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19.
She preferred that he _____ it in the kitchen.
Part I.
Vocabulary and Structure
A.
did
B.
does
C.
should
do
1.
Having
been
______
work
for
nearly
three
months,
the
D. had done
poor fellow has little money left now to buy himself food.
20.
I resent ______ to wash face when visitors are present.
A.
out
of
B.
at
C.
back
to
A. to tell
B. telling
C. being told
D. off
D. having been told
2.
The
factory
has
been
______
black
smoke
from
its
21.
After
_____
for
the
job,
you
will
be
required
to
take
a
chimneys.
language test.
A.
spreading
B.
sending
C.
emitting
A.
being
interviewed
B.
interviewing
C.
D. giving out
interviewed
D. having interviewed
3.
On
hearing
the
order
to
search
for
a
lost
child,
the
22.
______ not for gravity, there would be lots of things we
policemen ______ at once.
could not do.
A.
set
back
B.
set
down
C.
set
aside
A.
If
it
is
B.
Were
it
C.
If
it
D. set out
being
D. It were
4.
She ______ in vain to get onto the crowded bus and had to
23.
It is here ______ I first met her.
wait for the next one and risk being late for work.
A.
where
B.
which
C.
when
A.
managed
B.
tried
C.
fought
D. that
D. tested
24.
She soon ______ to do this regularly.
5.
_______
what
he
said,
he
was
not
even
there
when
the
A.
found
it
possible
B.
found
crime was being committed.
possibility
A.
Judging
by
B.
According
to
C.
As
to
C.
found
it
being
possible
D.
found
D. Concerning
possible
6.
After
the
revolution,
the political
______ of
that
country
25.
That evening it was George ______ left first.
remained tense.
A.
whom
B.
who
C.
A.
climate
B.
atmosphere
C.
weather
which
D. he
D. air
26.
_______
in
London
Lenin
closely
studied
the
English
7.
We shall consider it lucky to have _______ the accident.
labor movement.
A.
survived
B.
lasted
C.
lived
after
A.
As
long
as
B.
Although
C.
D. endured
While
D. As if
8.
Everyone knows that water ______ oxygen and hydrogen.
27. He never went again, ______ to apologize.
A. consists in
B. is composed of
C. is made
A. nor did he write
B. nor he wrote
C. so did he
from
D. is consisted of
write
D. or he wrote
9.
The
new
discoveries
there
have
____
greatly
to
our
28.
He
_______
his
success
to
luck
more
than
_______
knowledge of the ancient civilization in China.
capacity.
A. contributed
B. added
C. proceeded
A.
applied…to
B.
brought…to
C.
D. attached
owed…to
D. due…to
10.
If you have no _________ use for this book, I'll give it
29. Each man performed his _______ task.
to someone else.
A.
appointed
B.
disappointed
C.
A.
further
B.
latter
C.
spare
appointing
D. disappointing
D. continual
30. He ______ to amuse the children.
11. Dick has ______ his childish habits.
A. was on his way
B. lost his way
C. was out of
A. outgrown
B. outlet
C. outnumbered
his way
D. went out of his way
D. outdone
31.
The
Mermaid
Company
will
_______
next
12. His parents ______, the orphan is now taken care of by
week.
the government.
A.
offer
B.
give
C.
be
on
A.
have
died
B.
having
died
C.
dying
show
D. present
D. dead
32.
Nick
had
_______
the
fuel
gauge
_______
and
spread
13.
He
spoke
in
a
quiet,
distinct
voice
as
if
his
thought
the bits all over.
_______.
A.
taken…aside
B.
set…aside
C.
A. was far away
B. had been far
scatter…around
D. taken…apart
away
33.
He
knew
himself
to
be
raw,
quite
______
mistakes
C.
were
far
away
D.
went
far
through his inexperience.
away
A.
able
to
make
B.
capable
of
14. The reporter failed to _____ the story.
making
A.
track
down
B.
track
along
C.
track
through
C. apt to making
D. capable to make
D. track back
34.
His expenses do not _____ his income.
15.
A
sudden
report
______
---
like
the
sound
of
a
car
A.
correspond
to
B.
connect
with
C.
backfiring.
link
D. similar to
A.
rang
in
B.
rang
up
C.
rang
out
35.
She
looked
at
me
closely,
eyes
open
wide
and
full
of
D. rang through
_____.
16. While he was in his office he preferred _____.
A.
curious
B.
strange
C.
something
than
doing
nothing
do
curiosity
D. puzzled
something rather than to do nothing
36.
