The dictionary is what I wart .but I don’t have enough money             me .

A.by                     B.for

C.in                      D.with

The girl had hardly rung the bell       the door was opened suddenly, and her friend rushed out to greet her.

A. before B. until   C. as      D. since

Mistakes don’t just happen; they occur for a reason. Find out the reason, and then making the mistake becomes           .

A. favourable       B. precious        C. essential       D. worthwhile

 After the new technique was applied to production, the factory has produced ______ over the same period last year.

A. many cars twice as            B. twice as many as cars

C. twice cars as many as          D. twice as many cars as

Part three: Reading Comprehension (20 items; 40 pts.)

The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues (瘟疫) that flesh receives.

The most widespread fallacy (谬误) of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches (战壕) cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp (奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.

At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be dipped with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains- research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. 

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain-killer pills such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms.

1. The writer offered        examples to support his argument.

       A. 4         B. 5      C. 6      D. 3

2. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?

       A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

       B. Colds are not caused by cold.

       C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

       D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

3. Arctic explorers may catch colds when        .

       A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions

       B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

       C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

       D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

4. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit      .

A. suffered a lot             B. never caught colds 

C. often caught colds          D. became very strong

5. The passage mainly discusses      .

       A. the experiments on the common colds  B. the fallacy about the common cold

       C. the reason and the way people catch colds  D. the continued spread of common colds

       Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination(歧视) have been made illegal. But one popular form continues to exist, that is alphabetism (字母排序法). This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames (姓氏) begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

       It has long been known that the cars of a taxi firm called AAAA have a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers look through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbot has in life over Zoe Zysman. English names are fairly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a quite large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

       Thus the American presidents and vice-presidents have surnames starting with B and C separately and 26 of those before George Bush took office (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chretien and Koizumi ). The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. The same case are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffet and so on).

       Can this merely happen by chance? At the start of the first year in primary school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So shortsighted Zysman gets stuck in the back row, and is seldom asked the improving questions by those teachers. At that time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.

       The unfairness continues. At university graduation parties, the ABCs proudly get their awards first. However, by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are a little tired. Lists of job interviews and conference speakers and attendees all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their readers lose interest as they plough through them.

1. What does the author intend to show with AAAA cars and Zodiac cars?

       A. An example of competition of two kinds of cars.    B. Some advantages of AAAA cars in the taxi firm.

       C. An example of unfairness caused by alphabetism.   D. Some disadvantages of Zodiac cars in the taxi firm.

2. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?

       A. The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zoe Zysman.

       B. In both East and West, names are important to success.

       C. Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies’ names.

       D. The discrimination in alphabetism can be found in many areas.

3. The fourth paragraph suggests that         .

       A. alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class

       B. teachers should pay equal attention to all their students

       C. questions are often put to the more intelligent students

       D. students should be seated according to their eyesight

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

       A. VIPs in the western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.

       B. People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill – treated.

       C. Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional unfairness.

       D. The movement to get rid of alphabetism still has a long way to go.

 I try to make him understand that I am not interested in him, but he never gets the ______.

       A. message     B. news   C. information       D. word

In the end I lost my ______ and shouted at her.

     A. character     B. manner      C. benefit           D. patience

 Why don’t you tell him the truth? If I _______ you, I would.

A. am                    B. were                   C. had been              D. would be

----Would  you  like  some  more  chicken?

 ------No,  thanks . I am ______ a  diet  and  try  to _____ weight.

    A. on,  lose  B. on,  put on C.  in  , have  D. in  , lose