一、语音知识
在下列每组单词中，有一个单词的划线部分与其他单词的划线部分的读音不同，找出这个词。
1.A.lab B.table C.math D.attack
参考答案：B
2.A.cake B.custom C.center D.cover
参考答案：C
3.A.rush B.duck C.truck D.butcher
参考答案：D
4.A.check B.change C.chemistry D.chocolate
参考答案：C
5.A.cousin B.south C.ground D.thousand
参考答案：A
二、词汇与语法知识
从每小题的四个选择项中，选出最佳的一项。
6. Jack is_____news reporter and he likes_____job very much.
A.a,the B.the,the C.the,a D.a,a
参考答案：A
7.It has been almost five years_____we saw each other last time.
A.after B.before C.since D.when
参考答案：C
8.He knows_____about the city,for he has never been there.
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
参考答案：D
9.With all his homework_____,the boy was allowed to watch TV.
A.finished B.finish C.will finish D.having finished
参考答案：A
10.—Can I get you some more fish?
—_____.
A.Yes,please B.I’m sorry
C.That’s all right D.It doesn’t matter
参考答案：A
11.Tom,hurry up,____ you will miss the school bus.
A.and B.or C.but D.then
参考答案：B
12.The room____as a laboratory for nearly two years till now.
A.is used B.was used C.has been used D.had been used
参考答案：C
13.—Mom,do I have to go to bed now?
—Yes,you____.
A.can B.will C.may D.must
参考答案：D
14.Many artists find it hard to____a living from art alone.
A.do B.make C.have D.take
参考答案：B
15.James had never seen Brando again,____was really a pity.
A.who B.what C.which D.where
参考答案：C
16.Excuse me,what time is it____your watch?
A.to B.by C.on D.with
参考答案：B
17.Welcome to our house!I’ll have Hudson____you around in a minute.
A.show B.to show C.showing D.showed
参考答案：A
18.She spoke____fast that I could not catch a word.
A.too B.very C.such D.so
参考答案：D
19.Take your computer to John,and he____it for you.
A.repairs B.will repair C.has repaired D.had repaired
参考答案：B
20.You better____more clothes.It’s snowing outside.
A.put away B.put up C.put down D.put on
参考答案：D
三.完形填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳选项。
Yuichiro Miura lives by the saying that nothing is impossible. For him, that means climbing Qomolangma,the world’s highest mountain, at the age of 80. He 21 to climb it for the 22 time next mouth. He reached its top at ages 70 and 75.If he succeeds this time, he will 23 the record for the oldest person to climb the 8844-meter-high mountain.
The record, 24 , is not what pushes him on. Instead, he wants to know how a person of his age will 25 and deal with the extreme cold, 26 air and low oxygen(氧气) levels on such a high mountain. He believes those 27 will add 70 years to the age of his body once he 28 to the top. His daughter, Emili Miura, 29 others that he will feel like someone 150 years old.
“Nobody ever lived that long,and he’s so 30 to know how it would be like,” she said. “He would like to know what is the 31 of humans.” Emili Miura said her father thinks that one should always set a higher 32 for oneself and try to achieve it.
Yuichiro Miura faces more dangers 33 health problems. He has had three heart operations in 34 years,and he suffered two 35 bones in a sport accident in 2009.Nobody would say it’s wise for an 80 year old person to make the climb,but Mr.Miura believes that nothing is impossible.
21.A.begs B.plans C.needs D.refuses
参考答案：B
22.A.first B.second C.third D.fourth
参考答案：C
23.A.break B.check C.achieve D.improve
参考答案：A
24.A.anyhow B.therefore C.however D.meanwhile
参考答案：C
25.A.exist B.advise C.work D.feel
参考答案：D
26.A.thin B.clear C.fresh D.cool
参考答案：A
27.A.desires B.conditions C.operations D.advantages
参考答案：B
28.A.gets B.leads C.turns D.sticks
参考答案：A
29.A.warned B.persuaded C.told D.promised
参考答案：C
30.A.sure B.afraid C.proud D.curious
参考答案：D
31. A.end B.aim C.limit D.fact
参考答案：C
32. A.goal B.order C.rule D.example
参考答案：A
33. A.instead of B.because of C.in favor of D.in front of
参考答案：B
34. A.most B.early C.several D.recent
参考答案：D
35. A.burned B.broken C.destroyed D.grown
参考答案：B