It is ______ that John should be prepared for emergency.
something
to
do
nothing
A.
likely
B.
believed
C.
something to doing nothing
possible
D. essential
17. Some rulers have _____ no lasting memorial.
37.
He's stopped taking drugs now, but he may ______ them
A.
left
behind
B.
left
for
C.
left
out
again.
D. left alone
A.
revert
to
take
B.
revert
to
taking
C.
18. His knowledge of French literature is _____ mine.
return back
D. repeat
A.
far
superior
than
B.
far
superior
to
C.
more
38.
It was a large diamond, but it had a ______.
superior to
D. more superior than
A.
mistake
B.
flaw
C.
1
shortcoming
D. fault
A. turn over
B. turned up
C. turn on
39.
When
the
mistake
was
______
to
him
he
hastened
to
D. turn out
correct it.
58.
Although
only
in
his
twenties,
he
was
already
______
A.
pointed
out
B.
talked
C.
bald.
pointed at
D. felt
A.
going
B.
turning
C.
40.
It was decided at that time that the search _______.
growing
D. running
A.
was
terminated
B.
had
to
be
59.
And _____ she could speak again I began to talk.
terminated
A.
since
B.
before
C.
when
C.
be
terminating
D.
be
D. until
terminated
60.
I
had
stuttered
since
my
boyhood
and
_______
talked
41.
I shall be glad when the concert ______.
very little.
A. draws to a close
B. was brought
A.
as
a
result
B.
in
result
C.
with
a
to an end
result
D. for a result
C.
drew
to
a
close
D.
brings
to
a
61.
Many
married
women
manage
to
go
out
to
work
and
close
______ a home as well.
42.
I
______
the
rush
hour
traffic
so
much
so
that
I
often
A.
move
B.
start
C.
run
avoid it by coming to work late.
D. keep
A.
fear
B.
alarm
C.
dread
62.
The country is _______ known deposits of coal and iron.
D. dread of
A.
short
of
B.
missing
C.
lack
in
43.
The football team is ______ to fail in the competition if
D. charging
it continues to train that way.
63.
It would be months _________ he was fit for work.
A.
about
B. bound
C. determined
D.
A.
although
B.
unless
C.
before
approach
D. until
44.
Many politicians find such laws difficult to _______.
64.
I
was
_______
discouraged
by
this
failure
______
try
A.
live
with
B.
live
up
to
C.
deal
about
again.
D. living with
A.
very
much…to
B.
enough…to
C.
much…
45.
He had little trouble ______ mathematics.
as to
D. too much…to
A.
to
learn
B.
at
learning
C.
to
learning
65.
She had returned, unknown to me, ______ the previous
D. in learning
afternoon.
46.
It was this spirit that ______ the darkest moments of the
A.
in
B.
at
C.
on
war.
D. by
A. pulled them out of
B. pulled them
66.
He
_____
his
Marxist
knowledge
______
the
events
into
around him.
C. pulled them
D. pulled them
A.
replied…with
B.
applied…with
C.
through
applied…to
D. replied…to
47.
I remember ________ for the job, but I forgot the exact
67.
Sentences
today
_____
5
or
6
words
_______
70,
with
amount.
the majority not far from 20.
A. to be paid
B. being paid
C. me to be paid
A. range from…to
B. range…to
C. keep…from
D. to have got paid
D. keep…to
48.
I
don't
think
you
need
take it
too
seriously.
He
______
68.
The
purple
butterflies
fluttered
about
visiting
each
funny.
flower _____ turn.
A.
was
just
B.
was
just
to
be
C.
was
just
A.
on
B.
in
C.
of
being
D. had just been
D. for
49.
Please stay _______.
69.
The idea sounds good, but will it work ______?
A. seating
B. seated
C. being seated
A.
practical
B.
in
practice
C.
out
of
D. to seat
practice
D. by practice
50.
______ is money to him when he is dying?
70.
Don't ______ about getting dinner for me today.
A.
What
good
B.
What
the
use
C.
What's
the
A.
puzzle
B.
interrupt
C.
bother
good of
D. What's the point of
D. interfere
51.
The military life agreed ______ Marcel.
71.
His
firm
______
helps
him
avoid
repeating
such
a
A. to
B. on
C. in
D. with
mistake.
52.
I am sure you'd be the first to be sorry if anything was to
A.
evolution
B.
solution
C.
