1. The river is fenced to keep people out.( )

A .這條河用圍欄把人們擋在外邊。

B .圍欄把人們擋在這條河外邊。

C .圍欄把這條河擋在人們的外邊。

D .為了行人的安全，河的兩岸修了欄桿。

2. American Indians freeze-dried potatoes so that they could be ______.

A .stewed

B .ground

C .stored

D .boiled

3. Facing the crisis, Facebook decided to.答案在文末

A .delete a sentence in its new Terms of Use

B .issue a statement to defend its position

C .make modifications in its philosophy

D .resume the old terms of user rights

4. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word“developments”in Par a.3?

A .changes

B .improvements

C .companies

D .buildings

5. Meeting after a long interval, friends are like a couple who began to dance again when the orchestra strikes up after a pause.

A ....their friendship will continue where it is left off.

B ....their friendship will turn into a romantic relationship.

C ....friends behave in a way as if they were dancing partners.

D ....friends become closer to each other as if they were a happy couple.

6. Of the three speech acts a speaker might be performing simultaneously when speaking， linguists are most interested in the ______ act because it is identical with the speaker’s intention. ( )答案在文末

A .performative

B .constative

C .illocutionary

D .perlocutionary

7. What does the expression “a blue fit” mean in informal English?

A .a girl’s dress

B .alarm

C .unhappy feelings

D .a sad day

8. The utterances of children at early ( ) stage typically lack inflectional morphemes and most minor lexical categories.

A .prelinguistic

B .one-word

C .two-word

D .multiword

9. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.答案在文末

A .The poor should not fall in love the way the rich do.

B .The rich can be romantic; the jobless should be practical.

C .The rich can afford to love; the jobless must seek a living.

D .The poor, without a job, should be wise enough not to fall in love.

10. But try to break it [the difficult situation the family had to face] gently to Laura.

A .But try to treat Laura politely.

B .But try to free Laura from it carefully.

C .But try to tell Laura this in a tender way.

D .But try to leave Laura without hurting her.

11. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.

A .Love is a romantic relationship for the rich, but a practical issue for the poor.

B .Romantic stories are attached to the rich while tragic stories to the poor.

C .Rich people can afford to be romantic while the jobless cannot.

D .People with money can find love, while poor people in love cannot find jobs.

12. Which of the following is one of the three channels through which modern English vocabulary develops?答案在文末

A .Acronym.

B .Blending.

C .Elevation.

D .Borrowing.

13. From the viewpoint of word formation, the word “smog” is a ______.

A .compound

B .conversion

C .clipping

D .blending

14. Our ______ catalogue will give you details of the model.

A .illustrated

B .illustrating

C .illustrate

D .to illustrate

15. The word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.答案在文末

A .weak

B .incapable

C .insecure

D .susceptible

16. According to the passage, in American society, women____.

A .are struggling to be one-up

B .have lower status than men

C .play a dominant role at home

D .tend to make mischief in discussions

17. According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that_____.

A .it provides easy access to information

B .it brings people incredible convenience

C .it accelerates the speed of profit making

D .it saves companies huge amounts of money

18. Traffic will be ( ) through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.答案在文末

A .taken

B .diverted

C .drawn

D .moved

19. D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical novel is ______.

A .The Rainbow

B .Women in Love

C .Sons and Lovers

D .Lady Chatterley’s Lover

20. In 1920, ________ published his first novel This Side of Paradise which was, to some extent, his own story.

A .F·Scott Fitzgerald

B .Ernest Hemingway

C .William Faulkner

D .Emily Dickinson

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