A. examined B. completed C. marked
28. A. lying B. cheating C. guessing
29. A. come B. leave C. remain
30. A. no B. certain C. many
31. A. excuse B. reject C. help
32. A. above B. common C. following
33. A. repeat B. get C. put D. copy