In 1720, Bach’s wife suddenly died,      him with four children.

A. leaving                      B. to leave      

C. left                         D. had left

– What a hard chair!   --Yes, it is. But in fact, it is very comfortable to _____.

   A. sit 　 B. sit on     C. be sat 　 D. be sat on

I can’t tell you the exact time when I’ll get there, maybe at eight or at nine or later. _____, I’ll be there as early as I can.

   A. Thus              B. However              C. Anyhow          D. Nevertheless

–David, it’s Frank. Do you have a few minutes? I need to see you.

   -- _______. But I hope “a few minutes” doesn’t turn into an hour.

   A. I’m afraid not   B. It doesn’t matter    C. I don’t think so   D. I guess so

Our quarrel with efficiency is not that it gets things done, but that it is a thief of time when it leaves us no leisure to enjoy ourselves, and that it strains our nerves when we try to get things done perfectly. In building bridges, American engineers calculate so finely and exactly as to make the two ends come together within one-tenth of an inch. But when two Chinese begin to dig a tunnel from both sides of a mountain both come out on the other side. --The Chinese’s firm belief is that it doesn’t matter so long as a tunnel is dug through, and if we have two instead of one, why, we have a double track to boot.

　　The pace of modern industrial life forbids this kind of glorious and magnificent idling. But, worse than that, it imposes upon us a different conception of time as measured by the clock and eventually turns the human being into a clock himself. (This sort of thing is bound to come to China, as is evident, for instance, in the case of a factory of twenty thousand workers. The luxurious prospect of twenty thousand workers coming in at their own sweet pleasure at all hours is, of course, somewhat terrifying.)Nevertheless, such efficiency is what makes life so hard and full of excitement. A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o’clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already. Every American adult is arranging his time on the pattern of the schoolboy - three o’clock for this, five o’clock for that, six-thirty for change of dress, six-fifty for entering the taxi, and seven o’clock for arriving at the destination. It just makes life not worth living.

The writer objects to efficiency mainly on the grounds that it ____.

　　 A. gives us rights to have too much leisure time

　　 B. urges us to get things done punctually

　　 C. robs us of leisure time

　　 D. imposes on us a perfect concept of time

In the eyes of the author, the introduction of industrial life gives rise to ____.

　　 A. the excitement of life

　　 B. magnificent idling of time

　　 C. more emphasis on efficiency

　　 D. terrifying schoolboy

The passage tells us ____.

　　 A. Chinese workers come to work when it is convenient

　　 B. all Americans are forced to be efficient against their will

　　 C. Chinese engineers are on better terms with the management

　　 D. Americans ought not to work so hard for efficiency

The author believes that relaxing the rule of punctuality in factories would lead to ____.

　　 A. great trouble                       B. increased production

　　 C. a hard and exciting life                D. successful completion of a tunnel

When________ a job, you should highlight your experience and skills．  A．a(chǎn)pplying to      B．a(chǎn)pplied to           C．a(chǎn)pplying for D．a(chǎn)pplied for

I never doubt ________ he was dedicated to our firm.

    A. that     B. whether C. if   D. what

—What do you think I should wear for such a formal press conference?

—Dress             you like.

    A．how  B．what C．whatever D．however

短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

Throughout history man has changed their physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology that he has changed many physical features of the earth. Thus, man’s changes to the physical environment has not always had beneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is a increasing danger to the health of the planet. Like we know, massive destruction of environment has brought in negative effects and even formed a great threat to man’s existence. Therefore, effective measures should be taken and laws pass to conserve environment. Otherwise, man is certain to suffer the serious consequences causing by this lack of care for his living surroundings.

The Day of the Dead, an ancient Mexican festival, is not a sad day, but____time to celebrate ____ cycle of life.

A. a, the                       B.不填, the                   C. 不填, a             D. the, a