21.two friends David and tome are talking about their last driving test.

Select the most suitable

reponse to complete the exchange
David:’’I failed my sriving test yesterday’’
Tom:’’__________________’’

A.You should try your hand at it B.I wish that we could talk about
C.Oh well you’re in a good company D.You want to pass the test.Dream on!

23.___________,scientists have greatly increased the yield of crops such as corn,rice and wheat

A.As using the laws of genetics B.Using laws og genetics

C.The laws of genetics D.The laws of genetics are to be used

24.the anesthetic is_____and my mouth is beginning to feel quite sore now

A.dozed off B.wearing off C.tipping off D.rocketting off

25.Having never worked on a mojor newspaper before,he was all at ___________when he first
started
A.loss B.water C.coast D.sea

26.Alex left his_____________on the world of communication by inventing the telephone

A.spot B.mark C.postition D.point
27.______________and now I was left on my own

A.Off went all the guests B.Gone all the guests were

C.Seeing all the guest off D.When all the guests had gone

28.Did you see Michale this morning?He looked like _____________,It must have been quite a
party last night.
A.a bear with a sore head B.a wet blanket
C.a death warmed up D.a nest egg

29.Everyone hardly finds out a place here,_______________?

A.don’t they B.do they C.does she D.doesn’t she

30.My decision to drop out of university after a year is the one I now____________regret

A.keenly B.painfully C.heavily D.harshly

31.This room is decorated in a______________________combination of colours

A.delicious B.sweet C.tasteful D.tasty

32,More and more people are having satellite dishes______________on the roofs
A.installed B/introduced C.implanted D.inserted

33.Thousands of newcomers imagine this place to be their EI where they can easily make
a___________start in life
A.plain B.fresh C.clean D.first

34.___________________,modelling is actually hard work

A.Glamorous although it may seem B.Even it may seem glamorous

C.However glamorous it may seem D.So glamorous may it seem

35.She was caught cheating in the race.___________,she was disqualified

A.explicitly B.Accordingly C.Equally D.Fundanmentally
C.Reading
Section 1.
What does it say about a nation that when a national newspaper recently set out to establish
the best television adverts of all time, as many as 10,000 people responded? The answer (1)
__________ in the fact that the British have (2) __________ an intense admiration for a genre
that has developed into an art (3) __________ in its own right. In 1955, when Gibbs SR
toothpaste broadcast the first TV commercial, it was inconceivable that ads would ever end up
being (4) __________ as sophisticated and innovative as the programs surrounding them. Yet by
1978, the author Jonathan Price was able to declare:” Financially, commercials represent the
pinnacle of our popular culture’s artistic expression. More money and thought per second goes
into their making and more cash (5) __________ from their impact than in the case for any
movie, opera, stage play, painting or videotape.” Today with the (6) __________ of channels and
websites, there is more onus than ever on the advertiser to shock, amuse, enthrall, and
entertain in its 30 second slot. But are ads really (7) __________ of cultural appraisal, in the
same way programs are? And what make an advertisement truly great? Aesthetically, it’s
something that is watchable for 1,000 viewings and still (8) __________ fresh,” says Robert
Opie, the founder of the Museum and Advertising and Packaging. “Often, this is to do perfect
editing and with every single last detail being correct. There are so many (9) __________ that
you can watch it many times, and listening to a(n) (10) __________ of classical music.

1. A. stays B. falls C. lies D. goes

2. A. grew B. developed C. thrived D. rose

3. A. means B. kinds C. formD. type

4. A. thought B. regarded C. considered D. referred

5. A. casts B. drips C. leaks D. flows

6. A. explosion B. advent C. burst D. downcast

7. A. aware B. worthy C. conscious D. indicative

8. A. maintain B. retain C. remain D. behold

9. A. ideas B. meanings C. layers D. floors

10. A. itemB. piece C. part D. score

Section2.A very useful bagImagine you are walking to school listening to music on
your MP3 player. All of asudden, it stops working and you 1. _______that the batteries
have run out. Wouldn’t itbe wonderful if you could simply 2. ______the batteries wherever you
are? This might bepossible in a few years’ 3._____as scientists are now working on
a bag that makeelectricity. They say that all someone needs to do is put the bag
their back and startwalking. The 4.______ of the body makes electricity in a special part of
the bag. Thisnew 5._____ sounds like a brilliant idea, doesn’t it? Scientists developed the
“electricbackpack” in order to help soldiers, who often carry around with them torches, radios
andother equipment. All these things 6_______ on batteries and at the moment, the
soldiers7._____ on these batteries to 8_______ the power this equipment needs.
With the“electric backpack”, the soldiers won’t need to 9.______ extra batteries
around withthem. Rescue workers and mountain climbers will also find the bag 10._______, as
willstudents who don’t want their MP3 players to run out by chance on their way to school.

Section 3.

Almon Strowger, an American engineer, constructed the first automatic telephone switching
system, which had a horizontal, bladelike contact arm, in 1891. The first commercial
switchboard based on his invention opened in La Porte, Indiana, a year later and was an instant
success with business users. To access the system, the caller pressed button to reach the desired
number and turned the handle to activate the telephone ringer. During the same year,
Strowger’s step-by-step call advancement technology was implemented in the long-distance
service between New York and Chicago when it proved to have the capacity of carrying signals
through cable-joint extensions.

The first actual dial telephone, patented by Lee De Forest in 1907, was installed in Milwaukee in
1906. In 1912, their sound transmittal apparatus adapted an electronic tube to function as an
amplifier. Transatlantic radio-telephone service linked New York and London in 1927. However,
the long distances coaxial cable, which was hailed as unprecedented, came on the scene in 1936
connecting New York and Philadelphia. The Bell Laboratories research facility came up with the
transistor to replace the cumbersome vacuum tube, thus diminishing the size of the electronic
switch system to about 10 percent of that of the original. Crossbar switching, installed in
terminals in 1938, operated on the principle of an electromagnetic force, which rotated
horizontal and vertical bars within a rectangular frame and brought contacts together in a split
second. A technological breakthrough in the form of undersea cables between the United States
and Hawaii was implemented almost twenty years later. An extension was connected to Japan
in 1964.

56.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.A link between research and technology

B.The Telephone:A technological fanasty

C.The developing Sophistication of the telephone

D.The Patent history of the telephone

57.In line 6,the world ‘’implemented’’ is closest in meaning to

A.breached B.used C.broken D.upsurped

58.In line 3,the word ‘’instant’’ is closest meaning yo

A.immeasureable B.impelling C.immediate D.imprevious

59.It can be inferred from the passage that initial telephones

A.utilized human operators B.were limited to businesses

C.revitalized