Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and Vocabulary
II. Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)
26.which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation?
A.abroad    B. coat    C. goal
D. road
27.American violinist Lindsey doesn’t play    violin in the traditional way.
A.a    B. an    C. the
D. /
28.The 2018 Winter Olympics took place    February 9 in South Korea.
A.in    B. on    C. of
D. from
29.The newspaper reported that over    passengers were killed in the traffic accident.
A.hundreds of    B. hundred of    C. three hundred
D. three hundred of
30.David talked with a friend of    on the Internet for a long time yesterday.
A.he    B. his    C. him
D. himself
31.The community has plenty of    for the elderly to communicate with each other.
A.room    B. class    C. program
D. game
32.The world’s    glass floor bridge opened to the public in Shijiazhuang last year.
A.long    B. longer    C. longest
D. the longest
33.In the concert, I loved the Little Star best because the kids sang so    .
A.lovely    B. friendly    C. kindly
D. sweetly
34.I knocked on the door several times but    answered, so I left.
A.somebody    B. nobody    C. anybody
D. everybody
35.-    does it take to get to the nearest supermarket?
-About half an hour on foot.
A.How far    B. How long    C. How soon
D. How often
36.These funny pictures about cakes will surely make you    .
A.laugh    B. laughing    C. to laugh
D. laughed
37.Jason’s job is    advice to the students who are not interested in subjects.
A.gives    B. give    C. to give
D. giving
38.To complete the project in time, the staff of the company kept    day and night.
A.work    B. working    C. to work
D. worked
39.    the job was hard and tiring for him in the beginning, he didn’t give up.
A.Before    B. Although    C. Unless
D. If

40.Recently a new community library        and will be open to the public soon.
A.is built    B. was built    C. has been built
D. will be built
41.Jeff thinks he can do it himself, so he    any help from his classmates.
A.needn’t    B. doesn’t need    C. needn’t to
D. doesn’t need to
42.I will go to visit him if John    come tomorrow.
A.isn’t    B. won’t    C. don’t
D. doesn’t
43.Plastic bags have caused serious environmental pollution,    ?
A.haven’t they    B. have they    C. don’t they
D. do they
44.-Would you mind turning on the radio a bit? I can’t hear it clearly.
-    .
A.All right    B. That’s OK.    C. Thank you
D. Not at all
45.-Would you like me to bring you a cup of coffee?
-    .
A.Yes, I’d like to.    B. It’s a pleasure.    C. Yes, please.tickle
D. It doesn’t matter.
A) filled with    B) published    C) reporter    D) difficulties    E) easy
II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrase in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词词组填入空格,每空格限填一,每只能填一次)8
In1821, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, Dickens didn’t like playing with other boys when he was a little child, but he loved reading books, Childhood was not easy for Dickens. He began to work at a factory at the age of 12. Every day, he spent 10 hours washing bottles.
When Dickens was 16, he became a    46    for a newspaper. During that time, Dickens wrote his first book. The pickwick Papers. The book was        47    in 1836-37 and made Dickens rich and famous. His hard times were at an end.
Most of Dickens’ books are about the    48    of living in Victorian England. The characters in his books are often children. They usually live a hard life, or have to work in a factory at a young age.
However, Dickens’ works are all about hope. He wrote sad and dark stories, but they are always
    49    humor. And most of his stories have happy endings, as with A Christmas Carol. It is about a selfish man. He finds love and friendship after looking back on his life one Christmas Eve.
A) problem    B) belonged to    C) program    D) Later    E) following
One day something went wrong with Steve’s bicycle. He couldn’t repair it, so he looked around for help. The only house nearby    50    a woman. She moved there a few months age. Steve knocked at the door, but the woman didn’t answer. The door had clear glass in it, and Steve could see that the woman was at home. He knocked again. Finally the woman came to the door. Steve explained his    51    at once. “I can fix the bike,” the woman said.    52    when the bike was ready to go, Steve said, “Thanks, I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.