I. 客观题（75分）
一：单项选择（共25题，满分25分）
1. — Thank you for your wonderful meal.
—______.
A. No, it was just so-so
B. The same to you
C. No, that’s all right
D. It’s my pleasure
2. Nowadays ______ Internet is becoming increasingly popular and ______ new high
speed broadband network was recently started.
A. a; the
B. the; a
C. a; a
D. the; the
3. —Daddy, can you buy me a new MP3 when you go to Beijing?
—You ______ get one if you are admitted to a key middle school.
A. could
B. shall
C. may
D. can
4. —Have you heard the story of “The Merchant of Venice”?
—No. When and where does the story ______ ?
A. take up
B. take on
C. take place
D. take off
5. She spends her money _________ books _________ on clothes.
A. on; instead
B. in; instead
C. in; more than
D. on; rather than
6. When we were young, every evening my brother and I ______ stay at home waiting for our mother.
A. would
B. might
C. should
D. could
7. The secretary worked late into the night, ________ a long speech for the president.
A. to prepare
B. preparing
C. prepared
D. was preparing
8. The boys became fatter and fatter each day and __________ made his parents sad.
A. which
B. what
C. he
D. it
9. _________ will be years __________ we meet again.
A. There; since
B. There; after
C. It; that
D. It; before
10. －How do you like our restaurant?
－I couldn’t have found a ________ one.
A. good
B. better
C. best
D. fine
11. All possible means __________.However, nothing can __________ Jack from adventuring in that mysterious forest.
A. has tried; stop
B. has been tried; keep
C. have tried; keep
D. have been tried; prevent
12. ---___________ everyone present at the meeting?
---No, all but one _________ there.
A. Was; was
B. Were; were
C. Was; were
D. Were; was
13. Visitors are not permitted ________ the park after dark, because of the lack of lighting.
A. to enter
B. entering
C. to enter in
D. entering in
14. Mr. White didn’t understand __________ made his wife so upset this morning.
A. what was it
B. why was it that
C. why it was that
D. what it was that
15. —Your mother becomes more and more forgetful.
—Yes. She searched for her cellphone for a whole day last Sunday but it ______ in her coat pocket the next day.
A. turned out
B. turned on
C. turned over
D. turned up
16. ---I have finished my homework.
---___________.Let’s go to play tennis.
A. So have I
B.I have so
C. So did I
D. So you do
17. I lived with my brother this winter and didn’t have to pay rent. So I ________ save most of my salary.
A. could
B. would
C. was able to
D. should
18. She ________ her clothes down on the ground.
A. lied
B. lay
C. laid
D. lain
19. ---Do you think I should fly directly to Australia or break my journey in Hong Kong?
