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1、I. Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five wards. (1*10)various make or become suitableadapt deal withchallenging happencope with difficult, but in an interesting wayoccur different annual continue to live or existmessenger a person who brings messagesexhausted sep
2、arate and drive in many directionssurvive happening once a yearscatter very tiredII. For each italicized word, choose the best meaning below. (1*15)1. The customer asks the salesman to demonstrate how to use the machine. A. express B. show C. failure 2. Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be di
3、scouraged. A. cannot be blamed B. cannot be avoided C. cannot last long 3. The fans were jubilant about the victory of their team. A. filled with great expectations B. filled with great joy C. filled with great confidence 4. The pollution from the chemical factory is a source of worry in the neighbo
4、rhood. A. cause B. result C. river5. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? A. watch B. find C. celebrate6. Whales are enormous animals. You cannot imagine how big some whales are. A. huge B. funny C. strong7. Theres been a boom in exports this year; the increase is tremendous. A. fall B. mi
5、stake C. growth 8. Thousands of people could die of starvation if the crops fail again. A. disease B. disaster C. hunger9. In old days, few people could earn enough to sustain their families. A. save B. support C. afford10. At last he attained the goal he had set for himself. A. completed B. trouble
6、-making C. lazy 11. There is an unidentified object in the sky. No one knows what it is. A. different B. unknown C. irregular 12. There many myths about the cause of cancer; unfortunately, many people believe them. A. untrue beliefs B. true beliefs C. old beliefs13. She is very lean and thus weak, c
7、ompared with other girls in the class. A. pretty B ugly C. thin 14. After he failed his math exam, he has been feeling depressed for several weeks. A. happy B. angry C. low in spirits 15. I bought this pair of shoes five years ago, and they are so durable and Im still wearing them now. A. good-looki
8、ng B. long-lasting C. fashionable III. Fill in each of the blanks with the given words in its proper form. (1*15)1. Before playing the new game, _ yourself with the rules. (familiar)2. Can you _ how big this company will be in ten years time? (visual)3. You must carry out your plan with _ (determine
9、)4. He smiled in _. Obviously he was very pleased with what he had done. (satisfy)5. To run away at the first sight of danger is a _ action. (coward)6. The _ behavior of the big boy frightened Little Tom into crying. (beast)7. The medicine is _ if taken in large quantities. (poison)8. Adolf Hitler i
10、s a _ dictator and tyrant. (pity)9. Marys dress is too long. She decides to _ it. (short)10. I cannot bear that _ noise any more. (deaf)11. The only _ of the accident told us what he felt in the disaster. (survive)12. _ to say, this absent-minded professor left his umbrella in the classroom again. (
11、need)13. The judge would give _ to his decision when new evidence came to light. (consider) 14. Your son is old enough to look after himself: I think you are _ about him. (anxiety)15. He did not have time to finish his novel. The story remained _. (complete)IV. Fill in each of the blanks with a word
12、 from the box below. (1*10) like animal wonderful snake bad bushfruit eat tree garden middle personThe snake was the most cunning 1 that the Lord God had made. The 2 asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to 3 fruit from any tree in the garden?”“We may eat the fruit of any tree in the 4 ,” th
13、e woman answered, “except the tree in the 5 of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that 6 or even touch it; if we do, we will die.” The snake replied, “Thats not true; you will not die. God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be 7 God and know what is good and what is 8 .”
14、The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how 9 it would be to become wise. So she took some of the 10 and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.V. Reading comprehension. (2*15) Passage OneOnce there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. The father and
