II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Larry Walters is__________the relatively few people who have actually turned their dreams into
reality.
A. at B. among C. between D. through
26. The low-budget iilm Lost in Thailand just __________ the most bankable Chinese film of all time.
A. is...becoming B. has…become C. becoming D. did…become
27. Although Mo Yan __________ one of the top domestic literature awards before the Nobel Prize, he is not the most popular novelist in China.
A. entitled B. had entitled C. was entitled D. has been entitled
28. Train stations in China are taking seasonal measures these days large numbers of
travelers during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.
A. coping with B. coped with C. cope with D. to cope with
29. - I'm so tired. Give me some time to have a short break.
-It's Monday today. You ＿＿＿＿＿at weekends.
A. ought to have stayed up B. need have stayed up
C. might have stayed up D. must have stayed up
30. Ice Hockey is a game played between two teams, with six players on the ice.
A. each B. either C. all D. neither
31. In a way, privacy is like health people don't value it until they lose it.
A. because B. owing to C. so that D. in case
32. __________for years, the house designed by an Italian architect finally collapsed.
A. Having neglected B. Being neglected
C. To be neglected D. Having been neglected
33. __________ in Canada rose 1.0 percent in the third quarter of 2012, following a 0.1 percent
increase in the previous quarter.
A. Tourist spend B. Tourist spent C. Tourist spending D. Tourist spends
34. Innovation is a natural desire of the human mind to develop variety, ＿＿＿＿＿ activity is involved.
dreams are my realityA. no matter when B. however C. whatever D. no matter which
35. According to the survey, the result is shocking ＿＿＿ the number of people living alone
has risen.
A. which B. what C. that D. whether
36. What ________ makes the English version oi the musical Notre Dame de Paris different from the previous one?
A. is it that B. is that it C. that is it D. it is that
37. Decreasing the greenhouse effect, ________ may result in global warming, is a complicated problem facing the whole world.
A. which B. that C. why D. as
38. Believe it or not, I’m not interested in ________ they will listen to my excuse.
A. whether B. if C. however D. how
39. Although he has suffered an injury, people keep hoping the world will see Kaka, a talented player,________ the game he loves so much.
A. enjoys B. enjoying C. having enjoyed D. enjoyed
40. Online education forces colleges to focus on the rest of the learning processes, which is________ the real value lies.
A. how B. where C. when D. that
Section B
Directions: complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. species | B. concerned | C. extension | D. barely | E. incredibly |
F. monitored | G. introduced | H. survival | I. seriously | J. extinction |
They may be so small that they can crawl along the edge of a coin, but the endangered status of the Partula gibba snails means soon they may not be visible at all.
The critically endangered snail, which is __41__ bigger than a pin head at birth, is facing __42__ after a failed farming experiment almost wiped out its number in its native Pacific islands. When the predatory (食肉的）rosy wolf-snail from Florida was __43__ to the islands in 1974 in an attempt to control land snail numbers, it instead fed on tree snails, including the tiny Partula gibba ones.
Now British conservationists are battling to save the tiny creature. Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, England is home to 123 of the world's remaining 306 Partula gibba snails.
This year, the zoo will release some of the snails into reserves on the Pacific islands. The snails will then be closely __44__ until they are released into the wild to look after themselves.
Snail keeper Geoff Read at Marwell Zoo is deeply __45__ about the fate of the snails. "i'm l
ooking at a(n) __46__ dying in front of me and to think these snails could become extinct in my lifetime is __47__ sad," he said.
"I know they are only snails, and i hate to say that, BUT because they are not cute (可爱的） and fluffy (毛茸茸的)，people do not seem to care. These animals are rare." added the keeper, who called for responsibility to be taken "very __48__. ”
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