Vacabulary
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
1．_______ the age of eight, he had performed in half the great cities of Europe.
after
in
on
by
2．They often have parents who seem to be trying to realize their own _______ through their amazing children.
advantage
ambiguity
anxiety
ambitions
3．Even the most successful businessmen sometimes _______ the value of their lives and accomplishments.
question
promote
estimate
quote
4．Although my work is sometimes _______ , I feel I can make a difference in people’s lives.
functioning
freshening
frustrating
freezing
5．A number of history’s most famous prodigies had something _______ .
on average
at last
in common
at present
6．When they become bored or frustrated, they may simply _______ learning completely.
turn to
turn off
turn over
turn on
7．Wang Yani is a painter of _______ talent whose pictures of animals and landscapes are full of life and complex emotion.
magical
majestic
marginal
massive
8．For centuries, people have been amazed by children of unusual _______ .
temple
talent
target
length
9．When he was 20, John Stuart Mill _______ a serious mental crisis.
supplied
surprised
suffered
suggested
10．Some surprising common characteristics have been _______ among those people.
identified
isolated
initiated
immigrated
11．Since she’s not fluent in English, she’s _______ for an English class.
turned up
signed up
picked up
cleared up
12．W. A. Mozart will be _______ as one of history’s most famous child prodigies.
memorized
forgot
remembered
reminded
13．He died _______ before his 36th birthday.
shortly
strongly
shyly
significantly
14．Many prodigies enjoy the satisfaction of _______ achievement, public praise, and material wealth.
common
extraordinary
usual
expensive
15．I have a _______ which grows stronger as I get older.
urgency
longing
belonging
emergency
16．They are just _______ you because you have no problems in school.
jealous of
invisible to
superior to
impatient for
17．Even though there has been a _______ with child prodigies for centuries, there has been little serious study of them until recently.
facility
fascination
faculty
assassination
18．Those who have studied today’s prodigies closely have _______ that they often live under the great weight of their loneliness.
observed
obtained
obliged
occupied
19．Although a child may be born with outstanding genetic potential, this potential will not _______ develop.
namely
naively
narrowly
necessarily
20．Wang Yani’s father gave up his career as a painter in order to _______ Yani’s talent and growth.
nurture
nature
venture
lecture
Grammar
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
21．By the age of eight, he __________ in half the great cities of Europe and ________ write his first three symphonies.
was performing… will
had performed… was about to
has performed… would
performed… was about to
22．Although a child ________ with outstanding genetic potential, this potential will not necessarily develop.
was born
will be born
may be born
has born
23．I have a longing ________ stronger as I get older,
growing
that have grown
who grows
which grows
24．We had to do it this way, for there were no ________ better alternatives.
other
another
the others
others
25． \”Just _________ the gene is not enough,\” says Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardener.
having
to have
have
having had
26．I seemed to have nothing _________.
leaving to live
left to live for
to live to leave
lived for leaving
27．Sometimes I wish ________ passing the math test like everyone else.
I haven’t worried about
will not worry about
I was worried about
I were worried about
28．Our ______ lessons seemed very easy.
first few short English
few first short English
few first English short
short few first English
29．Those who have studied today’s prodigies closely _________ that they often live under the great weight of their loneliness.
have observed
observed
observed
had observed
have been observed
30．They often have parents who _________ their own ambitions through their amazing children.
try to be realizing
try to seem realizing
seem to be trying to realize
seem to have realized
31． I\’m tired of everyone ________ it all the time.
has talked about
talking about
talks about
is talking about
32．We are late. I expect the film ______ by the time we get to the cinema.
has already been started
would already have started
shall have already started
will already have started
33．For centuries, people _________ by children of unusual talent.
amazed
were amazing
have amazed
have been amazed
34．Wang Yani, a Chinese girl, _______ a painter of magical talent, ________ pictures of animals and landscapes are full of life and complex emotions.
she … who
is … whose
who… her
whose… has
35． I wish you _______ me a genius.
won’t call
called
should have called
wouldn’t call
Dialogue
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Choose the best answer for each of the following items.
36．-
– I must be getting a cold. I’ve had a headache since I got up, and I’ve been sneezing all day.
Hey, you don’t look very good.
Go lie down. I’ll bring you some aspirin.
There’s only one left. I’ll go to the store and get some more.
37． – We are going to have something to drink at the cafeteria, but it seems to be closed.
– .
How about getting in it for a drink?
Why don’t you come with me to a place I know which opens for 24 hours?
When does the cafeteria close?
38． – How about coming over for dinner? Bring your roommate, too.
– .
I’d love to, but let me check with John before I tell you for sure.
She wasn’t feeling well, so she went to bed early.
Not too good. Are you doing anything on Saturday?
39．– I’d better go now. Tomorrow’s my daughter’s birthday, and I want to get her a new robe.
– .
Thank you very much for being so considerate.
There’ll probably be another old one apart from the new one.
I’m afraid that the stores are closing in 10 minutes. Maybe you’ve got to do it tomorrow.
40．- Well, there are a lot of restaurants around here. Did you have anything special in mind?
– ____________________________________
It’s supposed to be reasonable, and everyone says the food is good.
Service is anything but fast… worth the wait though.
Oh, just someplace reasonable with good food.
Reading
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Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
Passage 3
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Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child – or even an animal, such as a pigeon – can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted.
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We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
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Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person,” you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
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There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types – people are described with such terms.
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People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains or the heroes. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask.” Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.
41．The main idea of this passage is ________.
how to distinguish people’s faces
how to describe people’s personality
how to distinguish people both inward and outward
how to differ good persons from bad persons
42． Why do Actors in early Greek drama wear masks？ ________.
To play the role of nice people
To show the features that make one face different from another
To describe what a nice face look like
To show the audience if they are the GOOD or the BAD
43．Which of the following is NOT true? _________.
Different people may have different personalities.
People differ from each other in appearance.
People can learn to recognize faces.
People can describe all the features of others.
44．The reason why it is easier to describe a person’s personality in words than his face is that_______.
a person’s face is more complex than his personality
a person’s personality is easily distinguished
people’s personalities are very alike
many words are available when people try to describe one’s personality
45．We learn from the passage that people classify a person into certain type according to_______.
his way of acting and thinking
his physical appearance and his personality
his way of speaking and behaving
his learning and behavior
