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D) if a person is late for a date, he needn’t make some explanation
Part III Grammar and Vocabulary (20 points)
Directions: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 31. ______ the importance of wearing seat belts while driving. A) Little they realize B) They little do realize C) Little realize do they D) Little do they realize
32. Twenty people were _______ wounded in the fire.
A) quickly B) wrongly C) bitterly D) seriously
33. ______ makes men different from the other animals is that they can think and speak. A) That B) The thing C) All D) What 34. ______, he is very strict with her sometimes.
A) Although much he likes her daughter B) Much although he likes her daughter C) As he likes her much daughter D) Much as he likes her daughter 35. The girl is not happy at the new school. She has ______ friends there. A) few B) a few C) even few D) quite a few
36. You shouldn’t ______ your time like that, Bob; you have to finish your school work tonight.
A) cut B) do C) kill D) kick 37. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother ______ dinner in the kitchen.
A) cooked B) was cooking C) cooks D) has cooked 38. Both the kids and their parents ______ English, I think.
A) is B) been C) are D) was 39. Never before ______ see such a terrible car accident on the road!
A) I have B) have I C) I did D) did I 40. Every year thousands of lives ______ in road accidents because of careless driving. A) lose B) lost C) have lost D) are lost
Part IV Cloze (20 points)
Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passages. And there are five choices marked A), B), C), D) and E). Match each blank with the right choice.
Passage One
A pretty, well-dressed young lady (41) _____a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Do you see that young man at the other side of the square?”
“Yes,” said the taxi driver. The young man was standing (42) _____ a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds. “Take me over there,” said the young lady.
There were a lot of cars and (43) _____in the square, so the taxi driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street?”
“Oh, no!” said the young lady. “But I promised that I would meet the young man for (44)
_____ at one o' clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I had tried (45) _____to be late.”
A) buses B) stopped C) not D) lunch E) outside
Passage Two
British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry, so newspapermen write as (46) _____ words as possible .They tell their readers at once what happened ,where ,when and how it happened and what was the result : how many people were killed ,what change was (47) _____ and so on .Readers want the fact set out as fully and accurately as possible .Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from (48) _____ who was there, which can be given in the person’s own words .Because he can use only a few words ,the newspaperman must choose those words (49) _____ ,every one must be effective(有效). Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes” he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write” they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers aren’t very clever, and most of them are in a (50) _____.
A) someone B) done C) carefully D) hurry E) few
Test Paper 1
Part I Use of English (20 points)
1. A 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.A 6. B 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Passage One
11.B 12.A 13.B 14.A 15.A
Passage Two
16.B 17.B 18.B 19.A 20.A
Passage Three
21. A 22. A 23. D 24.B 25.C
Passage Four
26. B
27. B 28. B 29.D
30.B
Part III
31. D 36. C
37. B
Grammar and Vocabulary (20 points)
38. C
39. D 40.D
32.D 33. D 34. D 35.A
Part IV
41. B 42. E 46. E
Cloze (20 points)
43. A 44. D 45.C
47. B 48.A 49. C 50. D