hesitate  serve  eager  disguise  claim  reputation  develop  remove  habit  punish

1. The actor did not live up to his ______.

 2. He went among the enemy in _____.

 3. The corrupt official was _____ from the office.

 4. If you ______ too long, you will miss this opportunity.

 5. First come, first  ______.

 6. Old people are in the _____ of rising early.

 7. They are ______ for success.

 8. He was _____ by his teacher because he was naughty.

 9. She _____ to be the daughter of the late President.

 10. He _____ an interest in science.

 

1. You must know that it is bad _____ your health though  you haven’t _____.

   A. for, seen it        B. to, found it        C. to, found that out        D. for, found out it

2. Mr. Smith got _____ this train and got on _____ one.

   A. off, second        B. in second        C. off, a second        D. out, the second

3. “______ I speak to Mary, Mr. Black?”   “Sorry, she’s out. She _____ be back after five.”

   A. May, need         B. Can, may        C. Can, dare        D. must, may

4. I didn’t buy the dictionary yesterday ______ my aunt will give me one.

   A. until        B. because        C. if         D. before

5. Don’t you think this colour is too light?” “ _______”

   A. No, I agree.        B. Of course not.        C. Yes, I don’t think so.        D. What’s wrong?

6. We’re very thirsty. Let’s stop ______ some water.

   A. drink        B. drinking        C. to drink        D. drank

7. Do you like _____? Yes, but I don’t like _____ now.

   A. fish, to fish        B. fishing, to fish        C. to fish, fishing         D. fishing, fish

8. This key ______ be Peter’s . His is still in the lock.

   A. may not        B. can’t        C. mustn’t        D. needn’t

9. Can you tell me ______?

   A. how can I get to the park     B. how I arrive to the park   C. how get the park   D. how I can get to the park

10. They are going to build a school next year. It’s going to ______ by the river.

   A. build        B. be building        C. be built        D. building

 

1. Which of the following is true about Lesson 57?

      A. The woman did not buy the dress in the end.      B. The woman was not very rich.

      C. The shop assistant thought the woman was poor when he first saw her.

      D. The woman actually did not like the dress.

2. Which of the following is true about Lesson 58?

      A. The cursed tree had got its evil reputation since it was planted.      B. The tree was planted near a tomb.

      C. The vicar thought the tree could be used to make money.

  D. Many tourists died after touching the leaves of the cursed tree.

3. Which of the following is true about Lesson 59?

A. We have trained our dog to open the gate from inside the garden.

B. The dog always barked outside or inside the garden.

C. Our dog was trained by an expert to open the gate.     D. we gave the dog to our friend because it was annoying.

4. Which of the following is true about Lesson 60?

A. The fortune-teller looked into a golden ball to see what will happen to a person.

B. My brother would be coming to see me soon.

C. The fortune-teller was familiar with my wife.         D. I did not take the fortune-teller’s words seriously.

You can see them in every airport in the world: businessmen and women. They have to travel for their work. Perhaps when they first applied for the jobs, they thought of good food , modern hotels and beautiful cities ,and a lot of money for them to spend. Now they have to sit in the waiting-room, tired and uncomfortable in their nice clothes, listening to the loudspeaker announce: “The flight to Tokyo, or Berlin, or New York is delayed for another two hours.” People say to me, “ How lucky you are to be able to travel abroad in you work”. They think that my job is like a continual holiday. But when I return on the plane. I’m very tired. There are advantages, of course, and I do think I am lucky I can go to different places.

1. we can see from the passage that the writer may _______.

   A. be a traveler        B. be a famous writer        C. airport clerk        D. be a businessman /woman.

2. The writer quoted the announcement over the airport loudspeaker to tell us ______.

     A. flight to Tokyo, or Berlin, or New York is often late     B. travelers to big cities often have to wait at the airport

     C. travel by air is not so full of joy      D. flight to those cities is often delayed for several hours

3. From the passage we can know the word “ advantage’ probably means ______.

    A. something useful and or helpful        B. trouble        C. bad thing        D. tiresome

4. The writer wrote the passage mainly to ______.

    A. tell us that he/she have chosen a very good job      B. tell us both the good side and the bad side of his/her job

    C. tell us how disappointed he/ she felt about the job    D. tell us how tired he/she felt about the job

5. What seems to attract the writer to the job?

    A. He/ She can go anywhere he/she likes.       B. He/She can be free to travel abroad.

C. He/She can travel many different places.      D. He/ She enjoys living in beautiful hotels.

 

     Tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to a t _____ village Frinley to see a special tree. The tree possessed by the village is said to be a “ c _____ tree”. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now I _____. The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it hag g ______an e _____ reputation. It is said that anyone touches the tree, he will have bad luck; if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already c ______ a number of victims. However, the tree is a useful s ______ of income. The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused for this reason. In s ______ of all that has been said, the tourists have been p _____ leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk. So far, not one of them has been s _____ down by sudden death!