第三部分  综合练习

    （一）

    I. Phonetics （5 points）

    1. A. water             B. porter              C. daughter            D. laughter

    2. A. naked            B. addicted             C. smelled            D. rested

    3. A. structure          B. mixture             C. gesture             D. mature

    4. A. honest            B. chest               C. harvest             D. forest

    5. A. feather            B. leather             C. strengthen          D. southern

    II. Vocabulary and Structure （15 points）

    6. -Bradford graduated from college with honors at a very young age.

    -He         have been an outstanding student.

    A. must              B. could              C. should             D. might

    7. None of us called the police when the two cars collided,         ?

    A. didn't we          B. don't we           C. did we             D. do we

    8. Not only I but also Douglas and Miranda         fond of watching television.

    A. am               B. is                 C. are                D. be

    9. -May I have the          of dancing with you, Madame?

    -Yes, of course.

    A. pleasure            B. joy                 C. right               D. desire

    10. Our president made a（n）          speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.

    A. indifferent         B. inspiring           C. flat                D. dry

    11. Diana was reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, completely         in the mysterious work

    A. being lost          B. having lost          C. losing              D. lost

    12. If I had known you weren't coming, I         a cake.

    A. would not bake     B. did not bake

    C. will not have baked   D. would not have baked

    13. Staying in a four-star hotel for a night costs       renting a house in the suburb for a month.

    A. twice as much as    B. twice more      C. as much as twice    D. as much twice as

    14. In winter, traffic accidents occur         on the highway.

    A. frequently          B. suddenly            C. usually             D. rapidly

    15. Only when I began to do it         that I had made a mistake.

    A. I realized         B. I had realized        C. did I realize         D. would I realize

    16. It was three weeks later         he heard the news.

    A. which             B. that                C. after               D. when

    17. He          live in a remote and underdeveloped country than in this modem but noisy city.

    A. prefers to          B. likes to            C. had better          D. would rather

    18.  __   , Sam knows lots of things about philosophy.

    A. As he is young      B. As young he is

    C. Young as is he       D. Young as he is

    19. Today the energy problem becomes critical. It ______ an immediate solution.

    A. calls on           B. calls for           C. calls up            D. calls at

    20. Dr. Zhang was always __   the poor and the sick, his private clinic often providing them with  free medical care.

    A. tended by          B. absorbed in         C. concerned about     D. reminded of

    III. Cloze （30 points）

    The first snowboards were made in the 1960s. However, it was in the late 70s that they became more   21  . Throughout the 80s, more and more people began taking up the sport, even though snowboards were not allowed on most ski hills.   22   its earlier problems, snowboarding is now the world's   23   growing winter sport and most resorts （度假地） welcome snowboards.

    In 1963, a Grade 8 student named Tom Sims   24    a ski-board for a school project in New Jersey. Then, in 1966, a man named Sherman Poppen   25   two skis together for his kids on Christmas day. He called his invention ”the Snurfer,“ which   26   the words ”snow“ and ”surf.“ In 1969, Jake Burton Carpenter received a   27   for Christmas. He soon began designing boards, and today ”Burton“ is a popular   28   of snowboard.

    By the 1980s, snowboarding had become very popular.   29  , most ski resorts did not allow snowboarding because they thought it was too   30   . Since many snowboarders were young, many older skiers did not want them on the ski hills. The snowboarders had to go to the backcountry;   31   patrolled （有巡逻的） resorts.来源：北京安通学校

    Rejection at the resorts did not   32   snowboarding from growing in popularity. Eventually, the owners of ski resorts changed their views. They   33   that they could make more money by allowing snowboarding. One by one, the resorts   34   to welcome snowboards. Today, many resorts even set    35   special areas where snowboarders can practice their creative tricks.

    21. A. spreading        B. popular            C. ordinary           D. interesting

    22. A. Besides          B. Instead of          C. Despite            D. Because of

    23. A. fastest           B. best               C. most slowly        D. most efficiently

    24. A. discovered       B. found              C. planned            D. designed

    25. A. bought          B. made              C. attached            D. mended

    26. A. combines        B. mixes              C. unites             D. associates

    27. A. tool             B. snurfer             C. board              D. ski

    28. A. brand           B. game              C. resort              D. person

    29. A. Therefore        B. Furthermore        C. Meanwhile         D. However

    30. A. showy           B. dangerous          C. exciting            D. harmful

    31. A. nearby          B. across             C. away from          D. close to

    32. A. fail             B. involve            C. stop               D. drop

    33. A. rejected          B. realized            C. fulfilled            D. denied

    34. A. wanted          B. hurried            C. refused            D. began

    35. A. aside            B. back              C. out                D. down

　IV. Reading Comprehension （60 points）

    Passage One

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