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one that is closest in meaning to the1. Living on an isolated farm, they do not see anybody for weeks on end.D. endlesslyD. announcedD. become excitedD. refusedI’ll not stand inwhy you didn’t try for a universityD. I feel pity8. Jack came to the party with a young woman, whom I assumed to be his girl friend.D. grantedD. frightenedD. went away from meD. particular about“Yes” or “No”.A. to continueB. to startC. to hold upD. to stir up14. Our time is running out and I think we ought to say something about the ending of the novel.A. We have enough timeB. We have almost used up our timeC. We haven’t enough timeD. Our time is limited15. These courses, if properly conducted, will stimulate the minds of the students.A. refreshB. renewC. exciteD. encourageⅡ. Complete each of the following sentences with a word or phrase chosen from the list below. Change the form if necessary: 10’prescribed, communicative, stand in the way of, catch his breath,complain, turn…against, risk, variety, present, once in a while1. For my own part, everything is O.K. I have nothing to ________ of.2. It was very clever of her to _______ his argument ________ himself.3. The tired traveler stopped to _________ and make sure of his directions.4. Yunnan Province, in southwest China, has a ________ of ethnic minority groups(少数民族).5. Most of the evenings we watch TV at home, but _________ we go to a concert.6. For a time she looked sad and talked little, but recently has become cheerful and ________.7. “Your ________ at the meeting will be a great support to our cause,” says the cable.8. Mr. Price ________ defeat in running against Mr. Johnson in the last election.9. Nothing can _________ the Chinese people in their resolve to modernize their country.10. After a careful examination, the doctor ________ a new medicine and a three-day rest for her.Ⅲ. Reading comprehension: 20’(A)Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins (遗迹) of a bathtub (浴缸) and water system built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some as many as 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time.Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing or hydrotherapy (水治疗法) , first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s also became popular in the United States.For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean was avoided and perfume was often used to cover up body smells!By the 1770’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be cleaned. Slowly people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday nightbecame common.In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “The Great Unwashed!”in one American city, for example, a person could only take a bath every thirty days! That was a law!Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanness is important to health. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase the chance of diseases. Consequently (因此), in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bathe once a day at least. They consider a daily bath essential to good health.1. A water system for baths was built by ________ over 3,000 years ago.A. the RomansB. the GreeksC. the AmericansD. the Europeans2. Dirty bodies can ________.A. ruin one’s businessB. cause diseaseC. drive customers awayD. cause good health3. In the 18th century doctors believed that being clean was _________.A. unimportantB. good for healthC. harmfulD. important4. The underlined word “perfume” probably means ________.A. a sweet smelling substanceB. good healthC. a strange smelling substanceD. large health5. Which of the following gives the main idea of the passage?A. Everybody in America takes a daily bath.B. A bath a day keeps the doctor away.C. Taking baths has become popular in the world.D. Bathing has become easier and cheaper.(B)If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking. 6. According to the passage, man’s intelligence ________.A. stays the same throughout the yearB. varies from day to dayC. changes with the seasonsD. changes from year to year7. Ellsworth Hunting decided that climate and temperature have ________.A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligenceB. some effect on most people’s intelligenceC. some effect on a few people’s intelligenceD. no effect on most peopl e’s intelligence8. Ellsworth Huntington’s conclusion was based on ________.A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to seasonB. the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climatesC. detailed records of temperature changes in different placesD. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples in different climates9. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking?A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power.B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer.C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities.D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy.10. The central idea of this passage is _______.A. man’s mental abilities change from season to seasonB. man’s intelligence varies from place to placeC. man should take a long vacation in summerD. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool placeⅣ. Cloze: 15’Some years ago two American boys dreamed of flying as birds do. Today 1______ their hard work, you can fly much faster and farther than any bird —in a machine 2_______ heavier than air. This machine is called an aeroplane.Wilbur and Orville Wright had 3 _______ wanted to fly. 4_______ children they loved the old story about a Greek boy, Icarus, who flew with wings that were held to his arms by wax (蜡). But, so the story 5_______, he flew so high that the wax melted (融化) in the heat of the sun. his wings fell off and he 6 ________ into the sea. “What we need to fly are wings with machines,”said Wilbur. And so the young Wright brothers began to 7_______ about how they could build an aeroplane. They owned a bicycle shop. 8 ________ the money they made from selling and mending bicycles was 9 _______ in trying to build aeroplanes.In 1896 a German named Otto Lilienthal was 10 ________ while gliding (滑翔) in the air. He 11_______ hand-made wings tied to his body. The wind lifted him off the 12 _______ all right. Then it 13 _______ stronger and suddenly caught his light wings, turning them over, and he felt to his death.When the Wright brothers heard of this, they made a glider (滑翔机), too. But instead of using their own bodies to 14 ________ it straight, they thought of a way to make the wings move from side to side when they turned. Next they added a small engine. In 1903 Orville flew their first aeroplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. He stayed up in the air 15 ________ almost a minute!1. A. through B. for C. because D. because of2. A. much B. very C. rather D. quite3. A. almost B. always C. usually D. nearly4. A. When B. While C. As D. Be5. A. goes B. comes C. tells D. says6. A. dived B. dropped C. landed D. came7. A. consider B. plan C. dream D. think8. A. All B. Whole C. Every D. Entire9. A. cost B. spent C. wasted D. paid10. A. died B. dead C. wounded D. killed11. A. made B. ordered C. had D. let12. A. floor B. ground C. earth D. land13. A. was B. blew C. became D. started14. A. get B. make C. have D. keep15. A. in B. within C. for D. duringⅣ. Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese: 10’1. If anyone had given me a million dollars, it couldn’t have made me more proud.2. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group.3. Once a shopping-bag lady becomes a figure of your neighbourhood, it is as hard to pass her by without giving her some money as it is to ignore the collection box in church.4. Some of the covey lit in trees, but most of them scattered into brush piles and it was necessary to jump on the ice-coated mounds of bush serveral times before they would flush.5. As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me.Ⅴ. Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English: 10’1. 我宁可到外面去散步也不愿在这房间呆上两个小时什么事也不做。