______ him.
resolve
D. revolution
A. happen on
B. happen to
C. happened to
72.
It's a difficult business ______ in time.
D. happen upon
A.
in
getting
everything
ready
B.
that
53.
The drowning had ______ last May.
everything is ready
A.
occurred
B.
taken
place
C.
happened
C.
to
be
ready
with
everything
D.
getting
to
D. taken the place
everything ready
54.
The students and graduates ______ to raise money when
73.
John's back home ______; he won't go away again.
the gym burned down.
A.
once
and
for
all
B.
once
C.
once
A. put in force
B. joined forces
C. joined forces
again
D. once more
with
D. come into force
74.
I
never
expect
you
to
turn
_______
at
the
meeting.
I
55.
For
five
miles
________
the
road
was
bordered
with
thought you had gone abroad.
apple orchards.
A.
up
B.
in
C.
down
A.
in
end
B.
to
an
end
C.
on
end
D. out
D. end up
75. They discussed the matter _______ tea and cakes.
56.
None of his arguments seemed to me to _______.
A.
over
B.
while
C.
with
A.
hold
over
B.
hold
on
C.
hold
D. at
water
D. hold up
76. It is not always so easy to tell the true ______ the false.
57.
Nothing delighted the small boy more than to ______ his
A.
as
well
B.
instead
of
C.
from
mother's handbag.
D. than
2
77. The Industrial Revolution displayed a new ______.
96.
How
she
managed
to
find
that
gold
watch
was
really
A.
period
B.
era
C.
time
______ me.
D. page
A.
above
B.
beyond
C.
beside
78. You should abide _____ your promise as a man of honor.
D. out of
A.
to
B.
for
C.
by
97.
The
ease
_______
which
he
started
the
engine
was
D. with
remarkable.
79.
I
was
_______
discouraged
by
this
failure
______
try
A.
with
B.
at
C.
around
again.
D. about
A. very much…to
B. enough…to
98.
You
must
accustom
yourself
to
be
more
______
when
C.
much…
as
to
D.
too
you are with people.
much…to
A. at your ease
B. set at ease
C. ill at ease
80.
She had returned, unknown to me, ______ the previous
D. with ease
afternoon.
99.
It is necessary that he _____ sent there at once.
A.
in
B.
at
C.
on
A.
is
B.
will
be
C.
shall
be
D. by
D. should be
81.
He
_____
his
Marxist
knowledge
______
the
events
100.
His sole requirement was that the system ______.
around him.
A. will be adjusted
B. should adjust
C. should be
A.
replied…with
B.
applied…with
C.
adjusted
D. will adjust
applied…to
D. replied…to
101.
Most of the things he has suggested so far have ______.
82.
Sentences
today
_____
5
or
6
words
_______
70,
with
A.
worked
on
B.
been
at
work
C.
worked
the majority not far from 20.
of
D. worked out
A. range from…to
B. range…to
C. keep…from
102.
The
great
bulk
of
wealth
has
passed
into
the
hands
of
D. keep…to
the ______ few.
83.
The
purple
butterflies
fluttered
about
visiting
each
A.
relative
B.
relatively
C.
flower _____ turn.
exclusively
D. contrarily
A.
on
B.
in
C.
of
103.
Why have you singled me out ______ criticism?
D. for
A.
as
B.
for
C.
against
84.
Your clothes ______ tobacco smoke.
D. from
A. smell out
B. give out
C. give
104.
Be careful to handle any difficulty you ______ in your
in
D. smell of
practical work.
85.
You
would
have
more
______
of
catching
the
train
if
A.
experience
B.
face
with
C.
challenge
you got a bus to the station instead of walking.
D. encounter
A.
chance
B.
lift
C.
offer
105.
He amassed a ______ fortune.
D. luck
A.
considered
B.
considerate
C.
86.
I grew _____ and red-eared, and a little ______.
considerable
D. considerably
A.
exciting,
frightened
B.
excited,
106.
In
the
funding
of
the
arts
that
country
is
________
frightening
others.
C. exciting, frightening
D. excited, frightened
A. in advance
B. in advance of
C. ahead of
87.
This morning some port wine came, for ______ I know I
D. prior to
have to thank you.
107.
It's no use _______ the past.
A.
this
B.
it
C.
which
A.
to
dwell
B.
dwelling
C.
dwelling
on
D. that
D. thinking of
88.
