1 . 课文填空

Part 1. I can well remember there was a time     1     a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me     2    . That’s changed since I came here. For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake     3     purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. It was the first time in a year and a half that I     4     the night face to face.

Part 2. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from     5     spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150 English became     6     like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.

Part 3. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be very     7    . I know the proper way is always her way. My sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a     8     look. When I told her the air would be hard     9    , she said it would be     10     interesting experience.

2 . 根据原文填入正确的单词。

Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept     1    . In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began     2    . The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping     3     and hurried outside... The stream wound     4     way across the field and then flowed right under the tent!

3 . 根据原文填入正确的单词。

I am     1     art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people     2     that they understand modern art. ...My sister is only seven, but she always tells me     3     my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday...

4 . 根据课文，在空白处填入适当的单词。

One evening     1     it was so warm, I stayed     2     on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. I am only able to look at nature     3     dirty curtains     4     before very dusty windows.

5 . 根据原文填入正确的单词或短语,答案可能是一词或多词。

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his     1     to the post office… It had been     2     up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,     3     a note which said: ‘A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!’

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing… It suddenly     4     one of the workers to open up the box. He     5     what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of wooden goods.

A public house which was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up     6    . Mr Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted…     7     Mr Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning.
My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth     8     cotton wool…     9     these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.     10    , my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

6 . 根据课文，在空白处填入适当的单词。

Finally by the 19th century the language was     1    . At that time two big changes in English     2     happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language. The     3     gave a separate identity to American English Spelling.

7 . 根据课文，在空白处填入适当的单词。

So why has English changed over time?     1     all languages change and develop when cultures meet and     2     with each other. At first the English     3     in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today.

8 . 根据原文填入正确的单词。

The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way     1     my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very     2     as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several     3     and at last he understood.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

An advertisement     1     (use) words and pictures to persuade people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea. There are two main     2     (type) of advertisements—commercial advertisements and public service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. PSAs are often run     3     free, and are meant     4     (educate) people about health, safety, or any other problem     5     affects public welfare.

10 . 新概念背诵
1. My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a ______. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were ________. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets.
2. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big _______ when she saw all those books on the floor. “This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,” she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, “You don’t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your ________ time and read the carpet!”
3. This morning, however, a fireman ________ discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The ________ was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.
4. After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to market. It was still early when I ________ home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some tarts for tea. In a short time I was busy ________ butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more ________. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I ________ the voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.