周周练2,unit1

Test 2 for Senior 1 B 1 Sep 25, 2009

I. Vocabulary and Grammar (40%)

1. Summer Olympics usually ____ about two weeks and the events are divided into five

parts.

A. last

B. lasts

C. are lasted

D. is lasted

2. It is a common phenomenon that some students will invite their teachers to ____ nice

dinner after they leave _______ school.

A. a, a

B. the, the

C. /, a

D. a, /

3. You’d better avoid ____ her wife’s disease since he is very sad.

A. to mention

B. to mentioning

C. mentioning

D. being mentioned

4. Hard work and proper methods are the keys ____ high marks.

A. to get

B. for getting

C. for

D. to getting

5. Though it is a ________job, he still devotes much time and energy to it.

A. poor-paying

B. poorly-paying

C. poorly-paid

D. poor-paid

6. ____ courage means ____ the chance to win.

A. Lack , to lose

B. Lack of , to lose

C. Lacking , losing

D. Lacking of, losing

7. Sometimes we communicate our thought _______others_____ body language.

A. with, by

B. to…w ith

C. with…with

D. to…by

8. I rang the doorbell several times but I couldn’t make anyone________.

A. heard

B. hearing

C. hear

D. to hear

9. Well done! The students seemed ________by your wonderful speech.

A. to impress

B. to have impressed

C. to be impressed

D. to be impressing

10. Learning foreign languages as well as keeping fit _________the main hobbies of the

working ladies.

A. become

B. have become

C. are becoming

D. has become

11. Whether you will be admitted to a famous university is ________I can tell.

A. better than

B. other than

C. more than

D. rather than

12. It is the first time that he ____ to Beijing.

A. is

B. has been

C. will be

D. was

13. It is the teacher’s job to make sure that every student ____ the best score he can.

A. will get

B. gets

C. have got

D. are getting

14. The two are so ____ that they always sit ____ together, talking to each other.

A. close, close

B. closely, closely

C. close, closely

D. closely, close

15. When I told them the news, they all ____ me in surprise.

A. glanced at

B. watched

C. stared at

D. glared at

16. If you have any trouble during the flight, don’t ___________to ask your hostess.

A. stop

B. hesitate

C. wait

D. delay

17. I am sorry for being late because my car was just ____ for about half an hour.

A. held up

B. held out

C. held in

D. held on

18. I could know he was puzzled from the ____ on his face.

A. appearance

B. sight

C. expression

D. view

19. In this school, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully ____.

A. admitted

B. denied

C. permitted

D. considered

20. Alice ____ to participate in the singing contest, but she was injured in a car accident.

A. intend s

B. had intended

C. was intended

D. had been intended

II. Cloze: (10%)

A driver saw two men walking along a __21__ country road. They were __22__ heavy bags, so he at once phoned the police. That morning the police had broadcast a __23__ on the radio asking __24__ information about two thieves who had stopped a train and stolen mail labs with a lot of money in them. The police soon ___25_. They questioned both men but __26__ of them could speak English. The men tried _27___ to explain and kept on shouting loudly at the police all the way to the station. When they arrived there, both men refused __28__ anything and simply pointed at their bags. The police opened them and then understood that they had made a terrible mistake. The men were __29__ and their bags were full of potatoes! __30__ for their mistake, the police set the men free at once.

21. A. distance B. alone C. lonely D. far

22. A. carrying B. buying C. selling D. bringing

23. A. information B. message C. programme D. article

24. A. the B. an C. about D. for

25. A. reached B. arrived C. got to D. turned out

26. A. none B. both C. neither D. all

27. A. hard B. hardly C. heavy D. heavily

28. A. to speak B. to tell C. to talk D. to say

29. A. Frenchman B. Japaneses C. Germans D. India

30. A. Funny B. Happy C. Lucky D. Sorry

III. Reading Comprehension: (35%)

A

Frank smith woke up and leaned over to turn off the alar m clock. “Oh, no!” he thought to himself. “Another day at that office; a boss who shouts at me all the time.”

As Frank went downstairs, his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door. He was very excited when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Polls would like to congratulate you. You have won half a million pounds.”

Frank suddenly came to life. The cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street.

At 11:30 Frank arrived at work. “Please explain why you are so late,” his boss said. “Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. “I’ve just come into a little money so this is goodbye. Find someone else to shout at.”

That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. He rushed to the door. Outside were two men, neatly dressed in grey suits. “Mr. Smithson,” one of them said, “We’re from Bigwood Pools. I’m afraid there’s been a terrible mistake…..”

31. What do we know about Frank? ________.

A. He was a lazy man

B. He was a lucky person.

C. He didn’t make a lot of money

D. He didn’t get on well with his boss

32. When he heard the knock at the door, Frank probably thought _________.

A. someone had come to make an apology

B. someone had come to give him the money

C. his friends had come to ask about the football pools

D. his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck

33. On hearing “….there’s been a terrible mistake….” Frank was most likely to be ______.

A. disappointed

B. worried

C. nervous

D. encouraged

34. The story tells us the truth that _________.

A. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched (孵化出).

