A. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
bimonthly, descend, midterm, maltreat, disaGREe,
uniform, irresponsible, misunderstand, subtitle,
postscript, mislead, expand, bilingual, subway, illiterate
1. Jack is always indulging himself in drinking and gambling. In the eyes of his kids, he is quite an ______ father.
2. Mary intended to help her boyfriend by giving him some money. But he ______ her good will and believed that she was humiliating him.
3. Jane failed the ______ exam and she is determined to get a good score in the final exam.
4. This article has five short ______, all of which serve the general title very well.
5. After he signed his name at the end of the letter, he realized that he forgot to mention his new address and then he wrote a ______ at the bottom of the paper.
6. The magazine is published ______.
7. At that time, I couldn’t make out her tricks. Her innocent facial expressions ______ me into trusting her.
8. I’ve done the calculation again and again but my total still ______ with hers.
9. On the 14th floor, I wheeled my mother into an elevator and we ______ slowly to the ground floor.
10. In
11. Metals ______ when they are heated.
12. Tom hates being late for work. So he would go to work by ______ rather than by bus, though he can see the street sights on a bus.
14. In
15. My grandfather can read and write a little while my grandmother is totally ______ .
B. Choose the right word to fill in the blanks. Change the form where necessary.
1. It is much easier to cure ______ pneumonia than to cure ______ pneumonia, which broke out in some areas in the spring of 2003. ( typical / atypical)
2. My mother is interested in domestic education reform and my father is concerned about Iraq War. So my mother wants to watch ______ news while my father always waits for the ______ news. ( international / national)
3. There are 1000 ______ in a ______. ( kilogram / gram)
4. He claimed to see a ______ in his garden but his wife didn’t believe him. ( monocycle / unicorn)
５. Her son was ______ in the traffic accident and she has to look after him all her life. ( unable / disable)
6. They have two daughters. The elder one is a , who is going to get a master deGREe, while the younger one is still an undergraduate of Beijing University. ( postgraduate / graduate)
7. We usually add “-er” to the end of a ______ adjective to form its comparative deGREe. ( monotone / monosyllable)
II. 语法（非谓语动词）
1. Now the need ______ a computer language is becoming GREater and greater.
A. to learn B. learning
C. to be learned D. being learned
2. Goods ______ abroad are usually very expensive.
A. imported from B. importing from
C. having imported from D. imported in
3. Bob, ______ Japanese at college, offered to translate the article for me.
A. learned B. having learned
C. being learned D. to have learned
4. Anything ______ from the department must be returned before you leave.
A. borrow B. borrowed
C. borrowing D. to borrow
5. ______ , we’ll take John Smith as an imaginary case.
A. To be made clearer
B. To make it clearer
C. Being made clearer
D. Having been made clearer
6. Whether we should make the trip or not is ______.
A. we all decide B. for us decide
C. for all of us to decide D. for us deciding
7. After graduation, he went to work full time as a writer, ______ graduate studies until he could pay back some of his loans.
A. to postpone B. having postponed
C. postponing D. postponed
8. The telephone is out of order and ______.
A. needs to be repaired B. needs to repair
C. needs to be repairing D. being repaired
9. The noise of something ______ on the floor could be heard clearly in the quiet night.
A. dragged B. to be dragged
C. being dragged D. having been dragged
10. I recommend you ______ this dictionary.
A. buying B. to buy
C. of buying D. should buy
11. ______ the news, Mary jumped with joy.
A. Having heard B. To hear
C. Heard D. Hearing
12. You are lucky ______ two tickets to the ball.
A. of getting B. to get
C. that get D. in getting
13. The girl ______ David is my sister.
A. dance with B. danced with
C. dancing with D. having danced
14. There is no key ______.
A. to open the door B. opening the door
C. open the door D. to open the door with
15. There is a possibility of ______ by now.
A. arriving B. him arriving
C. his arrive D. his having arrived
III. 综合
Ａ. 阅读理解
Today Cathy will be going to kindergarten. Cathy is my youngest and I am feeling nostalgic. If I had the courage to admit it, I’d say I am sad and a little scared. Why am I feeling this way? I didn’t feel sad when Renata, her older sister, went to school. Why, I was excited and rejoiced about her new freedom.
It seems like yesterday that Cathy was such a quiet, contented baby. She was always a real joy to have around. She played quietly with her stuffed animals or our family dog. She and the dog loved to hide together under the blanket tent I’d throw over the big lounge chair.
