Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me __1 _ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have __2__ a whole variety of reasons. __3__ important reason is that I want to be a better man.
Many things make human beings different __4__ or better than or even superior to animals.
One of the most important things is __5__ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education __6__. As I want to be a fully __7__ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to __8__. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are __9__ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __10__ fit into society.
1. A. quiteB. soC. suchD. another
2. A. come up withB. agreed withC. been fed up withD. got on well with
3. A. Most B. The mostC. MoreD. Much
4. A. toB. aroundC. betweenD. from
5. A. educationB. weatherC. temperatureD. science
6. A. finishedB. don’t finishC. will not finishD. has finished
7. A. developB. developedC. developingD. experience
8. A. improveB. graduateC. hearD. provide
9. A. betweenB. amongC. insideD. outside
10. A. can goodB. may better
C. be able to betterD. be able to best
1 Mom , would you _____ the door_____?
A draw; redB paint; in redC paint; redD draw; in red
2 Hurry up! We can’t miss the plane! It will ______in 5 minutes.
A take awayB take upC take offD take over
3 Mike is looking forward ______China.
A to visitB visitC to visitingD visiting
4 China’s population is ______than India’s.
A lessB moreC largerD much
Who was Leonardo da Vinci? You may answer without t___1___:“He is the painter of the Mona Lisa.”What e___2___ do you know about him? Da Vinci was more than just a great artist in history. He’s also f ___3___ as a scientist and an inventor.
Leonardo da Vinci was b___4___ to a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1452. From childhood, Leonardo was given a good e___5___ and he showed talent at painting. By the age of 26, da Vinci had already become a famous p___6___.
He designed many i___7___ machines. Da Vinci’s idea led to the modern tank(坦克). Though da Vinci never b___8___ many of the inventions he designed, some of the things he i___9___ in the late 1400s are in use today.
As a scientist, da Vinci was very interested in the h___10___ body. He spent a whole year c___11___ up dead bodies in hospitals to learn about human anatomy(解剖学). He made more than 200 d___12___ of bodies.
M: Can I help you?
W: I’m (1) for a sweater for my husband.
M: Yes, madam. What color would you like?
W: Show me a gray one, please.
M: What size?
W: Size 36.
M: Something like this perhaps? It’s a very good sweater.
W: Perhaps, but haven’t you got anything better?
M: What about a black sweater?
W: No, it’s too (2) .
M: Now this green sweater is brighter than the black one.
W: No. Please hurry up.
M: Something like this blue sweater?
W: Blue, …hmmm …yes. I think I like that. How much does it (3) ?
M: 8 pounds.
W: 8 pounds! Good heavens! Have you anything …anything …uh …
M: (4) than this, madam? Only this gray sweater. It costs 4 pounds.
W: That’s exactly what I’m looking for. Why didn’t you (5) it to me before?
M: But I did, madam! It was the first one you saw!
2. Diamond ____in Brazil in 1971.
A. is found B. has been found C. was found D. had been found
3. “Have you moved into the new flat?” “Not yet. The room ____.”
A. has been painted B. is painted C. paints D. is being painted
5. I'll have to push the car to the side of the road because we ____if we leave it here.
A. would be finedB. will be fined C. will being fined D. will have been fined
11. The famous film star ____at this moment.
A. is interviewing B. being interviewed C. is being interviewed D. interviewing
13. As we know, all the rules in school ____.
A. must obey B. must be obeyed C. must obeyed D. must be obeying
14. I promise that the matter will ______.
A. be taken care B. be taken care of C. take care D. take care of
16. A new house ______at the corner of the road.
A. is building B. is being built C. been built D. be building
17. This bike ______last year.
A. bought B. has been bought C. was bought D. had been bought
18. Did you see the house that ______by fire last year?
A. was destroying B. destroyed C. would destroy D. was destroyed
20. I can’t use my bike because it ______.
A. is repairing B. is being repaired C. will repair D. was repairing
21. - The window is dirty.
- I know. It _____ for weeks.
A. hasn’t cleaned B. didn’t clean
C. wasn’t cleaned D. hasn’t been cleaned
23. This is Ted’s photo. We miss him a lot. He _____ trying to save a child in the earthquake.
A. killed B. is killed C. was killed D. was killing
25. A new cinema ______here. They hope to finish it next month.
A. will be built B. is built C. has been built D. is being built