17. A. was lying B. was lain C. was laying D. was laid
18. A. needed to B. need to C. needs to D. was needed to
19. A. into B. to C. up D. out of
20. A. past B. passed C. pass D. passing
Passage Four (42)DABCA DCBAB DABBA ADCCC
In my neighborhood there were two 1 stores. They were 2 next door to each other, and the owners were 3 enemies. They were having price wars constantly. In one window would appear the 4 sign: ?°For sale. Irish linen sheets, with such minor flaws that 5 hawkeye could find them. The ridiculous low price of $ 6.50.?± Everyone would then traditionally 6 the reply from the other bargain house, and in about two hours it would appear in the window: ?°My sheets are 7 Romeo is to Juliet and only $ 5.95.?± 8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their stores, screaming and 9 at each other, and often times coming close to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would stop 10 the price war, claiming the other one was crazy and 11 was anyone who bought from him. That was the starter?ˉs gun 12 . Everyone in the neighborhood would rush into the 13 bargain store and 14 the entire stock of sheets and pillowcases. One day one of the owners 15 . A few days later, the other owner moved out of the neighborhood, 16 again. When the new occupants of the stores 17 their properties more closely, they discovered a secret passageway between the two apartments above the stores where the 18 owners had lived. Further research revealed that these two arch-enemies were brothers. All the price wars were 19 . Whoever outlasted the other would just take all the other?ˉs stock and sell 20 .
1.A. rubbish B. garbage C. leftover D. reject
2.A. right B. very C. merely D. closely
3.A. hostile B. bitter C. offensive D. opposite
4.A. handwriting B. handwoven C. handwritten D. hand-reared
5.A. not even the B. even the C. any D. none of the
6.A. wait B. long C. look forward to get D.await
7.A. like first as B. similar to first as
C. as close to first as D. the same with first as
8.A. Except for B. In addition to C. In place of D. In the light of
9.A. cursing B. blaming C. calling names D. abusing
10.A. competing B. competing in C. competing against D. competing with
11.A. eager B. anxious C. earnest D. so
12.A. going off B. going out C. going through D. going by
13.A. conquering B. winning C. triumphant D. won
14.A. buy off B. buy out C. buy over D. buy into
15.A. passed away B. passed out C. passed off D. passed over
16.A. never to be seen B. ever to be seen
C. never to have been seeing D. ever to have been seeing
17.A. looked out B. checked in C. looked in D. checked out
18.A. late B. past C. previous D. foreknown
19.A. forged B. pretended C. fake D. presumed
20.A. his with it B. his but it C. it with his D. it but his
Passage Five (43)BADCA BDDAB CDABC ADDBA
Just who is doing the 1 for whom in the sales? Are the shops really giving 2 shoppers a chance to buy bargain? 3 are we just helping
them to clear their shelves twice a year to 4 way for new-buying up the rubbish they would 5 throw away? In most sales there is a bit of 6 . Some bargains are more genuine than other. Some price claims are true, 7 others are misleading or plain false. If the sale notice says ?°Coats?areduced from ?ê30 to ?ê10?±it should 8 law, be true. The rules are that, unless a shop says otherwise, the coats 9 have been on sale at the higher price for at least 28 10 days in the previous six months. They can, however, 11 around it by saying ?°Last week ?ê30. Now ?ê10?±. Be a bit 12 about a ticket which just says ?°Sale price ?ê5?±. It may mean the goods are specially bought 13 for the sale and does not necessarily ndicate any 14 . And there is nothing to prevent the shopkeeper 15 : ?°Worth ?ê50, only ?ê20?± or even ?°Normally ?ê300, only ?ê150?±. Another practice which is 16 upon, though not illegal, is an imprecise offer, like ?°Up to ?ê10 off latest 17 ?°. It gives no clear idea of how much you have to spend or exactly what you
have to buy to 18 . If you see a price claim you do not believe or feel to be misleading, you
can complain 19 the local Trading Standards Office ¨C the town hall will put you in 20 .
1. A. concern B. favour C. honour D. gratuity
2. A. us B. ourselves C. them D. themselves
3. A. And B. Then C. But D. Or
4. A. choose B. somehow C. make D. show
5. A. otherwise B. somehow C. therefore D. rather
6. A. all B. both C. either D. neither
7. A. as B. when C. though D. while
8 A. over B. with C. on D. by
9. A. must B. will C. can D. need
10. A. constant B. consecutive C. coming D. running
11. A. go B. come C. get D. look 12. A. unconscious B. mistrustful C. dissatisfactory D. suspicious
13. A. in B. about C. over D. on
14. A. deduction B. reduction C. induction D. production
15. A. booking B. boosting C. boasting D. booming
16. A. frowned B. frowning C. fucked D. fucking
17. A. medals B. modals C. modes D. models
18. A. regain B. order C. obtain D. benefit
19. A. at B. to C. of D. about
20. A. touch B. use C. deed D. trouble
Passage Six (6) BCACD ADBCB ADCBD DABCA
All over the earth?ˉs surface is a layer of air which extends upwards for many miles. This air 1 the oxygen without which neither plants nor animals 2 live. Its movements, temperature and pressure 3 the weather, and it is a vehicle 4 the clouds of water vapour 5 condense and fall as rain. It forms a blanket which 6 us from the extreme heat of the sun during the day and 7 the extreme cold when the sun has 8 . It is chiefly 9 air that sound travels, so that if there were no air we should 10 practically nothing. The atmosphere is held 11 the earth?ˉs surface by the gravitational pull of the earth?athat is, it has weight. High up it is thin, 12 near the surface it is compressed by the 13 of air above, and is more dense. The weight of air ressing 14 each square inch of surface at sea?alevel is nearly 15 15 , which means that the total force 16 the skin of an average man is about 30,000 pounds. He is not 17 this because the pressure is equal in all directions and the pressure inside him is equal 18 that without, but should he go up in a balloon to a height at which the outside pressure is 19 he would suffer acutely. It is 20 this reason that the cabins of aeroplans are ?°pressurized?±.
1. A. forms B. contains C. consists D. fills
2. A. would B. should C. could D. needed
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