Exercise A
Exercise B
A. Choose the best answer.
1. This radio is almost the same as ________.
A. she’s
B. her
C. hers
D. she
Exercise C
Exercise D
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
2. She told me two stories, but ________ of them was interesting.
A. either
B. both
C. neither
D. none
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
3. I agree with most of what you said, but I don’t agree with ________.
A. all things
B. everything
C. something
D. nothing
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
4. The doctor said that she would try ________ best to cure me.
A. one’s
B. her
C. his
D. the
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
5. Many young people read the English newspaper called The 21st
Century ________ improve their English.
A. as to
B. so that
C. in order to
D. in order that
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
6. Which newspaper do you think ________ young people in
Australia?
A. most popular of
B. is the most popular with
C. be most popular of
D. are the most popular with
Exercise D
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
7. I was in the kitchen ________ something when the doorbell
rang.
A. cooked
B. cook
C. to cook
D. cooking
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
8. There ________ a swimming pool in the school.
A. lived
B. happened
C. seemed
D. was
Exercise D
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
9. When will those shops open? I don’t know when ________.
A. those shops will open
B. will those shops be open
C. will those shops open
D. those shops are opening
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
10. Please ________ me that I must call her before nine.
A. remind
B. remember
C. let
D. talk
Exercise D
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
B. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
sisters
lent
found
lonely
hometown
sharing
Friends
Two years ago, I left my
to start my college life in this strange city. I
_________
hometown
knew it was time for me to learn to depend on myself. But facing a completely
new place, I was homesick and
. Luckily, my former classmates wrote me a
lot of letters during this period,
with me their experiences in their new
schools. Meanwhile, my roommates
me a hand.
_____
lonely
______
sharing
___
lent
Exercise A
sisters
lent
found
lonely
Exercise B
Exercise C
hometown
Exercise D
sharing
They helped me deal with every difficulty I met both in study and in life. They
said that we were
since we had the same goal in life. With their help, I
______
sisters
quickly fitted in with the new school life and
myself in an exciting new
world.
_____
found
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
C. Translate the following sentences into English by using the given words or
phrases.
1. 他的一番话伤了朋友的感情。(hurt)
What he said hurt his friend’s feelings.
2.约翰对比尔来说很重要，因为他总是给比尔许多帮助。(mean … to)
John means a lot to Bill because he often helps him a lot.
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
3. 我们大家都同情她。(sympathy)
We all have sympathy for her.
4. 比起电子通讯，我更喜欢面对面的交谈。(prefer … to)
I prefer face-to-face talk to electronic communication.
5. 他们小时候常在一起玩。(hang out)
They often hung out together when they were young.
Exercise D
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
D. Translate the following passage from Text A into Chinese.
When I was quite young, my family had one of the first telephones in our
neighborhood. Soon I discovered that somewhere inside that wonderful device
lived an amazing person — her name was “Information Please” and there was
nothing she did not know. My mother could ask her for anybody’s number; when
our clock stopped, Information Please gave us the correct time at once.
Exercise A
Exercise B
Exercise C
Exercise D
在我还很小的时候，我家是所在街区第一批安装电话的家庭之一。不
久，我就发现那个奇妙的装置里住着一个神奇的人——她的名字叫“请接
查询台”。她简直无所不晓：妈妈要别人的电话号码会找她；家里的钟坏
了，她会立刻给我们准确报时。