【英语】
一、 单项选择
1. It was Bird flu ____ killed ____ eight-year-old girl in April, 2006.
A. which; the B. that; an C. which; an D. that; the
2. Will it be nine o’clock tomorrow ____ we’ll have the meeting?
A. when B. while C. that D. where
3. ---Is your grandpa still smoking?
---No. It’s for years that ____ he smoked.
A. after B. before C. when D. since
4. Excu me, ____ I have something important to tell you.
A. and B. so C. but D. yet
5. ---I raid objections in the meeting. Will you hate me?
---No, I won’t. ____, I’ll thank you for your plain words.
A. Therefore B. Still C. Besides D. Yet
6. I do every single bit of houwork my husband Bob just does the dishes now and then.
A. since B. while C. when D. as
7. Selecting a mobile phone for personal u is no easy task becau technology _______ so rapidly.
A. is changing B. has changed C. will have changed D. will change
8. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, the quality of life is probably one of the highest.
A. since B. when C. as D. while
9. A new cinema here. They hope to finish it next month.
A. will be built B. is built C. has been built D. is being built
10. ---You’re drinking too much.
---Only at home. No one _____ me but you.
A. is eing B. had en C. es D. saw
11. I just wonder _____ that makes him so excited.
A. why it does B. what he does C. how it is D. what it is
12. -- I heard that your daughter had been admitted by a famous university.
-- But they charge so high tuition. I can't _____such a large sum.
A. afford B. offer C. take D. spare
13. Go down this street till you get to the clock tower. Then you'll e the______for the rest rooms.
A. signal B. sign C. mark D. notice
14. How could you go to the palace ball without ?
A. be invited B. inviting C. to be invited D. being invited
15. The children go to school ____and now they are doing their ____ homework.
A. every day, everyday B. everyday, every day
C. everyday, everyday D. every day, every day
二、 完型填空
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all the were important_16_ in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.
_17__ they were not enough. Something_18__ was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—__19__ individuals who could invent machines, find new_20__ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who_21__ the machines of the Industrial Revolution _22__ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were_23__inventors than scientists. A man who is a_24__ scientist is primarily interested in doing his rearch_25__ .He is not necessarily working_26__ that his findings can be ud.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is_ 27__ trying to make something that has a concrete u. He may try to solve a problem by_ 28__ the theories__29__ science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a_30__result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of_31__ other objectives.
Most of the people who_32__ the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even tho who had_33_
_or no training in science might not have made their inventions_34__ a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years_35__.
16. A. cas B. reasons C. factors D. situations
17. A. But B. And C. Besides D. Even
18. A. el B. near C. extra D. similar
19. A. generating B. effective C. motivating D. creative
20. A. origins B. sources C. bas D. discoveries
21. A. employed B. created C. operated D. controlled
22. A. came B. arrived C. stemmed D. appeared
23. A. less B. better C. more D. wor
24. A. genuine B. practical C. pure D. clever
25. A. happily B. occasionally C. reluctantly D. accurately
26. A. now B. and C. all D. so
27. A. ldom B. sometimes C. all D. never
28. A. planning B. using C. idea D. means
29. A. of B. with C. to D. as
30. A. single B. sole C. specialized D. specific
31. A. few B. tho C. many D. all
32. A. propod B. developed C. supplied D. offered
33. A. little B. much C. some D. any
34. A. as B. if C. becau D. while
35. A. ago B. past C. ahead D. before
三、 阅读理解
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Fred Smith, Cindy’s father, is a businessman working for a large corporation. Her mother, Mary Smith, was a houwife for many years, but has now gone back to work as a cretary. Cindy has a brother, Jimmy, who is sixteen. He is in the tenth grade of the local high school. Cindy finds him rebellious（叛逆的）, but she fought with her parents when she was an adolescent（青少年）, too. The family is Roman Catholic（天主教）, but at c
ollege, Cindy does not attend church every Sunday.
Her mother has only a high school education. Her father started college but dropped out after the first year to go to work. He now earns almost $40,000 a year—enough to afford a comfortable home, but barely enough to keep a daughter in college, too. Cindy has taken out a special loan called a Federal Guaranteed Loan（联邦贷款） to help pay her expens.
Politically, her parents regard themlves as “middle-of-the-road”. They usually vote for Democrats; Cindy is not yet old enough to vote. Among all the issues facing the United States today, Cindy feels that inflation is the greatest domestic problem. She is also concerned about pollution, overu of non-renewable resources such as oil, and the courts’ leniency（宽大） towards criminals.
The family often spend evenings together watching television. Fred Smith is particularly fond of football and baball telecasts. Cindy watches a variety of shows. As a child, she spent hours in front of the TV t. She has less free time now, but still watches television
veral hours daily.
