Part 2  Vocabulary and Grammar

II.Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) ：（共20分）

31. Cormorant fishing is _______ traditional Chinese skill, but few people know it now.

A. a    B. an    C. the    D./

32. Fancy is a pleasant girl with a cheerful face. She is a good friend of _______.

A .I     B. my    C. me    D. mine

33. Lucy thinks young people can learn how to care for others ________ keeping pets.

A .at    B. on    C. in    D. by

34. Mark isn’t feeling well now as she had too much _______ just now.

A. potato   B. noodle    C. bread    D. biscuit

35. – Which place do you prefer to live in, a city or a countryside?

-- I don’t care. ________ is fine.

A. Either   B. Neither    C. All         D. None

36. We ______ hurry all the way to the airport, the flight was cancelled because of the foggy weather.

A. mustn’t    B. couldn’t   C. needn’t   D. shouldn’t

37. ________ funny the animals are! They are jumping up and down the trees excitedly.

A. How    B. What    C. What a    D. What an

38. Ginger can’t dance as ______ as Jasmine, but she still got the prize.

A. beautifully    B. more beautifully    C. less beautifully    D. the most beautifully

39. If you ______right now, you will catch up with him in two hours.

A. start    B. will start    C. started    D. are starting

40. The Smiths ________ the fence of their new house dark green already.

A. paint    B. will paint   C. have painted    D. had painted

41.Henry _________ more than two hundred foreign stamps by the end of last month.

A. collected     B. had collected    C. would collect    D. was collecting

42. Don’t worry, your package________ here until you come back, so enjoy shopping here.

A. kept    B. was keeping    C. has been kept    D. will be kept

43. His parents don’t let him ________television on school nights.

A. watch    B. to watch    C. watching    D. watches

44. Matt became so ______ when I dropped the coffee on her shirt, which made me quite upset.

A. forgetful   B. carefully   C. angry   　D. sadly

45. Often life is much ________ outside the big cities, as is true in other countries as well.

A. slow   B. slower   C. slowest    D. the slowest

46. You can buy computers at a local shop. They’re usually mare expensive, ______ you can get better after-sales service.

A. and   B. but   C. so    D. or

47. Arthur, you will get toothache ______ you clean your teeth regularly.

A. unless    B. since   C. if   D. before

48. The thief admitted _______ the old woman’s purse in the department store.

A. steal   B. to steal   C. stealing   D. stole 

49. –I’m terribly sorry. I’ve forgotten to bring your notebook here.

---__________________

A.I’s hard to say.    B. Of course not.　　C. That’s all right.      D. It’s my pleasure.

50. ---Keeping pet dogs is a good idea. It’s wonderful to see them growing up quickly.

---_______ Some dogs bark at night and this stops their neighbours from getting any sleep.

A. Are you kidding.    B. I think so, too.   C. Neither do I.    D. I don’t agree with you.

III.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once.(8分)

A. while       B. at that moment        C. surprise      D. cigarette     

F. arrived at          G. in the end       H. continued      I. flew over

My day at school yesterday was a nightmare (恶梦)! I overslept because I had gone to bed late and forgotten to set my alarm o’clock. When I woke up, I got a terrible __   51_____. It was ten o’clock! I put on my uniform and ran to school. Unfortunately, ___52___ I was running,, I slipped and fell into a muddy puddle (泥坑).

After I __53___ school, I apologized to my teacher, Miss Evans. She told me to go to the boys’ toilets to clean myself up. When I was there, I saw Ben smoking. He handed me his_____54___. I took it but said I didn’t want to try it. Just ___55___, the headmaster walked in and saw me holding the cigarette. He called my parents and told them that I had been caught smoking.

My dad luck __56____ during the lunch break. I was playing football with some friends when suddenly I hit the ball really far. It ___57____ the sports field and broke a classroom window.        

All in all, yesterday was the___58___ day that I’ve ever had at school. I’m going to bed earlier, remember to set my alarm o’clock, and be more careful.

IV.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (8分)

59. It is reported that three bank_____have happened lately in the city. (robbery)

60. Jack won the _____prize in the school reading contest and he felt very excited. (two)

61. The students are busy with the survey on _____lassmates’ spending habits. (they)

62. He had to make a_____between staying with his parents and going abroad.  (choose)

63. I feel quite_____that I will pass the Chinese exam this time. (confidence)

64. The patient lay on his bed_____when the doctor came to examine him.  (quiet)

65. Don’t move, or you’ll____the rabbit away, my child.  (frightening)

66. The man was _____about the rude way that the doctor treated(对待) him.(happy)

V.Rewrite the following sentences as required.(14分)

67. All of us realize the importance of keeping the air clean.  (改为一般疑问句)

_______ all of you _______ the importance of keeping the air clean?

68. Sam had never created a comic strip by himself before. (改为反义疑问句)

Sam had never created a comic strip by himself before ,________ _______ ?

69. We ‘ve been close friends since we met at school last year. (对划线部分提问)

_______ ________ have you been close friends?

70. Stefan usually spends nearly one month travelling around the world every year. (保持句意基本不变)

It usually _______ Stefan nearly one month _______ travel around the world every year.

71.The weather was so cold that we couldn’t go swimming. (保持句意基本不变)

The weather wasn’t _______ ______for us to go swimming.

72. The boys haven’t decided what they will do during this Spring Festival. (改为简单句)

The boys haven’t decided _______ _________ do during this Spring Festival.

73. Are you interested in reading science fiction? Tom asked me. (改为宾语从句)

Tom asked me _______ I _______ interested in reading science fiction.