一、单项选择题（共 15 道试题，共 60 分。Choose the more suitable word from the two provided for each blank in the following sentences）
1. Rice is the ________ food of the inhabitants of this area
A.
principal
B. principle
参考答案：A
2. ________ Jim who has helped me.
A. Its
B. It’s
参考答案：B
3. She treats the orphan _________ her son.
A. as
B.
like
参考答案：B
4. The audience clapped loudly to _______ more songs.
A. request
B. require
参考答案：A
5. She said she would _________ me the book by air mail.
A. send
B. bring
参考答案：A
6. Would you like to stop by my ________ and have a cup of tea?
A.
family
B. home
参考答案：B
7.
What the minister has said _________ that there will be a change in the economic policy.
A. implies
B. infers
参考答案：A
8. I ________ that he is not telling the truth.
A. doubt
B. suspect
参考答案：B
9. His horse jumped and he fell ________ it.
A.
of
B.
off
参考答案：B
10. This salesman made frequent __________ to nearby cities.
A.
trips
B. travels
参考答案：A
11. Reforms have brought about rapid _________ growth in China in recent years.
A. economic
B. economical
参考答案：A
12. Many new _________ have been built along this road.
A. houses
B. rooms
参考答案：A
13. This is an interesting book with vivid accounts of _______ events and people.
A.
historic
B. historical
参考答案：B
14. The ________ rain slowed down the construction.
A. continuous
B. continual
参考答案：B
15. He illustrated his theory with convincing ________.
A.
examples
B. samples
参考答案：A
二、单项选择题（共 5 道试题，共 20 分。Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.）
1. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.
A.
Shakespeare was one of the greatest dramatists in the world.
B. Shakespeare was one of the greatest dramatists.
参考答案：A
2. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.
A. Although a lifetime is short, much can be accomplished.
B. A lifetime is short, but much can be accomplished.
参考答案：A
3. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.
A. Bob either works at his home office or an office at Sanctuary Towers each day.
B. Bob works at either his home office or his Sanctuary Towers office each day.
参考答案：B
4. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.
A.
A. Women have been discriminated against, and they have been patient, but now they are complaining, and their cause is just.
B.
Having been patient with the unjust discriminations against them, women are now complaining.
参考答案：B
5. Compare the following sentences and decide which is better.
A. Corruption in high places became widespread; the Roman Empire was considerably weakened.
B. After corruption in high places became widespread, the Roman Empire was considerably weakened.
参考答案：B
三、单项选择题（共 2 道试题，共 20 分。rearrange the following sentences and choose the correct order of these sentences）
1.
Read the following sentences and choose the correct order of these sentences.
A. When Lincoln was eight years old, his father lost most of his land in Kentucky.
B. Lincoln’s mother died when he was nine years old.
C. When Lincoln was nine, his stepmother persuaded his father that Abraham should begin to go to school.
D. Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
E. He started school, but it soon closed.
F. The first winter they spent in Indiana they lived in a house with only three walls; the fourth side was open for a fire.
G. Lincoln’s family moved to Indiana after his father’s bankruptcy.
A. D G A F C B E
B. D A G F B C E
C. G A D B C E F
参考答案：B
2.
Read the following sentences and choose the correct order of these sentences.
A. Until he was 18, Sinclair worked as a warehouseman at several firms and spent two years as a bus conductor.
B. He was the first child in a family of three boys and two girls.
C. After working as a bus conductor, Sinclair signed on in the Army but stayed only ten weeks before he bought himself out for $100.
D. Sinclair was born on December 14, 1942.
E. Quitting the army, Sinclair decided to better himself and after passing six examinations, he was about to start a teacher training course in Bradford.
F. He left middle school with no qualifications and went to work as a waiter at the Queen Hotel. It was the first of a long series of jobs.
G. After attending Mayflower Infants and Junior schools he went to Oaktown Secondary Modern School.
A. G. D. B. E .F. A. C
B. D. G. F. B. A. C. E
C. D. B. G. F. A. C. E
参考答案：C
