PART ONE
ⅠVocabulary and structure ( 10points,1point each )
1. Jean talked _____ she had heard all about yesterday’s traffic accident.
A. as well B. as if C. as to D. as for
2. Look , that is the man ____ house has burned down in the big fire.
A. whose B. whom C. who D. who’s
3. By the time you return home, I _____ all the work .
A. would do B. will have done C. has done D. had done
4. I hope you will be _____ higher spirits when we meet next time .
A. to B. on C. of D. in
5. _____ my mother couldn’t come back on time, I had to turn to Mary for help.
A. until B. though C. as D. as soon as
6. Shortly after the accident, Terry Lapham was _____ from his post as project manager.
A. dismissed B. discussed C. disappeared D. discovered
7. the speaker lectured in _____ a way that some people found it hard to understand him.
A. so B. as C. such D. that
8. the book _____ five parts, each of which deals with one aspect of women’s rights.
A. consists in B. consists of C. consists for D. consists with
9. when I saw her smiling face, I knew she _____ from her son studying abroad.
A. hear B. has heard C. had heard D. was hearing
10. as we have been very busy recently, we go to the theatre only _____ .
A. absolutely B. frequently C. continually D. occasionally
Ⅱ. Cloze test ( 10 points, 1 point each )
Basketball is the only major sport that is 100 percent American in origin. It was 11 in 1891 by Naismith , a PE teacher in a high school 12 Springfield , Massachusetts. As New England winter is extremely 13 , he could not find any game 14 for his students. One day , an idea 15 him. Why not have the students pass and shoot a big orange ball through a basket indoors? Gradually the play spread throughout the United States, and later to the rest of the 16 . At first , a soccer ball was used in the game ; 17 ball used today came a little later .
Basketball was first included in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, and in 1949 the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) was formed. Thereafter , the game gradually became popular. Today , it is regularly rated as the favorite 18 of Americans . it is played everywhere from playgrounds to driveways by ordinary people. At the 19 level, players such as Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal 20 wide popularity.
11. A. invented B. discovered C. found D. made
12. A. at B. in C. by D.to13.A. warm B. hot C. by D. to
14. A. reliable B. inevitable C. suitable D. reasonable15. A. made out B. occurred to C. came up D. thought of
16. A. county B. state C. world D. country
17. A. a B. an C. the D. / 18. A. event B. sport C. item D. exercise
19. A. special B. traditional C. seasonal D. professional
20. A. gained B. will gain C. have gained D. had gained
