一、单选题
1.Which of the following can be referred to as a time signal?（ ）
A. after that
B. in a word
C. after all
D. as a result
正确答案：A
2.Inspectors were appointed to （ ） into the affairs of the company.
A. inquire
B. acquire
C. require
D. request
正确答案：A
3.Which of the following is a synonym of the verb “haul”? （ ）
A. push
B. lift
C. press
D. tow
正确答案：D
4.Which one of the following phras is ud when we draw conclusions?（ ）
A. In a nutshell
B. As a result
C. After all
D. For example
正确答案：A
5.In which of the following ntences the conjunction “while” means “although” ?（ ）
A. Strike while the iron is hot.
B. I like dogs, while my wife hates them.
C. Plea keep an eye on my bicycle while I’m away.
D. While he loves his students, he is very strict with them.
正确答案：D
6.Which of the following is a cleft ntence?（ ）
A. It was My mother who taught me how to make cakes.
B. It takes 45 minutes to roast a duck.
C. Mum made me a very tasty cake.
D. It is a delight experience to have hotpot on a cold winter day.
正确答案：A
7.“Off the grid” in the text means（ ）.
A. outside the hou
B. far away from the city
C. off limits
D. not dependent on public utilities, especially the supply of electricity
正确答案：D
8.Parallelism is regularly ud to（ ）.
A. list facts, ideas and events etc. in order to achieve certain rhetorical effect
B. introduce the main idea at the beginning
C. compare one thing with another
D. summarize
正确答案：A
9.Which of the following is personification? （ ）
A. The wind can be heard very clearly.
B. The wind whistled outside the hou.
C. The wind has shifted from north to south.
D. The wind has turned into a storm.
正确答案：B
10.A topic ntence most often appears（ ）.
A. somewhere near the end
B.at the beginning of a paragraph
C.in the middle of a paragraph
D.at the end of a paragraph
正确答案：B