B. Good luck is always against a lazy fellow.

C. The chances of getting rich quickly always lie in the Football Pools.

D. Never quarrel with your boss until you find a new job.

A. Bad luck will fall on him if he quarrels with his boss.

35. Why did the cigarette fall from Frank’s lips?

A. Because he came to life.

B. Because he saw a large envelope by the door..

C. Because he had won half a million dollars.

D. Because he read the letter.

B

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon, the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped, too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to get rid of this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man got into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxis slowly made their way along the Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me.

At MRT station I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw that the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a journalist and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in the United States spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article

36.The writer got into a taxi in order _________.

A. to go to another shopping center

B. to go to MRT station

C. to follow the stranger

D. to get rid of the stranger

37. What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi______?

A. The stranger tried to get into the same taxi

B. The stranger tried to stop the writer’s taxi

C. The stranger got into another taxi and left immediately

D. The stranger got into another taxi and continued his following

38. The writer was probably ________.

A. an American journalist

B. an American traveler

C. a retired man

D. a young taxi driver

39. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The writer got tired, for he walked a long way

B. The writer asked a policeman to stop the stranger

C. The stranger followed the writer only to find where he lived

D. stranger admitted what he was doing only after the writer threatened to call the

police

40. Why did the writer feel worried at first?

A. Because he found a man following him.

B. Because he saw a strangely-dressed man walking here and there.

C. Because the man wanted to speak to him.

D. Because he saw a taxi following him.

C

Faster Effective Reading

A higher reading speed, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as in English, and the general principles apply to any language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook --- but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage(百分比) gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.

The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about five hundred words long. They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650—700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.

Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A., for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, T olstoy’s War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension. Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around five hundred words per minute.

41. According to the passage, the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is

most likely to help you ______________.

A.only in your reading of a physics textbook

B.improve your understanding of an economics textbook

C.not only in your language study but also in other subjects

D.choose the suitable materials to read

42. Which of the following does not describe the types of reading materials mentioned in

the second paragraph?

A. Those beyond one’s reading compreh ension.

B. Those concerned with common knowledge.

C. Those without the demand for specialized knowledge.

D. Those with the length of about five hundred words.

43. The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is

___________________.

A. about 300 words per minute

B. about 245 words per minute

C. about 60 words per minute

D. about 500 words per minute

44. According to the passage, how fast can you expect to read after you have attended

twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota?

A. You can increase your reading speed by three times.

B. No real increase in reading speed can be achieved.

C. You can increase your reading speed by four times.

D. You can double your reading speed.

45. Where do you think the passage is taken from?

A. The introduction to a book on fast reading

B. A local newspaper for young people

C. A school newspaper run by students

D. The introduction to an English textbook

D

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need

(A). Popularity of Science Fiction

(B). A Fairly New Development

(C). Classics of Science Fiction

(D). Difficulty in Keeping ahead of Scientific Adventure

(E). Its Origin

(F)．Themes of Modern Science Fiction

Science Fiction

80. ______Amongst the most popular books being written today are those which are

usually classified as science fiction. Hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. Furthermore, some of the most successful films of recent years have been based on science fiction stories.

81. ______It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature,

but its ancestors can be found in books written hundreds of years ago These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories.

82. ______Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the

last hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H.G. wells, to mention just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages.

83. ______Modern science fiction writers don’t write about men from Mars or space

adventure stories. They are more interested in predicting the results of technical developments on society and the human mind; or in imagining future worlds which are a reflection of the world which we live in now. Because of this their writing has obvious political undertones (含义).

84. ______In an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction, the writers

may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific advances. Those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going, however, may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology

V. Translation 15%

1. 他毫不犹豫地要改进他的体态语言。（hesitation）

2. 令我们吃惊的是，这位美国人更喜欢中国文化而不是西方文化。(prefer)

3. 我们应当尽量避免给别人留下不良印象。(avoid)

4. 缺乏眼光的接触有时会产生麻烦。(lack)

5. 和别人讲话时，你要注意和他们保持眼神交流。(pay attention to)

KEYS：I.Choice 1-5 BDCDC 6-10 CBCCD 11-15 CBBAC 16-20 BACDB III. Cloze 21-25.CABDB 26-30 CADCD

IV. Reading (A) DBAAD (B) DDCDA (C) CABDA 80—84 AECFD

KEYS：I.Choice 1-5 BDCDC 6-10 CBCCD 11-15 CBBAC 16-20 BACDB III. Cloze 21-25.CABDB 26-30 CADCD

IV. Reading (A) DBAAD (B) DDCDA (C) CABDA 80—84 AECFD

KEYS：I.Choice 1-5 BDCDC 6-10 CBCCD 11-15 CBBAC 16-20 BACDB III. Cloze 21-25.CABDB 26-30 CADCD

IV. Reading (A) DBAAD (B) DDCDA (C) CABDA 80—84 AECFD

KEYS：I.Choice 1-5 BDCDC 6-10 CBCCD 11-15 CBBAC 16-20 BACDB III. Cloze 21-25.CABDB 26-30 CADCD

IV. Reading (A) DBAAD (B) DDCDA (C) CABDA 80—84 AECFD