1
Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系） red with a strong feeling like
1
. Red is used for signs of
2
, such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of
3
in autumn. People say orange is a
4
color. They associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of __5__. People say it is a cheerful color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in __6__. People say it is a refreshing color. In general, people __7__ two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and __8__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be __9__. Those who like to be with __10 _ like red. The cool colors are __11_
and blue. Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to __12 _ more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good __13_
for a living room or a __14_ . People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. __15
colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.
1. A. sadness
B. anger
C. administration D. smile
2. A. roads
B. ways
C. danger
D. places
3. A. land
B. leaves
C. grass
D. mountains
4. A. lively
B. dark
C. noisy
D. frightening
5. A. moonlight
B. light
C. sunlight
D. stars
6. A. summer
B. spring
C. autumn
D. winter
7. A. speak
B. say
C. talk about
D. tell
8. A. green
B. yellow
C. white
D. gray
9. A. calm
B. sleepy
C. active
D. helpful
10. A. the other
B. another
C. other one
D. others
11. A. black
B. green
C. golden
D. yellow
12. A. go round
B. go by
C. go off
D. go along
13. A. one
B. way
C. fact
D. matter
14. A. factory
B. classroom
C. restaurant
D. hospital
15. A. Different
B. Cool
C. Warm
D. All
名师点评
进行”；go by意为“走过，流逝”。根据文意，应选go by。
13．B。way根据上文，暖色调的环境下时间似乎过得更慢，说明暖色调是用来装饰居室和饭馆的好方法，故选择way。
14．C。比较四个场所只有饭馆适合使用暖色调。
15．B。与暖色调相对立，冷色调适用于办公室，以使人感觉时间过得比较快。
2
Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __4__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __10__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”
1. A. no
B. some
C. much
D. enough
2. A. lazy
B. clever
C. careful
D. hard
3. A. did well in B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for
4. A. was angry B. thought hard C. agreed
D. said “No.”
5. A. a little
B. a few
C. many
D. a lot
6. A. rest
B. sleep
C. hospital
D. work
7. A. should
B. would
C. to
D. not to
8. A. to remember B. to forget C. to catch
D. to teach
9. A. slept
B. went out C. cooked
D. ate
10. A. reading
B. seeing
C. cooking
D. writing
名师点评
7. D。由于她的病是因营养过剩引起的，医生应让她不要吃肉，糖果之类的食物，故选not to。
8. B。她害怕忘了医生的指示，因此将其写在纸上，故选to forget。
9. B。与下文相对应，这里应填went out。
10. C。擅长烹饪的查理将菜买回之后，肯定要忙着为爱妻做饭，故cooking为正确答案。
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Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.
Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals.
One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society.
1. A. quite
B. so
C. such
D. another
2. A. come up with B. agreed with C. been fed up with D. got on well with
3. A. Most
B. The most C. More
D. Much
4. A. to
B. around
C. between
D. from
5. A. education B. weather C. temperature
D. science
6. A. finished
B. don’t finish C. will not finish D. has finished
7. A. develop
B. developed C. developing
D. experience
8. A. improve
B. graduate C. hear
D. provide
9. A. between
B. among
C. inside
D. outside
10. A. can good B. may better C. be able to better D. be able to best
名师点评
本文主要围绕“我为什么要上大学？”这一话题展开讨论，首先介绍了教育对人发展的重要性，然后说明大学在教育中的地位，从而层次分明地解释了上大学的原因。
答案简析
7. B。这里只能选可作定语的选项。过去分词developed表示“成熟的”，为正确选项。
8. D。大学应是提供高等教育的地方, provide符合文意为正确选项。
9. B。介词among可表示”包括……在内”为正确选项。
10. C。与前半句相对应，这里仍应用比较级，而may better意思不对，因此be able to better为正确选项。
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Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was __1__ to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou（北美驯鹿）? Do they kill people?
They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to __2__. The plane put him down and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.
People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was __3__. He had his gun with him__4_.
Then one day, he saw a group of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.
Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very __5__ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to __6__ food. The father wolf got food for the mother. The young wolf __7__ the children. They were a nice, happy family—wolf family! Farley did not need his __8__ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were __9__. Wolves do not eat people, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.
Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to __10__ them and not to kill them.
