Part IV Cloze (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 numbered blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, choose the one that best completes the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSEWR SHEET.
Leaving to go college was my very first time away from home, and it took a lot of adjusting to view 76 . I didn’t have my mom right by my side anymore and I needed to become more independent on doing things 77 . Adjusting to a new city, community, and school was a 78 because I was used to being in my own city, with my old friends, at my old school.
At first 79 I thought about getting out of the house and going to school, I didn’t realize that it would take so much 80 . I’m used to having my own room at home, but when I went away to college I had to share a room with a total stranger. We are friends but are 81 different. I had to get used to her TV being on at night, listening to loud music, and 82 bedtime schedules. Although we are different, we have become close friends 83 she is the person that I spend all of my time with. We talk about everything, 84 our belongings, and help each other out. It is 85 to believe that I am so close to a person that was a total stranger less than two months ago.
76. A. things B. circumstances C. matters D. surroundings
【答案】D
【解析】surroundings:环境,周围的事物。
77. A. in my way B. on my own C. on purpose D. in case
【答案】B
【解析】on one’s own:独立的,自主的。
78. A. challenge B. turn C. struggle D. fight
【答案】A
【解析】challenge:挑战,符合句意。
79. A. what B. how C. when D. where
【答案】C
【解析】when:当…的时候。符合句意。
80. A. adjusting B. adopting C. patience D. time
【答案】A
【解析】adjusting:调整,适应。符合句意。
81. A. especially B. totally C. thus D. far
【答案】B
【解析】totally:完全地。totally different:完全不同。
82. A. same B. agreeable C. different D. suitable
【答案】C
【解析】different:不同的。修饰bedtime schedules。
83. A. unless B. however C. but D. because
【答案】D
【解析】because表示原因,符合句意。
84. A. move B. get C. share D. take
【答案】C
【解析】share:分享。belongings:所有物。
85. A. strange B. hard C. nice D. easy
【答案】B
【解析】hard:困难的。符合句意。
Part V Writing (15 points)
Directions: Write an essay in about 120 words on the topic of “What would I wish something for somebody else”. You should base your composition on the Chinese outline given below. Write your essay on the ANWSER SHEET.
如果让你帮某人实现一个愿望,你会许什么愿望,你最希望帮助谁?
【写作思路】建议依据写作提示进行展开。例如:可以许愿帮助一名失学儿童(a child who has dropped out of school);重返校园(return to campus);因为“每个人都有受教育的权利(Everyone has the right to receive education.)”;孩子是祖国的未来(Children are the future of our motherland.);知识就是力量“Knowledge is power.”