Ⅱ. Cloze:(15%)
Complete the passage by putting in the blanks with the correct choice. Write your correct letter on the Answer Sheet:
By 1914 Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to be a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. It was an ideal position. 1 soon this peace and quiet were broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. The war and its misery affected him deeply. He lost interest in 2 of his research. Only when peace was finally restored in 1918
3 to get back to work.
It seems remarkable that the intellectuals were such a general appreciation of Einstein’s genius. At a time one science writer 4 this comment: “The odds are heavily 5 any man being able to do the work in the field of abstract theory that Einstein is doing. But he has overcome these odds two or three times in his lifetime already. If anyone has the right to hope he can solve what to most physicists would seem 6 , he has. He is truly imaginative and original. And he is stubborn enough to hold on to any idea if he thinks it is right, no matter how strange it
7 seem to the rest of us. If he 8 all these qualities, he could never 9 what he
10 or 11 the chance of succeeding in what he 12 .”
In 1940 Einstein became an American citizen and 13 the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1955, Einstein’s life ended at the age of 76. But all men now live in a 14 world because this simple man of genius gave all of his intelligence and heart to his fellowman. He lived not to conquer or destroy 15 to understand.
1.A. when B. then C. but D. still
2.A. much B. many C. little D. few
3.A. he was able B. enabled him C. was he able D. he could
4.A. had done B. made C. did D. had made
5.A. opposed B. objected C. unfavourable D. against
6.A. unobtainable B. undesirable C. unsolved D. unsolvable
7.A. can B. may C. does D. should
8.A. doesn’t have B. didn’t have C. hadn’t had D. haven’t have
9.A. do B. have done C. have had D. have
10.A. has done B. have done C. did D. had done
11.A. had B. has C. have D. have had
12.A. is trying doing B. tries doing C. is trying to do D. has tried to do
13.A. did B. made C. lived D. took
14.A. changed B. changeable C. change D. changing
15.A. but B. nor C. and D. or
Ⅲ. Choose the correct paraphrasing of the following sentences, and write your right letter on the Answer Sheet.(10%)
1.It usually takes a trip home to bring one back to reality.
A. Usually, when you go back to your own country, all the symptoms of culture shock disappear.
B. Usually a trip back to your own country will relieve you of homesickness.
C. Usually when you are back in your own country again, you realize that there are problems there.
D. Usually when you return to your own country, you realize how nice it is to be home again.
2.I’d have given the rest of my life for a single gulp of water.
A. A gulp of water is so expensive that I’d have given the rest of my life to buy it.
B. I was so thirsty that I’d given anything to have a single gulp of water.
C. During the rest of my life, I would work for a single gulp of water.
D. After drinking a gulp of water, I died directly.
3.I had deliberately got myself into this jam.
A. I chose to be in the crowd—that made me warm.
B. I like the fruit so much that I made jam of it and had it everyday.
C. My speculation of the position proved wrong, and I had got myself in the trouble.
D. I got myself in trouble on purpose.
4.How do you do about making a boy into a zero?
A. How can you conceal a boy and make him obscure?
B. How can you take all the money from the boy?
C. How do you set to work at making the boy good for nothing?
D. How do you start to make the boy get zero grades?
5.Christmas has been commercialized out of its real meaning.
A. Christmas has been bought and sold so that it has lost its real meaning.
B. People have too much commercial activity on Christmas, and they have bought all the real meaning.
C. Christmas became an occasion during which people keep buying too much and they forget its real meaning.
D. The merchants are trying to make money out from Christmas so it loses its real meaning.
Complete the passage by putting in the blanks with the correct choice. Write your correct letter on the Answer Sheet:
By 1914 Einstein had gained world fame. He accepted the offer to be a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. It was an ideal position. 1 soon this peace and quiet were broken by the First World War. Einstein hated violence. The war and its misery affected him deeply. He lost interest in 2 of his research. Only when peace was finally restored in 1918
3 to get back to work.
It seems remarkable that the intellectuals were such a general appreciation of Einstein’s genius. At a time one science writer 4 this comment: “The odds are heavily 5 any man being able to do the work in the field of abstract theory that Einstein is doing. But he has overcome these odds two or three times in his lifetime already. If anyone has the right to hope he can solve what to most physicists would seem 6 , he has. He is truly imaginative and original. And he is stubborn enough to hold on to any idea if he thinks it is right, no matter how strange it
7 seem to the rest of us. If he 8 all these qualities, he could never 9 what he
10 or 11 the chance of succeeding in what he 12 .”
In 1940 Einstein became an American citizen and 13 the rest of his life in the United States.
In 1955, Einstein’s life ended at the age of 76. But all men now live in a 14 world because this simple man of genius gave all of his intelligence and heart to his fellowman. He lived not to conquer or destroy 15 to understand.
1.A. when B. then C. but D. still
2.A. much B. many C. little D. few
3.A. he was able B. enabled him C. was he able D. he could
4.A. had done B. made C. did D. had made
5.A. opposed B. objected C. unfavourable D. against
6.A. unobtainable B. undesirable C. unsolved D. unsolvable
7.A. can B. may C. does D. should
8.A. doesn’t have B. didn’t have C. hadn’t had D. haven’t have
9.A. do B. have done C. have had D. have
10.A. has done B. have done C. did D. had done
11.A. had B. has C. have D. have had
12.A. is trying doing B. tries doing C. is trying to do D. has tried to do
13.A. did B. made C. lived D. took
14.A. changed B. changeable C. change D. changing
15.A. but B. nor C. and D. or
Ⅲ. Choose the correct paraphrasing of the following sentences, and write your right letter on the Answer Sheet.(10%)
1.It usually takes a trip home to bring one back to reality.
A. Usually, when you go back to your own country, all the symptoms of culture shock disappear.
B. Usually a trip back to your own country will relieve you of homesickness.
C. Usually when you are back in your own country again, you realize that there are problems there.
D. Usually when you return to your own country, you realize how nice it is to be home again.
2.I’d have given the rest of my life for a single gulp of water.
A. A gulp of water is so expensive that I’d have given the rest of my life to buy it.
B. I was so thirsty that I’d given anything to have a single gulp of water.
C. During the rest of my life, I would work for a single gulp of water.
D. After drinking a gulp of water, I died directly.
3.I had deliberately got myself into this jam.
A. I chose to be in the crowd—that made me warm.
B. I like the fruit so much that I made jam of it and had it everyday.
C. My speculation of the position proved wrong, and I had got myself in the trouble.
D. I got myself in trouble on purpose.
4.How do you do about making a boy into a zero?
A. How can you conceal a boy and make him obscure?
B. How can you take all the money from the boy?
C. How do you set to work at making the boy good for nothing?
D. How do you start to make the boy get zero grades?
5.Christmas has been commercialized out of its real meaning.
A. Christmas has been bought and sold so that it has lost its real meaning.
B. People have too much commercial activity on Christmas, and they have bought all the real meaning.
C. Christmas became an occasion during which people keep buying too much and they forget its real meaning.
D. The merchants are trying to make money out from Christmas so it loses its real meaning.