Her life and mine would dramatically change now. She would be part of the world out there. I would have a harder time protecting her from the bumps and scrapes of life. Perhaps I was being overprotective now because Cathy had been diagnosed at three as having a rare disease. No one but the family knew or even saw anything different about her. I’m about to leave the kitchen to awaken Cathy for her big day. But here she comes, all bright eyes and smiles, dressed in a new red plaid skirt and blouse. She gives me a big hug as we say our good mornings.
“Good morning, you’ve up early!” I GREet her.
“Morning, Mom,” is mumbled into my apron because of her big hug. “See, Mom, I got dressed all by myself and even brushed my hair.” She proudly twirls a pirouette to show me. “But I can’t put this ribbon in my hair.” She hands me the brush, rubber band and red ribbon. I am amazed at how efficient she is in this particular morning.
As I tend to her hair and ribbon, I ask her once more, “Would you like me to walk you to school this first day?” I get the same answer as yesterday, “No, Mom, I can find my way all by myself. Renata, Leslie and I walked to the school yesterday and they showed me how to find the path through the woods right to the playground. And Mom, they have it all finished now and everything is band new—the slide, swings and basketball hoops. It’s going to be GREat!”
My reply to her enthusiasm is, “Stand still so I can finish your hair ribbon.”
Then I gently push her toward the table. She quickly slides into her chair and attacks her breakfast. I turn back to the kitchen cupboards and take a deep breath, but it doesn’t melt the lump in my throat or dull the ache in my chest. I glance at the clock. “You can’t leave before 8:30,so just slow down and chew your food.” In a few minutes she has finished the last drop of milk. Without prompting, she goes, “Is it time to go now? ” she pleads. “When this hand reaches 6,” I point out to her on the clock.
I tentatively venture for the umpteenth time, “ You’re sure you don’t want me to walk you to school?”
“No, Mom, I want to go alone.” She goes out onto the deck to call to the dog and check the backyard.
“Is it time now?” She is hopping up and down. With a sigh, I say, “Yes, dear.”
I give her a big lingering hug, and off she races down the split-level stairs and out the front door. Standing at the top of our stairs, I can watch through the window. She is running down the sidewalk. Then suddenly she stops, turns and races back toward the house. “Oh, no,” I think, expecting to have to change out of slippers for a walk to school after all.
The front door bangs open and up the stairs she flies to throw her little arms around me and press her cheek into my tummy. The long tight hug ends as she turns her eyes up to mine and seriously proclaims, “You’ll be all right, Mom. I’ll be home at noon.”
Then off she dashes into her new world of school adventures, excited and happy to be graduating from babyhood. My misty eyes follow her proGREss to the end of our walk. She turns around again and waves to me. I wave back and I can now smile.
The lump in my throat has melted as I think about her display of love. Yes, I will be all right as I go on to my own adventures. This is my graduation day, too.
1. Why didn’t the writer feel sad when Cathy’s older sister went to school?
A. Because she didn’t like Renata as much as she liked Cathy.
B. Because she was excited and happy about her new freedom.
C. Because Cathy was such a quiet, contented baby.
D. Because they all liked to go to school.
2. How did Cathy behave on her big day?
A. She was quite excited.
B. She was very reluctant to leave her mother.
C. She could do everything herself.
D. She was still very dependent on her mother.
3. When the author gently pushed Cathy toward the table, it implied that________ .
A. She was very annoyed B. She was very sorry
C. She wanted the child to eat her breakfast
D. She was very sad
4. “ I tentatively venture for the umpteenth time” shows that________.
A. The writer had thought that Cathy would need help
B. The writer was trying to make the child more independent
C. The writer was positive that she would be worried when Cathy went to school alone
D. The writer wanted very much to accompany her daughter to school
5. Why does Cathy suddenly stop, turn and race back toward the house?
A. Because she wanted her mother to change out of slippers for a walk to school after all.
B. Because she wanted to comfort her mother that she would be back soon.
C. Because she was so excited and happy to be graduating from babyhood.
D. Because she would like to walk to school with some other kids.
B. 写作
Key Factors to Success
Everyone wishes to be successful in life. I think there are three fundamental principles: diligence, devotion, and perseverance.
The first key factor to success is diligence, which simply means no waste of time. (说明勤奋的重要性）
Devotion, which means concentration of our mind and effort in doing things, is another key factor to success.
(说明专心的重要性）
Furthermore, perseverance, or a strong will, is also very necessary.
(说明坚持的重要性）
To conclude, （得出结论）
