一、单项选择。
( ) 1. I hope you will find this valley a beautiful place in _____ you may spend your weekend.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. /
( ) 2. I don’t like to go to the theatre because the air there is ________.
A. fresh
B. no fresh
C. not fresh
D. freshing
( ) 3. I live right next to the subway station so it’s very ________ to go to work by subway.
A. fascinating
B. interesting
C. inexpensive
D. convenient
( ) 4. —Why are you in such a hurry?
—I was told that my mother had been sent to the hospital. I have to leave ________.
A. before long
B. right now
C. from now on
D. all the time
( ) 5. We're going to England next year. We should now practice_____ English as much as possible.
A. speak
B. to speak
C. speaking
D. speak about
( ) 6. She was seen ____ the theatre at that moment.
A. go into
B. to go into
C. went into
D. going into
( ) 7. Tom doesn't tell me when he _______. I will call you as soon as he _______.
A. will come; comes
B. will come; will come
C. comes; will come
D. comes; comes
( ) 8. The young mother ______ her baby, then went to the park with him.
A. wore
B. put on
C. dressed up
D. dressed
( ) 9.—Would you mind turning down the radio? I'm studying for the test. —__________. I'll do it right now.
A. Of course
B. No, thanks
C. Certainly
D. No, not at all
( ) 10. All the students went to the Blue Water Aquarium _______ Lucy because she was ill in hospital.
A. beside
B. expect
C. besides
D. except
( ) 11. This interesting book only ______ me ten yuan and I _______ ten month reading it.
A. cost, spend
B. cost, spent
C. spends, cost
D. spent, costs
( ) 12. — Could you tell me _________? —You can take No. 16 bus.
A. how can we get to the Olympic Park
B. how we can get to the Olympic Park
C. how did we get to the Olympic Park
D. how we got to the Olympic Park
( ) 13. He could hardly believe her words, ___________?
A. did he
B. didn’t he
C. couldn’t he
D. could he
( ) 14. It’s raining now. I’d like to watch TV at home __________ playing soccer outside.
A. instead of
B. because of
C. afraid of
D. break off
( ) 15. Your best friend is ______ who you can share your ideas and feelings with.
A. the one
B. one
C. ones
D. those
二、完形填空。
As late as 1800, women’s only place was in their home. The ide a of women in the 1 world was unthinkable. 2 “nice” woman would dream of entering what was strictly a “men’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do?
3 was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. Even that was not an
4 profession for women to enter
5 most high schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to
6 women.
Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Florence Nightingale became famous. Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a 7 , people began to believe it was 8 for women to care for the 9 and still be "ladies". Miss Nightingale opened England's first training school for nurses in 1860.
