He undertook __________ the work by Monday. 

A．tofinish           B．finishing           C．finishes           D．finished

The majority spoke against the plan,while he spoke at the meeting___it.

A．in connection with  B．in search of        C．in terms of         D．in favour of

The black people thus lay on the hard wooden boards, _________ stand up.

A．unableto          B．couldn’t         C．wasunableto       D．can’t

I came home very late last night , __________ , early this morning.

A．atleast            B．onthewhole        C．inaword           D．orrather

My calculations were based on the __________ that house prices  would remain steady.

A．theory            B．assumption        C．procedure         D．regulation

Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country didn’t  26  the

watch.   It was the British   27  did it.Here is a story of  28  the

watch was  29  to Switzerland.

Many years ago, an Englishman was  30   to Italy   31   his way he stopped in a small town in south Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a      carriage inside    32  there was a carriage watch. This was the  33  kind of  watch. A native shop assistant   34  to see the watch. He  35  what it was  and asked the Englishman   36  it.“Itis a carriage watch. ”said the man. “ This  machine    37  the time but now it

isn’t working.”

At once the shop assistant    38   to try to repair it. So the traveller  39  him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it  was not  40  that he managed to repair it. He  41  remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had  42  on his journey, he made a watch of  43  the same type.

  44  the watch-making was   45  in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.

1.                A．make          B．invent          C．produce  D．develop

2.                A．which          B．who           C．where    D．they

3.                A．why           B．that            C．how D．when

4.                A．carried         B．sold            C．sailed    D．brought

5.                A．travelling       B．riding          C．walking   D．running

6.                A．On            B．In             C．At   D．From

7.                A．which          B．that            C．it    D．whom

8.                A．proper         B．smallest         C．earliest   D．biggest

9.                A．wanted         B．seemed         C．happened D．discovered

10.               A．wondered      B．thought        C．understood D．discovered

11.               A．on            B．about          C．of    D．with

12.               A．gives          B．tells           C．strikes D．counts

13.               A．failed          B．helped         C．insisted   D．offered

14.               A．served         B．shared         C．showed   D．handed

15.               A．surprise        B．surprised       C．surprising  D．surprises

16.               A．however       B．besides         C．but   D．even

17.               A．gone          B．done          C．come D．spent

18.               A．correctly       B．specially        C．exactly    D．naturally

19.               A．Thus           B．So             C．Otherwise D．However

20.               A．opened        B．started         C．done D．returned

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain with nothing else in it. Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

Another tea drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in teapot and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea --- “iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.

1.The passage is mainly talking about _________.

A. Chinese tea               B why tea is important

C. the teatime in England     D. different ways of tea drinking

2.The word “plain” in line 4 may mean _____________.

A．simple            B．going             C．hard             D．drink

3.The Chinese drink tea __________.

A．for breakfast                           B．in a special way

C．when they get together                   D．only in teahouses

4. Iced tea is popular _____________.

A．in winter          B．in England         C．for lunch          D．in America

5.The English like to _____________.

A．eat something with their tea               B．drink their tea plain

C．have tea with dinner                     D．drink their tea in teahouses

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（营地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job----taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1. From this passage we can see      in the United States.

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2.At Mother’s Camp, women can’t         .

A．watch TV                              B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                        D．bring their husbands and children

3.Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because        .

A． they don’t like their husbands and children

B． they have to work full-time

C． they are too busy to relax themselves

D． they want a new life

4.        is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.

A．Housework                            B． Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                  D． Looking after their children

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Busy Working Mothers                   B．Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home            D．Mothers in the US

“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.

For some of us, although making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.

There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller. It was later put into 28 languages.

Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book:

Be friendly and polite.

Always greet with a smile. Begin with “Excuse me” or “Would you please” when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “Thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.

Go out of your way to be nice.

Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.

Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

Be open-minded.

Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

1.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely lonely life.” means “_____”.

A．No one can live a hard life.                B．No one can live without difficulty.

C．No one can live alone.                    D．No one can live on an island.

2.The best title for the passage should be _______________.

A．How to Make Friends                    B．A Famous Book

C．Friendship First                         D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie

3.Some of us find it not easy to make friends because _____________.

A．we are afraid of making bad friends

B．we are shy to take the first action

C．we feel sure that we already have enough friends

D．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends

4.We can learn from the passage that ________________.

A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie

B．Friends are always friends

C．Few people bought Carnegie’s book

D．The writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie

5.Which of the following is not talked about in Carnegie’s book?

A．Say “Excuse me” before you ask.

B．Don’t visit your neighbors too often.

C．Think more about others.

D．People enjoy hearing their own names.

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except _______.

A．Hamlet                               B．Macbeth

C．Romeo and Juliet                        D．Man and Superman

2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _______.

A．1578             B．1582             C．1599             D．1616

3.In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon _______.

A．with his wife                           B．with his daughter

C．with his wife and children                 D．alone

4.Shakespeare got much money from _______.

A．writing           B．plays             C．acting            D．retirement

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? ________.

A．Shakespeare had two children

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages