204年4月英语真题()

英语（二）

1. As my mother spoke, I realized _____had happened to me.

A. which

B. who

C. what

D. whom

2. Is English _____a difficult language that it really demands people to invest a large amount of time and energy before it is mastered? A.so B. such C. very D. too

3. It doesn’t seem to _____whether you release the anger or hold it in. The effects on your health are the same.

A.matter

B. worry

C. mention

D. moderate

4. I guessed vaguely from my mother’s signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was _____to happen.

A.around

B. on

C. near

D. about

5. The little girl_____ her mother in a black and white dress.

A.abolishes

B. resembles

C. occupies

D. recites

6. In the United States, there are over 22 million adults using the Web, about half of _____access the Internet at least once a day.

A.whom

B. them

C. they

D. it

7. Many important things that _____to our overall objectives and give meaning to life don’t tend to act upon us or press us.

A. shrink

B. anticipate

C. enlarge

D. contribute

8. With this wrong idea of education, students _____themselves again and again that learning is a mechanism by which one reaches other goals.

mit

B. convince

C. reinforce

D. major

9. If a person doesn’t take the time to present her best _____at an interview, what kind of teacher is she going to be?

A.image

B. picture

C. photo

D. angle

10. Many young mothers have found _____more efficient to stay home, care for children themselves, and then find employment later when the children are older and more independent.

A.that

B. much

C. it

D. if

II. Cloze (10 points,1 point for each item)

Here are some suggestions on how to give a good speech.

So, you have to give a speech ----and you are afraid. You get 11 ,you forget what you want to say,you stumble over words,you talk too long,and you 12 your ter you think,“Thank goodness over. I’m just no good at public speaking 13 I to do that again. ”

Cheer up! It doesn’t have to be 14 .Here simple steps to take a pain out of speech First of all, it is important to plan. homework. Find out everything you can ab subjuct. And find out as much as you can ab audience. Who are they? 15 do they know ab subject? Why are they coming to hear you sp yourself in their 16 as you prepare your s Let us suppose that you have been asked to i the main speaker at a meeting. First, find most important and interesting things ab speaker.Then, 17 this information in a few w is all right to tell a joke if it is in goo and will not 18 the speaker.And most impor brief.

When you are making your speech, try to rela slowly and clearly and look at people in your Stop 19 a few second now and then to give your a chance to think about what you have said that everyone in the room can hear you.

11. A. nervous B. happy C. sad D. consider

12. A. bear B. bore C. born D. borne

13. A. will B. neither C. never D. too

14. A. ideally B. liberally C. basically D

15. A. What B. How C. If D. When

16. A. shoes B. hats C. coals D. trousers

17. A. occupy B. summarize C. mark D. mold

18. A. imply B. intrude C. embarrass D. he

19. A. for B. during C. as D. to

20. A. unintentionally B. undoubtedly C. be sure

III. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 po each item)

Passage One

Disagreement between the colonies and the Bri becoming quite serious. Pennsylvania n representative in England. Would Dr. Frankli the post? He would. He went to London and stay for more than ten years. He did his best a have helped to delay the war. But both sides angry to reach agreement. Franklin returned h as the Revolutionary War began, arriving in sign the Declaration of Independence.

He was now seventy years old and his health good. He would gladly have settled down at ho