阅读理解试卷

I. Match the following words with their definitions within each group of five wards. (1*10)

various make or become suitable

adapt deal with

challenging happen

cope with difficult, but in an interesting way

occur different

annual continue to live or exist

messenger a person who brings messages

exhausted separate and drive in many directions

survive happening once a year

scatter very tired

II. For each italicized word, choose the best meaning below. (1*15)

1. The customer asks the salesman to demonstrate how to use the machine.

A. express

B. show

C. failure

2. Making mistakes is inevitable, so do not be discouraged.

A. cannot be blamed

B. cannot be avoided

C. cannot last long

3. The fans were jubilant about the victory of their team.

A. filled with great expectations

B. filled with great joy

C. filled with great confidence

4. The pollution from the chemical factory is a source of worry in the

neighborhood.

A. cause

B. result

C. river

5. Do they observe Christmas Day in that country?

A. watch

B. find

C. celebrate

6. Whales are enormous animals. You cannot imagine how big some whales

are.

A. huge

B. funny

C. strong

7. There’s been a boom in exports this year; the increase is tremendous.

A. fall

B. mistake

C. growth

8. Thousands of people could die of starvation if the crops fail again.

A. disease

B. disaster

C. hunger

9. In old days, few people could earn enough to sustain their families..

A. save

B. support

C. afford

10. At last he attained the goal he had set for himself.

A. completed

B. trouble-making

C. lazy

11. There is an unidentified object in the sky. No one knows what it is.

A. different

B. unknown

C. irregular

12. There many myths about the cause of cancer; unfortunately, many people believe them.

A. untrue beliefs

B. true beliefs

C. old beliefs

13. She is very lean and thus weak, compared with other girls in the class.

A. pretty B ugly C. thin

14. After he failed his math exam, he has been feeling depressed for several weeks.

A. happy

B. angry

C. low in spirits

15. I bought this pair of shoes five years ago, and they are so durable and I’m still wearing them now.

A. good-looking

B. long-lasting

C. fashionable

III. Fill in each of the blanks with the given words in its proper form. (1*15)

1.Before playing the new game, _____ yourself with the rules. (familiar)

2.Can you ____ how big this company will be in ten years’ time? (visual)

3.You must carry out your plan with _____ (determine)

4.He smiled in _____. Obviously he was very pleased with what he had

done. (satisfy)

5.To run away at the first sight of danger is a ____ action. (coward)

6.The _____ behavior of the big boy frightened Little Tom into crying.

(beast)

7.The medicine is ____ if taken in large quantities. (poison)

8.Adolf Hitler is a ____ dictator and tyrant. (pity)

9.Mary’s dress is too long. She decides to ____ it. (short)

10.I cannot bear that ____ noise any more. (deaf)

11.The only ____ of the accident told us what he felt in the disaster.

(survive)

12.____ to say, this absent-minded professor left his umbrella in the

classroom again. (need)

13.The judge would give ____ to his decision when new evidence came to

light. (consider)

14. Your son is old enough to look after himself: I think you are ____ about him. (anxiety)

15.He did not have time to finish his novel. The story remained ____.

(complete)