V.完形填空

认真阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]，[B], [C]三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项:

The American cowboy was a great national hero through facts and stories. In history, the real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback. He spent twelve to fourteen hours a day outdoors_ 1 with cows. The work was dirty, - 2 and not very well paid. In the winter,most cowboys had to find_ 3 jobs. They were seldom 4 . Most of them worked in_ 5of eight to ten.

People_ 6 raise bee cattle at low cost in the westerm states and send them_ 7 to the eastem markets. But someone had to _ 8 the catle in the open land and get them to the nea-rest rilroad. This was the_ 9 of a cowboy. Sometimes the rilroad was more than a thousand kilometres away and it could_ 10 as long six months to move the catle. The cowboys moved the cattle slowly 80 that the cattle would not lose weight.

1. [A] work [B] to work [C] working

 2. [A] tire  [B] tired [C] tiring

3. [A] other B] another  [C] the other

4. [A] along  [ B] together [C] alone

5. [A] pairs  [ [B] teams  [C] team

 6. [ A] could [B] ought  [C] had to 

 7. [A] by sea [B] by plane [C] by train

8. [A] look at [B] look on [C] look after 

 9. [ A] friend [B] job  [C] will

 10. [A] have  [B] take [C] need

VI.阅读理解

Most summer school courses in Britain last (持续) for two to four weeks. During that time, the students live either with a British family or at the school or in a hotel. They have a bout fee hours of lessons every Monday to Friday一usually in the mornings. Each school has a lot of diferent courses. Some are for beginners and others are for intermediate (中级水平的) or advanced students. The lessons are interesting, the classes are small and the teach-ers are all from English-speaking countries.

But summer school students don't just speak English in the cassroomn. They're in Britain,so they speak and read and hear it outside, too. That's why they learn so quickly and why a summer school course is really a holiday. Only one third of each course is taught in the class-room, and the rest takes place during a busy afternoon and evening timetable ( 时间表) of visits, sports and games. These activities help everyone to make new friends, have fun and im-prove their English.

1. Which of the following courses do summer schools ofer?

[A] Courses in sports [B] Language courses [C] Courses in British history

2. Summer schools arrange visits and other activities for the students

[A] to make the courses suitable for students of all levels

[ B] to make the summer school more like a holiday

[C] to atract more students

3. Why do students in summer schools learm quickly?

[A] Because they all work very hard.

[ B] Because their teachers are all native speakers of English.

[C] Because they learm not only in but out of class as well.

4. The main purpose (目的) of summer school students is to.

[A] make new friends [B] have fun [C] improve their English

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the pasage?

[ A] At most summer schools lessons are given in the moming.

[B] Each school has a great many different courses.

[ C] Summer schools are only a holiday for sightseeing in Britain.

VI.翻译练习:

1.将下列英语短语译成汉语并用之造句:

例:

arrive home very late

很晚到家: My father arives home wery late every day.

(1) bang on the door

(2) the worst day of the year

(3) have another three days'rest

(4) hurry upstairs to go to bed

(5) do not feel like breakfast

2.将下列汉语短语译成英语并用这些英语短语造句:

例:

吃午饭时读报纸

read newspapers at lunch: He is so busy that he can only read newspapers at lunch.

(1) 比往常更快

(2)没有得到他的答复

(3)马上起床吃早餐

(4)到外面去看个究竟

(5)大声地敲寝室门