I. Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1 point for each time)
1. If I ______ you, I would go with him.
A. amB. was C. beD. were
2. It’s high time you ______ some work.
A. would go B. have done C. do D. did
3. They are well aware ______ their limitations
A. of B. at C. with D. in
4. ______, I already know what career i want to follow.
A. Yong as I am B. As I am young C. As young I am D. Young as am I
5. With a lot of difficult problems ______ , the manager felt like a cat on hot bricks.
A. to settle B. settling C. settled D. being settled
6. After 25 years, the town centre had changed ______ recognition.
A. over B. beyond C. from D. above
7. We couldn’t ______ the enemy’s strength, because they had made good preparations.
A. overestimate B. predict C. underestimate D. emphasize
8. The chairperson encourages everyone to ______ the discussion.
A. lead to B. result from C. contribute to D. devote to
9. Many old people in the United States have to ______ loneliness.
A. suffer B. endure C. ignore D. receive
10. He offered to make ______ changes they needed
A. however B. whichever C. whenever D. Whatever
II. Close (10 points, 1 point for each item)
My husband and I were flying to Hawaii to show our son to our parents for the first time. But what 11 a mission of joy filled me with 12 . For five years I’d 13 spoken to my father. Loving but stem in the manner typical 14 Chinese fathers, he had made particular demand on me.
When I became a teenager, my father 15 up my mother as a model. But she was 16 while I preferred books 17 parties. He pressed me to 18 with his friends’children. I 19 on choosing my own companions. Afterward we moved to New York, 20 far from the islands as we could,
11. A. likely B.alike C. unlike D. dislike
12. A. added B. adding C. add D. addition
13. A. To give B. giving C. given D. Having given
14. A. money B. price C. fee D. expense
15. A. believe B. promise C. convince D. encourage
16. A. of which B. In which C. On which D. By which
17. A. To accept B. accepted C. Having accepted D. Being accepted
18. A. in B. of C. from. D. for
19. A. by B. in C. at D. for
20. A. when B. while C. by D. if
III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points for each item).
Passage one
Questions 20 to 25 are based on the following passage
There are some special traditions in Hawaii(夏威夷). People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a “lei”, a long necklace of beautiful flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirts, and women often wear long flowered dresses, there are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Philippine holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha state. “Aloha” means both hello and goodbye. It also means “I love you”.
Usually when people from different countries, races and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are a few problems in Hawaii, but, in general, people have learned to live together in peace.
Hawaiians get most of their money from visitors, and most of the visitors come from the mainland and from the mainland and from Japan. There are so many people living in Hawaii now that there are residential areas where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugar and apple companies have moved to the Philippines, where there do not have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the U. S. mainland own the important banks and companies. Japanese are also buying or starting businesses.
21. A good title for this article might be ______.
A. the flowers of Hawaii
B. Hawaii in the aloha state
C. The problems of Hawaii
D. Living in peace together
22. A “lei” is a ______.
A. bright flowered shirt
B. Group of flowers
C. necklace of flowers
D. Way to say hello and goodbye
23. Why can Hawaiians live in peace?
A. because they are rich. B. Because they have learned that it is the best.
C. Because they have a common beach.D. Because they live in the middle of Pacific Ocean.
24. The author wants to show that ______.
A. we should all do to Hawaii
B. Hawaii is the only place where there is peace
C. It is possible to learn to live together in peace
D. It is impossible to live together in peace
25.Plays an important in the development of Hawaii.
A. Agriculture
B. Modem industry
C. Business in travel
D. The air transportation
Passage two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn’t even stop to have his meals. He ordered his servants to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked sandwich’s idea, and from then on they ate Bread and meat as sandwich did.
From the name of the man, sandwich, we have the word of the food “sandwich” today.
26. In the very beginning, sandwich was the name of ______.
A. a poor man who lived on playing cards
B. a food which was liked by the rich
C. a servant
D. a man with a lot of money
27. Sandwich ______.
A. never ate anything when he played cards
B. had no money to play cards with at last
C. was very busy and had no time to eat
D. often brought some bread with him to play cards
28. People liked sandwich’s idea because ______.
A. they liked sandwich himself
B. bread, together with meat, was cheap
C. he always won when he played cards
D. when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other
29. Today, sandwich is ______.
A. no longer liked by most of the people
B. also a name of a rich man
C. no longer interested in playing cards
D. two pieces of bread with meat in between
30. As food, sandwich is ______.
A. is made of bread and meat
B. is easy for us to play
C. is usually made of bread and chicken
D. sometimes smells good, but sometimes not