If
they
should
come,
he
______
Martin
buy
this
108.
The 12 weeks of summer were ______ to the survival of
equipment.
most of the restaurants and pubs.
A.
shall
help
B.
would
help
C.
must
help
A.
urgent
B.
emergent
C.
critical
D. may help
D. likely
89. Despite the hard winter, the rose-bush is still ______.
109.
She shows an ______ for language.
A.
lively
B.
lived
C.
alive
A.
ability
B.
aptitude
C.
appetite
D. live
D. ambition
90.
Not
until
late
afternoon
______
to
tackle
the
major
110.
He _______ a wonderful story to explain his absence.
problem.
A.
made
up
B.
made
up
for
C.
found
up
A. when they begin
B. did they begin
D. put up
C. that they begin
D. they began
111.
Columbus
discovered
America
but
didn't
______
the
91. He didn't _____ to ask her to sit down beside him.
new continent.
A.
reject
B.
hesitate
C.
refuse
A.
find
B.
examine
C.
explore
D.
D. prevent
invest
92. Children need many things, but ______ they need love.
112.
I am a foreigner here; must I ______ with the police?
A.
above
all
B.
after
all
C.
at
all
A.
report
B.
register
C.
sign
D.
D. all in all
record
93.
The
couple
claimed
that
they
had
been
______
their
113.
chance to have a child.
A.
allowed
B.
deprived
C.
denied
A.
no
problem
B.
for
certain
C.
for
sure
D. declined
D. sure enough
94.
_______ is constantly complaining.
114.
Can
you
give
me
a
rough
______
of
how
long
it
will
A.
That
wife
of
Mr.
Brown
B.
That
take to build the boat?
wife of Mr. Brown's
A. amount
B. idea
C. estimate
D.
C.
The
brown's
wife
D.
Wife
of
number
Mr. Brown's
115.
He went to the store and _______ a gift for his son.
95.
He is a great friend of _____.
A.
picked
up
B.
picked
out
C.
found
out
A.
we
B.
us
C.
ours
D. threw out
D. our
116.
Let's
______
we
each
had
$$1000
to
spend
----
what
3
would we buy with it?
136.
The work is not easy to do; so it'll take _____years to
A.
imagine
B.
suppose
C.
think
accomplish it.
D. see
A.
a
quite
few
B.
quite
a
few
C.
few
117.
I don't know why he is about to make a _______ over a
D. only a few
few pounds.
137.
Mary's hat is ______ Jane's.
A.
mess
B.
noise
C.
fuss
A.
similar
to
B.
familiar
to
C.
similar
with
D. commotion
D. familiar with
118.
There is something gone wrong ______ the machine.
138.
He would have played the piano for you but you _____
A.
about
B.
with
C.
to
him.
D. in
A.
haven't
asked
B.
didn't
ask
C.
hadn't
asked
119.
Just give me five minutes to ______; I'm covered in oil.
D. would not have asked
A.
clean
myself
up
B.
cleaning
C.
clean
out
139. The house was ______ as though a big celebration was
D. clean myself through
going on.
120.
______ he may be, he will be happy.
A.
lit
on
B.
lit
up
C.
lit
out
A.
Whoever
B.
Whatever
C.
D. lit over
Whenever
D. Whichever
140. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems
121.
She put salt into her cup of tea ______.
as if the sun __round the earth.
A.
by
fault
B.
with
mistake
C.
with
A. circles
B. is circling
C. be circling
fault
D. by mistake
D. were circling
122.
What day does that magazine _______?
141.
The
children
took
their
skates
and
______
the
frozen
A. come about
B. come off
C. come out
pond.
D. come across
A.
made
up
B.
made
out
C.
made
for
D. made in
123.
We
can
rely
on
him
to
carry
out
this
mission,
for
his
142. Houses ______ almost in the night during the housing
judgment is always _____.
boom.
A.
unquestioned
B.
sound
C.
A.
spring
out
B.
spring
off
C.
spring
up
subtle
D. healthy
D. spring away
124.
The house is furnished ______; there is nothing showy
143. She is unconscious now, but may ______ at intervals.
or cheap in it.
A.
come
out
B.
come
to
C.
come
on
A. in style
B. out of style
C. with
D. come over
style
D. of style
144. Dick has ______ his childish habits.
125.
Peter
took
up
the
rear,
armed
with
a
large
hammer
A.
outgrown
B.
outlet
C.
outnumbered
_____ emergencies.
D. outdone
A. in the case of
B. in case of
C. in any case
145. His parents ______, the orphan is now taken care of by
of
D. in that case of
the government.
