一、单项填空(本题共10小题;每小题1分,共10分)
从下列每题A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案填写在英语答题卷相应的位置上。
1. -----I’m sorry I broke the cup.
-----Oh, _____. It wasn’t very expensive.
A. you’d better not B. I’m afraid not C. as you wish D. that’s all right
2. To some people life is enjoyable, while to _____ it is suffering.
A. ones B. others C. those D. another
3. Where _____ dirt, there are flies.
A. there has B. is C. there is D. has there
4. There are many _____ between the young and the old about their dreams.
A. difficult B. differences C. different D. difficulties
5. If the weather had been better, we could have had a picnic, but it _____ all day.
A. rained B. rains C. has rained D. is raining
6. Shanghai is one of _____ in the world.
A. biggest cities B. the biggest cities C. biggest city D. the biggest city
7. I just _____ the phone and dialed a few numbers.
A. pointed at B. picked out C. pointed out D. picked up
8. I insisted that he _____ at once.
A. go B. be gone C. would go D. might go
9. Let’s take a walk, _____?
A. will you B. don’t we C. do we D. shall we
10. Some pre-school children go to a day care center, _____ they learn simple games and songs.
A. then B. there C. where D. while
二、完形填空(本题共10小题;每小题1分,共10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并将答案填写在英语答题卷相应位置上。
Britain was the first industrial country in the world. The Industrial Revolution 11 there about 250 years ago. Then steam power 12 and factory machines 13 . In the early days the chief industries 14 steel, ships and machinery. The factories 15 coal to 16 the machines. Most of the industrial towns were on or near the coalfields.
Today, coal is still important. But oil and nuclear power are very important, too. Britain 17 its oil from the North Sea. The first nuclear power station in the world 18 in Britain in 1956. Now there are 16 nuclear power stations.
For many years Britain was the 19 industrial country in the world. But now it 20 a lot of competition from other industrial countries.