the poem a second time, the meaning will become clearer to you.

A. Your having read         B. While reading

C. If reading               D. When you read

If I knew the answer, I wouldn't be asking,        ?

A. didn't I                B. did I

C. would I               D. wouldn't I

      much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to do.

A. How                   B. Whatever

C. However               D. No matter

I wonder if I could use your telephone.

-       .

A. I wonder how

B. I don't wonder

C. Sorry, it's out of order

D. No wonder, here it is

Wasn't it Dr Wang who spoke to you just now?

-       .

A. I didn't know he was

B. Yes, it was

C. No, he wasn't

D. Yes, he did

Sorry, I couldn't come to the party. I was sick that day.

-       .

A. I don't know that

B. That's all right

C. yes, we'll have another party

D. No, the party wasn't held

Which would you rather have, tea or coffee?

A. Sure, I would          B. Yes, please

C. Yes, both             D. Neither, thank you

When one asks students the question "Who likes grammar?" perhaps few dare to raise their hands. In many   1   this is understandable in Britain. Yet,   2  , the study of grammar is one of the fastest growing areas of research in universities all over the world.
  3  more so is the fact that many students who do not like grammar in school choose   4   as their subject of study in the university.

The rather strange state of affairs   5   an explanation. On the whole, students consider the study of grammar uninteresting, and grammar is   6   taught in most British middle schools. However, language, which would be impossible without grammar, is an important part of human society.   7  , it is the foundation(基础)on which our society builds itself. And it is our ability(能力)to use language that makes it possible for us to let   8   know our thoughts and aims,   9   , to communicate(交流思想、交际). A large part of our ability even to   10   depends on language.

1. A. reasons         B. ways         C. subjects           D. ideas

2. A. strangely        B. suddenly      C. completely        D. excitingly

3. A. Ever           B. Even          C. What's           D. Indeed

4. A. education       B. grammar       C. language         D. anything

5. A. makes          B. asks          C. needs            D. suggests

6. A. poorly          B. carefully      C. successfully       D. attentively

7. A. But            B. In fact         C. As a result        D. On the other hand

8. A. ourselves       B. yourselves        C. others            D. other countries

9. A. to the point     B. to our joy          C. in pulic           D. in other words

10. A. talk          B. think          C. review            D. consider

Is the world really going mad? The other day I was sitting in a small restaurant  1  a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends, when it  suddenly  2  me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn't long  3  the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for permission to open a window to stop myself
 4 !

Nowadays air pollution is something that we hardly question any more. However, I still can't walk down the streets in any of the big cities without  5  that people are suffering from the air pollution. It is time for the government departments the world over to introduce emission(废气排出)controls on all cars and  6  the public transport system(公共交通体系)to encourage people to  7 their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him 8  when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾层)and looks down  9  it and thinks:"I'm breathing that!"This kind of  10  results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can,  11  should, be treated properly. Housebuilding, road construction and industrial development are all earth-moving(or earth-reducing)operations and can change the balances of 12 created over millions of years. I would like to  13  serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be  14  national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural  15 .

1. A. have        B. had        C. having         D. have had

2. A. seemed      B. struck      C. sank           D. showed

3. A. ago         B. after       C. before         D. now

4. A. standing     B. sitting      C. talking        D. dying

5. A. thinking     B. persuading   C. deciding      D. learning

6. A. increase     B. reduce      C. improve       D. raise

7. A. wash        B. repair      C. drive          D. leave

8. A. sick        B. tired        C. foolish        D. excited

9. A. on          B. into        C. from          D. for

10. A. discussion  B. question     C. pollution      D. operation

11. A. but        B. yet         C. still          D. and

12. A. life        B. mind       C. human beings  D. plants

13. A. see        B. start        C. enjoy         D. pay

14. A. few         B. any        C. more         D. no

15. A. situations     B. states     C. soils          D. places

从下列各题的A、B、C、D四句中选择一个与原句意思最接近的句子。

⑴. I had expected only Ann to come but her husband appeared too.

A. I had expected Ann to come but her husband came instead.

B. I was surprised to find that Ann's husband was there too.

C. As I had expected, Ann's husband came but not Ann herself.

D. Both Ann and her husband came, as I had expected.

⑵. Bill would rather do anything than cook.

A. Bill likes cooking, but enjoys doing other things more.

B. Bill would like to do something else before cooking.

C. Bill enjoys doing everything, including cooking.

D. Of all things, Bill likes cooking the least.

⑶. She taught the blind boy as if he were a seeing child.

A. She treated the boy as a child with normal eyesight.

B. She taught the boy whose eyesight would probably return to normal.

C. She felt that the boy's eyesight had returned to normal and he was looking at her.

D. She taught the blind boy in the way she taught other blind children.

⑷. No two birds practise quite the same kind of flight.

A. The way birds fly is more or less different from one another.

B. There are two birds which fly in a different way.

C. There is only a slight difference between the flights of two birds.

D. It is impossible to find the two birds which practise quite the same kind of flight.

⑸. The dinner would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the fish.

A. The dinner wasn't so successful without the fish.

B. The fish made the dinner less enjoyable.

C. The dinner was a complete failure because of the fish.

D. The dinner was perfect because the fish was especially good.

⑹. It was a few days before Steve found time to call his mother up.

A. Steve was free to telephone his mother a few days ago.

B. Steve didn't want to telephone his mother for a few days.

C. Steve wasn't able to give his mother a phone call until now.

D. Steve did not have time to telephone his mother immediately.

⑺. Of the hundreds of people sharing my interest, he's the first I've actually met.

A. There are hundreds of people having the same interest as I, but he is the first such person I've met.

B. I've never met a person like him who is actually interested in the things I do.

C. I've met hundreds of people who have the same interest as I, and he is one of them.

D. Actually he is the only person I know who has the same interest as I. 

⑻. I don't think it a bad idea to deal with the two problems separately.

A. I insist on dealing with the problems one after the other.

B. It  would be better if the two different problems could be dealt with.

C. I agree that the two problems should not be dealt with together.

D. I mean to deal with the two problems in a different way.

⑼. Whether or not they agreed with his idea, all of them gave it serious thought.

A. They might not all consider his idea good, but all of them thought it over carefully.

B. All of them thought hard, but couldn't decide whether or not to agree with his idea.

C. Many of them thought about the idea so seriously that they finally accepted it.

D. Only those who agreed with the idea thought about it carefully, but not those who didn't agree with it.

⑽. Her gift for computer is the envy of many people.

A. She wishes she could get a computer as a present like many people.

B. Many people envy her because she got a computer as a present.

C. Many people wish they were as good at the computer as she is.

D. She hopes to be good at the computer so that many people will envy her.