_____, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.

A. However late is he             B. However he is late

C. However is he late             D. However late he is

I’m afraid Mr.Harding ____ see you now . he’s busy.

A.  can’t B.  mustn’t  C.  shouldn’t   D. needn’t

A beautiful and very successful actress（女演員）was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill（賬單）. At the bottom(底部) of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance : 3 pounds,” with this note: “ After 5 p.m., I get 15 shillings（先令）an hour instead of 10 shillings.”

The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _______.

   A. she liked to live in the busiest place

   B. she didn’t like to live in the country

   C. her home was far away from where she worked

   D. she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer

In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ___________.

   A. gave him two tickets for her show

   B. sang and danced for him for hours

   C. paid him 3 pounds

   D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour

The actress got the painter’s bill ______.

   A. to ask for the money of his painting work

   B. to ask to pay for his watching her show

   C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets

   D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction

It can be learned from the text that one pound is___________ shillings.

   A. 10        B. 12         C. 20          D. 15

What kind of man was the painter?

   A. He was a careful man.              B. He was a poor man.

   C. He was not friendly to others.        D. He knew little about music and dances

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is it the same all over the world? That’s an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that’s why they are fond of the expression, “Time is money.”

Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to keep and manage it. People in the US often attend conferences or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners(計(jì)劃書) — some in electronic form — to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to press more life out of their time.

To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people’s time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time. But they usually don’t try that at work.

American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost an emergency to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just “drop by” unannounced. Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may vary, but most folks think twice about calling after 10:00 pm.

Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time, like money, slips all too easily through our finger. And time, like the weather, is very hard to predict. However, time is one of life’s most precious gifts.

The main idea of the passage is _______.

A. time is money                                       B. different attitude toward time in the world

C. how to save time                                   D. how Americans treat time

In the fourth paragraph, the writer mainly tells us that _________.

A. Americans respect others’ time in daily life

  B. Americans seldom call after 10:00

C. Americans inform before paying a visit to their friends               

D. when planning an event, Americans usually fix time ahead of time

The underlined phrase “think twice” (in Paragraph 4) probably means “_______ “.

A. think for a second time                   B. be careful

C. be afraid                         D. pay attention

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Americans like time better than anything else     

B. generally speaking, Americans respect their time 

C. on the whole, Americans treasure their time        

D. Americans consider their time is difficult to master and predict

The boy burst into tears ________ he saw his mother.

   A. at the moment    B. in a moment   C. for a moment         D. the moment

Global warming threatens to hold back human progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty, according to some of the world’s leading international development groups.

In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, WWF and 15 other groups say rich governments must immediately address climate change to avoid even “unbearable levels” of worldwide poverty.

“Food production, water supplies, public health and people’s living environment are already being damaged,” the report says. “The world must meet its promise to achieve poverty reduction and also deal with climate change.”

The report, which draws on UN predictions of the effects of climate change in poor countries over the next 50 years, says poor countries will experience more flooding, declining food production, more disease and the worsening or disappearing of entire ecosystems on which many of the world’s poorest people depend.

“Climate change needs to be addressed now. The poor will bear the burden of it. The frontline experience of many of us working in international development indicates that communities are having to fight against more extreme weather conditions.”

Climate change will play havoc (浩劫) with agriculture and water supplies and will increase diseases. “By 2025 the proportion of the world’s population living in countries of great water stress will almost double, to 6 billion people. Tropical and sub-tropical areas will be hardest hit — those countries already suffering from food shortage”.

Poor countries mostly do not need high-tech solutions, but would most benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm better. The report says unchecked global warming, more than wars or political confusion, will displace millions of people and destabilize (不安定) many countries.

Who should play a leading role in resisting the more extreme weather conditions?

A. International groups.       

B. Rich countries.

C. Poor countries.            

D. Tropical and sub-tropical countries.

Which of the following is not true according to the text?

A. Poverty and climate change are closely linked.

B. More and more people will suffer from the water stress and food shortage.

C. What the poor countries need badly is high technology.

D. International communities have to take steps to resist the bad climate.

What is the best title of the passage?

A. International Development Brings in Climate Change

B. Global Warming Is a Bigger Threat to the Poor

C. International Groups Work Together to Reduce Poverty

D. Worldwide Poverty Shall Be Avoided

He didn’t ______ the adventure seriously. As a result, he broke both legs ______ the

injuries to his face and hands.

A. treat; except                                B. take; apart from       

C. accept; besides                            D. receive; aside from

Sheffield

Lincoln College of English

Classes for foreign students at all levels 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one course open all year.

Small class (maximum 12 students), library, language lab and listening center,

accommodations with selected families 25 minutes from London.

Course fees for English for one year are $1380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.

_____ are admitted in.

A. Both foreigners and native speakers      B. Only foreign beginners

C. Only foreign advanced students           

 D. Foreign students from beginners to the advanced

While you stay there,  _____ will take care of you.

A. the school where you study       B. the family you have chosen      

 C. your classmates                D. your parents

If you go there for one term course, you will pay _____ for it.

A. $1380                       B. over $1380          

 C. much less than $1380           D. nothing

_____ money, the man was very rich, but he was not happy at all.

       A．In spite of           B．In favor of          C．In terms of     D．In need of

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從41─60各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

 “Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you would let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr Williams  36  his little boy by the hand, and said   37   to him, “Come, my son. I want to show you  38   in the garden.”

    Harry walked into the garden with his   39  , who led him along until they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(雜草) was to be  40   about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are   41, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good   42  . Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

    Mr. Williams then  43  Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

    After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you   44  Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such  45  looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as  46  as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!”

“  47   are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they  48  . I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them  49  ”

“ Yes. A garden will soon be overrun with weeds  50   it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams  51  , “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be  52   cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your  53   may have good seeds(種子) and   54  plentifully. Now which would you  55  , to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

A. grabbed   B. pulled C. punished    D. took

A. loudly     B. secretly     C. kindly D. politely

A. anything  B. something C. everything        D. nothing

A. mother   B. brother      C. sister D. father

A. made      B. changed     C. seen   D. planted

A. growing  B. moving     C. shaking      D. dancing

A. result      B. harvest      C. match        D. present

A. forced    B. ordered     C. followed    D. led

A. think of        B. look at      C. hear of     D. deal with