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. The large grassland, reaching out far away, seems extremely beautiful ______ the blue and clean sky
A. among B. between C. against D. in
26. How old you grow is a factor that you can influence, ______that is determined by your lifestyle.
A. what B. one C. something D. anything
27. The more things a man is interested in, ______.
A. the more he will have opportunities of happiness
B. the more opportunities of happiness he will have
C. the more opportunities of happiness will he have
D. much more opportunities of happiness he will have
28. I advise you to stay away from Maria. Although she is usually easy-going, she ______ be quite annoying sometimes.
A. can B. need C. must D. should
29. A study of ancient writings and evidence ______ that for the past 5000 years, cats have been kept as pets.
A. show B. shows C. showed D. had showed
30. At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.
A. to realize B. realized C. realizing D. being realized
31. The young couple are trying to save as much money as possible ______ they can afford the flat by the end of this year.
A. so that B. as if C. even though D. in case
32. ______ global temperature rising, the UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancun, Mexico last year.
A. Prevented B. Preventing C. Having prevented D. To prevent
33. —Mum, why do you keep staring at me? Have I done anything wrong?
—You look stupid! The way you are dressed is ______ annoys me most.
A. which B. where C. how D. what
34. After graduation, he went on to do some of the most important scientific research ever ______.
A. being carried out B. carried out C. to be carried out D. was carried out
35. In our daily life, we often come across occasion ______ we have to tell white lies to avoid hurting others.
A. that B. which C. when D. where
36. They were ahead during the first half of the match, but they ______ in the last five minutes.
A. were beating B. were beaten C. beat D. had been beaten
37. If things are left ______ they are, the problems will never be settled, I’m afraid.
A. how B. as C. where D. what
38. It has been proved that ______ vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illness in later life.
A. eat B. to be eating C. eaten D. eating
39. Was it in October, 2010, if I may ask, ______ the new Shanghai-Hangzhou Express Railway was put into use?
A. which B. when C. that D. how
40. The most important thing we must consider before carrying out the plan is ______ it is possible for us to carry it on.
A. when B. why C. whether 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.
According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to __41___. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University, has noticed the difference in the style of boy’s and girl’s conversations from an early age. She says that little girls’ conversation is less __42___ than boys’ and expresses more doubts. Little boys use conversation to __43___ status with their listeners.
These differences continue into adult life, she says. In __44___ conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in __45___ amounts—although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for woman, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy(亲切感). For men, private talking is a way to explore the power __46___ of a relationship.
Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing__47___ and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they __48___ power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.
Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is preprogrammed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual tendency in its__49___, otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.
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