1. A. seen
B. told
C. heard
D. found
2. A. a small town B. a big city C. a far place
D. a lonely village
3. A. afraid
B. happy
C. angry
D. tired
4. A. at times
B. all the time C. once a week
D. every afternoon
5. A. bad
B. good
C. hungry
D. thirsty
6. A. cook
B. make
C. get
D. pick
7. A. shouted at B. looked into C. laughed at
D. played with
8. A. food
B. clothes
C. gun
D. plane
9. A. not good
B. not true
C. not easy
D. not clear
10. A. grow
B. have
C. teach
D. understand
名师点评
C。狼只能猎取食物, 而不能烧食物, 生产食物。get合乎文意，为正确答案。
D。shout at意为“朝……大声叫喊”；look into意为“调查、观察”；laugh at意为“嘲笑……”。这三个词组都不符文意。play with意为“和……一起玩耍”，合文意为正确答案。
C。the nice happy wolf family让Farley不再害怕，因此也就不再需要枪了，故选择gun.。
B。因为他的亲身体验与他所听到的相违背，说明以前关于狼的说法是不对的, 故选not true。
10. D。understand意为“了解”合乎文意，为正确答案。
5
Many people think that Americans
1
their cars almost more than anything else. When
2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3_
cars. They don’t ask for a car from their
4__. So many of them work in
_5_
time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to
6 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost
7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8_
their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a
9
. On Saturdays or Sundays some people may
10
most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
1. A. prefer
B. love
C. drive
D. play
2. A. little
B. big
C. old
D. young
3. A. new
B. own
C. expensive
D. cheap
4. A, friends
B. teachers
C. parents
D. brothers
5. A. free
B. busy
C. study
D. good
6. A. make
B. mend
C. wash
D. drive
7. A. always
B. never
C. often
D. usually
8. A. take
B. carry
C. pull
D. lift
9. A. question
B. wrong
C. mistake
D. problem
10. A. cost
B. get
C. spend
D. use
名师点评
本文介绍了美国人尤其是年轻人对于轿车的厚爱，并列举了一些事例加以说明。让人们看到了一个发达国家的富裕和人民生活的繁荣。
答案简析
1. B。通过下文的事例不难看出美国人对汽车不是一般的喜欢，故用love it，较贴近文章的意思。
2. D。按常识，十四五岁的人应称为年轻人，故应说young。
3. B。根据下文他们不想通过索要来获取别人的小轿车，而是想拥有自己的小汽车，故选own。
4. C。如果说想要索要小汽车的话，那只有先从父母亲那儿开始了，故应选parents。
5. A。十四五岁的年轻人大多在上学，所以工作占用的应是上学期间的空隙，故应选free。
6. D。要想获得驾照得先学开车，故应选drive。
7. B。与下文“车子一有问题就去修理”相对应，有些人病了却从不看医生，故应选never。
8. A。carry应为“搬运”，push 为“推”，lift 意思为“举，提起”都不合文意，take sth. to 某地，意为“把……带到……”。
9. D。只能选择一个名词, 表示汽车的“故障,毛病”, 故选problem。
10. C。spend some time doing sth.为一个固定搭配，意为“花时间干某事”。
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Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these
questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.
1. A. took
B. made
C. painted
D. invented
2. A. artists
B. doctors
C. painters
D. people
3. A. to
B. of
C. for
D. from
4. A. the scientists B. the artists C. the world
D. people
5. A. draw
B. paint
C. work
D. build
6. A. was just
B. wasn’t just C. wasn’t
D. was no longer
7. A. less
B. no
C. even
D. very
8. A. before
B. after
C. because
D. when
9. A. him
B. us
C. them
D. you
10. A. interesting B. crying
C. smiling
D. surprising
名师点评
本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达?芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡6．B。这一句起承上启下的作用，意为“达?芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”，故选择 wasn’t just。
7．C。less和no不合文章，very不能用来修饰比较级，而even常用来修饰比较级，意为“甚至更……”，故为正确选项。
8．A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界，应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法，所以应选before。
9．B。达?芬奇的画今天依然保存在世，为本文作者以及读者所共享，所以应选us。
10．C。达?芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下，故选smiling。
7
Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __1__ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”
1. A. finished
B. did
C. began
D. had
2. A. ever
B. never
C. easily
D. no
3. A. The other B. Another C. One
D. A second
4. A. anything
B. something C. nothing
D. everything
5. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away
6. A. water
B. basket
C. well
D. work
7. A. full
B. empty
C. filled
D. clean
8. A. While
B. As soon as C. Before
D. Since
9. A. have done B. will do
C. do
D. are doing
10. A. what
B. why
C. when
D. that
名师点评
本文讲述了一个国王为了考验两个人，让他们往篮子里打水，忠诚的人不遗余力地往空篮子里打水，直到国王归来。结果不仅获得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了国王的信任。
答案简析
表示“一……就”为正确选项。
9．A。国王是因为这个诚实的人所做过的事情而表扬他，所以应用完成时态have done。
10．D。国王讲的最后一句话是含有 “so……that”结构的复合句，意为“如此……以致”故选that。
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Food is very important. Everyone needs to __1__ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is __2__. We begin to get knowledge even __3__ we are very young. Small children are __4__ in everything around them. They learn __5__ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to __6__ story books, science books…, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and __7__ to find out answers. What is the best __8__ to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get __9__ knowledge. If we are __10__ getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.
