Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

1. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week.

A. The garage is going to buy the car for us next week.

B. We are going to help the garage to repair the car next week.

C. We are going to get the car repaired next week by the garage.

D. We are going to have the car serviced next week by the garage.

2. Parking in this space is for doctor on duty only.

A. Tell the doctor if you need to park here.

B.You can park in this space only in an emergency.

C.You can park here if you are visiting the doctor.

D. Only the doctor working today can park here.

3. Warning: Security cameras in use around this building

A. Cameras can not be used in this area.

B. This area is guarded by cameras.

C. You can not buy films for cameras here.

D. You must look after your cameras here.

4. Minh says he'd like to have been put in a higher class.

A.Minh wishes that he were put in a higher class.

B.Minh wishes he had been put in a higher class.

C.Minh hopes that he will be put in a higher class.

D. Minh regrets he had been put in a higher class.

5. Would you like me to prepare some documents for you?

A. If you insist, I'll prepare some documents for you.

B. I would prepare some documents for you if you don't mind.

C.I'll prepare some documents for you if you allow me to.

D. I will prepare some documents for you if you like.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D to show the word or phrase that is closet in meaning to the underlined.

1. Are you aware of the latest trend in children’s clothing?

A. tendency B. fashion C. custom D. style

2. There are invaluable objects from the tomb of King Tut that are worth many times more than the gold and jewels that were used tocreate them.

A. valueless B. worth C. priceless D. original

3. This charity was set up to raise money for the poor.

A. earn B. gather C. assemble D. collect

4. Fifty people were made redundant when the company suffered a severe crisis.

A. useless B. unwanted C. unneeded D. jobless

5. With this program you can always check your spelling and grammar and if you don’t want to accept what it shows, you simply press “ignore”.

A. take no notice of

B. not forget

C. not pay a visit

D. pay attention to

6. Their performance thrilled the audience.

A. scene B. sight C. show D. actor

7. They were discontented with the working conditions of the office.

A. discouraged B. displeased C. naughty D. serious

8. My new shoes are made of imitation leather.

A. man-made B. natural C. valuable D. expensive

9. They grumbled that they were hungry and cold.

A. argued B. thought C. complained D. bargained

10. He was astounded to see her appear from the house.

A. unhappy B. frightened C. astonished D. amused

Choose the correct answer for each blank to complete the following passage.

Unlike buried treasure and some minerals, fossils are usually not valuable in themselves. However, most of the fossils you find will be of greatest value to you. They will help you learn much about the geologic history of the earth and its inhabitants.

If it were not for fossils, we would have no way of knowing about the animals that once roamed the earth or that once crawled on the bottom of the ancient seas. In fact, we would not even know for sure that there were once seas in some regions if it were not for the many fossils of sea animals that we find there.

You can look at some fossils and see for yourself the shape of the ancient animals. Even if you collect only bits of one kind of fossil, you may still be able to tell what it looked like. Making sense out of fossil bits is a little like working a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you will lose pieces, but you can still recognize the picture and even use your imagination to fill in missing details. The habits of ancient sea animals are not so easy to determine. Therefore, scientists study the structure and the habits of similar living animals to learn what the ancient ones must have been like. There are some things, however, that neither the study of fossils nor the study of living animals can tell us. For example, no one knows what colour most ancient sea animals were. Also, since the soft parts disappeared soon after death, many details of their internal structure are unknown. So the pictures of ancient sea creatures (as well as dinosaurs!) are what scientists think the animals looked like. Reconstructing the life of an ancient sea animal on the basis of fossil evidence and the characteristics of similar living animals is a little like relying on circumstantial evidence in court.

1. This passage is mainly about animals that __________.

A. have very tough hides

B. once lived on the earth

C. inhabit the seas of today

D. are becoming extinct

2. With the help of fossils we can __________.

A. reconstruct life of the past

B. predict the future

C. explain the changes of the seasons

D. save some species of animals from extinction

3. Many details of ancient animals are lacking because __________.

A. many species have not been found

B. volcanic disasters have permanently buried many fossils

C.many fossils lie in deep water and cannot be recovered

D. soon after death the soft parts of the body decay

49. To “determine" in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.

A. come across

B. study

C. find out

D. imitate

50. This passage implies that a scientist's evaluation of the past is based on __________.

A. laboratory experiments with live animals

B. a few facts mixed with a lot of opinions

C. predictions made in the past and present

D. field studies of our society

Read the following texts carefully and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.

On Saturday afternoon I left my hand bag on the bus. In it were my cheque book, address book and my purse, which contained about £50 in cash and some credit cards. When I realized what I had done, it was too late. I didn't know what to do; I am 72 years old, was a long way from home, and I was quite worried. In fact, I stood by the side of the road and just cried. A young man asked me what was wrong and I explained what had happened to me. He gave me some money for my bus fare home. When I told the bus driver what had happened he said I should keep the fare. I got home safely and the telephone rang soon after. It was the manager of City Bus, the company that owned the bus on which I had left my handbag. He said that they had my handbag and he offered to drive over to return it. I had my handbag back, amazingly with all its contents untouched. I would just like to say how wonderful everybody was who helped me on that day, and how much I appreciate their kindness and honesty.

Mrs. A. Jackson, Newland.

1. What is the writer trying to do in her letter?

A.Make a complaint

B. Show her thanks

C.Report a theft

D. Make an enquiry

2. What will the reader learn from the letter?

A. You should not carry much cash in the handbag.

B. Travelling by bus is too difficult when you are old.

C. There are some kind people in Newland.

D. You should always have the correct bus fare.

3. Why did the writer cry?

A. She was late.

B. She was lost.

C. She was poor.

D.She was anxious.