英语试题
I. 根据句子的意思选择正确的答案，并将答案划在答题纸上(20分)。
1) More accurate maps began to appear in the 14th century, _______ the spread of trade and increasing reliance on the compass.
A. in B. with C. as D. while
2) Sixty percent of television viewers chose him as their _______ actor.
A. popular B. favorable C. favorite D. favored
3) Many living species have become extinct over the millions of years _______ life began.
A. from B. since C. when D. then
4) Rainforests are being cleared for valuable timber and other resources to speed up ___growth.
A. economy B. economic C. economical D. economics
5) There is so much water in the Atlantic that ______hard to imagine how much there is.
A. it B. it is C. it being D. is
6) She always buys _______my birthday.
A. something awful for B. anything nice to
C. anything nice for D. something awful to
7 ) People often say that the government ___ too much on useless and impractical pro grams.
A. spends B. costs C. pays D. expends
8) Some people have begun to walk or ride bicycles to work _______ driving.
A. instead of B. taking the place of C. instead D. taking place
9) The death rate from heart disease has been ____at an alarming speed for the past thirty years.
A. raising B. risen C. increased D. increasing
10) Rainforests are being cut and burned at _______ that they could well disappear from the earths surface before 2050.
A. such a rapid rate B. so a rapid rale
C. such rapid a rate D. so rapid rate
II. 下面的句子中每个句子都有四处划线，并标有A，B，C，D，其中有一处是错误的，找出错误，并划在答题纸上(30分)。
11) Language teachers advised that we should practice speaking the language
A B C
every day.
D
12) The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separates the Old World from the New.
A B C D
13) While she was preparing dinner in her kitchen? Anne suddenly had severe
A B C
pain in her chest accompanying by shortness of breath.
D
14) The student assured us that he would be no longer served by a fitness
A B
program than by learning to play bridge.
C D
15) Some scientists say that quite a lot of works could be done to find an
A B C D
effective cure for AIDS.
16) It was an useful effort, and the map remained a work of reference for over
A B C D
a thousand years.
17) A psychologist revealed that as much as ten million Americans have already
A B
experienced or will experience at least one panic attack in their life time.
C D
18) Curiosity and imagination are important qualities which helps stimulate the
A B C
discovery of new facts and advance science.
D
19) Science began to develop rapidly when man lied aside his wrong beliefs and
A B C
began to seek explanations.
D
20) Different opinions may come up as for the classification of any particular
A B C
word, but there can be no difference of opinion about the general principle.
D
III. 根据句子的意思选择一正确答案，并划在答题纸上(30)。
21) Most people will find it easier to speed on a highway when everybody else is driving over the speed _______.
A. limit B. end C. limitation D. rate
22) There is great pleasure in watching wildlife in natural ______, and tourism can add to the income of countries.
A. conditions B. situation C. circumstance D. environment
23) They declined _______comment on the proposal.
A. far B. further C. farther D. farthest
24) A few years ago the belief became general ______ orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the same meal.
A. which B. that C. about which D. in that
25) Do you remember ________me three years ago?
A. seeing B. to see C. see D. that you had seen
26) Satellites are capable of transmitting not only television broadcasts, _____ telephone calls and printed materials.
A. also B. and C. but D. both
27) American men dont cry because it _____not characteristic of men to do so.
A. considers B. considered C. is considering D. is considered
28) The reasons for not discussing insurance provide excellent reasons ______ we should learn more about it.
A. why B. which C. in which D. for
29) Kids who have no idea what being polite means will pay the ______sooner or later.
A. price B. cost C. money D. effort
30) _____he had talked to them did he realized he had been wrong.
A. Till B. Until C. Before D. Not until
IV. 本题共有二段短文，每段短文后有二至三道问题，共五道题。每道题都有四个选择项。找出一个正确答案划在答题纸上(20分)。
Passage 1
About 70 million Americans are trying to lose weight. This is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people go on diets. This means they eat less of certain foods, especially fats and sugars. Other people exercise with special equipment, take diet pills, or even have surgery. Losing weight is hard work, and it can also cost a lot of money. So why do so people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about not looking young and attractive. For many people, looking good also means being thin. Other people worry about their health. Many doctors say being overweight is not healthy. But are Americans really fat?
Almost 30 million Americans weigh at least 20 percent more than their ideal weight. In fact, the United States is the most overweight country in the world. "The stored fat of adult Americans weighs 2. 3 trillion pounds,” says University of Massachusetts anthropologist(人类学家) George Amelagos. He says burning off that stored energy would produce enough power for 900 000 cars to go 12,000 miles.
Losing weight is hard work, but most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat. Bookstores sell lots of diet books. These books tell readers how to lose weight. Each year dozens of new books like these are written. Each one promises to get rid of fat.
31) Which of following is not mentioned as a way of losing weight?
A. To eat less fats and sugars.
B. To take much exercise.
C. To have surgery.
D. To work hard.
32) Many Americans are trying to lose weight because _______.
A.they want to look attractive
B.they want to keep fit
C.they are misled by doctors
D.both A and B
33) It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______.
A.diet books are not always effective
B.diet hooks are usually helpful
C.there are lots of ways of losing weight
D.bookstores are keeping their promises
Passage 2
In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.
Yes, when one becomes rich he wants people to know it. And even he does not become very rich, he wants people to think he is. Thats what "Keeping up with the Joneses" is about. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things to keep up with their neighbors; they try to look as rich and as successful as their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping Up with the Joneses", because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momands series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. That is one reason why they read the "right" books, go to the "right" universities and eat in the "right" restaurants.
Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are "Joneses" in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
34) Why, according to the passage, do many people try to keep up with the Joneses?
A.Because they want to be as rich as their neighbors.
B.Because they feel proud to be taken for the Joneses.
C.Because they want others to know or think they are rich.
C.Because they are afraid that others will know they are rich.
35) Why did Arthur Momand use the name "Jones" in his stories?
A.Because many rich people in the U. S. are named Jones.
B.Because few rich people in the U. S. are named Jones.
C.Because the name sounds funny and impressive.
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