1、Test 4A Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文) Around two weeks ago, I was invited to be a judge at a college. All of the students had been given a piece of paper with a topic written on it. The first one to speak looked a little unhappy. My dear friends and judges
2、, he said loudly, this is an unfair competition! I have been given the paper, he continued, to speak on the topic with just a few minutes preparation while those who come after me have more time to 1 their speeches!He then left the stage and went out of thehall.I met him later by chance. Who said li
3、fe is 2 ?I asked him with a smile, and I asked him to walk with me to my car. Have you seen the figures(数字)they show when a new car is 3 into the market, saying how good it is? Yes, he nodded.But they put a 4 after all these figures. They say all the figures arean ideal road conditions! Yes, he said
4、 again.“Can you show me some ideal road conditions?I asked him, and he smiled. The car that sells well is the one that will provide power and speed on the 5 roads. That car is the winner.”We had got to the car, Dont look for ideal competition conditions, I said. 6 the unfair and come out a winner! I
5、 looked back as I drove away and saw him smile and wave, and I knewhe would do as I said.( ) 1. A. wait for B. care about C. workon D. find out( ) 2. A. easy B. fair C. sweet D. boring( ) 3. A. produced B. imported C. advertised D. Introduce ( ) 4. A. word B. guide C. line D. letter( ) 5. A. best B.
6、 worst C. busies D. longest( ) 6. A. Fight B. Balance C. Blame D. ChangeBRead the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):Twelve years ago, I learned an important lesson in the back of a taxi in the New York City. I got into a taxi and we drove to Grand
7、 Central Station. While we were driving in the right lane(车道), a black car s_1_jumped out of a parking space just in front of us. My taxi driver slammed( 猛踩 )on his brakes, skidded(打滑)and missed the other car by several inches! The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big a 2 started
8、 saying bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.I asked him, Why did you just do that? This guy almost hit your car and could have sent us to h 3 ! He said, Many people are like rubbish trucks. They run around full of rubbish. They need a place to dump it. When someone w 4 t
9、o dump on you, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You ll be happier if you do like that.”I thought his words were very m 5 . I couldnt help asking myself, How often do I allow this kind of people to dump rubbish on me? And how often do I take their rubbish and spread it onto other people
10、: at work, at home, on the streets? On that day I r 6 , Im not going to do it any more.”Since then, I have started to see people like rubbish trucks e 7 .And like my taxi driver, I just smile, wave, wish them well, and then I move on.1. _ 2._3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._C.Choose the words or expressions and c
11、omplete the passage选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):Can you imagine getting up in the morning without a coffee for breakfast? What is a good meal without a coffee at the end of it? Coffee is probably the worlds favourite drink, but most of us never give it a second_ 1_ .How much do you know about coffee?The Turks g
12、ave us the word coffee and the Italians gave us espresso and cappuccino, butFinland is the biggest coffee-drinking country in the world Coffee originally came from Ethiopia but Brazil and Colombia are now the most important countries that 2 coffee.There are more than 100 different varieties of coffe
13、e beans and Jamaican Blue Mountain is said to have the best_3_ However, the most expensive coffee in the world (at $660/kilo) isKopi Luwak. An Indonesian cat called Paradoxurus is _4_ fond of coffee beans and Kopi Luwak is made from its droppings!We all know coffee addicts-people who can do nothing
14、in the morning until their second or third cup of coffee. The most_ 5_ coffee addicts in the world were probably the French writersBalzac(40 cups a day ) and Voltaire(more than 50 cups a day ) Beethoven was also a coffee lover-he always 6 60 beans for each cup of coffee that he made.The most fashion
15、able coffee bars in the US serve “coffee art.Artists in California draw leaves, hearts and other designs in your coffee,( ) 1. A. hand B. thought C. look D. chance( ) 2.A. protect B. prepare C. Produce D. predict( ) 3. A. sight B. taste C. model D. sense( ) 4. A. especially B. directly C. nearly D.
16、immediately( ) 5. A.pleasant B. famous C. regular D. similar( ) 6. A. planted B. collected C.stored D. countedD Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给Have you ever seen an exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves? There are five young male wolves
17、 in Brookfield Zoo now. The exhibition is d into two areas, an indoor room and a peaceful outdoor viewing or playing area, In the indoor area of the exhibition, which is small and can e 2 become crowded, you can see the wolves t 3 one-way glass and also enjoy a few different activities.One of these
18、activities Is very interesting. You stand in a dark room, listening to recorded wolf howls(嚎). You can really get an idea of what it feels like to be in a dark and d 4 forest. After bout a minute and a half, some wolves in the woods a 5 on the wall in front of you. It is a great experience for n 6 l
19、overs.In the outdoor area of the exhibition, there is a small river, ponds, fallen trees and a wetland.Visitors can walk among lifelike models of wolf prey(猎物),learning about different hunting s 7 the wolves use, how they store their food and how they communicate, while watching thewolves from behin
20、d an electric fence.After a tour of the exhibition, you can read Wolf Brother written by Paver. It was made into amovie by director Ridley Scott.Welcome to our exhibition of rare Mexican grey wolves!1._ 2._3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._E Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词
21、，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):I am quite sure that you must have seen TV advenisements about hair care products. The models have shining hair like jewels. But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into r _1_jewels. Believe it or not, a company called L
22、ifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making them intodiamonds. The diamonds are for the families to r 2 the dead.Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethovens hair to show their latest technology. The work will tak
23、e about 7 months and in the end, Beethovens long hair will b 3 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat in size.Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder where they got Beethovens hair.A 4 , the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and mo
24、st valuable collection of celebrity(名人) hair. His collection also i 5 hair ofNapoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.In total, the collection is worthover 5 million dollars.Though it s 6 unbelievable, to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect and I
25、 7 to those who died.1._ 2._3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._答案：Test 4A 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.AB 1. suddenly 2. accident 3 hospital /heaven/hell 4. wants 5. meaningful 6. realized 7.everywhereC 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.DD I. divided 2. easily 3 through 4. dangerous 5 appear 6.nature 7.skillsE 1. real 2. remember 3. become 4. Actually 5 includes 6. sounds 7. love
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