Ⅳ.Put suitable prepositions or adverbs in the blanks on the Answer Sheet:(10%)
1.The young man hated to be a burden on his parents; he wanted to stand _____ his own two feet.
2.He was leaning _____ the wall, turning the matter over in his mind.
3.The man fell head _____ heels to the bottom of the staircase.
4.The thief quickly made _____ the window when he heard someone approaching.
5.This is something we can only talk about _____ private.Our boss has been accused of taking bribes.
6.Colin cleared his throat and was going to read Henry’s will. Everyone settled _____ and waited silently.
7.The investigation is getting _____ way and the public is anticipating the result.
8.The lady tried on over a dozen dresses in the shop but left _____ buying any.
9.We should keep ourselves _____ to date with the latest developments in the information industry.
10.Don’t forget to take the weather _____ account when you plan the outing.
Ⅴ.Cloze:(20%)
Complete the passage by putting in the blanks the corrtect choice. Write your right letter on the Answer Sheet:
With 400 pounds packed on her 5-foot-5 1 ,Mary Simms felt so fat and 2 that she wanted to divorce the husband she loved.
But he refused to leave. So Mary decided 3 herself into a woman he could be proud of. And today, after a 262-pound weight 4 ,she’s a different woman!
“I feel beautiful－my dream has come true at last!” Mary,41,told the ENQUIRER.
“My husband is so proud of me he can’t wait 5 .”
Mary, of St.Augustine, Fla., said she hated herself and her life when she was 6 .Many nights she was so miserable she cried until dawn. and even ordinary events 7 into nightmares.
“Once I was in a grocery store, 8 food. I have seven children, so I had quite 9 in my shopping cart. Suddenly a woman in the check-out 10 behind me－a perfect stranger－tapped me 11 and said ‘You don’t need all that food. You’re 12 .’I wanted 13 into a hole and die.”
“Once 14 the beach, someone pointed at me and said, ’Kill the whale.’ You can’t
15 how these cruel comments 16 me.”
17 to lose weight, Mary tried 18 over these years. She went on a near starvation diet and started losing weight. In 1984,she had a stomach stapling operation 19 the size the stomach was reduced. Said Mary:“In the first month I lost almost 50 pounds. And today－two and a half years later－I’m a fit 138.My 20 is to reach 125 pounds.”
1. A. shoulder B. figure C. feature D. frame
2. A. unattracting B. unattractive C. unaffected D. unaffecting
3. A. to remake B. reborn C. recreate D. to reproduce
4. A. lose B. loose C. loss D. lost
5. A. to show me off B. to show me out
C. to show me around D. to show me in
6. A. fleshy B. stout C. fat D. thin
7. A. went B. turned C. got D. fell
8. A. buying for B. taking C. shopping D. shopping for
9. A. a burden B. a load C. a weight D. a grocery
10. A. line B. row C. column D. group
11. A. in the head B. in the face C. on the shoulder D. in the arm
12. A. very fat B. fairly fat C. quite fat D. fat enough
13. A. to climb B. to fall C. to crawl D. to drop
14. A. in the trip to B. in the trip of C. on a trip to D. on a trip of
15. A. fancy B. imagine C. think D. guess
16. A. injure B. harm C. damage D. hurt
17. A. Desperate B. Despair C. Hopeless D. Discourage
18. A. a lot of food B. a lot of diets
C. a lot of drugs D. a lot of nutrition
19. A. on which B. for which C. in which D. with which
20. A. direction B. goal C. target D. object
1.The young man hated to be a burden on his parents; he wanted to stand _____ his own two feet.
2.He was leaning _____ the wall, turning the matter over in his mind.
3.The man fell head _____ heels to the bottom of the staircase.
4.The thief quickly made _____ the window when he heard someone approaching.
5.This is something we can only talk about _____ private.Our boss has been accused of taking bribes.
6.Colin cleared his throat and was going to read Henry’s will. Everyone settled _____ and waited silently.
7.The investigation is getting _____ way and the public is anticipating the result.
8.The lady tried on over a dozen dresses in the shop but left _____ buying any.
9.We should keep ourselves _____ to date with the latest developments in the information industry.
10.Don’t forget to take the weather _____ account when you plan the outing.
Ⅴ.Cloze:(20%)
Complete the passage by putting in the blanks the corrtect choice. Write your right letter on the Answer Sheet:
With 400 pounds packed on her 5-foot-5 1 ,Mary Simms felt so fat and 2 that she wanted to divorce the husband she loved.
But he refused to leave. So Mary decided 3 herself into a woman he could be proud of. And today, after a 262-pound weight 4 ,she’s a different woman!
“I feel beautiful－my dream has come true at last!” Mary,41,told the ENQUIRER.
“My husband is so proud of me he can’t wait 5 .”
Mary, of St.Augustine, Fla., said she hated herself and her life when she was 6 .Many nights she was so miserable she cried until dawn. and even ordinary events 7 into nightmares.
“Once I was in a grocery store, 8 food. I have seven children, so I had quite 9 in my shopping cart. Suddenly a woman in the check-out 10 behind me－a perfect stranger－tapped me 11 and said ‘You don’t need all that food. You’re 12 .’I wanted 13 into a hole and die.”
“Once 14 the beach, someone pointed at me and said, ’Kill the whale.’ You can’t
15 how these cruel comments 16 me.”
17 to lose weight, Mary tried 18 over these years. She went on a near starvation diet and started losing weight. In 1984,she had a stomach stapling operation 19 the size the stomach was reduced. Said Mary:“In the first month I lost almost 50 pounds. And today－two and a half years later－I’m a fit 138.My 20 is to reach 125 pounds.”
1. A. shoulder B. figure C. feature D. frame
2. A. unattracting B. unattractive C. unaffected D. unaffecting
3. A. to remake B. reborn C. recreate D. to reproduce
4. A. lose B. loose C. loss D. lost
5. A. to show me off B. to show me out
C. to show me around D. to show me in
6. A. fleshy B. stout C. fat D. thin
7. A. went B. turned C. got D. fell
8. A. buying for B. taking C. shopping D. shopping for
9. A. a burden B. a load C. a weight D. a grocery
10. A. line B. row C. column D. group
11. A. in the head B. in the face C. on the shoulder D. in the arm
12. A. very fat B. fairly fat C. quite fat D. fat enough
13. A. to climb B. to fall C. to crawl D. to drop
14. A. in the trip to B. in the trip of C. on a trip to D. on a trip of
15. A. fancy B. imagine C. think D. guess
16. A. injure B. harm C. damage D. hurt
17. A. Desperate B. Despair C. Hopeless D. Discourage
18. A. a lot of food B. a lot of diets
C. a lot of drugs D. a lot of nutrition
19. A. on which B. for which C. in which D. with which
20. A. direction B. goal C. target D. object