126.
He
is
very
______
his
children
and
permits
them
few
A. have died
B. having died
C. dying
privileges.
D. dead
A.
hard
to
B.
hard
with
C.
hard
on
146.
He
spoke
in
a
quiet,
distinct
voice
as
if
his
thought
D. hard against
_______.
127.
He
acted
both
tragic
and
comic
parts,
but
he
was
A. was far away
B. had been far away
C. were far
______ in comedy.
away
D. went far away
A. at best
B. for the best
C. in his best
D.
147. The reporter failed to _____ the story.
at his best
A.
track
down
B.
track
along
C.
track
through
128.
Do
you
______
taking
these
goods
without
paying
for
D. track back
them?
148.
A
sudden
report
______
like
the
sound
of
a
car
A. admit of
B. acknowledge of
C. admit to
backfiring.
D. acknowledge to
A.
rang
in
B.
rang
up
C.
rang
out
129.
The plan has ______ various problems.
D. rang through
A.
rose
B.
raised
C.
paid
rise
to
D. given rise to
149. Of the French symbolists I have never had any _____ or
130.
They
were
very
disappointed
when
their
son
_______
accurate knowledge.
bottom in the exam.
A. detailed
B. detail
C. in detail
D. in
A.
came
out
B.
came
round
C.
came
to
details
D. came to a bad end of
150. The pen ______ well.
131.
Joyce wondered if the fortune- teller was ______.
A. writes
B. is written
C. write
D.
A.
at
some
levels
B.
on
the
level
C.
leveled
is being written
down
D. leveled
Part II.
Reading Comprehension
132.
It's _______ that he will succeed.
Passage 1
A.
high
likely
B.
high
possibly
C.
highly
The fact that blind people can “see” things using other
probably
D. highly likely
parts
of
their
bodies
apart
from
their
eyes
may
help
us
to
133.
I intended to have my daughters ______ in England.
understand our feelings about color. If they can sense color
A.
educate
B.
to
educate
C.
differences
then
perhaps
we,
too,
are
affected
by
color
educating
D. educated
unconsciously.
134.
He
tried
to
brainwash
his
audience
by
___fallacies
Manufacturers
have
discovered
by
trial
and
error
that
___them, but no one believed him.
sugar
sells
badly
in
green
wrappings,
that
blue
foods
are
A.
handing…over
B.
foisting…on
C.
considered unpleasant, and the cosmetics
（化妆品）
should
passing…to
D. handing…down
never be packaged in brown. These discoveries have grown
135.
We
didn't
send
you
an
invitation,
as
we
____it
for
into
a
whole
discipline
of
color
psychology
that
now
finds
granted that you would be coming.
application in everything from fashion to interior decoration.
A.
thought
B.
took
C.
made
Some of our preferences are clearly psychological. Dark blue
D. knew
4
is
the
color
of
the
night
sky
and
therefore
associated
with
passivity
and
calm,
while
yellow
is
a
day
color
with
associations
of
energy
and
incentive.
For
primitive
man,
activity during the day meant hunting and attacking, while he
soon saw as red, the color of blood and rage and the heat that
came
with
effort.
And
green
is
associated
with
passive
defense and self-preservation. Experiments have shown that
colors,
partly
because
of
their
physiological
associations,
also
have
a
direct
psychological
effect.
People
exposed
to
bright red show an increase in heartbeat, and blood pressure;
red is exciting. Similar exposure to pure blue has exactly the
opposite effect; it is a calming color. Because of its exciting
connotation
（涵义）
, red was chosen as the signal for danger.
But closer analysis shows that a vivid yellow can produce a
more basic state of alertness and alarm, so fire engines and
ambulances in some advanced communities are now rushing
around in bright yellow colors that stop the traffic dead.
catching
men
up.
Conditions
are
very
different
now,
and
sport is much more serious. It is so serious that some women
athletes
are
given
hormone
injections.
At
the
Olympics
a
doctor
has
to
check
whether
the
women
athletes
are
really
women or not. It seems sad that sport has problems. Life can
be very complicated when there are two separate sexes!
6.
Women are called the weaker sex because ______.
A.
women do as much work as men
B.
people think women are weaker than men
C.
sport is easier for men than for women
D.
in sport the two sexes are always together
7.
Which of the following is true?
A.
