I.单项选择1. I can _____ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person. （湖南2009）
A. Seldom
B. ever
C. never
D. always
2. In the good care of the nurses, the boy is _____ recovering from his heart operation.
A. quietly
B. actually
C. frequently
D. gradually
3. —How was the match last night?
—Super! Rarely _____ so much media attention.
A.a debate attracted
B. did a debate attract
C. a debate did attract
D. attracted a debate
4. I thought she was famous, but none of my friends have _____ heard of her.
A. even
B. ever
C. just
D. never5. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents’ only _____.
A. occasionally
B. anxiously
C. practically D. urgently
6.Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else _____ such a beautiful palace.
A. can you find B. you could find
C. you can find
D. could you find
7. I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _____ so lonely as now.
A. have I felt
B. I had felt
C. I have felt
D. had I felt
8. Never in my wildest dreams _____these people are living in such poor conditions.
A.I could imagine
B.could I imagine
C.I couldn’t imagine
D.couldn’t I imagine
9. The book is being printed and it will soon _____.
A. turn out
B. come out
C. start out
D. go out
10. —Have you _____ some new ideas?
—Yeah. I’ll tell you later.
A. come about
B. come into
C. come up with
D. come down from
11. It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it _____ that she was late again.
A. came over
B. came out
C. came about
D. came up
12. —I’m dead tired. I can’t move any farther.
—_____, Mary. You can do it!
A. No problem
B. No hurry
C. Come on
D. That’s OK
13. Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isn’t much help when it _____ shopping and eating.
(天津 2006)
A. refers to
B. speaks of
C. focuses on
D. comes to
14. –I wonder if I could read your new novel.
–No problem, the moment I _______ it.
A. write
B. wrote
C. will write
D. have written
15. The door may fall down any time. We will have it_______.
A. fixed
B. built
C. made
D. painted
16. –Do you remember the experiment we did together many years ago?
–Yes, _______ we did it yesterday.
A. as if
B. even if
C. only if
D. if only
17. –Any danger for the patient _______ on by Dr. Smith?
–Hard to say. Doctors are trying their best.
A. to operate
B. being operated
C. to be operated
D. operating
18. Going to college is not the end, but just _______ important step to your future career.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. 不填
19. Among so many people at the party, I _______ John, one of my classmates after 20 years.
A. looked up
B. picked out
C. took up
D. brought out
20. Such a film has had a positive effect on children, _______ parents expect.
A. that
B. when
C. what
D. as
21. Get to the point, or we _______ to a real agreement.
A. won’t come
B. haven’t come
C. weren’t coming
D. don’t come
22. –Do you want to study in the famous research institute?
–Of course, anyone that _______ be chosen may be lucky.
A. should
B. could
C. must
D. may
23. The pictures always remind me of those unforgettable memories _______ we had a lot of fun together in our childhood.
A. what
B. when
C. that
D. where
24. –Sorry for knocking down your cup of tea.
–_______
A. Really?
B. What for?
C. Don’t do that again. D. That’s OK.
25. –Do you still remember the day in the small forest?
–Sure. It was on the day _______ we celebrated your birthday.
A. when
B. on which
C. that
D. which
26. It is said that some software on learning subjects for pupils _______ in a very practical way.
A. designed
B. is designed
C. designs
D. is designing
27. The weather here in spring is much similar to _______ in my hometown.
A. one
B. it
C. that
D. this
28. –Look! The famous hotel is under decoration!
–Yeah, and it is promising to be _______ after that.
A. beautiful
B. more beautiful
C. most beautiful D.much beautiful
29. ______ 6 world powers have accepted ______ Iranian offer for talks on its disputed nuclear program.
A. The; a
B. 不填; an
C. The; an
D. 不填; an
30. A woman marries a man expecting him to change, but he doesn’t. A man marries a woman expecting her not to change, but she ______ .
A. does
B. will
C. has
D. is
31. To his relief, the company’s exports have been increasing ______ .
A. suddenly
B. steadily
C. automatically
D. really
32. At least 14 youths have been killed in the capital Baghdad in the past 3 weeks in ______ appears to be a campaign by Shia militants.
A. what
B. that
C. it
D. which
II. Close Test
The film starts out as a normal day in a typical American high school. Friends 1 in the dining room and boys play football. But there’s a big surprise when the movie 2 with two students going crazy in the 3 ---- shooting and killing people.
This is “ Elephant”, 4 in just 20 days; it stars real high school kids. American 5 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词). The student actors made up their own 6, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 7.
8 it may not sound very high quality, the 9 won the Palme d’Or (金棕榈奖) for the Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes film festival in 10 on May 25. The film is based on the 11 at a high school in the US, where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999. The 12 of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that’s as hard to ignore(忽略) as an elephant in the house.
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims (受害人者) and the killers. It shows how high school is a 13 experience for everyone---- fun and friendly, or hard and lonely. In many ways, the two 14 who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around 2with one boy’s mother as 15 serve them cakes and play the piano.
But, there are hints (提示) of the 16 they feel inside. One of the boys is bullied(欺负)at school. The other plays 17 video games. But Van Sant isn’t 18 their killing on either bullying or violent games. In fact, the film doesn’t offer any reason for why school violence happens.
“ I didn’t want to 19 anything. It’s up to the 20 to dram its own conclusions,” said the 51-year-old director.
1. A. chat
B. sleep
C. swim
D. fight
2. A. start
B. ends
C. begin
D. talk
3. A. cinema
B. church
C. school
D. station
4. A. discussed
B. lasted
C. shown
D. filmed
5. A. President
B. director
C. film
D. actor
6. A. faces
B. dialogue
C. mind
D. clothes
7. A. teacher
B. parents
C. lives
D. family
8. A. Since
B. Because
C. Although
D. However
9. A. victim
B. boys
C. film
D. director
10. A. France
B. Germany
C. Hongkong
D.Australia
11. A. playing
B. fighting
C. teaching
D. shooting
12. A. actors
B. director
C. killers
D. title
13. A. different
B. same
C. happy
D. sad
14. A. teachers
B. boys
C. actors
D. girls
15. A. they
B. he
C. it
D. she
16. A. shock
B. anger
C. joy
D. sorrow