1 . For most people today, ___________. But as for me, ___________ should be regarded as ___________.
如今,多数人将上网作为获取信息的主要来源。但就我而言，读报应该被看作一种更好的来源。

2 . Compared with ___________________, ___________________.
和城市相比，乡村的经济相对落后。

3 . Most people___________(把这个品牌和优良品质联系在一起). (根据汉语提示完成句子)

4 . Simon was ____________ in the water with his eyes closed.

A．beating

B．floating

C．researching

D．flowing

5 . Whenever I have seven ________ days off, I do not know what to do with all the time I have.

A．straight

B．direct

C．basic

D．former

6 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

1. “It is very__________of you to forget to tell me!” she complained.
2. It is a good habit to work out a weekly__________and more importantly stick to it.
3. They increase their own income at the__________of the rural masses.
4. A recent customer__________showed widespread ignorance about the availability of organic food.
5. Each product is__________at a specific consumer group.
6. Flight times in the brochure are based on our best__________, and will be confirmed as soon as possible.
7. It is__________in many countries for companies to employ child labor.
8. The role a father plays in the growth of his child has effects on everything from the__________of emotions to intelligence and academic achievement.
9. If you__________directly in the stock market potential profits are greater, but so are potential losses.
10. The EU has imposed a__________on the import of seal skins.

7 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A.harvesting 　　　B.leaves 　　　C.separating 　　　 D.light 　　　E.covering F.productive 　　　G.ideal 　　 　H.sweet-smelling　　 I.regular 　 　J.branches 　　K.hidden

"Soon, you're going to have to move out!" cried my neighbor upon seeing the largest tomato plant known to mankind, or at least known in my neighborhood.

One tiny 9-inch plant, bought for $1. 25 in the spring, has already taken over much of my rose bed,     1    much of other plants, and is well on its way to the front door.

Roses require a good deal of care, and if it weren't for the pleasure they give, it wouldn't be worth the work. As it is, I have a garden full of    2    roses for most of the year. Bushes must be pruned(剪枝) in early spring, leaving ugly woody    3    until the new growth appears a few weeks later. It was the space available in the garden that led me into planting just one little tomato plant. A big mistake！

Soil conditions made it just    4    for roses turn out to be even more perfect for tomatoes. The daily watering coupled with full sun and    5    fertilizing(施肥)have turned the little plant into a tall bush. The cage I placed around it as the plant grew has long since disappeared under the thick    6    .

Now the task I face in    7    the fruit is twofold: First, I have to find the red ones among the leaves, which means I almost have to stand on my head, and once found I have to reach down and under, pick the tomatoes and withdraw my full fist without dropping the prize so dearly won. I found two full-blown white roses completely    8    as I picked tomatoes in June. But they were weak and the leaves already yellow for lack of    9    .

Here I am faced with a painful small decision: To destroy a wonderful and    10    tomato plant that offers up between ten and twenty ripe sweet tomatoes each day or say goodbye to several expensive and treasured roses. Like Scarlett in Gone with the Wind I'll think about that tomorrow.

8 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. rescue 　　　　B. force 　　　　C. captured 　　　　D. beneath 　　　　E. shocking F. drowning 　　　G. original 　　　H. masked 　　　　I. falls 　　　　J. charm 　　　K. adapted

The Paris Opera House is one of the extraordinary buildings in the world. It contains levels beyond levels of cellars, fountains, chandeliers and even its own ghost! The history of this performance hall is dark and interesting, and its mysterious quality is perfectly    1    in architecture, literature and music.

The House seats two thousand and has seventeen stories, taking up three acres of land. Seven of these are    2    the ground, and two contain pieces of the famous lake later pictured in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Part of the    3    of the opera house is the levels that it inhabits underground. There are chorus rooms, green rooms, ball rooms, set rooms, cellars for waste props, closets, dressing rooms, and many more kinds of rooms making up the building. The underground levels contain all sorts of unpleasant and horrible objects from various operas that have been produced. Their    4    effect sparked the idea behind Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. The lake on the last floor was accidentally sprung when a worker knocked against a pipe underground.

The Phantom of the Opera, later    5    into an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, was a book based upon the opera house. It portrays a young singer, Christine, and the Phantom who    6    in love with her, Erik. Other characters include Meg, a young dancer, and Raoul, the lover that goes to Christine's    7    and eventually wins her heart. In Leroux's tale, the Phantom, a mysterious    8    underground, kills, injures and frightens members of the cast before the audience and the cast in turn chase him down and drive him away from the theater. In the    9    story, the Phantom commits suicide by    10    himself because he fails to win Christine's love.

Work on this House began in 1861 and ended, fifteen years later. , It cost over forty-seven million francs, and gave its creator and workers a big headache.

9 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

A. drowned　　　B. machinery　　　C. shocked　　　D. forced　　　E. suffering F. originally　　　G. mask　　　　　H.released　　　I. restored　　　J. burst

1. You must wear goggles and a ________that will protect you against the fumes
2. They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and________.
3. She was so________ at the news that she could hardly utter a single word.
4. Every year, tourists are drawn to the beautifully________ old town square.
5. His words were ________out by loud cheers and big applauses from the audience.
6. The castle was________ surrounded by three walls, only one of which remains.
7. Worse still, her own father, whom she had depended on, had ________her to leave home after he learned about her condition.
8. For some unknown reasons, one of the boys struck a match and in an instant the room________ into flames.
9. All the prisoners of war were________ and they returned to their home countries.
10. Manufacturing ________is being introduced into the factory to save human labor.

10 . Directions: Choose the word or expression which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence: Note that there is one word more than you need.

1. Old photos seem quaint to us today.
2. She had to alter her clothes after losing weight.
3. Tension between them reached such point that they barely spoke.
4. As a matter of fact, nothing could alter the course of history.
5. After a gap of 30 years, the custom was reintroduced.
6. Do you think you are fit to look after a child?
7. Mother was filled with anger at the sight of the disorder in the room.
8. Is it possible for me to stretch my weekend into mini summer vacation?
9. He felt that he simply couldn't endure her any longer.