English EXAM 1 FOR ESL
1. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Though expensive, a coat made of synthetic material lasts longer than _______ made of cloth.
A. that B. those are C. which is D. the ones
2. –Is the experiment easy? – ________ . I’ll just do my bit.
A. I think so B. Certainly C. Not a little D. Anything but
3. –I’m so glad to have got recovered so soon with your help. Thank you very much, Dr. Brown!
– .
A. You’re welcome B. With pleasure C. Not at all D. My duty
4. It is a great _____ for a person to be able to drive when he is seeking a job．
A．advantage B．chance C．fun D．importance
5. ______that all mountain roads were closed.
A．So became the dangerous weather
B．So dangerous did the weather become
C．So dangerous became the weather
D．Dangerous the weather became so
6. The old lady has _______ a lot of pain in the last four years.
A. got through B. got over C. gone over D. gone through
7. I think this trip was well worth we had paid．
A．that B．what C．which D．how
8. Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they ______ better health.
A. could have enjoyed B. had enjoyed C. have been enjoyed D. are enjoying
9. — Miss Eldon, please look again for those orders from the Diamond Store.
— They’re not with the other orders, sir. They ___________ be there, but they’re not.
A. may B. should C. will D. ought to
10. ________ we were out of the traffic jam we were able to resume our normal speed.
A. Whenever B. No sooner C. In case D. Once
11. Being spoiled, the girl could do ________ boiling eggs when his parents were out.
A. less than B. no more than C. no less than D. none other than
12. The mistake that is made on television ________ believing that anyone can speak interestingly.
A. relies on B. consists in C. consists of D. consists with
13. It is necessary that an efficient worker ______ his work on time.
A. accomplishes B. has accomplished C. can accomplish D. accomplish
14. — Do you think living in the country has advantages?
— ____________.
A. Yes, perfectly B. Yes, it is
C. All right D. Well, that depends
15. The neighbors do not consider him quite _________ as most evening he awakens them with his drunken singing.
A respectful B respectable C respected D respective
16. It will take ____ time, but I’m sure you’ll learn the rules of golf in the end.
A．1ittle B．1ittle of C．a littleD．a little of
17. We consider _________ the instrument should be adjusted each time it is used.
A. that it necessary B. necessary that
C. it necessary that D. necessary of it that
18. Not having worked out the program, ________ leave the office.
A. so he was forbidden to B. and he didn’t want to
C. his little son couldn’t make him D. he couldn’t free himself to
19. I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it _________.
A. however much it costs B. however does it cost much
C. how much does it cost D. no matter how it costs
20. ________ he had forgotten to take his notebook.
A. That occurred to him B. He occurred that
C. To him that occurred D. It occurred to him that
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21. This is the same story ______ I heard ten years ago.
A. that B. which C. about that D. of which
22. I’ve never been to Beijing ,but it’s the place .
A．where I’d like to visit B．I most want to visit
C．in which I’d like to visit D．that I want to visit it most
23. I bought a new type of cell–phone, which was the ___________ of all my classmate.
A. admire B. wish C. respect D. envy
24. A new technique _______ worked out, we set about our project.
A. being B. to be C. having D. having been
25. You’ll have to wait for one more week, ___________ the manager will be back from his trip.
A. before B. when C. as D. until
26. Written in a hurry,
A．they find many mistake in the report B．Sam made many mistakes in the report
C．there are lots of mistake in the report D．the report is full of spelling mistakes
27. I advised her that in the presence of the princess she should not say anything until _______.
A. being asked B. asked C. to be asked D. having been asked
28. Fran is an honest girl; I say it, ___________ I don’t like her.
A. even though B. as if C. as long as D. as though
29. Do you think the reason ________ he gave is believable?
A. for which B. which C. why D. what
30. –Excuse me .I want to have a letter mailed ,but I can’t find a post office.
–I know______ nearby .Come on , I’ll show you.
A．it B．one C．that D．another
2. Reading. (Part A.B.C.D.E)
A. The way people hold to the belief that a fun – filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever
attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the
opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably
brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment , self – improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will
tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun,
adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three – day vacation. I don’t know any parent who
would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of
watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchilD.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It
liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money:
buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates
us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
31．According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsiblilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
32．Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .
