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第一卷（满分40分）

一、选择最佳答案 (1x40=40)

1. Schools must ensure that most young people ________ the skills and knowledge once reserved

for a few.

A. acquire          B. learn                 C. achieve             D. fulfill

2. When the result of the vote was announced the Prime Minister ________ defeat.

A. acquainted   B. assured   C. notified   D. acknowledged

3. She _______ blood when the Red Cross had a blood drive.

A. allocated   B. dedicated      C. donated      D. extracted

4. Giving up my job to go back to full-time education was a big _______, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.

A. project         B. commitment        C. competition      D. ambition

5. The audience ________ cheers as the band came on stage.

A. broke down              B. broke into          C. broke out          D. broke through

6. The bank is equipped with new alarm _____. We can say it's safe and reliable completely.

A. system         B. way                    C. order                  D. setting

7. One cause of the civil war was economic and political rivalry between the _______ South and the industrial North.

A. prosperous         B. cultivated               C. old-fashioned    D. poorly organized

8. It is firmly believed that quarrels never settles anything. It only _____ violence.

A. runs into        B. lets out            C. results in        D. gets into

9. She broke my bicycle lamp_______; that was why Jane was to blame.

A. accidentally   B. accurately   C. positively     D. deliberately

10. To our surprise, the painting considered ______ should have won the prize.

A. being copied    B. having been copied    C. to have copied   D. to have been copied

11. The report urged that all the children _______ to swim.

A. are taught   B. be taught    C. to be taught   D. being taught

12. ---I think I can’t achieve my aims.

--- In my opinion, you shouldn’t have ______ such a difficult task.

A. accomplished    B. attempted    C. managed    D. achieved

13. Young adults ______ older ones are more likely to prefer sports and become enthusiastic sports fans.

A. other than        B. more than          C. less than          D. rather than

14. I appreciate ________ in the contest when one competitor gets the first prize.

A. this          B. that         C. it           D. one

15. Crayon Shinchan enjoys great _______ in China. He has many fans in Hong Kong, Taiwan and on the mainland.

A. contributions       B. popularity         C. achievements         D. humors

16. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, ___________ the quality of life is probably one of the highest.

A. since        B. when        C. as             D. while

17. Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isn’t much help when it ___________ shopping and eating.

A. comes to      B. speaks of       C. focuses on       D. refers to

18. From a long-term point of view, it is time for us to _______ solving this problem.

A. set out             B. set forward       C. set about         D. set back

19. A healthy life is frequently thought to be ________ with the open countryside and homegrown

food.

A. tied              B. bound          C. involved            D. associated

20. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have _______ opportunity to change his

mind.

A. accurate              B. adequate        C. urgent           D. excessive

21. Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t ________ so much noisy sound.

A. resist           B. contain         C. tolerate       D. afford

22. The order is that all the goods ________ to the city on time.

A. ship                  B. shipped        C. be shipped       D. are shipped

23. The old man received a lot of respect for his ________ character.

A. grand                  B. noble                 C. high                  D. splendid

24. We tried to call you last night, but the line was so busy that we couldn’t __________.

A. get through         B. run through       C. go through        D. carry through

25. Techniques for ________ sleep would involve learning to control both the mind and the body

so that sleep can occur.

A. cultivating                B. promoting       C. pushing       D. strengthening

26. The Prime Minister refused to comment on the rumor that he had planned to _____.

A. discharge          B. dismiss          C. resign          D. resume

27. Circus tigers, although they have been tamed, can _________ attack their trainer.

A. unexpectedly    B. deliberately     C. reluctantly    D. subsequently

28. These apples are sold _____ the dozen.

A. in                      B. by            C. from          D. with

29. You have to be a fairly good speaker to __________ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. hold        B. make               C. improve         D. receive

30. His test results are not very _________. He does well one week and badly the next.

A. invariable      B. consequent     C. continuous     D. consistent