Boys and girls study separately everywhere.
B.
Women do not run or swim in races with men.
C.
Famous Prime Ministers are women.
D.
Men can expect to live longer than women in Europe.
8.
“That at least is what people say.” means people ______.
A.
say other things too.
1.
Manufacturers found out that color affects sales _______.
B.
don’t say this much
A.
by experience over a long period of time
C.
say this but may not think so
B.
by experimenting with different colors
D.
only think this
C.
by trying out color on blind people
9.
What problems does sport have?
D.
by developing the discipline of color psychology
A.
Some women athletes are actually men.
2.
Our preferences for certain colors are _______.
B.
Some women athletes are given hormone injections.
A.
associated with the time of day
C.
Women and men do not run or swim in the same races.
B.
dependent on our character
D.
It is difficult to check whether women athletes are really
C.
linked with our primitive ancestors
women.
D.
partly due to psychological factors
10.
In this passage the author implies that _______.
3.
If people are exposed to bright red, which of the following
A.
women are weaker than men, but faster
things does NOT happen?
B.
women are slower than men, but stronger
A.
They breathe faster.
C.
men are always stronger and faster than women
B.
They feel afraid.
D.
men are faster and stronger than women
C.
Their blood pressure rises.
Passage 3
D.
Their hearts beat faster.
In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT true according
to overcome the fear of making mistakes. If the primary goal
to the passage?
of
language
use
is
to
communicate,
then
mistakes
are
A.
Color
probably
has
an
effect
on
us,
which
we
are
not
secondary considerations that may be dealt with gradually as
conscious of.
awareness
of
those
mistakes
increases.
On
the
other
hand,
B.
Yellow fire engines have caused many bad accidents in
students
should
not
ignore
their
mistakes.
The
language
some advanced communities.
learner may observe how native speakers express themselves,
C.
People
exposed
to
pure
blue
start
to
breathe
more
and how native expressions differ
from the way
the learner
slowly.
might
say
them.
For
example,
a
Spanish
speaker
who
has
D.
The psychology of color is of some practical use.
been saying “I do it” to express willingness to do something
5.
Which of the following could be the most suitable title?
in
the
immediate
future,
could
by
interacting
with
native
A.
The Discipline of Color Psychology
speakers of English, observe that native speaker actually say
B.
Color and Its Connotations
“I’ll do it”. The resulting discrepancy can serve as a basis for
C.
The Practical Use of Color
the
student
to
modify
his
way
of
using
the
present
tense
in
D.
Color and Feelings
English. But a student who is unwilling to interact in the first
place would lose this opportunity to learn by trial and error.
11. According to the passage, the present tense in English is
_______.
Passage 2
A.
not
used
to
express
a
desire
to
do
something
in
the
In sports the sexes are separate. Women and men do not
immediate future
run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than
B.
used
with
some
verbs
but
not
with
others
to
express
men. That at least is what people say. Women are called
“the
future intention
weaker sex”, or, if men want to please them “the fair
sex”.
C. basically the same in English as it is in Spanish
But
boys
and
girls
are
taught
together
at
schools
and
D. not the most difficult problem for foreign students
universities.
There
are
women
who
are
famous
Prime
12. According
to
the
passage,
language
learners
can
reduce
Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than
the number of their mistakes by _______.
men. A European woman can expect to live until the age of
A. asking native speakers for explanations
74,
a
man
only
until
he
is
68.
Are
women’s
bodies
really
B. reading good books in the foreign language
weaker?
C. comparing their speech with that of native speakers
The fastest man can run a mile in under 4 minutes. The
C. speaking without regard to native speakers
best
women
need
4.5
minutes.
Women’s
times
are
always
13.
In
the
passage,
foreign
language
students
who
do
not
slower than men’s, but some facts are a surpris
e. Some of the
interact with native speakers will NOT _______.
fastest
women
swimmers
today
are
teenage
girls.
One
of
A. learn very much about the foreign culture
them swam 400 meters in 4 minutes 21.2 seconds when she
B. learn about the history of the foreign language
was
only
16.
The
first
“Tarzan”
in
films
was
an
Olympic
C. have to worry about making mistakes
swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 meters was 4
D. take advantage of available language models
minutes
59.1
seconds,
which
is
37.9
seconds
slower
than
a
14.
Foreign
language
students
should
not
worry
too
much
girl
50
years
later!
This
does
not
mean
that
women
are
about making mistakes because ______.
5