A. a moral duty
B. a thankless job
C. a rewarding task
D. a source of inevitable pain
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33．From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ________ .
A. hatred B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice D. ignorance
34．To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .
A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime
B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C. put up with pain under all circumstances
D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
35．What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
B. Increasingly , over the past ten years, people —especially young people — have become aware of the need to change
their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for the health. Consequently,
there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been
affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In
simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins
and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which
is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with
what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live
crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only
tasteless as food; they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example,
the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to
sweeten food it this necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be
additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average
of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals
and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the
fiber has been removeD. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries
where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare.
Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.
36.Which statement best expresses the main idea of this article?
A. People should eat any food to keep themselves healthy and strong.
B. People should eat natural foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.
C. People should eat fiber foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.
D. People should eat vegetables to keep themselves healthy and strong.
37.“Particularly processed foods” means ___________.
A. foods which are particularly processed by adding chemical additives
B. foods which are particularly made by commercial farms
C. foods which are specially produced by commercial factories
D. foods which are not specially made by adding anything
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38.Natural foods means _________.
A. foods good for health
B. foods not good for health
C. foods such as vegetables, fruit and grain from rich organic matters soil
D. crops from rich organic matters soil and meats of animals from health pastures
39. There are no vitamins, no minerals and no fibers in _________.
A. natural foods B. sugar
C. animal meats D. fruit
40. “Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories” It means _____.
A. processed food provides us with energy
B. natural food furnishes us with vitamins and minerals
C. sugar gives us enough energy in the form of calories
D. fiber helps us to digest food
C. Disraeli was as sparkling a letter–writer as he was a novelist. His letters show that his capacity to observed was matched
only by his ability to describe, and they are excited by his over–developed sense of self–dramatization as well as by his
enduring sense of the greatness of his own destiny. He skims through these pages like some gorgeous bird of paradise,
spreading his multi–colored feathers and never pausing long enough to become boring.
As early as 1830, when only 26, he is found advising Benjamin Austin to carefully conserve his letters for posterity.
Fortunately Austin and others followed his advicA. As a result over 10,000 letters in his own hand have survived, quite apart
from dictated letters and other notes and documents. Disraeli rarely kept a diary, and poured his thoughts, desires and
reflections into his correspondencA.
What treasures there lie in store! We leave him 1837 with his longed–for election to Parliament, but ahead come into
view the high peaks of his career with the twin mountains of his two premierships and his friendship with the Queen. Lord
Esher maintained that the letters between Disraeli and Queen Victoria had largely been destroyed, but this was not so. A new,
bright and searching light will eventually shine on that extraordinary political and romantic friendship.
41. This passage appears to be written by _______.
A a friend of Disraeli’s
B a contemporary of Disraeli’s
C a literary critic
D an autobiographer
42. …his capacity to observe was matched only by his ability to describA… means
A he was as accomplished an observer as he was a descriptive writer
B his capacity to observe and his ability to describe were unrivalled
C he was capable of adapting descriptions to fit his observations
D his observations and descriptions reflected his own personal ambitions
43. During his lifetime Disraeli pursued the career of _______.
A a correspondent B a politician
C a novelist D a consultant
44. Even as a young man Disraeli realized that one day his letters would be _______.
A antiquated B well–connected
C destroyed D widely–read
45. Disraeli’s two premierships and his friendship with the Queen are described as being _______.
A obstacles to surmount B unsurmountable obstacles
C pinnacles of success D impossible challenges
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D. Today’s kids absorb lots of messages, values and attitudes from the media and from friends. Advertisements whet their
appetite for many things they don’t need. What they do need is an understanding of the value of the dollar.
How do kids learn to be economically savvy (机智的) ? Most schools do not teach the financial facts of life; it’s up to
parents to help kids grow into responsible and skillful money earners, savers and spenders.
To learn about money, kids first need to have some. Early on, parents often hand out money on an as–needed basis. But
experts say paying a regular allowance is the best way to teach children the meaning of money, how to use it and how to plan.
Some call it “learning capital”.
A child is ready for an allowance around age five or six, when he becomes aware of the relationship between money and
shopping, can differentiate coins, can add and subtract, has spending opportunities and asks parents to buy him things.
