The plan for a new office tower went ahead ______local opposition.

A. not to mention   B. regardless of      C. on account of   D. in addition to

. ---You don’t seem to be quite yourself today. What’s wrong?

   --- Oh, I'm suffering from a cold. Nothing serious, ____.

A. though       B. yet     C. indeed   D.anyway

(2009山东聊城一模)He can’t be really reading attentively；he is just       pages．

A．turning off     B．turning around

C．turning over   D．turning up

Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.

       Many roads and places in Singapore(新加坡) are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries ---- in both the West and the East.

       Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus ----obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.

       Sine places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语). Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.

       A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent(月牙) because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.

We learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.

      A. the government is usually the first to name a place

      B. many places tend to have more than one name

      C. a ceremony will be held when a place is named

      D. people prefer the place names given by the government

What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

      A. Change suddenly.               B. Change significantly.

      C. Disappear mysteriously.          D. Disappear very slowly.

Which of the following places is named after a person?

      A. Raffles Place.             B. Selector Airbase.

      C. Piccadilly Circus.          D. Paya Lebar Crescent.

Bras Basah Road is named _______.

      A. after a person   B. after a place    C. after an activity   D. by its shape

What can be inferred from the passage?

      A. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain.

      B. Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes.

      C. The way Singaporeans name their places is unique.

      D. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.

There is an urgent need ____qualified teachers in poor areas; in other words，poor areas are in great need____qualified teachers.

A. of；of     B. for；of     C. for；for      D. of；for

（宁夏银川一中模拟，34）  But for the leadership of our Party and our Government, we __________ these splendid results.

A．have achieved                                    B．shouldn’t have achieved

C．should have achieved                               D．would achieve 

Thousands of people have been moving to Shenzhen since 1992, its population to over 10,000,000.

A. increasing    B. increased     C. has increased    D. has been increased

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）       

 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

 此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

 此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

 此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

 注意：原行没有错的不要改。 

I had to stay later at the hospital that night to          76.                

do an operation. I finally 1eft about 11 p.m. I                   77.                

drove to home slowly because the weather was                 78.                

terrible -- a strong wind was blown and it was                  79.                

raining heavy. I was turning into our road when                80.                

a man suddenly run in front of my car. I almost                81.                

hit him but he stopped just in time. I was very                  82.                

frightened and the man looked frightened too. I                83.                

got out of the car, but he ran away after I could                84.                

ask him if he was right. It was very strange.                      85.                

The girl devoted all her spare time she had ___ others.

A. to help        B. helped        C. to helping      D. help

--- Haven't I told you that I like the beef well done?

---Yes, but I _____ it longer than I usually do.

A. was cooking B.will cook  C. cooked D. had cooked