1. A. sleep
B. read
C. drink
D. eat
2. A. sport
B. exercise C. knowledge D. meat
3. A. until
B. when
C. after
D. so
4. A. interested
B. interesting C. weak
D. better
5. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
6. A. lend
B. read
C. learn
D. write
7. A. try
B. have
C. refuse
D. wait
8. A. place
B. school
C. way
D. road
9. A. little
B. few
C. many
D. the most
10. A. often
B. always
C. usually D. something
名师点评
本文说明了知识的重要性，介绍了一个人学习知识的过程以及获取知识的最佳途径，是一篇可读性较强的文章。
答案简析
9．D。与后面的方法比起来，作者认为独立自主的学习为最佳方法，最佳方法当然应使人获得最多的知识，故选择the most。
10．B。be always doing sth 意为“总是干某事”。
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Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is __1__ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is
2
it’ll never
3
. That’s
4
we mustn’t waste time.
It goes without saying that the
5
is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do
6__
useful.
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and
__7
. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own __8
.
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t
9
today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to
10
.
1. A. much
B. less
C. much less
D. even more
2. A. cost
B. bought
C. gone
D. finished
3. A. return
B. carry
C. take
D. bring
4. A. what
B. that
C. because
D. why
5. A. money
B. time
C. day
D. food
6. A. nothing
B. something C. anything
D. everything
7. A. reading
B. writing C. playing
D. working
8. A. time
B. food
C. money
D. life
9. A. stop
B. leave
C. let
D. give
10. A. lose
B. save
C. spend
D. take
名师点评
文章讲述了时间的重要性。金钱用完了可以再来，但时间却是一去不复返。告诫我们要珍惜时间，不能虚度年华。
答案简析
1．D。该句中多音节形容词important的比较级应是 more important ，用even来修饰比较级，故选 even more important。
2．C。这里表示时间流逝，故选gone。
3．A。时间流逝就不会再回来，根据文意应选return。
4．D。上文解释了我们为什么不能浪费时间，承接上文应用why。
5．B。时间的流逝悄无声息，故应选 time。
6．B。根据文意可知，我们应珍惜时间，做一些有用的事情，故选something。
7．C。该句列举了一些人浪费时间的例子，四个选项中只有playing能和smoking, drinking 相提并论，故选playing。
8．D。根据文意，浪费时间就是浪费自己的生命，故选life。
9．B。leave意为“留下，剩下”。根据文意，我们不能把今天的事留到明天做，故选 leave。
10．A。这里表示浪费时间，故选lose。
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Nasreddin was a poor man, so he tried to grow __1__ he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.
One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white ox had got into the garden and __2__ his vegetables. Nasreddin at once took his stick, ran out and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined most of his precious vegetables.
__3__, while he __4__ in the street near his house, he saw a cart with two white oxen which looked very much like the one that __5__ his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, __6__ he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard. The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a __7__ coffee-house. When he saw __8__ Nasreddin was doing __9__ his animals, he ran out and shouted, “What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat them like that?”
“You keep out this!” Nasreddin shouted back, “This is a matter between me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well __10__ I am beating him!”
1. A. so many vegetables
B. many vegetables
C. as many as vegetables
D. as many vegetables as
2. A. was eating B. ate
C. had eaten
D. has eaten
3. A. Next day
B. Next morning
C. Last morning D. The next morning
4. A. walks
B. waked
C. was walking D. walking
5. A. ruined
B. had eaten C. ate
D. had ruin
6. A. so
B. and
C. but
D. or
7. A. beside
B. nearby
C. near
D. near by
8. A. that
B. which
C. why
D. what
9. A. for
B. to
C. with
D. on
10.A. reason
B. when
C. why
D. because
名师点评
这是一个笑话，贫农Nasreddin在街上碰到两头牛，搞不清是哪一头毁坏了他家的菜园，于是用棒子将两头牛一起抽打，牛主人制止时，他却强词夺理，无理取闹。
答案简析
1．D。习惯用语as many as possible 意为“尽可能多的”合乎文意，为正确选项。
2．A。过去进行时强调过去正在进行的动作，根据文意Nasreddin看到牛正在吃蔬菜，故选 was eating 。
3．D。指过去某一天的第一天或第二天早上、晚上，应用the next day/morning/evening。 故应选The next morning 。
4．C。在从句动作进行的过程中，主句动作发生了，这时从句常用进行时态，故选择was
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