题目内容
_______ English well, one must have a lot practice.
A. For speaking B. Speaking C. To speak D. Speak
C
When we learn English, we always find we have difficulties in remembering the names of the months. Therefore, if we know something about the history of the months, possible it won’t be very hard for us to remember them. The followed is one example. January was named by God Janus. He was a strange god because he has two faces. He could look in the two directions. He could look forward or backward at the same time. He was the god of endings and beginnings. January is the month that one looks forward to the New Year and thinks about the past year.Now can you share us the stories about the rest of the months?
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上涂黑。
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is 37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 38 every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague 39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not 40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of 41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we 42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were 43 about us wasting so much food.
“We 44 for our food; it is none of your 45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them 46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 48 . The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order 49 you can consume. Money is yours, 50 the resources belong to the society. You have no 51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our 52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 53 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 54 it to remind us that we should never be 55 .
1.A. restaurant B. company C. family D. bank
2.A. cooked B. served C. gathered D. missed
3.A. desert B. refuse C. oppose D. finish
4.A. kept B. sold C. ordered D. made
5.A. save B. spend C. divide D. find
6.A. undiscovered B. undeveloped C. unconsumed D. undetermined
7.A. appointed B. knew C. realized D. heard
8.A. curious B. unhappy C. nervous D. optimistic
9.A. paid B. asked C. applied D. accounted
10.A. matter B. mind C. question D. business
11.A. immediately B. passively C. excitedly D. regularly
12.A. rags B. uniform C. fashion D. dream
13.A. award B. food C. fine D. souvenir
14.A. how B. it C. that D. what
15.A. but B. and C. or D. so
16.A. ability B. problem C. reason D. power
17.A. words B. hearts C. faces D. ears
18.A. apologized B. accused C. admitted D. approved
19.A. stuck B. broke C. kept D. threw
20.A. hopeful B. grateful C. merciful D. wasteful
Few people realize that there is a big difference between formal English and informal English. Formal English is used for most writing, and often in public speaking and formal meetings. It pays close attention to grammar rules, because if we use proper grammar, our meaning is often more precise. Also, on important occasions, we do not want to appear uneducated or to offend (冒犯) others, so we are very careful about how we speak. Informal English is used in speaking or writing to our friends and family. It often does not pay such close attention to grammar rules, because when we speak or write to them, we want our words to flow quickly. Also, with our friends and family, we are usually not so worried about appearing uneducated or about offending them by how we write or speak.
A big difference between formal and informal English is the use of contractions. A contraction is where we make a word shorter or where we put two words together and take away some of the letters. For example, instead of saying “do not”, many people say “don’t”. Using contractions in our speech is fine because it sounds natural, especially when we speak to our friends. In formal writing, however, contractions are usually avoided because people might think that you have made a mistake, or that you do not know proper grammar.
In the same way we might make words shorter, in informal English we often make sentences shorter as well. For example, if someone asks you your name, you will likely answer with one word: your first name. However, in formal English we usually use complete sentences. For example, we might write “My name is John”. In most speaking, we may not need to use every word in a sentence because the person we are speaking to will probably still understand us. In most writing, however, every word in a sentence must be written out in order to make sure that we can be understood.
1.When we use formal English, _______.
A．we will offend others
B．we will appear educated on important occasions
C．we needn’t pay more attention to grammar rules
D．we can express ourselves more directly and more quickly
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “precise”?
A．clear B．direct C．puzzling D．simple
3.Contractions are best used when we are _______.
A．speaking at a formal meeting B．speaking in public
C．speaking to our friends D．writing an application (申请) letter
4.In speaking, we do not always use complete sentences because ______.
A．we do not care about grammar B．we do not want to sound stupid
C．we can still be understood D．we don’t want to waste time
1.Anne’s sister Margot was very u that the family had to move.
2.She s from loneliness,but she had to learn to like it there.
3.One evening when it was so warm,I stayed awake on p .
4.I don’t want to set down a s of facts in a diary as many people do.
5.It was based more on German than the English we speak at p .
6.Can you find the following command and r from reading?
7.Which kind of t do you prefer to use?
8.I am f of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.
9.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in r .
10.People began to wonder how long the d would last.
单词拼写（每小题1分）
根据所给汉语注释，写出所缺单词的正确形式(每空限写一词)。
⒈ You have so many nice cards. It’s hard for me to make a ______ (选择).
⒉ You look so _______ (困乏的)。 You must have stayed up last night.
⒊The human _______ (脑) is the centre of higher nervous activity.
⒋_______ (信念) can remove mountains.
⒌Learning English is my great _______ (乐趣).
⒍ The jacket _________ (花费) me 168 yuan.
⒎He ________ (点头) to show that he understood what I had said.
⒏ Work hard, and you’ll ________ (一定) succeed in the future.
⒐ He _______ (赚得) a lot of money by selling minerals last year.
⒑ __________ (除……之外) English, we have seven subjects to learn.
