08年英语真题

08年英语真题(总44页)

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--内页可以根据需求调整合适字体及大小-- Grammar and Vocabulary

I.

1. We are not on very good _____ with the people next door.

A. freindship B. relations C. will D. terms

2. Usually newspapers _______ for people with intellectual interests.

A. suit B. furnish C. regard D. cater

3. The overcrowded living conditions ______ a heavy strain on the family.

A. set B. put C. made D. pressed

4. The supply of apples exceeds the _______ this year.

A. request B. claim C. requirement D. demand

5. I must take this watch to be repaired: it ____ over 20 minutes a day.

A. increases B. progresses C. accelerates D.

gains

6. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could______ have killed or

hurt several people.

A. equally B. both C. well D. severely

7. I’m sorry we gave you such short ______of our visit.

A. caution B. notice C. information D.

preparation

8. That old vase will _____ an attractive lamp-holder.

A. compose B. form C. make D. assemble

9. The World Bank has criticized the country for not giving enough financial

____ to developing countries.

A. allowance B. aid C. loan D.

provision

10. Nothing would stop me from _____ my ambition.

A. reaching B. completing C. achieving D.

obtaining

11. He showed his _____ for the TV program by switching it off.

A. distaste B. discontent C. annoyance D.

boredom

12. They are _____ the woods for the missing child.

A. seeking B. looking C. investigating D.

combing

13. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is

constantly ___by a computer.

A. managed B. graded C. monitored D.

conducted

I know the money is safe I shall not worry about it.

A. Even though B. Unless C. As long as D.

However

15. He couldn’t lie convincingly enough to take a child _______.

A. away B. down C. in D. up 16. The parents were worried about Dorothy because no one was aware _____she

had gone.

A. where that B. of where C. of the place where D.

the place

17. It was not until she returned home_______ she realized she had almost

wasted 10 of her valuable hours.

A. and B. when C. then D. that

18. There has not been a great response to the sale, _______

A. does it B. has it C. does there D. has

there

19. Anthropology is a science ______anthropologists use a rigorous set of

methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by

others.

A. in that B. that in C. that D. in

20. The activities of the international marketing researchers are frequently

much broader than ______.

A. the domestic marketer has B. those of the domestic

marketer

C. the domestic marketer does D. that which has the domestic

marketer

21. I’m surprised at there _______ an index.

A. not to be B. to be not C. not being D.

bring not

22. _______ this soup. I_______ pepper in it.

A. am tasting…am tasting B. am tasting…taste

C. taste…am tasting D. taste…have tasted

, explorers could never have found the cave.

A. But for the fissures had been spotted B. If not the fissures had

been spotted

C. Had the fissures not been spotted D. Had not the fissures been

spotted

24. John often sits in a small bar, drinking and smoking considerably

more_________.

A. than that he is healthy B. than good for his health

C. than his health could D. than is good for his health

25.This ______ girl is Mary’s cousin.

A. pretty little Swedish B. Swedish little pretty

C. Swedish pretty little D. Little pretty Swedish

2.

1. This is a most peculiar letter. What do you ______ of it?

A. gather B. make C. get D. feel

2. Now that we’ve identified the problem, we must decide on an appropriate

course of______. A. action B. progress C. solution D.

development

3. Since the couple couldn’t _____ their differences, they decided to get a

divorce.

A. reconcile B. identify C. adjust D. coincide