9、When I met them the other day, it was the first time we _____ each other since we graduated from the university.

A .saw     B. had seen       C. have seen     D. were seeing

8、_____ a stange noise , the little girl ,_______ run out of the dark house.  

A. heard; trembled and frightened    B. hearing; trembling and frightened    

C. hearing; trembled and frightening   D. heard; trembling and fightening

7、Ten years ago the population our city was ______ of their’s.

   A. as twice large as one                B. twice as large as that      

C. twice as much as it               D.twice as much as what

6、---- Is there any possibilities of the film _______in Paris International Festival?

   ----- Not in the least, because audience generally think little of it.

A. trying out     B. tried out       C. to try out       D. being tried out

5、---- I’m sorry, but you are fined $ 50! You know you ___ 120 km an hour, don’t you?

  ----- No, officer. I can’t have been. This car doesn’t do 100.

   A. are driving     B. were driving     C. have driven     D. had driven

4、We must know what we should do and what we should avoid ______ a good impression on others in public place.

A.  to leave       B. leaving         C. to have left         D. leave

3、He ____ to cut the grass, after he finished up talking to the neighbor over the garden wall.

A. set about        B. set out          C. set off         D. set up

2、Xiamen was _____ most beautiful city and we’ve decided to stay _____ fifth              day.

   A. a; a          B. a; the           C. the; a          D. the; the

1、Australia, the last continent, was discovered by ships belonging to European nations in the seventeenth century. These nations were less interested in changing it into a colony (殖民地) than in exploiting it. As in the early history of the United States, it was the

English who set up the settlements in Australia. This history and the geography of these two British colonies have some other things in common as well.

  Australia and the United States are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich in soil. It was the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. However, this westward movement took place more because the English were searching for better land than because the population was increasing. Settlements of the western part of both countries developed quickly after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later.

  Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some striking (显著的) differences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was firstly turned into a colony by English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, in spite of these and other main difference, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.

40. In the early history of America and Australia, both colonies developed towards the west firstly for the reason that _____.

   A. the population was increasing rapidly in the east

   B. the English thought there might be richer land there

   C. gold was discovered there

   D. fewer people lived there

41. In the early 1920s, ______.

   A. Australia had one fifteenth as many people as sheep

   B. there were more sheep in Australia than in the United States

   C. the population in Australia was greater than that of the United States

   D. the United States had twice as many sheep as people

42. Australia, unlike the United States, ______.

   A. did not discover gold until the late 1840s

   B. was the last and biggest continent to be discovered

   C. was not rich in gold in its western part

   D. won its independence by peaceful means

43. In the last paragraph, the underlined sentence means _______.

   A. the United States and Australia do not have any main difference

   B. the United States and Australia have nothing in common with the rest of the world

   C. the United States and Australia have much more in common than they have with other countries

D. in common with the rest of the world, the United States and Australia have a lot of differences

二、选择题

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29、书面表达

假设你是李华，下个月要去英国留学，想通过你的英国朋友Peter寻找寄宿家庭。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，说明你的租房要求：

1.      提供单独的房间，干净整洁；

2.      房子应离市中心不远，交通便利；

3.      房东一家能够说地道的英语，热情好客；

4.      最好能免费提供洗衣机和厨具，以便自己洗衣，做饭。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结束语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,

    I am going to study in London next month._______________________________________

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Looking forwards to your early reply.

                                                   Yours truly

                                                     Li Hua