单项选择题
I. GRAMMARAND VOCABULARY
Complete each of the following 15 sentences with the most likely answer. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)****完成以下15个句子,最有可能的答案。您选择相对应的字母写在答题纸上。(各1分,15分)
1. I was shocked by the number of people who seemed to have nothing better to do with their time than ______ to know fish better. **我被震惊的人数似乎没有更好的与他们的时间比______更好地了解鱼。
A. get
B. gets
C. getting
D. got
2. Not all birds can fly , ______ do all birds build nests. 不是所有的鸟都能飞……做所有鸟类筑巢。
A. not
B. no
C. never
D. nor
3. When you fall in love for the first time, it’s surprising ______ inconveniences you can put up with. 当你第一次坠入爱河,这是令人惊讶的……麻烦你可以忍受
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. those
4. I know my limitations, so I won’t do anything ______ my ability. 我知道我的局限性,所以我不会做任何事……我的能力。
A. beyond
B. under
C. above
D. below
5. The hosts apologized for ______ that some of their guests might be vegetarians. 主机为______,一些客人道歉可能是素食者。
A. having not considered
B. not having considered
C. having not been considering
D. not considering
6. Mrs. Smith locked both the front and the back doors before she went to bed ______ that someone might steal into the house at night. 史密斯太太锁前门和后门之前她上床就睡着,晚上有人偷进屋里。
A. so
B. for fear
C. unless
D. on condition
7. We have to wait for the bus, ______? 我们必须等待公共汽车……吗?
A. have we
B. haven’t we
C. do we
D. don’t we
8. ______ the popularity of robots in Japan, the country’s robot-production growth is slowing down. ______的普及机器人在日本,该国robot-production增长正在放缓。
A. As
B. Although
C. With
D. Despite
9. The proposal deserves support as it gives ______ to the needs of children. 这个建议应该得到支持,因为它给了……孩子的需要。
A. curiosity
B. awareness
C. priority
D. emphasis
10. Those familiar with evening dress will always ______ black with elegance. 那些熟悉晚礼服总是______黑与优雅。
A. link
B. associate
C. connect
D. relate
11. If you’re sitting around a lonely campfire at night, the howl of a wolf can sound pretty ______. 如果你坐在一个孤独的晚上篝火,狼嚎的声音很能跟。
A. fearful
B. threatening
C. dreadful
D. frightening
12. The suspect cooperated fully with the police when ______ about his role in the incident. 12。怀疑与警方合作完全在______他在事件中所扮演的角色。
A. required
B. questioned
C. demanded
D. negotiated
13. Homing pigeon is useful as a ______ carrier because when taken from home, it will return at the first opportunity. 信鸽是有用的作为一个载体,因为当来自家里,它将返回在第一个机会。
A. meaning
B. information
C. message
D. content
14. One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ______ follow traffic rules in busy harbors. 海岸警卫队的责任之一就是确保所有船只繁忙的港口在遵循交通规则。
A. conveniently
B. obediently
C. sufficiently
D. reluctantly
15.She was so ______ the noise that she sent the children to bed. 她受够了噪音,她送孩子上床睡觉。
A. broken down by
B. filled in with
C. taken over by
D. fed up with
II. CLOZE
A quarter of the world’s population now speaks English. If you want to 16 your products, or yourself, you have no choice 17 to do it in English. Politicians and business people must speak English if they want to mak e their mark 18 the world’s stage. Writers of minority languages can 19 hope to sell their books unless they write in English. 四分之一的世界人口现在说英语。如果你想16你的产品,或者你自己,你没有选择17用英语。政治家和商人必须说英语如果他们想让马克18世界的舞台。少数民族语言的作家19希望出售他们的书,除非他们用英文写作。
As English is spoken all over the world, it means that no individual country can really exercise a 20 influence over it. In the past, it was the mother tongue 21 who controlled the future of the language. Now, indeed for the last few decades, the mother tongue users are in a significant 22 . 英语在世界各地,这意味着任何个人国家能真正锻炼20对它的影响。在过去,是母语21控制未来的语言。现在,事实上在过去的几十年里,母语使用者在一个重要的22所示。
This means that the character of the language could well 23 with new words, new rhythms, and new pronunciations. It isn’t going to be British and American English anymore- that’s 24 . All over the