How much allowance? Some experts recommend giving a dollar for each year of age, but Sharon Danes, a professor at
the University of Minnesota disagrees: “I think $ 5 a week is too much for a five–year–old, and $15 is probably not enough for
a 15–year–old.” What’s right for the child depends on three factors: the child’s level of development, what the parents can
afford, and what the parents expect him to pay for.
Whatever the amount, kids will soon feel they need more. But Sharon Danes insists that children don’t need an automatic raise
each year. “There’s no lesson to be learned when children expect an increase just because they’re a year older,” she says. “The
reason for getting a greater part of the family–income pie is so they can learn more about balancing demands and resources.”
46. In Para. 1, “whet their appetite” most probably means ____________.
A) make them wish for more B) spoil their appetite
C) sharpen their sensation D) stimulate their consuming power
47. What is the best way for children to learn to be economically savvy?
A) Parents don’t give them money until they really need it.
B) Children are taught the financial facts of life at school.
C) Parents regularly give them a certain amount of money.
D) Parents help children become skillful money earners.
48. At the age of five or six, children are capable of all the following EXCEPT _____.
A) identifying the face value of money
B) solving simple arithmetic problems
C) knowing that with money they can get things from stores
D) going shopping themselves
49. What is Professor Sharon Danes’ attitude toward the proposal of giving children a dollar for each year of age?
A) She believes this will surely encourage children to ask for more.
B) She doubts whether there is such thing as “right amount” for parents to give to their children.
C) She thinks it is unnecessary to increase the amount each year.
D) She insists that children can only get money when they study well.
50. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the last sentence of the passage?
A) The purpose of giving children money is to let them know more about how to use money and how to plan.
B) If they want to get more from the family income, they must have enough knowledge of family economy.
C) Children can get more money on the condition that they are able to balance demands and resources.
D) To give children more money is to make them understand the importance of balancing demands and resources.
E. Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled
writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child–or even an
animal, such as a pigeon–can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or
she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from other.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier
than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time
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doing so.
But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate,
friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Fordin Allport, an American psychologist, found
nearly 18,000 English words charactering differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for
describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types–people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether
they played the villains or the hero’s role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning
“mask”. Today most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys”
because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
51. By using the simile of fingerprints, the author tells us that _____.
A) people differ from each other in facial features
B) people have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints
C) people have different personalities
D) people can learn to recognize faces
52. According to this passage, some animals have the gift of _____.
A) typing each other
B) telling people apart by how they behave
C) recognizing human faces
D) telling good people from bad people
53. Who most probably knows best hw to describe people’s personality?
A) Psychologists. B) The modern TV audience.
C) The ancient Greek audience D) The movie star.
54. According to the passage, it is possible for us to tell one type of person form another because _____.
A) human faces have complex features
B) people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
C) human fingerprints provide unique information
D) people’s behavior can be easily described in words
55. Which of the following is the major point of the passage?
A) How to get to know people.
B) Why it is necessary to identify people’s personality.
C) Hoe best to recognize people.
D) Why it is possible to describe people.
3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
Family time is one of the most important times in a child’s life．My family and I 56 a lot of time together，including
every 57 ．Even when my father is 58 on business，my mother，my sister，and I sit down at the table to eat and 59
our day．We don’t watch television but have 60 together．As a teenager， 61 with my parents is not the most fun
thing I do but I feel it is necessary．I learn from them 62 we talk, whether it is about my dad’s job or my mother’s day.
I did a little research on the “family table” 63 ．Statistics show that only 50% of 64 sit down to dinner together each
night．That’s a 65 ，because researchers 66 that kids who have these regular family dinners have 67 behavior，
grades，and a larger vocabulary．They are also less 68 to smoke，drink，do drugs，or have eating disorders Time with
their parents makes kids more 69 and gives them a sense of 70 and safety．Plus，they learn better manners．
Now with many single–parent families or homes 71 both parents work，making time together has become harder．There
have been many recent studies showing kids are“ 72 ”than they used to be．I think it’s primarily parents’ 73 ．Only
good things 74 taking 15 minutes away from television and five minutes from video games to have this time with your
family．By spending 20 minutes with 75 ，I believe this idea of “wild kids” would decrease greatly
