三、词汇与语法

16.This kind of plant ______ a lot of water at all times.

A.assumes

B.limits

C.produces

D.requires

答案：D

17.“Town Hall is the tallest building in the city.”

“_______ from here?”

A.Can it see

B.Can it be seen

C.Can be seeing

D.Can see

答案：B

18.His salary as a driver is much higher than ________.

A.a porter

B.is a porter

C.as a porter

D.that of a porter

答案：D

19.-_______ is your girl friend like?

–She is very kind and good-looking.

A.How

B.What

C.Which

D.Who

答案：B

20.Jane’s dress is similar in design ______ her sister’s.

A.like

B.with

C.to

D.as

答案：C

四、完型填空

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game?What happened at the United Nations?How did the critics like the new play?__21__ an event takes place,newspapers are on the streets giving the details.Wherever anything happens in the world,reports are on the spot to gather the news.

Newspapers have one basic purpose,to get the news as quickly as possible from its source,from those who make it to those who want to make it.Radio,telegraph,television,and other inventions __22__ competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.However,this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the speed and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are __23__ and read than ever before.Newspapers influence readers’economic choices through advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very existence.Newspapers are sold at a price that __24__ even a small fraction of the cost of production.The main source of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The chance in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’s value to advertisers.This __25__ in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper?Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment offered in a newspaper’s pages.But for the most part,circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information.

21.

A.brought

B.fails to cover

C.is measured

D.Soon after

E.printed

答案：D

22.

A.brought

B.fails to cover

C.is measured

D.Soon after

E.printed

答案：A

23.

A.brought

B.fails to cover

C.is measured

D.Soon after

E.printed

答案：E

24.

A.brought

B.fails to cover

C.is measured

D.Soon after

E.printed

答案：B

25.

A.brought

B.fails to cover

C.is measured

D.Soon after

E.printed

答案：C

五、英译汉

26.These goods are not up to standard.

答案：这些商品未达到标准。

27.This is the worst hospital I have ever seen.

答案：这是我见过的最差的医院。

28.We have made little progress.

答案：我们没有取得什么进展。

29.I knocked on his door but nobody came to answer it.

答案：我敲了他的门，但没人来开门。

30.Fred was such a hardworking student that he soon came out first in the class.

答案：弗瑞德是一个学习十分用功的学生，所以不久他就成了班里学习最好的学生。

31.My classmate is much cleverer than I.

答案：我的同学比我聪明多了。

六、写作

32.写作

Instructions:根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。

1.介绍你的母亲；

2.描述一件母亲做过的事情和你对此的感受。

My Mother_______________________________________________________

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