Vocabulary
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
1． I’ve been under great pressure ______.
latest
late
lately
lastly
2．He always cooperates ______ his friends to raise money.
to
with
of
as
3．I prefer to stay at home rather than ______ out.
going
to go
go
goes
4．The boss blew her ______ seriously for her mistake.
off
up
down
in
5．You take too much time for sleeping. If I were you, I’d take some time ______.
on
off
up
away
6．It is ______ that we have mote stress in our lives than ever before.
saying
said
to say
to be said
7．She ______ to be right.
seemt
seem
seems
seeming
8．—How can you do that?
—It is none of your ______.
affairs
affair
businesses
business
9．I’m really ______ a bad mood. I want to do nothing now.
in
on
within
under
10．We’d better complete every job on time without ______ anything.
putting off
putting up
putting away
putting back
11．Don’t push yourself too hard. Try to slow ______.
down
away
off
by
12．I suggest that he ______ an overall body examination.
takes
took
is taken
take
13．Don’t push me too ______, or I will lose my temper.
hard
far
tight
high
14．I’m ______ so much pressure, sometimes I just feel like quitting.
in
under
on
within
15．Once you study ______, you will make more and more progress.
hard and hard
more and more hard
harder and harder
hard more and more
16．One should build an effective relationship ______ his boss.
with
of
to
over
17．I’m sorry. I shouldn’t lose my temper _____ such an affair.
over
on
in
with
18．You’d better not ______ yourself too hard, or you’ll be exhausted.
make
get
push
drive
19．I shouldn’t have blown up like that. Mary must have been sad because of my bad temper.
out
off
up
in
20．I don’t know why, but I can’t help ______.
with crying
myself crying
cry
crying
Grammar
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
21．You should work out the problem for ______.
you
yourself
your
yours
22． I _______ I’d have a chance to see the film.
hope
will be hoping
have been hoping
hoped
23． I am too tired to go to the film. I ______ vegetables all day.
have watered
have been watering
is watering
watered
24． He likes to take a walk by ______.
him
himself
his
his own
25．______ is a socialist country
Our
We
Ours
We country
26．Please wake him up. He _____ for 4 hours.
was sleeping
had been sleeping
has been sleeping
is sleeping
27． Mary _________ hard all this afternoon and is absolutely exhausted now.
has been working
has worked
is working
worked
28．He is a great friend of _______.
myself
me
my own
mine
29．The boy in the photo is ______
myself
my
mine
my photo
30．The house _____ is very nice, but the compound is too small.
himself
itself
herself
oneself
31．They talked about the problem among ______.
themselves
them
each other
themself
32． Be careful! Don’t cut _____ with the new knife.
itself
herself
yourself
himself
33． If I _____ you, I’d take some time off.
am
was
were
will be
34．Tom ____ a book, and now he needs a holiday.
had been writing
will be writing
was writing
has been writing
35． You’d better ________ your coat in such a warm room.
to put down
put down
putting down
to putting down
36． _____ talked to each other.
She
It
He
They
37．The woman with the red umbrella ______ to see you since 8:00 this morning. Can you see her now?
has waited
has been waiting
was waiting
is waiting
38．You’d better not _____ yourself too hard, or you’ll be exhausted.
to push
push
to pushing
pushing
39．If I ______ you, I will finish my homework first.
am
are
were
can be
40．Tom’s hands are very dirty. He ________ the car.
has been repairing
has been repaired
has repaired
was repairing
Dialogue
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
41． – I feel like singing!
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How come?
Really? What makes you so happy?
Really? That’s terrible.
42．– David, you haven’t been yourself lately. I mean, you’ve been losing your temper over nothing.
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I haven’t been getting much sleep either.
I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have blown up like that
You’d better not push yourself too hard, or you’ll get sick.
43．–You look so tired and bad-tempered. Have you been doing anything besides working?
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Yeah. Nothing but sleep. Tiresome, isn’t it? I should find something interesting to kill time.
Actually many things to do. Jogging, chatting, fishing, watching movies, reading, etc., exciting every day.
Not really. I haven’t been getting much sleep either. But what can I do? I’ve got to get this work done.
44．– .
–The boy told me that he wanted to lie down. He said that his head ached and he felt sick.
What’s the matter with the boy?
What’s wrong with you?
Are you O.K.?
45． —
–Well, no, as a matter of fact… I haven’t been sleeping at all.
Hey, Maria, you look really tired. Have you been getting enough sleep?
Hey, Maria, what’s up?
Hey, Maria, How are you today?
Reading
Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
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In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
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The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
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It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment (公寓房间) in New York City.
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Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life-style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series (系列) of short stories, He called it ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ because ‘Jones’ is a very common name in the United States. ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
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People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are ‘Jonses’ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
46．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.
want to be as rich as their neighbours
want others to know or to think that they are rich
don’t want others to know they are rich
want to be happy
47．It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.
live outside New York City
live in New York City
live in apartments
have many neighbours
48． The underlined word neighbourhood in the second paragraph means ________
a person who lives near another
people living in an area
an area near the place referred to
an area in another town or city
49． Arthur Momand used the name ‘Jones’ in his series of short stories because ‘Jones’ is ________.
an important name
a popular name in the United States
his neighbour’s name
not a good name
50．According to the writer, it is to keep up with the Joneses.
correct
interesting
impossible
good
