一、单项选择题。

1.词汇选项

1.John is collaborating with Mary in writing a book.
A） cooperating
B） merging
C） combining
D） associating
2.I can no longer tolerate his actions.
A） put up with
B） accept
C） take
D） suffer from
3.Mary lost control of her car and collided with a tree.
A） came across
B） ran into
C） met
D） knocked
4.Mary was compelled to take in washing to help support her family.
A） pleaded
B） appealed
C） forced
D）instructed
5.The child couldn't comprehend the advanced textbook.
A） interpret
B） read
C） understand
D） translate
6.You must shine your shoes.
A） lighten
B） clean
C） wash
D） polish
7.What were the effects of the decision she made?
A） reasons
B） results
C） causes
D） bases
8.First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money.
A） at any place
B） at any price
C） in any language
D） in any country
9.In a bullfight, it is movement, not the color, of subjects that arouses the bull.
A） confuses
B） excites
C） scares
D） diverts
10.The workers finally called off the strike.
A） put off
B） ended
C） cancelled
D） participated in
11.The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.
A） in danger
B） in despair
C） out of condition
D） out of danger
12.Helen will leave immediately.
A） far away
B） right away
C） right here
D） soon
13.We shall take the treasure away to a safe place.
A） clean
B） pretty
C） distant
D） secure
14.An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of their specialized branches.
A） a unity
B） a division
C） an embassy
D） an invasion
15.A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.
A） waited on
B） talked to
C） spoke to

D） stayed with

 

二、综合题。

1.阅读判断

The First settlement in North America
It is very difficult to say just when colonization began. The first hundred years after Christopher Columbuss journey of discovery in 1492 did not produce any settlement on the North America continent but rather some Spanish trading posts further south, a great interest in gold and adventure, and some colorful crimes in which the English had their part. John Cabot, originally from Genoa but a citizen of Venice, was established as a trader in Bristol, England, when he made a journey in 1497. But his ship, the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island （probably off the New England coast） and return home. He and his son made further voyages across the north Atlantic which enabled the English crown to claim a "legal" title to North America. But for a long time afterwards the Europeans interest in America was mainly confined to the Spanish activities further south.
The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America were nearly a hundred years after Columbuss first voyage. The Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America for England, calling it Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island, but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition, led by Drake, in 1587. A second group who landed in 1587 had all disappeared when a further expedition arrived in 1590.
The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded two Virginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area. The first settlers in Virginia were little more than wage slaves to the company. All were men and the experiment was not very successful. Many died. Those who survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1610 the colony had only a thousand people.
16. We know for sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century were Spanish traders.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. With John Cabots arrival at an island off the New England coast in 1497, the British Crown claimed to be the legal owner of North America.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. There were eighteen people on board the Matthew during its voyage to North America in 1497.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. The first attempt made by European people to settle down permanently in North America occurred in the 1580s.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. The name Virginia was given to North America by Sir Walter Raleigh.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. The name New England was given to the northern area of North America by the boss of one of the two Virginia companies.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned